The Royal Ballet is at crossroads " its current artistic director, Monica Mason, is about to retire and the search is on for a successor who will guard the company's rich classical heritage and also, crucially, shake things up. Here, the Observer's dance critic looks at the contenders for the top job in British balletLast week at the Royal Ballet's annual press conference, the company's artistic director, Dame Monica…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM on April 18, 2011