Live from the Teatro Municipale
Reggio Emilia , Italy
Tonight the European Broadcasting Union introduces a new competi. ion for dancers under the age of 22. Maria Almeida and Errol Pickford from the Royal
Ballet represent the United Kingdom. They dance in competition with dancers from a dozen other countries. This major new television event, which inaugurates
Dance International, a season of dance programmes on BBC2, is presented by Humphrey Burton and Annette Page. The chairman of the jury is Peter Schaufuss , Director of the London Festival Ballet.
BBC presentation by ROY TIPPING Producer for RAI Italian television
ILlO CATANI
0 NB: Our FEATURE on page 3 went to press before it was announced that Maria Almeida was replacing Viviana Durante as the British contestant.