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Squadron Associations connected with my years as a RAF Navigator; choral singing; and ballet and dance after meeting the lady, now my wife, who had been a dancer with the Royal Ballet's Touring Company, and who still teaches and examines in the discipline. (Edited to say that in mid-2014 she resigned from examining after some 40+ years.)
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A 'ballet/dance miscellany' thread
Ian Macmillan replied to Ondine's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
Some other rather young dancers from an earlier age here: https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/78264/- 183 replies
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Lin: You should have been able to see the Times review in today's Links as it had the Share suffix. But here it is again: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d0ab88e5-1abd-409c-be3e-25bea204ea9e?shareToken=9ba92c69b604f1ab2e45fad104e1a84f
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Dance Links for March 2024
Ian Macmillan replied to Jan McNulty's topic in Dance Links - reviews, news & features
Links - Friday 29 March, 2024 Reviews - English National Ballet, Carmen (Inger), London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Debra Craine, The Times (+ share) Zoe Anderson, Independent Siobhan Murphy, The Stage Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Joy Sable, Jewish Chronicle Deborah Weiss, Bachtrack Mark Monahan, Telegraph David Jays, Evening Standard Monica Cox, Reviews Hub Review - Paris Opera Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardée, Paris: Joy Wang X Y, Seeing Dance Review - Trisha Brown Dance Company, In The Fall, Glacial Decoy, Working Title, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review - Hubbard Street Dance, Two Bills, New York: Robert Greskovic, Wall St Journal Review - Côté Danse, X (Dix), Vancouver: Sara Horowitz, Straight.com Review - Crows Feet Dance Collective, Woman Life Freedom, Wellington: Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing Preview - National Ballet of Canada, Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Lepage & Côté), Toronto: Rebecca Ritzel, Globe and Mail News - Casting for Royal Ballet Ashton Triple Bill: Graham Spicer, Gramilano News - Dance in Edinburgh International Festival 2024: Programme Diary - April Dancewatch, Portland, OR: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch -
No rattlesnake by the sound of things: "In “Star on the Rise,” Chan and Fullington’s heroine, a Hollywood starlet, also makes it out alive and takes charge of her destiny. Her rival has a change of heart. This paves the way to a happy ending, celebrated, in true movie musical style, with a big dance number, a Charleston."
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Whence came this Bot check?
Ian Macmillan replied to Ian Macmillan's topic in Problems, queries & feedback
Happily, there was no sign of it this morning, and long may that remain so. -
After some 12.5 years as a Forum member, I have just been confronted by one of those multi-picture Bot checks before being permitted entry. Is this a new InVision thing? Have others noted it? etc etc .... all very odd.
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Monogram Adorning the Curtain at CG
Ian Macmillan replied to hephaistion03's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
Anent my post, above, I've found a fuller report on events back then: https://www.postalmuseum.org/blog/the-battle-of-the-cypher/ -
Monogram Adorning the Curtain at CG
Ian Macmillan replied to hephaistion03's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
True, EIIR did start to appear on pillar boxes in 1952 - but I may not be alone in recalling that this was not universally well-received in Scotland, where the argument was that there had been no previous Queen Elizabeth north of the border. In the extreme, there were a few incidents involving explosives in boxes before things settled. -
NYCB at Sadler's Wells - 07-10 March 2024
Ian Macmillan replied to SheilaC's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
DEI-WOKE?? I'd guess at some kind of Godlike alertness but I doubt that would fit the context used. I fear that I'm increasingly defeated by today's neologisms. -
MacMillan Triple bill info
Ian Macmillan replied to Blossom's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
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Does anyone know this ballet?
Ian Macmillan replied to Albus1234's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
A humorous ballet set to the Barber Adagio? Really?? Granted I've not seen it, but that seems extremely unlikely to me. -
Eric Taub ("Manhattnik"), RIP
Ian Macmillan replied to Bruce's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
Sarah, my feelings were expressed earlier - but I'd no idea from his writing that he was also something of a WW2 aviation fan. There's quite a model collection in that display case. -
All the new names appear to be listed here: https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/2324/neue-compagnie/ I'm delighted to see that ChrisG's review echoes another on Bachtrack, posted at the top of Links for 24 January. Cathy Marston proved herself as an intelligent Director during her years with the small company in Bern and, now with a significantly larger company at her disposal, she seems set fair to build on that in Zürich.