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Ian Macmillan

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  1. 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."
  2. Happily, there was no sign of it this morning, and long may that remain so.
  3. 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.
  4. Bridie: I've just run a check and that works just as you say. I'd been wondering how/why some blue names had begun to appear on the site!
  5. Anent my post, above, I've found a fuller report on events back then: https://www.postalmuseum.org/blog/the-battle-of-the-cypher/
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. That Times article is available here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ece557f5-049c-46b4-80e1-36bdd8277e1e?shareToken=d50b4e881d566a1d468ecef30408ae0c
  9. A humorous ballet set to the Barber Adagio? Really?? Granted I've not seen it, but that seems extremely unlikely to me.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. On the NextDoor site for our general area, there have been some posts to the effect that folk have turned up at cinemas only to find the showing has been cancelled due to 'insufficient interest.' (It was never scheduled at either cinema closest to us.)
  13. Bruce - a worthy tribute to a great guy, and I guess you must have got a bit closer to him than the rest of us did back in ballet.co years. His written style was inimitable - I still treasure the memory of a Gala review of a Rose Adagio performance, in which the Aurora appeared to become more and more desperate, grabbing at each suitor to keep on balance. A classy, well-informed writer and, like Dave just above, I'd certainly like to have known him. Requiescat in pace.
  14. At that price I fear it may be restricted to a very niche, academic market. Some years ago I was persuaded to take on writing a centennial history of a RAF squadron on which I had served. It took me fully three years of research to produce a 342 page volume that had to be very reasonably priced to ensure a worthwhile sales volume. Had the hours of work involved been priced on any 'normal' economic measure, I doubt it would have sold much at all. Nonetheless, one wishes both volumes well.
  15. A difficult combination, to be sure - but a chap I once knew, Josh Mellet, managed it.
  16. Helgi Tomasson was Director over in San Francisco for some 37 years, I believe, and I was never aware of complaints that he served for too long. Just a thought. https://www.sfballet.org/a-tribute-to-helgi-tomasson/
  17. How many years since the RB last staged Les Noces? Cathy Marston showing the way in Zürich.
  18. Emeralds: Could you try "alumni alumnaeque" on your in-house Latinist? Been a while since I was dabbling therein.
  19. Wayne McGregor has left the Royal Ballet? Odd - he's still showing as Resident Choreographer on the ROH website as I write and, as far as I can recall, no announcement of a departure has appeared in recent Links posts. Is there a link anywhere to such an announcement?
  20. Sim: I just ran a Test entry on that thread and it worked fine. (Now deleted.)
  21. Jan - you may very well be correct plus, as I recall, I started Links in the last 18 months or so of ballet.co's existence. That was a somewhat more complex task, as it involved keeping the site's Reviews database up to date. All a long time ago ....
  22. Before the season ends, may I just slip in (not for the first time) a mention of Morten Lauridsen's version of "O Magnum Mysterium," heard several times in past days, and which was danced to by the magnificent Zenaida Yanowsky in an Acosta & Friends programme some 10-15 years ago - as a solo with choral backing and, I think, in the Coliseum.
  23. I've been more conscious of "The carol of the bells" than in past years. I understand that it's of Ukrainian origin, and that may have a bearing on it's becoming more prominent.
  24. Links - Saturday 23 December, 2023 The Seasonal stuff: Feature - At City Ballet, history Is made with two black Dewdrops: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Feature - The beauty and pain of being a Nutcracker ballerina: Christine Lenahan, America Magazine Premiere Reviews - Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker, Chicago: Steven Oxman, Chicago Sun-Times Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review - Scottish Ballet, Cinders!, Glasgow: Lucy Ribchester, The List Meanwhile elsewhere: Feature - Dancers in Sensor Suits: CGI videos reveal performance meaning: Staff, Loughborough University Review - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mixed Bill with Premieres, New York: Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review Review - Isaac Mizrahi, Nico Muhly, and Dance Heginbotham: Third Bird, New York: Cecilia Whalen, Fjord Review Preview - English National Ballet, Carmen, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Preview - State Ballet of Georgia, Swan Lake, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Feature - Australian Ballet ends 2023 with Swan Lake and 14 promotions: Deborah Jones, Follow Spot Feature - 10 top ballet and dance shows to see in 2024: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Feature - American Ballet Theatre’s Michael de la Nuez: Marina Harss, Dance Magazine Feature - Ex principal dancer uses ballet to transform young lives in Leeds: Robyn Vinter, Guardian And to finish: Australian Football - Pies appoint ex-ballet employee Wright as AFLW coach: Justin Chadwick, Northern Daily Leader
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