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Links – Sunday, 16 August, 2015

 

Feature – Jonathan Watkins and 1984 for Northern Ballet: Karen Attwood, Independent on Sunday

 

Review – St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Swan Lake (Kolesnikova), London: Jeffery Taylor, Sunday Express

 

Joyce Theater Ballet Festival, New York:

Review – Emery LeCroneRitornare, Partita No2 in C Min, Lasciatemi Qui Solo, Innermost Part of Something: Lauren Wingenroth,DanceTabs

 

Q and A – Martian Bussi, Dancing with Diggers: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

 

Feature – Men in non-traditional jobs (Scroll to Australian Ballet’s Brett Chynoweth): Zohra Aly, Sydney Morning Herald

 

News – Battery Dance Festival, New York: Jack Anderson, NY Times

 

 

Edinburgh:

 

Review – Sylvie GuillemLife in Progress: Alan Morrison, Sunday Herald

 

Review – Danza del Caribe, Itara: Donald Hutera, The List

 

Review – Okareka Dance Company, K’Rd Strip: Donald Hutera, The List

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Links - Monday, August 17 2015

 

 

Reviews – St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Swan Lake, London: 

Zoe Anderson, Independent

Tiffany Pritchard, Londonist

 

Feature – Sarasota Ballet looks ahead:  Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

Preview – Royal New Zealand Ballet. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scarlett):  Tom Cardy, Dominion Post

 

Gallery – New English Ballet Theatre and Special Guests, Dancing for Nepal, London:  Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs

 

Joyce Theatre Ballet Festival, New York:

Review – Emery LeCrone Dance, Mixed programme; Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, triple bill:  Siobhan Burke, NY Times

Review - Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, Traveling Alone, Starting Over at the End, Back To, New York:  Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs

 

Reviews – Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance, New York: 

Alastair Macaulay, NY Times

Marina Harss, DanceTabs

 

Review – Donna Uchizono, Fire Underground, North Carlton:  Chloe Smethurst, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Review – Dreamscape:  Our dreams told through dance, Edmonton:  Roger Levesque, Edmonton Journal

 

Feature/preview – Tulsa Ballet II, Tulsa:  Paolo Mohovich, Tulsa World

 

 

Edinburgh:

 

Review – Sylvie Guillem, A Life in Progress:  Alan Morrison, Herald Scotland

 

Review – Gecko, Institute:  Holly Williams, Independent

 

Review – Discoteque Machine:  Donald Hutera,The List

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Links - Tuesday, August 18 2015

 

 

Q&A – Jonathan Watkins, choreographer, on creating 1984 for Northern Ballet:  DanceTabs

 

Review – Sarasota Ballet, The American, Monotones I, Monotones II, In a state of weightlessness, Jacob’s Pillow:  Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal

 

Feature/preview – Sylvie Guillem, A Life in Progress, Australia:  Fran Kelly, ABC Radio National

 

Review – Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance:  Apollinaire Scherr, FT

 

Feature – Ballet is more diverse than ever.  Why is the audience still so white?:  Boer Deng, Washington Post

 

Feature – Edward Gorey, balletomane and illustrator:  Valerie Lawson, Dancelines

 

Preview – Patricia Kelly, Gene Kelly: The Legacy, San Francisco:  Tony Bravo, SF Chronicle

 

Review – Russian National Ballet Theatre, Swan Lake, Napier:  Kim Buckley, NZ Theatreview

 

Review – Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, mixed programme, Pittsburgh:  Jane Vranish, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

Review – Edx2, One Fine Day, London:  Nick Awde, Stage

 

Feature – Misty Copeland style icon:  Elise Taylor,  Vanity Fair

 

Edinburgh:

 

Review – VerTeDance, Correction:  Kelly Apter, Scotsman/WOW 247

 

Review – Booking Dance Festival:  Kelly Apter, Scotsman/WOW 247

 

Review – Pole:  Sally Stott, Scotsman/WOW 247

 

Review - Alchemy Theatre Company, Liberation:  David Pollock, Scotsman/WOW 247

 

Review – Cirk la Putyka, Dolls:  Catherine Lamm, British Theatre Guide

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Links - Wednesday, August 19 2015

 

 

Obituary – Jonathan Ollivier:  Graham Watts, London Dance

 

 

News – American Ballet Theatre Spring 2016 season:  Alastair Macaulay, NY Times

 

Review – St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Swan Lake, London:  David Jays, Guardian

 

Diary – Twyla Tharp writes about rehearsal, “On the first day, no surprises please”:  Twyla Tharp, NY Times

 

Preview – Gerard Van Dycks, Picnic, Melbourne:  Philippa Hawker, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Review – Russian National Ballet Theatre, Swan Lake, Wellington:  Ann Hunt, Dominion Post

 

Review – American Contemporary Ballet, The Seasons, Los Angeles:  Christina Campodonico, Neon Tommy

 

Comment – Ballet critics are not writing for dancers:  Ismene Brown, Spectator

 

Featurette – Miko Fogarty:  Abhi Singh, PBS News Hour

 

Feature – What it’s really like to be a ballerina:  Julianne Pepitone, Cosmopolitan

 

 

 

Edinburgh:

 

Reviews – Tao Dance Theatre, Weight x3, 5:

Alice Bain, Guardian

Lucy Ribchester, The List

 

Preview – Zurich Ballet, Kairos, Sonnett:  Kelly Apter, The List

 

Review – Le Patin Libre, Vertical Influences:  Lucy Ribchester, The List

 

Review - Room 2 Manoeuvre, Squish Squared:  Liam Blain, British Theatre Guide

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Links - Thursday, August 20 2015

 

 

Review – Battery Dance Festival:  Sankofa Danzafro, Pajarillo Panta’o Dance Company, mixed programme, New York:  Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Review - John Adams, Lucinda Childs and Frank O. Gehry, Available Light, Berlin:  Katja Vaghi, Bachtrack

 

Feature – Ballet Life, Unfiltered and Uploaded to Instagram:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Feature – Shooting a Swan Lake Photo:  Michael Zhang, PetaPixel

 

Preview - Kaeja d'Dance, Porch View Dances, Toronto:  Michael Crabb, Toronnto Star

 

 

Edinburgh:

 

Review – Panic Lab, Riot:  Judith Mackrell, Guardian

 

Reviews - Fringe Dance, Paradise Lost, Balletronic, Idiot-Syncracy:  Mary Brennan, Herald Scotland

 

Review - Sonics in Toren:  Kelly Apter, Scotsman/WOW 247

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Links - Friday, August 21 2015

 

 

Royal New Zealand Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scarlett),Wellington

Reviews:

Ann Hunt, Dominion Post

Jack Yan, Lucire

Video feature – TV New Zealand

 

Reviews – L.A. Dance Project, Murder Ballades, II acts for the blind, Hearts and Arrows, Jacob’s Pillow: 

Gia Kourlas, NY Times

Ken Ross, Mass Live

 

Review – Battery Dance Festival:  Sankofa Danzafro, Pajarillo Panta’o Dance Company, mixed programme, New York:  Apollinaire Scherr, FT

 

Reviews – New Zealand Dance Company, Lumina, Auckland: 

Bernadette Rae, NZ Herald

Jenny Stevenson, NZ Theatreview

 

Review – Melbourne Dance Company, LucidityPhrased Without WordsDivenire, Infinite Space, Auckland:  Sarah Knox, NZ Theatreview

 

Preview Feature – Motionhouse, Fragile, Canterbury:  Kev Burrow, Guardian

 

Reviews - Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games, Auckland: 

Kate Ward-Smythe, NZ Theatreview

Janet Whittington, NZ Theatreview

 

Review – Kage, Picnic, Melbourne:  Chloe Smethurst, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Preview - Jo Lloyd, Confusion for Three, Melbourne:  Philippa Hawker, Sydney Morning Herald

 

 

Edinburgh:

 

Reviews – Israel Galvan, The Real: 

Judith Mackrell, Guardian

Hannah Weibye, Arts Desk

Lyndsey Winship, Standard

Lucy Ribchester, List

 

Feature – Choreographer and composer align for Ballet Zurich:  staff, Scotsman

 

Review - Company Chameleon, Beauty of the Beast:  Donald Hutera, The List

 

Review – Amina Khayyam Dance Co, Yerma:  Kelly Apter, Scotsman/WOW 247

 

Review - Gecko, Institute:  Robin Strapp, British Theatre Guide

 

Review - The Muted Note Duo, Dances and Songs based on poems by PK Page, Kelly Apter, Scotsman/WOW 247

 

Review - 360 Allstars:  Kelly Apter, Scotsman/WOW 247

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Links – Saturday August 22, 2015

 

Reviews - Sylvie GuillemLife in Progress, Australia: 

Jill Sykes, Brisbane Times

Michelle Potter blog

Maxim Boon, Limelight

 

Review - Royal New Zealand BalletA Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scarlett), Wellington: Sam Trubridge, NZ Theatreview

 

Reviews - Martha Graham Dance CompanyEmbattled Garden, NY: 

Brian Seibert, New York Times

Caryn Cooper, Broadway World

 

Feature - In the Jacob’s Pillow archives: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times

 

Review - L.A. Dance ProjectMurder BalladesHeats & ArrowsII acts for the blind, Jacob’s Pillow: Janine Parker, Boston Globe

 

Preview - Louise LecavalierSo Blue, NY: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review

 

Review - Stars of American Ballet, Santa Fe: Michael Wade Simpson, Pasatiempo

 

Feature - Misty Copeland and On the Town: Elysa Gardner, The Star

 

Featue - 12 books about ballet: Dina Gachman, Bustle

 

Preview - Chicago Dancing Festival: Janet Arvia, Examiner.com

 

Feature - The Asian Grand Prix: Vanessa Yung, South China Morning Post

 

Preview - Chatch PreggerFarm to Ballet, Vermont: Sujata Gupta, npr - the salt

 

 

Edinburgh 2015:

 

  Reviews - Ballett am Rhein/RSNOSeven (Martin Schläpfer): 

Hanna Weibye, The Arts Desk

Judith Mackrell, The Guardian

Lucy Ribchester, The List

 

  Review - Israel GalvánLo Real: Mark Monahan, The Telegraph

  

  Review - Company ChordeliaNijinsky’s Last Jump: Judith Mackrell, The Guardian

 

  Review - Ricochet ProjectSmoke and Mirrors: Kelly Apter, WOW247

 

  Review - Balletronic: Kelly Apter, WOW247

 

  Review - Discoteque Machine: Kelly Apter, WOW247

 

  Preview - The week’s best dance, Ballett Zürich; Dance at the fringe: Judith Mackrell, The Guardian

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