John Mallinson Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Links – Sunday June 10, 2012 Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Viktor: Luke Jennings, The Observer Jenny Gilbert, The Independent Review - The Royal Ballet, The Prince of the Pagodas: Jenny Gilbert, The Independent Luke Jennings, The Observer Preview - Australian Ballet in New York: Diane Nottle, New York Times Review - School of American Ballet workshop performances: Jocelyn Noveck, Huffington Post Preview - On the Boards' NW New Works dance festival, Seattle: Alice Kaderlan, Crosscut Daria Klimentova, English National Ballet: Steve Meacham, Sydney Morning Herald Queer New York International Arts Festival, 3 choreographers talk: Gia Kourlas, TimeOut New York Interview - Charles Jude, AD of Ballet de l’Opera National de Bordeaux: Edmund Lee, TimeOut Hong Kong Film - First Position: Valerie Lawson, DanceLines Jessica Ward, Elmhurst School for Dance principal: Kat Keogh, Birmingham Post 2012 Gené Competition to be held in Wellington, NZ: Paul Easton, The Dominion Post Dancing House, Fred and Ginger as you’ve never seen them before: Charles S. Dameron, Wall Street Journal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 At the risk of re-igniting the Tamara Rojo/ENB thread in News, today's Sunday Times 'Culture' magazine has a weighty feature around an interview with her and on her likely approach to the new appointment - with two rather good photos, one on the cover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 John, thanks for linking the "Fred and Ginger" article - it's wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I've just read the article in the ST Culture section. A breath of fresh air. Sounds as if there are interesting times ahead - go for it Miss Rojo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Also, I think this is maybe the first time it's been publicly stated that Rojo was taken out of Onegin because she was thought to be 'too fat'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Also, I think this is maybe the first time it's been publicly stated that Rojo was taken out of Onegin because she was thought to be 'too fat'. Yes, pity she didn't name the person who said so (think I have sussed out who he was), also there was a picture of Margot Fonteyn's family home in Ealing which is for sale, and a not so good review for Prince of the Pagodas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 David Bintley on the similarity between football and ballet managers: http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/06/10/footballers-really-are-ballerinas-says-the-man-behind-birmingham-royal-ballet-66331-31151977/ David Bintley on having to rename his new work: http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2012/06/10/olympic-chiefs-slap-ban-on-birmingham-s-new-ballet-show-66331-31151974/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamicro Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Yes, pity she didn't name the person who said so (think I have sussed out who he was), She named him so many times that probably it was unnecessary to repeat it.... What a loss was to have her out of Onegin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Indeed it was. As those of us who were fortunate enough to see her in rehearsal the day before noted, size has nothing to do with ability to portray that role. David Bintley on having to rename his new work: http://www.sundaymer...66331-31151974/ Ridiculous. I accept the O2 having to be rechristened the North Greenwich Arena for the duration, and even some of the pettier things like nobody being allowed to use the words "Olympics/Paralympics/2012" unless they're a sponsor, or whatever it is, but this is ludicrous. The Olympic motto is technically actually the Latin "Citius, Altius, Fortius" - and is trademarked, which is fair enough, but the English version isn't. Do they forbid its use when translated into any other language in the world, I wonder, or is it just English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamicro Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Indeed it was. As those of us who were fortunate enough to see her in rehearsal the day before noted, size has nothing to do with ability to portray that role. The Olympic motto is technically actually the Latin "Citius, Altius, Fortius" - and is trademarked, which is fair enough, but the English version isn't. I suspect it is http://www.londonbusinessnetwork.com/2012-information/using-the-london-2012-brand I don't know if they registered also other translations, for sure the Italian version "Più velocemente, più in alto, con più forza" is not very attractive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I checked the international and European Community databases and couldn't find any trademarks for the English version, but your link gives an indirect link to the "Olympic Symbol etc (Protection) Act 1995" (slightly surprised at the date) which, for the UK at least, does protect any translation of the motto, so I guess it was that which did the damage. We live and learn ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Janet, re. your post re. Fred and Ginge....funnily enough I was in Prague a week ago photographing that building!! We just came upon when we were walking around the city and I thought 'wow, amazing', and it is a real anomaly amidst all the lovely Art Nouveau buildings by which it's surrounded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Sim - it didn't exist when I visited Prague (1987). I feel another trip planning session is required for this most beautiful of cities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Links – Monday June 11, 2012 Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, World Cities, Nur Du, London: Ismene Brown, The Arts Desk 4 stars, Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, World Cities, Viktor: 2 stars,Clement Crisp, Financial Times Review - English National Ballet, mixed bill, Sydney: Deborah Jones, The Australian Penny Spirou, Australian Stage Tamara Rojo belongs on stage, not in the boardroom: Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph London 2012 Olympics - Games chiefs order ballet name change: Andrew Hough, The Telegraph Review - Andrea Miller, Sit, Kneel, Stand, NY: Gia Kourlas, New York Times Review - Robert Moses’ Kin, various works: Rita Felciano, DanceviewTimes Review - 7 Australian dance companies, Let’s Dance, Melbourne: Eamonn Kelly, The Australian Interview - Lucien Postlewaite, Pacific Northwest Ballet: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Review - Oregon Ballet Theatre, Dance United gala: Martha Ullman West, The Oregonian Oz of attraction (you work it out, I can’t!): Megan Lehmann, New York Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Sorry the links were a bit late today: blame Pina Bausch. Another three and a half hour marathon last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Noting David Bintley's annoyance at the IOC forcing a ballet name change, I see that The Times is sponsoring a CEO Conference today under a "Faster, Higher, Stronger" banner. Presumably they know the right people? And "Oz of attraction" is lost on me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I did wonder whether it was "oz" as an abbreviation for "ounce". Hmm, is The Times the Official Olympic Newspaper, or something? Otherwise, they shouldn't be allowed to use it either, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Something to make your blood boil in the The Australian review: "IT was a bit surreal to be celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with English National Ballet -- yes, we stood and sang Advance Australia Fair and God Save the Queen -- what with the company having scarcely any English or even British people in it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Links – Tuesday 12 June, 2012 Review - The Royal Ballet, The Prince of the Pagodas: 4 stars, Louise Levene, The Telegraph Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Viktor, Nur Du: Sarah Frater, The Stage Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Nur Du: 4 stars, Zoe Anderson, The Independent 4 stars, Liz Hoggard, Evening Standard Review - English National Ballet, mixed programme, Sydney: Valerie Lawson, DanceLines Review - On the Boards' NW New Works dance festival, Seattle: Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times Review - Ramya Ramnarayan, classical Indian dance, NY: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times Preview - Mikhailovsky Ballet, Swan Lake, Vancouver: Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun Zdenek Konvalina and Béjart’s Song of the Wayfarer: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Brazilians twins dazzle with English (National) Ballet: Michelle Hanna, World News Australia Bunheads - warm up for a new invasion of the swans this summer: Jonathan Bernstein, The Guardian Bunheads, a non-review: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulff Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Something to make your blood boil in the The Australian review: "IT was a bit surreal to be celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with English National Ballet -- yes, we stood and sang Advance Australia Fair and God Save the Queen -- what with the company having scarcely any English or even British people in it." I've always thought that English National Ballet was the biggest misnomer in the business, almost worthy of a prosecution under the trade descriptions act, with some 60% of its dancers not only not English but not British; and before someone says "well, what about the Royal Ballet" at least 60% of that company's dancers are British. The original name of London Festival Ballet may well have become less appropriate with the passage of time but I would have thought that a title like London International Ballet would have been a truer description of what this company really is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim b Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 would it be controversial to ask what's in a name as long as it summarises a company of excellence & is known for that quality (which is what i think mr eagling is proposing in his recent interview for Australian TV News - link above) in Russia there is mariinsky, bolshoi, mikhailovsky - the difference being what? i don't know - their theatres perhaps some of the finest etoiles in the paris opera are from toulouse or even ajaccio and most of them don't sing opera either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Wulff, are 60% of the RB's dancers really British, as opposed to British trained? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Wulff, are 60% of the RB's dancers really British, as opposed to British trained? I think the figure is more like 40%, though it depends what one means by British (for example, Pietra Mello-Pittman has lived in the UK since she was 5)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 some of the finest etoiles in the paris opera are from toulouse or even ajaccio and most of them don't sing opera either Your point being, I presume, that you might expect company members to be restricted to Parisians and be associated with opera? I think that's because "Paris Opera Ballet" is a little sloppy, albeit concise, as a rendition. I think the "Ballet of the Opéra de Paris" would probably be more accurate: this Wikipedia entry http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_de_Paris indicates that the OdP is a public institution rather than a company, more like the Royal Opera House in the UK, I should think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim b Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 sorry to be sloppy alison - my point was comme d'habitude much better made by Wayne in his interview - that it is the quality of the company and their work that we look for & enjoy and the name and nationalities are not of particular relevance to that - seems to me that the title often usually indicates where the bearers predominantly dance - ENB have England (& Wales) and seem to try their best to reach most regions of it - my comments on Paris Opera whom as you know I love dearly and deeply were also meant to be tongue very much in cheek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Links – Wednesday 13 June, 2012 Review - New York City Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Robert Gottlieb, NY Observer Review - American Ballet Theatre, Firebird, Apollo, Thirteen Diversions: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times Mary Cargill, DanceviewTimes Review - American Ballet Theatre, Firebird: 5 stars, Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Review - American Ballet Theatre, the season so far: Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Viktor: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Nur Du: Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs Misa Brzezicki, LondonDance Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Viktor, Nur Du: Ricky Power Sayeed, TimeOut London Review - David Gordon, Beginning of the End of the… : Deborah Jowitt, ArtsJournal Review - Colin, Simon & I, Because We Care, London: Zoe Anderson, Independent Preview - NY’s River to River Festival: Gia Kourlas, TimeOut NY Review - Rock the Ballet, Auckland: Bridget Jones, Auckland Now Review - Havana Rumba, London: Sarah Wilkinson, The Stage New South African ballet company from merger: Adrienne Sichel, Independent Online (Zaire) Preview - Australian Ballet, Swan Lake, NY: Christine Jevers, Huffington Post Preview - Royal New Zealand Ballet, Cinderella, with added sparkle: Stuff.co.nz And finally a review from someone who wasn’t there: Review - World Stars of Ballet Stars, Manila: Rosalinda L. Orosa, Philippine Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Wow, what a lot of links today - thank you John. Tim, I wasn't getting at you - it just hadn't occurred to me until you brought the subject up that "Paris Opera Ballet" had various interpretations which didn't really reflect reality, that was all. Still, it seems to be the accepted English wording, so I guess we're stuck with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 Links – Thursday 14 June, 2012 Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, …como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si…: Sarah Kent, The Arts Desk Graham Watts, DanceTabs Judith Mackrell, The Guardian Lise Smith, LondonDance Sarah Frater, The Stage Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, …como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si…, Nur Du: Sarah Crompton, The Telegraph Review - American Ballet Theatre, Firebird, Apollo: Leigh Witchel, New York Post Review - Australian Ballet, Luminous, Dyad 1929, Waramuk , NY: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times n.b. I was unable to see this as it was behind their paywall. You may have better luck. Review - Australian Ballet and others, Let’s Dance, Melbourne: Valerie Lawson, DanceLines New York on its feet for Australian Ballet triple bill: Deborah Jones, The Australian Review - National Ballet of Canada, Elite Syncopations, Song of a Wayfarer, Chroma: 4/4 stars, Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Review - Ballet Arizona, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Episodes, Rubies, Phoenix: Helene Kaplan, DanceviewTimes Review - David Wampach, Auto, Batterie: Claudia La Rocco, New York Times Preview - Dance UK, Olympic collaboration by ENB, Scottish Ballet, National Dance Company of Wales: Kelly Apter, The Scotsman City Ballet Names New Leaders (on the board): Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times Helsinki International Ballet Competition (from a Canadian perspective): Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Preview - Vail International Dance Festival 2012: Erica Prather, 303 Magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Sim - it didn't exist when I visited Prague (1987). I feel another trip planning session is required for this most beautiful of cities. Yes Jan, it's definitely that time! This was our first visit and we loved it! Photos of how it looks now are on my FB page in the photo albums bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 15, 2012 Author Share Posted June 15, 2012 Links – Friday 15 June, 2012 Review - American Ballet Theatre, Firebird, Apollo, Thirteen Diversions: Deborah Jowitt, ArtsJournal Tobi Tobias, ArtsJournal Review - Keigwin + Company, mixed bill, NY: Brian Seibert, New York Times Interview - Wayne McGregor on BBC’s HardTalk: Katya Adler, BBC iPlayer Review - Tino Seghal, This Variation, Documenta 13, Kassel: Adrian Searle, The Guardian Preview - Nina Ananiashvili in Japan: Eriko Arita, Japan Times …and if you fancy a night out on the NY dance scene: A.C. Lee, New York Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Today's Times has an interview with Wayne McGregor who is involved with Big Dance 2012, also some information about his work on Titian 2012 and a picture of Carlos Acosta who will be dancing in it with Edward Watson and Leanne Benjamin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Oops, I went and read the Rojo interview in Sunday's, but didn't think to look at today's. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 Links – Saturday 16 June, 2012 New York City Ballet, some thoughts: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times Interview - Kevin McKenzie, AD of ABT: Robert Gottlieb, New York Times Review - American Ballet Theatre, Romeo and Juliet: Brian Seibert, New York Times Review - Australian Ballet, mixed bill, NY: Robert Johnson, Star-Ledger Australian Ballet in New York: Alyssa Bereznak, Vanity Fair Review - Mikhailovsky Ballet, Swan Lake, Vancouver: Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun Review - National Ballet of Canada, Elite Syncopations, Song of a Wayfarer, Chroma, Toronto: Paula Citron, The Globe and Mail Review - Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, mixed bill, NY: Carol Pardo, DanceviewTimes Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, …como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si…: Ricky Power Sayeed, TimeOut London Review - Por Instantes, La Travesia, NY: Gia Kourlas, New York Times A ballerina on 'Question Time'? Why not? It would raise the level of debate: David Lister, The Independent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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