Ian Macmillan Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Links - Sunday February 12, 2012 Reviews – NYCB, Seven Deadly Sins, Vienna Waltzes: Marina Harss, Faster Times Leigh Witchel, NY Post Review – Royal Ballet, Dream, Song of the Earth: Luke Jennings, Observer Russell Maliphant, Rodin Project Review – Manuela Carrasco, Flamenco Festival: Jenny Gilbert, Independent Review – Akram Khan, Vertical Road: Robert Johnson, NJ Star-Ledger Reporters try Tango with Flavia and Vincent! Sunday Express Review – CanAsian Dance Festival, Highlights: Paula Citron, Globe and Mail Gallery Review – Black artists in Motion: R M Vaughan, Globe and Mail Preview: Choreographer Heather Maloney: Jordan Levin, Miami Herald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Links - Monday February 13, 2012 Wayne McGregor and “Infra” for Joffrey Ballet: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Critic Judith Mackrell on star-rating reviews: For whom does she write? Guardian Review – Atlanta Ballet, Twyla Tharp’s The Princess and the Goblin: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review – Akram Khan, Vertical Road: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal Not entirely dance, but an interesting article on a lost version of “Eugene Onegin”: John Freedman, Moscow Times Review – Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, Cleopatra, CEO: Laura Bleiberg, LA Times Review – Ballet West (Utah), Don Quixote: Kathy Adams, Salt Lake Tribune At Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Cupid's arrow strikes more than usual, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Review – West Australian Ballet, Ballet at the Quarry: Rita Clarke, The Australian Review – IDJA Dance Theatre, Lu’arn: Chloe Smethurst, Sydney Morning Herald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamk Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Review - Royal Ballet Dream/Song Louise Levene from yesterday's Sunday Telegraph magazine now on line http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/9074691/The-DreamSong-of-the-Earth-at-Covent-Garden-Seven-magazine-review.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Not entirely dance, but an interesting article on a lost version of “Eugene Onegin”: John Freedman, Moscow Times I for one am always interested in EO, so thanks for that, Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Northern Ballet's Perpetual Motion programme: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/theatre/9527507.Review___Northern_Ballet__Perpetual_Motion__Stanley___Audrey_Burton_Theatre__Leeds__until_February_18/ Birmingham Royal Ballet's work in a nursing home: http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2012/02/13/ballet-fever-sweeps-birmingham-nursing-home-97319-30317489/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Links - Tuesday February 14, 2012 Review – Perm Ballet, Triple Bill: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Review – Manuela Carrasco, Suspiro Flamenco: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Preview – Ballet Next (Michele Wiles & Charles Askegard), Exhibitions Series: Broadway World Review – Random Dance, Entity: Janet Smith, Straight.com Review - Earthfall, At Swim, Two Boys: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Review – New Chamber Ballet (Miro Magloire), Mixed Bill: Claudia La Rocco, NY Times Dance Awards for Baryshnikov and Forsythe: Julie Bloom, NY Times Review – Northern Ballet, Perpetual Motion: Charles Hutchinson, York Press Ex-NYCB dancer Zina Bethune killed in road accident: LA Times Birmingham Royal Ballet helps local project:Chris Henwood, Birmingham Mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) Links - Wednesday February 15, 2012 Review – Atlanta Ballet, Princess and the Goblin: Robert Greskovic, Wall Street Journal Preview – Alberta Ballet, Cinderella: Bob Clark, Edmonton Journal Preview – Cuban National Ballet, Don Quixote: Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun Review – Ballet West, Don Quixote (new cast): Kathy Adams, Salt Lake Tribune Review – Antonio Gades Company, Fuenteovejuna: Ismene Brown, Arts Desk Review – Flamenco Festival, Sadler’s Wells: Sanjoy Roy, Guardian Preview – Crystal Pite, The You Show: Susan Reiter, CityArts Valentine’s Day Video recommendations: Robert Johnson, NJ Star-Ledger Toronto – Dancers and Urban Activism: Paula Citron, Globe and Mail Edited February 15, 2012 by Ian Macmillan Toolbar problem solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Young footballers learn moves from ballet! http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2012/02/15/ballet-masterclass-for-aston-villa-teens-97319-30332447/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Links - Thursday February 16, 2012 Review + Comment – RB “Dream/Song” Bill but mainly l’affaire Polunin: Giannandrea Poesio, Spectator Book Review – “The Master’s Muse” by Varley O’Connor, on the life of Tanaquil Le Clercq: Holly Brubach, NY Times UK: New plan for cultural education in schools: Mark Brown, Guardian Review – San Francisco Ballet, Chroma, Beaux, Number Nine: Mary Ellen Hunt, SF Chronicle Preview – Holly Johnston & Ledges and Bones: Want: Claudia Bauer, SF Chronicle Reviews – Amanda Loulaki, Levi Gonzalez, Untitled, Counterfeit Scenario: Monica Bill Barnes, The Snow Globe Show: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal Film Preview – “Joffrey”: Mavericks of American Dance: Wynne Delacoma, Chicago Sun-Times Review – New York City Ballet, Les Carillons, DGV: Hanna Oldsman, California Literary Review Review – Perth Festival Fringe, Miscellaneous Works: Rita Clarke, The Australian Ballet classes for Aston Villa under-15 squad: Paul Suart, Birmingham Mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Another review of Northern Ballet's Perpetual Motion programme: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/theatre_review_perpetual_motion_northern_ballet_leeds_1_4254756 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) Online at last: the Daily Telegraph's 5-star review of Adam Cooper et al in Singin' in the Rain in the West End: http://www.telegraph...tre-review.html Oh, and now at the Indie (4 stars) too: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/singin-in-the-rain-palace-theatre-london-6979608.html?origin=internalSearch Edited February 16, 2012 by alison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Links - Friday February 17, 2012 Review – New York City Ballet, Romeo & Juliet: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review – Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Altro Canto, Opus 40: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times 5 Reviews – Singin’ in the Rain, Adam Cooper : Richard Fairman, Financial Times Charles Spencer, Telegraph Paul Taylor, Independent Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard Julie Carpenter, Express 3 Reviews – Cloud Gate 2, Akram Khan, Lar Lubovitch: Marina Harss, Faster Times Preview – Prague State Opera, Don Quixote: Johana Mūcková, Prague Post Move Tube – Mark Morris is a Dido to die for: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Review – Sochi Winter Arts Festival, Tamara, Scheherezade: Raymond Stults, Moscow Times Review – Boston Ballet, Simply Sublime: Debra Cash, Boston Phoenix Review – Joffrey Ballet, Winter Fire: Zachary Whittenberg, Time Out Chicago Review – San Francisco Ballet, Chroma, Number Nine, Beaux: Becca Klarin, SF Appeal Obituary – Zina Bethune: NY Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Glad to see MoveTube back - I was wondering what had happened to it. There's another one, of Josephine Baker, which we may have missed: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2012/feb/01/josephine-baker-still-scintillating-sepia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Just had a proper look at the Mark Morris video ..... and reflecting that I was living and working in Brussels at the time of the Béjart to Morris transition, just 10 minutes from the Monnaie ..... and that all of this meant nothing to me at that time. Temps perdu, indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Nice piece from Nick Ahad in the Yorkshire post on audience behaviour: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/debate/columnists/nick_ahad_noises_off_that_leave_me_twittering_with_rage_1_4252513 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Links – Saturday February 18, 2012 Review – San Francisco Ballet, Trio, Francesa da Rimini, Carnaval des Animaux: Mary Ellen Hunt, SF Chronicle Preview - Australian Ballet 50th Anniversary, Infinity (with Bangarra Dance Theatre & Chunky Move): Philippa Hawker, Sydney Morning Herald Review – Núñez and Cortés, Flamenco: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Review - Flamenco Festival, Sadler’s Wells: Louise Levene, Sunday Telegraph Feature – Director Ib Andersen & Ballet Arizona: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Altro Canto I, Opus 40: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Preview – Philadanco, Mixed Bill: Robert Johnson, NJ Star-Ledger Review – Tango Pasión: Victor Swoboda, Montreal Gazette Review – Heather Maloney, In this place: Jordan Levin, Miami Herald Houston Ballet Ball grosses $1.4m!! Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle Washington Ballet dancers teach you how to groove!: Jessica Goldstein, Washington Post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsomerset Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Nice piece from Nick Ahad in the Yorkshire post on audience behaviour: http://www.yorkshire..._rage_1_4252513 Thank you for posting this Janet. I agree with every word! I once had the cheek to ask a girl on a train to turn her radio down which she was playing loudly to the whole carriage and was met with a torrent of abuse and told to learn to concentrate! After that rather galling experience I have assumed that rustling sweet papers, mobile screens lighting up etc were now part of modern life and was being unreasonable in complaining. Really cheering to know that one's feelings are shared and no I don't think it is a middle class/age thing. People of all ages and apparent class annoy and object in equal part. What can be done? Perhaps we could start by complaining loud and long to the management although to be honest I cannot see my local Odeon banning the sale of popcorn during ballet and opera transmissions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboyd Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Coughing at the ROH has reached epidemic proportions. For opera and ballet performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsomerset Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Coughing at the ROH has reached epidemic proportions. For opera and ballet performances. Yes, I noticed this last time I attended ROH. According to the programme they offer cough sweets to help you 'manage' your cough but obviously people do not avail themselves of this offer or the sweets are not effective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Once during an interval I left a cough sweet on the seat of the person behind me who had been hacking all the way through act 1. The conversation between him and his companion on his return went something like this: Him: "Oh. Someone seems to have dropped a sweet on my chair." Her: "I think someone is trying to tell you that your coughing is disturbing them." Him: "That's nice but I won't bother with the sweet". He then threw the sweet on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Yes, I noticed this last time I attended ROH. According to the programme they offer cough sweets to help you 'manage' your cough but obviously people do not avail themselves of this offer or the sweets are not effective! I find they take about 5 minutes to kick in as a rule, which isn't always quick enough when you realise that something has just arrived on that sensitive spot at the back of your throat. This is, of course, a Links thread: perhaps we should start an audience behaviour thread of some description? (What's On Stage has one that, at last count, went on for 17 pages. I don't think we can manage that, but it is clearly a problem). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Links - Sunday February 12, 2012 Rather late, I'm afraid, but I just got hold of the Sunday Times for the 12th: the Culture section had a major interview with Adam Cooper prior to the opening of Singin' in the Rain - NB: it's not a Polunin-free area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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