Jan McNulty

I've added a tag "Holiday Courses" to the top of the thread. If you click on it you will be given a list of topics with that tag. It may be worth looking through them for ideas.

Jenna Lee has posted on Facebook that there are a couple of junior spaces left for this Sunday.

Thanks Angela. It's right at the start Bruce - don't fast forward at all.

No problems for me Bruce.

I used to love that track by Stealers Wheel!

Hello Boys_Can_Dance and welcome to the Forum! I've amended the title slightly so that people know it is the Tring programme you are enquiring about.

If you disclose something on a medical form, surely no-one processing that form has the right to tell anyone else unless they have your express permission.

I was luck to catch three performances last week - 2 in Stoke and the final one of the season in Leicester on Saturday. I hadn't seen the production since the opening night in Doncaster. I was struck yet again by what an intelligent and clear telling it is of Jane Eyre. One thing I love about Cathy Marston's choreography is her ability to flesh out a character with just a few steps and gestures. She really gives the dancers a solid base on which to build up their roles. On Tuesday evening I finally got to see Hannah Bateman as Jane and she was just glorious. Even the tiniest of gestures and facial expressions had meaning. Javier Torres was born to dance Rochester and has deepened his characterisation even more since the opening night in Doncaster. Together they were breath-taking especially in the final incredible "blind" duet. Jeremy Curnier again was outstanding as St John, really bringing out the coldness of his character. Vicky Sibson gives an incredibly dramatic account of Bertha and Jessica Morgan is subsumed into the role of Grace Poole. I love Pippa Moore's fussy choreography as Mrs Fairfax. On Wednesday evening I saw Abigail Prudames and Mlindi Kulashe as Jane and Rochester. Abigail was sublime as Jane and Mlindi showed yet again what a wonderful actor he is becoming. Sean Bates was very effective as St John. Marianna Rodrigues was very dramatic as Bertha. Jessica Morgan was Mrs Fairfax and the choreography looked very different on her as she is so much taller than Pippa. All in all it was a super performance. The final performance on Saturday night, with Hannah Bateman and Javier Torres leading the cast was one of those very special performances that comes along once in a while and stay with you forever. I couldn't stop myself from leaping to my feet at the end, as did many more people in the audience. Saturday night also marked Jessica Morgan's final performance with the Company. She has always been a wonderful dance actress and has also been fabulous in Kenneth Tindall's works. I particularly loved her interpretation of Myrtle in Gatsby and Mrs Fairfax in Jane Eyre. Very best wishes to Jessica for the future. I do hope Jane Eyre is soon back in the repertoire.

I have seen dancers promoted, unexpectedly to me, to principal over the years and most of them have risen to the occasion. I have also seen some dancers promoted who have not risen to the occasion. There are also established principals who do not (and never have) floated my boat. It does not mean to say that they don't float other people's boat but we all see things differently, including Directors/Artistic Directors. I am talking about my experience of several companies, not specifically the RB. I am very happy that K O'H has chosen to promote from within, even if YC is not on the list.

What an awful accident. Sincere condolences to his family and friends at this terribly sad time.

I saw the first three performances in Birmingham last week and was fortunate to see all three leading casts. This ballet fits BRB like a glove! It is as faithful to the Shakespeare text as it can be and the misogyny can be hard to watch albeit in the ballet there is a romantic overtime and, of course, the happy ending. When I first heard last year that the company were to perform Shrew, I immediately thought of Elisha Willis as the Shrew. I was not wrong - she is totally subsumed into the role and was absolutely wonderful. Her Petrucchio was Iain Mackay was a great foil for her. The energy on stage was palpable and their partnership was just sublime! What a wonderful major role to finish your career on! The other dancer I thought of as Katharina was Samara Downs and, again, she lived up to expectation. Her Petrucchio was Yasuo Atsuji, who was, for me, a surprise casting. Well, it shows what I know - he was terrific! Again they were paired together brilliantly and they achieved the "figurehead lift" most spectacularly - you could hear the whole audience gasp. The one dancer I did not think of as a Katharina was Nao (Wonder Woman) Sakuma who gave possibly the best performance of her career. She was utterly magnificent and utterly believable. Tyrone Singleton was, of course, magnificent as her Petrucchio. I think the first time they danced together was at the Lowry in March when Tyrone unexpectedly made an early debut as Romeo with Nao as his Juliet and no rehearsal time as a partnership. They were wonderful then and they were wonderful together last week! Of course this ballet is not made up of just one couple and there were some outstanding performances in the other roles. Brandon Lawrence was achingly romantic as Lucentio with both Jenna Roberts and Yvette Knight, who both gave intelligent accounts of the sweeter-natured Bianca. Karla Doorbar was lovely as Bianca too, with the dashingly elegant Cesar Morales as her Lucentio. Chi Cao very nearly stole the show with his perfect comic timing and subtly acted Hortensio. Well known for his beautiful classic style, he has tapped his inner comedian for this performance and caused belly laughs throughout! Mathias Dingman was also very funny but his acting had a broader brush approach than Chi. Rory Mackay, Valentin Olovyanikov and James Barton were all hilarious as Gremio. The whores were all hilarious too - it seems strange praising someone as a great whore but Delia Matthews, Angela Paul, Celine Gittens, Ana Albutishvili, Celine Gittens and Jade Heuson all entered into the spirit of the role! All the members of the company entered into the spirit of the piece and the orchestra was on top form too. Despite the misogyny, this piece is a joy to watch especially as danced by BRB!

YES!!! Great article Katherine!

I've seen 3 terrific performances this week! More when I get home from Leicester tomorrow.

I don't know about application forms for ballet companies but if there is a question about an issue that would fit the disability in question then it must be answered. Failure to fully disclose on the medical form could cause dismissal if discovered at a later date.

The Choreographic Laboratory "Sharing Event" today is being live-streamed this evening from 6pm - 8pm. There's a link on this page: https://northernballet.com/tell-tale-steps-2/video/choreographic-lab-live-stream

Hello Popsballet3 and welcome to the Forum! Congratulations to your DD.

Alex and Roberta were fabulous together in Don Q and as these performances will be Roberta's valedictory performances I think that is a bit of a mean thing to say.

SADLER’S WELLS AT LATITUDE FESTIVAL Sadler’s Wells, the UK’s leading dance house, returns to the Waterfront Stage at Latitude Festival for a ninth year to present a diverse programme of world-class dance in all its forms, from Thursday 14 – Sunday 17 July 2016. Since 2008 Sadler’s Wells has presented dance to audiences in excess of 58,000 people across the years. This year’s highlight is an excerpt from Vamos Cuba! (Let’s Go Cuba!) a spectacular new Sadler’s Wells Production created by the team behind the smash-hit dance show Havana Rakatan, which has been seen by more than 200,000 people worldwide and has enjoyed six seasons at The Peacock, Sadler’s Wells’ West End venue. The high-energy production includes salsa, mambo, rumba, cha-cha-cha and reggaeton. Following the Latitude performance; Vamos Cuba! will be performing at Sadler’s Wells from Tuesday 26 July – Sunday 21 August 2016. Opening the programme on Thursday evening will be Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Hofesh Shechter’s company, one of the world’s leading dance companies. The company will perform tHE bAD the middle section from Shechter’s most recent work, a trilogy called barbarians, a Sadler’s Wells co-commission. Created during night-time rehearsals, this piece for five dancers is accompanied by a multi-layered score – a volatile explosion of dubstep grooves alongside Shechter’s trademark percussive electronics. Also performing on the Waterfront Stage is an artist who was mentored by Hofesh Shechter; rising hip hop dancer and choreographerBotis Seva and his company Far From The Norm. For Latitude, Seva presents H.O.H. Combining hip hop, physical theatre and contemporary dance the work centres on the nation’s favourite sport, football. Seva explores the relationship between multi-cultural British people and football, as well as the social and political issues surrounding the sport. Returning to Latitude for the third year is the National Youth Dance Company (NYDC), the country’s flagship organisation for young dancers, which is run by Sadler’s Wells. They perform a new creation by the company’s Guest Artistic Director Michael Keegan-Dolan, an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells. The work, entitled In – Nocentes is set to Max Richter’s re-composition of The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi and is a ritualistic piece with which Keegan-Dolan celebrates the natural and instinctive way in which young people can move and behave. The line-up includes work from other leading figures in contemporary dance, including one of the founding fathers of contemporary dance in the UK, Richard Alston, considered to be one of the world’s most musical choreographers. The Richard Alston Dance Companypresents a double bill of work for Latitude, including extracts from Sadler’s Wells commission Nomadic - Alston’s electric collaboration with young hip-hop choreographer Ajani Johnson-Goffe danced to Shukar Collective’s fusion of Romany and electronic music. The double bill also includes Stronghold II, choreographed by the company’s Associate Choreographer, Martin Lawrance. Set to a score by Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Wolfe this fiercely intense work reflects the turbulent character of the music, richly scored for eight double basses. Completing the Sadler’s Wells line up in a collaboration between music and dance entitled Veils. Cutting-edge Manchester acoustic-electronica trio GoGo Penguin collaborated with choreographer Lynne Page to create a contemporary response to 80s underground club culture. Inspired by mirrors and palindromes, the work is an epic piece of music with dance that becomes the absolute visual representation of the composition. The piece was first performed at the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015. Over the weekend, Sadler’s Wells will also be providing workshop and classes on the Waterfront Stage. LISTINGS: Latitude Festival Henham Park, Suffolk Thursday 14 – Sunday 17 July 2016 Tickets: www.latitudefestival.co.uk Sadler’s Wells at Latitude Waterfront Stage Thursday 14 – Sunday 17 July 2016 Thursday 14 July Hofesh Shechter company Friday 15 July Far From The Norm Vamos Cuba! Saturday 16 July Far From The Norm GoGo Penguin & Lynne Page Sunday 17 July Richard Alston Dance Company National Youth Dance Company

I picked up this rather nice interview while culling Today's Links: http://www.culturekiosque.com/dance/inter/hannah_o_neill991.html

Here's the press release from the Hawk and Owl Trust: http://hawkandowl.org/norwich-cathedral-peregrines-update-tuesday-14th-june-2016/ I know it's life, but sometimes life sucks! I do hope the 2 little ones flourish in rehabilitation.

We should start a petition - Yuhui for Principal! And yes, she and Alex were wonderful together in 2Ps.

Links - Thursday 16 Jun, 2016 Reviews - National Ballet of Canada, Le Petit Prince, Toronto: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Denise Sum, Danceview Times Gallery - National Ballet of Canada, Giselle, Toronto: Daniel Neuhaus, Toronto Life Review - Pennsylvania Ballet, Balanchine and Beyond, Philadelphia: Barnett Serchuk, Broadway World Review - Northern Ballet, Jane Eyre, Stoke: Staff, Stoke Sentinel Review - Jessica Lang Dance, Solo Bach, Thousand Yard Stare, Sweet Silent Thought, i.n.k., Among the Stars, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Interview - Jessica Lang: Juan Michael Porter ll, Broadway World Interview - Hannah O’Neill of Paris Opera Ballet: Patricia Boccadoro, Culture Kiosque Interview - Mathilde Froustey of San Francisco Ballet: Vuong Bach Lien, Vietnam Net Review - Hope Mohr Dance, Manifesting, Stay, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, Danceview Times Interview - Sylvia Waters: Marina Kennedy, Broadway World Review - Holy Body Tattoo & Godspeed You!, Monumental, Toronto: Greg Bouchard, Exclaim Preview - Four Days of Hip-hop, Los Angeles: Christina Campodonico, LA Times Review - Yoshika Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks, Dead End: Don’t Let Me Down, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review - Performa/Dance, 4x3: Four Works by Three Choreographers, Austin: Joelle Seitz, Fjord Review Review - Slovak National Folklore Ballet, Lucnica, London: Siobhan Murphy, London Dance Review - Karen Ruimy, Zik’r, London: Rachel Elderkin, Stage

Hello Divataxi and welcome to the Forum! I hope you get good news.

Lovely feature on Elisha from Today's Links: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/birmingham-royal-ballet-star-elisha-11461252

Links - Wednesday 15 Jun, 2016 Feature - Elisha Willis on ditching dancing for stitching: Ros Laws, Birmingham Mail Review - American Ballet Theatre, The Golden Cockerel, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceview Times Review - Royal Swedish Ballet, Juliet and Romeo, Costa Mesa: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review Review - Pennsylvania Ballet, Balanchine and Beyond, Philadelphia: Melia Kraus-har, Broadway World Review – No Body, radiant choreography of light and sound, London: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs News - LA Dance Project lands 3 year residency in Arles: David Ng, LA Times Feature - Meet Alvin Ailey’s three newest dancers: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Preview - Complexions Contemporary Ballet, A Tribute to David Bowie, Detroit: David Lyman, Detroit Free Press Review - Holy Body Tattoo & Godspeed You!, Monumental, Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Review - Fearghus Ó Conchuir, The Casement Project: Butterflies and Bones, London: Josephine Leask, London Dance Review - Brian Brooks Moving Company, Wilderness, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal Review - London Dance Film Festival: Philippa Newis, London Dance Review - Satellite Collective, mixed programme by various artists, New York: Juan Michael Porter ll, Broadway World Preview - Love Clock, London: Donald Hutera, London Dance