Jan McNulty

A review from Nouse And one from Terpsichore

Links - Friday, May 22 2015 Obituary – Maggie Black, Teacher and Dancer: Sam Roberts, NY Times News – English National Ballet and English National Ballet School announce plans for a joint new home in East London: DanceTabs Carmel Smith, London Dance Review – New York City Ballet, Walpurgisnacht Ballet, Sonatine, La Valse, Symphony in C, New York: Carol Pardo, Danceview Times Review – American Ballet Theatre, 75th Anniversary Gala, New York: Sondra Forsyth, Broadway World Review – American Ballet Theatre, Othello, New York: Carla Escoda, Bachtrack Feature – Stepping out of the past: modern dance’s heritage debate: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Review – Boris Charmatz, manger, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Gallery – Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Review – Boris Charmatz, If Tate Modern was Musee de la Danse, London: Philippa Newlis, London Dance Review – San Francisco Ballet School, Student Showcase, San Francisco: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Interview – Jessica Collado, Houston Ballet: Katricia Lang, Broadway World Review – Robert Clark, Promises of Happiness, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Review - Kimberly Bartosik and Dylan Crossman, Bound, Ecsteriority4 (Part 2), New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Review – Claire Cunningham, Give me a reason to live, Brighton: Emily Brown, Bachtrack Review – Rebecca Patek, The Future was looking better in the Past, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Feature - Cuba: Showtime in Havana: John-Paul Rathbone, FT

I'm looking forward to Saturday afternoon too but won't get there in time for class.

Links - Thursday, May 21 2015 Reviews – American Ballet Theatre, 75th Anniversary Gala, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Review – American Ballet Theatre, Othello, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – New York City Ballet, Apollo, Agon, Duo Concertant, Symphony in Three Movements, New York: Leigh Witchel, Danceview Times Review – New York City Ballet, Goldberg Variations, West Side Story Suite, New York: Rose Marija, Broadway World Review – Bucharest National Ballet, Classical Symphony, Petite Mort, Marguerite and Armand, Tango, Radio and Juliet, Bucharest: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Review – Milwaukee Ballet, Cinderella, Milwaukee: Peggy Sue Dunigan, Broadway World Feature – Behind the Scenes at Birmingham Royal Ballet: Charles Hutchinson, York Press Reviews – Boris Charmatz, manger, London: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Lyndsey Winship, Standard Review – TITAS Command Performance 2015, Dallas: Margaret Putnam, Theater Jones Preview - Sampradaya Dance, Nirantara, Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

Princes required for kissing Princesses The esteemed Chelmsford Ballet Company will hold its annual auditions for dancing membership on Sunday 21 June 2015 at CYGAMS HQ, Chelmsford. Applications are sought from male and female dancers to join the Company, with the closing date for applications set for 7 June. Following a ballet class before a panel of distinguished adjudicators, successful candidates are invited to join the Company as either junior, general or senior dancing members, and will be eligible to audition for its annual production. Only auditioned members may audition to dance in this production, for which separate auditions are held later in the year. The Chelmsford Ballet Company's 2016 production will be The Sleeping Beauty, running from 16 - 19 March 2016 at the Civic Theatre, Chelmsford. If you are unable to audition on 21 June, a provisional date for second auditions has been set for 6 September, depending on demand (the closing date for all applications is 7 June). For more information, contact the Membership Secretary on CBCenquiries@hotmail.com or visit the Company website www.thechelmsfordballetcompany.co.uk

Links - Wednesday, May 20 2015 Review – New York City Ballet, Bournonville Divertissements, La Sylphide, New York: Robert Greskovic, Wall Street Journal Reviews – American Ballet Theatre, 75th Anniversary Gala, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Pia Catton, Wall Street Journal Review – Stuttgart Ballet, All Cranko!, Stuttgart: Gerald Dowler, FT Feature – Patrick Armand, Associate Director SFB School & ex-ENB dancer: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Review – New Zealand Dance Company, Rotunda, Sydney: Michelle Potter, DanceTabs Boris Charmatz, If Tate Modern was Musee de la Danse?, London: Review – Donald Hutera, London Dance Galleries: John Mallinson, DanceTabs Twitter & Instagram roundup, Clare Evans, London Dance Feature – Oakland Ballet celebrates 50 years: Carla Escoda, Huffington Post Review – Hubbard Street Dance, 6-bill, New York: Rose Marija, Broadway World Review – Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Will, Snapshots, Ru, Nadeje, New York: Matt Hanson, Broadway World Exhibition – ABT’s 75th Anniversary Exhibition, New York: Lilah Ramzi, Vogue Preview – Hong Kong Ballet, Bolero, Hong Kong: Amanda Sheppard, Time Out HK Feature – Augusto Soledade’s Brazzdance: Rebekah Lanae Lengel, Miami Herald Review – Seeta Patel, Varnam in Raga Anandabhairavi, Salford: Martin Thomasson, British Theatre Guide Feature - Archive interviews with Claude Bessy: Ismene Brown, Blog via Kommersant

Links - Tuesday, May 19 2015 Reviews – Boston Ballet, Theme and Variations, The Concert, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, fremd, Boston: Alan Helms, DanceTabs Kathryn Maus, Bachtrack Review – Royal Ballet, Woolf Works, London: Jessica Duchen, Blog Review – Northern Ballet, Angels in the Architecture, Perpetuum Mobile, Little Monsters, Northern Trilogy, The Architect, London: Graham Watts, London Dance Review – Mark Morris Dance Group, Dido and Aeneas, Los Angeles: Teresa Heiland, Bachtrack Feature – BBC Young Dancer Award 2015 – Some Thoughts: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Exhibition – Dance: Movement, Rhythm, Spectacle, Philadelphia: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – Washington Ballet, Tour-de-Force: Serenade, Washington: Ashley McKean, Danceview Times Review-let – Misty Copeland, Rodeo, New York: Marina Harss, Blog Feature - Backstage at St Petersburg Ballet’s Swan Lake: Lisabel Ting, Straits Times Review – Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Will, Snapshots, Ru, Nadeje, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal Interview – Jonah Bokaer: Barnett Serchuk, Broadway World Review – Balletboyz The Talent, Mesmerics, The Murmurings, Blackpool: David Upton, British Theatre Guide Review – Yve Laris Cohen, Fine, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Mark Dendy, NEWYORKnewyork@AstorPlace, New York: Alexandra Villarreal, Huffington Post Gallery – Morena Nascimento, Claraboia, Sao Paolo: Nacho Doce, Guardian Review – Ballet West, Innovations mixed programme, Salt Lake City: Heather Hayes, Deseret News Reviews - Crows Feet Dance Collective, The Armed Man, Wellington: Ann Hunt, NZ Theatreview

The £114 is for an "experience"; you seem to be able just to book a seat (without the experience) for £55. The cheapest seat on the back row of the circle is £25. Booking in the stalls is looking healthy. Come to think of it, I had thought about going but it clashes with something else I already have booked.

As it happens, I find there is always a warm welcome at the Hippodrome. I think the FoH staff there are some of the best and most courteous around.

Thanks Ian! I've edited it to correct.

I couldn't agree more Melody. I tried to edit a single line on an entry this week and gave up after about 45 minutes. I have edited occasionally but not for some time. I am sure it used to be much more straight forward.

The Birmingham season details usually give a good idea of what will be touring after Christmas. The main unknown will be midscale as the tour just about to start is in its 2nd year so it will be all change. I suppose the other great unknown will be where, or if, there will be a Spring season in London.

Ravenna Tucker did not retire from RB - she moved to BRB and I enjoyed many of her performances there! She did retire from BRB. A late friend of mine firmly believed that if the move to Birmingham had not taken place, with its subsequent unravelling from RB, then SWRB would have been closed down during one set of cuts or another. She was a very astute observer of politics in respect of Arts Council funding and I am sure her assumption would have proved correct. Thank goodness, says I, that BRB unravelled from RB!

I agree! I was going to book for Birmingham but was put off by the ticket prices.

Bearing in mind that it's probably 3 years since we saw Swan Lake probably not at the time! Let us also not forget that the likes of Alexander Campbell (now with RB), Miki Mizutani, Yaoqin Shang to name but 3 were getting major roles within their first year in the company.

Ian published it yesterday Alison: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/11608337/Ballet-icon-Sylvie-Guillem-retirement-interview-I-knew-for-a-long-time-that-I-had-to-stop.html

Hello ScottishDSmum and welcome to the Forum!

And surely Luke Pasqualino - D'Artagnan in The Musketeers!

The details are in the SW brochure Alison and the tickets went on sale to the general public on Monday. It's Swan Lake at the start of the week and a mixed programme with T&V and The King Dances on Friday and Saturday.

Welcome to the Forum, Skinted!

It shouldn't, and doesn't, matter who you see with BRB! Although I expect everyone will want to see the very wonderful Celine and Tyrone. Sadly I missed them last time round but hope to catch them this time. DQ is right, sometimes the matinees have interesting casts.

I thoroughly enjoyed the 2 performances I saw yesterday. It was good to see Angels in the Architecture again, lovely choreography reflecting the simple way of life. The second cast of The Architect have come on in leaps and bounds since I saw them in Leeds last week and I thought they were absolutely wonderful (the first cast continues to be awesome!). Lucia Solari and Javier Torres continue to be sublime together in Perpetuum Mobile. It was also lovely to catch up with fellow Forum members Josephine and LinMM and to finally meet Bill Boyd.

The official press release about the live streaming: Choreographics Live Saturday 20 June 2015 Performance at 2.15pm www.ballet.org.uk/choreographicslive “It’s tremendously heartening to see a programme so well designed for young choreographers” The Arts Desk English National Ballet’s platform for emerging dance makers, Choreographics, at Sadler’s Wells’ Lilian Baylis Studio on 19 and 20 June, will this year be live streamed for the first time, in partnership with ArtStreamingTV, on Saturday 20 June at 2.15pm. As well as being able to watch the full programme of performances, audiences will also get an insight into Choreographics, with live interviews from some of the artists and collaborators involved. Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of English National Ballet said: “Choreographics is a wonderful platform for up and coming dance makers, offering them an incredible opportunity to develop as creators, and work with leading figures in the dance world. I am thrilled that this year we are able to live stream the programme, allowing audiences around the world the opportunity to see what these talented choreographers produce.” This year sees six works, inspired by the theme of post war America, from English National Ballet company members Fabian Reimair, who created We Are Free for last year’s programme; James Streeter, whose workIn Living Memory was performed at Latitude Festival in 2014; Stina Quagebeur, whose Vera was selected by The Breaking Glass Project and performed in New York and who recently worked on English National Ballet’s second Dance Journeys project at Sadler’s Wells; and Max Westwell, making his debut as a choreographer in a professional setting. For the first time, this year’s Choreographics is open to artists outside of English National Ballet, and sees work presented by Morgann Runacre-Temple, choreographer in residence at Ballet Ireland since 2009, who has created four full length ballets for the company; and Renato Paroni de Castro, who has previously choreographed works for Sarasota Ballet and London Studio Centre’s classical ballet performance group, Images of Dance. Each choreographer will receive mentoring from award-winning choreographer Russell Maliphant and dancer, choreographer and teacher Kerry Nicholls, and musical guidance from English National Ballet’s Music Director Gavin Sutherland. Each piece created will be performed by English National Ballet company members (see below for casting). The winning piece from English National Ballet School’s Choreographic Competition, which will also be live streamed on ArtStreamingTV on Tuesday 19 May at 7pm, will open Choreographics. Choreographics offers emerging artists the opportunity to discover a choreographic language and progress their skills as creators. It is vital to English National Ballet’s commitment to the development of talent both within and outside of the Company. Casting: Choreographer: Fabian Reimair Casting: Anjuli Hudson, Ken Saruhashi, Barry Drummond, Shevelle Dynott Choreographer: James Streeter Casting: Adela Ramirez and Juan Rodriguez Choreographer: Stina Quagebeur Casting: Crystal Costa and James Forbat Choreographer: Max Westwell Casting: Laurretta Summerscales, Isabelle Brouwers, Katja Khaniukova, Jinhao Zhang, Daniele Silingardi, Junor Souza Choreographer: Renato Paroni de Castro Casting: Désirée Ballantyne, Adriana Lizardi, Vitor Menezes, Guilherme Menezes Choreographer: Morgann Runacre-Temple Casting: Ksenia Ovsyanick and Daniel Kraus Press night: Friday 19 June 2015 at 7.45pm To request press tickets or for further information please contact Alice Gibson, Press Officer atalice.gibson@ballet.org.uk or call 020 7590 2923 For further information about English National Ballet and to book tickets visit www.ballet.org.uk Please note performance details are subject to change. Listings info: Choreographics Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells Friday 19 & Saturday 20 June 2015 Performances: 7.45pm (Saturday mat: 2.30pm) Tickets: £15 Box office: 0844 412 4300 or www.ballet.org.uk/choreographics Choreographics Live 20 June 2015, from 2.15pm www.ballet.org.uk/choreographicslive

BRB usually only put casting up two weeks ( or sometimes less) in advance. Glad you enjoyed BTUK Anna, I did too!

Perhaps the tickets are only on priority sale. They are doing 1984 - 4-7 May 2016. It's on NB's website