Jan McNulty

I do hope the operation has been successful and that your daughter is now in recovery. Very best wishes to you all.

Least said soonest mended about "Diana The Princess, A Celebration". I chose not to see Midnight Express!

Will be reporting on Rojo/Lendorf later. Not long home from London and gathering my thoughts.

Christopher Bruce created a number of works on 20th century subjects - off the top of my head I can think of Land (about the situation in Poland in the 1980s, created for ENB) and Cruel Garden (about Lorca and a full evening work), Ghost Dances (about the "disappeared" of Chile in the 1970s),

Thinking of you and your daughter today, Regattah. Jxx

Fiz, it sounds like your laptop is as naughty as mine, which keeps booking tickets when I am not looking!!!

Links - Friday, July 25 2014 Reviews – Bolshoi Ballet, Don Quixote, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Holly Kerr, Broadway World Reviews – English National Ballet, Coppelia, London: Hannah Weibye, Arts Desk Mark Monahan, Telegraph Lyndsey Winship, Standard Graham Watts, London Dance Sarah Frater, Stage Laura Dodge, Bachtrack Gallery – Dave Morgan, DanceTabs Feature – Mariinsky Ballet: ‘as exciting as the World Cup’: Sarah Crompton: Telegraph Review – Carlos Acosta, Cubania, London: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Interview – Steven McRae: Ellie Pithers, Telegraph Reviews – Wendy Whelan, Restless Creature, London: Clement Crisp, FT Sarah Crompton, Telegraph Sanjoy Roy, Guardian Preview – Bolshoi Ballet, Taming of the Shrew, Moscow: Parvez Jabri, Business Recorder Q&A – Isabelle Fokine: Paul Arrowsmith, DanceTabs Review – Koresh Dance Company & others, mixed programme, Philadelphia: Ellen Dunkel, Philadelphia Inquirer

Links – Thursday, July 24 2014 Reviews – Bolshoi Ballet, Don Quixote, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Apollinaire Scherr, FT Interview – David Hallberg (Bolshoi Ballet): Jocelyn Noveck, Register Guard Review – Carlos Acosta, Cubania, London: Louise Levene, FT Sanjoy Roy, Guardian Zoe Anderson, Independent Rachel Ward, Telegraph Lyndsey Winship, Standard Interview – Natalia Osipova: Giannandrea Poesio, Spectator Reviews – Wendy Whelan, Restless Creature, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Katie Columbus, Stage Preview – Mariinsky Ballet, London: Lyndsey Winship, Standard Review – Alina Cojocaru Dream Project 2014, Programme A, Tokyo: Naomi Mori, Bachtrack Review – Momix, reMix, the best of Momix, Saratoga: Lauren Halligan, Saratogian News: Angel Corella appointed AD of Pennsylvania Ballet: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Steven Weisz, The Dance Journal Ellen Dunkel, Philadelphia Inquirer Feature – Dance at Latitude Festival 2014, Suffolk: Carmel Smith, London Dance Preview – Amy Seiwert, Sketch, San Francisco: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Interview – Damian Woetzel: Juliet Wittman, Denver Westword Featurette – San Francisco Ballet in Paris, the view from SF: Jesse Hamlin, SF Chronicle Feature – Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild, Dancing as fast as they can: Patricia Zohn, Huffington Post Review - Miccolis and Benedikt’s Evening for Humanity, Rights, Growth, Washington: George Jackson, Danceview Times Play Review – Vaslav, Cape Town: Beverley Brommert, Tonight Film Review – Passinho Dance Off: Brian Seibert, NY Times Featurette - Nine Dance Films with the most difficult choreography: Deidre Kaye, SheKnows

Oh I don't know Taxi, we're not on meters yet.

It has been reported today that Dora Bryan has passed away at the age of 91. Here is the BBC report

Unbelievable Melody! We keep getting letters from United Utilities advising us to insure our water supply pipes running through the garden. A friend told me that the law was changed a few years ago and the water provider is now responsible for the pipes right to the entry point into the house.

Here's the thread BE mentioned. It's worth a read.

Here's the thread from earlier in the year, where we heard that Ms Dean was leaving the Royal Ballet. Bangorballetboy's post number 4 gives some detail.

Hello Tutu Anna, welcome from me too. Thanks for sharing your DD's experiences about training in Japan. I hope you will continue to contribute.

I think the ticket prices may be contributary to a certain lack of bookings, combined with the new works. As was pointed out, the RB mixed programmes are often cheaper than full length ballets and this must surely help.

Thanks for publishing this B2. It's great news for Mr Corella after his valiant struggles to keep his company going in Spain. (I neglected to put this in today's links so will include it tomorrow).

Links – Wednesday, July 23 2014 Reviews – Bolshoi Ballet, Swan Lake, New York: Robert Greskovic, Wall Street Journal Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Robert Johnson, Star Ledger Gallery – Wendy Whelan, Restless Creature, London: Dave Morgan, DanceTabs Review – Daniel Ulbricht/Ballet 2014, Furiant, Two Hearts, Liturgy, Opus 19 Andante, Sunshine, Fancy Free, Jacob’s Pillow: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal Reviews – Fire Island Dance Festival 2014, New York: Brian Schaefer, Out Dance News Desk, Broadway World Review – Pilobolus, The Inconsistent Pedaler, All is not lost, Korokoro, Masters of Ceremony, Megawatt, New York: Jessica Abejar, Broadway World Review – Dorrance Dance, ETM: The Initial Approach, Jacob’s Pillow: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal Preview – Miami City Ballet 2014/15: Hadley Henriette, Haute Living Review – Walter Dundervill, Arena, New York: Martha Sherman, Danceview Times Review – Summer Performance Festival, new choreography by various artists, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, SF Bay Guardian Feature – Ballet School opens its doors in September (BTUK): Harriet Robinson, Hinckley Times Book Review – Lucy Moore, Nijinsky: Lewis Whittington, The Dance Journal (scroll down) DVD Review – Ballet Company of Teatro Alla Scala, Notre Dame de Paris: Lewis Whittington, The Dance Journal John Sunier, Audiophile Audition Film Review - An American Girl: Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight: Meredith Ennis, Channel Guide Magazine And finally... This robot thinks it’s Spielberg: Watch this machine-filmed ballet: Felix Esser, Digital Trends

Obituary from the SF Chronicle

The International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) is biennial. There were some fantastic companies in the festival this year and I am sorry I could only get to one performance (BRB). Please, if there is a dance festival can it be one without muddy fields and where you can stay in buildings???

Or even BRB's Evening of Music and Dance at (Birmingham) Symphony Hall. Always a highlight.

David Nixon, AD of Northern Ballet, has said on numerous occasions that the students he watches are often not "Company ready" and that is why the Northern Ballet Academy now offers a Graduate Professional Programme. Four of the graduates from this year's programme have been taken into NB (I don't know where the others have gone). There was a lot of controversy on this forum when the Programme was initially announced because a lot of people felt it was charging dancers to gain performing experience but you pays your money and you takes your choice. Very best wishes to your daughter Sylvie and to all our members' DC.

Isabella Gasparini was much loved by fans of Northern Ballet for her five or six years with the company. When she left NB she was in Swan Lake at RAH on a short term contract and was then with NEBT before she got the short term contract at the Royal. Perhaps NEBT was able to help her get that contract and the RB, understandably, liked what they saw. Not only was Sarah Kundi a stalwart at NB but later when with Ballet Black she was nominated for a Dance Critics award so she has not exactly appeared on the scene from nowhere either.

No, Scottish Ballet was already in Scotland when I first started watching ballet in 1984. ENB only took that name around 1989?

Thanks Rachel, that's fine.

Hello Trends Entertainment and welcome to the Forum. Thanks for providing the details of this interesting sounding workshop. Could I please ask you to add a signature to your profile as stated in the Acceptable User Policy "Members who have commercial interests must indicate that by adding a Signature line to their postings, stating the name and type of their business and giving their website and/or business email address for enquiries. (You set up a Signature via My Settings in the dropdown menu under your name.) If members wish to contact businesses, associate schemes or other commercial enterprises this should be done via the vendor’s website or email, not by starting threads on the forum." I have hidden the duplicated posts you have placed in the Performances Seen and News forums. It is not acceptable to flood the board with duplicate postings. The Doing Dance Forum is the best place to mention your workshops.