Ian Macmillan

MissFrankie, you are most welcome and we'll look forward to hearing more from you.

I direct your attention to the final letters from today's Times, in particular the final one from Simon Callow (scroll down):

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/942f469e-ce67-11ed-9a00-73fd2b90e22e?shareToken=7854b380c44bd61fc9cb629a8e397b49

 

(I never know quite how long the 'ShareToken' in the URL will last, so make hay while you can.)

Oh good - another tangent!!

Page 5 in just over 48 hours ...... is this a record? 

Links - Saturday 25 March 2023

 

Rehearsal Gallery - Cinderella at the Royal Opera House – in pictures: Tristram Kenton, Guardian

 

Review - DART Dance Company, Text Me When You Land, Ukiyo, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review - Tom Dale Company,  SURGE, SUB:VERSION, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review - Philadelphia Ballet, Sleeping Beauty; Dancing with Gershwin, Philadelphia: Lewis Whittington, Culture Vulture

 

Review - New York Flamenco Festival/Sara Baras, Alma: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Review - NW Dance Project, Common Ground - Triple Bill, Beaverton: Amy Leona Havin, Oregon Artswatch

 

 

Feature - Ukrainian ballet students find safety and training far from home at Philly’s Rock School: Ellen Dunkel, Philadelphia Inquirer

 

Feature - New York's 92nd Street Y, a storied home of Dance, gives it more space: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

 

Interview - Dame Darcey Bussell: ‘It was quite daunting kissing Harrison Ford – I still have the videotape!’: Ellie Muir, Independent

 

Interview - National Ballet of Canada's Siphesihle November: The Soul Behind the Stardom: Cherilyn J Lee, Ballet Herald

 

Interview - Ethan Stiefel on American Repertory Ballet: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

News - Miami City Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

Links - Friday 24 March 2023

 

Essay - Position. Positioned? Positioning… working environment standards in the dance world: Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

Feature - Skylar Brandt, high-flying ballerina following in a family tradition: Joy Sable, Jewish Chronicle

 

Feature - Akram Khan, Creature and more: Kate Maltby, The i

 

 

Review - Australian Ballet, Don Quixote (Nureyev), Melbourne: Gracia Haby, Fjord Review

 

Review - Sydney Dance Company, Ascent - Triple Bill, Sydney: Claudia Lawson, Fjord Review 

 

Review - Hungarian National Ballet, Swan Lake (Extended - van Dantzig), Budapest: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review - National Ballet of Canada, Cinderella (Kudelka), Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes

 

Review - Tom Dale Company,  SURGE, SUB:VERSION, London: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

 

Review - Parsons Dance, Swing Shift, Balance of Power, Mr. Withers (premiere), The Ride Through (premiere), Caught, Nascimento, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Review - Restless Dance Company, Exposed, Melbourne: Stephanie Glickman, Australian Stage

 

 

News - Les Grands Ballets 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

Q&A - My London: Francesca Hayward: Soraya Gaied Chortane, Evening Standard

 

Feature - Five, six, seven, eight: The steps to becoming a film and TV choreographer: Ada Tseng, LA Times

Links - Thursday 23 March 2023

 

Reviews - Tom Dale Company,  SURGE, SUB:VERSION, London:

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Louise Levene, Financial Times
Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Review - Gregory Maqoma & Colleagues: Broken Chord, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times

 

Reviews - Northern Ballet, The Great Gatsby, Sheffield:

Sheila Stratford, Reviews Hub

Sarah Crabtree, Sheffield Star

 

Review - Melbourne Frame Festival, Various Performances: Andrew Fuhrmann & Cameron Woodhead, The Age

 

Review - Akiko Kitamura & Colleagues, Echoes of Calling - rainbow after -, Tokyo: Paul McInnes, Fjord Review

 

Preview - Sarasota Ballet to stage La Sylphide: Monica Roman Gagnier, Your Observer

 

Interview - Guillaume Diop: Paris Opera’s first black ‘star’ dancer on early discouragement and being proud to be a symbol: AFP via SCMP

 

Feature - “They are so rising to it.” London Children’s Ballet’s Snow White comes to the stage: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

 

News - Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella returns to San Francisco: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - National Ballet of Canada to debut Angels’ Atlas in New York City: Debra Yeo, Toronto Star

 

News - Queensland Ballet Season for remainder of 2023: Staff, Dance Australia

 

News - New York City Ballet 2023 Spring Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Misty Copeland to receive 2023 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award: Maddie Browning, Boston Globe

 

Links - Wednesday 22 March 2023

 

Review - Philadelphia Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Corella), Philadelphia: Merilyn Jackson, Fjord Review

 

Review - Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, KyLin's Garden, Philadelphia: Merilyn Jackson, Fjord Review

 

Review - Australian Ballet, An Afternoon of Work-in Progress Studio Showings, Melbourne: Gracia Haby, Fjord Review

 

Review - Northern Ballet, The Great Gatsby, Leeds: Jemima Holliday, York Vision

 

Feature - Ukrainian ballerina uprooted by war flies high again in Swan Lake: Krisztina Than & Marton Monus, Globe and Mail

 

News - National Ballet of Canada returning to New York for first time in 15 years: Stephi Wild, BWW

News - Works & Process presents New York City Ballet: Keerati Jinakunwiphat and Alysa Pires: Stephi Wild, BWW Dance

 

 

Sorry, a truncated list today as a result of the Forum being offline earlier.

Links - Tuesday 21 March 2023

 

Obituary - Stuart Hodes, WW2 Bomber Pilot, Dancer and much more: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

 

Review - Natalia Osipova, Force of Nature, Two Feet, Hong Kong: Natasha Rogai, SCMP

 

Review - Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out, London: Maggie Foyer, Critical Dance

 

Review - American Repertory Ballet, Giselle (Stiefel/Kobborg), New Brunswick: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - Gregory Maqoma & Colleagues: Broken Chord, London: Siobhan Murphy, The Stage

 

Review - Bobbi Jene Smith, Or Schraiber & Colleagues, Pit, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times

 

Review - Polish National Ballet, Don Quixote (Fadeyechev), Warsaw: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, Boundless - Triple Bill, Seattle: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times

 

Reviews - Australian Ballet, Don Quixote (Nureyev), Melbourne:

Stephanie Glickman, Australian Stage

Susan Bendall, Dance Australia

Review - Crystal Pite/Kidd Pivot, Revisor, Adelaide: Maggie Tonkin, Dance Australia

 

 

Feature - Kinesemiotic Bodies: Dancers in sensor suits exploring how dance is used as a form of communication: Arianna Maiorani & Chun Liu, The Conversation

 

News - Ballet BC suing its insurer for declining to cover Covid losses: Dustin Godfrey, BIV

 

News - Pacific Northwest Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - New York City Center Announces Ann Reinking Encores! Choreography Fellowship: Margaret Hall, Playbill

 

And finally:

An email correspondence between Lynn Seymour and Alastair Macaulay: Blog

 

Links - Monday 20 March 2023

 

Interview - Tom Pye, designer of The Royal Ballet's new production of Cinderella: Paul Arrowsmith, Gramilano

 

 

Review - Seeta Patel Dance, Rite of Spring: Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out, London: Sarah Crompton, The Observer

 

Review - Gregory Maqoma & Colleagues: Broken Chord, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Review - Ballet Black, Nina: By Whatever Means, London: Dihasya Perera, Local London

 

Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Água, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene

 

Review - Alberta Ballet, Giselle (Anderson), Calgary: Jenna Shummoogum, Calgary Herald

 

Review - Bobbi Jene Smith, Or Schraiber & Colleagues, Pit, Paris: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

 

Feature - Choreographer Sung Im Her and Korean Dance: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Feature - What we can learn from women who take Adult Ballet Classes: Pirkko Markula, Psychology Today

 

Ukraine - The Bolshoi Theatre has cancelled a revival of Serebrennikov's A Hero of Our Times: Norman Lebrecht, Slipped Disc

 

Links - Sunday 19 March 2023

 

Tour Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Wright), Plymouth: Karen Bussell, BTG

 

Review - Northern Ballet, The Great Gatsby, Leeds: Gracie Daw, Muse

 

Critic's Choice - Adelaide 2022: Maggie Tonkin, Dance Australia

 

News/Gallery - Principal Brandon Lawrence to leave Birmingham Royal Ballet to join Ballett Zürich: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

News - Dutch National Opera & Ballet sets 2023/24 Season featuring world premieres & more: Chloe Rabinowitz, BWW

 

Feature - San Diego City Ballet’s Elizabeth Wistrich is prevailing through the pandemic: Marcia Luttrell, SD Union-Tribune

 

..... and that's how the Link got there this morning.

Links - Saturday 18 March 2023

 

Interview - Marianela Nuñez: ‘At 41, I am 100% better at dancing now than I was in my twenties’: Debra Craine, The Times

 

Interview - Carlos Acosta: ‘Plymouth is great but in New York you’ve got strong competition’: Louise Levene, Financial Times

 

Feature - Céilí in Kampala: why Irish dancing is proving popular in Uganda: Amy Fallon, Guardian

 

Feature - Ayodele Casel is fostering the next generation of Tap Talent: Jessica Goldschmidt, Playbill

 

Feature -Khansa, Warsha and the Queering of Lebanese Dance: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

 

 

Review - Boston Ballet, Don Quixote (Nureyev), Boston: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Colors of Dance - Triple Bill, San Francisco: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture

 

Review - Crystal Pite/Kidd Pivot, Revisor, Adelaide: Deborah Jones, Limelight

 

Tour Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Wright), Plymouth: William Telford, Plymouth Herald

 

Stream Review - Maurya Kerr, black calls to dark calls to deep underneath: Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

Review - Alison Cook Beatty Dance, 10th Anniversary Programme, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

 

News - Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands ballet returning to Birmingham Hippodrome: Eleanor Lawson, Express & Star

 

News - Boston Ballet announces 2023–2024 dancer promotions: Chloe Rabinowitz, BWW Boston

 

News - Kansas City Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

 

 

Links - Friday 17 March 2023

 

Obituary - Lynn Seymour: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times

 

Feature - All in the Family: La Sylphide is passed down through generations: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

 

Feature - Gregory Maqoma's Broken Chord: Finding a voice (and bodies) for an untold South African story: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

Feature - Meet Israel’s Billy Elliot: Joy Sable, Jewish Chronicle

 

Feature - Remembering pioneering Black Ballerina Raven Wilkinson: Victoria Looseleaf, SF Classical Voice

 

 

Review - Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review

 

Reviews - Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out; Ballet Black, Pioneers; Dada Masilo, The Sacrifice, London: Rupert Christiansen, The Spectator

Review - Seeta Patel Dance, The Rite of Spring (Patel), London: Rachel Nouchi, BTG

Review - Rambert, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Salford: Robert Beale, TheatreReviewsNorth

 

Review - Parsons Dance, Mr Withers, The Ride Through, Solos, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, The Colors of Dance - Triple Bill, San Francisco: Jim Munson, BWW

 

Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Água, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - Simone Forti, At the Museum of Contemporary Art: Christopher Knight, LA Times

Reviews - Australian Ballet, Don Quixote (Nureyev), Melbourne:

Rhys Ryan, Limelight

Andrew Fuhrmann, SMH

 

Reviews - Sydney Dance Company, Ascent - Triple Bill, Sydney:

Deborah Jones, Limelight

Chantal Nguyen, The Age

 

Reviews - Frame Festival, Melbourne: The Honouring, Two, Mohini: Cameron Woodhead & Andrew Fuhrmann, The Age

 

Review - Boris Charmatz, Somnole, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

 

Preview - American Ballet Theatre’s Like Water for Chocolate makes magic: Sarah Mosqueda, LA Times

 

News - First Chicago ABT Pride Night features two Chi-town premieres: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

 

 

 

 

NB that the Timekeepers bill includes Les Noces, in what sounds like the Nijinska version.  And I also see The Cellist.  It makes me wonder if she might revive things she did in Bern, but with a larger company.  

Links - Thursday 16 March 2023

 

 

Feature - Something special: London Children’s Ballet: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Feature - What's in a name?  Three Choreographers on how they choose titles: Rhys Ryan, Dance Australia

 

Feature - Celebrating the remarkable South African ballet dancer Johaar Mosaval: Keitumetse Maako, News 24

 

Comment - Ballet will never be able to represent 'all body types.': Mark Monahan, Telegraph

 

Review - Natalia Osipova & Colleagues, A Force of Nature, Hong Kong: Kevin Ng, HK Economic Journal

 

Review - Australian Ballet, Don Quixote (Nureyev), Melbourne: Tim Byrne, Guardian

 

Review - Seeta Patel Dance, The Rite of Spring (Patel), London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review - Rambert, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Salford: David Cunningham, BTG

 

News - Vail Dance Festival’s Season to feature new work by 10 Choreographers: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

News/Radio Interview - Ballet West announces new 2023-2024 season: Leslie Thatcher, KPCW

 

 

 

 

Links - Wednesday 15 March 2023

 

Personal Tribute - Lynn Seymour: Ismene Brown, Arts Desk

- Obituary - Harrison Smith, Washington Post

 

 

Feature - Why Is Bronislava Nijinska Still Waiting in the Wings?  Marina Harss, NY Times

 

Feature - AI wants your art. Do you have a say? Katherine Longstreth, Oregon Artswatch

 

Review - Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out, London: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk

 

Reviews - Seeta Patel Dance, The Rite of Spring (Patel), London:

Louise Levene, Financial Times  (Scroll down)

Siobhan Murphy, The Stage

Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

Debra Craine, The Times

Mark Monahan, Telegraph

 

Review - Ballet Black, Nina: By Whatever Means, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times

 

Review - Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane company, Curriculum II, Boston: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe

 

Review - Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, KyLin's Garden, Philadelphia: Melissa Strong, Broad Street Review

 

Preview - Alberta Ballet, Giselle (Anderson), Calgary: Kelsey Arnett & Charlotte Vos, Calgary Journal

 

Preview - Robert Moses Kin: Bootstraps Initiative connects choreography and community: Philip Mayard, Bay Area Reporter

 

Preview - Sinha Danse bring Out of Bark and Bone for its BC premier: V S Wells, Straight.com

 

News - Sarasota Ballet director, Iain Webb, signs 10-year contract extension: Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

 

News - Anthony Madu, the dancer whose barefoot video went viral meets Camilla at Elmhurst: Staff, BBC News (and allover)

 

 

Links – Tuesday 14 March 2023

 

Reviews - Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out, London:

Siobhan Murphy, The Stage

Louise Levene, Financial Times

 

Reviews – Northern Ballet, The Great Gatsby, Leeds:

Louise Levene, Financial Times  (+ a mention of the RB’s Woolf Works)

James Ballands, BTG

 

Review – Ballet Black, Pioneers: Then or Now, Nina: By Whatever Means, London: Rachel Nouchi, BTG

 

Review – National Ballet of Canada, Cinderella (Kudelka), Toronto: Rebecca Ritzel, Globe and Mail

 

Preview – Bboyizm, In My Body, Vancouver: Yasmine Shemesh, Straight.com

 

News - Royal Ballet: International Draft Works returns next month: Stephi Wild, BWW UK

 

Feature - Carlos Acosta's vision for Birmingham Royal Ballet Is big and bold: Christie Seaver, Pointe Magazine

 

News – Melbourne’s Rising Festival announces huge program: Staff, Dance Australia

 

News - Smuin Contemporary Ballet to end season with Premieres: Chloe Rabinowitz, BWW SF

 

News – Presidio dance company to host Persian New Year dance: Margaret Hetherwick, SF Examiner

 

 

And ever mindful of the need for inclusion, there’s:

StellaLou's Wonderful Wishes Ballet at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort: Staff, Ballet Herald

Links – Monday 13 March 2023

 

Obituaries – Lynn Seymour:

Jane Pritchard, Guardian

Staff, The Times ***

 

 

Reviews - Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out, London:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Debra Craine, The Times

Vera Liber, BTG

Issy Flower, Reviews Hub

Anna Pujol Castiblanque, SeeingDance

John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard

Jann Parry, Gramilano

 

Reviews – Ballet Black, Pioneers: Then or Now, Nina: By Whatever Means, London:

Sarah Crompton, The Observer

Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review – National Ballet of Canada, Symphony in C, Alleged Dances, Anima Animus, Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes

 

Review – Ballett Zürich/Orchestra/Chorus/Soloists, Messa da Requiem (Verdi/Spuck), Adelaide: Karen Van Ulzen, Dance Australia

 

Review – Sydney Dance Company, Ascent – Triple Bill, Canberra: Michelle Potter, Dance Australia

 

Review - Chisato Minamimura, Scored in Silence, Auckland: Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing

 

Preview - City Ballet of San Diego inspires with original choreography set to a percussive score: Marcia Luttrell, SD Union-Tribune

 

News - Paris Opera makes Guillaume Diop its first Black 'Etoile' dancer: AFP via France 24

 

Links – Sunday 12 March 2023

Interview - Summer and Smoke: Cathy Marston on transforming books into breathtaking ballets: Alanna Love, En Face Magazine

 

Feature – New ENB Director wants to see ‘all’ body types on stage:  Liam Kelly, Sunday Times

 

Feature - ‘Anyone can dance’: first wheelchair users’ professional troupe begins UK tour: Gareth Rubin, The Observer

 

Review - Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review – National Ballet of Canada, Cinderella (Kudelka), Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

Review – Crystal Pite/Kidd Pivot, Revisor, Auckland: Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing

 

Review – Battery Dance, Triple Bill + Film, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Review – Sharon Eyal/L-E-V, Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Preview - Los Angeles Ballet, Christopher Wheeldon Triple Bill, Santa Monica: Brooke Metayer, Flaunt

 

Preview – Miro Magloire/New Chamber Ballet, It Goes By Quick, The Liminal Year, A Certain Mood + Film, New York: A A Cristi, BWW

 

News – Philadelphia dance performances this spring: Ellen Dunkel, Philadelphia Inquirer

2 hours ago, Beezie said:

And ask God (I do a lot)….but please, please, please don’t ask a forum for Godly advice.  We don’t have it…..and anyone who claims to, is not someone you should trust.

 

Just so.  

Links – Saturday 11 March 2023

 

Obituary - Lynn Seymour: Staff, Telegraph

 

 

Reviews - Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out, London:

Alastair Macaulay, Slipped Disc

Anna Selby, The Arbuturian

 

Reviews – Ballet Black, Pioneers: Then or Now, Nina: By Whatever Means, London:

Rachel Elderkin, The Stage

Marianka Swain, Telegraph

Debra Craine, The Times

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Jane Darcy, Reviews Hub

Jonathan Gray, Gramilano

Louise Penn, BWW UK

 

Review – Northern Ballet, The Great Gatsby, Leeds: Ruth Jepson, Reviews Hub

 

Review – Houston Ballet, Concerto Barocco, Clear, Summer and Smoke (Marston premiere), Houston: Natalie De La Garza, Houston Press

 

Review – Ballett Zürich/Orchestra/Chorus/Soloists, Messa da Requiem (Verdi/Spuck), Adelaide: Brian Angus, Bachtrack

 

Review – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Água, New York: Candice Thompson, Fjord Review

 

Review – Philadelphia Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Philadelphia: Eri Yoneda, phindie

 

Review – Jordan Demetrius Lloyd & Colleagues, Blackbare, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Interview – Jared Angle, A Quiet Presence: Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Interview – Melissa Barak, AD of Los Angeles Ballet: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review

 

News - Performers from abroad to dance at Leicester festival: Steve Orme, BTG

 

Book Interview – Ryan Donovan: Broadway Bodies: Sophie Bress, Fjord Review

Links – Friday 10 March 2023

 

Tributes - Lynn Seymour: Many contributors, via Gramilano  Richard Eden, Mail Online

 

 

Rehearsal Gallery – Tiler Peck & Friends, Turn It Out, London: Tristram Kenton, Guardian

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Sleeping Beauty Season, New York: Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review

 

Review – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Mixed Bill, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune

 

Review – Northern Ballet, The Great Gatsby, Leeds: Staff, Great British Life

 

Review – Kidd Pivot/Crystal Pite, Revisor, Auckland: Felicity Molloy, Theatreview

 

Features – Sydney Dance Company: Marina Mascarell’s stunning dance extravaganza finally sets sail:

Katie Cunningham, Sydney Morning Herald

Jason Blake, Limelight

 

Feature – Hong Kong: ‘A woman in a man’s world.’ Fashion icon Coco Chanel’s controversial life explored in a new ballet: Natasha Rogai, SCMP

 

Feature - A Dancer and Chaplain illuminates the Invisible with patience: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

News - Joyce Theater announces Its Summer Season: Rachel Sherman, NY Times

 

News - Kennedy Center 2023-2024 Ballet Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Paris Opera Ballet back in Korea after 30 years with Giselle: Yim Seung-Hye, JoonAng Daily

 

News - Nanine Linning's La Mer highlights Boston Ballet's next programme: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Newcastle Falcons rugby players team up with Birmingham Royal Ballet: Tom Barton, itvX

 

News - National Ballet Of Canada welcomes 200 immigrants to Cinderella: A A Cristi, BWW Toronto

14 hours ago, DrewCo said:

Though I never saw Seymour's Juliet I sometimes think of her when I see Juliet in Act III 'just' sitting on the bed....

 

From "Lynn Seymour, A Photographic Study by Anthony Crickmay: Kenneth MacMillan's Foreword:

"I also knew that Lynn would be able to bring off the moment in Act 3 when Juliet must sit motionless on the bed, because she would understand its theatrical possibilities."

 

And later, Ms Seymour in conversation with Clement Crisp:

"For the moment when Juliet has to sit absolutely still on the bed in Act 3, Kenneth said "Shall we dare?" and I felt "Why not?" and so we did!  It didn't bother me a bit.  It seems like an eternity sitting on the bed, but Juliet is concentrating on that nothingness which you feel when everything is hopeless."  

Links – Thursday 9 March 2023

 

Obituary - Lynn Seymour dies on the eve of her 84th birthday: Nina Mattiello-Kent, Royal Opera House

 

 

Review – Ballett Zürich/Orchestra/Chorus/Soloists, Messa da Requiem (Verdi/Spuck), Adelaide: Jansson J Antmann, Limelight

 

Review – Rambert, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Edinburgh: Róisín O’Brien, Fjord Review

 

Review - A postmodern dance celebration: Constellation Lucinda Childs, Barcelona: Veronica Posth, SeeingDance

 

Preview - Sadler's Wells Breakin' Convention 2023: Teresa Guerreiro, Cukture Whisper

 

Preview - Penn Live Arts presents Legacy on Broad, Philadelphia: Melissa Strong, Broad Street Review

 

Preview - Melbourne: Us and All of This, a citywide dance event, opens as part of the Frame Dance Biennial: Kerrie O’Brien, The Age

 

Catchup Interview – Shale Wagman, Bayerisches Staatsballett: Emily May, Pointe Magazine

 

News – San Francisco Ballet: Myles Thatcher's Colorforms in next Triple Bill: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

Brooklyn Rail – March 2023, 3 Articles: Here