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Links – Thursday 19 January 2023
Reviews – Royal Ballet, Sleeping Beauty, London:
Louise Levene, Financial Times
Graham Watts, Bachtrack
Vikki Jane Vile, BWW UK
Reviews – English National Ballet, Swan Lake (Deane), London:
Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk
Harriet, Official London Theatre
Review – Hong Kong Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Webre), New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene
Review – Ronald K Brown/Evidence, Open Door, The Equality of Night and Day, Grace, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times
Preview – UW Dance Presents, Mixed Bill, Seattle: Rachel Gallaher, Seattle Times
Preview – Push Festival/Moya Michael, Coloured Swan 3: Harriet’s Remix, Vancouver: Mike Usinger, Straight.com
Preview – BalletX, Contemporary Mixed Bill, Irvine, CA: Sarah Mosqueda, LA Times
News - Northern Ballet announces Autumn 2023 Tour of Beauty and the Beast: Stephi Wild, BWW UK Regional
News - Joffrey Ballet to revive Yuri Possokhov's Anna Karenina: Stephi Wild, BWW Dance
Q&A - Ballet teacher Joshua Barwick: 'From big revelations to small details – trust the process and the people around you': John Byrne, The Stage
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Links – Wednesday 18 January 2023
Obituary - Lupe Serrano, former American Ballet Theater Principal: Claudia Bauer, NY Times
Reviews – Royal Ballet, Sleeping Beauty, London:
Zoe Anderson, Independent
Debra Craine, The Times
Siobhan Murphy, The Stage
Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper
Alastair Macaulay, Slipped Disc
Joy Sable, Jewish Chronicle
John Groves, LondonTheatre1
Reviews – Not Standing (Alexander Vanturnhout & Axel Guerin), Through the Grapevine, London:
Donald Hutera, The Times
Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub
Matthew Paluch, Gramilano
Feature - San Francisco Ballet offers a festival of brand-new dances: Janos Gereben, SF Examiner
Feature - Magical Snow Queen debut for Scottish Ballet’s Rishan Benjamin: Scott Begbie, Press and Journal
Feature - The story of a forbidden romance - Hanover State Opera Ballet in Israel: Neria Barr, Jerusalem Post
News - BalletMet's Dorothy and the Prince of Oz returns: Staff, Ballet Herald
News - Dutch National Opera and Dutch National Ballet present Messa Da Requiem: Stephi Wild, BWW NL
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Well, David Jays is first up with a decidedly cool review in today's Standard - see Links. "Decorous but dull."
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Links – Tuesday 17 January 2023
Review – Royal Ballet, Sleeping Beauty, London: David Jays, Evening Standard
Reviews – English National Ballet, Swan Lake (Deane), London:
Graham Watts, Bachtrack
Louise Levene, Financial Times
John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard
Review – Hong Kong Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Webre), New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance
Review – Vertigo Dance Company, Pardes, New York: Karen Hildebrand, Fjord Review
Preview - Seeta Patel Dance, The Rite of Spring, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper
Preview – Sydney Festival: Meryl Tankard & Dancers, Kairos: Nick Galvin, Sydney Morning Herald
Feature – Farewell and thanks to Stomp: Alastair Macaulay, Blog
Feature - Spice Girl Mel C leaps into modern dance: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian
Feature - This Is Australia: First Nations dancers remake Childish Gambino’s This Is America: Sian Cain, Guardian
News – British dancer one of those killed in the Nepalese plane crash: Ian Begley, Daily Mail (and elsewhere)
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Links – Monday 16 January 2023
Reviews – Hong Kong Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Webre), New York:
Gia Kourlas, NY Times
Nadia Vostrikov, Ballet Herald
Review – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Memoria, Roy’s Joys, Revelations, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc
Review – Gibney Dance, J’ai pleuré avec les chiens, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times
Review – Sydney Festival: Australian Dance Theatre & Others: Geraldine Higginson, Dance Australia
Preview – Circa, Sacre (Rite of Spring), Vancouver: Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun
Preview – Shaun Parker and Company, KING, Touring: Staff, Dance Australia
Book Review – Cranko, The Man and his Choreography by Ashley KIllar: Karen Van Ulzen, Dance Australia
Exhibition – Matisse designed a ballet, watch it at Philadelphia Museum of Art: Juan Michael Porter II, Philadelphia Inquirer
News - Lithuania bans Russian ballets: Norman Lebrecht, Slipped Disc
News - Miro Magloire to present new Chamber Ballet at Mark Morris Dance Center in February: Blair Ingenthron, BWW Dance
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Links – Sunday 15 January 2023
Reviews – English National Ballet, Swan Lake (Deane), London:
Joy Wang X.Y., SeeingDance
Aliya Al-Hassan, BWW UK
Vera Liber, BTG
Review – Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Curriculum II, New York: Candice Thompson, Fjord Review
Review – Stephanie Lake Company, Manifesto, Sydney: Rebecca Whitton, Australian Stage
Catchup Review – ZviDance, Migrations, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc
Feature – Hong Kong Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet in the USA: Belinda Robinson, China Daily
Preview - San Francisco Ballet’s next@90 new works festival: Claudia Bauer, Pointe Magazine
News – Choreographer Miguel Gutierrez awarded New York Live Arts Residency: Rachel Sherman, NY Times
And as there’s always a newcomer out there:
‘The Sleeping Beauty’: A Guide To Tchaikovsky’s Fairy Tale Ballet: Jeremy Nicholas, Yahoo! Entertainment
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5 hours ago, Sim said:
Heaven help this country if it ever needs to defend itself again.
In all of this, it may be worth bearing in mind the Oxford Union debate in the 1930s in which the House voted for the motion that it would "in no circumstances fight for King and country." That was, of course, turned on its head in the five years or so from September 1939. If a similar external threat should emerge once again, I like to think that the youth of the day would respond very much as it did in both 20th century conflicts.
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Sim: Amen to all of that.
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Kunstkamer reviews can be found on Links pages for 5 and 7 June 2022. Very much a full evening work!
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Sorry folks – after carrying out a normal trawl of sources, and having applied customary editorial judgement, I conclude that there is nothing new worth listing this morning …. I suspect this may be a first.
Should you want to explore the 17,800,000 results hidden in this morning’s ‘Ballet’ page on Google, feel free.
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Jeannette, I gladly add to the best wishes above - but I hope you'll excuse me as, on seeing your mention of Puerto Rico, I was immediately thinking of West Side Story. "I know a boat you can get on" and all those great Sondheim lyrics. "I love the island Manhattan, smoke on your pipe and put that in!" has to be high up in the list of best lines ever, along with Cole Porter's "If the Harris pat means a Paris hat, he may."
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Links – Saturday 7 January 2023
Feature - At City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky can let his imagination run wild: Gia Kourlas, NY Times
Feature - ‘M3GAN’ makes us ask (again): Who’s afraid of Dancing Robots? Margaret Fuhrer, NY Times
Review – Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, New Year, Old Ballets, New York: Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review
Review – La Scala Ballet, The Nutcracker (Nureyev), Milan: Graham Spicer, Gramilano
Preview - Theatre Re, The Nature of Forgetting: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper
Preview – American Contemporary Ballet, Astaire Dances, S Cal: Staff, Ballet Herald
Interview – Mindy Aloff & her book Why Dance Matters: Marina Harss, Fjord Review
Interview - Mariam Karapetyan, Prima Ballerina of Cairo Opera Ballet: Artsvi Bakhchinyan, Armenian Mirror-Spectator
Style Q&A - Dancer and choreographer Léo Walk talks taste: Ellie Pithers, Financial Times
Feature – A Dance critic’s Farewell: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald
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News – Alexei Ratmansky to be Artist in Residence with New York City Ballet: Javier C Hernández, NY Times (and elsewhere)
Preview - Scottish Ballet heads to London with Coppélia: Peter Ranscombe, Scottish Field
Feature – Dutch National Ballet Principal Maia Makhateli juggles motherhood and dance: Marissa DeSantis, Dance Magazine
Feature - Claudia Monja Is making her mark at Nashville Ballet: Lydia Murrray, Pointe Magazine
Feature - Dance eases the trauma for Peru’s Shining Path survivors: Dan Collyns, Guardian
Feature - Juilliard’s first black Dance Director Is making changes: Emily Leibert, Jezebel
Feature - Hong Kong’s Siu Lung Fung Dance Theatre turns from social criticism to calmer contemplation: Enid Tsui, SCMP
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And some of us were born during the war and, if I'm right, are beyond categorisation.
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Links – Thursday 5 January 2023
Obituary – Denis Vieira, Dancer: Graham Spicer, Gramilano
Review – National Ballet of Ukraine, Giselle, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times
Tour Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Sleeping Beauty, Plymouth: Kate Maltby, The i
Preview – Royal Ballet, Everyone Keeps Me, New Tanowitz Work, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper
Feature - The Stage 100 of 2023: Opera and Dance: Staff, The Stage
Diary - 10 Chicago dance shows for winter 2023: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune
News - Violinist steps in at last minute to conduct LA Ballet’s Nutcracker : Laurie Niles, Violinist.com
Book Review - La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern, by Lynn Garafola: Alastair Macaulay, NY Review of Books
And,
Did you know about the ballet for House Speaker causing mayhem in Washington DC? Sky News Australia
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Links – Wednesday 4 January 2023
Preview - Acosta Danza, Spectrum – Mixed Bill, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper
Preview - New York City Ballet announces 2023 Winter Season featuring a World Premiere by Justin Peck: Chloe Rabinowitz, BWW
Tour Review – Varna International Ballet, The Nutcracker, Manchester: David Cunningham, BTG
Preview – Risa Jaroslow & Dancers, Talking Circle, Oakland: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice
Dance Watch – Portland Area in early 2023: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch (Keep scrolling!)
Book Review – Cranko: The Man and his Choreography, by Ashley Killar: Jonathan Gray, Gramilano
Advice - How to prepare successfully for ballet auditions: Cherilyn J Lee, Ballet Herald (essentially US-oriented)
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Links – Tuesday 3 January 2023
Obituary - Bruno Vescovo, former principal dancer with La Scala Ballet: Graham Spicer, Gramilano
Tour Review – Scottish Ballet, The Snow Queen, Glasgow: Allan Radcliffe, The Times
Preview – Ballet Folk, The Tears of Jenny Greenteeth, London: David Mead, SeeingDance
Long Interviews – Adam Cooper, Sarah Wildor, Matz Skoog, Tory Dobrin: Ismene Brown/Vyne Theatre via YouTube
News – Joseph Toonga, breaking Royal Ballet stereotypes with hip-hop: Staff, BBC News
News - Meet Nobuhiro Terada, Ukrainian National Ballet's new Artistic Director: Theo Farrant, MSN Euronews
Diary - London Dance, Winter 2023: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper
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I'm guessing we have convergent Twitter timelines - I picked that up for tomorrow's Links earlier today.
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Feature - Ukraine war: Dancers fight culture war against Russia: Kate Vandy, BBC News
History - Tamara Geva: A ballet pioneer in the USA: Sebrena Williamson, The Collector
Streaming - Royal Opera House/Royal Ballet: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper
News – National Ballet of Cuba appeared in gala revolution performance: Staff, Xinhua
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I shall be wishing Cathy Marston all the very best as she takes over as Director in Zurich later this year.
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A guid New Year tae ane an’ ‘a
An’ mony may ye see.
An’ during a’ the years tae come,
O happy may ye be.
Feature - Reliving memories of Rudolf Nureyev’s 1968 The Nutcracker production for The Royal Ballet: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard
Feature – Portland, 2022: Dance in the rear view mirror: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch
Dance Diary – December 2022: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing
In Memoriam 2022 - Singers, Dancers, Actors, Writers, Directors: Graham Spicer, Gramilano
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Dave: Thanks, much appreciated.
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I recall seeing Joseph Ratzinger's name regularly mentioned as an influential adviser to the Vatican II Council in the early 60s. At that time, he was of a more liberal mind than later on when, as I understand, he reacted against the developments in Europe of the later 60s. Requiescat in pace.
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Dave: Is there any chance that our page length could be extended beyond 30 posts? Or is that a built-in Invision thing? (This is all to do with the back checks we do on taking over Links. The page turn on 31 day months is then a nuisance.) Just asking!
Press Release: Birmingham Royal Ballet announces BRB2 company and UK Tour
in Ballet / Dance news & information
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This sounds like a most promising move and, as the Release says, it follows similar initiatives elsewhere. Will it possibly offer more graduate jobs than before, does anyone know?
I'm tickled to see William Tuckett's Nisi Dominus mentioned as restoring some sense of calm. If that's the version I recall seeing Zenaida Yanowsky perform at Sadler's Wells some years back, it's a lively piece as Monteverdi's Vespers setting moves at quite some pace. (The costume was memorable too - over a leotard, the frame for a crinoline underskirt that had a wiggling life of its own.)