Ian Macmillan

Debatable, as it may have started here? The Times carried a piece way back on 10 January and the story appeared to be picked-up by the Mail on 20 January - see Links for both days. And across much of last month I saw what I assumed would be syndicated versions of the same story appearing all over the place.

Saturday 6 February 2021 Features: On Ballet TikTok, a Place for Young Dancers to Be Real: Margaret Fuhrer, NY Times Melbourne spaces are closed up: how street dance hit a post-COVID wall: Nick Miller, The Age Stream/Film Reviews: Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts, Dancing Nation, Episodes 1-3: Roisin O’Brien, Fjord Review The Place – an online festival, How can we care for each other? Lily Levinson, Exeunt Stream News - New York City Ballet, Spring Digital Season: David Mead, SeeingDance

Bruce: Many thanks and, since you wonder, I found it a thoroughly satisfying few minutes. My few school year brushes with the theatre seem pallid by comparison with the expectation engendered here!

Friday 5 February 2021 Stream/Film Reviews: English National Ballet, Swan Lake (Deane, 2018): John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts, Dancing Nation, Episode 3: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Stream News: New York City Ballet, Spring Digital Season: Peter Libbey, NY Times Dan Meyer, Playbill Hungarian National Ballet’s first Online Premiere - The Flames of Paris: Staff, BWW Other News - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago names new artistic director: Darel Jevens, Chicago Sun-Times Sergei Polunin – Interview & Film Reviews: Sergei Polunin on burnout, tattoos and why he's still not ready to say sorry: Kaleem Aftab, The i Simple Passion, Sergei Polunin steams up a Fifty Shades with Gallic soul: Tim Robey, Telegraph 4* Kevin Maher, The Times 2* Peter Bradshaw, Guardian 3*

Thursday 4 February 2021 Stream/Film Reviews: Paris Opera Ballet, Opening Gala 2021: Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance --- The costumes: Lilah Ramzi, Vogue Polish National Ballet, The Tempest (Pastor): David Mead, SeeingDance Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts, Dancing Nation: Episode 1: Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub Episode 2: Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub Episodes 1-3: Louise Levene, Spectator (+DV8 mention) Stream News: Northern Ballet, Digital Season announced: Andrew Hutchinson, Yorkshire Evening Post The Dance Centre, Vancouver, Short dance works featuring Joshua Beamish: Steve Newton, Straight.com Live Review – Circa & Merrigong Theatre Company, Sacre (Lifschitz), Wollongong: Sarah Nevin, Bachtrack News: Prix de Lausanne: "Dance will prevail" as top ballet competition goes virtual: Denis Balibouse & Cecile Mantovani, Reuters TV Interview - Misty Copeland on the Importance of acknowledging race in ballet: ABC News via BWW A Quebec ballet dancer returns home to run dairy farm after spending years touring Canada: Spencer Van Dyk, CBC News Brooklyn Rail, February: Continuation and the Break: Notes on Black Lives & Tap Dance: Orlando Hernandez, Brooklyn Rail Retreat from the Divided States of America: Ivan Talijancic, Brooklyn Rail

A Quebec ballet dancer returns home to run dairy farm after spending years touring Canada | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/a-lac-st-jean-dancer-s-unique-pas-de-deux-ballet-and-dairy-farming-1.5899577

Wednesday 3 February 2021 Features: Why streamed dance performances fall short: Debra Craine, The Times ENB’s Precious Adams hails strides made for diversity in ballet but says there’s more work to do: Lizzie Edmonds, Evening Standard Wool, Sneakers and Community: Ballet Class Persists Outdoors: Siobhan Burke, NY TImes Stream/Film Reviews & Previews: Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, Giselle: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts, Dancing Nation: Episode 2: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Episode 1: David Mead, SeeingDance Paris Opera Ballet, Opening Gala 2021: John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard Ballet BC, Nine new performances by dancers & artists in residence: Steve Newton, Straight.com News - Exhibition celebrates forgotten contributions of Black ballet dancers: Natalie Morris, Metro And: You want excavators ballet-dancing to Nothing Else Matters in the snow? You got it: Louder

Laurel: I've moved your post to here, the part of the Forum best suited to your enquiry.

Tuesday 2 February 2021 Features: Tamara Rojo fears she will 'never perform again' as lockdown cuts ballet career short: Anita Singh, Telegraph David Hallberg’s message to Australian Ballet’s dancers: don’t be afraid of ambition: Nick Miller, The Age --- The 2021 Telstra Ballet Dancer of Year Awards nominees: Jo Litson, Limelight Stream/Film Reviews & Previews: An Open Invitation to the Paris Opera Ballet Opening Gala: Stephanie Ip, Prestige Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts, Dancing Nation, Episodes 1-3: Debra Craine, The Times Vera Liber, BTG Ballo del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Pandora (Valastro): Graham Watts, Bachtrack Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker, Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Northern Ballet's new digital season: David Mead, SeeingDance Hamburg's Bundesjugendballett (National Youth Ballet) in Close-Up: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance News: Garfield Weston Foundation Gives Over £30 Million To More Than 100 Arts Organisations Across The UK: Giverny Masso, The Stage Staff, BWW UK Australian Dance Theatre – 2021 Programme: Staff, Dance Australia Interview - Ashton Edwards Talks Gender, Pointe, and Ballet’s Future, Charlotte Barnett, NY Observer And then there’s: Bijoyas Das, the dancing force behind Nia Dennis’s viral gymnastics: Gia Kourlas, NY TImes

In fairness, Northern Ballet's £600K is only part of a significantly larger Weston grant of £30M going in various directions. Ballet Black will also benefit, for example. Theatres across UK welcome 'game-changing' £30m Weston Culture Fund investment https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/theatres-across-uk-welcome-game-changing-30m-weston-culture-fund-investment

Shiloh: I've moved your enquiry to the area of the Forum from which you'll no doubt get plenty of answers.

Monday 1 February 2021 Stream/Film Reviews & Previews: Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts, Dancing Nation, Episode 1: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs San Francisco Ballet, A Digital Midsummer Night’s Dream: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture Dance Camera West (DCW) Drive-In Fest: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review BalletX, Two X Two, Heal, Thaw: Sigrid Payne DaVeiga, Critical Dance Fertile Ground Festival of New Work + More: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch PuSH Festival/Vanessa Goodman, Graveyards and Gardens: Charlie Smith, Straight.com News - Arts icon Bill Sheat gives his name to dance scholarship: Nicholas Boyack & Aaron Goile, Dominion Post

Sunday 31 January 2021 Stream/Film Reviews & Previews: Sadler’s Wells/BBC Arts, Dancing Nation Part 3: David Mead, Seeingdance BalletX, Heal, Two X Two, Thaw: Camille Bacon-Smith, Broad Street Review Sarasota Ballet, Digital Prog 4, Brandenburgs, Company B: Marina Harss, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Interview – Shaun Keylock Company: Dancing the past into the future: Elizabeth Whelan, Oregon Artswatch Live Reviews: When Chunky Move turned street fighting moves into a dance: Andrew Fuhrmann, The Age Unity Dance Company, Unity in Adversity, Wellington: Greer Robertson, Theatreview Dance Diary - January 2021: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

Sim: Just google 'Wellerman' and see what turns up.

Saturday 23 January 2021 Obituary - Charlene Gehm, Dancer With the Joffrey: Anna Kisselgoff, NY Times Stream/Film Reviews & Previews: San Francisco Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Balanchine): Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs San Francisco Ballet, Gala - Leap into the New Year: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Sarasota Ballet, Paul Taylor’s ‘Brandenburgs’ & ‘Company B’: Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sadler's Wells & BBC Arts, Dancing Nation: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Features: Celebrating the RAD centenary - a pioneering British ballet institution: Nick Smurthwaite, The Stage ‘Slowing Down to Feel’: Moving Our Minds Around Our Bodies: Gia Kourlas, NY Times News - Ten UK Ballet Schools Pledge Continued Support For Students During 2021 Audition Process: Staff, BWW UK

Friday 22 January 2021 Sydney Festival Review – Bangarra Dance Theatre, Spirit: A Retrospective: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald Stream/Film Reviews & Previews: Boston Ballet, Yakobson gems & Ossola preview: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe Ballet Hispánico, ¡Si Senor! ¡Es Mi Son! Watch Party: Staff, BWW News Modeun Company, Tete-A-Tete: David Mead, SeeingDance And should you need them: Francesca Hayward’s Beauty Truths: George Driver, Elle (+ video)

Thursday 21 January 2021 Obituary – Sir Robert Cohan, Choreographer & Dancer: Staff, Telegraph Feature - Alistair Spalding on Sadler's Wells-BBC dance festival, Dancing Nation: Kate Wyver, The Stage Stream Reviews & Previews: San Francisco Ballet, Online season premieres: Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter The Place Online, Care Weekend: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper LaMama Moves Online - Annabella Lenzu & Kari Hoaas: Tom Phillips, Danceviewtimes Live Review – Sydney Festival, The Complication of Lyrebirds: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald Interview - New AD of Phoenix Dance, Dane Hurst - the power of dance and why he's optimistic about the future: Yvette Huddleston, Yorkshire Post

Wednesday 20 January 2021 Stream Reviews & Previews: Kyle Abraham, A.I.M, and Jlin, Untitled commission to Mozart’s Requiem: Susanna Sloat, DanceTabs La MaMa Festival Is Still Moving, if Somewhat in Place: Brian Seibert, NY Times Joffrey Ballet announces ‘Boléro’ as streaming world premiere: Doug George, Chicago Tribune RAWdance Moves to Heal: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice News: San Francisco Ballet’s Grand Jeté Into a New Year of Challenges and Promises: Janos Gereben, SF Classical Voice Bangarra Dance Theatre returns to the stage with Spirit: a retrospective 2021 at Sydney Festival: Harriet Cunningham, Sydney Morning Herald And much as in The Times 10 days ago: Royal Ballet baby boom! Jo Tweedy, Mail Online

Tuesday 19 January 2021 Features: Is multi-view streaming the future for the performing arts? Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Dancing While Black: 8 dancers on how ballet can work toward racial equity: Gabrielle Salvatto, Dance Magazine Stream Reviews: San Francisco Ballet Gala, Leap Into the New Year: Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice Ballo del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Vivaldi Suite: Jenifer Sarver, Bachtrack Live Review – Sydney Festival, The Last Season, Explicit Contents: Geraldine Higginson, Dance Australia News/Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet – Claire Cowan’s Hansel and Gretel soundtrack: Kirsten Johnstone, Stuff.co Deborah Jones, Limelight Book Review – Falling Into Flight: A Memoir of Life and Dance by Kaija Pepper: Charlie Smith, Straight.com And all you need to know about the pointe shoe market; NeighbourwebSJ

Monday 18 January 2021 Feature - How the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired the Dance Theatre of Harlem: Walter Rutledge, Playbill News: Korea - A look ahead at ballet performances in 2021, Bolshoi, Korea National, Universal: Park Ji-won, Korea Times Scottish Ballet seeks people with neurological conditions: PA via STV News

Sunday 17 January 2021 News: Separate Together: Hong Kong Arts Festival 2021: David Mead, SeeingDance L.A. dance company wins $970,000 Mellon Foundation grant: Makeda Easter, LA TImes Five arts venues share £3m funding rescue package from Scottish Government: Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman Stephen Mcilkenny, Glasgow Herald Wellington’s spaces to come alive in months-long arts programme: Andre Chumko, Stuff.co Interview – Bijayini Satpathy on her Transformative Year: Marina Harss, Fjord Review Stream Review – Nederlands Dans Theater 1, Box of Dreams: Valentina Bonelli, Fjord Review Stream News - Sydney Dance Company - new digital commissions: Angus McPherson, Limelight Quick Q&A - Matthew Ball, Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet: Staff, Educate Podcast Feature - Pacific Northwest dancer crossing gender norms: Martha Ann Overland, N P R

A piece for this weekend's New York Times compares the experiences of two opera singers, one based in New York, the other in Germany: Two Friends, Two Continents, Very Different Pandemics - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/arts/music/opera-singers-coronavirus-pandemic.html There may be no huge surprises there and the situation may well read across to the dance world, at least as far as major companies are concerned.

From Richard Morrison, The Times' Arts chief, on Monday: Why Simon Rattle is leaving London: Brexit, family and Britain’s indifference to classical music https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ca04b450-541d-11eb-b0d0-071d11d2d557?shareToken=f1eb3e58ba4895b167bb9373a5766158 And another view from Charlotte Higgins in today's Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/13/simon-rattle-leaving-london-taste-future-concert-hall

This came my way earlier today - an Auld Lang Syne for our times ....... https://www.wssymphony.org/newyear/

Saturday 9 January 2021 Feature - The other Nijinsky: the forgotten choreography of Bronislava Nijinska: Nadia Beard, Calvert Journal News: Ballet purists in a spin as Paris Opera takes aim at ‘colonial’ works: Adam Sage, The Times Kiwi dancers stranded by Covid-19 reunite in capital: Andre Chumko, Dominion Post Costumes stolen from San Jose Dance Theater studio: Rob Roth, KTVU Stream Review - Ballet du Capitole Toulouse, In the Footsteps of Nureyev: Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance Stream News: Unlimited Festival Dance, Southbank Online; Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper DanceHouse/Paris Opera Ballet, Crystal Pite's Body and Soul: Steve Newton, Straight.com Something for those working-out at home: Dance workouts got me through lockdown – here are 10 of the best: Abigail Radnor, Guardian