Ian Macmillan

Sunday 8 November, 2020 Live Reviews: Royal Ballet, Elite Syncopations & Others, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Birmingham Royal Ballet, Lazuli Sky Triple Bill, London: Sara Veale, Spectator Feature – Mark Morris Dance Group steps online for its 40th-anniversary season: Anying Guo, Washington Post Stream Review - PHILADANCO! Duets and Solos with Joe González & Janine Beckles, Philadelphia: Camille Bacon-Smith, Broad Street Review Stream Previews: The Royal Ballet, Within the Golden Hour programme: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper English National Ballet, ENB At Home – digital platform: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Virtual dance festival from Seattle-area artists celebrates Indigenous and Black performing arts and culture: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Book Review – Naked Truth – Viennese Modernism and the Body, by Alys X George: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes

Sheila: My pretty downbeat experience was recorded some posts above, but I did get a confirmation and a code to insert. But be aware that it came from "TicketCo AS" (the outfit apparently streaming the show) and not from BRB, so have another look at your Inbox.

Well, here we are again - just as with the RB's Gala. Ticket purchased, ticketco.tv dialled up on our Panasonic smart TV (as per instructions), the 5-letter code inserted ...... and "media cannot be loaded etc etc." Edit later to add: Continual momentary stop/starts on my Desktop. We've had enough after the first 2 numbers and, in the circumstances, I will refrain from comment on what we saw. I doubt I'll be bothering with further streaming of this sort.

Saturday 31 October, 2020 Live Reviews: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Lazuli Sky Triple bill, London: Debra Craine, The Times Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Marianka Swain, The i Mark Monahan, Telegraph Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Royal New Zealand Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Wellington: Lyne Pringle, Dominion Post 14th Venice Biennale Danza: Valentina Bonelli, Fjord Review Feature - Lost and Found with Nederlands Dans Theater – reflections on the recent Endlessly Free bill: Amy Pearl, DanceTabs Stream Reviews: Fall for Dance: Program 2: Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review Yoshiko Chuma, Two Hours of Twenty-Four: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Stream Preview - Northern Ballet, Dracula on BBC iPlayer : Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Dance Diary – October 2020: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

Friday 30 October, 2020 Features: How New York City Ballet Took On the Pandemic: Michael Schulman, The New Yorker Gabe Stone Shayer, the Dancer Behind Chanel and American Ballet Theatre’s New Docuseries: Lilah Ramzi, Vogue ----- also Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest Live Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Wellington: Deirdre Tarrant, Theatreview Stream Review - Fall for Dance 2020, New Wheeldon to hip hop Boléro: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack Drive-In Report – L.A.Dance Project, Solo at Dusk, Los Angeles: Makeda Easter, LA Times Film Preview – Bolshoi Ballet, Lady of the Camellias: Aliya Al-Hassan, BWW UK News - Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker will NOT be cancelled: Chris Harper, Birmingham Live And, Watch leading ballet dancers bring Carolina Herrera AW20 to life: Rosalind Jana, Vogue India

Thursday 29 October, 2020 Obituary – David Toole, Dancer & Actor: Toby Hadoke, Guardian London Preview - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Lazuli Sky: Robert Dex, Evening Standard Live Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Lazuli Sky, Birmingham: Sarah Crompton, The Observer (early) Stream Reviews: NY Fall for Dance, Program II: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Lil Buck Feels the Dancing Spirit All Over Again: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Stream Preview - Mark Morris Dance Group Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary Online: Peter Libbey, NY Times Gallery – Ballerina From The Air: Aerial photographer Brad Walls captures ballet like never before: Katy Cowan, Creative Boom Feature - Inside Houston Ballet’s Allison Miller’s she-shed sanctuary: Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle

My goodness, no need to be sorry - and if I hit the wrong tone, then I apologise. I had merely intended to draw attention to this new habit that has emerged over the past month concerning the Guardian/Observer. And now I think about it, the Times/Sunday Times have been at it too. I guess that it simply confirms that many of the Sunday supplements are put to bed in midweek.

In reality, it's too early - as it's for Sunday's Observer. They're developing a habit here of early publication online for the Sunday paper - the NY Times tends to do it too. But for now, we'll run it tomorrow.

Wednesday 28 October, 2020 Interviews: Carlos Acosta’s Vision: Some Nutcracker, Some Led Zeppelin: Roslyn Sulcas, NY TImes Diana Vishneva Hasn’t Let the Pandemic Stop Her Festival: Oksana Khadarina, Dance Magazine Live Review – Tokyo Ballet, M (Béjart), Tokyo: Paul McInnes, Fjord Review Live Preview - Miami City Ballet, The Nutcracker (Balanchine), Miami Outdoors: GlobeNewswire Stream Reviews: Fall for Dance - Calvin Royal III and Dormeshia Glow: Gia Kourlas, NY TImes Splayed Festival, The Place: Ka Bradley, Exeunt Stream Preview - Ballet Meets Burlesque in Virtual Slutcracker: Staff, BWW Boston Q&A - Australian Ballet's Christopher Rodgers-Wilson: Staff, Dance Australia Book Review – Out Loud, a Memoir, by Mark Morris & Wesley Stace: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Reminder - World Ballet Day 2020 – Tomorrow: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper For the technicians amongst us: Ballet Preljocaj’s Swan Lake Supported by Chauvet Professional Maverick Silens 2 Profile: ET Now

Tuesday 27 October, 2020 Obituaries: Susan Hendl, Ballet Master & Dancer: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Joan Harris, Dancer & Teacher: The Times Live Review - National Ballet of Japan, Don Quixote, Tokyo: Naomi Mori, Bachtrack Live Preview – Sydney Dance Company, New Breed – Quad Bill: Candide McDonald, Dance Australia Stream Review - New York City Ballet, Digital Fall Season, Prog 6: David Mead, SeeingDance Documentary – Firestarter - The Story of Bangarra: Candide McDonald, Dance Australia For your diaries: Pre – Halloween - Ranking the Spookiest Ballets in Dance History: Catie Robinson, DanceSpirit And a reminder - World Ballet Day 2020 Is on Thursday: Pointe Magazine

I rather doubt that I'll be using the Link tomorrow from which this extract has been taken: we went to a drive in movie to see a ballet. We went to see Gazelle

Monday 26 October, 2020 Live Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Lazuli Sky world premiere & other new works, Birmingham: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs News - The Ballet Photo-Sharing Scandal Enters a New Phase in Court: Julia Jacobs, NY Times Film Preview - Bolshoi Ballet in Lady of the Camellias: Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance Film - San Francisco Dance Film Festival – from Gwen Verdon to Jazz Dance: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs Feature - Young dancers on stage with Royal New Zealand Ballet: Jamie Searle, Stuff.co And for the record: Olivier Awards 2020 winners, including Dance: Alex Wood, What's On Stage

Sunday 25 October, 2020 Gallery – The Royal Ballet in black and white from the 80s and 90s: Tristram Kenton, The Guardian Stream Reviews: Sarasota Ballet, Digital Program 1: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune A Reimagined Fall for Dance, New York: Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review Pam Tanowitz Dance, Gustave Le Gray No 2, Annenberg Solos: Melissa Strong, Broad Street Review Stream Preview - Liveworks Festival, Live Action Relay: Jill Sykes, The Age Live Reviews – Footnote New Zealand Dance, Undercurrent – Double Bill, Raumati: Tania Kopytko, Theatreview Donna Banicevich Gera, Theatreview

I can commend the substantial review by Rachel Howard for Fjord Review in today's Links.

If that's the case again, on the evidence thus far, No.

Saturday 17 October, 2020 Obituary – Istvan Rabovsky, Dancer: Staff, The Times Live Reviews: Montpellier Danse Festival delivers the Essential: Dance to Audiences: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times QL2 Dance, Touch, Sympathetic Monsters, Canberra: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Stream Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet , Rep 1 – 9 excerpts: Gillian Ebersole, Bachtrack News: New York City Ballet, Final Virtual Programme: Marina Harss, New Yorker New John Cranko School opens in Stuttgart: David Mead, SeeingDance Books: 3 new children’s books on ballet – Ballet School, Boys Dance!, Bunheads: Cyrisse Jaffee. Arts Fuse And then: Francesca Hayward, a little tutu fond of shopping: Richard Eden, Mail Online

Annekh: The Tatler piece in today's Links may set your mind at ease regarding Elizabeth Harrod.

Friday 16 October, 2020 Feature - Is there enough diversity in ballet? Sarah Crompton, Sunday Times (Early!) News: English National Ballet School partners with Bbodance and resumes in-person teaching: Georgia Snow, The Stage Rickshaw driver's son beats odds to join ENB’s ballet school: Hannah Ellis-Petersen/Lanre Bakare, Guardian Royal Ballet and Les Misérables performers team up for mental health video: Lizzie Edmonds, Evening Standard The Sarasota Ballet Fall Digital Season: Staff, SRQ Magazine Stream Reviews; PNB returns after a 7-month COVID closure with intimate online program: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times New English Ballet Theatre, Remembrance (Eagling): Lyndsey Winship. Guardian Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance And not forgetting ….. The Savoy Hotel, Savoir and The Royal Ballet - A Life Unhurried: Hope Cooke, Tatler Or that …. Bolshoi Ballet can build on debut promise: Tommy Lyons, Irish Examiner

This will certainly be in tomorrow's Links, but I hasten to share with you Elizabeth Harrod and Steven McRae in bed together ..... immaculately attired, as one might expect of The Tatler: https://www.tatler.com/article/the-savoy-hotel-savoir-and-the-royal-ballet-a-life-unhurried-luxury-beds-staycation

Thursday 15 October, 2020 Live/Streamed Reviews: Royal Ballet, Back on Stage, London: Louise Levene, The Spectator Hamburg Ballet, Ghost Light, Hamburg: Graham Watts, Bachtrack New York City Ballet Digital Fall Season Programme 4: David Mead, SeeingDance Preview - English National Ballet, Nutcracker Delights, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Interview - The Royal Ballet’s Reece Clarke on Airdrie, lockdown and boys in dance: Catriona Stewart, Glasgow Evening Times Films – Project X, The Garden of Eve; Afro Vision True Love: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review Galleries: Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer, Barbican Gallery: Tristram Kenton, Guardian Grounded Movement’s Ragtime to Grime – Bring It Home : Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Feature - The black coaches electrifying dance: Kate Wyver, Guardian And back with Fatima: I'm with the cyber squad in the ballyhoo about the ballet ad: Robert Shrimsley, FT Magazine Ballet dancers should absolutely think about becoming computer programmers – here's why: John Bryson, The Conversation

Wednesday 14 October, 2020 Live/Streamed Reviews – Royal Ballet, Back on Stage, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk Exhibition - Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer, Barbican Gallery: Debra Craine, The Times Review - Virtual voguing and digital razzle-dazzle: London film festival: Sanjoy Roy, Guardian Feature – Dr Cathy Adamek, New Director at Ausdance ACT: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

Tuesday 13 October, 2020 Interview - Tamara Rojo: 'Despite everything, it’s a very creative moment': Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Live/Streamed Reviews – Royal Ballet, Back on Stage, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Neil Norman, The Stage Graham Watts, Bachtrack Live Review – Ballett Zürich, The Sleeping Beauty (Spuck), Zürich: Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack Stream Review - New York City Ballet, Digital Fall Season: Saturday Matinee 1: David Mead, Seeing Dance Preview/News – Arthur Pita, The Little Match Girl, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Exhibition - Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer, Barbican Gallery: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk News: Some New York Venues say they’re ready now: Michael Paulson, NY Times ‘Nutcracker’ cancellations hit dance companies hard this season: AP via Chicago Sun-Times Step by step, Australian dance companies plan for the future: Valerie Lawson, Dancelines Yesterday’s Big Question – Who is Fatima? What is she? Lucy Fisher, The Times Lanre Bakare, Guardian (and elsewhere, especially on Twitter)

I must say that Twitter has had fun with #Fatima as the day has gone on - and Michael Spicer (if you know who he is) has joined in:

And be aware that discussion began earlier over here, in the News & Info area:

And when all's said and done, we are continually told that Dance is an inherently short career for most who follow that route - with the inference that some element of retraining is likely at some point down the track.