Ian Macmillan

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.

Apparently it is 'old' and Oliver Dowden has distanced himself from it: But, as you say, it has certainly caused some stir this morning!

Monday 12 October, 2020 Live/Streamed Reviews – Royal Ballet, Back on Stage, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Vera Liber, BTG Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard UK News - Arts groups (incl BRB) to receive cash from £257m Covid bailout fund: David Sanderson, The Times Mark Brown, Guardian James Rodger, Birmingham Mail Feature - Let's Dance International Frontiers returns as part of Black History Month: David Mead, SeeingDance Feature – David Gordon’s work (1972/2020) at the Philadelphia FringeArts Festival: Susanna Sloat, DanceTabs

I lost count of the times I consulted that page during the 2 weeks before the show - all to no avail, despite getting a Chromecast thingy (a dongle???!) and so forth.

Sunday 11 October, 2020 Live/Streamed Reviews – Royal Ballet, Back on Stage, London: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Zoe Anderson, Independent Exhibition Feature/Review - Cosmic Dancer: Michael Clark at the Barbican: Florence Ostende, Sunday Times Bidisha, The Observer News - NSW inspires Sydney Dance Company to dance: Candide McDonald, Dance Australia Video Feature - Colin Jones, Photographer/Dancer: Behind the glamour: Candide McDonald, Dance Australia

More on Carousel here: https://www.kennethmacmillan.com/carousel I've now seen bits of the show on my desktop - some good moments, and that has been one of them.