Ian Macmillan

My congratulations on quite an impressive editing/compilation achievement.

Saturday 8 August, 2020 News – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, 2020-21 Season Opener: Staff, SeeingDance Streaming Reviews: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Hoppla!, Achterland, Mitten: Sanjoy Roy, Guardian ‘Work It’, Freestyling Through Senior Year: Natalia Winkelman, NY Times Streaming News: Edinburgh International Festival online, My Light Shines On: Deborah Chu, The List

Friday 7 August, 2020 Feature – Theresa Ruth Howard, a Force for Change in Ballet: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Feature - Black Dance claims a space near Robert E. Lee: Rebecca J. Ritzel, NY Times Feature – Nigerian Dance Academy reimagining ballet style with West African flair: Chioma Nnadi, Vogue (& Yahoo! News ) Streaming Reviews: Australian Ballet, The Merry Widow: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard Australian Ballet, Bodytorque.Digital: Gracia Haby, Fjord Review Old Vic/Drew McOnie/Dancers, Jekyll and Hyde: Helen Tope, Reviews Hub Streaming News: Rosie Kay Dance Company, 10 Soldiers: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Love Stories: Dan Meyer, Playbill

Thursday 6 August, 2020 Streaming Reviews: SJD Shorts/Shobana Jeyasingh/ Dancers, Staging Schiele: David Mead, SeeingDance Vail Dance Festival, Digital Edition: Robert Greskovic, WSJ Dancing at Dusk, Rite of Spring (Bausch); Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Blues Suite: Sara Veale, Spectator Streaming News: Sydney Opera House, Unwrapped: Dances For Now: Candide McDonald, Dance Australia The Trey McIntyre Project Is Back—And Completely Reimagined: Nancy Wozny, Dance Magazine

Wednesday 5 August, 2020 Feature – Robert Battle, AD at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Kathryn Shattuck, NY Times Feature – NYCB’s India Bradley, a dancer with serious style: Janelle Okwodu, Vogue UK (& Harper's Bazaar) News - Miami City Ballet offers store-window performances free: Abraham Galvan, Miami Today Streaming Review: Diavolo|Architecture, This is Me: Letters from the Front Lines: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review Streaming News: The Vail All-Stars, San Francisco Dreaming and Black Lives Matter: Brian Seibert, NY Times

When I first saw the title to this thread, just for a moment I wondered if someone had choreographed a short piece using Stanford's gorgeous "The Blue Bird." But "a moment, ere the bird had passed" I snapped out of it ......

Tuesday 4 August, 2020 What’s it like to watch live Dance again? Live Reviews – Katsbaan Summer Festival, First Program, Tivoli, NY: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Marina Harss, DanceTabs Book Review – Ballet Class: An American History by Melissa R Klapper: SeeingDance Streaming Reviews: Ballet Hispanico, Noche Unidos: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Jonathan Glazer & Pina Bausch Dancers, Strasbourg 1518: Jann Parry, DanceTabs English National Ballet, Cinderella in the Round: Katie Hayes, Palatinate Streaming News: Sarasota Ballet, Digital Fall Season: Jay Handelman, Herald-Tribune SF Dance Film Festival via Marquee TV: Janos Gereben, SF Classical Voice Australian Ballet, Bodytorque.Digital; Spartacus; The Merry Widow: Staff, Dance Australia Stephen A. Russell, TimeOut Sydney Thomas E.S. Kelly, SILENCE: Staff, Dance Australia

Monday 3 August, 2020 Sorry - Nothing new of substance. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

Sunday 2 August, 2020 Streaming Reviews: Bolshoi Ballet, Spartacus: Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review Northern Ballet & American Ballet Theatre, 4 short films: David Mead, SeeingDance ROH & Roundhouse, The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party: Helen Tope, Reviews Hub Royal Danish Ballet, Jacob’s Pillow Festival 2018: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Streaming Preview: August – performances around Portland: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Interview – Sarah Crowell, Choreographer: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice

I only know of a VHS Tape version - and, over the years since , had hoped for a DVD but I've no recollection of one being issued. I'd be happy to hear that I'm wrong on that.

Saturday 25 July, 2020 Features: There’s No Social Distancing for Dancers. How Can the Show Go On? Gia Kourlas, NY TImes When will theatres reopen and what will have changed? Richard Morrison, The Times When the lights went out at the Royal New Zealand Ballet: Andre Chumko, Stuff.co Dance visionary Anna Wyman turned her Vancouver troupe into a major force: Kaija Pepper, Globe and Mail Miami City Ballet transforming an empty store into a pop-up theater: Virginia Gil, TimeOut Miami Interview – Jason Rodriguez, Dancer & Choreographer: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Streaming Reviews: Nederlands Dans Theater, Standby: Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review Scottish Ballet, Indoors: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review Streaming Previews: Army@TheVirtualFringe: Rosie Kay, 10 Soldiers and more: David Mead, SeeingDance Oregon Ballet Theatre, Interval: Lizzy Acker, Oregonian

I'd thought it might be the 1999 reopening show!

Friday 24 July, 2020 News – London Palladium hosts an audience for live performance safety trial: Lizzie Edmonds, Evening Standard Kennedy Center plans limited schedule in January: Peggy McGlone, Washington Post A Portland pandemic dance survey: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Streaming Reviews: 9 of the Best Virtual Ballets Made During COVID-19: Lilah Ramzi, Vogue Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Work on Ravel, Mussorgsky, Bach: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Trinity Laban/Transitions Dance Company, Triple Bill 2020” Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub Streaming Preview: Tabula Rasa Dance Theater & Accent Dance NYC: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

Thursday 23 July, 2020 Obituary – Athol Willoughby, Dancer, Teacher, Examiner: Michele Potter, ... on dancing Feature – Igor Stravinsky: Andrew Clements, Guardian News – Tentative plans at West Australian & Queensland Ballets: Jo Litson, Limelight Streaming Feature – Swan Lake Bath Ballet: Garry Maddox, SMH Video here Streaming Reviews: Nederlands Dans Theater, Standby (Lightfoot), She Remembers (Leon): Graham Watts, DanceTabs English National Ballet, Cinderella Games: Vera Liber, BTG (+ Curing Albrecht & The Last Resort) Sarah Houbolt, Blindly Following Matisse: Suzanne Cowan, Theatreview

Wednesday 22 July, 2020 Obituaries – Zizi Jeanmaire, Dancer & Cabaret Artiste: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Ismene Brown, Arts Desk (includes a 1998 Interview) Feature - Legacy of a legend: how the Lynne and Land Foundation supports dance talent: Nick Smurthwaite, The Stage News - Australian cultural survey shows audience confidence growing: Jo Litson, Limelight Streaming News: Ayodele Casel, Diary of a Tap Dancer, v6: Us: Brian Seibert, NY Times Streaming Reviews: English National Ballet School, Virtual Summer Performance 2020: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Jonathan Glazer & Dancers, Strasbourg 1518: David Cunningham, BTG Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub Ravenna Festival, Duets and Solos – a reimagined dance event: Sarah Kirkup, Bachtrack Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Lin Hwai-Min: A Retrospective: Roisin O’Brien, SeeingDance Gecko Theatre, Institute: Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub David Cunningham, BTG

Tuesday 21 July, 2020 News - Ailey II Drops Director, Citing ‘Inappropriate’ Communications: Julia Jacobs, NY Times Juan Michael Porter II, NY Observer News – Houston Ballet, ‘The Nutcracker’ canceled - $5M show on the coronavirus chopping block: Amanda Cochran, Click2Houston Streaming News: New Series, Black Artists in Dance Tell Their Stories: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Helen Pickett/Boston Ballet Dancers, Home Studies: Cathryn Haight, WBUR Birmingham Royal Ballet student curates lockdown video: Rebecca Sayce, Shropshire Star News Feature – Why Covid-19 has made arts education so problematic: Makeda Easter, LA Times Streaming Reviews: Jonathan Glazer & Dancers, Strasbourg 1518: Peter Bradshaw, Guardian Carole Midgely, The Times David Mead, SeeingDance Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, Rooms 2020: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene

Monday 20 July, 2020 Film Feature – Strasbourg 1518: reliving a 16th-century ‘dancing plague’ in lockdown: Sarah Crompton, The Observer Streaming Reviews: Australian Ballet, Coppelia (2016): Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, Rooms – Rooms 2020: Susanna Sloat, DanceTabs Cloud Gate Dance, Lunar Halo: David Mead, SeeingDance Douglas Wright, The Kiss Inside: Nicole Wilkie, Theatreview

Sunday 19 July, 2020 News – Lorna Geddes & Laszlo Surmeyan leave National Ballet of Canada: William Littler, Toronto Star Interview – Adji Cissoko, LINES Ballet: Penelope Ford, Fjord Review Streaming Reviews: Dancing at Dusk: A moment with Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring: Mercedes Hesselroth, DC Theatre Review Kyle Abraham/A.I.M, Meditation: A Silent Prayer: David Mead, SeeingDance Douglas Wright, The Kiss Inside: Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing

I know that it (strike through) has happened before on Releases, but this one is looking fine to me.

Saturday 11 July, 2020 Feature - Getting back into the Pineapple studio & Pineapple Live: David Mead, SeeingDance News – 10 UK Ballet Schools Unite In Auditions For September 2021 Entry: Staff, BWW UK News - New Adventures announces emerging dance artists for 2020 development scheme: Georgia Snow, The Stage Streaming Reviews: Royal Ballet, The Dream, Symphonic Variations, Marguerite and Armand: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard English National Ballet, Cinderella (In the Round, 2019): Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard (+ a mention of dance at Grange Park) Barbican/Rhiannon Faith, Drowntown Lockdown: Dominic Corr, Reviews Hub Streaming News - Dazzling lockdown dance: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

A little more here: Ten UK Ballet Schools Unite In Auditions For September 2021 Entry https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Ten-UK-Ballet-Schools-Unite-In-Auditions-For-September-2021-Entry-20200710

Friday 10 July, 2020 Feature – The Dance on Camera Festival, When Dance Is Only on Camera: Brian Seibert, NY Times Associated Interview – Liz Wolff: Ivan Talijancic, BR 3/3 Feature - Looking ahead to a return to dance classes: David Mead, SeeingDance News – Further lockdown easing for theatres and dance venues: BBC News - Updated Government Guidance for Performing Arts: Here Streaming Reviews: Mariinsky Ballet, Giselle (Vishneva, 2016): Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review World Ballet School Day & A Screen Apart: Vera Liber, BTG Streaming News - 11 Biographical Dance Documentaries: Staff, Playbill Interview - Dancing for change: Trans ballet dancer Sophie Rebecca: Luiz DeBarros, Mamba Online Brooklyn Rail for July and August: Can we create lasting mutual aid structures? Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, BR 1/3 Review - The Bon Iver Race Dance: Adlan Jackson, BR 2/3

Thursday 9 July, 2020 Feature - 'The thirst and drive is there': a leap forward for British dance schools: Lydsey Winship, Guardian Streaming Review – Dutch National Ballet, 8 New Works: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Streaming News: World-class ballet dancers perform Swan Lake in their bathtubs: |Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard (and elsewhere) Take online ballet classes with the Australian Ballet: Nicola Dowse, TimeOut Melbourne

See also the Lockdown thread in News .... and tomorrow's Links. And hasn't this been around for some weeks already? I'm sure I've been aware of the title for some time but it appears to have gained some media traction in the past 24 hours.

A masterpiece of film editing, I must say!