Ian Macmillan

Links – Sunday 8 December, 2019 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Coppelia, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Sarah Crompton, The Observer Reviews– Svetlana Zakharova & Friends, Modanse – Come un Respiro, Gabrielle Chanel, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard Review – Richard Alston Dance Company, Alston At Home, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Review – Dormeshia & Friends, And Still You Must Swing, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Review – Darbar Festival/Madhavi Mudgal, Vistar, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Review – Wendy Whelan & Maya Beiser, The Day, Washington DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Review – National Ballet of Canada, Etudes, Piano Concerto No 1, Petite Mort. Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes What’s On – In/Around Los Angeles: Matt Cooper, LA Times A Seasonal Selection: Preview – Scottish Ballet, The Snow Queen, Edinburgh: John Preece, Edinburgh Reporter Review – Smuin Contemporary Ballet, The Christmas Ballet, Walnut Creek, CA: Singer & Son, Culture Vulture Exhibition – San Francisco Ballet, The Nutcracker – A 75th Anniversary Celebration: MP + D

I think that this is the article Geoff mentions, above. https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/theatre-etiquette-politeness-guide-a4304236.html

Tenor, since you ask.

And all being well, I'll be in the chorus. I'd wondered if there had been a booking clash and others had got in first.

And not at West Road this time?

Cathy Marston tweeted today that she will be doing an evening on "Making The Cellist" in Oxford on Monday 20 January, and that two RB dancers will assist. Admission will be Free, but you would have to book/register here.

Jenny, taking up your remark that the Corps will be used as an 'orchestra' in The Cellist, Cathy has done something similar before, albeit on the smaller scale of her former Bern company. Others may recall that when they brought her Clara to the Linbury some years ago, a ballet based on the relationship of Clara Schumann, her husband Robert, and Johannes Brahms, we saw dancers used as piano keys. And by the sound of it, this will simply (?) be another example of Cathy using dancers to provide context to the unfolding main story that will presumably focus on a very few individuals. The D-Men in Jane Eyre, the librarians in Victoria, the wind in Snowblind (for San Francisco Ballet) are recent examples. And I guess that a large group of white swans has done something similar over many years.

Links – Sunday 1 December, 2019 Feature – Francesca Hayward, Royal Ballet Principal: Sarah Crompton, Sunday Times -- Cats the movie: a stroke of genius? Jonathan Dean, Sunday Times Review – Royal Ballet, Coppelia, London: Vera Liber, BTG Film Preview – Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Today’s bag of Nuts: Review – Houston Ballet, The Nutcracker (Welch), Houston: Natalie De La Garza, Houston Press Preview – Boston Ballet, The Nutcracker (Nissinen), Boston: Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald -- Review - Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe What’s On: - Nutcrackers around the Bay Area (23 of them): Leslie Katz, SF Examiner - And in/around LA (10 plus others): Matt Cooper, LA Times And elsewhere: Interview – David Nixon, Northern Ballet at 50: Grant Tucker, Sunday Times Review – Richard Alston Dance Company, Alston At Home, London: Vera Liber, BTG Feature – Australian Ballet Principal, Amber Scott: Genevieve Quigley, Sunday Age News – Australian Ballet – Telstra Ballet Awards, 2019: Jo Litson, Limelight Review – Sydney Dance Company, New Breed 2019 – New Work, Sydney: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald Review – Myself UK, Decade: Madhavi Mudgal, Vistar, London: Bidisha, The Observer Review – Kia LaBeija & Others, Untitled, The Black Act, new York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

Links – Saturday 30 November, 2019 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Coppelia, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Zoë Anderson, Independent Laura Thompson, Telegraph Emma Byrne, Evening Standard Anna Winter, The Stage Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Siobhan Murphy, TimeOut London Review – Atlanta Ballet, The Nutcracker (Possokhov), Washington DC: Maria Di Mento, DC Theatre Scene Preview – Houston Ballet, The Nutcracker (Welch), Houston: Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle Feature – Is Instagram now a Ballet Dancer’s best path to fame? Charlotte Barnett, NY Observer Review – L.A. Dance Project, Program C – 5-Bill, Los Angeles: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review What’s On: - London & Derby, Next Week: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian (scroll down) - Scottish Ballet, The Snow Queen, Edinburgh & Glasgow: The List Australian Dance Diary – November 2019: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

A question posed - with a suggestion that the answer is 'Yes' - in a link from New York's Observer: https://observer.com/2019/11/ballerina-influencers-how-instagram-became-part-of-star-dancer-job/

Alison, it was, in fact, one from yesterday, an event curated by Alastair Macaulay - with the link here for convenience.

See also this morning's Links.

Links – Friday 29 November, 2019 Tis (almost ) the season ....... Feature – New York City Ballet: Breaking Barriers in The Nutcracker: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Atlanta Ballet, The Nutcracker (Possokhov), Washington DC: Sarah L Kaufman, Washington Post ... whilst elsewhere .... Feature – Donald Byrd: Can Dance Make A More Just America? Siobhan Burke, NY Times News – Northern Ballet 50th Anniversary Gala: John Blow, Yorkshire Evening Post Reviews – Richard Alston Dance Company, Alston at Home, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Lyndsey Winship, Guardian What’s On – New York, Next Week: Brian Schaefer, NY Times News – Elmhurst Ballet Company, Synergy Mixed Bill, February 2020: Staff, BWW UK Regional

Links – Thursday 28 November, 2019 Discussion – The Art of Partnering, Alistair Macaulay with NYCB Dancers, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Feature – Anna Rose O’Sullivan, the Royal Ballet’s next Aurora: Emma Byrne, Evening Standard Review – Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Les Beaux Dormants, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Review – National Ballet of Canada, Chaconne, Orpheus Alive, Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes Review – Ballet Hispánico, Con Brazos Abiertos, Nací, Tiburones, New York: Juan Michael Porter II, BWW Review – Paul Taylor American Modern Dance, Gala: Concertiana, Only the Lonely, Episodes, Black Tuesday, New York: Eric Taub, DanceTabs Tour Review – Northern Ballet, Cinderella, Norwich: Sarah Ravencroft, Norwich Evening News Review – Darbar Festival, Two Programmes, London: Sanjoy Roy, Guardian Review – Richard Alston Dance Company, Mixed Bill, London: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review Review – The Chase Brock Experience, The Four Seasons, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene News – Queensland Award for Leanne Benjamin: Meredith Daneman, Limelight What’s On: - In and Around Portland: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch - Houston Ballet, Jubilee of Dance, 2019, Houston: Staff, BWW Houston - Istanbul State Opera & Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Istanbul: Staff, Daily Sabah

Links – Wednesday 27 November, 2019 Film Preview – Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet – Beyond Words: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Review – Ballett Zürich, Messa da Requiem (Verdi/Spuck), Zurich: Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack Review – Ballet du Rhin, Les Beaux Dormants, London: Deborah Weiss, DanceTabs Feature – Coppelia – real-life tragedies behind a family-friendly ballet: Felicity Day, Telegraph Review – Monica Bill Barnes & Company, Happy Hour, College Park, MD: Carmel Morgan, Critical Dance Feature – Expression Dance Co becomes Australian Dance Collective: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot Review – Meimage Dance, renaissance of its ashes, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance Review – Kat Valastur & Dancers, Arcana Swarm, Berlin: Emily May, SeeingDance Catch up Review – Ballet Collective, Scorpio Desert, Orange, Faraway, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

Just up on the Guardian website, and for inclusion in tomorrow's Links: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/nov/26/romeo-and-juliet-beyond-words-balletboyz-film-royal-ballet

Links – Tuesday 26 November, 2019 Review – Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Osipova/Hallberg), London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Review – Ballet de L’Opera National Du Rhin, Les Beaux Dormants, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times - Gallery – Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Review – Acosta Danza, Evolution, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker (Wright), Birmingham: Marion Brennan, Shropshire Star Review – West Australian Ballet, Alice (in wonderland), Perth: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot Review – Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, Mixed 4-bill, Cutler Bay, FL: Sean Erwin, Danceviewtimes Review – Come Together Dance Festival, Mixed Bill – Excerpts, Philadelphia: Melissa Strong, Broad Street Review Review – Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, Spanish Dance Programme, New York: Robert Greskovic, WSJ Previews – Guggenheim Works & Process, 2020: Gabe Cohn, NY Times Dan Meyer, Playbill Video – Phoenix Boys, a boys-only dance programme: BBC News

I have just seen a Tweet from Sir Stephen's wife, saying that she had played this anthem to him on the day he died and that "it felt right in every respect for it to be the final piece of music he heard." Would that we might all pass in peace in such a manner.

Links – Monday 25 November, 2019 Review – Bolshoi Ballet, Giselle (Ratmansky Premiere), Moscow: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Feature – Cathy Marston: A British Choreographer At Home And Abroad: Julia Delaney & Rosie Gerhard, British Ballet Now & Then Review – Ballet Hispánico, Tiburones, Nací, Con Brazos Abiertos, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Reviews – Ballet de L’Opera National Du Rhin, Les Beaux Dormants, London: Donald Hutera, The Times John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker (Wright), Birmingham: Phil Preece, SeeingDance Review – Acosta Danza, Evolution: Dorrance Dance, Myelination, London: Sarah Crompton, The Observer Review – West Australian Ballet, Alice (in wonderland), Perth: Margaret Mercer, Dance Australia Review – Sun-Shier Dance Theatre, Rolling Eyes, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance Review – NAISDA Dance College, Ngoenakap Mixed Bill, Sydney: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald Geraldine Higginson, Dance Australia Gallery – Dance Rites 2019, Sydney: Various, Guardian

It was announced on Radio 3 about 30 minutes ago that Sir Stephen Cleobury had died last night. KIng's College Choir has confirmed the news here: and here: https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2019/sir-stephen-cleobury-1948-2019

Alone, I think, amongst the nationals, I'd noticed that Mark Monahan had not reviewed the early shows of this run, but he appears to have made that up now with some style.

The first three paragraphs of Graham Watts' review of a performance at The Place are very pertinent to this long-running thread: https://dancetabs.com/2019/11/ace-dance-and-music-skin-reimagined-blind-trip-letlalo-london/

An odd, if revealing, question. Have a gander at the third area on the Forum homepage, the one beneath News etc, the one that has a fresh post each morning. Today's is here.

aliballet: I've moved your post into this area where I'm sure it will get more and better replies.

If you look back at Links for Sunday 3 November, you will see what I think was her first Observer review. It provided every sign that she would write with a decided attitude. (I recall seeing her fairly regularly on TV quite a while back, when Newsnight used to have a Friday Arts programme.)