Ian Macmillan

Following the discussion, above, on the evidence of the short rehearsal piece seen in to day's World Ballet Day RB coverage, nobody should have any fears about how the cello looks to be portrayed in The Cellist. It is male, an active participant, and in no way submissive.

When doing Links, we ignore stories that record events that incidentally involve dancers - or, as here, ex-dancers. I trust that people can accept the clarification, above, and move on. There will be nothing to be gained by discussion here.

A bit of Concerto in today's lead photo: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/news-in-pictures-tuesday-october-22-2019-mg73qq3zt?shareToken=80dc56337f5fe9448896e7bd18a6bb55

Links – Saturday 19 October, 2019 Death of Alicia Alonso, Founder of National Ballet of Cuba: Archive Interview: Ismene Brown, Arts Desk Obituary – Staff, The Times Features – Viengsay Valdés, Deputy Director at National Ballet of Cuba: Brian Seibert, NY Times (From May 2019) Marina Harss, Dance Magazine Reviews – Joffrey Ballet, Jane Eyre (Marston), Chicago: Lawrence Bommer, Stage and Cinema (Well illustrated!) Hedy Weiss, WTTW News Feature – Scottish Ballet’s Araminta Wraith on dancers & injuries: DanceTabs Review – English National Ballet, Cinderella (Wheeldon), Manchester: Yakub Qureshi, Manchester Evening News David Cunningham, BTG Feature – American Ballet Theatre: Revisiting Some Assembly Required; Karyn D Collins, Playbill Interviews: - Royal Ballet’s Anna Rose O’Sullivan: Ruth Comerford, The Stage - Choreographer Jefta van Dinther: Veronica Posth, Fjord Review Review – Capital Ballet Taipei, Variations on a Rococo Theme, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance What’s On – Around UK, Next Week: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian (As ever, scroll down) Dance Umbrella 2019, London: Review – Gregory Maqoma, Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Review – Oona Doherty, Hard to be Soft & Hope Hunt, The Ascension into Lazarus: Ka Bradley, Exeunt And coming round again – Singin’ In The Rain: Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

Cathy Marston's Jane Eyre opened at Joffrey Ballet in Chicago on Wednesday. If the review in the Sun-Times is any guide, it's off to a better critical start there than in New York. (NB: Google reveals a favourable headline in a Chicago Tribune review, but that paper appears still to be blocked to the EU since the GDPR regulations came into force last year. Members in the States should be able to see it.)

See this morning's Links - "Scottish Ballet’s strongest adaptation in a long time."

Links – Friday 18 October, 2019 Obituaries – Alicia Alonso, Founder of National Ballet of Cuba: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Jordan Levin, Miami Herald Jack Anderson, NY Times BBC News: BBC Others: Google News Reviews – American Ballet Theatre, Fall Gala, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Gallery – Vogue Feature – Herman Cornejo: Marina Harss, NY Times Preview – Mariinsky Ballet, La Bayadère, Los Angeles: Makeda Easter, LA Times Review – New York City Ballet, Fall Season, New York: Robert Gottlieb, NY Observer Review – Joffrey Ballet, Jane Eyre (Marston), Chicago: Nancy Malitz, Sun-Times -- A Chicago Tribune review is online but the paper is still blocked in Europe on GDPR grounds Review – Scottish Ballet, The Crucible (Pickett), Edinburgh: Simon Thompson, Seen and Heard Review – Gisele Vienne/DIG, Crowd, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Glasgow Herald What’s On – New York, Next Week: Brian Schaefer, NY Times Feature – Sheree Da Costa at 61, back at Sydney Dance Company: Melanie Kembrey, SMH Review – Unbearable Darkness, a Tatsumi Hijikata Retrospective, Sydney: Jill Sykes, The Age Preview – Jade Solomon Curtis, Black Like Me: An Exploration of the Word N*****, Albany, NY: Indiana Nash, Daily Gazette Review – Fernanda Ghi Dance Company, Black + White, Boston: Jessica Lockhart, Arts Fuse

A sample of the coverage of Mme Alonso's death: https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqSQgKIkNDQklTTERvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoOGFIV1JDYUZWUVpscGZURFpvVGpoTlRYWnlPRTQyTkVKVlYycDBjSFZOS0FBUAE?q=ballet&lr=English&hl=en-GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB:en

Links – Thursday 17 October, 2019 Review – Michael Keegan-Dolan/Teac Damsa, Swan Lake/Loch na hEala, New York: Elisabeth Vincentelli, NY Times Review – Royal Ballet, Manon & Cunningham Celebration, London: Laura Freeman, The Spectator Review – Pennsylvania Ballet, Don Quixote (Corella), Philadelphia: Lori Ibay, Critical Dance Review – Focus Cia De Dança, Still Reich, Washington DC: Carmel Morgan, Critical Dance Review – Kyle Abraham/A.I.M, Mixed Bill, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Reviews – Chunky Move, Token Armies, Melbourne: Jana Perkovic, The Age Rhys Ryan, Limelight Review – Hofesh Shechter, Grand Finale, Melbourne: Portia Conyers-East, Daily Review Review – Jonathan Goddard & Dancers, While You Are Here, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Preview – Rambert, Cunningham Centenary – Rambert Event, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Review – Forced Entertainment, Out of Order, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Preview – ProArteDanza, The 9th!, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com Video Feature – ENB’s Precious Adams: Staff, BBC News News – At Last, Henry Danton gets his 1942 Genée Medal: Staff, ITV News (and elsewhere) Dance Umbrella, 2019, London: Reviews – Oona Doherty: - Hard to be Soft: A Belfast Prayer: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs - Hope Hunt and The Ascension Into Lazarus: Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs Review – Lucy Guerin, Split: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs

Links – Wednesday 16 October, 2019 Feature – Michael Keegan-Dolan/Teac Damsa, Swan Lake/Loch na hEala, New York: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Reviews – New York City Ballet, Opus 19/The Dreamer, The Shaded Line, Lineage, Symphony in C, New York: Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Reviews – Fall For Dance 2019, New York: - Program 3: Marianne Adams, Danceviewtimes - Program 5: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene Review – Royal Ballet, Merce Cunningham Celebration, London: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk Review – Pennsylvania Ballet, Don Quixote (Corella), Philadelphia: Camille Bacon-Smith, Broad Street Review Review – Ballett Zürich, The Little Match Girl, Zurich: Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack Review – Rambert, PreSentient, Rouge, In Your Rooms, Plymouth: Karen Bussell, BTG Review – Experimental Theater, Micro Dance Triple Bill, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance Review – DLD/Frederick Gravel, Some Hope for the Bastards, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance News – New York Dance & Performance Awards, 2019: Peter Libbey, NY Times Dance Umbrella, 2019, London: Review – Oona Doherty, Hope Hunt and the Ascension Into Lazarus: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

The dance company Ballet Black has launched a survey on Twitter to assess the market for brown tights for children in the 3-10 year age group. (As members may know, about a year or so ago, Freeds began the manufacture of non-pink dance shoes in collaboration with the Company.) A link to the Tweet concerned is here: Whether they have something similar running on Facebook or elsewhere, I can't say. Replies should be made on Twitter or any other medium used by the Company and not on here.

Links – Tuesday 15 October, 2019 Feature – How David Hallberg met his match, Natalia Osipova, at Covent Garden: Debra Craine, The Times Preview – Joffrey Ballet, Jane Eyre (Marston), Chicago: Angel Idowu, WTTW Reviews – New York City Ballet: - Serenade, Summerspace, Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No 2: Marina Harss, DanceTabs - Season Overview: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Reviews – Royal Ballet, Merce Cunningham Celebration, London: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Louise Levene, Financial Times Review – William Forsythe & Dancers, A Quiet Evening of Dance, New York: Robert Greskovic, Wall St Journal Review – Fall For Dance 2019, New York, Program 4: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene Review – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, .. como el mosquito en la piedra, ay, si, si, si …, Wuppertal: Veronica Posth, SeeingDance Reviews – Danse Élargie/Dance Expanded Competition, The 7 Winning Entries, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Rachel Nouchi, BTG Miriam Sallon, Reviews Hub Review – Hofesh Schecter Company, Grand Finale, Melbourne: Stephanie Glickman, Australian Stage News – Cairo Opera Ballet, World Premiere - Cleopatra, Cairo: Staff, ahramonline Review – Kansas City Ballet, Carmina Burana, Tulips & Lobster, Petal, Kansas City: Hilary Stroh, Bachtrack Reviews – Dance International Glasgow, GRIN, Hevi Metle, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Glasgow Herald Claire Sawers, The List Andrew Edwards, Exeunt Review – J D Beacham & J M Poe, J-Sette: Let ‘im move you, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times

Links – Monday 14 October, 2019 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Merce Cunningham Celebration, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Debra Craine, The Times Reviews – William Forsythe & Dancers, A Quiet Evening of Dance, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Mariinsky Ballet, Paquita, Washington DC: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Reviews – Danse Élargie/Dance Expanded Competition, The 7 Winning Entries, London: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs Donald Hutera, The Times Review – Philadanco, Genesis Mixed Bill, Philadelphia: Lewis Whittington, Culture Vulture Preview – Rambert2, Terms and Conditions, SIN, Sama, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Review – Sasha Waltz and Guests, Körper, Portland: Nim Wunnan, Oregon Artswatch Dance Umbrella 2019, London: Review – Lucy Guerin/Duet, Split, London: Anna Winter, Guardian

Links – Sunday 13 October, 2019 Reviews – Mariinsky Ballet, Paquita, Washington DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Carmel Morgan, Critical Dance Review – New York City Ballet, Serenade, Summerspace, Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No 2, New York: Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes Review – Royal Ballet, Manon (2 casts), London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Review – Shantala Shivalingappa, Akasha, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Reviews – Dada Masilo, Giselle, London: Sarah Crompton, Observer David Mead, SeeingDance David Dougill, Sunday Times Review – Pennsylvania Ballet, Don Quixote (Corella), Philadelphia: Sigrid Payne Da Veiga, Critical Dance Review – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, Fase, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Review – Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Voices – Rising Choreographers, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Review – Nrityagram & Chitrasena Dance Companies, Dances of India, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune What’s On – Los Angeles, Next Week: Matt Cooper, LA Times Dance Umbrella, 2019, London: Reviews – Gisele Vienne, Crowd: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Sarah Crompton, Observer Review - Oona Doherty, Hard to be Soft; Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Gallery - Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Gallery - Urban Playground Team, Zoo Humans: Foteini Chistofilopoulou, DanceTabs

Can I assume that, at least, you know the basics of the plot? A chap returns home unexpectedly, having forgotten his briefcase, to find his wife in bed with another man. That chap goes out a window, leaving his suit, which becomes central to what follows. As I recall, the short bedroom action takes place well to one side of the stage, whilst the rest of the cast are performing a busy street scene of going to work etc. The first photo in this review may help you to assess matters - but NB that it is in relative close-up and excludes all the diversionary activity that's going on off to the right: https://dancetabs.com/2018/03/ballet-black-the-suit-a-dream-within-a-midsummer-nights-dream-london/ From what you've said about your children, I doubt that it should be too off-putting - and, should they go, I'd hope that they are impressed by the wealth of storytelling that is achieved with a small cast and very little by way of staging.

Apologies if I'm being dim, but how will the RB and the RAD be on together from 1430-1500?

Links – Saturday 5 October, 2019 Obituary – Teneisha Bonner, Hip Hop Dancer: Staff, Telegraph Reviews – Royal Ballet, Manon (2 Casts), London: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Vera Liber, BTG Hari Mountford, Londonist Feature – Australian Ballet’s Retiring Director Looks Back: David McAllister, Sydney Morning Herald Reviews – Fall For Dance, New York, Misty Copeland, Mark Morris & Others: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review New York City Ballet’s Fall Fashion Gala: - Review – Opus 19, Shaded Line, Lineage, Symphony in C: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack - Gallery - Denny Lee, NY Times Review – Tanz im Berlin, Festival Highlights, Merilyn Jackson, Fjord Review Coming Up: - UK, Next Week: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian (Scroll down) - Chicago Openings Next Week: Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times Review – Boy Blue, Redd, London: Anna Winter, The Stage Review – BodyTraffic, Mixed Bill, Beverly Hills: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review Review – Compagnie Centre National de Danse Contemporaine, Beach Birds, BIPED, Washington DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Sarah L Kaufman, Washington Post Alexander C Kafka, DC Theatre Scene Review – Yang Liping Contemporary Dance, Rite of Spring, Melbourne: Stephanie Glickman, Australian Stage Review – Zaccho Dance Theatre, Between me & the other world, San Francisco: Leslie Katz, SF Examiner Review – Stephanie Lake Company, Colossus, Melbourne: Jill Brown, Limelight Review – Tempo Dance Festival 2019, Dances with Aldous, Auckland: Felicity Molloy, Theatreview

Mr O'Hare talks about the Hallberg/Osipova partnership in the interview to be found in today's Links.

Links – Friday 4 October, 2019 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Manon (Lamb, Muntagirov), London: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk Debra Craine, The Times Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack Louise Levene, Financial Times Emma Byrne, Evening Standard Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Zoë Anderson, Independent Interview – Kevin O’Hare, Director – Royal Ballet: Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack Review – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, Fase, New York: Martha Sherman, Danceviewtimes Review – Ballet Preljocaj, La Fresque, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Coming Up – New York, Next Week: Brian Schaefer, NY Times Preview – Jonathan Goddard, Lily McLeish & 4 Dancers, While You Are Here, Ipswich & London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Review – Smuin Ballet, Take Five, Man in Black, Carmina Burana, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Tour Review – Richard Alston Dance Company, Final Edition, Northampton: David Mead, SeeingDance Review – BalletX, The Little Prince, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene Preview – Melbourne Festival – Antony Hamilton, Token Armies: John Bailey, The Age 2014 Archive Feature – Revived as David Hallberg becomes a Principal Guest Artist with the Royal Ballet: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times

Links – Thursday 3 October, 2019 Reviews – English National Opera, Orpheus and Eurydice (Direction & Choreography – Wayne McGregor), London: Richard Fairman, Financial Times Neil Fisher, The Times Gavin Dixon, Arts Desk Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph Tim Ashley, Guardian Michael Church, Independent Barry Millington, Evening Standard George Hall, The Stage Curtis Rogers, Classical Source Vera Liber, BTG Claudia Pritchard, Culture Whisper Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Giselle (Trad), Birmingham: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Review – Boston Ballet, Giselle (Trad), Boston: Marcia B Siegel, Arts Fuse Review – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, Fase, Rosas Danst Rosas, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Review – New York City Ballet, Valse-Fantasie, Kammermusik No 2, Union Jack, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Review – Ballet Preljocaj, La Fresque, London: Vera Liber, BTG Preview – English National Ballet, Le Corsaire, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Interview – João Sampaio, Smuin Ballet: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture Review – Boy Blue, Redd, London: Ka Bradley, Exeunt Review – Breakin’ Convention: Yaman Okur & J P Collard-Neven, 1mm Au Dessus Du Sol: Londob: Deborah Weiss, DanceTabs Review – Gauri Sharma Tripathi, Sonia Sabri, Mayuri Boonham, Descendants Triple Bill, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Feature – Shaun Parker, Choreographer: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Review – Australian Ballet School, Showcase 2019, Sydney: Valerie Lawson, Dance Australia Preview – Plastic orchid factory, I care What You Think, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com Various – Brooklyn Rail, October 2019 Coming Up: - Fall For Dance, 1–13 October, New York: Lauren Wingenroth, Playbill - Around Portland, Next Week: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Gallery – China International Ballet Season, Beijing: Xinhua

Links – Wednesday 2 October, 2019 Reviews – Ballet Preljocaj, La Fresque, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Neil Norman, The Stage Debra Craine, The Times Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Marian Kennedy, London Theatre 1 Feature/Interview – Kyle Abraham on creating a solo for Misty Copeland: Brian Seibert, NY Times Reviews – New York City Ballet, New York: - Lineage, The Shaded Line, Symphony in C: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat - Valse Fantasie, Kammermusik No 2, Union Jack: Carol Pardo, Danceviewtimes Review – Richard Alston Dance Company, Final Edition, Edinburgh: Mary Brennan, Glasgow Herald Review – Mark Morris Dance Group, Mozart Dances, Berkeley: David E Moreno, Culture Vulture Review – Hamburg Ballet, Orphée et Eurydice, Baden-Baden: Jade Larine, Fjord Review Review – Impermanence, Baal, London: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs Preview – Joseph Toonga & Theo Oloyade, Born to Manifest, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Review – Boy Blue, Redd, London: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk Preview – Fall For Dance North, Toronto: Michael Crabb, The Star Reviews – BodyTraffic, Mixed Bill, Beverly Hills: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review Jane Rosenberg, Seen and Heard

Links – Tuesday 1 October, 2019 Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Giselle (Trad), Birmingham: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian David Mead, SeeingDance Review – New York City Ballet, Premieres - Lineage, The Shaded Line, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Reviews – Richard Alston Dance Company, Final Edition, Edinburgh: Lucy Ribchester, The List Kelly Apter, Scotsman Kirsty Morgan, Bachtrack Review – Rosie Kay Dance Company, Fantasia, Birmingham: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Reviews – Boy Blue, Redd, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Margarita Shivarova, Reviews Hub Vera Liber, BTG 5 Q&A – Royal Ballet’s Sarah Lamb on Manon: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Review – American Repertory Ballet, New Heights 4-bill, New Brunswick: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance Report – Opening & National Dance Day, The REACH, Washington DC: Carmel Morgan, Critical Dance Preview – Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Carmina Burana, Stabat Mater, Montreal: Jim Burke, Montreal Gazette Interview – La Ribot, Dancer/Choreographer: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Australian Dance Diary – September, 2019: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Review – Brisbane Festival, Invisible Cities, Rite of Spring: Denise Richardson, Dance Australia Review – Paris Opera, Hip-Hop in Les Indes Galantes, Paris: Shirley Apthorp, Financial Times

Something else that probably bears on the same issue: going to cinema streaming of Royal Ballet and any other dance performances, I have been continuously surprised at how few youngsters are present, given the numbers who attend ballet/dance classes.

Links – Friday 27 September, 2019 Reviews – New York City Ballet, New York: - Jewels: Carol Pardo, Danceviewtimes - Valse-Fantasie, Kammermusik #2, Union Jack: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack Reviews – Scottish Ballet, The Crucible, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Glasgow Herald Natalie O’Donoghue, BWW UK Review – English National Ballet, Giselle (Khan), London: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard Interview – Angelin Preljocaj, Choreographer & Director: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Interview – Richard Alston and his Final Edition Tour: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Interview, with culinary input – Lucy Guerin, AD, Choreographer: Kerrie O’Brien, The Age Review – Peacock Contemporary Dance Company, Rite of Spring (Yang Liping), Brisbane: Olivia Stewart, Limelight Feature – Michela Marino Lerman: A Tap Dancer’s Place: Brian Seibert, NY Times What’s On: - New York, Next Week: Brian Schaefer, NY Times - LA Area, Next Week: Matt Cooper, LA Times (Not just Dance) - UK, Next Week: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian (As ever, scroll down) News – LA International Dance Festival, 2020: Jordan Riefe, NY Observer Review – Gary Clarke Company, Wasteland, Newcastle: Peter Lathan, BTG

Links – Thursday 26 September, 2019 Review – New York City Ballet, Jewels + Balanchine/Wheeldon Bill, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Review – Peacock Contemporary Dance Company, Rite of Spring (Yang Liping), Brisbane: Brigid Delaney, Guardian Tour Reviews – Northern Ballet, Cinderella (Nixon), Woking & Sheffield: David Mead, SeeingDance Velda Harris, BTG Sophie Dodworth, Big Stamp Interview – Alonzo King of Lines Ballet: Jason Victor Serinus, SF Classical Voice Preview – BodyTraffic, Snap, (d)elusive minds, Resolve, A Million Voices, Beverly Hills: Victoria Looseleaf, SF Classical Voice Preview – Moveius Contemporary Ballet, Glacier: A Climate Change Ballet, New York: Helen Holmes, NY Observer Report – National Dance Day at The Reach, Washington DC: Arielle Ostry, Danceviewtimes Report – ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival: Lisa Moravec, Exeunt Review – Ayodele Casel & Arturo O’Farrrill, Tap Program, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review – Paris Opera, Voguing in Les Indes Galantes, Paris: Madison Mainwaring, NY Times Preview – Focus Cia de Dança, Still Reich, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com Preview – Dorrance Dance, Myelination & Other Works, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper