Ian Macmillan

Links - Saturday 8 July, 2023 Interview - Matthew Bourne: I’ve always considered myself more of a showman than a ballet person: Kat Lister, The i Opinion - American Ballet Theatre does not see me as I see myself: Gabe Stone Shayer (Soloist): NY Times Reviews - Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, Alma, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Vera Liber, BTG Matthew Paluch, Gramilano Review - American Ballet Theatre, Giselle, New York: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack Nov 22 Review - Paul Taylor Dance Company, Polaris, Scudorama, Sunset, Diggity: New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc News - Alberta Ballet to lose artistic director after one full season: Michele Jarvie, Calgary Herald News - July Roundup: Dancers and Directors on the Move: Kyra Laubacher, Pointe Magazine News - New Jersey Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

Links - Friday 7 July, 2023 Reviews - American Ballet Theatre, Giselle (2 shows), New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes and Danceviewtimes/2 Marina Harss, Fjord Review Review - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Reviews - Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, Alma, London: Donald Hutera, The Times (+ share) Franco Milazzo, BWW UK Siobhan Murphy, The Stage Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Chris Lilly, Reviews Hub Review - Australian Ballet, Jewels, Melbourne: Gracia Haby, Fjord Review Review - Miro Magloire/New Chamber Ballet, Sea, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Feature - French choreographer Bintou Dembélé and G.R.O.O.V.E at the Avignon Festival: Laura Cappelle, NY Times Feature - Adji Cissoko, Artist-in-Residence at Vail dance Festival: Michael Wade Simpson, Culture Vulture Feature - Michelle Ryan/Restless Dance Theatre: Shifting Perspectives and more: Maddy Briggs, Limelight News - The Royal Ballet announces company promotions, new joiners and leavers: Graham Spicer, Gramilano News - Royal Opera House archive goes global with streaming service: Dalya Alberge, Guardian

Notwithstanding all of the above, there's this, seemingly just announced: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/06/royal-opera-house-archive-streaming-service

Links - Thursday 6 July, 2023 Interview - Wayne Sleep at 75: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Preview - Flamenco Festival 2023, Sadler's Wells: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper - Feature - Sara Baras: ‘In classic dance, I wouldn’t still be going at 52 – but in flamenco I’m stronger than ever’: Graham Keeley, The i Reviews - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Mimi Liu, Ballet Herald Review - Australian Ballet, Paragon, The Hum, Melbourne: Gracia Haby, Fjord Review Review - Cape Town Ballet, Cinderella, Cape Town: Jaime Uranovsky, BWW Opera Review - SFDanceworks, Season Six, San Francisco: Rachel Howard, Fjord Review Feature - Black dancers take centre stage this American Ballet Theatre season: Zita Allen, NY Amsterdam News Feature - Los Angeles Ballet: Melissa Barak's Memoryhouse: Tom Teicholz, Forbes Feature - Wen Wei Wang and Barocco Rave in Siena: John Lucas, Straight.com News - Ailey 2 to tour UK – first time in over a decade: Graham Spicer, Gramilano News - Hamburg Ballet, Lady of the Camellias: Stephi Wild, BWW Germany News - Ajkun Ballet Company, The Sleeping beauty ( Ajkun), New York: Chloe Rabinowitz, BWW

Links - Wednesday 5 July, 2023 Review - Mark Morris Dance Group, The Look of Love, Jacob's Pillow: Charles Giuliano, Arts Fuse Preview - Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Black Sabbath – The Ballet: Graham Spicer, Gramilano Catchup Review - Yoshiko Chuma/School of Hard Knocks, Shockwave Delay, New York: Karen Hildebrand, Brooklyn Rail News - INDance 2023 Choreographers Revealed: Staff, Dance Australia And to finish: Feature - Beyond The Red Shoes: the relationship between girlhood and ballet shoes: Claire Marie Healy, AnOther

Links - Tuesday 4 July, 2023 Review - Mark Morris Dance Group, The Look of Love, Jacob's Pillow: Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes Review - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance Review - Vida Flamenca XII Festival/ Daniel Ramos and Friends, Mixed Bill, Santa Monica: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review Reviews - Company of Elders, You're Here, We're going to have to get better at this, Last night a DJ saved my life, London: Matthew Paluch, BWW UK Siobhan Murphy, The Stage Review - Annie Rigby & Co, She was becoming untethered, New York: Cecilia Whalen, Fjord Review Reviews - Mudra Dance Company, Darpana Reflections, Lower Hutt, NZ Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing Tupe Lualua, Theatreview Report - Dutch National Ballet in Sun Valley: Alanna Love, En Face Magazine Preview - Peninsula International Dance Festival, San Mateo: Janos Gereben, SF Classical Voice Feature - Cathy Marston's My Brilliant Career for Queensland Ballet: Staff, Dance Australia

Links - Monday 3 July, 2023 April Review - Staatsballett Berlin, Messa Da Requiem (Verdi/Spuck), Berlin: Holger Jacobs, Kultur 24 Feature - The ups and downs of a Varna International Ballet dancer on tour: Nicolás Perez, Ballet Herald News - Guangzhou Ballet taking The Legend of the White Snake to Beijing: Chen Nan, China Daily Lifestyle - Francesca Hayward on love, vulnerability and new challenges: Clara Strunck, Harper's Bazaar And as it's a thin day: Vancouver ferries perform ‘ballet’ for Canada Day celebrations: Sky News

Links - Sunday 2 July, 2023 Review - Queensland Ballet, Trilogy Triple Bill, Brisbane: Madelyn Coupe, Fjord Review Review - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate, Robert Greskovic, Wall Street Journal Review - Mark Morris Dance Group, The Look of Love, Jacob's Pillow: Iris Fanger, Boston Globe News - Misty Copeland: Transitioning from the ballet stage to the Big Screen: Cori Murray, Hollywood Reporter Preview - Pilot Dance Project, The Delicate Space, Houston: Natalie De La Garza, Houston Press Feature - Hong Kong Ballet embraces its local identity, amidst a city in flux: James Griffith, Globe and Mail Photo Features: - A ballerina sculpture comes to life: Alexander Yakovlev, RBTH - Dancers posed in exotic surroundings: BoredPanda News - Alberta Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald Feature - Radical flavours in contemporary flamenco: Agnish Ray, Financial Times Feature - Bijayini Satpathy is pushing the boundaries of Odissi – some think too far: Malini Nair, Scroll.in

You want photos? Try some of this morning's ABT Links!

Links - Saturday 24 June, 2023 Appraisal - Robert Gotttlieb, editor, critic, writer, etc: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review - Bayerisches Staatsballett, La Bayadère (Bart/Petipa), Munich: Sabine Proll, La Notte Review - Queensland Ballet, Trilogy Triple Bill, Brisbane: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Review - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate (NY Premiere), New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Related Features: Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon: AP Staff, SCMP Designer Bob Crowley: Nancy Tapia, LRM Online ABT’s star supporters dress up for the night: Marissa DeSantis, Observer. And here Review - Russell Maliphant Dance Company, Vortex, Newcastle: Dora Frankel, BTG Review - McNichol Ballet Collective, Devotions, Hull: Christopher Holmes, Reviews Hub Preview - BAAND Together Dance Festival, New York: Staff, En Face Magazine News - Birmingham Royal Ballet announces promotions, joiners and leavers for 2023/2024: Graham Spicer, Gramilano And as it's the weekend: National Ballet of Canada's Heather Ogden shares tips for sweatproof makeup: Katherine Lalancette, Toronto Star

Links - Friday 23 June, 2023 Feature - American Ballet Theatre, 2023 Summer Season: Caedra Scott-Flaherty, Observer Feature - Australian Ballet's Identity sees choreographers wrestle with the national identity: Hannah Reich, ABC News Feature - Jewels - a glittering ballet saved by the Country Women’s Association: Janice Breen Burns, The Age Review - Royal Ballet School, Next Generation Festival, London: David Mead, SeeingDance Review - English National Ballet, Cinderella (in round performance), London: Joy Sable, Jewish Chronicle. Also Reuters Review - The Sounds of Afrolitical Movement, Portland: Hannah Krafcik, Oregon Artswatch Reviews - Sacha Copland, Solo Show -The Emperor's New Clothes, Wellington: Sarah Catherall, The Post Lyne Pringle, Theatreview News - Birmingham Royal Ballet arrives in New York: Graham Spicer, Gramilano News - Scottish Ballet dancers mark solstice: Staff, Orcadian

This planned action tomorrow appears to move things on somewhat from the first word of unrest at the company a couple of weeks or so back. Not surprisingly, the Australian papers also cover it ... in very similar terms to those used in the Guardian piece.

Links - Thursday 22 June, 2023 Review - Royal Ballet, Anastasia Act III, Laura Morera's Final Performance, London: Jonathan Gray, Gramilano Review - English National Ballet, Cinderella (in round performance), London: Rupert Christiansen, Spectator Review - Paris Opera Ballet, Firebird, Song of the Wayfarer, Bolero, Paris: Sheenagh Pietrobruno, Critical Dance Stream Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, Worlds to Come Triple Bill, Seattle: Rachel Howard, Fjord Review Review - Bangarra Dance Theatre, Yuldea, Sydney: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot News - Australian Ballet dancers to take first industrial action in 42 years: Kelly Burke, Guardian Karl Quinn, The Age News - Windrush Day 22nd June: New black British ballet launches in Brixton: Phil Ross, Brixton Buzz News - Ukrainian ballet dancers find refuge at US ballet schools: Staff, ABC News Feature - Inside American Ballet Theatre’s Like Water For Chocolate: Marissa Desantis, Harper's Bazaar Also Playbill History - A viewing of the world’s oldest ballet in more or less current repertory: Alastair Macaulay, Blog History - How Diaghilev first staged The Sleeping Beauty in Europe: Anna Galayda, RBTH

Links - Wednesday 21 June, 2023 Obituary - Magda Saleh, influential Egyptian Ballerina: Anna Kisselgoff, NY TImes Feature - Alexei Ratmansky stages Giselle for the United Ukrainian Ballet: Victoria Looseleaf, SF Classical Voice Feature - Royal New Zealand Ballet turning up the focus and special effects for Lightscapes: Andrew Lees, The Post Review - Dutch National Ballet, Blake Works I, Pas/Parts, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Amsterdam: Vikki Jane Vile, Bachtrack Review - English National Ballet, Cinderella (in round performance), London: India Lawrence, Time Out Reviews - La Scala Ballet, Milan: - Gala Fracci 2023: Graham Spicer, Gramilano - Blake Works V: Valentina Bonelli, Fjord Review Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Apollo, Interlinked, Still Life at the Penguin Cafe, Birmingham: Emily May, Fjord Review Review - Australian Ballet, Identity Double Bill, Melbourne: Stephanie Glickman, Australian Stage Review- Queensland Ballet, Trilogy Triple Bill, Brisbane: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot Preview - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate, New York: Jocelyn Noveck, Independent. (also in ABC News) Interview - Peter Boal on his biography Illusions of Camelot: Cherilyn J Lee, Ballet Herald

Links - Tuesday 20 June, 2023 News - Li Cunxin retiring from Queensland Ballet due to ‘serious health concerns’: Sian Cain, Guardian Kerrie O'Brien & Nell Geraets, Brisbane Times. Also Dance Australia, Limelight, ABC News, ... on dancing Review- Queensland Ballet, Trilogy Triple Bill, Brisbane: Ruth Ridgway, Bachtrack Review - English National Ballet, Cinderella (in round performance), London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Review - Paris Opera Ballet: Eva S Chou, Fjord Review - The Dante Project - Firebird, Song of the Wayfarer, Bolero Review - River to River Festival, New York: Brian Seibert, NY TImes Review - Danielle Ross & Dancers, Lineage, Portland: Amy Leona Havin, Oregon Artswatch November 2022 Review - Ballet Collective, First and Last Light, Forest of Shifting Time, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog,nyc News - The Stuttgart Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald Feature - Gaby Diaz, Swiss Army Knife of a dancer, making a virtue of versatility: Margaret Fuhrer, NY Times

Links - Monday 19 June, 2023 Review - Royal Ballet, Untitled 2023, Corybantic Games, Anastasia Act 3, London: Sarah Crompton, The Observer Reviews - English National Ballet, Cinderella (in round performance), London: Jonathan Gray, Gramilano Joy Wang XY, SeeingDance Reviews - Queensland Ballet, Trilogy Triple Bill, Brisbane: Denise Richardson, Dance Australia Olivia Stewart, Limelight Review - Bangarra Dance Theatre, Yuldea, Sydney: Geraldine Higginson, Dance Australia Review - National Ballet of Canada, Romeo and Juliet (Ratmansky), Toronto: Rebecca Ritzel, Globe and Mail News - The Tap Pack is back: Staff, Dance Australia

In the meantime, there is a substantial preview piece by Marina Harss in today's Links, with photos from ABT's US Premiere of the work in California earlier this year.

Links - Sunday 18 June, 2023 Review - Royal Ballet, Untitled 2023, Corybantic Games, Anastasia Act 3, London: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk Reviews - English National Ballet, Cinderella (in round performance), London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard Catchup Review - New York City Ballet, Partita, Play Time, Love Letter (on shuffle), New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Review - Gallim Dance, Bodies of Matter Mixed Bill, New York: Karen Greenspan, Fjord Review Review - BRB2, Carlos Acosta’s Classical Selection, London: David Mead, SeeingDance Preview - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate, New York: Marina Harss, NY Times Feature - Pina Bausch’s Dance Company announces steps toward a new era: Roslyn Sulcas, NY TImes News - Royal Danish Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald News - Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures brings Doorstep Duets to SE England: Graham Spicer, Gramilano Q&A - Moss Te Ururangi Patterson, CEO at New Zealand Dance Company: Richard Betts, The Post

The BBC was quick off the mark with an Obituary.

Am I imagining having seen Wayne Sleep and Michael Coleman do a soft-shoe shuffle to We're a couple of swells at some special night at Sadler's Wells a good 10 years or so back?

Candle - thrice welcome ex tenebris. May your flame burn brightly and often now that you have made a very considered first step.

Links - Saturday 10 June, 2023 Review - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dancing Spirit, Roy's Joys, Are You in Your Feelings?, New York: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack Reviews - New York City Ballet, Visionary Voices Mixed Bill, Washington DC: Carolyn Kelemen, Maryland Theatre Guide Roger Catlin, BWW DC Review - New York City Ballet, Square Dance, Concerto Barocco, Donizetti Variations, Afternoon of a Faun, Washington DC: David Friscic, BWW DC Review - Houston Ballet, Swan Lake, Houston: Natalie De La Garza, Houston Press Reviews - Ballet Hispánico, New Sleep, Papagayos, Sor Juana, Club Havana, New York: Karen Hildebrand, Fjord Review Joel Benjamin, Theaterscene Review - Gallim, state, From, song, Castles, No Ordinary Love, Sama, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance Review - Compagnie de la Citadelle, Nuit, Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star News - Polish National Ballet 2023-24 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald News - Ballet Hispánico's Legacy Gala raises over $1.4 million: Chloe Rabinowitz, BWW News - Dutch National Ballet U.S. Premiere of Frida: Staff, South Pasadenan News - Pacific Northwest Ballet’s free streaming of Season Encore Performance: Graham Spicer, Gramilano Feature - New York's River to River Festival presents an art experiment: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Feature - In Seattle’s former INS building, a dance on immigration takes shape: Marcie Sillman, Seattle Times

Links - Friday 9 June, 2023 Review - Polish National Ballet, Grosse Fuge, Eroica Variations, Symphony No 7, Warsaw: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Review - Ballet Hispánico, New Sleep, Papagayos, Sor Juana, Club Havana, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance Review - Resolution 2023/Shyām Dattani, Dvihīna, London/The Place: Alastair Macaulay, Blog Review - Pam Tanowitz Dance, Heart of Hearts, New York: Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review ** Review - NW Dance Project, Petrushka, Rite of Spring, Portland: Max Tapogna, Oregon Artswatch Review - Hana Yamamoto & Nina Utashiro, Biéde in Motion, Kyoto: Paul McInnes, Fjord Review Reviews - Rising Festival/Florentina Holzinger, Tanz, Melbourne: Tim Byrne, Guardian Rhys Ryan, Limelight News - New costumes for the Royal Ballet's revival of Corybantic Games: Clara Strunck, Harper's Bazaar Diary - US Summer Dance: Celia Wren, Washington Post ** Looks like a revised website, now with limited access.

Links - Thursday 8 June, 2023 Feature - A multi-Season celebration of the Martha Graham Company at 100: Rachel Sherman, NY Times Review - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Extant, One flat thing reproduced, Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue, Antwerp: Jonathan Gray, Bachtrack Review - San Francisco Ballet, Romeo & Juliet; Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Dance Series 2, San Francisco: Heather Desaulniers, Critical Dance Interview - Choreographer Andrew McNicol: Paul Arrowsmith, Gramilano Feature - Bangarra Dance Theatre: Behind the scenes of a big debut: Linda Morris, Sydney Morning Herald News - Australian Ballet dancers begin industrial action over pay dispute: Kelly Burke, Guardian News - Alysa Pires becomes first Canadian woman to create work for New York City Ballet: Rebecca Ritzel, Globe and Mail News - Dutch National Ballet to make Jacob's Pillow Debut: A A Cristi, BWW Boston Feature - How a prison dance class frees men’s bodies: Brian Seibert, NY Times Feature - A different kind of coming-out story in “Dad Can Dance”: Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker New Yorker/2

Links - Wednesday 7 June, 2023 Review - Hong Kong Ballet, La Bayadère (Nunez & Muntagirov; Salenko), Hong Kong: Natasha Rogai, SCMP Review - Norwegian National Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Spuck), Oslo: Deborah Weiss, Bachtrack Stream Review - Ballet Folk and The Willow Trio, The Swan of Salen: David Mead, SeeingDance Review - National Youth Dance Company, Novacene (McGregor), London: Siobhan Murphy, The Stage Review - Yoshiko Chuma/School of Hard Knocks, Shockwave Delay, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Review - Olympic Ballet Theatre, The Sleeping Beauty, Edmonds, WA: Dean Speer, Critical Dance Feature - Culturally Defined’s first Vancouver dance studio finally feels like home: Bridget Stringer-Holden, Straight.com Feature - The Australian Ballet explores 'identity': Staff, Dance Australia Interview - Dan Daw: Kink was the vehicle that let me get to grips with my body: Stephanie Bunbury, The Age (Video: The Age) News - Trio of New Works on American Repertory Ballet Company programme: Staff, Town Topics News - Hungarian National Ballet to premiere Eifman's The Pygmalion Effect: Staff, Hungary Today