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  1. Links - Thursday July 4, 2019

     

    Review - The Bolshoi Ballet, Spartacus, Brisbane: Valerie Lawson, DanceTabs

     

    Review - Staatsballett Berlin, Romeo and Juliet (Cranko), Berlin: Katja Vaghi, Bachtrack

     

    Feature - The Royal Ballet takes Mayerling to LA: Ann Haskins, LA Dance Chronicle

     

    Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Hobson’s Choice, London: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage

     

    Reviews - Ballet Flamenco Sarah Baras, Sombras, London:

    Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

    Zoë Anderson, The Independent

    Donald Hutera, The Times

    Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

    Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

     

    Interview - Ronald K. Brown: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times

     

    Review - Staatsoper Berlin, Sacre (Sasha Waltz), Berlin: Veronica Posth, SeeingDance

     

    Feature - Sky-rocketing rents pushing out L.A. dance studios: Makeda Easter, Los Angeles Times

     

    News - Edinburgh Fringe Festival, dance and physical theatre picks: Kelly Apter, The List

     

    Review - Tejas Dance, The Woman Next Door, Dallas: Emily Sese, TheaterJones

  2. Links – Tuesday July 2, 2019

     

    Reviews - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Hobson’s Choice, London:

    Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs

    Louise Levene, Financial Times

     

    Review - Akram Khan and others, Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise, NY: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times

     

    News - The Royal Ballet and others at the Joyce Theater festival, Aug 6-18: Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times

     

    Review - Bolshoi Ballet, Jewels, Brisbane: Sally Peters, ArtsHub

     

    Review - Queensland Ballet, Synergy, Brisbane: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot

     

    Reviews - Phoenix Dance Theatre, The Rite of Spring, Left Unseen, London:

    Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs

    Graham Watts, Bachtrack

     

    Review - Motionhouse & Gandini Juggling, Gravity, Gibbon, Rugby School: David Mead SeeingDance

     

    #speakingindance - Pilobolus: Gia Kourlas, New York Times

     

    Review - Mudra Dance Company, Shakti, the Universal Energy, NZ: Donna Banicevich Gera, Theatreview

  3. We have never had a written guideline on the use of nicknames. Do we need one?.

     

    One can assume that nicknames are generally used in a friendly or affectionate way but there is always the implication of a closer relationship to the dancer than probably exists. There is also the matter of disrespecting or demeaning the dancer by referring to them publicly in this way. Maybe of relevance is that dancers, in the UK at least, are no longer referred to as girls and boys.

     

    This discussion began because of Janet's reasonable reminder that nicknames may be unknown to some or many of our users. This can give the unfortunate impression of the forum as having an in-group of ballet cognoscenti who can catch all the references versus those who don't, who may well feel that they are less important in some way. This then becomes a matter of respect between members.

     

    Dawnstar's use of surnames seems fine. We don't need to go so far as having to use Ms Osipva or Mr McRae!

     

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  4. Links – Saturday June 22, 2019

     

    Reviews - Natalia Osipova, The Mother (Arthur Pita), London:

    Mark Monahan, The Telegraph

    Sarah Kirkup, Bachtrack

    Emma Byrne, Evening Standard

    Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

    Zoë Anderson, The Independent

    David Mead, SeeingDance

     

    Feature - Carthage Dance festival, Tunis: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times

     

    Profile - ‘Hurricane’ Catherine Hurlin, American Ballet Theatre: Gia Kourlas, New York Times

     

    Review - Royal New Zealand Ballet, Black Swan, White Swan, Auckland: Jenny Stevenson, Theatreview

     

    Review - Robert Moses’ Kin, The Exceptionally Overweight Black Man Phoenix, SF: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes

     

    Review - AVA Dance Company (ORIGINS Festival) No Woman’s Land, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs

     

    Review - Images Ballet Company, Interplay, Mirrors, On Lineage, Meadowdown, London: Deborah Weiss, DanceTabs

     

    Review - Pacific Dance Festival, Trip, Our Shadows, Melville Place, : Raewyn White, New Zealand Herald

     

    News - Closure of NHS dance injury clinic in London: Georgia Snow, The Stage

     

    Reviews - Neil & Katya Jones, Somnium, A Dancer’s Dream, London:

    Donald Hutera, The Times

    Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International

     

    Preview - Dance Heginbotham, Common Fate: Susan B. Apel, The Arts Fuse

  5. Links – Friday June 21, 2019

     

    Review - National Ballet of Canada, The Merry Widow, and Xiao Nan Yu’s retirement, Toronto: Paula Citron, Ludwig Van

     

    Review/interview - Ebony Noelle Golden, 125th and Freedom, NY: Siobhan Burke, New York Times

     

    Review - Royal Danish Ballet, Summer tour, Fredriksborg Castle: Eva Kistrup, Copenhagen Report

     

    Review - Junior Ballett Zürich, Echo of Elements, Wounded, Submerge, London: Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs

     

    Review - Ballet BC, Bedroom Folk, To this day, Petite Cérémonie, Jacob’s Pillow: Tresca Weinstein, Albany Times Union

     

    Film reviews - Georgia Parris, Bobbi Jene Smith & Maxine Doyle, Mari:

    Deborah Weiss, DanceTabs

    Mike McCahill, The Guardian

     

    Review - Company of Elders, Dare I Speak, Natural 2019, London: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs

     

    #SpeakingInDance - José Xtravaganza: Gia Kourlas, New York Times

     

    Review - Gary Clarke, Wasteland, Glasgow: Kelly Apter, The Scotsman

     

    Feature - Cincinatti Ballet’s focus on female choreographers: David Lyman, cincinnati.com

     

    Profile/interview - Sean Dorsey, transgender director and choreographer: Jeryl Brunner, Forbes

     

    Diary - Three of the best shows coming up, UK: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

  6. Links – Thursday June 20, 2019

     

    Review - Dutch National Ballet, Pas/Parts 2018, Kleines Requiem, Ignite, Amsterdam: Lambrecht Wessels, Bachtrack

     

    Review - Ballet Black, The Suit, Ingoma, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs

     

    Review - American Ballet Theatre, Le Corsaire, NY: Christina Pandolfi, Broadway World

     

    Feature - Brooklyn Mack guests with ABT in Le Corsaire: Sarah L. Kaufman, San Francisco Chronicle

     

    Review - Lost Dog, Juliet & Romeo, London: David Mead, SeeingDance

     

    Book preview - Bill Cooper, Swan Lake - Reimagining a Classic (The Royal Ballet’s new production): Broadway World

     

    Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Hobson’s Choice, Birmingham: Maria Cusine, Shropshire Star

     

    Review - Rosalind Masson, No Man’s Land, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Herald Scotland

  7. Links – Wednsesday June 19, 2019

     

    Review - The Royal Ballet, Margot Fonteyn, A Celebration, London: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

     

    Feature - William Kentridge & Faustin Linyekula’s Holland Festival: Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times

     

    Review - Ballet Black, The Suit, Ingoma, London: David Mead, SeeingDance

     

    Reviews - Bangarra Dance Theatre, Unaipon, Stamping Ground, To make fire, Sydney:

    Deborah Jones, FollowSpot

    Chantal Nguyen, Bachtrack

     

    Feature - Scottish Ballet’s Digital Season, Edinburgh: Claire Sawyers, The List

     

    Review - Ballet Cymru, Romeo a Juliet, Newcastle: Anna Winter, The Guardian

     

    News - Misa Kuranaga & Sasha Mukhamedov joining San Francisco Ballet: Amy Brandt, Pointe Magazine

     

    News - San Francisco Ballet 2020 season promotions, new members: Broadway World

     

    News - Merce Cunningham Centennial programming for the remainder of 2019: Broadway World

  8. Links – Friday June 14, 2019

     

    Reviews - American Ballet Theatre, Le Corsaire, NY:

    Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes

    Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

     

    Feature - Mark Morris and Pepperland: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review

     

    Review - Boston Ballet, Rhapsody mixed bill, Boston: Merli V. Guerra, Fjord Review

     

    Review - San Francisco Ballet, Bespoke, Hummingbird, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review

     

    Interview - Jean-Christophe Maillot, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo: Stephanie Bunbury, Brisbane Times

     

    Preview - Edinburgh Festival 2019, dance shows to be seen (amongst other things): Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

     

    News - Eight dance performances this weekend, NYC: Gia Kourlas, New York Times

     

    News - Three of the best dance shows, UK: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

     

    News - What’s happening at Jacob’s Pillow this Summer:

    Tresca Weinstein, Albany Times Union

    Jeffrey Borak, The Berkshire Eagle

     

    News - London Mayor petitioned to end ROH’s BP Big Screens in Trafalgar Square: Marianne Brooker, The Ecologist

  9. Links – Thursday June 13, 2019

     

    Review - New York City Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, NY: Robert Gottlieb, Observer

     

    Review - National Ballet of Canada, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Approximate Sonata, The Second Detail, Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes

     

    Review - San Francisco Ballet, Your flesh shall be a great poem, Bound To, Anima Animus, London: Neil Norman, The Stage

     

    Feature - The Shifting Fortunes of Manon: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times

     

    Review - English National Ballet, Cinderella, London: Joy Sable, The Jewish Chronicle

     

    Feature - Five women pushing dance forward: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

     

    Interview - Kenneth Tindall, choreographer: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

     

    News - Nehemiah Kish, RB Principal, to retire: Matthew Hemley, The Stage

     

    Review - School of American Ballet, workshop performance, NY: David Mead, SeeingDance

     

    Review - Moana, 5 short works, Auckland: Nicole Wilkie, Theatreview

  10. Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the The Firebird, A Month in the Country and Symphony in C photocall...


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    Itziar Mendizabal in The Firebird. ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
     
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    Marianela Nuñez and Matthew Ball in A Month in the Country. ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
     
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    Sarah Lamb and Nicol Edmonds in Symphony in C. ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
     
    More… Foteini Christofilopoulou - 12 photos

    By courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

     

    Discussion of this programme is here

     

  11. Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the Margot Fonteyn Celebration photocall, if sadly Darcey Bussell wasn't...


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    Francesca Hayward in Ondine. Photo ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
     

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    Natalia Osipova in Romeo and Juliet. Photo ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
     

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    Lauren Cuthbertson in Apparitions. Photo ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

     

    More… Foteini Christofilopoulou - 16 photos

    by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr
     

    Discussion of this event is here

     

  12. Links – Thursday June 6, 2019

     

    Reviews - The Royal Ballet, The Firebird, A Month in the Country, Symphony in C,  London:

    Graham Watts, Bachtrack

    Debra Craine, The Times
    Mark Monahan, The Telegraph

    Joy Sable, The Jewish Chronicle

    Anna Winter, The Stage

    G.J. Dowler, Classical Source

     

    Reviews - American Ballet Theatre, Jane Eyre, NY:

    Gia Kourlas, New York Times

    Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

    Michael Popkin, Danceviewtimes

     

    Review - American Ballet Theatre, Tharp programme: Brahms-Haydn Variations, Deuce Coupe, In the Upper Room, NY: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

     

    Review - New York City Ballet, Bartók Ballet, Bright, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, NY: Susan Yung, The Brooklyn Rail

     

    Review - Merce Cunningham, Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event, NY: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

     

    Feature - William Forsythe rehearses Enemy in the Figure with Ballet British Columbia: Janet Smith, Georgia Straight

     

    Feature - Bangarra Dance Theatre and Jiri Kilián’s Stamping Ground: Valerie Lawson, Sydney Morning Herald

     

    Feature - Brendan Fernandes, The Master and Form, Whitney Museum of American Art, Chicago: Avichal Scher, Dance Magazine

     

    News - Northern Ballet, 50th Anniversary schedule: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

     

    Feature - Fernando Montaño of the Royal Ballet dances underwater against plastics pollution: Laura Harding, The Sunday Post

     

    Review - Jonathan González, Lucifer Landing II, NY: Dillon Heyck, The Brooklyn Rail

     

    Review - Tatyana Tenebaum & Jasmine Hearn, collective terrain/s, NY: Rennie McDougall, The Brooklyn Rail

     

    Review - Peter DiMuro, Significant Others: Dances for Family, Friends and Lovers, Boston: Jessica Lockhart, The Arts Fuse

     

    Review - Tuatara Collective & Manuaku Institute of Technology, Over My Dead Body: Little Black Bitch, Wellington: Grace Ahipene Hoel, Theatreview

  13. Links – Wednesday June 5, 2019

     

    Review - American Ballet Theatre, On the Dnieper, Sons of Bukovina, The Seasons, NY: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

     

    Feature - Cathy Marston’s Jane Eyre at ABT: Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times

     

    Review - San Francisco Ballet, The Infinite Ocean, Snowblind, Björk Ballet, London: Anna Winter, The Stage

     

    Feature - The Royal Ballet’s forthcoming tour to Japan: Kris Kosaka, Japan Times

     

    Interview - Lauren Cuthbertson, Royal Ballet Principal: Anna Winter, The Stage

     

    Q & A - Meaghan Grace Hinkis, RB Soloist: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

     

    Review - Oakland Ballet Company, Rajastra: The King’s Cloth, Hamsa, Jangala, Oakland CA: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes

     

    Essay - Kimerer LaMothe, The Dancing Species: Aeon

     

    Art reviews - Natalia Goncharova, Tate Modern, London:

    Jonathan Jones, The Guardian

    Rachel Campbell-Johnson, The Times

     

    News - The Evening Standard ‘loses’ two of it’s drama critics: Giverny Masso, The Stage

     

    Review - Modern Table Dance Company, Sok-do (Velocity), London: Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub

  14. Links – Tuesday June 4, 2019

     

    Reviews - San Francisco Ballet, The Infinite Ocean, Snowblind, Björk Ballet, London:

    Debra Craine, The Times

    Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

    Graham Watts, DanceTabs

    Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

    Matt Wolf, The Arts Desk

     

    Reviews - San Francisco Ballet, Shostakovich Trilogy, The Infinite Ocean, Snowblind, Björk Ballet, London:

    Louise Levene, Financial Times

    Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

     

    Review - San Francisco Ballet, Shostakovich Trilogy, London: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage

     

    Review - Zurich Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, Zurich: Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack

     

    Reviews - Sergei Polunin, Rasputin:

    Graham Watts, Bachtrack

    Neil Norman, The Stage

    Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times

     

    Review - National Ballet of Canada, Physical Thinking (William Forsythe triple bill), Toronto: Paula Citron, ludwig-van Toronto

     

    Review - Hong Kong Ballet, Chroma, The Rite of Spring, The Year of the Rabbit, HK: Natasha Rogai, South China Morning Post

     

    Review - Rosie Kay, Ten Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline, Edinburgh: Mary Brennan, Herald Scotland

     

    Review - Miami City Ballet & Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballet Across America, Washington: Mary Lincer, Broadway World

     

    Review - Royal New Zealand Ballet, Black Swan, White Swan, Wellington: Jennifer Shennan, … on dancing

     

    Review - Marrugeku, Ngarlimbah, Miranda, Strangers, Sydney: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

     

    Review - Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor, Two Room Apartment, Berlin: Veronica Posth, SeeingDance

     

    Review - Tupua Tigafua, Shel We?, Wellington: John Smythe, Theatreview

     

    Preview/interview - Kit Modus, An Afternoon with Kit Modus, Atlanta: Sydney Burrows, ArtsATL

     

    News - Elmhurst Ballet School Summer performances: Broadway World

     

  15. Links – Monday June 3, 2019

     

    Review - National Ballet of Canada, Physical Thinking (William Forsythe triple bill), Toronto: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail

     

    Review - San Francisco Ballet, Shostakovich Trilogy, The Infinite Ocean, Snowblind, Björk Ballet, London: John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard International

     

    Photo gallery - San Francisco Ballet, The Infinite Ocean, Snowblind, Björk Ballet: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs

     

    Review - Eifman Ballet, The Pygmalion Effect, SF: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs

     

    Reviews - Sergei Polunin, Fraudulent Smile, Paradox, Sacré, Rasputin:

    Sanjoy Roy, The Observer

    David Dougill, Sunday Times

     

    Reviews - Sergei Polunin, Rasputin:

    Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

    Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International

     

    Review - Miami City Ballet, Walpurgisnacht Ballet, Carousel pdd, Heatscape, Brahms/Handel, Washington: Hannah Landsberger, Broadway World

     

    Review - Miami City Ballet & Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballet Across America, Washington: Carolyn Kelemen, MD Theatre Guide

     

    Feature - Kathleen Breen Combes retiring from Boston Ballet: Jennifer Stahl, Dance Magazine

     

    Review - Pam Tanowitz, Four Quartets, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times

     

    Review - Faso Danse Théâtre, Kalakuta Republik, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs

  16. 23 hours ago, Mandy Kent said:

    Saw Bolle as des Grieux years ago and thought he was terrific !

     

    This may be the last time we see his Des Grieux. In June he's billed to dance his final performances with ABT. From Dance Magazine: "After over a decade of turning heads and breaking hearts at American Ballet Theatre, Roberto Bolle is saying good-bye to the company. The international star's final ABT performances will be as the idealistic Des Grieux…"

  17. Links – Sunday June 2, 2019

     

    Review - American Ballet Theatre, Tharp Trio: Brahms-Haydn Variations, Deuce Coupe, In the Upper Room, NY: Marina Harss, DanceTabs

     

    Reviews - San Francisco Ballet, Shostakovich Trilogy, London:

    Hanna Weibye, The Arts Desk

    Sara Veale, DanceTabs

     

    Review - New York City Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, NY: Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes

     

    Review - Sergei Polunin, Rasputin, London: Mark Monahan, The Telegraph

     

    Review - Sergei Polunin, Fraudulent Smile, Paradox, Sacré, London: Sara Veale, The Observer

     

    Review  Rambert2, Grey Matter, E2 7SD, Killer Pig, Edinburgh: Mark Brown, Herald Scotland

     

    Review - Royal New Zealand BalletBlack Swan, White Swan, Wellington: Greer Robertson, Theatreview

     

    Review - Houston Ballet, The Merry Widow, Houston: Natalie de la Garza, Houston Press

     

    Review - Límon Dance Company, The Moor’s Pavane, The Weather in the Room, Radical Beasts in the Forest of Possibilities, Psalm, NY: Sheila Kogan, TheaterScene

     

    Review - Theatre Under The Stars, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Houston: Brett Cullum, Broadway World

     

    Review - Simone Kenyon, Into the Mountain, Glenfeshie: Lyn Gardner, The Stage

     

    Review - YYDC, The Edge of 30 Degrees, NY: David Mead, SeeingDance

  18. Links – Wednesday May 22, 2019

     

    Review - American Ballet Theatre, Harlequinade, NY: Marina Harss, DanceTabs

     

    Review - American Ballet Theatre, The Seasons (Ratmansky’s latest), NY: Gia Kourlas, New York Times

     

    Review - New York City Ballet, Judah, Dances at a Gathering, Stars and Stripes, NY: Carol Pardo, Danceviewtimes

     

    News - The Royal Ballet’s Summer tour to Los Angeles: Sarah Hookey, Broadway World

     

    Feature - New York’s Annual Dance Parade: Siobhan Burke, New York Times

     

    Feature - Ballet West Choreographic Festival, Salt Lake City: Melody Kester, Salt Lake Magazine

     

    Review - Texas Ballet Theater, Pinocchio (Tuckett), Dallas: Emily Sese, TheaterJones

     

    Feature - Max Revell, winner of BBC Young Dancer 2019: David Mead, SeeingDance

     

    Feature - Dancing on pointe: Olivia Campbell, NewsCentral24x7

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