John Mallinson

The full segment showing Liam Scarlett rehearsing his new ballet is . Hope there's more to come.

Fiona, I've moved your query into a new topic as it deserves one to itself! You are right on both counts. There doesn't seem to be a built-in print function here. I use a Mac but I assume that Windows is similar in that if you hit Print you will print out the whole sequence of postings. The simplest workaround is to just to drag over the text with your mouse to highlight it, then do Copy, and then Paste the text into whatever word processor or text editor you normally use. From there you can save it or print it. I'm afraid that will have to do for the moment.

Got it! The edited version of yesterday's bonanza will be here: ROH YouTube

Welcome to Fonteyn22, our newest member. (Have there been another 21 incarnations?)

Did anyone make a mental note of how many watchers there were at any one time? I watched on and off via ROH YouTube and as far as I remember there were usually about 3,500. Although the potential coverage would be billions presumably the real figure would be in the thousands.

Thanks Dave (and DanceTabs). How nice to see some photos back on the walls - they brighten up the place no end!

Links – Saturday March 23, 2012 Review - English National Ballet, Beyond Ballets Russes I: Zoe Anderson, Independent Clifford Bishop, Evening Standard Neil Norman, The Stage Review - Cage and Cunningham at the Baryshnikov Arts Center: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times Review - American Ballet Theater, Giselle, Chicago: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Review - San Francisco Ballet, triple bill: Janos Gereben, San Francisco Examiner Becca Klarin, SF Appeal Alexei Ratmansky and Firebird: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Review - Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, NY: Leigh Witchel, New York Post Wayne McGregor’s Chroma in full on the Guardian website Review - Mad Shak, NY: Gia Kourlas, New York Times Review - Platform 2012: Parallels, NY: Claudia La Rocco, New York Times Interview - David Hallberg: Zachary Whittenburg, Time Out Chicago Jean Paul Gaultier and Preljocaj’s Snow White: Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post Interview - Maria Pagés (she talks to Loewe creative director Stuart Vevers: Financial Times Preview - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire: Lindsey Johnstone, Scotsman This week’s new dance (London) - ENB, New Dance Commissions: Judith Mackrell, The Guardian Review - Men in Motion, London: 3 stars, Neil Norman, The Express Review - Balletomanes awed by Russian danzatori (now that’s a word!): R. Anton Montalban-Anderssen, examiner.com

For dance enthusiasts this was a fascinating day. I'd love to know what people who don't normally watch ballet made of it. Was it interesting? Was it comprehensible? Was it inspiring?

Yes that I have had that quite often. The editor does sometimes have a mind of its own.

Never seen this though sometimes there's a delay of a second or two before a message gets posted. On the whole the system seems remarkably sturdy.

Title says it all really. Here's a little piece from EdinburghGuide. Here's the programme.

Links – Friday March 23, 2012 Royal Ballet Live: Judith Mackrell, The Guardian, schedule, ask Wayne Review - English National Ballet, Firebird and The Rite of Spring, London: Ismene Brown, TheArtsDesk Review - Paul Taylor Dance Company, mixed bill, NY: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times Tobi Tobias, ArtsJournal Review - San Francisco Ballet, Symphonic Dances and Glass Pieces: Mary Ellen Hunt, San Francisco Chronicle Review - National Ballet of Canada, Neumeier’s The Seagull, Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Review - Martha Graham Dance Company, mixed bill, NY: Deoborah Jowitt, ArtsJournal Preview - Alexei Ratmansky’s Firebird for ABT: Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register Misty Copeland, poster girl for ABT’s Firebird: Vicki Smith Paluch, DailyBreeze Wayne McGregor’s Chroma analysed: Luke Jennings, The Guardian Interview - Hofesh Schechter, choreographer: Patricia Boccadoro, Culturekiosque Review - The Royal Ballet, Alice’s Advetures in Wonderland: David Ladds, Tottenham & Wood Green Journal Review - Nrityagram Ensemble, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Film review - Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake in 3D: Carrie Seidan, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

I've started a new topic in Performances seen for the live event.

Starting soon so this seems the place for ongoing comments. The link for ROH YouTube It's being heavily covered in the Guardian - this is a link to their search page with several articles. A reminder of the schedule: 10.30 Daily Class - including interviews with Jonathan Cope and Kristen McNally 11.35 Wayne McGregor interview 12.00 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland rehearsal 12.30 Dancers interview 13.05 Monica Mason interview 13:20 Prince of the Pagodas rehearsal 13.50 Marianela Nuñez interview 13.55 Barry Wordsworth and Rob Clark interview 14.00 Polyphonia rehearsal 14.30 Dancers interview 15.15 Street Stories - education project with East London dance students 16.10 Romeo and Juliet rehearsal 16.50 Dancers Interview 17.00 New Liam Scarlett ballet rehearsal 17.30 Liam Scarlett interview 18.30 Carbon Life - including interviews with Wayne McGregor and Mark Ronson (Insights Public Event)

Good piece about this by Judith Mackrell.

Looks as if we've been spared an increase in the cheaper tickets - can't comment on the posh ones! Flickr

There's this tweet from ROH earlier today which suggests that it will be available so you can watch it all night! RoyalOperaHouse If you're overseas and the timing of #RBlive means you can't watch live, never fear - we'll be streaming it in again directly afterwards!

TinEye is very clever, didn't know about it. Thanks. It doesn't return anything on that image.

You may have noticed that the menu bar has been simplified by the removal of various items that we haven't as yet been using (Calendar, Blogs, Pages, Chat). Think of it as Spring Cleaning! Something I've added which may or may not be useful is the Popular Tags panel on the right. If posts are tagged (e.g. Royal Ballet for any RB-related new topics) then clicking the Royal Ballet tag in the panel will bring up a list of all such postings. This is potentially very useful, but obviously only if people use them and that's just one more thing to have to do, albeit in a public-spirited kind of way. I would propose leaving the panel there for a while and encouraging people to use tags and then we can discuss further and see if it's worth retaining - all of these things can be switched on and off.

Links – Thursday March 22, 2012 Review - New York City Ballet, mixed bills, Germany: Horst Koegler, DanceviewTimes Royal Ballet Live: Wayne McGregor on dance, the White Stripes and the web: Laura Barnett, The Guardian David Hallberg and the Bolshoi: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Review - Paul Taylor Dance Company, mixed bill, NY: Debra Levine, Huffington Post Review - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, mixed bill, SF: Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter Review - ODC/SF, mixed bill, SF: Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter Preview - San Francisco Ballet, Ashley Page’s Guide to Strange Places: AlanUlrich, San Francisco Chronicle Review - Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, Sanhara, NY: Brian Seibert, New York Times Film review - Tanja Liedtke, Life in Movement (opening in Australia next month): Jordan Beth Vincent, Talkingpointes blog Preview - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire: Kirstin Innes, The List Review - Northern Ballet, Beauty and the Beast, Sheffield: Laura Connor, What's On Stage Preview - Ballet Austin, Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project: Lisa Traiger, Forward Interview - Stephen Mills, Creative Director of Ballet Austin: Culturemap Austin Review - Monica Loughman Ballet, La Sylphide, Dublin: Christie Taylor Seaver, Irish Times Review - Russian State Ballet of Siberia, La Fille mal gardée (Gorsky version), UK: David Bellan, Oxford Times Review - Malgorzata Nowacka, The Calm Before…, Toronto: Paula Citron, Globe and Mail Review - Compos Mentis, mixed bill, Seattle: Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times Review - Fleur Darkin Company, Experience, London: 2 stars, Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian

10.30 Daily Class - including interviews with Jonathan Cope and Kristen McNally 11.35 Wayne McGregor interview 12.00 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland rehearsal 12.30 Dancers interview 13.05 Monica Mason interview 13:20 Prince of the Pagodas rehearsal 13.50 Marianela Nuñez interview 13.55 Barry Wordsworth and Rob Clark interview 14.00 Polyphonia rehearsal 14.30 Dancers interview 15.15 Street Stories - education project with East London dance students 16.10 Romeo and Juliet rehearsal 16.50 Dancers Interview 17.00 New Liam Scarlett ballet rehearsal 17.30 Liam Scarlett interview 18.30 Carbon Life - including interviews with Wayne McGregor and Mark Ronson (Insights Public Event)

The latest programme schedule from Sadler's Wells: Programme A Friday 14 & Tuesday 18 September at 7.30pm, Sunday 23 September at 4pm Divertimento No. 15 (Mozart / Balanchine) Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninov / Liang) Number Nine (Torke / Wheeldon) Programme B Saturday 15 & Friday 21 September at 7.30pm, Sunday 16 September at 4pm Trio (Tchaikovsky / Tomasson) Ghosts (Winger / Wheeldon) Guide to Strange Places (Adams / Page) Programme C Wednesday 19, Thursday 20 & Saturday 22 September at 7.30pm Beaux (Martinu / Morris) Classical Symphony (Prokofiev / Possokhov) RAkU (Eshima / Possokhov) Within the Golden Hour (Bosso / Vivaldi / Wheeldon)

I like all these happy pics! More please.

Links – Wednesday March 21, 2012 Review - The Royal Ballet, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: 2 stars, Clement Crisp, Financial Times Review - Martha Graham Dance Company (+ Diana Vishneva), mixed bill, NY: Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer Robert Gresckovic, Wall Street Journal Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, New Works, Seattle: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Review - Metropolitan Opera, Benjamin Millepied’s choreography for Khovanschchina: Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer Review - Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, FAR, London: Sarah Crompton, The Telegraph Review - Richard Alston Dance Company, mixed bill, London: Sarah Crompton, The Telegraph Review - Les Ballets C de la B, Gardenia, Montclair: Claudia La Rocco, New York Times Review - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, mixed bill, SF: Rita Felciano, San Francisco Bay Guardian Review - Nora Chipaumire and Okwui Okpokwasili, mixed bill, NY: Claudia La Rocco, New York Times Irek Mukhamedov returns to the stage with Schaufuss Ballet: DanceTabs San Francisco 2012 Dance Film Festival: Rita Felciano, DanceviewTimes Review - Northern Ballet, Beauty and the Beast, Edinburgh: The Scotsman Basil Twist’s Petrushka: Rebecca J. Ritzel, Washington City Paper Review - Boris Eifman, Rodin, NY: Tobi Tobias, ArtsJournal Review - Susan Marshall, Sawdust Palace, NY: Tobi Tobias, ArtsJournal Preview - Mariinsky Ballet Festival: Galina Stolyarova, St Petersburg Times Review - Fuzión Dance Artists, Red Tent: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Preview - Alberta Ballet, Swan Lake: Salena Kitteringham, Edmonton Journal

And very handsome too.