John Mallinson

Links – Friday February 10, 2012

 

Review - Alvin Ailey dance troupe shines: Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post

 

Review – Dance Theatre of Harlem II: Tobi Tobias, The Arts Journal

 

Review – Akram Khan, Vertical Road, Montclair: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Interview – Ethan Stiefel, ABT and RNZB: Rebecca Barry Hill, New Zealand Herald

 

Review - Four choreographers, Jealousy, The Print Room, London: 3 stars, Judith Mackrell, The Guardian

 

Dancer as Athlete – video interview with Alicia Graf Mack: William C. Rhoden, NY Times

 

David Hallberg - The Bolshoi’s Yankee prince: Joy Neumeyer, Moscow News

 

Wayne McGregor’s Infra coming to the Joffrey: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

 

Interview – Wayne McGregor: Janet Smith, Straight.com

 

American Ballet Theater Thwarts Mikhailovsky’s Summer Plans: Daniel J. Wakin, NY Times

 

Leonid Jacobson, Russian Jewish dancer & choreographer: Sue Fishkoff, J Weekly

 

Mariafrancesca Garritano and anorexia (again): Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

Los Angeles Dance Festival to debut in a busy April: Laura Bleiberg, LA Times

 

Preview - Margaret Jenkins Dance Company Light Moves, Chicago: Zachary Whittenburg, Time Out Chicago

 

Sarah Lane: "Me sentí traicionada por Natalie Portman": Marta Cervera, El Periodico

 

ABT’s Misty Copeland goes back to her hometown: Rob Kuznia, Daily Breeze

 

Film review – Fred Wiseman’s Crazy Horse: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times

Incidentally, though I was able to access the Miami Herald piece about Villella's abrupt departure and get it's link I now can't. Hope others don't have this problem.

Links – Wednesday February 8, 2012

 

Review - With Little to Cheer Besides Balanchine, NYCB’s winter season: Robert Grescovic, Wall Street Journal

 

Review – Pacific Northwest Ballet in Ratmansky's Don Quixote, Seattle: Sandra Kurtz, Seattle Weekly

 

Review – Russell Maliphant, The Rodin Project, Sadler’s Wells: 3 stars, Laura Thompson, The Telegraph

 

Review - Four choreographers, Jealousy, The Print Room, London: 3 stars, Zoe Anderson, The Independent

 

Edward Villella's sudden exit from Miami City Ballet: Jordan Levin, Miami Herald

 

Diana Vishneva, Modern Goddess: Chelsea Zalopany, Tmagazine

 

Smokin’ feet, Guillaume Côté’s Lost in Motion video: LA Times

 

Evgenia Obraztsova dumps Alma Mater: RT

 

Preview - Alberta Ballet reimagines Cinderella: Bob Clark, Calgary Herald

 

Preview – Orlando Ballet’s Battle of the Sexes: Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel

 

Interview - Vanessa Anspaugh + Jen Rosenblit: Gia Kourlas, NY Time Out

 

It's time for the Ballet Olympics in Cape Town: Artslink Zaire

As an aside - did anyone get any SC standing places for the mixed bill? I'm wondering if they were holding them back for 'first timers' or whatever.

 

Yes I did, but at 10 past 10.

Alison you have my sympathy for what it's worth. I don't understand how different users can have such different experiences. As I said this was about the smoothest run ever for me.

BE WARNED - There seems to be a problem at the moment with new posts apparently not being posted and thus prompting people (me included) to click the post button again. This results in multiple posts of the same message.

 

If that seems to be happening to you DON'T click on Post again, just refresh the page and you should find your message there.

BE WARNED - There seems to be a problem at the moment with new posts apparently not being posted and thus prompting people (me included) to click the post button again. This results in multiple posts of the same message.

 

If that seems to be happening to you DON'T click on Post again, just refresh the page and you should find your message there.

In and out in 10 minutes with all the tickets I wanted. Did that really happen?!

Thanks - I was hanging around waiting for ROH booking to open!

Links – Tuesday February 7, 2012

 

Review – NYCB, Russian Seasons, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Allegro Brillante: Leigh Witchel, New York Post

 

Review – Pacific Northwest Ballet in Ratmansky’s Don Quixote, Seattle:

NY Times

Seattle Times

 

Review – Russell Maliphant, The Rodin Project:

Evening Standard

The Independent

The Stage

 

Review – Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Uncommon: Jane Vranish, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

Ballet dancers and anorexia – and pay: Judith Mackrell, The Guardian

 

Ballet dancers: under pressure, and underweight: Channel 4 news

 

Joffrey Ballet, Thodos Dance Chicago documentaries: Zachary Whittenburg, Time Out Chicago

 

Interview - Prix de Lausanne winner Madoka Sugai: Mainichi Daily News

 

Review – Moscow City Ballet, Swan Lake: Martin Dreyer, York Press

 

Jaered Glavin, Royal New Zealand Ballet: Erica Thompson, Dominion Post

 

Real love story behind Sacramento Ballet's Cinderella: Leigh Grogan, Sacramento Bee

 

Nancy Osbaldeston and ENB’s Emerging Dancer Competition: Constantin Bjerke, Huffington Post

 

National Ballet of Canada’s 2012/2013 season: Melody Lau, National Post

 

Preview – National Ballet of Cuba, Don Quixote, Vancouver: Andra Rabinovitch, Vancouver Observer

 

New York City Ballet Colors by OPI: Lauren Salpatek, Modern Salon

Links – Monday February 6, 2012

 

 

Review – Russell Maliphant, The Rodin Project: Ismene Brown, The Arts Desk

 

Review – NYCB, Balanchine and Ratmansky, À la Russe:

The Faster Times

NY Times

 

Prix de Lausanne, prizewinner Madoka Sugai: Hiroyuki Maegawa, Asahi Shimbun

…and Hannah Bettes who came 2nd: Carrie Seidman, Arts Sarasota

 

Prix de Lausanne 2012 finals on video (1hr 45min): Prix de Lausanne Web TV, Prizewinners

 

Preview – Twyla Tharp's The Princess and the Goblin, Atlanta Ballet: Cynthia Bond Perry, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

Preview – Edward Liang’s Romeo and Juliet, Tulsa Ballet: James D. Watts Jr, Tulsa World

 

Ballet begins (again) at 50: Yona Zeldis McDonough, The Telegraph

 

Review - BONEdanse, This Is a Damage Manual: Zachary Whittenburg, Time Out Chicago

Links – Sunday February 5, 2012

 

 

Review – The Dream/ Song of the Earth, Royal Ballet: Jenny Gilbert, The Independent

 

Review – Men in Motion, Sadler’s Wells: Luke Jennings, The Observer

 

From Foot to Foot, How Rhythm Travelled the World: Ismene Brown, The Arts Desk

 

Ashley Bouder, NYCB ballerina: Stefanie Cohen, New York Post

 

Preview – Pacific Northwest Ballet, Don Quixote: Steven Mesler, Huffington Post

 

Preview – Boston Ballet’s Balanchine/Wheeldon/Fokine bill: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe

 

Review – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Toronto: Paula Citron, Globe and Mail

 

Review – Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Don Quixote, Texas: Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News

 

Review – Israel Ballet, Tel Aviv: Ora Brafman, Jerusalem Post

 

Shiny new Bolshoi theatre a big flop (apparently): Reuters, Times Colonist

 

Italian ballerina sacked in anorexia row: Tom Kington, The Guardian

Links – Saturday February 4, 2012

 

 

Obituary – Rudi van Dantzig: Telegraph

 

Reviews - Royal Ballet The Dream/Song of the Earth:

The Telegraph

Financial Times

Evening Standard

 

Review - Wayne McGregor/Candoco/Hofesh Shechter, Sadler's Wells: Clifford Bishop, Evening Standard

 

Review - Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Lyon: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times

 

Review - Shen Wei Dance Arts, Seattle, Limited States: Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times

 

Dancing in the Movies, three films considered: Marina Harss, Faster Times

 

Wim Wenders’ Pina: Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post

 

Preview – Twyla Tharp’s The Princess and the Goblin, Atlanta Ballet: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Australian Ballet goes to New York in June: Broadway World

 

Prix de Lausanne 2012 (concludes tomorrow): Michele Laird, swissinfo

 

L’affaire Polunin: David Lister, Independent

This thread can now be considered closed to new messages as Bruce has opened up a new forum titled Dance Links - reviews & features in which to post links.

News & Reviews links – Tuesday January 31, 2012

 

 

Wheeldon’s happy homecoming to NYCB: Jocelyn Noveck, San Francisco Chronicle

 

Discursive piece on the Wheeldon triple bill: Tobi Tobias, Arts Journal

 

Christopher Wheeldon triple bill at NYCB (Jennie Somogyi injured): Leigh Witchel, New York Post

 

Jennie Somogyi’s injury: Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times

 

Liam Scarlett’s Viscera for Miami City Ballet: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times

 

Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion at Sadler’s Wells: Clement Crisp, Financial Times; Clifford Bishop, Evening Standard; Zoe Anderson, The Independent; Laura Thompson, Telegraph

 

What is black dance? Interview with Ishmael Houston-Jones: Gia Kourlas Time Out NY

 

Obituary of Paul DeMasson, Australian dancer: Fiona Tonkin, The Australian

 

Bolshoi Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty, Moscow: Raymond Stults, Moscow Times

> What response would you like, John? Do we need to beg?

 

Alison, grovelling and begging always go down well!

 

As I'm sure you know, we were usually spending up to 3 hours a day garnering links under the old system. That was not really supportable any longer. If it's possible to snag the most important links in not more than 30 minutes each day then it might be worth carrying on just so long as people are interested in reading them (I am!). And at 30 minutes a day perhaps others might be more willing to join in and share the load. The biggest loss is the database and all the detail that holds, but extracting quotes and entering the data was one of the time-consuming elements.

 

If this site survives (still a big if) then I would hope that some sort of links collation might be included, though it would not be as thorough as in the past.

Some more links to ease the withdrawal symptoms! (Whether we should continue with this depends on the response.)

 

 

An Evening of Wheeldon at NYCB: Marina Harss, The Faster Times

 

NYCB in a Balanchine and Robbins Program: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Wheeldon’s new Les Carillons for NYCB: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Mark Morris's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato in Washington: Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post

 

3-D or not 3-D – Wim Wenders’ Pina: Lewis Segal, LA Times

 

Bill T. Jones and John Cage: Deborah Jowitt, The Arts Journal

 

Rudi van Dantzig obituary: Anna Kisselgoff, NY Times

 

Film review, Dominique Delouche’s Balanchine in Paris: Patricia Boccadoro, CultureKiosque

 

Onegin at S.F. Ballet: Mary Ellen Hunt, San Francisco Chronicle

 

Onegin at Paris Opera Ballet: Patricia Boccadoro, CultureKiosque

 

Johan Kobborg’s Salute for Sarasota Ballet: Carrie Seidman, Arts Sarasota

How odd. I am logged in and it takes me straight there. If I log out then that link takes me to the login page. If I google Royal Ballet School Facebook I get in with this link http://www.facebook.com/pages/Royal-Ballet-School/192391186502 but it's a different account and I suspect not official. I give up!

 

As you can probably tell I don't use Facebook, I don't understand it, I don't like it - perhaps someone else can help!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-ROYAL-BALLET-SCHOOL/261716290520557 got me there.

Bolle.

Wheeldon R&J anyone?

In memoriam TodaysLinks

 

So. Farewell

Then

Balletco

TodaysLinks.

 

No more aubades

Trawling

The Patriot Ledger,

Bradenton Herald,

Gay City News -

The wide

Wild world

Of titbits

And witty crits.

 

No more of

Clement's crisps

Before breakfast.

Nor need

I ride again

On

Brooklyn Rail.

 

Fare thee well @people.

Flitter away

Twitter,

All skimpy 140 characters

Of you.

 

Such sweet sorrow but

No crocodile tears.

You're on your own

Now.

 

From stir crazy

To demob happy

That's me.

I will

Sleep in

Each morning.

 

 

With apologies to the proprietors of Private Eye and E.J. Thribb, aged 17½

Saturday's Links - 21 January 2012

 

Obituary: Rudi van Dantzig

by Ted Brandsen

"Inspiring, passionate, intense and true to himself - these are the first words that spring to mind when I think of Rudi."

Net Nationale Ballet website

 

Obituary: Rudi van Dantzig

"His work radiated style and colour. It looked fantastic. That was his strongest side."

DutchNews.nl

 

 

REVIEW: New York City Ballet

Diving Into Sea, and Then Gershwin

Ocean’s Kingdom, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Who Cares

USA, New York, David H. Koch Theater

Dancers: Bouder, Fairchild R, Hyltin, Kikta, La Cour, Mearns, Pazcoguin, Ramasar, Somogyi

by Gia Kourlas

"Ocean’s Kingdom, first performed in September, is as plodding as ever: four movements of static choreography by Mr. Martins, along with blandly sweeping music and a convoluted libretto by Mr. McCartney."

New York Times

Slideshow

 

REVIEW: San Francisco Ballet

Gala's depth, daring

Opening gala: The Flames of Paris, Number Nine, Classical Symphony, The Lady of the Camellias, Solo, The Dance House, and others

USA, San Francisco, War Memorial Opera House

Dancers: Boada, Chung, Domitro, Helimets, Karapetyan, Kochetkova, Mazzeo, Molat, Nedvigin, Scribner, Smith, Sylve, Tan, Van Patten, Yamamoto, Zahorian, Riabko

by Mary Ellen Hunt

"San Francisco Ballet dispelled any lingering gloom from the damp, chilly evening with a gala opening on Thursday night at the War Memorial Opera House that deftly showcased the company's notable versatility."

San Francisco Chronicle

 

Twinkle Toes Celebrate SF Ballet’s 79th Season

by Catherine Bigelow

"Umbrellas turned out to be the most fashionable accessory last night when, beneath stormy skies, the San Francisco Ballet celebrated its 79th opening-night gala ..."

San Francisco Chronicle

 

S.F. Ballet gala's Bella Notte a night to remember

by Catherine Bigelow

"Atop tables dressed in persimmon and cerulean linens, chef Lucas Schoemaker served up a masterful McCall Associates meal (prosciutto and funghi salad, fillet with gorgonzola ravioli, poached pear and coffee gelato) accompanied by William Hill Estate vino."

San Francisco Chronicle

 

REVIEW: Erica Essner Performance Co-op

Clouding Together for a Storm, and Shedding Light on Immigration Stories

FLICfest 2012: Weathered

USA, New York, Irondale Center

by Claudia La Rocco

"Ms. Essner favors handsome modern-dance phrases that make for pretty, polite pictures. Weathered never convinces that it exists to do more than serve as a framework for these images ..."

New York Times

 

REVIEW: Keith A Thompson

Clouding Together for a Storm, and Shedding Light on Immigration Stories

FLICfest 2012: Beginnings Forever Lost

USA, New York, Irondale Center

by Claudia La Rocco

"There are intriguing moments. But ... Beginnings Forever Lost feels hardly formed, as if Mr. Thompson’s ideas needed to simmer for a good deal longer, so that the work’s didactic message and slippery choreographic logic might find a better meeting point."

New York Times

 

REVIEW: Rubberbandance Group

Hip-hop and ballet in a soulful blend

Gravity of Center

USA, Philadelphia, Annenberg Center

Dancers: Hoglund, Le Phan, Mayo, Plamandon, Quijada

by Merilyn Jackson

"I like seeing hip-hop danced raw on the street, but seeing it danced more slowly and by well-trained dancers like these is like eating tournedos de boeuf instead of hot dogs. There's nothing wrong with hotdogging on the street, but it can go only so far."

Philadelphia Inquirer

 

REVIEW: China Jinling Dance Company

A Technicolor Garden

The Peony Pavilion

USA, New York, David H. Koch Theater

Dancers: Bo, Xinyu, Yanfeng

by Gus Solomons jr

"Pavilion reflects its culture, created to play to thousands in arena-sized venues. Everything about it is big –- even the lovers' intimate moments reach to the rafters. No need to fill in with your imagination; it’s all spread out in a lavish visual feast."

Gay City News

 

Q&A: Lighting Designer Michael Hulls

by Ismene Brown

"Lighting designers are either wizards or useful pedants. They scrupulously light the action or they make light speak its own language, activating space, time, illusion, imagination - inventing effects that your blinking eyes can only consider as magic."

The Arts Desk

 

Wendy Whelan: A Dancer Who Can Remember The Giants

by Claudia La Rocco

"If Wendy Whelan were a Hollywood star, glossy profiles about her would forever be opening with vignettes underlining how remarkably down to earth and likable she is ..."

New York Times

 

Johan Kobborg - a noted dancer’s first choreographic steps

by Carrie Seidman

"Anything I do besides my own dancing is play for me, in a sense," he said. "And I’ve enjoyed the process. I love getting an idea and trying to bring it to life. To get it out of my brain and my body and into someone else’s."

Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

Backstage at the Ballet with the comedy team of Kobborg & Webb

by Carrie Seidman

"'I only spoke to you because Baryshnikov was supposed to be coming to Denmark and I saw the eyes and the height…I was certain your first name was Mischa,' Kobborg recalled."

Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

Preview: Mark Morris's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, Washington

by Sarah Kaufman

"That he relied on dancing, and dancing alone, to tell this sprawling story of human existence that he had in his head since first hearing the music several years earlier is telling. There is no other choreographer today with Morris’s unbound imagination and the skill to realize it onstage."

Washington Post

 

Youth America Grand Prix brings prestige to ballet competition world

by Carrie Seidman

"The winners - and even many of those who don’t receive medals - dance away with a lot more than just a cheap souvenir: YAGP awards more than $250,000 in scholarships annually to top schools both in and outside the United States."

Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

This week's new dance (UK)

by Judith Mackrell

"Ivan Putrov: Men In Motion; The Royal Ballet: Draft Works."

The Guardian

 

Some performers seek different career path after last dance

by Mark Kanny

"I'm starting over from scratch. I really would like to be a history professor," she says. "Medieval history has been an incredible passion my entire life. Stopping dancing was huge. It has been a huge part of my identity. All my friends were dancers. I knew it would take another passion to help me through the transition."

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

 

Seattle dancer Ezra Dickinson: What can't he do?

by Michael Upchurch

"There's a creaturely intensity to Dickinson's performing style. There can also be plenty of humor. In a solo number Dickinson does with the Castaways, he goes into a handstand that he holds without a quiver until he gets applause ..."

Seattle Times

 

Don't forget - Balanchine's birthday tomorrow

by Roslyn Sulcas

"It’s the 108th anniversary of GEORGE BALANCHINE’s birth on Sunday, and New York City Ballet hasn’t missed the opportunity to celebrate with a day called, yes, Sunday at the Ballet With George."

New York Times

 

Scottish Ballet's Eve Mutso

Eve's lengthy legs are a must for regal ballet role

Uncredited

"Mutso laughed: 'I am five feet seven, I am on pointes and I am long-limbed. Sometimes my legs live their own life - and I have to try to keep control of them.'"

Inverness Courier

 

Director Frederick Wiseman on Burlesque Doc Crazy Horse

by Steve Erickson

"I don’t understand all the fuss about showing naked people. All men and women know what naked men and women look like. We know what ourselves look like in the shower. If you’re in a relationship, you’ve seen your partner naked. You’ve probably seen your sisters and brothers naked."

Studio Daily

 

 

Resolution! 2012

 

 

 

 

Exeunt omnes…

Each day we add the latest links to reviews and interviews that we find on the major newspaper web sites around the world. If you find a link that we have missed do please post it up, preferably as a URL link.

 

Last week's thread:

See last week's and earlier links here:

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Non Working Links:

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Registering with papers:

It's an increasing fact of life that papers ask readers to register before letting them have free access to pieces. Usually registration is a one off process and then, providing you've ticked any obvious boxes, you should be remembered as a registered reader and the links we give should take you straight to the pieces. In registering for papers many people get themselves a Yahoo or Hotmail email account and thus protect their main email from any inadvertent problems.

 

Seeing Pieces Behind a Pay-wall:

Some papers have introduced a pay-wall. We don't generally list pieces we can't freely see. However some of the papers will show the article for free if the reader visits the page by way of a Google search. If we can do this then we list, but alas cannot give a 2 stage link - only the link that works if you are a subscriber. If you are interested but not a subscriber then use the details we give to search Google and take it from there.

 

And finally...

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Friday's Links - 20 January, 2012

 

In Memoriam Rudi van Dantzig 1933-2012

No English-language obituaries yet of the great Dutch dancer, director, choreographer who died yesterday.

 

REVIEW: New York City Ballet

Elegant, fascinatin’ dancing starts with Mr. B

The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Who Cares, Le Tombeau de Couperin

USA, New York, David H. Koch Theater

Dancers: Bouder, Fairchild R, Mearns, Peck, Veyette

by Leigh Witchel

"Once upon a time, Ashley Bouder was Tiler Peck. Now in her late 20s, she makes Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux a star vehicle with her sophisticated accenting, vivid personality and bravura technique."

New York Post

 

REVIEW: New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet, Beginning with Balanchine

The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Who Cares, Le Tombeau de Couperin

USA, New York, David H. Koch Theater

Dancers: Bouder, Fairchild M, Fairchild R, Mearns, Peck, Pollack, Reichlen, Stanley, Ulbricht

by Margaret Fuhrer

"Then she fell during her variation, and lost a bit of her swagger. There it was, suddenly: vulnerability. Bouder is so much more appealing as a human than a superhuman. When she stops pointing out her own strengths, they become more impressive."

Huffington Post

 

REVIEW: Meg Stuart

Meg Stuart’s BLESSED: Channelling Beckett

Blessed

USA, New York, New York Live Arts

Dancers: Camacho, Hurtado, Nishiwaki

by Susan Yung

"we empathize with Camacho’s sorry state - getting soaked to the bone literally and metaphorically, with nowhere to hide, watching his entire world dissolve into ephemera. And yet, like Beckett’s finest, he survives, for better or worse."

SundayArts

 

REVIEW: Young Jean Lee

Untitled Feminist Show

USA, New York, Baryshnikov Arts Center

Dancers: BOB, Clark, Zirin-Brown, Blackwell, Pyle, Rocke

by Hilton Als

"Young Jean Lee’s Untitled Feminist Show is one of the more moving and imaginative works I have ever seen on the American stage. Its gravity is spiritual and not entirely intellectual ..."

New Yorker

 

REVIEW: Molissa Fenley

Covering Ground with Cage and Glass

Credo in Us, The Vessel Stories

USA, New York, Judson Memorial Church

Dancers: Fenley, Kao, Neville, Small, Wilson

by Deborah Jowitt

"The whole of The Vessel Stories is imbued with Fenley’s spare elegance in terms of form, the tensile strength of her movements, and an almost joyous, relieving attack on space, as if she had acres she could cover if she had a mind to."

Arts Journal

 

Flash moves: the 360 degree dance project

by Judith Mackrell

"Hughes places his dancer inside a circle of 48 cameras, which are networked up to take a simultaneous image of what he calls a 'peak' moment of action - a jump, an arabesque, a slide."

The Guardian

 

Another American Dancer Joins a Russian Ballet Company

by Daniel J. Wakin

"Keenan Kampa, a member of the Boston Ballet and a rare American to attend the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, is joining the Mariinsky Ballet."

New York Times

 

La La La Human Steps's New Work moves at the speed of light

by Janet Smith

"The choreographer ... now shifts his interest to two iconic operas: Henry Purcell’s 17th-century Dido and Aeneas and Cristoph Gluck’s 18th-century Orfeo ed Euridice. Like most of the company’s pieces since the late 1990s, New Work will be performed en pointe."

Vancouver Straight

 

Neumeier and Hamburg Ballet go to China this year

by Chen Jie

"This time, Hamburg Ballet brings to Beijing and Shanghai, Neumeier's signature works Nijinsky and Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler."

China Daily

 

Cranko’s Onegin opens SF Ballet season

by Janos Gereben

"Opera audiences in The City have seen and heard Tchaikovsky’s 1879 Eugene Onegin dozens of blissful times, but John Cranko’s 1965 Onegin, opening next week, is a San Francisco Ballet premiere."

San Francisco Examiner

 

Ashley Page's Sleeping Beauty for Scottish Ballet

Dark beauty of a treasured fairytale

Uncredited

"Principal dancer Claire Robertson has been with the company for 18 years, and says that Sleeping Beauty holds special meaning for her as it was one of the first ballets that Ashley created for her."

Aberdeen Press and Journal

 

Atlanta dance scene to take big leap Off the EDGE with weeklong festival

by Chelsea Thomas

"The inaugural edition of Off the EDGE, a weeklong contemporary dance festival, is gaining momentum daily as participating dance companies and artists feed off of mounting enthusiasm."

ArtsCriticATL

 

Fancy frocks in the rain

San Francisco Ballet Opening Night Gala

Photos by Laura Morton

San Francisco Chronicle