John Mallinson

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Links – Tuesday May 21, 2019 Review - Stuttgart Ballet, Mayerling, Stuttgart: GJ Dowler, Classical Source Review - San Francisco Ballet, Shostakovich Trilogy, SF: Rachel Howard, Fjord Review Review - New York City Ballet, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, NY: Rose Marija, Broadway World Review - Staatsballett Berlin, Theme and Variations, The Second Detail, Oval, Berlin: Veronica Posth, SeeingDance Reviews - Queensland Ballet, Serenade, Soldier’s Mass, The Shadows Behind Us, Brisbane: Michelle Potter, … on dancing Olivia Stewart, Limelight Review - Kansas City Ballet, In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, A Play for Love, In the Upper Room, Kansas City, Hilary Stroh, Bachtrack Review - Rambert, Presentient, Rouge, In Your Rooms, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Review - Yorke Dance Project, Playground, Communion, Between and Within, Imprint, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Review - Seeta Patel, The Rite of Spring, Dance Dialogues, London: Susie Browning, The Stage Review - International Ballet Star Gala, Taipei: David Mead, Seeing Dance Bowen McAuley Dance Company, Exuberant Fanfare, At the Seams, Lissajous, Du Vent et des Fages, Washington: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Feature - Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet & Bubbles and Dance2Go programmes axed: Eva Kistrup, Copenhagen Report

A taste… https://twitter.com/TheRoyalBallet/status/1130484949054894080

The Times photo has now been changed from Golden Hour to Medusa with the caption "Matthew Ball and Natalia Osipova in Medusa".

Links – Monday May 20, 2019 Obituary - Ruth Beckford, American dancer and choreographer: Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, He Takes Her by the Hand and Leads Her Into the Castle, the Others Follow, Wuppertal: Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times Feature - New York City Ballet, the return of Amar Ramasar: Brian Seibert, New York Times Review - Yorke Dance Project, Playground, Communion, Between and Within, Imprint, London: Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide Review - Gillian Walsh, Fame Notions, NY: Siobhan Burke, New York Times Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Seasons in Our World, Peter and the Wolf, Cheltenham: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Feature - Scottish Ballet’s Digital Season: Mary Brennan, Herald Scotland Review - Rambert, Presentient, Rouge, In Your Rooms, London: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance Review - Seeta Patel, The Rite of Spring, London: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian Preview - Smuin Ballet, Amy Seiwert’s Renaissance: Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News Feature - Prix Benois de la Danse has South African representation: Broadway World Feature - William Trevitt’s cultural highlights: Kathryn Bromwich, The Guardian

Links – Sunday May 19, 2019 Review - American Ballet Theatre, Harlequinade, NY: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Feature - Pam Tanowitz, whose Four Quartets is coming to London: Sarah Crompton, Sunday Times Review - The Royal Ballet, Within the Golden Hour, Medusa, Flight Pattern, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times (scroll right down) Review - Rambert, Presentient, Rouge, In Your Rooms, London: Sarah Crompton, The Observer Review - Houston Ballet, Coppélia, Houston: Natalie de la Garza, Houston Press Q & A - Myles Thatcher, dancer and choreographer, San Francisco Ballet: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

Today's matinée cancelled according to a tweet from Sadler's Wells

Links – Saturday May 18, 2019 Photo gallery - Margot Fonteyn, to mark the centenary of her birth: The Guardian Feature - Alexei Ratmansky and ABT: Marina Harss, New York Times Review - New York City Ballet, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, NY: Michael Popkin, Danceviewtimes Review - Australian Ballet, Giselle, Sydney: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot Review - The Royal Ballet, Within the Golden Hour, Medusa, Flight Pattern, London: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International Reviews - Rambert, Presentient, Rouge, In Your Rooms, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Anna Winter, The Stage Review - Karole Armitage, You Took a Part of Me, NY: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Feature - Harassment in the workplace and the role of the unions: Michael Cooper, New York Times Review - Boston Ballet, ELA, Rhapsody in Blue, Vestris, Rodin, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, Boston: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe Review - Shamel Pitts, Black Velvet / Bobbi Jene Smith, Lost Mountain, NY: Siobhan Burke, New York Times News - Prix Benois De La Danse, Moscow: Broadway World News - The Royal Ballet goes to Doncaster: Nik Farah, Doncaster Free Press News - Kennedy Center 2019/2020 dance season: Maria Di Mento, DC Theater Scene and Washington Ballet’s 2019/2020 schedule: Maria Di Mento, DC Theater Scene Photo gallery - Czech National Ballet, Swan Lake: Martin Divisek, The Independent #SpeakingInDance - Gillian Walsh, choreographer: Gia Kourlas, New York Times Review - Want to Dance Festival, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance Interview - Casey Herd, dancer, film-maker, on Ballet Rising: Lucy Van Cleef, Pointe Magazine Feature - Sean Dorsey, Boys in Trouble, touring: Makeda Easter, Los Angeles Times Feature - Scottish Ballet’s Digital Season: Kelly Apter, The Scotsman What to see this week, UK: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian (scroll right down)

Also if you look on the Ballet Association website there are listings of each season's performances since 2010 with links to the principal casting.

I assume others had problems accessing the forum last night and getting this 'Too many connections' alert. Seems ok this morning. The Powers say 'This was not related to your specific site in this case and has been resolved, sorry for the trouble.'

Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the photocall for Medusa, Within the Golden Hour and Flight Pattern… Natalia Osipova in Medusa. ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Ryoichi Hirano and Lauren Cuthbertson in Within the Golden Hour. ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Royal Ballet in Flight Pattern. ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr More… Foteini Christofilopoulou - 12 photos by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Discussion of this programme is here

Incidentally there's a very illuminating interview with Crystal Pite from 2017 which I don't remember hearing at the time.

Links – Tuesday May 7, 2019 Obituary - Norma Miller, Lindy-hopping ‘Queen of Swing’: Robert D, McFadden, New York Times Review - New York City Ballet, Hallelujah Junction, Judah, The Exchange, Concerto DSCH, NY: Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs Reviews - New York City Ballet Spring Gala, Bright, Bartók Ballet,Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3, NY: Carol Pardo, Danceviewtimes Review - New York City Ballet, Scotch Symphony, Duo Concertant, Sonatine, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, NY: Wesley Doucette, Broadway World Review - The Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, London: Michelle Potter, … on dancing Preview - Eifman Ballet, Tchaikovsky, PRO et CONTRA, Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Review - Stephen Petronio Company, Bloodlines, NY: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Review - Breakin’ Convention, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Q & A - Yolande Yorke-Edgell on 20 years of the Yorke Dance Project: Jann Parry, DanceTabs News - San Francisco Ballet’s promotions: Claudia Bauer, Pointe Magazine

Links – Monday May 6, 2019 Review - Breakin’ Convention, London: Zoë Anderson, The Independent Audio interview - Tamara Rojo: Chiara Rimella, Monocle Review - Sisters Grimm, Inala, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Review - Australian Ballet, Giselle, Sydney: Valerie Lawson, Dancelines Review - Norwegian National Ballet, Baroque Movement, Oslo: Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance Feature - New York City Ballet Spring Gala: Lieba Nesis, The Jewish Voice Interview - David Parsons, choreographing for Kansas City Ballet: Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star Review - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Revalations, Kairos, EN, Boston: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe Audio feature - Iggy Berlin, a supernumerary at the Met: Morgan Flannery, Public Radio International Feature - The Alleyne sisters, dancers and identical twins: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian Review - Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, Tracings, Washington: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes

Links – Sunday May 5, 2019 Reviews - New York City Ballet Spring Gala, Bright, Bartók Ballet, Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3, NY: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Michael Popkin, Danceviewtimes …and a slightly different take from Lilah Ramzi, Vogue Feature - Jerome Robbins’ A Suite of Dances: Marina Harss, The New Yorker Review - Sarasota Ballet, Giselle, Sarasota: Carolan Trbovich, Broadway World Review (brief) - Rosas, Mitten wir im Leben sind / Bach6Cellosuiten, London: David Jays, Sunday Times Review - Liss Fain, Close the Door Slowly, SF: JB Rosario, San Francisco Examiner Feature - Mark Morris’s weekend: Barbara Hoffman, New York Post Q & A - Ruth Brill, Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

You may have noticed today that we have lost the pesky 'Not secure' notice in the address bar at the top of your browser window and there is now a padlock symbol instead. This is because, as on most other websites these days, security has been increased by implementing what is known as SSL encryption. This means that communication in both directions between your computer or device and the server that houses the site is now encrypted so that where previously a snooper could intercept and potentially read the data that is no longer possible. (Though the likelihood of that happening was always negligible.) The forum's complete address is now https://www.balletcoforum.com - note the https rather than http – s for secure. If you have saved links to the site you may want to edit them to include the s, but they will still work even if you don't and the encryption function doesn't depend on the address. I noticed that windows I had open on my computer overnight needed to be reloaded but otherwise no significant changes.

Links – Saturday May 4, 2019 Obituary - John Casserley, New Zealand choreographer and dancer: Bess Manson, stuff Obituary - David Winters, dancer and choreographer: Richard Sandomir, New York Times Review - New York City Ballet, Spring gala, with new work by Pam Tanowitz and Justin Peck, NY: Brian Seibert, New York Times Reviews - Australian Ballet, Giselle (Maina Gielgud), Sydney: Chantal Ngyen, Bachtrack Deborah Jones, FollowSpot Jo Litson, Limelight Review - Scottish Ballet, Spring, Edinburgh: Dominic Corr, The Reviews Hub Feature - Suzanne Farrell returns to NYCB: Amy Brandt, Dance Magazine Review - Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Renaissance,The Best of Smuin, SF: Rita Felciano,Danceviewtimes Review - Sisters Grimm, Inala, a Zulu Ballet, London: Rachel Nouchi, British Theatre Guide Review - Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Evolving/Revolving, A Seagull’s Song, Between Angels, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Review - Nora, Where Home Is, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review Q & A’s - English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer award finalists: To the Pointe Interview - Kirk Peterson, choreographer: Marina Kennedy, Broadway World Review - National Taiwan University of the Arts, Graduation performance, Taiwan: David Mead, Seeing Dance

Links – Friday May 3, 2019 Feature - The Royal Ballet’s tribute to august dance critic Clement Crisp: Louise Levene, Financial Times Review - Martha Graham Dance Company, Errand into the Maze, Chronicle, Deo, Untitled (Souvenir), NY: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Beauty and the Beast, Bristol: Kerrie Nicholson, Broadway World Review - Company Wayne McGregor, Autobiography, Salford: Jo Beggs, The Reviews Hub Review - New Zealand Dance Company, Kiss the Sky, Wellington: Jennifer Shennan, … on dancing Review - Dancenorth, Attractor, NY: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Review - New Adventures, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Woking: Sheila Connor, British Theatre Guide Review - National Dance Company Wales, Awakening, Cardiff: Beth Steer, The Reviews Hub Review - Mary Jane O’Reilly, Giselle: What Become of the Broken Hearted, Auckland: Jenny Stevenson, Theatreview Feature - English National Ballet, Emerging Dancer Awards candidates: Chava Lansky, Pointe Magazine Feature - Maniya Barredo, Filipino ballerina, teacher: Gail O’Neil, ARTS ATL Book reviews - Marianne Preger-Simon, Dancing with Merce Cunningham / Bettijane Sills with Elizabeth McPherson, Broadway, Balanchine & Beyond: Marcia B. Siegel, The Arts Fuse Film review - Ralph Fiennes, The White Crow: Noah Gittell, Washington City Paper Diary - May’s best dance events, London: Time Out London / 3 highlights of the week, UK: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian (scroll right down) / 9 performances in NYC, New York Times

Nuñez and Muntagirov to sign copies of their Swan Lake dvd.

Came across this event via Twitter. Seems to be a panel discussion staged in partnership with UNHCR. The description starts "What role should the arts play in raising our awareness of a global crisis? How can the arts provoke action in the face of record-high displacement on a global scale?" Plainly relates to the Flight Pattern triple bill. Still many tickets available.

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Links – Monday April 22, 2019 Review - Australian Ballet, Verve, Sydney: Claudia Lawson, Fjord Review Review - Cunningham Centennial, Night of 100 Solos, London: Alexandra Gray, SeeingDance Preview - Deborah Colker, Dog Without Feathers, London: Lucinda Elliott, The Times

Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the International Draft Works 2019 photocall… Note that we have done the best we can with captioning a shoot involving many dancers and companies – what we have already represents much hard work. Dutch National Ballet at International Draft Works 2019, featuring choreography by Milena Sidorova and dancers Khayla Fitzpatrick and Giovanni Princic. ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr  Royal Ballet of Flanders at International Draft Works 2019, featuring choreography by Drew Jacoby who used the following dancers: Tieman Bormans, Daniel Domenech, Joseph Kudra and Oscar Ramos. ©Foteini Christofilopoulou/ROH, by courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr More… Foteini Christofilopoulou - 13 photos Discussion of the programme is here

Links – Sunday April 21, 2019 Reviews - Cunningham Centennial, Night of 100 Solos, London: Sara Veale, The Observer David Dougill, Sunday Times Review - San Francisco Ballet, The Little Mermaid (Neumeier), SF: Leslie Katz, San Francisco Examiner Feature - Sydney Dance Company turns 50: Michelle Potter, … on dancing Review - Dance Massive 2019, Melbourne: Humphrey Bower, Daily Review Review - Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Art Songs, Pole Star, SF: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Feature - The Legacy of the New Dance Group, performance & discussion, Washington: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes

Links – Saturday April 20, 2019 Reviews - Cunningham Centennial, Night of 100 Solos, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Graham Watts, Bachtrack Review - Damien Jalet & Kohei Nawa, Vessel, London: Debra Craine, The Times Feature - Youth America Grand Prix fundraiser including Melanie Hamrick’s Rolling Stones ballet, NY: Rob LeDonne, The Guardian News - City Ballet ordered to reinstate male dancers fired over inappropriate texts: Michael Cooper, New York Times Preview - Dance Theatre of Harlem visits Seattle on it’s 50th anniversary tour: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Feature - Scottish Ballet celebrates its 50th season: Julie Currie, Galloway Gazette Film review - Jacqui Morris & David Morris, Nureyev: Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter Review - Mariana Valencia, Bouquet, NY: Siobhan Burke, New York Times Feature - Pole dancing going mainstream: Siobhan Burke, New York Times