John Mallinson

Links – Friday March 8, 2019 Review - The Royal Ballet, Frankenstein, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Rachel Nouchi, British Theatre Guide Review - New York City Ballet, Prodigal Son, Liebeslieder Waltzer, NY: Carol Pardo, Danceviewtimes Feature - New York City Ballet, new leadership, and work: Susan Yung, Brooklyn Rail Reviews - BalletBoyz, Them/Us, London: Debra Craine, The Times Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian Louise Levene, Financial Times Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide Anna Winter, The Stage Marian Kennedy, LondonTheatre1 Interview - Mark Morris: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Interview - Diana Vishneva: Maxim Reider, Jerusalem Post Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Beauty and the Beast, Plymouth: Helen Tope, The Reviews Hub Review - Jessica Lang Dance, Thousand Yard Stare, Glow, The Calling, This Thing Called Love, Malibu: Makeda Easter, Los Angeles Times Feature - William Forsythe at Boston Ballet: Mariz Gacia, The ARTery Feature - Silas Farley, NYCB, making dance in NY’s Metropolitan Museum: Gia Kourlas, New York Times Review - Vertigo Dance Company, One. One & One, NY: Tom Phillips, Danceviewtimes Feature - #Speakingindance, Okwui Okpokwasili’s Adaku’s Revolt: Gia Kourlas, New York Times Profile - Piotr Huang, Chinese classical dancer: Irene Luo, The Epoch Times Next week - 3 of the best dance shows, UK: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian (scroll right down) And… A feature to celebrate International Women’s Day from the Royal Academy of Dance magazine

Links – Thursday March 7, 2019 Obituary - Marcia Dale Weary, ballet teacher: Marina Harss, New York Times Reviews - The Royal Ballet, Frankenstein, London: Debra Craine, The Times Mark Monahan, The Telegraph Anna Winter, The Stage Review - Washington Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Washington: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Review - National Ballet of Canada, Apollo, Night, The Sea Above, The Sky Below, Paquita, Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes Review - New York City Ballet, All Robbins, NY: Michelle Potter, … on dancing Review - Akram Khan, Xenos, Berkeley CA: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Interview - Sergei Polunin: Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian Review - Meryl Tankard, Two Feet, Adelaide: William Peterson, The Conversation Review - BalletBoyz, Them/Us, London: Scott Matthewman, The Reviews Hub Review - Matthew Bourne, Swan Lake, Glasgow: Lauren Humphreys, The Reviews Hub Off the EDGE festival, Kennesaw, GA: Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre & BalletX: Candice Thompson, ARTS ATL Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, Ephrat Ashiere Dance & Company Wayne McGregor: Kathleen Wessel, ARTS ATL ImmerseATL, Fly on a Wall, Blake Beckham, Ephrat Asherie Dance: Cynthia Bond Perry, ARTS ATL Interview - Chelsy Meiss, on dancing the Mad Hatter in Wheeldon’s Alice: Chava Lansky, Pointe Magazine Preview - Malpaso Dance Company, Albany: Tresca Weinstein, TimesUnion Preview - Stopgap Dance Company, The Enormous Room, Tokyo: Nobuko Tanaka, Japan Times

I've edited it.

Links – Wednesday March 6, 2019 Obituary - Dame Margaret Scott: The Telegraph Appreciation - Marcia Dale Weary by NYCB’s Jonathan Stafford: Sean Adams, Penn Live Feature - Cathy Marston and Queen Victoria: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian Review - Los Angeles Ballet, Serenade, La Sylphide, LA : Amber Adams, Broadway World Review - Akram Khan, Xenos, SF: Jaime Robles, Bachtrack Review - Richard Alston Dance Company, Detour, Quartermark, Proverb, Brahms Hungarian, London: Emma Byrne, Evening Standard Reviews - Royal New Zealand Ballet Choreographic Series, Wellington: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Lyne Pringle, Stuff Review - Harkness Dance Festival, A Feast of Cunningham, NY: Michelle Potter, … on dancing Review - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Vendetta (Annabelle Lopez Ochoa), Jerusalem : Ora Brafman, The Jerusalem Post Interview - Ivan Putrov, prior to his London show Against the Stream: Simonetta Dixon, BalletcoForum Preview - Molly Lieber & Eleanor Smith, Body Comes Apart, NY: Brian Seibert, New York Times Review - Footnote New Zealand Dance & Guangdong Modern Dance Company, Hemispheres, Wellington: Lyne Pringle, Stuff News - Olivier Awards nominations: Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard

Links – Tuesday March 5, 2019 Obituary - Dame Margaret Scott: Valerie Lawson, The Sydney Morning Herald Obituary - Marcia Dale Weary, founder and director of Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet: Sean Adams, Penn Live * * * Review - New York City Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, NY: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Reviews - New York City Ballet, Prodigal Son, Liebeslieder Walzer, NY: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack Barnett Serchuk, Broadway World Reviews - Richard Alston Dance Company, Detour, Quartermark, Proverb, Brahms Hungarian, London: Zoë Anderson, The Independent Jann Parry, DanceTabs Louise Levene, Financial Times Debra Craine, The Times Anna Winter, The Stage Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance Review - Meryl Tankard, Two Feet (with Natalia Osipova), Adelaide: Diana Simmonds, Limelight Review - Akram Khan, Xenos, SF: Janice Berman, San Francisco Classical Voice Review - Meredith Monk, Cellular Songs, SF: Tamzin Elliott, San Francisco Classical Voice Reviews - Jessica Lang Dance, Thousand Yard Stare, The Calling, Lyric Pieces, This Thing Called Love, SF: Jaime Robles, Bachtrack Janice Berman, San Francisco Classical Voice Q & A - Elizabeth Kurtzman, designer of Mark Morris’s Pepperland: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Review - Angela Schubot & Jared Gradinger, The Nature of Us, Berlin: Katja Vaghi, Bachtrack Review - Royal New Zealand Ballet Choreographic Series, Wellington: Jennifer Shennan, … on dancing Review - Borderline Arts Ensemble, Thursday, Wellington: Jennifer Shennan, … on dancing Review - Ultima Vez, Mockumentary of a Contemporary Saviour, London: Alexandra Gray, SeeingDance Preview - Texas Ballet Theater 2019-2020 season: Stephanie Allmon Merry, culturemap Fort Worth

It seems to have been 'Unplanned Maintenance'!

Links – Monday March 4, 2019 Obituary - Dame Margaret Scott: The Times * * * Review - New York City Ballet, Prodigal Son, Liebeslieder Walzer, NY: Marina Harss, DanceTabs (with thoughts about recent changes in the company management) Review - Los Angeles Ballet, La Sylphide, Redondo Beach CA: Lewis Segal, Los Angeles Times Reviews - Richard Alston Dance Company, Detour, Quartermark, Proverb, Brahms Hungarian, London: Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian Reviews - Meryl Tankard, Two Feet (with Natalia Osipova), Adelaide: Alan Brissenden, The Adelaide Review Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald Jo Vabolis, InDaily Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Bon Voyage, Bob, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review Feature - Vicki Mortimer looks back at five of her stage designs (including Wayne McGregor’s Raven Girl) : David Jays, The Guardian Feature - In praise of Pam Tanowitz, choreographer: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review Review - Charles Atlas, Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Riener, Tesseract, London: Debra Craine, The Times Review - Harkness Dance Festival, A Feast of Cunningham, NY: Siobhan Burke, New York Times Preview - Crystal Pite & Jonathan Young, Revisor, Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Feature - Miyoko Koyasu, National Ballet of Canada, playing Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice: Madalina Hubert, The Epoch Times Review - FORM Dance Projects, Recital, Parramatta: Jo Litson, Limelight

Sorry but I don't know what that was about. It wasn't me! Now seems back to normal.

21 reviews of the 2016 performances listed.

Odd. There is an R & J insight on March 13 which is being filmed.

Dave Morgan was there to record the awards ceremony on February 18. Maya Jilan Dong (nominated for Emerging Artist Award) - definitely the coolest person there! ©Dave Morgan Joseph Sissens (nominated for Emerging Artist Award) - winner of best jacket, in my view ©Dave Morgan Jose Alves (winner - Best Classical Performance) - also, happiest winner ©Dave Morgan More… Dave Morgan - 115 photos Discussion of this event is here

Links – Thursday February 21, 2019 Review - The Royal Ballet, Don Quixote, London: Laura Freeman, The Spectator Reviews - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Beauty and the Beast, Birmingham: Hannah Powell, The Reviews Hub Phil Preece, SeeingDance Review - Michigan Opera Theatre, Alessandra Ferri: Art of the Pas de Deux, Detroit: Marin Heinritz, EncoreMichigan Profile - Russell Maliphant: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian Preview - NYCB dancers to participate in MoMA exhibition Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern: Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times Feature - Heartbeat of Home: how do you follow Riverdance?: Clive Morgan, The Telegraph Review - Rocha Dance Theater, Half-Heard, NY: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene Preview - Diana Movius dance piece to tackle climate change: Stephanie Williams, Washington Post … and Feature - BollyX, a new high-intensity workout: John-Paul Flintoff, The Times

Anyone else seen this?

As Jan says we have no control over the profile initials' colour. It should be simple to upload a profile image. Click on your existing avatar to get the dialog shown below. Select Upload Photo, then choose the photo from your computer or stored on another device. Trying the latter case I encountered a file size limit of 50Kb. Gravatar has been dropped from the list of available options.

And just a reminder to ask you to add a signature line to your posts, as per our community guidelines: "Members who have commercial interests must indicate that by adding a Signature line to their postings, stating the name and type of their business and giving their website and/or business email address for enquiries."

It is exactly what it says it is! i.e. an announcement that the forum software was upgraded last night and to post here if you have new problems. It'll go away tomorrow night.

Links – Wednesday February 20, 2019 Reviews - The Royal Ballet, Don Quixote, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Emma Byrne, Evening Standard Siobhan Murphy, TimeOut Review - Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina, Chicago: Irene Hsiao, Chicago Reader Review - Martha Graham Dance Company, mixed programme, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune News - Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2018 winners: Londondance Interview - Indiana Woodward & Anthony Huxley, NYCB, on performing The Sleeping Beauty: Gia Kourlas, New York Times Interview - Jessica Lang, on closing Jessica Lang Dance: Lou Fancher, San Francisco Classical Voice Preview - Jessica Lang Dance, farewell tour: Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News Interview - Gregory Dean, Royal Danish Ballet: Eva Kistrup, Copenhagen Report Interview - Christopher R. Wilson, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Cynthia Bond Perry ARTS ATL

Links – Tuesday February 19, 2019 Reviews - The Royal Ballet, Don Quixote, London: Debra Craine, The Times Louise Levene, Financial Times Anna Winter, The Stage Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International Review - San Francisco Ballet, The Fifth Season, Snowblind, Etudes, SF: Janice Berman, San Francisco Classical Voice Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Since She, London: Emma Byrne, Evening Standard Interview - Carlos Acosta: Kelly Apter, The Scotsman Interview - Angel Corella, AD of Pennsylvania Ballet on Giselle: Phindie Review - Atlanta Ballet, La Sylphide (Kobborg), Atlanta: Andrew Alexander, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Feature - Swan Lake: Claire Beghin, Vogue Paris Review - Hong Kong Ballet, The Great Gatsby (Septimus Webre), HK: Natasha Rogai, South China Morning Post Review - Phoenix Dance Theatre & Opera North, The Rite of Spring (Jeanguy Saintus), Gianni Schicchi, Leeds: James Ballands, British Theatre Guide Review - little seismic dance company, Divining, SF: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes

His departure was announced last month.

The on stage photos released by the ROH, and also by DanceTabs, are of the Nuñez/Nuntagirov cast. DanceTabs here, ROH here and also here (four casts in the studio).

There's been an erratic problem today with pages refusing to display properly. Having reported it to The Powers I found that 10 seconds later all seemed fine. Magic - I hope.

The awards ceremony is being live-streamed from 12.50 today on the National Dance Awards' Facebook page.

Links – Monday February 18, 2019 Review - New York City Ballet, Interplay, In the Night, N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz, NY: Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs Review - San Francisco Ballet, The Fifth Season, Snowblind, Etudes, SF: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs Review - The Royal Ballet, Don Quixote, London: Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World Review - The Royal Ballet & Royal Ballet School, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Two Pigeons, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Reviews - Phoenix Dance Theatre & Opera North, The Rite of Spring (Jeanguy Saintus), Gianni Schicchi, Leeds: Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk Richard Morrison, The Times Reviews - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Since She, London: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs Alexandra Gray, SeeingDance Debra Craine, The Times Review - Guangdong Modern Dance Company & Footnote New Zealand Dance, Hemispheres, Auckland: Raewyn White, New Zealand Herald Review - Beijing Dance Theater & Dancenorth Australia, One Infinity, Perth Festival: Humphrey Bower, Daily Review (scroll down) Resolution 2019 reviews - Satoko Fukuda, About the leaves / Anaya Vasudha, EKA / Definitives Dance Company, Sensatus, London: Natasha Tripney & Stella Rousham, The Place Feature - Alex Smith, soldier and dancer: Lucy Wallis, BBC

Interesting and warmly positive article about Luke Jennings and his writing technique on his retirement from The Observer. It's by Rosemarie Gerhard, a lecturer at the RAD, and is on the British Ballet Now & Then website.

Links – Sunday February 17, 2019 Reviews - The Royal Ballet, Don Quixote, London: Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack Zoë Anderson, The Independent Rachel Ward, The Telegraph Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide Review - The Royal Ballet & Royal Ballet School, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Two Pigeons, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review Review - The Royal Ballet, New Work New Music (with mention of The Cunning Little Vixen), London: David Dougill, The Sunday Times Review - San Francisco Ballet, The Fifth Season, Snowblind, Etudes, SF: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Q & A - Michelle Wiles, founder of BalletNext: Rose Marija, Broadway World Review - Alberta Ballet, DeViAte, Edmonton: Stephan Bonfield, National Post Review - Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina (Possokhov), Chicago: Sarah Brooks, Third Coast Review Resolution 2019 reviews - Viki Čerček, LEADS: Nature VS Culture / Wilhelmina Ojanen, common ground / BDblaq Dance, Cool Breeze, London: Sanjoy Roy & Isobel Rogers, The Place Review - Gallim Dance, To Create a World, NY: Deborah Jowitt, DanceBeat Review - James Cousins Company, Epilogues, Ipswich: Hanna Weibye, The Guardian Photos - Elmhurst Ballet Company, Origins: Roy Tan, Broadway World