John Mallinson

Links – Wednesday November 7, 2018

 

Obituary - Muriel Manings, dancer, teacher and activist: Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

 

 

Reviews - The Royal Ballet, La Bayadère, London:

Jann Parry, DanceTabs

Zoë Anderson, The Independent

Louise Levene, Financial Times

 

Review - Staatsballett Berlin, La Bayadère (Ratmansky), Berlin: Marina Harss, DanceTabs

 

Review - Balanchine: The City Center Years, a retrospective view of the project, NY: Brian Seibert, New York Times

 

Interview - Misty Copeland: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

 

Review - Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Analogy Trilogy (all 7 hours of it), LA: Gillian Ebersole, Bachtrack

 

Reviews - Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Contagion, London:

Josephine Leask, DanceTabs

David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Feature - Ex-pat Cuban dancers return to dance there: Andrea Rodriguez, San Francisco Chronicle

 

Discussion - National Ballet of Canada dancers talk about Neumeier’s Anna Karenina: Ryan Porter, Toronto Star

 

Review - National Dance Company of Wales, Roots, Cardiff: Othniel Smith, British Theatre Guide

 

Review - Ballet Cymru, A Child’s Christmas, Poems and Tiger Eggs, London: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Photo feature - Iconic images of Hip-Hop: Vikki Tobak, The Guardian

 

Review - Ragamala Dance Company, Written in Water, NY: Arielle Ostry, Danceviewtimes

 

Review - New York Butoh Institute Festival, NY: Cindy Sibilsky, Broadway World

 

Interview - Vangeline of the NY Butoh Institute Festival: Cindy Sibilsky, Broadway World

 

Amphi T45 now gone, P46 going back to the box office. 

Links – Tuesday November 6, 2018

 

Review - Staatsballett Berlin, La Bayadère (Alexei Ratmansky), Berlin: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times

 

Review - Balanchine: The City Center Years, a round up, NY: Robert Gottlieb, Observer

 

Review - The Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Balanchine: The City Center Years, NY: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes

 

Review - American Ballet Theatre, Garden Blue (Jessica Lang), Other Dances, In the Upper Room, NY: Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review

 

Feature - How a Group of Gay Male Ballet Dancers is Rethinking Masculinity: David Ebershoff, New York Times

 

Feature - Parkinson’s disease and dance: Rachel Pugh, The Guardian

 

Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Fire and Fury, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, La Fille mal gardée, London : Debra Craine, The Times

 

Exhibition review - William Forsythe, Choreographic Objects, Boston: Aurelia S. Han, Harvard Crimson

 

Review - Sasha Waltz & Guests, Kreatur, NY: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times

 

Review - Matthias Sperling, Now That We Know, London: Sara Veale, DanceTabs

 

Feature - Edward Gorey and New York City Ballet: Mark Dery, The Paris Review

 

Review - Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller & Ishmael Houston-Jones, Relations, Chicago: Siobhan Burke, New York Times

 

Photo gallery - Rambert2, E2 7SD, Killer Pig, Grey Matter: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs

 

Review - Clod Ensemble, Placebo, London: Alexandra Gray, SeeingDance

 

Review - Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, Insider and Outsider, Hollywood: Qianqian Xing, Broadway World

 

Preview - China Disabled People’s Performing Arts Troupe, My Dream, Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

 

…and Alastair Macaulay in the New York Times.

Please don't answer that. This site is not in the business of promoting illegally acquired videos.

 

I've two homeless tickets for Thursday's performance (Nunez, Muntagirov, Osipova): Upper Amphi P46, £23 and Upper Amphi standing T45, £5. Will go back to the box office tomorrow.

Links – Monday November 5, 2018

 

Review - The Royal Ballet, La Bayadère, London: Debra Craine, The Times

 

Review - NYCB, Miami City Ballet, The Royal Ballet, SFB, Mariinsky Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, ABT, Balanchine: The City Center Years, NY: Barnett Serchuk, Broadway World

 

Review - Royal Danish Ballet, Napoli in Nikolaj Hübbe’s revised production, Copenhagen: Eva Kistrup, Copenhagen Report

 

Reviews - Sasha Waltz & Guests, Kreatur, NY:

Gia Kourlas, New York Times

Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes

 

Features - Brown Pointe Shoes Arrive:

Alex Marshall, New York Times

BBC News

 

Video feature - #speakingindance, Akram Khan and Xenos: Gia Kourlas, New York Times

 

Review - Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Sutra, Beverley Hills: Jane Rosenberg, Seen and Heard International

 

Review - Vera Cendoya Dance Company, La Partida, Edinburgh : Rósin O’Brien, SeeingDance

 

Review - Matthias Sperling, Now That We Know, London: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Feature - Liberals Scorned Me for Liking the Ballet: Colin Fleming, Wall Street Journal

 

Links – Sunday November 4, 2018

 

Reviews - The Royal Ballet, La Bayadère, London:

Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

G.J. Dowler, Classical Source

Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World

 

Review - New York City Ballet, The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Mariinsky Ballet, Balanchine: The City Center Years, NY: Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes

 

Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, La Fille mal gardée, London: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard

 

Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Fire and Fury, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times (scroll down)

 

Review - Clod Ensemble, Placebo, London: Luke Jennings, The Observer

 

Photo gallery - Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Contagion: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs

 

Interview - Antonio Pappano staying on at Covent Garden: Fiona Maddocks, The Observer

 

Interview - Darcey Bussell: Teddy Jamieson, The Herald

 

Interview RB’s Fernando Montano: Yohannes Lowe, The Telegraph

 

Review - Garth Fagan Dance, mixed bill, NY: Caryn Cooper, Broadway World

 

Film review - The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: Wendy Ide, The Observer

 

News - NYCB’s Sara Mearns marries Joshua Bergasse: New York Times

 

The RB's Bernstein Celebration triple bill (Yugen, Corybantic Games, The Age of Anxiety) has been released on DVD and Blu-ray. Available via ROH shop, Amazon etc

Yuhui Choe, Yasmine Naghdi, Akane Takada

1 hour ago, Mary said:

Is there a thread yet?

 

Yes.

12 minutes ago, bangorballetboy said:

I think he left the stage as he had a bit of a cough.

 

…and came back on with a fag in his mouth!

It depends on the relation of the rehearsal to the opening night. Bayadère, for example had its general rehearsal yesterday with the first cast and it opens tomorrow. Sometimes the rehearsal and opening are on the same day in which case it won't be first cast, probably second or another. Casting is never announced publicly in advance but you can phone the ballet office at ROH to find out.

 

Returned to the box office.

I have the following available:

 

Thursday Nov 1, 7.30, Amphi standing T45, £5

AND

Saturday Nov 3, 1.30pm Balcony standing C65, £8 (slightly restricted view of stage)

AND

Saturday Nov 3, 1.30pm, Amphi L48, £15 (restricted view if you are short)

 

Don't think this has been posted before but Graham Watts in his review for DanceTabs includes a link to a 34 minute rehearsal video with Viviana Durante and Irek Mukhamedov coaching Jurgita Dronina and Isaac Hernández.

 

The timings for last time were Act I 60mins, Act II 34mins, Act III 40mins, with two 20min intervals.

Links – Wednesday October 24, 2018

 

Review - Miami City Ballet, Concerto Barocco, Company B, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, Miami: Sean Erwin, Danceviewtimes

 

Reviews - Jasmin Vardimon Company, Medusa, London:

Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

Debra Craine, The Times

Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide
David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Reviews - Sasha Waltz & Guests, Körper, SF/Berkeley:

Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs

Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter

Janice Berman, San Francisco Classical Voice

 

News - 100-Dance Merce Cunningham centennial celebration coming to NY: Joshua Barone, New York Times

 

Review - Sydney Dance Company, Frame of Mind (Bonachela), Forever & Ever (Anthony Hamilton), Sydney: Chantal Nguyen, Bachtrack

 

Review - Nashville Ballet, Seven Deadly Sins (Christopher Stuart), Superstitions, Nashville: Cillea Houghton, Broadway World

 

Preview/Q & A - Carrie Ahern, Sex Status 2.0, NY: Gia Kourlas, New York Times
 

Review - Tom Dale Company, I Infinite, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs

 

Review - Matthew Bourne, Swan Lake, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, The List
 

Q & A - Ieva Kuniskis, choreographer: Graham Watts, DanceTabs

 

Feature - Fashion’s obsession with ballet (and Q & A’s with ENB Principals): Lisa Armstrong, The Telegraph

 

Feature - Luz San Miguel dances her last show in Milwaukee Ballet’s Dracula: John Schneider, Shepherd Express

 

Preview - The Trocks in Scotland: Mary Brennan, Herald Scotland

 

Will happily take one.

Links – Tuesday October 23, 2018

 

Review - American Ballet Theatre, Fall Gala & two triple bills, NY: Marina Harss, DanceTabs

 

Review - American Ballet Theatre, Le Jeune, Dream within a Dream (deferred), In the Upper Room, NY: Michael Popkin, Danceviewtimes

 

Review - Zurich Ballet, Winterreise (Christian Spuck), Zurich: Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack

 

Review - Company Wayne McGregor, Tree of Codes, Hong Kong: Natasha Rogai, South China Morning Post

 

Review - Shobana Jeyasingh, Contagion, Manchester: Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian

 

Reviews - China National Peking Opera, The Emperor and the Concubine, The Monkey King and the Leopard, Crossroads Inn, London:

Louise Levene, Financial Times

Dondald Hutera, The Times

Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance

 

Feature - Washington Ballet’s future and financial woes: Sarah L. Kaufman & Peggy McGlone, Washington Post

 

Review - LA Dance Project, Romeo and Juliet (Millepied), LA: Jim Farber, San Francisco Classical Voice

 

Feature - Sergei Polunin: Charlie Teasdale, Esquire

 

Review - Liss Fain Dance, A Recomposition: I Don’t Know and Never Will, SF: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs

 

Review - K-Arts Dance Company, Song of the Mermaid, NY: Rose Marija, Broadway World

 

Review - Larry Keigwin & Nicole Wolcott, Places Please!, Boston: Marcia B. Siegel, Artsfuse

 

Review - Aby Watson:-ish, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Herald Scotland

 

Review - Company Wang Ramirez, Borderline, White Light Festival, NY: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times

 

Review - The Trocks, Canterbury: Victoria Bawtree, The Reviews Hub

 

Preview - Two NY shows: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc

 

News - West Australian Ballet’s 2019 season: Dance Australia

 

Links – Sunday October 21, 2018

 

Review - Dimitris Papaioannou, The Great Tamer, London: Luke Jennings, The Observer

 

Reviews - Sydney Dance Company, Frame of Mind (Bonachela), Forever & Ever (Anthony Hamilton), Sydney: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot

 

Review - Tempo Dance Festival, Auckland: Raewyn White, New Zealand Herald

 

Review - Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Dance Me (Foniadakis & Lopez Achoa), Calgary: Katherine DeCoste, The Gateway

 

Links – Saturday October 20, 2018

 

Feature - American Ballet Theatre meets the #MeToo era: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times

 

Review - William Forsythe, A Quiet Evening of Dance, Melbourne: Rhys Ryan, Limelight

 

Exhibition - Judson Dance Theater, The Work is Never Done, MoMa NY: Alastair Macaulay, New York Times

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Joaquin De Luz’s final performance, NY: Barnett Serchuk, Broadway World

 

Review - Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, Swan Lake, Edinburgh: Kirsty Morgan, Bachtrack

 

Review - National Dance Company Wales & Music Theatre Wales, Passion (Pascal Dusapin), Sara Veale, DanceTabs

 

Review - Dimitris Papaioannou, The Great Tamer / Le Patin Libre, Threshold, London: Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian

 

Review - Dimitris Papaioannou, The Great Tamer, London: Emma Byrne, Evening Standard

 

Review - Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Handel, Common Ground, SF: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes

 

Reviews - Neon Dance, Puzzle Creature:

Rachel Elderkin, The Stage (London)
David Mead, SeeingDance (Birmingham)

 

Reviews - Sydney Dance Company, Frame of Mind (Bonachela), Forever & Ever (Anthony Hamilton), Sydney:

Michelle Potter, …on dancing

Martin Portus, Daily Review

 

Video feature - #SpeakingInDance, Liz Gerring, Field: Gia Kourlas, New York Times

 

Interview - Max Westwell on dancing Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: The Press and Journal

 

Preview - Damien Jalet, Vessel, London : Robert Dex, Evening Standard

 

Feature - Kate Whitley, composer, ‘igniting dance’: Sarah Kirkup, The Gramophone

 

Review - Spellbound Contemporary Ballet, Full Moon, Atlanta: George Staib, ArtsATL

 

Review - Eryc Taylor Dance, New Choreography Grant winners, NY: Cindy Sibilsky, Broadway World

 

Review - LakeCities Ballet, Le Ballet de Dracula, Lewisville TX: Emily Sese TheaterJones

 

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

 

I think that's enough about the horrific price of a glass of champagne at the Savoy. Very informative, but back to ROH announcements (lack of) please.

 

Judith Mackrell reviewed the recent Forsythe programme at Sadler's Wells and tweeted: