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The final one is NEXT Saturday, the 22nd Oct. But yes, we will miss her

Stephen Wright was at Nederlandse Dansdagen 2016 (Dutch Dance Festival), Maastricht, 7th October 2016 - 9th October 2016 rehearsals - some photos here. Every first weekend of October, the festival presents remarkable performances from up-and-coming choreographers as well as from established dance companies in the city of Maastricht. Sparks: Angela Herenda, Adam Peterson, Igor Podsiadly © Stephen Wright. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Milk II: Lucie Petrusová © Stephen Wright. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr COURAGE: Martijn Kappers, Adi Amit © Stephen Wright. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Nederlandse Dansdagen 2016 Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

Michael Clark Company, presents 'to a simple, rock ’n’ roll . . . song' at the Barbican Theatre London, music by Patti Smith, 7 October 2016 Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the dress rehearsal, so here are a few photos: Harry Alexander, Jordan James Bridge, Oxana Panchenko © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Oxana Panchenko © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Harry Alexander, Oxana Panchenko, Jordan James Bridge © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Michael Clark Company: to a simple, rock ’n’ roll . . . song Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

Dance Umbrella 2016 festival opens with CCN Ballet de Lorraine in 'Unknown Pleasures' at Sadler's Wells, 7-8 October. Five international choreographers - four women and one man ranging from their 30s to their 70s - present five anonymous world premieres in one programme. This world premiere is curated by Dance Umbrella together with the French company Centre Chorégraphique National - Ballet de Lorraine. Gallery shows three of the five pieces. Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the rehearsal - here are some photos: Unknown Pleasures, CCN Ballet de Lorraine © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Unknown Pleasures, CCN Ballet de Lorraine © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: CCN - Ballet de Lorraine: Unknown Pleasures, Dance Umbrella 2016 Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

has San Francisco posted theirs up as yet? I watched a good deal of it last night - but the sound was terrible, and it and the picture kept stuttering and crackling. Be nice to watch it again if a good version - as some of it was superb

Yorke Dance Project perform 'Rewind Forward', which includes MacMillan's 'Sea of Troubles' and new work from Yolande Yorke Edgell 'Unthered', at the Lilian Baylis Studio in Sadler's Wells, October 2016 Kieran Stonely, Amy Thake, Ben Warbis (Edd Mitton on floor) © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Ben Warbis, Kieran Stonely, Edd Mitton © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Kieran Stonely, Amy Thake © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Yorke Dance Project - Rewind Forward Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

Foteini Christofilopoulou was at the limited photo call - Carlos Acosta and Marianela Núñez in Don Quixote pdd. Here are some photos: Carlos Acosta © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Marianela Núñez © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Carlos Acosta, Marianela Núñez © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Carlos Acosta: The Classical Farewell Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

the frustration continues - i managed to just about watch most of the morning class, then once rehearsals stated it just jumps all over the shop. I really wanted to catch Yasmine and Matthew at the Sleeping Beauty rehearsal, but all I can get is 30-40 sec snippet, then it jumps somewhere else. It freezes at exactly the same point every time in the Scottish Ballet segment; Can't seem to get more than 10secs of Fille, etc., etc Hope that when they put these onto YouTube the company filming today does a better job than it made of the live stream

my link keeps stopping and dropping back to an earlier spot (our Kristen intervieing Ms MacMillan. Reloading the page seems to take me back to 'live' but bits are missed. Think I'll just have to watch it all again when its a bit more stable :-)

Stephen Wright was at the rehearsals for Rambert's 'The Future'. The Future is a collaboration between Rambert and The Lowry to showcase original works choreographed and performed by Rambert’s dancers and artists from the north of England. Featuring works created by Rambert dancers Miguel Altunaga, Carolyn Bolton and Simone Damberg Würtz, plus Lizzie Klotz, Nadia Iftkhar, Bridget Fiske and Joss Arnott. Here are some sample photos: Labo(rat)ori: Liam Francis, Stephen Quildan © Stephen Wright. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Where Things End and Ends Meet: Edit Domoszlai, Liam Francis © Stephen Wright. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Traces: Luke Ahmet, Hannah Rudd © Stephen Wright. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Rambert - The Future Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

David Bintley's new 'The Tempest' for Birmingham Royal Ballet as part of the Shakespeare 400 celebrations. It opens in the Birmingham Hippodrome this week, before coming to London's Sadlers Wells later in the month Here are some photos: Iain MacKay as Prospero © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Joseph Caley, Jenna Roberts (Ferdinand, Miranda) © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Celine Gittens, Tzu-Chao Chou (Ceres, Pan) © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: BRB - The Tempest Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

Some photos from the General rehearsal on Tuesday. This cast dance on Friday 30th Sept (matinée) and October 16th. Valentino Zucchetti, Yuhui Choe, Tristan Dyer © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Annette Buvoli, Hannah Grennell, Jonathan Howells, Gina Storm-Jensen, Tierney Heap © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Yuhui Choe (and artists of the company) © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Royal Ballet - La Fille mal gardee (2016) Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr By kind permission of the Royal Opera House

Yuhui and Valentino

There was a second rehearsal photo call Wednesday, for the other two UK premieres (both by choreographer Ronald K Brown), namely 'Four Corners' and 'Open Door'. Here are some photos: Four Corners: Jamar Roberts © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Four Corners: Vernard J Gilmore © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Open Door: Jacqulin Harris, Samantha Figgins, Sarah Daley, Fana Tesfagioris, Jacqueline Green © Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater - Four Corners & Open Door Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

Foteini Christofilopoulou was also at the dress rehearsal - here are some more photos: Exodus: Jamar Roberts, Hope Boykin © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Awakening: Jamar Roberts © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Exodus & Awakening Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

oh my (very) giddiest of giddy aunts! Not for me either

that list of names made me think - round up all the usual suspects! :-)

funny how we all see things differently - Akane Takada's Giselle was my favourite performance this time round; she has definitely rediscovered her mojo, after seemingly going through a patch where she did seem to focus exclusively on technique (after injury?) at the expense of character. Her Giselle was magnificent to my eyes - as was her 'Girl' in Two Pigeons (she seemed one of the few who invested anything into such a daft ballet)

You're right - Will Tuckett is marvelous in the role - worth going to see whoever the lead couple are! :-)

...and Foteini Christofilopoulou was also at the photocall - some more photos here: Wu Husheng, Zhao Hanbing, Qi Bingxue © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr Qi Bingxue, Wu Husheng © Foteini Christofilopoulou. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr See more... Set from DanceTabs: Shanghai Ballet - Echoes of Eternity Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr

indeed - those posh fish-paste sarnies stink the place out! Adds to the appeal of the veranda outside

For me, the music leads. So Swan Lake is Swan Lake as long as Tchaikovsky's music is the score - irrespective of what choreographers do stepwise and/or complicitly with conductors/music directors to that score's order (or tempo). Think we'd need to qualify it as 'Choregrapher X's' Swan Lake, or whatever, so we'd know whether a contemporary version, or a more traditional one. Of course - that says nothing about the quality of the reworked versions!!

wishing Ruth huge success!

I always think of a review as being a bit more analytical, more comprehensively descriptive of the whole evening, than just a few words saying if you did or didn't enjoy, and that dancer X was great etc. I would expect words on both good and bad points, with words on many of the elements that make up a performance. But I see your point that any form of posting about a performance would constitute a 'review' - to me its just jotting down a quick opinion though.

sneakt sneaks - when they appear behind/around me, I stand to full height, expand chest, use spread arms to rest on the bar (rather than tucked in elbows) and that usually discourages them...