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Links – Sunday May 27, 2018

 

Reviews - The Royal Ballet, Swan Lake / Rambert, Life Is a Dream, London:

Luke Jennings, The Observer

David Dougill, Sunday Times

 

Reviews - Rambert, Life is a Dream (Brandstrup), London:

Jann Parry, DanceTabs

Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard International

 

Review - American Ballet Theatre, Firebird, AfteRite, NY: Barnett Serchuk, Broadway World

 

Feature - Morocco’s D.I.Y. Dance Crews: Yassine Alaoui Ismailli & Aida Alami, New York Times

 

Feature - National Ballet of Canada, Frame by Frame, collaboration by Robert Lepage & Guillaume Côté: Alice Hopton, CBC

 

Video feature - BAM/Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble, #SpeakingInDance: Gia Kourlas, New York Times

 

N.B. Several US websites are still blocked in the UK because of GDPR compliance difficulties

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Links – Monday 28 May, 2018

 

Review – New York City Ballet, CoppéliaNew York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Robbins 100 Festival, New York: Rachel Stone, Fjord Review

 

Feature – My week with swans: David Jays, Arts Journal/Performance Monkey

 

Review – Australian Ballet, The Merry Widow, Canberra: Michelle Potter, Canberra Times

 

News – New Brisbane QPAC theatre for Queensland Ballet (and others) by 2022: Staff AAP, New Daily

 

Reviews – Spoleto Festival 2018, Charleston:

- Lourdes Lopez & dancers, Jerome Robbins Tribute Program: Stephanie Hunt, Charleston City Paper

Miami City Ballet, Walpurgisnacht, Carousel pdd, Concerto DSCH, Heatscape: Stephanie Hunt, Charleston City Paper

 

Review – Boston Ballet, La Sylphide, Divertissements, Boston: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe

 

Preview – Hong Kong Ballet, Christopher Wheeldon & Rush: Richard James Havis, SCMP

 

Review – Stopgap Dance Company, The Seafarers, Great Yarmouth: Sanjoy Roy, Guardian

 

Diary – London, This Week: Staff, Londondance

 

Review – Ballet Central, Mixed Bill, Bath: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

 

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Links – Tuesday 29 May, 2018

 

Review – Boston Ballet, La Sylphide, Boston: Marcia B Siegel, Arts Fuse

 

Reviews – Queensland Ballet, Carmen (Acosta), The Firebird (Scarlett),

Brisbane: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot

Denise Richardson, Dance Australia

 

Reviews – RambertLife is a Dream (Brandstrup), London:

David Mead, SeeingDance

Jeffery Taylor, Express  (Baldwin??)

 

Review – HumanhoodUniverse, ZERO, London: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Film – Creating Pas de Deux, Robert Lepage & Guillaume Côté: Murray Whyte, Toronto Star

 

Feature – My years as a ‘fat’ ballerina: Olivia Campbell, Guardian

 

News – Australian Ballet, 2017 Annual Report … helped by Alice:

Linda Morris, Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Bailey, Australian Financial Review

 

And for the first time …. A review on a Twitter thread:

Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Scarlett), London: Thomas Ryalls, Twitter

 

 

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Links – Wednesday 30 May, 2018

 

Preview – Alexei Ratmansky/American Ballet Theatre, Harlequinade, New York: Marina Harss, NY Times

 

Feature – Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring continues to inspire: Paul Griffiths, Playbill

 

Review – Queensland Ballet, Carmen (Acosta), The Firebird (Scarlett), Brisbane: Chantal Nguyen, Bachtrack

 

Review – Spoleto Festival 2018, Charleston:

Miami City Ballet, Walpurgisnacht, Carousel pdd, Concerto DSCH, Heatscape: Susan Galbraith, DC Theatre Scene  (+ something for Tree of Codes fans?)

 

Preview – Houston Ballet’s Swan Lake after a difficult year: Margaret Downing, Houston Press

 

Reviews – RambertLife is a Dream (Brandstrup), London:

Graham Watts, Bachtrack

Anna Winter, Exeunt

 

Interview – Céline Gittens, Prinicpal, Birmingham Royal Ballet: Staff, What's On

 

Interview – Maina Gielgud, creating a Cinderella for Goh Ballet Academy: Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun

 

Review – Dance Africa 2018, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times

 

Review – TAO Dance Theater, 6, 9, Montreal: Rebecca Galloway, Bachtrack

 

Review – Tap Family Reunion, Raising the Bar, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

News – balletLORENT 25th Anniversary Plans: Peter Lathan, BTG

 

Preview – San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice

 

Review – Ochre Contemporary Dance Company, 3.3 and Beyond, Perth: Annelies Gartner, West Australian

 

Review – Lizzie J Klotz & Dance City, To Suit, Dancing with my Dad, Fawn, Newcastle: Peter Latham, BTG

 

Review – Fuse, DökkSalford: Peter Jacobs, Reviews Hub

 

Preview – Pacific Dance Festival, Auckland: Dione Joseph, NZ Herald

 

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Links – Thursday 31 May, 2018

 

Review – Paris Opera Ballet, Frolons, The Art of Not Looking Back, The Male Dancer, The Season’s Canon, Paris: Patricia Boccadoro, Culturekiosque

 

Review – Akram Khan Company, XenosLondon: Mark Monahan, Telegraph

 

Review – American Ballet Theatre, AfteRiteNew York: Rachel Stone, Fjord Review

 

Reviews – Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Don Quixote, Washington DC:

Alexander C Kafka, DC Theatre Scene

Carolyn Kelemen, DC Metro Theater Arts

 

Review – Nederlands Dans Theater, Woke up blind, Shut Eye, New Pite. Amsterdam: Lambrecht Wessels, Bachtrack

 

Interview – ENB’s Stina Quagebeur & Akram Khan’s GiselleVictoria Burrows, SCMP

 

Review – San Francisco Ballet School, Showcase 2018, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes

 

Review – La Mama Moves! Dance Festival, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Review – Gauthier Dance, Cantata, Greyhound/Don Q, Stuttgart: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

 

Preview – Fresh Meat Festival, 2018, San Francisco: Sari Staver, Bay Area Reporter

 

Diary – Around Oregon, This Week: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch

 

Preview – Alice Topp, making Aurum for Australian Ballet: Chris Pedler, Bendigo Advertiser

 

Report – Australia’s major dance companies have a gender equality problem: Andrew Westle & Jordan Beth Vincent, The Conversation

 

 

Some US sites are still blocked on GDPR grounds….. but I still get daily emails from one of them.

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Links – Friday 1 June, 2018

 

Reviews – Akram Khan Company, XenosLondon:

Graham Watts, DanceTabs

Zoë Anderson, Independent

Debra Craine, The Times

Sanjoy Roy, Guardian

Vera Liber, BTG

Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub

Gallery – Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs

 

Review – Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Scarlett), London: ‘Prospero’, The Economist

 

Feature – New York City Ballet, in Limbo but in Bloom: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times

 

Review – American Ballet Theatre, Giselle, New York: Emily Wells, DanceTabs

 

Review – American Ballet Theatre, Firebird, AfteRite, New York: Janine Parker, Arts Fuse

 

Review – CNDC d’Angers, Merce Cunningham Programme, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times

 

Feature – NYCB’s recent College Graduates: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Review – Dance Africa Festival, 2018, New York: Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs

 

Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Dancing with Mozart, Wellington: Lyne Pringle, Dominion Post

 

News - Rambert Dance, Peaky Blinders creator talks ballet at Press Club lunch - Birmingham Post

 

Diaries:

New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

Bay Area: Claudia Bauer, SF Chronicle

Looking back at May: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

News – The Work Room, 10th Anniversary, Glasgow: Jenness Mitchell, Evening Times

 

 

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Links - Saturday 02 June, 2018

 

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Coppélia, New York:  Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Mozartiana, Not our fate, Tchaikovsky pdd, Glass Pieces, New York:  Barnett Serchuk, Broadway World

 

Review - American Ballet Theatre, La Bayadere, New York:  Mary Cargill, Danceview Times

 

Audio Preview - American Ballet Theatre, Harlequinade, New York:  Marina Harss, WNYC

 

Reviews - Akram Khan Company, Xenos, London:

Louise Levene, FT

Emma Byrne, Standard

Jessica Wilson, Seeing Dance

 

Feature - Angelin Preljocaj:  Richard Jinman, Sydney Morning Herald

 

News - Royal Opera House to let everyone in on the act in revamped home:  Robert Dex, Standard

 

Feature - Justin Peck, choreographer NYCB:  Barbara Hoffman, NY Post

 

Review - Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Don Quixote, Giselle, Washington:  Roger Catlin, Broadway World

 

Review - Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Giselle, Washington:  Norah Dick, MD Theatre Guide

 

Review - Boston Ballet, Prodigal Son, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Chaconne, Boston:  Unattributed, The Tech

 

Review - Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, Modern Rebels programme, New York, Danceview Times

 

Diary - Three of the best dance shows in the UK this week (scroll a long way down):  Judith Mackrell, Guardian

 

Preview Feature - Houston Ballet Dancers co-create program inspired by (Hurricane) Harvey:  Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle

 

Review - Queensland Ballet, Carmen, The Firebird, Brisbane:  Jo Litson, Limelight

 

Reviews - Milwaukee Ballet, Swan Lake, Milwaukee:

Caitlin Elftman, On Milwaukee

Elaine Schmidt, Journal Sentinel

Kelsey Lawler, Broadway World

Lauren Warnecke, Milwaukee Magazine

 

Review - Parsons Dance, mixed programme, New York:  Erica Getto, Fjord Review

 

Review - Oakland Ballet, mixed programme, Oakland:  Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle

 

Review - Footnote Dance, Search Engine, Hamilton:  Dr Debbie Bright, NZ Theatreview

 

Feature - Take in a dance-inspired museum exhibit & museum-inspired dance in Washington:  Sarah L Kaufman, Washington Post

 

Feature - But is it good for dance? ‘So you think you can dance’ at 15:  Brian Schaefer, NY Times

 

Review - Roberta Jean, Brocade, London:  Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

 

Review - Acosta Danza, mixed programme, Norwich:  Eleanor Pringle, Eastern Daily Press

 

Review - Vienna Festival Ballet, Sleeping Beauty, Richmond (Yorks):  Barry Jones, Richmondshire Today

 

 

 

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