John Mallinson Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 Links – Sunday October 21, 2012 Review - American Ballet Theatre, Ratmansky’s Symphony #9, NY: Marina Harss, The Faster Times Review - Miami City Ballet, Les Patineurs, Apollo, Piazzolla Caldera: Jordan Levin, Miami Herald Review - National Ballet of Canada, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, LA: Lewis Segal, Los Angeles Times Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register Review - Michael Clark Company, New Work 2012, London: Jenny Gilbert, Independent Review - Rambert Dance Company, mixed bill, London: Jenny Gilbert, Independent Review - Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Violet Kid, Tuplet, Grace Engine, London: Luke Jennings, The Observer Review - Jonzi D, Lyrikal Fearta - Redux, London: Matthew Paluch, The Arts Desk Slideshow - Benjamin Millepied’s Los Angeles Dance Project: New York Times Slideshow - Jordan Matter’s Dancers Among Us: Washington Post Preview - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Giselle: Mark Kanny, TribLive Sara Bauknecht, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Preview - Tulsa Ballet, Dracula: James D. Watts, Tulsa World Photo gallery - Stars of the 21st Century gala, NY - Olga Smirnova & Semyon Chudin rehearse Grand pas classique: Walter McBride, TalkDanceworld
Ian Macmillan Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 Links – Monday October 22, 2012 Could major British ballet companies cooperate? Judith Mackrell, Guardian Review – American Ballet Theatre, Symphony #9 season: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Reviews – Chunky Move, An Act of Now, Melbourne Festival: Jordan Beth Vincent, DanceTabs & Sydney Morning Herald Eamonn Kelly, The Australian Review – Michael Clark, New Work 2012: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Review – “Stars of the 21st Century,” Gala Bill, NY Koch Theater: Claudia La Rocco, NY Times Sydney Dance Company in 2013: Valerie Lawson, DanceLines Review – Lucy Guerin Inc, Weather: Eamonn Kelly, The Australian Review – Jonzi D, Lyrikal Fearta-Redux: Matthew Paluch, Arts Desk Reviews – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, ..como el mosguito ….: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal Marina Harss, WordPress Review – Women from Africa, Voices of Strength: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Preview – Alvin Erasga Tolentino, Colonial: Victor Swoboda, Montreal Gazette Ballet Costumes & Fashion – Christian Lacroix: Louise Kissa, New Europe Post Gallery – English National Ballet, Sleeping Beauty: Dave Morgan, DanceTabs
Ian Macmillan Posted October 23, 2012 Posted October 23, 2012 Links – Tuesday October 23, 2012 Reviews– American Ballet Theatre, Symphony #9: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Tobi Tobias, Arts Journal Review – Paris Opera Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardée: Patricioa Boccadoro, CultureKiosque Review – English National Ballet, Sleeping Beauty: Laura Thompson, Telegraph Review – Rambert Dance Company, Quad Bill: Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Review – Chunky Move, Mortal Engine, London QEH: Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Review – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Como el musguito …: Leigh Witchel, NY Post Review – Texas Ballet Theater, Peer Gynt: Margaret Putnam, TheaterJones Australia: Subsidised companies and overseas artists: Julian Meyrick, Sydney Morning Herald Review – Trajal Harrell, M2M: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal Review – VelocityDC Dance Festival: Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post Shaping Flamenco – an afternoon with Cristina Hall: Toba Singer, California Literary Review Review – Lines Ballet, Constellation: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Preview – Sydney Dance Company, Project Rameau: Melissa Lesnie, Limelight Preview – Ballet Next, Mixed Bill, NY: Jennifer Edwards, Huffington Post Royal Opera House, 2012-13 Live Worldwide Cinema Season: DanceTabs Review – Michael Clark, New Work 2012: Sanjoy Roy, LondonDance Review – Flash Mob, Very Mixed Bill: Graham Watts, LondonDance Review – Jerome Bel, The Show Must Go On: Claudia La Rocco, NY Times Preview – Akram Khan, Vertical Road, NY: Susan Yung, Playbill Arts Review – Fluid Movement Arts Festival, Calgary: Paula Citron, Globe and Mail Review – Alberta Ballet, Othello, Calgary: Paula Citron, Globe and Mail Review – Compagnie de Danse Jean-Rene Delsoin, Quad Bill: Jordan Levin, Miami Herald
Ian Macmillan Posted October 24, 2012 Posted October 24, 2012 Links – Wednesday October 24, 2012 Review – Mariinsky Ballet, Cinderella, DC: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Preview – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Sleeping Beauty: Liz Hoggard, Evening Standard Review – “The Trocks” at Les Folies Bergère: Familiar bill with new faces: Graham Watts, DanceTabs NZ Preview – “The Trocks”/Chase Johnsey: Tom Cardy, Dominion Post Reviews – American Ballet Theatre, Recent Season: Robert Gottlieb, NY Observer Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal American Ballet Theatre to leave City Center next year: Pia Catton, Wall St Journal Preview – Washington Ballet, Dracula: Rebecca Ritzel, Washington Post Reviews – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Como el musguito …, NY: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Robert Gottlieb, NY Observer Review – Chunky Move, Mortal Engine, London QEH: Gerald Dowler, Financial Times Review – Flash Mob, An ”over-loud, mostly unfocused” bill: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Review – Richard Alston Dance Co., Triple Bill: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Preview – LA Dance Project, Mixed Bill, NY: Robert Johnson, NJ Star-Ledger Review – Lines Ballet, Constellation: Rita Felciano, SF Bay Guardian Review – Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, Hula Show 2012: Mary Ellen Hunt, SF Chronicle Socks for the Lilac Fairy? A disquisition on fandom: Jessica Duchen, JDCMB Royal Opera House “New offensive on elitism”: Ismene Brown, Arts Desk
Ian Macmillan Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 Links – Thursday October 25, 2012 A new Bayadère for Royal Danish Ballet: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Reviews– Birmingham Royal Ballet, Opposites Attract, London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Zoe Anderson, Independent Judith Mackrell, Guardian Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Review – American Ballet Theatre, Recent Season: Robert Johnson, NJ Star-Ledger AP, unfortunately unattributed, Washington Post Review – American Ballet Theatre, Symphony #9: Robert Greskovic, Wall St Journal Review – Ballet Next, Tintinnabuli, Entwined, Follia: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Como el mosquito …: Robert Greskovic, Wall St Journal Interview/Preview – Ohad Navarin/Batsheva Ensemble, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Interview – Fernando Alonso, renowned Cuban teacher: Helson Hernandez, Havana Times Review – Miami City Ballet, Patineurs, Apollo, Piazolla Caldera: J.W. Arnold, SFGN.com Anna Pavlova in a restored 1916 feature film: Joan Acocella, New Yorker 9 Questions – AD & Choreographer Bruce Steivel: Geri Jeter, California Literary Review Review – Flash Mob, Mixed Bill: Neil Norman, Express Review – Chunky Move, Mortal Engine, London QEH: Germaine Cheng, LondonDance Feature – Dancer/Actress Valda Setterfield: Tobi Tobias, Arts Journal Preview – Einstein on the beach, Berkeley: Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle Review – Kidd Pivot Company, The Tempest Replica, Seattle: Alice Kaderlan, Crosscut Australian Ballet Gala (Oct 31) hit by injuries: Valerie Lawson, Dancelines Dance as the antithesis of “a good read’? Kirsty Gunn, Guardian Dance Execs push Arts for the EBacc curriculum. Nicola Merrifield, The Stage Yet another ballet-based workout programme: Amy Iggulden, Evening Standard
Ian Macmillan Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 Links – Friday October 26, 2012 Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Opposites Attract, London: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Graham Watts, LondonDance Review – Hofesh Shechter Company, Political Mother, Toronto: Paula Citron, Globe and Mail Review – Michael Clark Company, New Work 2012: Neil Norman, Express Interview/Preview – Tommy Franzen, The Rodin Project: Graham Watts, LondonDance MoveTube – Comparing “Rose Adagios”: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Londonderry, UK City of Culture – Royal Ballet Visit: Telegraph POB “La Source” Costume Exhibition: Susan Clayton, Epoch Times Lifestyle Interview – Tamara Rojo: Anna Tyzack, Telegraph Review – Eddie Ladd & Judith Roberts, Gaza/Blaenannerch: Jeffrey Gordon Baker, LondonDance Review – Dance Territories, Program 1: Jordan Beth Vincent, Sydney Morning Herald Feature - Ballet Austin, Light/The Holocaust and Humanity Project: Chris Tomlinson, AP/Yahoo
Ian Macmillan Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 Links – Saturday October 27, 2012 Review – New York City Ballet, Balanchine-Stravinsky Works: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – Ballet Next, Stravinsky Divertimento, Picnic, BachGround: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Feature – Australian Ballet’s 50th Birthday: Catherine Lambert, The Australian Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Autumn Celebration: Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs Matthew Paluch, Arts Desk Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Opposites Attract: Hanna Weibye, One Stop Arts Reviews – Phoenix Dance Theatre, Crossing Points Mixed Bill, ROH Linbury: Sanjoy Roy, Guardian Liz Hoggard, Evening Standard Review – Rambert Dance Company, Labyrinth of Love: Louise Levene, Sunday Telegraph Magazine Review – Jonzi D, Lyrikal Fearta: Zoe Anderson, Independent Review – Boston Ballet, Rooster, Awake Only, The Second Detail: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe Review – David Gordon, The Matter/2012: Art & Archive: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Preview – Ballet West (Utah), The Lottery: Kathy Adams, Salt Lake Tribune And for your weekend reading: Murder on the dancefloor: Examining Art and Mortality: Laurence Scott, Guardian
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