Ian Macmillan Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 With theatres dark and companies unable to give public performances, we will no longer carry out our customary exhaustive Links trawls. Instead, and until matters improve, we intend to post any worthwhile Links that we find as and when we find them. We can but hope that normality will prevail as soon as possible. Sunday 22 March, 2020 Catch-up Reviews: - Northern Ballet, Geisha, Leeds: Amina Alyal, Sunday Times - National Ballet of Canada, Romeo and Juliet (Ratmansky), Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes Interview - Sergei Polunin on becoming a dad and his troubled past: Decca Aitkenhead, Sunday Times News - Russia’s Perm Opera Ballet to perform for an audience of one: Staff, Radio Free Europe 9
alison Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 I know I've already said this privately, but thank you, Jan and Ian, for your tireless work in seeking out links for our delectation and delight Presumably a lot of the old links will still be valid, if people want to do some catching-up. 18
Jan McNulty Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 Links - Monday 23 March, 2020 News - Royal Ballet cuts ties with Liam Scarlett: Ben Ellery, Times Mark Brown, Guardian Giverny Masso, Stage Craig Simpson, Telegraph Alex Marshall, NY Times Review - Royal Swedish Ballet, Wings of Wax, Minus 16, woman in water, Stockholm: Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance News - A digital Festival of Dance from Leicester: Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide Feature - A day in the life of a ballet company in Ireland: Cassie Stokes, Her Feature - TV series - Children of Ballet, Copenhagen: Eva Kistrup, Danceview Times Featurette - La Meri: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Not quite dance feature - Will Tuckett stages Pizzaro for Ken Watanabe in Tokyo: Nobuko Tanaka, Japan Times 1
Jan McNulty Posted March 24, 2020 Posted March 24, 2020 Tuesday 24 March, 2020 Review - Royal Swedish Ballet, Wings of Wax, Minus 16, woman in water, Stockholm: Sheenagh Pietrobruno, Critical Dance Featurette - Ailey Dancers, separate but together, in a bit of Revelations: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Feature - Plié, jeté … mind the fridge! My kitchen ballet class with Tamara Rojo: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Feature - Australian Ballet’s Alice Topp on the cancellation of Volt and why you have to see it when it returns: Alexia Petsinis, Vogue Australia Review - Muscle Memory Dance Theatre, Nuances Out Loud, Dallas: Emily Sese, Theater Jones Review - Ballet Frontier of Texas with Avant Chamber Ballet & Ballet North Texas, Director’s Choice, Fort Worth: Emily Sese, Theater Jones Review - TITAS/Unbound Dance Festival Preview, Dallas: Lindsay Alissa King, Theater Jones Feature - The world turned upside down (view from NY): Alexandra Villarreal, Guardian Featurette - Instagram dance parties for moments of unity: Tara Bitran, Hollywood Reporter 1
Jan McNulty Posted March 25, 2020 Posted March 25, 2020 Links - Wednesday 25 March, 2020 Catch-up review - Northern Ballet, Geisha, Leeds: Mark Brown, Herald Scotland (scroll down) Feature - A DIY dance for your home, from Yvonne Rainer: Brian Seibert, NY Times Q&A Featurette - Carlos Acosta: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Feature - How dancers cope when they can’t dance: They improvise: Sarah L Kaufman, Washington Post List - The best theatre and dance to watch online: Chris Wiegand, Guardian Video Feature - Tulsa Ballet makes masks for hospitals from costume scraps: Preston Jones, KRMG Video Featurette - Dancers in Rome train from home: operaroma.tv via Guardian Featurette - Russian theatre (in Perm) plans to hold shows for audiences of one: Andrew Roth, Guardian
Jan McNulty Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 Links - Thursday 26 March, 2020 Digital Streaming News - BalletBoyz, Deluxe, Friday 27th March: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Documentary Film available on line: Cunningham - Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Video Feature - Toronto Symphony Play Appalachian Spring from their homes: Michael Vincent, Ludwig Van Toronto Suggestions - What to watch online: Telegraph
Jan McNulty Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 Links - Friday 27 March, 2020 On screen reviews - BalletBoyz, Deluxe: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Debra Craine, Times Catchup Review - Richard Alston Dance Company, Final Edition, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Catchup Review - Australian Ballet, Volt (mixed programme), Melbourne: Heather Bloom, Australian Stage Online Preview - Northern Ballet, EGO (Tindall): Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper TV News - BalletBoyz and Northern Ballet feature in BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine: Staff, Seeing Dance Feature - Dance Critic Debra Craine on her self-isolation discovery: Debra Craine, Times Feature - Debbie Allen’s Instagram class - can hip rolls help?: Melena Ryzik, NY Times
Jan McNulty Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 Links - Saturday 28 March, 2020 Podcasts - Dance Dialogues by: Rachel Elderkin, Fjord Review Video Feature - Rio’s Favela Ballerinas: Al Jazeera Feature - Why ballet is finding inspiration in Grime: Rosie Hewitson, Red Bull Feature - A ballet scandal gets the “Special Victims Unit” treatment (SVU is an American crime drama series shown on 5USA here): Gia Kourlas, NY Times
Ian Macmillan Posted March 29, 2020 Author Posted March 29, 2020 Sunday 29 March, 2020 With live performances at an end everywhere for now, Dance and Arts writers are having to be inventive to fill space. Links galore to online resources have been posted elsewhere on the Forum in recent days and may well be repeated here: Feature – Significant works for the critics: Bidisha & Sarah Crompton, The Observer (Via the Dance button) Selected Online Resources: - Royal Ballet: via Critical Dance - Northern Ballet: via SeeingDance - Dutch National Opera & Ballet: via SeeingDance - Streamed Dance Classes: via NY Observer
Ian Macmillan Posted March 30, 2020 Author Posted March 30, 2020 Monday 30 March, 2020 Catch-up Reviews: - 2Faced Dance, Everything [but the girl], London: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance - CoDance Festival, Programme C, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance Streaming Reviews/Previews: - Royal Ballet School, Peter and The Wolf: Georgina Wells, BTG - BalletBoyz, DeLuxe: Maggie Foyer, Critical Dance - Northern Ballet, Dracula: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper On the West Coast - For dancers and choreographers, life is ‘grief and fear’: Makeda Easter, LA Times Feature – National Water Dance, 18 April: Jordan Levin, MIami Herald Online classes – YAGP-sponsored and other classes: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance
Ian Macmillan Posted March 31, 2020 Author Posted March 31, 2020 Tuesday 31 March, 2020 Stream Review – BalletBoyz, DeLuxe: Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs News – Kobborg/Polunin R&J rescheduled to 2021: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper News – Sarasota Ballet to keep paying dancers: Staff, BWW Things to do: - Scottish Ballet classes: Catriona Stewart, Glasgow Times - Northern Ballet at home: Emma Ryan, Yorks Evening Post - Working out down under: Jenny Valentish, The Guardian - RAD Silver Swans Online: Sue Learner, Homecare
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