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Links - Monday 01 June, 2020

 

 

Documentary Review - Men at the Barre:  Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

 

Streaming Review - Dutch National Ballet, Mata Hari:  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Feature/Streaming Review - Stephen Petronio, #GimmeShelter:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Streaming Update - International dance online:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Video Feature - Boston Ballet and BSO collaborate in “at home” video:  Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald

 

Feature - Masked dancers get back to work in Eastern France:  Staff, The Star

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Links - Tuesday 02 June, 2020

 

 

Streaming Review - Northern Ballet, Dracula:  Gerard Davis, Dance Europe

 

Video Feature - Misty Copeland and Calvin Royal lll discuss cancelled R&J performances:  Staff, Broadway World

 

Streaming Review - Jasmin Vardimon Company, 7734:  Sophia Moss, The Upcoming

 

Remembering - Moira Shearer appearing as Odette/Odile with Sadler’s Wells Ballet in Edinburgh in 1951:  Russell Leadbetter, Herald Scotland

 

Featurette - Wayne McGregor is one of the people talking about shows that have been cancelled:  Sirin Kale, Guardian (scroll down)

 

Streaming News - Smuin Ballet releases double feature for hump day ballets:  News Desk, Broadway World

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Links - Wednesday 03 June, 2020

 

 

Streaming P/Review - Deborah Jones, Limelight

Royal Ballet, The Cellist

New York City Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Akram Khan, Xenos

 

Streaming Feature - Jamar Roberts, Cooped:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Streaming Review - Northern Ballet, Dracula:  David Cunningham, British Theatre Guide

 

Feature - Marcelino Sambé creates memorable piece in memory of George Floyd:  Maddy Shaw Roberts, Classic FM

 

Feature - Ella Havelka, Australian Ballet:  Sally Edwards, Fashion Journal

 

Streaming Preview - Royal Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardée:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Feature - Richard Alston’s web gallery:  Jenny Gilbert, The i

 

Feature - Is an outdoor stage the answer to bringing back live performance?:  Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

Video Feature - Misty Copeland talks about her new book Ballerina Body:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Music Feature - Stravinsky, The Firebird:  Mark DeVoto, Boston Musical Intelligencer

 

Streaming suggestions - New York (but also with BST time) - scroll through for ballet:  Time Out NY

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Links - Thursday 04 June, 2020

 

 

News - Royal Opera House announces return of live performances with streamed shows:  News Desk, Stage

 

Streaming Preview - English National Ballet, Song of the Earth:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Streaming Review - English National Ballet, Swan Lake:  Deborah Weiss, DanceTabs

 

Streaming Review - BalletBoyz, Deluxe:  Helen Tope, Reviews Hub

 

Feature - On black lives in ballet:  Zoe Phillips, Michigan Daily

 

News - An update from West Australian Ballet:  Staff, Have A Go News

 

Comment - New directions at New Zealand Dance Company:  Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing

 

Video Feature - Cleveland Ballet perform for front line workers in hospital atrium:  David Colabine & Ian Cross, News 5 Cleveland

 

Feature - A personal perspective on Sleeping Beauty:  Graeme Collins, Dance Journal HK  scroll down for English version

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Links - Friday 05 June, 2020

 

 

Interview - David McAllister, outgoing AD of Australian Ballet:  Valerie Lawson, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Streaming Review - Miami City Ballet, Firebird:  Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review

 

Streaming Review - Stopgap Dance Company, Artificial Things:  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

News Feature - Dutch National Ballet, Dance Film Project - Gently Quiet - launched:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Streaming News - San Francisco Ballet, Björk Ballet:  Nina Garin, Pacific

 

Streaming News - Queen and Béjart: Ballet for Life documentary to be streamed:  George Simpson, Express

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Links - Saturday 06 June, 2020

 

 

Feature - Can ballet come alive online?:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Feature - Pam Tanowitz, choreographer:  Susan Yung, Brooklyn Rail

 

News Feature - Matthew Bourne’s company perform The Red Shoes from home:  Chris Wiegand, Guardian

 

Streaming Review - Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Histoire d’eux, Brel et Barbara:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Feature - We will dance again: The dance community responds:  Katy Dammers, Brooklyn Rail

 

News - Scapino Ballet funding may end as Arts Council goes for a younger audience:  Staff, Dutch News

 

Feature/Gallery - Side-by-side photos reveal connection between dancers and flowers:  Jessica Stewart, My Modern Met

 

Interview - Annie-B Parson, choreographer:  Ivan Talijancic, Brooklyn Rail

 

Feature - Dancing Alone:  George Kan, Brooklyn Rail

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Sunday 7 June, 2020

 

Streaming Reviews:

Royal Ballet, Men at the Barre: Deborah Weiss,  DanceTabs

Queensland Ballet, Online Season – Week 1: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Streaming Preview – Sydney Symphony & Sydney Dance Company, Cuatro: Jo Litson, Limelight

 

Documentary - Royal New Zealand Ballet, The Heart Dances – The Journey of The Piano – The Ballet: Madlyn Coupe, Fjord Review

 

News – Choreographer faces backlash after George Floyd protest post: Makeda Easter, LA Times

 

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Monday 8 June, 2020

 

Feature – Amici Dance Theatre’s 40th Anniversary during lock-down: Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, The Cellist: Deborah Weiss, DanceTabs

 

Lockdown News:

Scottish Ballet dancers coping with lockdown: Lucinda Cameron, GlasgowLive

The cult of Ryan Heffington, online dance guru: Emily Sargent, The Times

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Tuesday 9 June, 2020

 

Feature – Alex Campbell, Royal Ballet Principal: Karen Van Ulzen, Dance Australia

 

Streaming Reviews:

Mariinsky Ballet, The Fountain of Bakhchisarai: Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review

Dance Theatre of Harlem, Creole Giselle: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Lockdown Previews:

Royal Ballet dancers + Mick Jagger, Ghost Light: Chris Wiegand, Guardian   David Mead, SeeingDance  (and elsewhere)

Dance Theatre of Harlem, On Demand Virtual Ballet Series; Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

News – Chicago’s 2020 Dance for Life to be online: Miriam Di Nunzio, Chicago Sun-Times

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Wednesday 10 June, 2020

 

Report - Dancing Bodies That Proclaim: Black Lives Matter: Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Film Feature – Jake Mangakahia, Icarus: Penelope Ford, Fjord Review

 

Out in Lockdown:

 

Recommendations – Alvin Ailey, SDC, Perm Ballet: Deborah Jones, Limelight

 

Streaming Preview – Sara Mearns/Joshua Bergasse, Storm: Melissa Strong, BroadStreetReview

 

Zoom Discussion - Oregon Ballet Theatre, Beautiful Decay: Dean Speer, Critical Dance

 

Zoom Offer – Learn a dance from RevelationsMichael Zwiebach, SF Classical Voice

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Thursday 11 June, 2020

 

Interview – Marianela Nuñez: Deborah Weiss, DanceTabs

 

Feature – When Dancers Have to Miss the Last Dance: Gia Kourlas, NY TImes

 

 

Out in Lockdown:

 

Opinion - Danger for the arts: action is needed now: Editorial, The Guardian

--- A letter from Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Mark Elder: The Guardian

 

Streaming Preview – The Place/Avant Garde Dance, Fagin’s Twist: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

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Friday 12 June, 2020

 

Out in Lockdown:

 

Feature - How Wayne McGregor prepared the Royal Ballet’s first socially distanced performance: Debra Craine, The Times

 

Feature - Francesca Hayward & Colleagues, Where We Are: Chris Wiegand, Guardian

 

Streaming Reviews:

Stuttgart Ballet, Concerto for Flute and Harp: David Mead, SeeingDance

Various Companies, Street Solos & a Flock of SwansLyndsey Winship, Guardian

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Saturday 13 June, 2020

 

Obituary - Tyrone Proctor, dance pioneer of 1970s waacking: Makeda Easter, LA Times

 

 

Feature – Francesca Hayward - on racism and identity: Ella Alexander, Harper's Bazaar

 

Feature – Ballet in the time of a plague: Elyse Durham, America

 

News – A Model for the ‘Dance World We Want’: Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

News – Paris Opera “On its knees”: Henry Samuel, Telegraph

 

 

Streaming News/Reviews:

Dutch National Ballet, Safe Distance Ballet: Staff, BWW Dance

Royal Ballet, Our House to Your House: Annabel Sampson, Tatler  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

BBC Danceworks, Ballet, Contemporary, Flamenco & Latin: Roisin O’Brien, SeeingDance

Davina Givan & Errol White, Worn: Kelly Apter, The Scotsman

The Place/Avant Garde Dance, Fagin’s Twist: Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

Online competition for dance students aims to 'lift their spirits': Kathryn Greenaway, Montreal Gazette

 

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Links - Sunday 14 June, 2020

 

 

Feature - Karen Kain, retiring AD National Ballet of Canada:  Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

Streaming News - Dance Theatre of Harlem launches 7 weeks of online programming:  Mark Peikert, Playbill

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardee:  Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, Mayerling:  Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World

 

Feature - Director JA Moreno on his director’s cut of dance video 2 in a Million:  Penelope Ford, Fjord Review

 

News - Australian Ballet criticised for ‘lazy approach’ to combating racism:  Andrew Taylor, Sydney Morning Herald

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Links - Monday 15 June, 2020

 

 

Streaming Review - Mariinsky Ballet, Raymonda:  Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardeé:  Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World

 

Streaming Reviews - Live from Covent Garden (13/06):

David Nice, Arts Desk

Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph

Neil Fisher, Times

Aliya Al-Hassan, Broadway World

Claudia Pritchard, Culture Whisper

 

Video Feature - Stella Abrera, Gillian Murphy & Mary Jo Shen on American Ballet Theater’s Talk Weekend:  Broadway World

 

Streaming Review - Dance Theatre of Harlem, Vessels:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Streaming Review - Australian Dance Theatre, Devolution:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Feature - Theatres turn to dancing couples to relaunch ballet and opera in Italy:  Nick Squires, Telegraph

 

Feature - Karen Hauer (Strictly Come Dancing):  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

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Links - Tuesday 16 June, 2020

 

 

Feature - Choreography under lockdown:  Jennifer Homans, New Yorker

 

Feature - Calvin Royal lll, American Ballet Theatre:  Marina Harss, Dance Magazine

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, Morgen:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

News - Brandon Lawrence (BRB) hosts choreography challenge to support students during lockdown:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

News Feature - Arts Sector (in New Zealand) faces uncertain future as it prepares to return to stage:  Ethan Sills, NZ Herald

 

Streaming News - Dutch National Ballet presents the world premiere The Prometheus Project:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Feature - Honouring retiring American dancers:  Various, Pointe Magazine

 

News - Ballet Hispánico announces watch parties:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Feature - Sarah Ricard Orza, Pacific North West Ballet announces her retirement:  Sondra Forsyth, Broadway World

 

Feature - Heidi Lee, Executive Director Hong Kong Ballet:  Wei Wei & Pomny Chu, Dance Journal HK (scroll down for English translation)

 

Streaming review - Live from Covent Garden:  Sylvia Unerman, The Upcoming

 

News Feature - TITAS Dance of Dallas announces 20/21 plans:  Arnold Wayne Jones, Dallas Voice

 

Video Feature - Dancers perform on empty ball fields (in NY) during Covid-19:  Lauren Glassberg, ABC7 NY

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Links - Wednesday 17 June, 2020

 

 

Obituaries - Sally Banes, dance critic & historian:  Wendy Perron, Deborah Jowitt

 

 

Feature - Tamara Rojo, AD English National Ballet talks about the Cultural Renewal Task Force:  Debra Craine, Times

 

Streaming Feature - Martha Graham Dance Company reimagines her solo Immediate Tragedy:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Streaming News - Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage, Dancing at Dusk:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Streaming suggestions:  Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardée:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Streaming Review - Queensland Ballet, 60 Dancers: 60 Stories:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Feature - Stella Abrera on retiring from ABT:  Christina M Oriel, Asian Journal

 

Streaming News - Lawrence Batley Theatre commissions Northern Ballet, Gary Clarke and Studio Wayne McGregor premieres for streaming:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

News - Paris Opera on its knees:  Agence France-Presse via SCMP

 

Streaming Review - In Your Living Room: Dance:  Deborah Jones, Limelight

English National Ballet, Giselle (Khan)

Crystal Pite/Jonathan Young/Kidd Pivot, Betroffenheit

 

Streaming News - Joffrey Ballet cancels all performances for 2020:  Miriam di Nunzio, Chicago Sun Times

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Links - Thursday 18 June, 2020

 

 

Obituary - Sally Banes, dance critic & hostorian:  ArtForum

 

 

News Feature - Sadler’s Wells to stream Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring rehearsal from Senegal:  David Sanderson, Times

 

Feature - How Russia’s indigenous artists reforged Soviet ballet to revive provincial theatre:  Irina Sadovina, Calvert Journal

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardée:  Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

 

Streaming Review - Béjart Ballet Lausanne, The Ninth Symphony:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Streaming News - Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Too Mortal:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Streaming Review - Dormeshia, And still you must swing:  Susanna Sloat, DanceTabs

 

Feature - Kim Ji-young reflects on a year of retirement from Korean National Ballet:  Kang Hye-Ran, Korea Joong Ang Daily

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Links - Friday 19 June, 2020

 

 

Obituary - Sally Banes, dance critic & historian:  Matt Schudel, Washington Post

 

 

Feature - Vadim Muntagirov, Royal Ballet:  Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

News - New York City Ballet cancels Autumn season (including Nutcracker):  Julia Jacobs, NY Times

 

Feature - San Francisco Ballet announces 2021 season:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Streaming News - Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Indigo:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Feature - Alonzo King, AD Alonzo King Lines Ballet:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Video Feature - Joan Myers Brown founder of Philadanco which turns 50 this year:  WHYY

 

Streaming Review - Christopher Wheeldon & dancers of Royal Ballet, Bolèro:  Caitlin Halmarick, NZ Theatreview

 

Streaming Review - Dance Theatre of Harlem, Creole Giselle:  Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

Streaming Review - Royal New Zealand Ballet, Giselle, Hansel and Gretel:  Madelyn Coupe, Fjord Review

 

Streaming Review - Ballet Hispanico, Waiting for Pepe:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Streaming Review - Covent Garden Live:  Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

Video Feature - The life of a ballerina’s pointe shoe (3 days):  Scout Forsythe (of ABT), Yahoo News

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Links - Saturday 20 June, 2020

 

 

Streaming News - The World in Bristol dance festival:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardée:  Staff, DanceTabs

 

Feature - How US dancers are coping with lockdown:  Alexandra Villarreal, Guardian

 

Cancellation News - American Ballet Theatre cancels Autumn Season at David H Koch Theater in New York:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Feature - Dance collaborations created during confinement:  Gracia Haby, Fjord Review

 

Historic Review - New York City Ballet, mixed programme inc Apollo (2011), New York:  Leigh Witchel, Dancelog.nyc

 

News - Shanghai Grand Theatre has reopened with Shanghai Ballet’s Swan Lake:  Ma Yue, Shine

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Monday 22 June, 2020

 

Features – How are Performing Arts ever to get out of the present stasis?   Focused on orchestral music, but the issues for Dance are surely similar:

Interview with Sir Simon Rattle: Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times

- Fiona Maddocks, Guardian

----- the embedded The Sixteen video, John Sheppard’s Libera Nos, Is surely a prayer for our times.

 

An open letter to the Ballet Community: Sara Komatsu, The Harvard Crimson

---- and as seen in Scotland: Carlos Alba, The Times

 

Streaming Reviews – Live from Covent Garden:

- Richard Morrison, The Times

- Ivan Hewett, Telegraph

- Jim Pritchard/John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard

 

Streaming News:

Protein Dance, LOL: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

Queer Butoh, online this year: Cassidy George, NY TImes

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Tuesday 23 June, 2020

 

Obituaries – Sally Banes, Dance Critic & Historian:

Gia Kourlas, NY Times

Marcia B Siegel, Arts Fuse

 

 

News – Grants for new work from Bay Area Dance Groups: Paul Kotapish, SF Classical Voice

 

 

Streaming Reviews:

Live from Covent Garden (20 June):

Jann Parry, DanceTabs

Roy Westbrook, Bachtrack

Mariinsky Ballet, The Four Seasons: Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review

LaGuardia High School, Graduation Concert: David Mead, SeeingDance

Dance movies, the ultimate comfort-watch: Nadine von Cohen, Guardian

 

Streaming News:

Luca Silvestrini/Protein Dance, Anniversary Season: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

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Wednesday 24 June, 2020

 

Interview – NYCB’s Silas Farley, retiring from ballet at 26. Dancing Can Get You Only So Far: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Feature – Sun, sand, human sacrifice: Rite of Spring danced on a beach as the world shut down: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Streaming Reviews:

Scottish Ballet, Rite of Spring, The Fairy’s Kiss: Deborah Weiss, DanceTabs

Shobana Jeyasingh, TooMortal: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Streaming News:

Seattle Dance Collective, Continuum: Bridging the Distance: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times

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Thursday 25 June, 2020

 

News – Tamara Rojo: “No Christmas shows without State help”: Reuters via Yahoo News

 

Streaming Reviews:

Live from Covent Garden/2David Nice, Arts Desk

Live from Covent Garden (1 & 2)/DanceworksSara Veale, Spectator

Phoenix Dance Theatre, Windrush: Movement of the People: David Cunningham, BTG

Sydney Dance Company, Cuatro: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Streaming News:

- Documentary – A Hymn for Alvin Ailey: Dan Meyer, Playbill

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Friday 26 June, 2020

 

Feature – Why 2020 was supposed to be a celebratory year for Northern Ballet: Nick Ahad, Yorkshire Post

 

News – UK Culture Secretary unveils roadmap to reopening theatres: Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard (and elsewhere)

 

Streaming Reviews:

English National Ballet, Song of the Earth: Jann Parry, DanceTabs

Stuttgart Ballet, Lady of the Camellias: Robert Tanitch, BTG

 

Streaming News:

English National Ballet, La Syphide, Cinderella: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Sadler’s Wells, Dance Film Season: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words: Roisin O’Brien, Fjord Review

Ballet Central, Centrally Connected Performs: Staff, BWW Dance

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Saturday 27 June, 2020

 

Streaming Reviews:

Aterballeto, 1 Meter Closer, The Other Side: Penelope Ford, Fjord Review

Australian Dance Theatre, HELD: Michelle Potter, .... on dancing

 

Streaming News:

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, SJD Shorts: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Smuin Ballet, Carmina Burana: Staff, BWW San Francisco

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Links - Sunday 28 June, 2020

 

 

Interview - Cassa Pancho, AD Ballet Black:  Deborah Weiss, Dance for You Magazine

 

Streaming Review - Stuttgart Ballet, Messenger:  Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, Woolf Works:  Helen Tope, Reviews Hub

 

Streaming Review - English National Ballet, Manon:  Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World

 

Streaming Review - Australian Dance Theatre, HELD:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Feature - Meet the real life Phantom of the Opera who’s been living in a Czech theatre during lockdown:  Jennifer Stahl, Dance Magazine

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Links - Monday 29 June, 2020

 

 

Streaming Reviews - Live from Covent Garden, Programme 3:

Richard Morrison, Times

Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph

Claudia Pritchard, Culture Whisper

 

Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, Woolf Works:  Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International

 

Streaming Review - Dance Theatre of Harlem, Balamouk:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Streaming Review - Queensland Ballet, 60 Dancers: 60 Stories - Week 3:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Streaming Review - Aterballetto, The Other Side:  Gerard Davis, Dancing Review

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Links - Tuesday 30 June, 2020

 

 

Streaming Review - Live from Covent Garden, duet from Concerto, duet from Within the Golden Hour:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Streaming Review - Live from Covent Garden:  Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International

 

News - Sir David Bintley to judge BBO dance online choreography competition:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Feature - How Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre stays nimble during coronavirus uncertainty:  Teghan Simonton, Trib Live

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