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Thursday 1 April 2021

 

Features:

Between the Acts: Antony Tudor: Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance

 

A Choreographer in Quarantine: Pam Tanowitz, NY TImes

 

Dancing into motherhood: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times

 

Pandemic downs and ups: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch

 

 

Streaming Reviews & Preview:

American Ballet Theatre, A Ratmansky Celebration: Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs

 

William Forsythe’s The Barre ProjectBlake Works II: Sara Veale, Spectator

 

Royal Ballet, Symphonic Variations: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

 

Live Review – New National Theatre, Tokyo, Afternoon of Fauns and Nymphs: Naomi Mori, Bachtrack

 

 

News - Vail Festival to return this summer with live performances: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

 

Opinion - Pennsylvania Ballet dishonours women by erasing them from its new season: Liza Yntema, Philadelphia Inquirer

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Friday 2 April 2021

 

Feature - A year Into the pandemic, what Is the future of the Corps de Ballet? Here's why It matters: Laura Cappelle, Pointe Magazine

 

 

News:

The British Ballet Charity Gala, Royal Albert Hall: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Anna Pavlova ballet dress restored in Museum of London video series: Staff, BBC News

 

 

Streaming Reviews & Preview:

Pacific Northwest Ballet, Digital Prog 4 – Triple Bill: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times

 

Ffin Dance, Liam Riddick’s The Three Sections – streamed premiere: Graham Watts, DanceTabs

 

Beyond FaceThe Elephant in the Room: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

 

And for the record, there has been a development in a case in Scotland:

Ballet teacher arrested and charged with sexual offences following ITV News investigationITV News and elsewhere

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Saturday 3 April 2021

 

Interview – Taylor Stanley, New York City Ballet: Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

 

Streaming Reviews:

Pacific Northwest Ballet, Digital Prog 4 – Triple Bill: Brian Seibert, NY TImes

 

Stuttgart Ballet, 3 Beethoven Ballets:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Polish National Ballet, Creations 13 – Six new, short works: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

 

Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM), 5- dance programme: Melissa Strong, Broad Street Review

 

 

Live Review – Ballet National de Marseille, Tempo Vicino, One of Four Periods in Time, Mood, Lazarus, Marseille: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

 

News - 80-plus freelancers hired for Dundee Rep’s new online season: Thom Dibdin, The Stage

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Links - Sunday 04 April, 2021

 

 

Live Review - New National Ballet of Japan, An afternoon of Fauns & Nymphs, Tokyo:  Paul McInnes, Fjord Review

 

Live Review - Savion Glover & Nathan Lane “re-open Broadway”, New York:  Michael Paulson, NY Times

 

Feature - Yijing Zhang, Birmingham Royal Ballet, remembers her debut as Odette_Odile:  Cynthia Wei, Phi Magazine

 

Streamed Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, All Digital Season, Programme 4:  Sondra Forsyth, Broadway World

 

Feature - Atlanta Ballet premieres Pleiades Dances (live & online):  Emma Ryan, Technique

 

Feature - Choreographer Netta Yerushalmy reflects on Distance Dance Demonstration, an experimental film:  Joel Oliphint, Columbus Alive

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Links - Monday 05 April, 2021

 

 

Streamed Review - San Francisco Ballet, Jewels:  Charlotte Kasner, Seeing Dance

 

Feature - The week in dance:  Sarah Crompton, Guardian

 

Book Review - (Edited by) Jo Butterworth & Lorna Sanders, 50 Contemporary Choreographers (3rd Edition):  Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

 

Live Review - Savion Glover & Nathan Lane  “reopen Broadway”, New York:  Peter Marks, Washington Post

 

Feature - Performing Arts make a cautious return in New York:  Matt Stevens & Julia Jacobs, NY Times (scroll down for dance)

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Links - Tuesday 06 April, 2021

 

 

Streamed Review - San Francisco Ballet, Jewels:  Jim Munson, Broadway World

 

Gallery - Australian Ballet, Watermark, Sydney:  James Brickwood, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Feature - The best dance accounts to follow on Instagram:  Marianna Giusti, FT

 

Streaming News - Ballet Hispánico’s Winter Watch Parties continue with 50 year legacy experience:  News Desk, Broadway World

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Links - Wednesday 07 April, 2021

 

 

Live Review - Australian Ballet, Serenade, Watermark, The Four Temperaments, Sydney:    Jansson J Antmann, Limelight

 

Interview - Kyle Abrahams, choreographer, on his new film “When We Fell” for NYCB:  Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

Interview - Rosie Kay, choreographer/dancer, on her upcoming show at Birmingham Rep:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

News - Nathan Brook, soloist Australian Ballet, wins 2 Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards:  Staff, Mail via AAP

 

Streaming: 

 

Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, Digital Programme 4:  Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

P/Review - Dutch National Ballet, Spring Special Gala:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - English National Ballet, My First Ballet - Swan Lake:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Feature - Billy Bell, choreographer:  Sarah Parker, Dance Magazine

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Links - Thursday 08 April, 2021

 

 

Feature - Ballet directors talk about ‘fitness’:  Chloe Angyal, Washington Post

 

Live Review - Australian Ballet, Serenade, Watermark, The Four Temperaments, Sydney:  Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Feature - Nathan Brook, Australian Ballet Telstra Award Winner:  Kerrie O’Brien, The Age

 

Video News - Australian Ballet returns to the stage and interview with Telstra winner Nathan Brook:  Chestnut Post via 9 News

 

News - Monte Carlo Ballet - the show will go on this spring:  Alizée Mosconi, Monaco Tribune

 

Preview Feature - Dance coming to the Dunedin Arts Festival:  Rebecca Fox, Otago Daily Times

 

Streaming Reviews/News/Features:

 

Pacific Northwest Ballet, Digital Programme 4:  Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Joffrey Ballet, Under the trees’ voices (world premiere):  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Ballet BC, Reaching U:  Claudia Kwan, Vancouver Sun

 

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, Social Justice Leaders Series:  Celia Wren, Washington Post

 

Prime/Christine Devaney, Captured Soft:  Kelly Apter, Scotsman

 

Live Review - Le Patin Libre, contemporary skating group, New York:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

In Conversation - J Bouey & Jacqueline Green, dance artists:  Thomas Ford, Brooklyn Rail

 

In Conversation - Audre Wirtanen, choreographer/dancer:  Nora Raine Thompson, Brooklyn Rail

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Links - Friday 09 April, 2021

 

 

Audio Interview - Twyla Tharp on choreographing through lockdown:  Terry Gross, NPR

 

Live Review - Queensland Ballet, 60th Anniversary Gala, Brisbane:  Madelyn Coupe, Fjord Review

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

Rambert, Rooms:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

San Francisco Ballet, Jewels:  Janice Berman, San Francisco Classical Voice

 

William Forsythe, The Barre Project:  Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

News Feature - Peggy Baker to retire & close her company:  Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

Feature - Tiler Peck, New York City Ballet:  Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD

 

Video Report - The Chocolate Ballerina Company:  Aunyea Lachelle, Chestnut Post via NBC10

 

Gallery - Kurdish Ballet Dancer brings life to empty market in Syria:  Staff, The National via AFP

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Links - Saturday 10 April, 2021

 

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

New York City Ballet, When We Fell (Abrahams):

Brian Seibert, NY Times

Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Dutch National Ballet, Spring Special Gala:  Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

 

Ayodele Casel, Chasing Magic:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

News - Rambert announces return to stage:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Feature - Septime Webre, AD Hong Kong Ballet:  Kate Whitehead, South China Morning Post

 

Review - Ballet Collective Aotearoa, Subtle  Dances, Auckland:  Jenny Stevenson, NZ Theatreview

 

Feature - Stephen Mills, AD Ballet Austin:  Staff, Sightlines Magazine

 

Feature - Georgie Rose, Norwegian National Ballet:  Deborah Weiss, Dance For You Magazine

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Sunday 11 April 2021

 

Live Reviews:

Ballet West, Precious Gems – Mixed Bill, Salt Lake City: Kate Mattingly, Utah Arts Review

 

Ballet Collective Aotearoa, Subtle Dances, Auckland: Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing

 

Victorian State Ballet, The Little Mermaid, Sydney: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

 

 

Feature - The Year of Living Cautiously, Pt. 2, Dance on Screen: Martha Ullman West, Oregon Artswatch

 

 

Streaming News – Vancouver Dance Centre, International Dance Day, April 29: Steve Newton, Straight.com

 

 

News - Dancers stranded in New Zealand put on second set of showsStuff.co

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Monday 12 April 2021

 

Feature – The eternal lure of New York Ballet and why it’s coming to Australia: Elizabeth Flux, Broadsheet

 

 

Streaming Reviews:

Ayodele Casel & friends, Chasing Magic: Marina Harss, DanceTabs

 

NYCB/Kyle Abraham, When We Fell: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

ABT, Bernstein in a Bubble; YAGP Gala, Journey Uptown; Nimbus Dance, Empty Place; NYCB, When We Fell: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

 

5Q & A – Joseph Toonga and his new Just Us Hip Hop Apprentice Co. and more: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

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Tuesday 13 April 2021

 

Live Review – Australian Ballet, New York Dialects – Triple Bill, Sydney: Geraldine Higginson, Dance Australia

 

Live Preview - After furloughs and delays, Colorado Ballet is getting back into dancing shape: Maggie Donahue, Denverite

 

 

Streaming Reviews :

Boston Ballet, What happens if …, Preface: Iris Fanger, Patriot Ledger

 

Rambert, Rooms (Strømgren)

Graham Watts, Bachtrack

Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

 

Streaming News:

Scottish Ballet announces two new Dance Films, created with people living with neurological conditions: Staff, BWW Scotland

 

Bavarian State Ballet offers 9 days of online programming: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Indigenous contemporary dance producer Sandra Laronde shifts the narrative of Canada: Charlie Smith, Straight.com

 

 

Other News -

Houston Ballet returns to the stage with two outdoor performances: Amber Eliott, Houston Chronicle

 

Melbourne's 'Rising' festival arises at last! Staff, Dance Australia

 

 

Feature - What it means to become ‘America’s Favorite Dancers’: Margaret Fuhrer, NY Times

 

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Wednesday 14 April 2021

 

Delayed Obituary - Mary Ellen Moylan, ‘First Great Balanchine Dancer’: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

 

News:

The Royal Ballet's Spring programme announced: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Edinburgh International Festival to go ahead in pop-up outdoor venues:

Brian Ferguson, Scotsman

Alex Marshall, NY Times

 

Ballet West – Promotions, Leavers & Joiners: Amy Brandt, Pointe Magazine

 

 

Live review – Australian Ballet, New York Dialects – Triple Bill, Sydney: Claudia Lawson, Fjord Review

 

Previews:

Royal New Zealand Ballet, The Ugly Duckling - Trials and tribulations of male ballet dancers spotlighted: Andre Chumko, Stuff.co

 

Gabrielle Nankivell & Lewis Major, New double bill, Adelaide: Staff, Dance Australia

 

 

Interviews:

Oakland Choreographer Amara Tabor-Smith Digs Deep: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice

 

Sean Dorsey Dance presents new online works: Jim Provenzano, Bay Area Reporter

 

 

Streaming Reviews:

New York City Ballet, When We Fell:

Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review

Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Dutch National Ballet, Spring Gala: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

 

Film Preview - The Dance Centre/ Maria Avila, IN/COMPLETO: Steve Newton, Straight.com

 

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Thursday 15 April 2021

 

Feature - Darcey Bussell’s plan to save British ballet — a benefit gala at the Albert Hall: Debra Craine, The Times

 

 

News:

World Ballet Festival, Denmark, announces 2021 programme: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

25 free performances in New York’s Bryant Park from June: Ben Sisario, NY Times

 

 

Interviews:

Diana Vishneva on her new ‘Imprint in Motion’ filmed at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs

 

Mayfield Brooks, a choreographer diving Into grief looks to whales: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

 

Streaming Reviews:

Rambert, RoomsImpermanence, One More Edit: Sara Veale, Spectator

 

This Ain’t No Disco: Alone in a Crowd at the Armory: Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Awakening 4-bill: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

 

Questions:

Is it a walking tour, a reading group, a piece of theatre, or a dance? Andrew Fuhrmann, Sydney Morning Herald

 

What’s wrong with twerking at the launch of a navy ship? Rhys Ryan, The Age

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Friday 16 April 2021

 

Features:

Wayne McGregor on touch-by-tech and his inspirational Biennale: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

What Vaccines Mean for Ballet Companies: Avichai Scher, Pointe Magazine

 

 

Streaming Reviews, News, Preview:

Royal BalletSymphonic Variations: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk

 

San Francisco Ballet, Jewels: Eric Taub, DanceTabs

 

Dance companies are adapting to digital landscape with a variety of offerings: Anying Guo, Washington Post

 

Netflix Series: Navillera – balances realism and melodrama: Pierce Conran, South China Morning Post

 

Ballett DortmundVerklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night): Graham Spicer, Gramilano

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Saturday 17 April 2021

 

Delayed Obituary – Mary Ellen Moylan, Dancer: Staff, Telegraph

 

 

Live Reviews:

Sydney Choreographic Ensemble, GRIMM, Sydney:

Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

Jo Litson, Limelight

 

BalletCollective Aotearoa, Subtle Dances, Dunedin: Ian Lochhead, Theatreview

 

 

Streaming Review & News:

Rambert, Rooms (Strømgren): Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs

 

Marcelino Sambe, Akram Khan and others, Song for Nature: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

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Links - Sunday 18 April, 2021

 

 

Obituaries - Liam Scarlett, choreographer:

Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

Nadeem Badshah, Guardian

Roisin O’Connor, Independent

Tributes from Queensland Ballet and more:  Deborah Jones, Limelight

 

 

Streaming Review - San Francisco Ballet, Jewels:  Rita Felciano, Danceview Times

 

Streaming News - Norwegian National Ballet, Swan Lake (Ekman):  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Audio Feature - Royal New Zealand Ballet, The Ugly Duckling:  Sunday Morning, RNZ

 

Featurette - Carlos Acosta, AD Birmingham Royal Ballet:  Staff, Birmingham Live

 

Netflix Feature - Into the Beat:  Arka Mukhopadhyay, The Cinemaholic

 

Feature - Gavin Larsen, ex-Oregon Theatre Ballet, looks back on ‘her life’s passion’:  Grant Butler, The Oregonian

 

Featurette - Chester dancers opening doors during lockdowns:  Mark Dowling, Chester Standard

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Links - Monday 19 April, 2021

 

 

Obituaries - Liam Scarlett, choreographer:   

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Staff, Times

 

 

Live Preview - English National Ballet, Reunion (mixed programme), London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Live Review - New York:  Marina Harss, DanceTabs

Christine Jones, Steve Hoggett & David Byrne, SOCIAL! the social distance dance club

Mark Morris Dance Group dancers, Works & Process Pop Up Performances: Word

 

Live Review - Sydney Choreographic Ensemble, GRIMM., Sydney:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Streaming Preview - Sarasota Ballet, Digital Programme 6 - All Ashton:  Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

Streamed Review - Rambert, Rooms:  Sarah Crompton, Observer

 

Book Review - Gavin Larsen, Being a Ballerina:  Bob Hicks, Oregon Arts Watch

 

Live Review - Alisdair Macindoe, Reference Material, Melbourne:  Andrew Fuhrmann, The Age

 

Live Preview Feature - Liz Lea Dance Company, The Point, Canberra:  Staff, Riot Act

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Links - Tuesday 20 April, 2021

 

 

Obituaries - Liam Scarlett, Choreographer:

David Jays, Guardian

Michael Quinn, Stage

 

 

News - Sarasota Ballet 2021-22 plans:

Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald Tribune

Kay Kipling, Sarasota Magazine

 

News - New York City Ballet returns to SPAC (Saratoga) on a smaller scale:  Staff, Daily Gazette

 

Live Preview - Rambert, Draw from Within, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Live Review - Sydney Choreographic Ensemble, GRIMM, Sydney:  Geraldine Higginson, Dance Australia

 

Live Review - Ballet West, Precious Gems mixed programme, Salt Lake City:  Marianne Adams, Danceview Times

 

Feature - 6 AAPI dancers share their stories:  Kristi Yeung, Dance Spirit

 

News - Morag Deyes to step down as artistic director of Edinburgh’s Dance Base:  Thom Dibdin, Stage

 

Live Preview Feature - Liz Lea Dance Company, The Point, Canberra:  Amy Martin, Canberra Times

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

New York City Ballet, When We Fell (Abrahams):  Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/Dance Beat

 

Polish National Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Pastor):  Jenifer Server, Bachtrack

 

Stuttgart Ballet, Noverre: Young Choreographers:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Ballet Austin, Preludes/Beginnings:

Barbara Purcell, Sightlines

Michael Barnes, Austin 360

 

 

Feature - Van Cleef and Arpels watches inspired by Balanchine’s Jewels:  Terence Lim, Tatler Asia

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Links - Wednesday 21 April, 2021

 

 

Live Review - Australian Ballet, Serenade, Watermark, The Four Temperaments, Sydney:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Live News - Jacob’s Pillow announces 2021 lineup:  Amy Krzanik, The Berkshire Edge

 

News - Hofesh Shechter new Artist-in-Residence at Gauthier Dance:  Mihaela, Dance for You Magazine

 

Feature - Vicki Igbokwe, choreographer:  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

 

Streaming News & Suggestions:

 

Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage/William Forsythe, The Barre Project:  Laura Cappelle, FT

 

Dutch National Ballet announces online world premiere of David Dawson’s Metamorphosis:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Asherie, Ashton and a Solemn Memorial:  Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

American Repertory Ballet plans 3 virtual world premieres:  Staff, NJ.com

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

Polish National Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Pastor):  Robert Tanitch, British Theatre Guide

 

Postcards from the Front - a pandemic time capsule:  Thea Singer, Arts Fuse

 

Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Fanfare:  Sondra Forsyth, Broadway World

 

 

Gallery - iHeartDance, New York:  Jonathan Breton & BA Van Sise, Broadway World

 

Feature - Rachel Armstrong from Northumberland to the Bolshoi Ballet Academy:  Anna Popova, Russia Beyond the Headlines

 

Novel Review - Erin Kelly, Watch her fall:  Alison Flood, Observer

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Links - Thursday 22 April, 2021

 

 

Audio Feature - David McAllister (retired AD Australian Ballet) in conversation:  Vicki Attard & Darren Sport, ABC

 

Feature - Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive archive:  Susanna Sloat, DanceTabs

 

Video Interview - Angel Corella, AD Pennsylvania Ballet talks about the company’s digital season:  Diana Torralvo, NBC Philadelphia

 

Featurette - Mayara Magri, Royal Ballet:  Marissa DeSantis, Dance Magazine

 

Streaming News - ROH Unmasked Livestream:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

News - Matthew Bourne launches new podcast Bourne to Dance:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Feature - Ballet dancers are making the most of the pandemic - by having babies:  Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Glamour

 

Live News - Cape Town City Ballet to perform Mthuthuzeli November’s Ingoma & more:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

Royal Ballet, Symphonic Variations:  Marianka Swain, Telegraph

 

NDT2, We haven’t said enough:  Maggie Foyer, Critical Dance

 

Just Us Hip Hop Apprentice Co, mixed programme:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

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Links - Friday 23 April, 2021

 

 

Feature - Inside the dance baby boom:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Feature - Megan Fairchild (NYCB) documents postpartum journey to “show how long it takes”:  Jamie Kenney, Romper

 

Feature - Cathy Marston, choreographer:  Zachary Whittenburg, Dance Magazine

 

News - Phoenix Dance Theatre & Opera North collaborate on Bernstein double bill:  Georgia Snow, Stage

 

News - Staatsballett Berlin and dancer reach settlement over bias allegations:

David Crossland, Times

Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

Book Excerpt - Turning Pointe: how a new generation of dancers is saving ballet from itself:  Chloe Angyal, Marie Clare

 

Book Review - Nancy Goldner, Balanchine Variations:  George Jackson, Danceview Times

 

Streaming News:

 

San Francisco Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Tomasson):  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Scottish Ballet releases 2 new dance films:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Film Review - Red Sky Performance, More than dance, We are a movement:  Josephine Minhinnett, Fjord Review

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

Gauthier Dance, Dying Swans Project:  Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Polish National Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Pastor):  Charlotte Kasner, Seeing Dance

 

Ballet22, Spring Gala:  Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

Just Us Hip Hop Apprentice Co, mixed programme:  BM Admin, DanceTabs

 

Feature - New York City Ballet performed at Bronx Zoo for Earth Day:  Alex Mitchell, Bronx Times

 

Feature - Hip-hop dancer’s feet ‘glide’ to Philip Glass in breathtakingly fluid performance:  Maddy Shaw Roberts, Classic FM

 

Featurette - Victor Glemaud designs costumes for American Ballet Theatre:  Jessica Neises, Vanity Fair

 

Feature - Vancouver choreographer Tomoyo Yamada reflects feelings of being stuck at home in the pandemic:  Charlie Smith, Straight

 

Netflix Review - Into the Beat:  Rishabh Chauhan, Otakukart

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Links - Saturday 24 April, 2021

 

 

Obituary - Liam Scarlett, choreographer:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

 

Live Review - Australian Ballet, Serenade, Watermark, The Four Temperaments, Sydney:  Deborah Jones, Follow Spot

 

Feature - Dance captures the fragile, fleeting intensity of life - let’s glory in the moment:  William Littler, Toronto Star

 

Video Report - Berlin State Ballet settles with dancer over racism allegations:  Meike Krüger, DW

 

Video Report - American Ballet Theatre dancers exit ‘bubble’ ready to perform in Costa Mesa:  Tara Lynn Wagner, Spectrum News

 

News - Sarasota Ballet - young dancers choreograph new outdoor programme:  Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

Feature - Rare photos of Ballets Russes on tour:  Anna Sorokina, Russia Beyond the Headlines

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Sunday 25 April 2021

 

Feature - Rare photos of Ballets Russes on tours abroad: Anna Sorokina, Russia Beyond

  

Live Review – Trevor Santos, 100 Haikus, Melbourne: Andrew Fuhrmann, The Age

  

Streaming Review - Skånes DansteaterThe View from Here: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

  

And should you need to know:

The best dance classes London has to offer: Annabel Arkwright, Culture Whisper

 

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Monday 26 April 2021

 

Streaming Reviews:

San Francisco Ballet, Prog 5: 7 for Eight, Snowblind, Anima Animus: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Sarasota BalletValses Nobles et Sentimentales, Walk to the Paradise Garden, Façade: Marina Harss, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

 

 

Streaming Previews:

International Dance Day Compilation: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Ballet EdmontonPersistence of Memory: Anna Borowiecki, St Albert Today

 

 

Feature – Segerstrom Center for the Arts and American Ballet Theatre join forces and go live: Victoria Looseleaf, SF Classical Voice

 

 

Live Report – Earth Day in New York: Tom Phillips, Danceviewtimes

 

 

News – Oklahoma City Ballet announces full 2021-22 season: Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman

 

 

Book – Francis Cunningham: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes

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Tuesday 27 April 2021

 

Interviews:

Sophie Laplane on her latest work – Dive – for Scottish Ballet: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

 

Alice Topp, pioneer choreographer: Emma Sandall, Dance Australia

 

 

Streaming Review - Annenberg Center/ Kun-Yang Lin/DancersMixed 5-bill: Camille Bacon-Smith, Broad Street Review

 

Streaming News - Marquee TV: new streamed dance films from May 2021: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

 

News:

BLM dance on Britain’s Got Talent in running for Bafta ‘must-see’ award: Jim Waterson, Guardian

 

#FundFreelanceDance: a crowdfunding scheme getting dancers back on their feet: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage

 

Ballet dancer used his fame to abuse students, London court told: Lucy Campbell, Guardian  (and elsewhere)

 

National Ballet of China to stage work by 7 dancers: Staff, China.org

 

A call for POB to drop La Bayadère: Staff, News Patrolling

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Wednesday 28 April 2021

 

Live Reviews– Australian Ballet, Tchaikovsky PDD, Artifact Suite, Raymonda Act III, Sydney:

Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

Jansson J. Antmann, Limelight

 

 

Live Previews:

English National Ballet back at the Southbank: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Houston Ballet making an emotional comeback: Tarra Gaines, Paper City

 

 

Interview - Duke Dang leads Works & Process through the storm: Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

 

Streaming Preview – Aviva: an experimental study of love, sex and gender: Cath Clarke, Guardian

 

 

News:

David McAllister receives prestigious RAD Award: Nick Galvin, The Age

 

Royal Opera House to Thank NHS Workers With Programme of Live Ballet and Opera: Staff, BWW UK

 

Hong Kong Ballet & Philharmonic - Mozart goes cyberpunk: Kyle Macdonald, Classic FM

 

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Thursday 29 April 2021

 

Stream Reviews:

Sarasota Ballet, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Walk to the Paradise Garden, Façade: Sara RachonYour Observerh **

Five of the best dance films to watch online: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Baltic Opera, Rite of Spring (Wycichowska), L’Enfant Prodigue: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

  

Features:

David McAllister – the full citation for his RAD award: Valerie Lawson, dancelines  & Jo Litson, Limelight

After NBC, Chan Hon Goh finds success both on and off the stage: Charlie Smith, Straight.com

La Scala’s Ballet – Docuseries, World Dance Day & photo album: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

  

Live Previews:

Royal New Zealand Ballet, Giselle (Stiefel & Kobborg): Andre Chumko, Dominion Post

National Ballet of China, Century; Staff, Global Times

  

Live Review – Phillip Adams & William McBride, Laceship, Melbourne: Andrew Fuhrmann, Brisbane Times

  

Netflix Series Review – Navillera: Pierce Conran, SCMP

 

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Friday 30 April 2021

 

Features:

Tiler Peck and William Forsythe, The Barre Project:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Sarah Crompton, Sunday Times, early

How to Breathe New Life Into Martha Graham’s Dances? Infuse Them With Art: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

Karen Kain and Fernand Nault soar on Canada Post commemorative stamps: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

Sergei Polunin: I think everybody, all the older ballet generation, should be in jail: Louis Wise, Telegraph

  

Stream Review - Dutch National Ballet, Metamorphosis: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

  

Live Previews:

Northern Ballet at Sadler's WellsDangerous Liaisons, Contemporary Cuts: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 Polunin/Cojocaru/Kobborg at RAHRomeo and Juliet: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 Video: Australian Ballet's Raymonda rehearsals: Sydney Morning Herald

  

News:

For L.A. dance studios, reopening doesn't yet pay the bills. But there's hope: Makeda Easter, LA Times or Yahoo! Newsh

 Kennedy Center Announces 2021-2022 Ballet and Dance Season: Staff, BWW DC

 Alonzo King LINES Ballet Announces 2021 Touring Dates: Staff, BWW Dallas

  

Dance Diary – April 2021: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

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