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Saturday 1 May

 

Stream Reviews:

Scottish Ballet, Dive, Odyssey:

Kelly Apter, Scotsman

Emily May, The Stage

 

Dutch National Ballet, Metamorphosis: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Pennsylvania Ballet, Raymonda Suite, Allegro Brillante, Polyphonia, And so it is …:

Ellen Dunkel, Philadelphia Inquirer

Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Trisha Brown Dance Company, Locus Trio, Watermotor, The Decoy Project: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

 

Stream Preview – American Ballet Theatre, La Follia Variations: Olivia Evans, The Cut

 

 

Interview - Adam Sklute, Artistic Director, Ballet West: Marianne Adams, Danceviewtimes

 

 

Gallery – National Ballet of China, Workshop Evening: Xinhua, China Daily

 

 

Live Preview – Indiana Ballet Theatre, Cinderella: Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune

 

 

News - Birmingham International Dance Festival returns: David Mead, SeeingDance

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Links - Sunday 02 May, 2021

 

 

Feature - David Hallberg, AD Australian Ballet:  Shona Martyn, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Audio Feature - David McAllister, retired-AD Australian Ballet:  Libbi Gorr, ABC Radio

 

News - Houston Ballet announces live 2021/22 season:  Margaret Downing, Houston Press

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

Scottish Ballet, Dive, Odyssey:  Mark Brown, The National

 

Scottish Dance Theatre, Thin H/as H/air:  Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

 

Let’s Dance International Festival 2021, Black British Dance Platform:  David Mead Seeing Dance

 

Feature - Dancer Debbie Gayle and her time in Russia during the Cold War:  Anna Moore, Mail

 

Live Review - Liz Lea Dance Company, The Point, Canberra:  Michelle Potter Limelight

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Links - Monday 03 May, 2021

 

 

Feature - Advocacy group wants to see more Asian dancers & choreographers:  Anying Guo, Washington Post

 

Live Review - Australian Ballet, Raymonda Act lll. Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Artifact Suite, Sydney:  Deborah Jones, Follow Spot

 

Live Preview - West Australian Ballet, Giselle, Perth:  Staff, Out in Perth

 

Streamed Review - San Francisco Ballet, Digital Programme 05: 7 for Eight, Snowblind, Anima Animus:  Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

Streamed Review - Scottish Ballet, Dive, Odyssey:  Debra Craine, Times

 

Streamed Preview - Ballet Edmonton, Persistence of Time:  Liane Folder, Edmonton Journal

 

News - Houston Ballet’s 2021/22 season announced:  Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle

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Links - Tuesday 04 May, 2021

 

 

Obituaries - Jacques d’Amboise, NYCB dance legend:

Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

Sarah Halzack, Washington Post

Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Sun Times via AP

Mike Barnes, Hollywood Reporter

Staff, Broadway World

Suzanna Bowling, Times Square Chronicles

 

 

Feature - Why blaming Liam Scarlett’s death on cancel culture is troubling:  Laura Cappelle, Dance Magazine

 

News - American Ballet Theatre announces summer tour in USA:  Peter Libbey, NY Times

 

Live Preview - Royal Ballet, 21st Century Choreographers, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Live Preview - Royal Ballet, Balanchine & Robbins programme, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Interview - Chloe Angyal on her new book Turning Pointe:  Margaret Fuhrer, Dance Magazine

 

Featurette - Francesca Hayward, Royal Ballet:  Press Association, The Gazette

 

Streamed/Live Reviews - An evening of Jazz and Dance, Washington: 

Celia Wren, Washington Post

Carmel Morgan, Critical Dance

 

Streamed Review - A Showcase of New Jersey Choreographer Fellows:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Live Review - Footnote New Zealand Dance and others, The Movement, Wellington:  Helen Balfour, NZ Theatreview

 

Live Review - Miriam Eskildsen & Collaborators, Separately, In Tandem, Auckland:  Nicole Wilkie, NZ Theatreview

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Links - Wednesday 05 May, 2021

 

 

Obituaries - Jacques D’Amboise, NYCB Dance Legend:

Gia Kourlas, NY Times

Marina Harss, Dance Magazine

Alastair Macaulay, Alastair Macaulay

Jeffrey Brown, PBS

 

 

Feature - Francesca Hayward, Royal Ballet:  Kim Parker, Harper's Bazaar

 

Feature - Sofia Coppola & Justin Peck talk about how they approached making a film for NYCB’s digital spring gala:  Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

5 Questions - Nicholas Shoesmith, Scottish Ballet:  Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

 

Live Previews:

 

Royal Ballet, Beauty Mixed Bill, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Hong Kong Ballet, Jewels, Hong Kong:  Zabrina Lo, Tatler HK

 

Live Reviews:

 

New York Theatre Ballet, Spring Lift Lab Live: Programme D, New York:  Marina Harss, DanceTabs

 

FACT/SF, Diffusion, Glen Canyon:  Leslie Katz, SF Examiner

 

Hong Kong Phil & Hong Kong Ballet, mixed programme, Hong Kong:  Christopher Halls, Bachtrack

 

News:

 

San Francisco Ballet & Smuin Ballet announce upcoming plans:  Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News

 

Sylvie Guillem joins Sydney Choreographic Centre as International Patron:

Staff, Broadway World

Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Alexandra Damiani named as AD of Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal:  Staff, The Suburban

 

Jerome Tisserand & Laura Tisserand to leave Pacific Northwest Ballet at the end of the 20/21 season:  Sondra Forsyth, Broadway World

 

Q&A - Gia Kourlas, NY Times dance critic, answers questions from the culture editor:  Gilbert Cruz, NY Times

 

Streaming:

 

Preview - La Scala Ballet, Evening of Great Choreographers:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review - Luminario Ballet & Judith Flex Helle, L’Invalide:  Valerie-Jean Miller, Broadway World

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Links - Thursday 06 May, 2021

 

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

American Ballet Theatre, Bernstein in a Bubble programme:  Susan Yung, Brooklyn Rail

 

Sarasota Ballet, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, Façade:  Bruce Mariott, DanceTabs

 

Kim So Ra, dancers & musicians, Jangdan: Conversations of the Breath:  Susanna Sloat, DanceTabs

 

Stefanie Batten Bland, Colonial:  Tom Phillips, Danceview Times

 

Live Previews & News:

 

Preview - Alexei Ratmansky/James Whiteside/Isabella Boylston, Neo, New York:  Staff, Broadway World

 

Review - Zurich Ballet, Chamber Minds, Walking Mad, Zurich:  Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack

 

Review - Okwui Okpokwasili, On the way, undone: a processional performance, New York:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Review - Jenny de Leon, Thus to fling her soul, Auckland:  Susi Hadassah, NZ Theatreview

 

Preview - Southern California Ballet, Coppelia, San Diego:  Emily Sorensen, San Diego Union Tribune

 

Blog - Only Connect: Yearning for the intimacy of a danced, on stage world:  Russell Janzen, New York City Ballet, NY Times

 

Book Excerpt - Turning Pointe, Where are all the women choreographers:  Chloe Angyal, Jezebel

 

Feature - Connor Walsh on returning to live performance with Houston Ballet:  Olivia Flores Alvarez, Houstonia Magazine

 

Documentary Preview - Ballet West, In the Balance: Ballet for a Lost Year:  Les Roka, The Utah Review

 

Feature - Secrets of Russian Ballerinas: how to stay young into your golden years:  Eleonora Goldman, Russia Beyond the Headlines

 

Conversation - Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin with Luke Williams of Brooklyn Rail

 

Film Review - devynn emory, dead bird + can anybody help me hold this body?:  Noa Weiss, Brooklyn Rail

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Links - Friday 07 May, 2021

 

 

In memoriam - Jacques d’Amboise, NYCB Dance Legend:  Martha Ullman West, Oregon Arts Watch

 

 

Feature - Sir Matthew Bourne:  Chris Wiegand, Guardian

 

News - Sir Matthew Bourne launches dance school aimed at boosting diversity:  Matthew Hemley, Stage

 

News - San Francisco Ballet announces 2022 season - Helgi Tomasson’s final season:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

New York City Ballet, Virtual Spring Gala:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

William Forsythe, The Barre Project:  Rosemary Waugh, The i

 

National Ballet of Japan, Coppélia (Petit):

Naomi Mori, Bachtrack

David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Pacific Northwest Ballet, Coppélia (Balanchine):  Sondra Forsythe, Broadway World

 

Streaming News - Royal Opera House announces The Royal Ballet’s Spring Draft Works:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

News - River to River Festival 2021 (New York) announces line-up:  Peter Libbey, NY Times

 

News - Fire Island Dance Festival & Hudson Valley Dance Festival (New York) return in 2022:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Feature - May Dance Watch in Oregon: Questions about the future:  Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Arts Watch

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Links - Saturday 08 May, 2021

 

 

Streamed Reviews

 

Martha Graham Dance Company, GrahamFest95:  Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review

 

Mark Morris Dance Group, Live from Brooklyn: Tempus Perfectum, Three Preludes, Jealousy, Fugue:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

New York City Ballet, Virtual Spring Gala:  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Scottish Ballet, Dive, Odyssey:  Róisín O’Brien, Fjord Review

 

Feature - Summer dance in New York:  Marina Harss, New Yorker

 

Live Review - Omari Wiles’ Les Ballet Afrik, Take Me Back, New York:  Susanna Sloat, DanceTabs

 

News - English National Ballet School announces upcoming performances:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

News - Pennsylvania Ballet to appear live at Cherry Street Pier:  Peter Crimmins, WHYY

 

Video Report - Update on 3 dancers who quarantined together during lockdown:  Staff, Right This Minute

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Sunday 9 May

 

Stream Reviews:

Dutch National BalletMetamorphosis (Dawson premiere):

Deborah Weiss, DanceTabs

Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

 

New York City BalletVirtual Spring Gala: Marina Harss, DanceTabs

 

BOP Jazz Theatre CompanyThe Spirit of Jazz: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Hungarian National BalletFirebirds (premiere), 5 Tangos: Graham Watts, DanceTabs

 

Pennsylvania Ballet, Resilience – 4 Bill: Camille Bacon-Smith, Broad Street Review

 

 

Stream Preview – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, A Mother’s Rite: Keyaira Boone, Essence

 

 

News - The 21st UK National Dance Awards nominations: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

 

Feature – Meet Egyptian-French Ballet Dancer Luca Abdel-Nour: Mirna Abdulaal, Egyptian Streets

 

 

Book Review – Ballet in the Cold War by Anne Searcy: Harlow Robinson, LA Review of Books

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Links, Monday 10 May

 

5Q&A - Darcey Bussell and her British Ballet Charity Gala on 3 June: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

 

Interview – Angel Corella and Pennsylvania Ballet’s Resilience series: Lewis Whittington, Culture Vulture

 

 

Stream Reviews:

New York City Ballet, Virtual Spring Gala: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Joffrey Ballet, Under the Trees’ Voices: Hedy Weiss, WTTW

 

Stream Preview – City Ballet of San Diego, Raymonda Variations & others: David L Coddon, SD Union-Tribune

 

Stream News - The Dance Centre, Vancouver: Goh Ballet, Discover Dance! series, June 3 to 17Steve Newton, Straight.com

 

 

Live Reviews:

Joel Bray Dance, Considerable Sexual License, Melbourne: Andrew Fuhrmann, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Australian Dance Theatre, Convergence – Mixed Bill, Adelaide: Maggie Tonkin, Dance Australia

 

International Music Festival, Canberra – Rainbow Serpent (Music & Dance):

Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

Clinton White, Limelight

 

 

News - English National Ballet School: Summer Performance and plans: Staff, SeeingDance

 

 

CD Review - Elliott Carter Ballets: Pocahontas, MinotaurJonathan Blumhofer, Arts Fuse

 

 

Meanwhile, elsewhere:

Queen Victoria's ballet-style slippers to be auctioned: Laura Chesters, Antiques Trade Gazette

 

Plus endless mentions of a horse and the Derby!

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Links, Tuesday 11 May

 

News - Sir Matthew Bourne’s new ballet, The Midnight Bell, to be set in 1930s Soho:

Staff, BBC News

Nuray Bulbul, The Stage

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

--- Trailer here

 

 

Stream Reviews:

San Francisco Ballet, Romeo & Juliet (Tomasson):

Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance

Jim Munson, BWW SF

 

Mark Morris Dance Group, Live from Brooklyn 4-bill including Tempus Perfectum premiereMarina Harss, DanceTabs

 

New York City Ballet, Virtual Spring Gala: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

LDIF: Maya TaylorShape|Shifter & Yinka Esi Graves, The Disappearing Act: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Doug Varone & Dancers, Nimbus Dance, SOPAC – 3 Programmes: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

 

Live Review - LOcREaDO Dance CompanyGrounded, Sydney: Candide McDonald, Dance Australia

 

Live Preview – Hofesh Shechter/Australasian Dance Collective, Cult, Brisbane: Olivia Stewart, Limelight

 

 

News – Scottish Ballet: Safe to Be Me Festival calls on young dancers to aid celebration of diversity: Ciara Fullarton, Herald

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Links, Wednesday 12 May

 

Feature – San Francisco Ballet’s 2022 Season to honour its long-serving Director: Janos Gereben, SF Classical Voice

 

Very different feature - The Biggest Dance Show in Town? At a Brooklyn Nets Game: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Opinion - Yet another reason to cut intermissions in theater: COVID-19: Charles McNulty, LA Times

 

 

Live & Stream Reminder – Royal Ballet, Wheeldon, Pite, Abraham programme, London: Staff, BWW UK

 

Preview – Dance for Life returns with in-person event for 2021: Miriam Di Nunzio, Chicago Sun-Times

 

 

Stream Review - Michael Heatley/Hit the Ground Running Dance Theatre Company, Macho: Peter Lathan, BTG

 

 

News:

Pacific Northwest Ballet & Seattle Opera plan to reopen for live performances this fall: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times

 

Yat-Sen Chang - Former dancer found guilty of sex assaults: BBC News (and elsewhere)

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Links, Thursday 13 May

 

Live Reviews – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Giselle (Stiefel/Kobborg version), Wellington:

Jack Yan, Lucire

Lyne Pringle, Stuff.co

 

 

Streaming Reviews:

Boston Ballet, Process & Process 4-Bill: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe

 

Michael Heatley/Hit the Ground Running Dance Theatre, Macho: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

 

Feature – LaTasha Barnes: From the Lindy Hop to Hip-Hop in one improvising body: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

 

Previews:

San Francisco Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Streamed)Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Smuin Al Fresco (Live): Andrew Gilbert, Marin Independent Journal

 

Abilities Dance Boston, The Firebird (Reimagined version), Boston: Celina Colby, Bay State Banner

 

Ballet Hispánico, Various programmes; Staff, BWW Dance

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Links, Friday 14 May

 

Feature - Home studios and 400 costumes: The Sleeping Beauty wakes Queensland Ballet: Cloe Read, The Age

 

 

Live Review – West Australian Ballet, Giselle (Scanella/Delasalle version), Perth: Rita Clarke, Limelight

 

 

Streaming Review - National Ballet of Japan, Coppelia (Petit): Paul McInnes, channeling Luke Jennings, Fjord Review

 

Streaming Preview – San Francisco Ballet, Helgi Tomasson's Swan Lake closes 2021 Digital Season: Staff, BWW SF

 

 

News - Ballet Unleashed aims to connect dancers from 11 Academies with freelance opportunities: Lucy Van Cleef, Pointe Magazine

 

 

Video Interview – Stuart Hodes dancing into old age: Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour

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Links, Saturday 15 May

 

Obituary – Mary Ellen Moylan, Dancer: Staff, The Times

 

 

Reflection - New York City Ballet, Virtual Spring Gala: Enuma Okoro, Financial Times

 

 

Features:

American Ballet Theatre Principal James Whiteside: Yasmin Gagne, Fast Company

 

How a dance about the plague helped a ballet school through the chaos: Catherine Lambert, The Age

 

 

Live Reviews – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Giselle, Wellington:

Deirdre Tarrant, Theatreview

Brigitte Knight, Theatre Scenes

 

 

Streaming Reviews:

Stephen Petronio looks back on his pandemic year: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

New York City Ballet, Virtual Spring Gala; Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk

 

Mark Morris Dance Company, Live from Brooklyn – 4-Bill: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat

 

DOXA 2021: Firestarter shines a light on how Bangarra Dance Theatre helped changed the world: Breanne Doyle, Straight.com

 

 

News - Dancing on the Edge Festival to feature more than 30 online and live stage performances from July 8 to 17: Steve Newton, Straight.com

 

Preview - From kitchen to stage, Royal Ballet dancers prepare for reopening: Mindy Burrows, msn.com

 

 

NB:  If you have access to the Boston Globe and/or the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, there are relevant new articles today on each – but I’m being defeated, sorry.

 

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Links - Sunday 16 May, 2021

 

 

News - Royal Danish Ballet plans for 2021/22:  Eva Kistrup, Danceview Times

 

Live picks for the summer - scroll way way down to find some dance:  Culture teams, Independent

 

Streaming Preview - Sarasota Ballet, Nine Sinatra Songs, Birthday Offering:  Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

Streamed Reviews:

 

Pennsylvania Ballet, Resilience: And So It Is…, Polyhonia, Allegro Brillante, Raymonda Act 3 suite:  Merli V Guerra, Fjord Review

 

Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Swan:  Meindert Peters, Oxonian Review

 

Featurette - From kitchen to stage: Royal Ballet dancers prepare for reopening:  Staff, The Star via Reuters

 

News - Guillaume Côté, National Ballet of Canada, named Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Québec:  Michael Vincent, Ludwig Van Toronto

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Links - Monday 17 May, 2021

 

 

Coming up now that theatres are reopening (as ever scroll down for dance):

 

David Jays, Times

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Streamed Review - Royal Ballet, New Choreographies:  Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International

 

Audio Report - Houston Ballet concludes emotional first in person performance in more than a year:  Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR

 

Feature - Ballet West during the lockdown & the resultant documentary:  Lottie Elizabeth Johnson, Deseret News

 

Live & Streamed Review - Bill T Jones, The Motherboard Suite, New York:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Live Reviews:  

 

West Australian Ballet, Giselle, Perth:  Graeme Watson, Out in Perth

 

Anton and Brianna Kell, Narcifixion, Sydney:  Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Live Preview - QL2, REBEL Then.Now.When?, Canberra:  Amy Martin, Canberra Times

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Links - Tuesday 18 May, 2021

 

 

Gallery - Royal Ballet, 21st Century Choreographers bill, London:  Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs

 

Live Review - West Australian Ballet, Giselle, Perth:  Alana Kildea, Dance Australia

 

Streaming:

 

Preview - ABT’s Isabella Boylston & James Whiteside, Neo (Ratmansky):  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Preview Feature - Louisville Ballet, Rite of Spring (Schermoly):  Kyra Laubacher, Pointe Magazine

 

Review - Leipzig Ballet, Solitude:  Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Book Review - (Edited by) Jennifer Jackson, Ballet - The essential guide to technique and creative practice:  Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

Book Extract - Todd Bolender, Janet Reed, and the making of American Ballet:  Martha Ullman West, Oregon Arts Watch

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Links - Wednesday 19 May, 2021

 

 

Live Reviews - English National Ballet, REUNION: Senseless Kindness, Laid in Earth, Echoes, Take Five Blues, Jolly Folly, London:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Debra Craine, Times

Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph

Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk

David Mead, Seeing Dance

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World

Rosemary Waugh, The i

 

News - Royal Ballet announces company promotions:  News Desk, Broadway World

Fumi Kaneko promoted to principal dancer at Royal Ballet:  Staff, Mainichi

 

Video Report - The Royal Ballet dancers prepare for reopening:  Reuters

 

Feature - James Whiteside, American Ballet Theatre:  Yasmin Gagne, Fast Company

 

Streamed Review - The Arts of the Theatre: a ‘lost’ ballet by Ninette de Valois reconstructed by the Royal Ballet School:  Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

Book Review & Q&A - Gavin Larsen, Being a Ballerina:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Live Review - Love Bites (a revue including dance), York:  Catherine Love, Guardian

 

News - David Zaleyev, Mariinsky Ballet, in coma in hospital after electric scooter crash:  Jonny Tickle, RT

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Links - Thursday 20 May, 2021

 

 

Obituary - Miss Nesta Bellis, dance teacher:  Lisa Rand, Liverpool Echo

 

 

Live Reviews - Royal Ballet, 21st Century Choreographers: Within the Golden Hour, Optional Family, The Statement, Solo Echo, London:

Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times (and with a brief mention of ENB at the end)

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Debra Craine, Times

Mark Monahan, Telegraph

Graham Watts, Bachtrack

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Live Review - English National Ballet, REUNION: Senseless Kindness, Laid in Earth, Echoes, Take Five Blues, Jolly Folly, London:  Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

 

Video Report - English National Ballet back at Sadler’s Wells:  AP via AZ Central

 

Streamed Review - New York City Ballet, Virtual Spring Gala:  Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review

 

News - Joffrey Ballet announces 2021/22 season:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Documentary News - First trailer released for In Balanchine’s Classroom:  Cassandra Reichelt, MXDWN

 

News Featurette - Fumi Kaneko on her promotion to principal at the Royal Ballet:  Staff, Japan Times

 

Live Review - Footnote New Zealand Dance Company, The Movement (mixed programme), Dunedin:  Hannah Molloy, NZ Theatreview

 

Feature - Marissa Wong, Vancouver-based choreographer:  Charlie Smith, Straight

 

Live Review - Love Bites (a revue including dance), York:  Ron Simpson, Reviews Hub

 

Streamed Reviews - Impermanence, The Lady Blackshirt:

Graham Watts, DanceTabs

Lilith Wozniak, Exeunt

 

Streaming Preview - Toronto dance artists make short film to amplify Canadian Black voices:  Staff, Toronto Star

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Links - Friday 21 May, 2021

 

 

Live Review - London:  Louise Levene, FT

English National Ballet, Reunion mixed programme

Royal Ballet, 21st century choreographers mixed programme

 

Live Review - Royal Ballet, 21st Century Choreographers: Within the Golden Hour, Optional Family, The Statement, Solo Echo, London:  Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk

 

Feature - Darcey Bussell on her mission to rescue Britain’s best ballet dancers:  Sarah Crompton, Times

 

Live Review - Royal New Zealand Ballet, Giselle, Palmerston North:  Tania Kopytko, NZ Theatreview

 

Live Review - Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Afterwardness, New York:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Video Report - Fumi Kaneko talks to Japanese TV about her promotion to principal at the Royal Ballet:  NHK World

 

Streaming Preview (Gallery) - Pennsylvania Ballet, Dancecard, Spillway, Encounters:  Scott Serio, Broadway World

 

Feature - Chloé Lopes Gomes, dancer, talks about her recent court settlement with Berlin Ballet:  Lucy Van Kleef, Pointe Magazine

 

Review of historic documentary - Martha Graham: A dancer’s world:  Heather King, Angelus

 

Feature - Jennifer McCloskey, ballet Tik Tok-er:  Cianna Garrison, Elite Daily

 

Featurette - The most beautiful dance photograph I know:  Jennifer Shannon, ... on dancing

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Links - Saturday 22 May, 2021

 

 

News - David Hallberg announces promotions at Australian Ballet:  dance lines via Instagram

 

Live Review - Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith, Gloria, New York:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Streaming:

 

News - Ailey All Access premieres The Greenwood Project:  News Desk, Broadway World

 

Review - Abilities Dance Boston, Firebird Suite:  Jessica Lockhart, Arts Fuse

 

Preview - Tap Family Reunion, The Mayor of Harlem (a celebration of Bill Bojangles Robinson and tap):  Celia Wren, Washington Post

 

Feature - Kalamandalam Gopi, Kathakali dancer & teacher:  Achuthan TK, The Hindu

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Links, Sunday 23 May

 

Live Reviews:

English National BalletReunion: Senseless Kindness, Laid in Earth, Take Five Blues, Echoes, Jolly Folly, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs

 

English National Ballet, Reunion 5-Bill; Royal Ballet, Within the Golden Hour, Optional Family, The Statement, Solo Echo: David Jays, Sunday Times

 

Rosie Kay, Absolute Solo II, Birmingham: Sanjoy Roy, Guardian

 

Alexander Whitley, Overflow, London:

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

 

Quantam Leap Ensemble, Then. Now. When?, Canberra: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

ButohOUT! Festival, Odd Hours, Abbotsford: Andrew Fuhrmann, Sydney Morning Herald

 

 

Feature - Luminesque Dance builds a strong sense of community during the pandemic: Breanne Doyle, Straight.com

 

 

Streaming Reviews:

Sarasota Ballet, Birthday Offering, Nine Sinatra Songs: Marina Harss, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

 

Bill Robinson’s Rags-to-Riches Tap TaleThe Mayor of Harlem: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Louisville Ballet, Rite of Spring (Schermoly): Candice Thompson, Fjord Review

 

Isabella Boylston & James Whiteside, Neo (Ratmansky): Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance

 

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Links, Monday 24 May

 

Live Reviews:

English National BalletReunion: Senseless Kindness, Laid in Earth, Take Five Blues, Echoes, Jolly Folly, London:

Stefan Kyriazis, Express

Sarah Crompton, Observer

 

Royal Ballet, Within the Golden Hour, Optional Family, The Statement, Solo Echo, London:

Jann Parry, DanceTabs

Stefan Kyriazis, Express

Sarah Crompton, Observer

 

Alexander Whitley, Overflow, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Natalie Allen, Julia, Perth:

Alana Kildea, Dance Australia

Rita Clarke, Limelight

 

Gallery - National Ballet of China, Inspiration and Glory, Beijing: Chen Nan, China Daily

 

Preview – New Zealand School of Dance, Meraki, Wellington: Staff, Stuff.co

 

 

Streaming Review - San Francisco BalletRomeo and Juliet & Swan Lake: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs

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Live Reviews:

Hong Kong Ballet, Jewels, Hong Kong:

Natasha Rogai, SCMP

Kevin Ng, HK Economic Journal

-- Van Cleef & Arpels: When Ballet meets Jewellery: Stephanie Ip, Prestige

 

Film Preview – Ballerina Boys – The Trocks, of course: Angela Barbuti, Chelsea News

 

 

Streaming Review – Dancing the Gods Indian Dance Festival: Brian Seibert, NY TImes

 

 

Live & Stream Preview – Lost Dog/Ben Duke, Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me), London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

 

Feature - Jamar Roberts, astonishing dancing matched by mesmerizing choreography: Marina Harss,  Dance Magazine

 

 

Interview - Patrick Makuakāne on Balancing Tradition and Innovation: Emily Wilson, SF Classical Voice

 

 

If you have access, ahead of a new Australian Ballet work:

Feature - Anna Karenina: Invoking the Russian Soul: Deborah Jones, Limelight

 

 

And what we all need to know:

Aisles, stalls or near the loos: what are the best seats in the house? Brian Logan, Guardian

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Links, Wednesday 26 May

 

Obituary – Anna Halprin, teacher and choreographer: Sarah Halzack, Washington Post

 

 

Live Reviews:

English National Ballet, Reunion 5-Bill, London: Gabriel Wilding, Hackney Citizen

 

Cape Town City Ballet, Les Sylphides, Ingoma, Cape Town: Lindsay Kruger, BWW South Africa

 

Alexander Whitley, Overflow, London: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Rosie Kay, Absolute Solo II, Birmingham: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Aakash Odedra, Nritta, Shadow of Man, Cut, Constellation, Leicester: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

LaMama Moves! Festival: Jasmine Hearn, Pleasure MemoriesSugar Vendil, Test Sites, New York: Tom Phillips, Danceviewtimes

 

Live Preview – Kate Prince/Zoo Nation, Message in a Bottle, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

 

Streaming Reviews:

San Francisco Ballet, Swan Lake: Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance

 

Take Me Somewhere Festival: Claricia Parinussa, SendiriHanna Tuulikki, Deer Dancer: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

 

Hungarian Dance Academy, The Wooden Prince: Phillip Nones, Bachtrack

 

 

Feature - Chamber musicians unite with sculptor, dancer on film: James Ambroff-Tahan, SF Examiner

 

 

Anyone need a car ballet?   I’ll stick with the Red Arrows.

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Obituary – Anna Halprin, teacher and choreographer: Jack AndersonNY Times

 

 

Weekend Features:

Roland Petit: A French Choreographer, most savoured in France: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

The Alphadyne Foundation – It’s given $6 Million to the Arts. No One knew them, until now: Cara Buckley, NY Times

 

 

Live Reviews:

Alexander Whitley Dance Company, Overflow, London: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs

 

LaTasha Barnes, The Jazz Continuum, New York: Susanna Sloat, DanceTabs

 

Australasian Dance Collective, Three – Triple Bill, Brisbane:

Deborah Jones, FollowSpot

Olivia Stewart, Limelight

 

 

News:

English National Ballet, Solstice – Mixed Bill, London RFH: Gramilano

 

ABT Across America - American Ballet Theatre to take to the road: Staff, BWW SC

 

Bergen International Festival, 26 May - 9 June – This is AmericaStaff, Arts Desk

 

 

Streaming/Film Reviews:

New York City Ballet, Virtual Spring Gala: Annie Goldsmith, Town and Country

 

San Francisco Ballet, Swan Lake: Jim Munson, BWW SF

 

Beth Soll & Abby Dias, Two Red Solos: A Formal Response: Deborah Jowitt, ArtsJournal/DanceBeat

 

Film Preview – Esie Mensah, Tessel: Charlie Smith, Straight.com

 

 

And something we might all argue about:

Feature - Top 10 books about ballet: Erin Kelly, Guardian

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Obituary -  Carla Fracci, Dancer: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

- La Scala Tribute, Gramilano  (and elsewhere)

 

Archived Obituary – Si-lan Chen, Whose Dances Encompassed Worlds: Jennifer Wilson, NY Times

 

 

Feature - Ballet’s baddest boy Sergei Polunin on why he feels ‘free’ at last: Annabel Sampson, Tatler

 

News - Australian Ballet loses millions in box office takings as lockdown furthers pain: Nick Miller, The Age

 

Interview - Sarah Lane on her career, leaving ABT and her hopes for the future: Amy Brandt, Pointe Magazine

 

 

Live Reviews:

Rosie KayAbsolute Solo II: Artemis Clown, Patisserie, Adult Female Dancer,  Birmingham: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs

 

Angela Goh, Sky Blue Mythic, Sydney:

Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

Deborah Jones, Limelight

 

 

Streaming/Film Reviews:

New York City Ballet, Virtual Spring Gala: Michelle Potter, ...  on dancing

 

Rama Vaidyanathan, Surupa Sen, Jin Won & Sonali Skandan, Dancing the Gods Festival: Marina Harss, DanceTabs

 

DanceAfrica turns its (virtual) gaze to Haiti: Brian Seibert, NY TImes

 

Bartók battles his inner demons and stars in his own Budapest ballet: Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack

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Obituary - Carla Fracci, Dancer: Marina Harss, NY Times

 

 

Features:

Darcey Bussell, ballet’s fairy godmother, and her British Ballet Charity Gala: Annabel Sampson, Tatler

 

Ballet leaps back in UK with Acosta world premieres: AFP via France24

 

 

News - David Nixon to step down at Northern Ballet: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Interview – Miyako Yoshida: I Want to Discover a Japanese Style: Paul McInnes, Fjord Review

 

 

Live Reviews:

Royal New Zealand Ballet, Giselle (Stiefel/Kobborg), Auckland: Jenny Stevenson, Theatreview

 

Sydney Opera House/Anne Tournié, The Little Prince, Sydney: Jansson J. Antmann, Limelight

 

 

Streaming/Film Review - Pennsylvania Ballet, Beauty – Dance Card, Encounters, Spillway: Melissa Strong, Broad Street Review

 

Film Preview – Royal Ballet/Lynne Page, Lyssa: Staff, BWW UK

 

  

Liam Scarlett: inquest into his death opened and adjourned: Kevin Rawlinson, Guardian

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Links - Sunday 30 May, 2021

 

 

Obituaries - Carla Fracci, Dancer:

Irene Dominioni, Forbes

Alessandro Bizzotto, Dance For You Magazine

 

 

News - David Nixon OBE to step down at Northern Ballet:  Emma Ryan, Yorkshire Evening Post

 

Live Reviews:

 

English National Ballet, Reunion: Senseless Kindness, Laid in Earth, Echoes, Take Five Blues, Jolly Folly, London:  Joy Sable, Jewish Chronicle

 

Rambert, Drawn from within, Plymouth:  Karen Bussell, British Theatre Guide

 

Royal Danish Ballet, Mahler’s Third Symphony, Copenhagen:  Eva Kistrup, Danceview Times

 

Cape Town City Ballet, Ingoma, Les Sylphides, Cape Town:  Lindsay Kruger, Broadway World

 

List - What the critics are watching this week:  Debra Craine et al, Times (scroll way down for dance)

 

Streaming News - Watch Ballet Hispánico’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations via HOLA!:  Staff, Hola!

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Obituary - Carla Fracci, Dancer:  Emily Langer, Washington Post

 

 

Streaming Preview - Royal Ballet, Lyssa:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Video Feature - Carlos Acosta looks forward to welcoming back audiences:  MSN via AFP

 

News - Sadler’s Wells announces Breakin’ Convention 2021:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

News - Australian Ballet & Telstra announce the Telstra Emerging Choreographer Award:  Nick Miller, The Age, Jo Litson, Limelight

 

News - Ballet Met announces 2021/22 season:  Peter Tonguette, Columbus Dispatch

 

Feature - Joseph Sturdy, Swedish-based British choreographer:  Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

 

Feature - Leslie Cuyjet, choreographer:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Podcast Review - Jake Warren, Finding Natasha: a dancer’s dream turned inside out:  Fiona Sturges, FT

 

Live Reviews: 

 

Royal Ballet, Within the Golden Hour, Optional Family, The Statement, Solo Echo, London: 

Deborah Weiss, Dance for You Magazine

Streamed - Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International

 

English National Ballet, Reunion: Senseless Kindness, Laid in Earth, Echoes, Take Five Blues, Jolly Folly, London:  Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Rambert 2, Home, Killer Pig, Plymouth:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

London & Birmingham:  Sarah Crompton, Observer

Alexander Whitley, Overflow

(Streamed) Rosie Kay, Absolute Solo ll

 

 Lucy Guerin & Matthias Schack-Arnott, Pendulum, Melbourne:

Andrew Fuhrmann, The Age

Rhys Ryan, Limelight

 

Sydney Opera House/Anne Tournié, The Little Prince, Sydney:

Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

Emily Shaddick, Australian Stage

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