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Links - Sunday 01 May, 2022

 

 

Review - Royal Ballet, Scènes de Ballet, A Month in the Country, Rhapsody, London:  Deborah Weiss, Dance for You Magazine

 

Review - Australian Ballet, Kunstkamer, Sydney:  Jansson J Antmann, Limelight

 

Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, Swan Lake, Seattle:  Dean Speer, Critical Dance

 

Review - Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Dance Series 2: P.S. Forever Smuin, San Francisco:  Heather Desaulniers, Critical Dance

 

Review - Gallim Dance Company, Blush, New York:  Lora Strum, Broadway World

 

Review - Compagnie Niya, Gueules Noires, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review - Scott Elstermann, Petrushka (Game, Set, Match), Perth:  Dr Jonathan W Marshall, Limelight

 

Review - Punchdrunk, The Burnt City, London:  Ben Ross, London Theatre 1

 

Review - Brendan Fernandes and nibia pastrana santiago, Choreopolitics, North Adams:  Christoper Marcisz, Berkshire Eagle

 

Preview - Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, San Diego:  Ashley Lee, LA Times

 

Diary - May Dance Watch, Portland:  Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Arts Watch

 

Feature -  Adrian Blake Mitchell and Andrea Lassakova of the Mikhailovsky Ballet flee Russia:  Eugene Garcia, AP via CTV News

 

Feature - An adult ballet class liberated me from my body image struggles:  Alice Robinson, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Feature - The day my tap-dancing dream came true:  Boudicca Fox-Leonard, Telegraph

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Links - Monday 02 May, 2022

 

 

Feature - Dame Monica Mason:  Mark Monahan, Telegraph

 

Review - Royal Ballet, Scènes de Ballet, A Month in the Country, Rhapsody, London:  Sarah Crompton, Guardian

 

Review - Joffrey Ballet, Serenade, Of Mice and Men, Chicago:  Hedy Weiss, WTTW

 

Review - Compañía Nacional de Danza, Carmen, New York:  Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Review - Footnote NZ Dance, Dry Spell, Auckland:  Jesse Quaid, NZ Theatreview

 

Review - An American in Paris, Sydney:  Mark Morellini, City Hub

 

Preview Feature - Trey McIntyre brings David Bowie to Houston Ballet:  Andrew Edmonson, Out Smart Magazine

 

Preview Feature - Australian Ballet School, Butterfly, Sydney:  Millie Muroi, The Age

 

Preview Feature - Oklahoma City Ballet, Sleeping Beauty, Oklahoma:  Brandy McDonnell, Oklahoman

 

Preview Feature - San Diego City Ballet, Don Quixote, San Diego:  Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union Tribune

 

Video Feature - Tiler Peck, New York City Ballet, talks Balanchine’s Apollo:  Staff, Broadway World

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Links - Tuesday 03 May, 2022

 

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Law of Mosaics, Emanon – In Two Movements, Gustave Le Gray No. 1,Partita, New York:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Swan Lake, San Francisco:  Jim Munson, Broadway World

 

Review - Joffrey Ballet, Serenade, Of Mice and Men, Chicago:  Irene Hsiao, Chicago Reader

 

Review - Australian Ballet, Kunstkamer, Sydney:  Claudia Lawson, Fjord Review

 

Review - Sarasota Ballet, Serenade, Letter V, Elite Syncopations, Sarasota:  Sara Rachon, Sarasota Observer

 

Review - A.I.M./Kyle Abraham, An Untitled Love, Washington:  David Friscic, Broadway World

 

Review - Breakin’ Convention 2022, opening performance, London:  Zoe Anderson, Independent

 

Review - An American in Paris, Sydney:  Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Review - La MaMa Moves! Festival 2022, New York:  Brian Seibert, New York Times

 

Review - Groupwork, The Hope River Girls, St Andrews:  Mark Fisher, Guardian

 

Preview - Jan Martens, any attempt will end…, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Feature - Guillaume Côté (National Ballet of Canada) talks about creating Crypto:  Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

Feature - Janie Taylor, choreographer:  Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

News Video - Liviv National Opera reopens with Giselle:  Isa Soares, CNN

 

Audio Feature - A Ukrainian dance troupe in the US fights disinformation:  NPR

 

News - Bolshoi Theatre cancels shows by directors who spoke out over Ukraine:  Staff, Guardian

 

News - Statue of star Native American ballerina is stolen and sold for scrap in Tulsa:  Alyssa Lupkat, NY Times

 

Music Review - LA Phil, Dante (Adès), Los Angeles:  Richard S Ginell, SF Classical Voice

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Links - Wednesday 04 May, 2022

 

 

Reviews - New York City Ballet, New York:

Divertimento No 15, Afternoon of a Faun, Allegro Brillante, The Four Temperaments:  Leigh Witches, dancelog.nyc

2 programmes:  Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Preview Feature - New York City Ballet, Architects of Time (Farley), New York:  Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Swan Lake, San Francisco:  Charles Lewis lll, 48 Hills

 

Review - Australian Ballet, Kunstkamer, Sydney:  Geraldine Higginson, Dance Australia

 

Review - Miami City Ballet, The Source, After the Rain, duet from Herman Schmerman, Prodigal Son, West Palm Beach:  Donna Murray, Palm Beach Daily News

 

Review - Alberta Ballet, Cinderella, Calgary:  Stephan Bonfield, Calgary Herald

 

Review - Dance Performances in Tasmania, Autumn 2022:  Lesley Graham, Dance Australia

Second Echo, Outside Boy

Great Southern Dance, Human Ba La La

Stompin, HQ

 

News - National Ballet of Canada announces 2022/23 season:  Anya Wassenberg, Ludwig Van

 

News - Royal Ballet presents Next Generation Festival:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Preview - Ballet Edmonton, Children of Land, Valei-me, Persistence of Memory, Edmonton:  Roger Levesque, Edmonton Journal

 

Book Feature - Petra Giloy-Hirtz (editor), Acosta Danza: Fusion:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Feature - How dance competitions can kick-start careers:  Ahmet Ahmet, Stage

 

Opinion - Musicals can be a dancer’s dream:  David Benedict, Stage

 

Documentary Review - Barry and Joan:  Leslie Felperin, Guardian

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Links - Thursday 05 May, 2022

 

 

Feature - Cassa Pancho, AD Ballet Black:  Tim Bano, Stage

 

Reviews - New York City Ballet, New York:

Serenade, The Goldberg Variations:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

Divertimento No 15, Afternoon of a Faun, Allegro Brillante, The Four Temperaments:  Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Swan Lake, San Francisco:  Terez Rose, Bachtrack

 

Feature - ‘How do you do?’ On being a gentleman in 21st century ballet:  Russell Janzen, NY Times

 

Feature - Abi Stafford Lillo’s retirement from NYCB:  Julia Jacobs & Zachary Small, NY Times

 

Feature - Victoria Morgan, retiring AD Cincinnati Ballet:  David Lyman, Cincinnati.comm

 

Preview - Scottish Ballet, The Scandal at Mayerling, Aberdeen:  Scott Begbie, Press and Journal

 

Preview Feature - Ballet Arizona, Juan Gabriel, Phoenix:  Nadia Cantú, AZ Central

 

Preview Feature - Pittsburgh Ballet, Swan Lake, Pittsburgh:  Sara Bauknecht, Post-Gazette

 

News - National Ballet of Canada to premier Wayne McGregor - Margaret Atwood ballet MADDADDAM:  Debra Yeo, Hamilton Spectator

 

Video News - Royal New Zealand Ballet ballet master fired:  Cushla Norman, 1 News

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Links - Friday 06 May, 2022

 

 

Feature - Fumi Kaneko, Royal Ballet:  Lindsey Winship, Pointe Magazine

 

Book Review - Lynn Garafola, La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern:  Wendy Lesser, NY Times

 

Season Review - San Francisco Ballet, 7 performances, San Francisco:  Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Prism, Finale Finale, The Promised Land, San Francisco:  Maya Thompson, The Daily Californian

 

Review - Australian Ballet, Kunstkamer, Sydney:  Chantal Nguyen, Bachtrack

 

Review - Scottish Ballet, The Scandal at Mayerling, Aberdeen:  Scott Begbie, Press and Journal

 

Review - Ballet Black, Say It Loud, Black Sun, Edinburgh:  Kelly Apter, Scotsman

 

Review - LA Dance Project, Kinaesonata, 5 Live Calibrations, Adagio in B Minor, Night Bloom, New York:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Review - Footnote NZ Dance, Dry Spell, Hamilton:  Sue Cheeseman, NZ Theatreview

 

Review - Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, San Diego:  Valerie-Jean Miller, Broadway World

 

Review - Eleanor Smith & Molly Lieber, Gloria, New York:  Jen C George, Brooklyn Rail

 

Review - Kelsey Rondeau, Main Character Syndrome, New York:  Noa Weiss, Brooklyn Rail

 

News - Lauren Hilaire replaces Igor Zelensky at Bavarian State Ballet:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Cinema News - Royal Ballet, Swan Lake broadcast 19th May:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

News - Dance Umbrella Announces UK Premiere of Oona Doherty's NAVY BLUE at Sadlers Wells in October:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Feature - Mette Ingvartsen, choreographer & dancer:  Stephanie Bunbury, The Age

 

Feature/Review - Charlotte Ballet, Sleeping Beauty, Charlotte:  Perry Tannenbaum, Queen City Nerve

 

News Feature - Alexandra Kochis is retiring from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre:  Sara Bauknecht, Post-Gazette

 

Feature - Qiu Yunting, National Ballet of China:  Staff, CGTN

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Links - Saturday 07 May, 2022

 

 

Review - Royal Ballet, Swan Lake: Fundraiser for Ukraine, London:  Debra Craine, Times

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Emanon - In two movements, The Runaway, Partita, New York:  Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Architects of Time, Scherzo á la Russe, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Circus Polka, New York:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Swan Lake, San Francisco:  Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice

 

Review - Scottish Ballet, The Scandal at Mayerling, Aberdeen:  Kirsty Brown, Grampian On Line

 

Reviews - West Australian Ballet, Alice (in wonderland), Perth:

Rita Clarke, Limelight

Joshua Hall Haines, Out in Perth

 

Review - Limón Dance Company, Program A: Air for the G String, Psalm, Chaconne, Only One Will Rise (world premiere), New York:  Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Review - Sasha Waltz and Guests, Bang on a Can: “In C”, New York:  Candice Thompson, Fjord Review

 

Review - New Chamber Ballet, Deep Breath, Munu Munu, New York:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - La Veronal, Pasionaria, London:  Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

 

Review - Aljaž Skorjanec & Janette Manrara, Remembering the Oscars, London:  Rachel Nouchi, British Theatre Guide

 

Review - Roaming Bodies, Stranded Places, Wellington:  Lyne Pringle, NZ Theatreview

 

Book Review - Lynn Garafola, La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern:  Jennifer Wilson, The Nation

 

Feature - Summer Dance Preview for New York:  Marina Harss, New Yorker

 

News - Calls for Royal New Zealand Ballet AD to quit after complaints:  André Chumko, Stuff

 

Feature - Leisa Proud, dancer:  Nick Miller, The Age

 

Feature - Yuki Tokuda, choreographer & dancer:  Sheila Regan, Star Tribune

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Links – Sunday 8 May

 

Review – Royal Ballet, Swan Lake – Ukraine Benefit Performance, London: Emma Byrne, Evening Standard

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Fireworks, Scherzo Fantastique, Symphony in 3 Movements, Firebird, New York: Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Interview - Federico Bonelli: It was hard dancing with my wife — we used to fight: David Jays, Sunday Times

 

Review – Texas Ballet Theater, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dallas: Jillian Verzwyvelt, Ballet Herald

 

Review - Dance Salad Festival 2022, Houston: Maggie Foyer, Critical Dance

 

Review – Footnote NZ Dance, Dry Spell, Hastings, NZ: Kim Buckley, Theatreview

 

News – National Ballet of Canada, 2022-23 Season: Debra Yeo, Toronto Star

 

News - Joffrey Ballet presents Don Quixote in June: Stephi Wild, BWW Chicago

 

 

Report & Gallery - New York City Ballet’s Spring Gala: Staff, Vogue

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Links – Monday 9 May

 

Review – Ballet Hispánico, Tiburones, Con Brazos Abiertos, 18+1, Leicester: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Reviews – Matsena Productions, Shades of BlueHouse of Absolute, Warrior Queens, London:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review – Time Lapse Dance/Jody Sperling, Ice Cycle excerpt, Plastic Harvest, American Elm, Wind Rose, New York: Karen Hildebrand, Fjord Review

 

Review – Yumi Umiumare, A bizarre, grotesque meditation on tea that almost defies description, Melbourne: Andrew Fuhrmann, The Age

 

Preview – Joffrey Ballet, Under the Trees’ Voices, Vespertine (Scarlett), Times Are Racing, San Diego: Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune

 

News - Dance for Ukraine now on Marquee TV: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

News - Australian Ballet School flutters to Sydney: Staff, Dance Australia

 

News - New York City street named in honour of Jacques d’Amboise: Margaret Hall, Playbill

 

 

Commentary - Thomas Adès' 'Dante' Score – Concert Premiere, Los Angeles: Mark Swed, LA Times

 

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Links – Tuesday 10 May

 

News - Susan Jaffe to be next Artistic Director at American Ballet Theater:

Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

Sarah L Kaufman, Washington Post

 

Review – Australian Ballet, KunstkamerSydney: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Review – Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, London: Julie Lucas, London Resident

 

Review – NDT2, Impasse, The Big Crying, Simple Things, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, Scotsman

 

Reviews – Matsena Productions, Shades of BlueHouse of Absolute, Warrior Queens, London:

Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

Isaaac Ouro-Gnao, The Stage

Louise Levene, Financial Times  (+ Burrows & FargionRewritingScience Fiction)

 

Catchup Review – Royal Danish Ballet, Don Quixote, Copenhagen: Eva Kistrup, Danceviewtimes

 

Feature - Alonzo King keeps giving in his Company’s 40th year: Emily Wilson, SF Classical Voice

 

Ukraine - Ballet: A theater of the war in Ukraine: Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News

 

News - Dimity Azoury, Australian Ballet dancer, stars in musical An American in Paris: Amy Martin, Canberra Times

 

Interview – Choreographer Dorotea Saykaly, on creating Relic for Ballet BC: Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun

 

Detailed Preview – Eugene Ballet, The Taming of the Shrew, Eugene, OR: Gary Ferrington, Oregon Artswatch

 

 

Feature - Lauren Cuthbertson talks motherhood, ballet and how fragrance has informed her career: Jenny Proudfoot, Marie Claire

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Links – Wednesday 11 May

 

Previews – Royal Ballet, Like Water for Chocolate (Wheeldon), London:

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Stephi Wild, BWW UK

 

Preview – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Interlinked, Birmingham: Michael Houston, Inside the Games

 

Preview – Next Generation Festival, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review – Northern Ballet, Casanova, London: Donald Hutera, Evening Standard

 

Review – West Australia Ballet, Alice (in wonderland), Perth: Isabelle Leclezio, Dance Australia

 

Review – MorDance, Encounters, In C, Humanism, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Gallery – Le Corsaire in Rome with Nuñez, Muntagirov, Tissi and Makhateli: Fabrizio Sansoni, via Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

News - Houston Ballet receives $10 million donation, largest gift ever: Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle

 

News – Queensland Ballet and circus to reopen QPAC’s flood-Impacted Playhouse: Staff, Aussie Theatre

 

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Links - Thursday 12 May, 2022

 

 

Reviews - Northern Ballet, Casanova, London:

Debra Craine, Times

Mark Monahan, Telegraph

Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Marian Kennedy, London Theatre 1

Charlotte Kasner, Seeing Dance

 

Review - LA Dance Project, Kinaesonata, 5 Live Calibrations, Adagio in B Minor, Night Bloom, New York:  Cecilia Whalen, Fjord Review

 

Review - London:  Louise Levene, FT

Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion, Rewriting, Science Fiction

House of Absolute, Warrior Queens

Matsena Brothers, Shades of Blue

 

Gallery - La Scala Ballet, Sylvia, Milan:  Brescia & Amisano & others/Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

News - Rudolf Nureyev celebrated in “Nureyev Legend and Legacy” in London:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Preview - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Sleeping Beauty, Ottawa:  Sonya Gankina, apt613

 

Feature - Seattle was once a hub for contemporary dance. What happened?:  Marcie Sillman, Crosscut

 

Feature - Cincinnati Ballet’s retiring AD makes ‘bold’ final bow:  Janelle Gelfand, Biz Journals

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Links – Friday 13 May

 

Feature - The 2022 season at San Francisco Ballet showed the Company performing at the peak of Its powers: Jim Munson: BWW SF

-- Honoring Helgi Tomasson In New York City: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

Tour Review – Ballet Black, Say It Loud, Black Sun, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Review – Northern Ballet, Casanova, London: Vera Liber, BTG

 

Review – Rome Opera Ballet, Le Corsaire (Nunez & Muntagirov), Rome: Silvia Poletti, Bachtrack

 

Review – The Place: Resolution 2022, Marita Anastasi, Hannah Finn, Engholm Danseteater: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Tour Review – Footnote NZ Dance, Dry Spell, Wellington: Helen Balfour, Theatreview

 

News - National Ballet of Canada announces Principal casts for Karen Kain’s new Swan LakeA A Cristi, BWW Toronto

 

News – Chicago Dance for Life’s lineup announced for summer 2022: Doug George, Chicago Tribune

 

Preview – Co ERASGA, Passages of Rhythms, Vancouver: Carlito Pablo, Straight.com

 

Feature - A day In the life of Megan Gulla: 14 hours with San Francisco Ballet's Head Of Women's Wardrobe: Nadia Vostrikov, Ballet Herald

 

 

Ukraine:

These dancers escaped the war. Their journeys are just beginning: Alex Marshall, NY Times

 

Brazilian ballet dancer who quit Russia's Bolshoi after invasion has no regrets: Sebastian Rocandio, National Post

 

Ukrainian ballerina Anna Muromtseva: Escaping from Kyiv: Marta Molinari via Gramilano

 

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Links – Saturday 14 May

 

Feature - Women transforming Twenty-first Century Ballet: Susan Jaffe and Tamara Rojo: Alastair Macaulay, Essays

 

Feature - Christopher Wheeldon: Michael Jackson to magical Mexico — what the choreographer did next: Debra Craine, The Times

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Apollo, Orpheus, Agon, New York: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Review – Northern Ballet, Casanova, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review – LA Dance Project, Program A – Quad Bill, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Review – Dance Theatre of Harlem, Higher Ground, Passage, Balamouk, Portland: Martha Ullman West, Oregon Artswatch

 

Reviews - German Cornejo, Wild Tango, London:

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

Vera Liber, BTG

 

Cinema Reminder – Royal Ballet, Swan Lake: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Stream Review – Samantha Shay, Mother Melancholia: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Retropolis - Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev fled USSR long before Pussy Riot's Alyokhina: Ronald G Shafer, Washington Post

 

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Links – Sunday 15 May

 

Review – Pacific Northwest Ballet, Swan Lake (Stowell), Seattle: Nadia Vostrikov, Ballet Herald

 

Catchup Review – Adriana Pierce/#QueertheBallet, Mixed Bill, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Feature - The Memory Room is Jean Grand-Maître's final bow from Alberta Ballet: Eric Volmers, Edmonton Journal

 

Feature - New York City Ballet dancers reflect on a full performance on stage: Misty White Sidell, WWD

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Links – Monday 16 May

 

Preview – San Diego Ballet, Giselle (Velasco), San Diego: Marcia Luttrell, S D Union-Tribune

 

Catchup Review – Martha Graham Company, Chronicle, Canticle for Innocent Comedians, CAVE, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review – House of Absolute, Warrior QueensMatsena Productions, Shades of Blue, London: Sarah Crompton, The Observer

 

Tour Review – Australian Dance Theatre, Immerse, Mulumna, The Third, Adelaide: Maggie Tonkin, Dance Australia

 

Interview – Choreographer Melanie Lane: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

News - Sydney International Ballet Gala: World Stars of Ballet: Staff, Aussie Theatre

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Links - Tuesday 17 May, 2022

 

 

Review - Northern Ballet, Casanova, London:  Deborah Weiss, Dance for You Magazine

 

Review - Dance for Ukraine, London:  Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

 

Review - Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Cuthbertson/Bracewell), London:  Stefan Kyriazis, Express

 

Review - Ballet Black, Say it Loud, Black Sun, London:  Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World

 

Review - West Australian Ballet, Alice (in Wonderland), Perth:  Lucinda Coleman, Arts Hub

 

Review - Kansas City Ballet, The Wizard of Oz, Kansas City:  Hilary Stroh, Bachtrack

 

Review - Bijayini Satpathy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Review - Noche Flamenca, ni bien ni mal, todo lo contrario, New York:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - Dan Van Huynh, In Realness, London:  Alexandra Gray, Seeing Dance

 

Reviewlet - ICONS Choreographic Institute Thesis Dance Concert 2022, Washington:  George Jackson, Danceview Times

 

Feature - Alonzo King:  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Streaming News - Australian Ballet to stream Kunstkamer globally on 10 June:  AA Cristi, Broadway World

 

Feature - David Motta Soares on leaving the Bolshoi:  Staff, France 24 via AFP

 

Feature - Derek Brockington, Dance Theatre of Harlem:  David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer

 

Feature - Caili Quan, choreographer:  Ilena Peng, Pointe Magazine

 

Feature - Composer Jody Talbot talks about Like Water for Chocolate:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

News - Sydney International Ballet Gala announced:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

News - Ballet 5:8 announces 2022/23 season:  Chloe Rabinowitz, Broadway World

 

Featurette - Star Alliance attempts to connect the world:  Staff, shots

 

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Links - Wednesday 18 May, 2022

 

 

Reviews - New York City Ballet, New York: 

Stravinsky Festival (4 programmes):  Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

Pulcinella Variations, Scherzo à la Russe, Architects of Time, Stravinsky Violin Concerto:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

Suite No 2 for small orchestra, Apollo, Orpheus, Agon:  Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Swan Lake, San Francisco:  Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

Review - Royal Danish Ballet, Don Quixote, Copenhagen:  Maria Dubin, Copenhagen Post

 

Review - Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Send in a Cloud, Taipei:  Yatin Lin, Seeing Dance

 

Preview - Pina Bausch / Germaine Acogny / Malou Airoudu, The Rite of Spring, common ground[s], London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - Scottish Ballet, The Crucible, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - Houston Ballet, Pretty Things mixed programme, Houston:  Margaret Downing, Houston Press

 

Feature/Fashion Shoot - The Royal Ballet’s stars of Like Water for Chocolate:  Lydia Slater, Harper's Bazaar

 

Feature - Georgina Pazcoguin, dancer:  Emily Leibert, Jezebel

 

Review - Wild Tango, London:  Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World

 

Review (Opera with Dance) - Maria de Buenos Aires, Hong Kong:  Natasha Rogai, South China Morning Post

 

Feature - Abby Zbikowski, choreographer:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Preview Feature - Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, Sky Dancers, Toronto:  Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

Feature - The people who ‘danced themselves to death’:  Rosalind Jana, BBC

 

Feature - South Chicago Dance Theatre:  Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun Times

 

Feature - Ballet Folklórico: preserving Mexican history through dance:  Ashley Sanchez, North by Northwestern

 

Feature - Company XlV:  Carissa Chesanek, Broadway World

 

Feature - Inside a 2 year project by youth and adult dancers to create a piece inspired by children’s games:  Hannah Krafcik, Oregon Arts Watch

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Links - Thursday 19 May, 2022

 

 

Review - Northern Ballet, Casanova, London:  Maggie Foyer, Critical Dance

 

Review - Dance for Ukraine, London:  Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

 

Review - Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Deep River, San Francisco:  Charles Lewis lll, 48 Hills

 

Review - Stephen Petronio Company, New new Prayer for Now, Group Primary Accumulation, Bloom, New York:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

News - San Francisco Ballet announces 2023 season:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Feature - Calvin Royal lll (American Ballet Theatre) is pushing dance to change:  Alexandra Starr, Mother Jones

 

Preview Feature - London Children’s Ballet, Anne of Green Gables, London:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Preview Feature - BalletMet, Director’s Choice triple bill, Columbus:  Peter Tonguette, Columbus Dispatch

 

Preview Feature - San Diego Ballet, Giselle, San Diego:  Julia Dixon Evans, kpbs

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Links - Friday 20 May, 2022

 

 

Obituary - Ivan Markó, dancer:  Staff, Telegraph

 

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Robbins bill: Piano Pieces, The Four Seasons, New York:  Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Reviews - Rambert, Eye Candy, Cerberus, Following the subtle current upstream, London:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Mark Monahan, Telegraph

Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub

 

Reviews - Northern Ballet, Casanova, Salford:

David Cunningham, British Theatre Guide

Jo Eggs, Reviews Hub

Jay Darcy, Mancunion

 

Review - Joffrey Ballet, Birthday Variations, Under the Trees’ Voices, The Sofa, The Times Are Racing, Santa Barbara:  Charles Donelan, Santa Barbara Independent

 

Review - Donna Uchizono, Wings of Iron, New York:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Preview Feature - National Ballet of Canada, Swan Lake (Karen Kain), Toronto:  Susan Krashinsky Robertson, Globe and Mail

 

Feature - Jessica Lang, choreographer:  Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review

 

News - Phoenix Dance Theatre enters consultation phase with dancers:  Matthew Helmsley, Stage

 

News - Ballet BC announces 2022/23 season:  Steve Newton, Straight

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Links - Saturday 21 May, 2022

 

 

Feature - Natalia Osipova:  Debra Craine, Times

 

News - Australian Ballet announces 10 dancer promotions:  Valerie Lawson, Dance Lines

 

News - Chun Wai Chan promoted to principal at New York City Ballet:  Rachel Sherman, NY Times

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Stravinsky Festival 2022: programme 4, New York:  Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Piano Pieces, The Four Seasons, New York:  Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Preview Feature Houston Ballet, Pretty Things (Trey McIntyre), Houston:  Tarra Gaines, Paper City Magazine

 

Review - National Ballet of Marseille, 50th Anniversary triple bill, Paris:  Laura Cappelle, FT

 

Milwaukee Ballet, Beauty and the Beast, Milwaukee:

Preview - Aly Prouty, Spectrum News 1

Review - Elaine Schmidt, Journal-Sentinel

Lauren Warnecke, Milwaukee Mag

 

Review - Jacob Reynolds, Munster, Auckland:  Felicity Molloy, NZ Theatre View

 

Feature - Joey Arrigo, dancer, drag queen & more:  Aisling Murphy, Toronto Star

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Links – Sunday 22 May

 

Cinema Review – Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Cuthbertson, Bracewell): Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Apollo, Orpheus, Agon, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review – Houston Ballet, ONE/end/ONE, Hush, Pretty Things, Houston: Margaret Downing, Houston Press

 

Review – Rambert, Eye Candy, Cerberus, Following the Subtle Current Upstream, London: Rosemary Waugh, The i  (Scroll down)

 

Report – English National Ballet: Emerging Dancer 2022, London: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance   Photo Gallery: Ash, via Gramilano

 

Review – Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, Wall, Washington DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes

 

News – Royal Ballet: William Bracewell & Reece Clarke now Principals: Liam Kelly, Sunday Times  (Any sign of a formal announcement?)

 

Feature - Kyle Abraham: ‘I was kicked out of school for dancing — now I work with Beyoncé’: David Jays, Sunday Times

 

Feature – Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake score: Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald

 

Ukraine - Lviv diary: ballet, bomb shelters – and everyone loves Boris: Christina Lamb, The Spectator

 

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Links – Monday 23 May

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Divertimento from Le Baiser de la Fée, The Cage, Duo Concertant, Rubies, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review – Rambert, Eye Candy, Cerberus, Following the Subtle Current Upstream, London: Sarah Crompton, The Observer

 

Review - Estonian National BalletTwilight Houses, Tallinn: Stuart Sweeney, Critical Dance

 

Review – Footnote NZ Dance, Dry Spell, Whanganui:  Tania Kopytko, Theatreview

 

Preview – Natalia Osipova in Carmen (Veldman)London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview – Of the Land On Which We Meet, Melbourne: Stephen A Russell, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Preview – Dancenorth, WayfinderTownsville: Staff, Dance Australia

 

Stream Report - How Erik Snyder became English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2022: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard

 

Report - Young dancers shine at GradPro 2022: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

 

Feature – Igor Zelensky: always an enigma on stage, offstage embroiled in political intrigue: Sarah Crompton, The Times

 

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Links – Tuesday 24 May

 

Feature - New ABT director Susan Jaffe might blow up the entire way we think about ballet: Sarah L Kaufman, Washington Post

 

Review – New York City Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Balanchine), New York: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Review – Ballett Zürich, Peer Gynt (Clug), Zurich: Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack

 

Review – Rambert, Eye Candy, Cerberus, Following the Subtle Current Upstream, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review – Houston Ballet, ONE/end/ONE, Hush, Pretty Things, Houston: Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle

 

Review – Martha Graham Dance Company, Appalachian Spring, Canticle for Innocent Comedians, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Tour Review – Ballet Central, Moving, Still; Twice Removed, Sunset in Cape Town, Unbound, London: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Preview - Flamenco Festival 2022, Sadler's Wells: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

News - The Royal Ballet celebrates The Royal Opera House's multi-year partnership with Doncaster Council and Cast: Stephi Wild, BWW UK Regional

 

News - V&A Dundee event celebrates Michael Clark who brought punk to ballet: Gayle Ritchie, The Courier

 

News - Petition against Phoenix Dance job cuts as demonstrators protest: Matthew Hemley, The Stage

 

News – Seattle: Washington Ballet takes to The Plaza at City Center for 3 nights of free performances: A A Cristi, BWW Seattle

 

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Links – Wednesday 25 May

 

Review – Rambert, Eye Candy, Cerberus, Following the Subtle Current Upstream, London: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

 

Review – Circa, Sacre (Rite of Spring), Brighton: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Review – BalletXSpring Series, Philadelphia: Sigrid Payne Da Veiga, Critical Dance

 

Report - ENB Emerging Dancer Award 2022 : Vera Liber, BTG

 

Preview - Festival of Korean Dance 2022, The Place, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Feature - It’s a Season of Renewal at SF Ballet School: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice

 

News - Phoenix Dance confirms job cuts as review into future is undertaken: Matthew Hemley, The Stage

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Links – Thursday 26 May

 

Interview – Toni Bentley, author of SerenadeSophie Bress, Fjord Review

 

Interview – Antony Hamilton, Director at Chunky Move: John Bailey, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Review – Rudolf Nureyev Gala (Osipova, Clarke, Simkin etc)Milan: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Review – Paris Opera Ballet, Mats Ek – Carmen, Another Place, Bolero, Paris: Candice Thompson, Fjord Review

 

Review – Stephen Petronio Company, New New Prayer for Now, Group Primary Accumulation, Bloom, New York: Karen Hildebrand, Fjord Review

 

Review – Trisha Brown Dance Company, Foray Forêt, Astral Converted, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Tour Reviews – Northern Ballet, The Great Gatsby, Milton Keynes:

David Mead, SeeingDance

Jodie Erica, MKFM

 

Reviews – Rambert, Eye Candy, Cerberus, Following the Subtle Current Upstream, London:

Emily May, Fjord Review

Rupert Christiansen, Spectator  (+ CornejoWild Tango)

 

Catchup Review – San Francisco Ballet, Swan Lake, San Francisco: Maya Thompson, Daily Californian

 

Review – Charlotte Spencer/ Petra Söór/Louise Tanoto, Written in the Body, Brighton: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Review – Jan Martens & Dancers, any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones, London: Chris Lilly, Reviews Hub

 

Preview/Gallery – Carmen (Veldman): Natalia Osipova in new version at London Southbank: Stefan Kyriazis, Daily Express

 

News - American Ballet Theatre announces casts for first two weeks of 2022 Summer Season: Chloe Rabinowitz, BWW

 

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Links – Friday 27 May

 

Interview – Christopher Wheeldon and Like Water for ChocolateLyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

News - Australian Ballet warns of ‘significant risks’ as it prepares to lose its home: Nick Miller, The Age

 

Feature - Li Cunxin's decade with Queensland Ballet: Olivia Stewart, Limelight

 

Review – Scottish Ballet, The Scandal at Mayerling, Edinburgh: Simon Thompson, Seen and Heard

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Scherzo Fantastique, Symphony in 3 Movements, Firebird, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Tour Review – Rambert, Eye Candy, Cerberus, Following the Subtle Current Upstream, Salford: Dave Cunningham, Reviews Hub

 

Stream Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Ballet Bites: Lyne Pringle, Theatreview

 

Tour Preview – Scottish Ballet, The Crucible (Pickett), London: A A Cristi, BWW

 

Previews – DanceAfrica Festival, New York:

Brian Seibert, NY Times

Candice Thompson, Fjord Review

 

News/Gallery - La Scala’s ‘Magnificent Factory’ – a new 70,000 square metre green home for laboratories and studios: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

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Links – Saturday 28 May

 

Obituary – Lee Lee Lan, Malaysian dancer and ballet advocate: Mae Chan, Options

 

 

Preview – Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, The Sleeping Beauty (Haydee), Montreal: Jim Burke, Montreal Gazette

 

Preview – Polish & Dutch National Ballets, The Tempest (Pastor), Warsaw: Stephi Wild, BWW

 

News - Bangarra’s Stephen Page wins $50,000 lifetime achievement award: Kelly Burke, Guardian

 

Feature – Pacific Northwest’s Amanda Morgan on changes since the George Floyd protests: Gemma Alexander, Seattle Times

 

Poetic Review - Tabitha Dombrowksi and Björn AslundSublime Interludes, Wellington: Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing

 

News - Stranded Kyiv City Ballet company to give gala performance in York: Mike Laycock, York Press

  

Feature - Yin He Dance Company celebrates Chinese art and culture through classical, modern movement: Cadence Quaranta, Chicago Sun-Times

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Links – Sunday 29 May

 

Reviews – Natalia Osipova & Colleagues, Carmen (Veldman), London:

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance

 

Review – Boston Ballet, Swan Lake (Nissinen), Boston: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe

 

Catchup Review – Dance Theatre of Harlem, Higher Ground, Passage, Balamouk, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review – Ariel Rivka Dance, Mixed Bill, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Review – Quantum Leap, Terra Firma, Canberra: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Preview – Semperoper Ballett, Peer Gynt (Inger), Dresden: A A Cristi, BWW Germany

 

Book Review – La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern by Lynn Garafola: Sarah Crompton, Spectator

 

News - David Hallberg dances Kunstkamer with Australian Ballet in a live-streamed programme: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

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Links – Monday 30 May

 

Reviews – Natalia Osipova & Colleagues, Carmen (Veldman), London:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Debra Craine, The Times

 

Review – Royal Swedish Ballet, Cinderella (Rojo), Stockholm: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

 

Review – Circa, Sacre (Rite of Spring), Brighton: Katie Colombus, Arts Desk

 

Reviews – L-E-V, Love,Chapter 3, London:

Sanjoy Roy, Guardian

Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub

 

Review – Charlotte Spencer, Petra Söör, Louise Tanoto, Written in the Body, Brighton: Sarah Crompton, Observer

 

Review – London Children’s Ballet, Anne of Green Gables, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

1972 Archive Review – Nederlands Dans Theater, Mutations, After Eden, Melbourne: Romola Costantino, The Age

 

Feature - Two dancers, at opposite ends of their careers, unite for transformational ballet KunstkamerNick Miller, The Age

 

Preview – West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Rise – Showcase Performances, Perth: Staff, Dance Australia

 

News – Australian Ballet: Annual Report and associated concerns: Jo Litson, Limelight

 

 

 

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Links - Tuesday 31 May, 2022

 

 

Feature - Li Cunxin celebrates 10 years at Queensland Ballet:  Karen van Ulzen, Dance Australia

 

Review - New York City Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, New York:  Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Gallery - Royal Ballet, Like Water for Chocolate (in rehearsal), London:  Tristram Kenton, Guardian

 

Reviews - Natalia Osipova & Colleagues, Carmen (Veldman), London:

Graham Watts, Bachtrack

Vera Liber, British Guide

 

Review - Ballet Hispánico, Doña Perón, New York:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - London Children’s Ballet, Anne of Green Gables, London:  Scott Matthewman, Reviews Hub

 

Review - mapdance 2022, mixed programme, Milton Keynes:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Review - Jazzantiqua Dance, mixed programme, Los Angeles:  Valerie-Jean Miller, Broadway World

 

Review - Circa Contemporary Circus, Sacre, Brighton:  Katie Colombus, Arts Desk

 

Streamed Review - English National Ballet, Emerging Dancer 2022:  Deborah Weiss, Dance for You Magazine

 

News - Christopher Harrison is retiring from Scottish Ballet:  Kara Kennedy, Herald Scotland

 

News - Documentary to explore Blackpool Dance Festival:  Georgia Snow, Stage

 

Feature - Harper Watters (Houston Ballet), His fashion style:  Camille Freestone, Coveteur

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