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Links – Wednesday 1 February 2023

 

Feature – United Ukrainian Ballet has found a home in The Hague: Marina Harss, NY Times

 

Feature - Out of the spotlight: seven of dance’s hottest hidden talents: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Review – Polish National Ballet, Exodus, Flights-Harnasie, Warsaw: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review – Hong Kong Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Webre), New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog,nyc

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Copland Dance Episodes, New York: Robert Greskovic, Wall St Journal

 

Preview – Throwdown Collective, LiminalToronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

Preview - Gregory Maqoma, Broken Chord, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Stream Preview – Scottish Ballet, Starstruck: Gene Kelly's love letter to ballet: Jennifer Robinson, KPBS

 

News – Portland’s Reed College Dance repositions itself for the future: Hannah Krafcik, Oregon Artswatch

 

 

And it says here that:

You’ll need to snorkel your way to a seat for this Hawaiian underwater ballet: Erika Mailman, Time Out

 

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Links – Thursday 2 February 2023

 

Feature - The beating heart of Danish Ballet: Sarasota Ballet welcomes Johan Kobborg’s La Sylphide: Sylvia Whitman, Sarasota Scene

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Copland Dance Episodes, New York: Erin Bomboy, Bachtrack

 

Stream Review – Tokyo Ballet, The Nutcracker: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

News - Dutch National Ballet’s first US Tour in 40 years: Stephi Wild, BWW Boise

 

News - Boston Ballet presents Nureyev’s Don Quixote next month: Stephi Wild, BWW Boston

 

News - Tulsa Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

Diary - February DanceWatch: Feelin’ the love: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch

 

 

And:

What would you pay for Dame Margot Fonteyn’s make-up box? Lauren Williams, Express

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Links – Friday 3 February 2023

 

Feature - Alvin Ailey company returns to Toronto with a dance work about Nelson Mandela: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Fancy Free, Rondo, Solo, Episodes, New York: Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Fortuitous Ash, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Review – Dance Theatre of Harlem, Allegro Brillante, When Love, Blake Works IV, Higher Ground, Philadelphia: Merilyn Jackson, Fjord Review

 

Review – Akram Khan Company, Jungle Book Reimagined, Barcelona: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Reviews – Cullberg Ballet, Horse, the Solos, New York:

Gia Kourlas, NY Times

Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene

 

Review – Dances by Very Young Choreographers, Alumni Concert, New York:  Karen Hildebrand, Fjord Review

 

Review – Kyle Marshall Choreography, Ruin, Philadelphia: Merilyn Jackson, Fjord Review

 

Review – Vertigo Dance Company, PARDES, New York: Susan Yung, Brooklyn Rail

 

Review – Gary Clarke Company, Wasteland, Manchester: David Cunningham, BTG

 

News - Harrison Ball to bid Farewell to NYCB In Haieff Divertimento: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News – National Ballet of China to stage classic Dream of the Red Chamber: Lou Kang, Global Times

 

Book Preview – Ed Watson: A Different Dance: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Features – United Ukrainian Ballet:

Elizabeth Blair, NPR Radio

Christina Ruffini, CBS News

Ines Bel Aiba, Yahoo!

 

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Links – Saturday 4 February 2023

 

Obituary – John White Jr, Dancer & Teacher: Staff, Pointe Magazine

 

 

Feature – The Night Falls: A song and dance collaboration straight outta Swamplandia: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Features - Has going to see ballet suddenly become hip? Charlotte Barnett, Observer (New York)      Sienna Arrobio, Her Campus

 

Feature - BalletX out to prove that ballet is not an elitist artform: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe

 

Feature - Choreographer Keerati Jinakunwiphat’s first work for New York City Ballet: Madelyn Sutton, Playbill

- Review: Celia Wren, Washington Post

 

Previews – Royal Ballet, Secret Things – Choreographer Pam Tanowitz & Composer Anna Clyne:

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Hannah Nepilova, Financial Times

 

Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Southampton:

Tessa Hurst, In-Common

Lyndon Hogg, Advertiser & Times

 

Tour Review – Scottish Ballet, The Snow Queen, Newcastle: Dora Frankel, BTG

 

Review – Israel Galván, Solo, New York: Cecilia Whalen, Fjord Review

 

Review – Ballett am Rhein, Coppelia X machina, Dusseldorf: Vikki Jane Vile, Bachtrack

 

Review – Lil Buck & others, Memphis Jookin’: The Show, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Review – Bangarra Dance Theatre, Dance Clan-Triple Bill, Sydney: Deborah Jones, Limelight

 

Review – Asun Noales & Dancers, La Mort I la donzella, Barcelona: Veronica Posth, SeeingDance

 

Review – Mime Festival/Peeping Tom, Triptych, London: Jane Darcy, Reviews Hub

 

Interview – Phil Chan and Banishing Orientalism: Candice Thompson, Fjord Review

 

News - Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda to be performed by Finnish National Ballet: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Pär Hagström composes score for San Francisco Ballet's new work MADCAPStephi Wild, BWW SF

 

Report – United Ukrainian Ballet in Washington DC: AFP via France 24

 

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Links - Sunday 05 February, 2023

 

 

Preview Feature - Ballet Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, La Bayadère (Petipa/Pech), Rome:  Maria Shollenbarger, FT

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Copland Dance Episodes, Voices, Fortuitous Ash, Everywhere we go, New York:  Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Review - National Ballet of Canada, Romeo and Juliet (Ratmansky), Ottawa:  Courtney Castelino, Broadway World

 

Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Southampton:  Deborah Weiss, Bachtrack

 

Review - United Ukrainian Ballet, Giselle, Washington:  Carolyn Kelemen, MD Theatre Guide

Gallery - Staff, First Post

 

Reviews - Philadelphia Ballet, PS, ENdure, CIRCUMSTELLARS, Philadelphia:

Ellen Dunkel, Philadelphia Inquirer

Christopher Munden, Phindie

 

Review - Akram Khan Company, Jungle Book Reimagined, Barcelona:  Veronica Posth, Seeing Dance

 

Review - Nerubashenko Ballet, The Nutcracker, York:  Alanah Hammond, Nouse

 

Preview - Tulsa Ballet, Cinderella (McNicol), Tulsa:  James D Watts Jr, Tulsa World

 

News - Prix de Lausanne 2023 winners announced:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Feature - Paul Bayes-Kitcher, AD Fallen Angels Dance Theatre, talks about the company and collaborating on a new production of Faustus:  Catherine Jones, Stage

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Links - Monday 06 February, 2023

 

 

Reviews - Royal Ballet, Pam Tanowitz evening: Secret Things, Dispatch Duet, Everyone Keeps Me, London:

Sanjoy Roy, Guardian

Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Southampton:  News Editor, Winchester Today

 

Review - Motionhouse, Starchitects, Birmingham:  James Garrington, Reviews Hub

 

Review - Ballet Folk, The Tears of Jenny Greenteeth, London:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Review - Peeping Tom, Triptych, London:  Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

Gallery - Prix de Lausanne 2023 finalists:  Gregory Batardon, Gramilano

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Links - Tuesday 07 February, 2023

 

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Copland Dance Pieces, New York:  Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Fortuitous Ash, Voices, Everywhere We Go, New York:  Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review

 

Reviews - Royal Ballet, Pam Tanowitz evening: Secret Things, Dispatch Duet, Everyone Keeps Me, London:

Zoe Anderson, Independent

Debra Craine, Times

 

Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Birmingham:  Donald Hutera, Times

 

Review - United Ukrainian Ballet, Giselle, Washington:  Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Review - Natalia Osipova and Friends, Force of Nature, New York:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - La Scala Ballet, The Nutcracker (Nureyev), Milan:  Alessandro Bizzotto, Dance for You Magazine

 

Review - Cullberg, Horse, the solos, New York:  Candice Thompson, Fjord Review

 

Mini Gallery - Bangarra Dance Theatre, Dance Clan, Sydney:  Staff, Dance Australia

 

Preview Feature - Kyle Abraham, choreographer:  Victoria Looseleaf, SF Classical Voice

 

Preview - San Francisco Ballet, Swan Lake, San Francisco:  Roman Gokhman, Riff Magazine

 

Preview - Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Chicago:  Kyle Macmillan, Chicago Sun Times

 

Preview - BalletCollective/Troy Schumacher, The Night Falls, Montclair:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Preview - Euripides Laskaridis, TITANS, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Video Interview - Harper Watters talks about dancing Paris in R&J:  Staff, Click 2 Houston

 

Film Review - English National Ballet/Akram Khan/Asif Capadia, Creature:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

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Links - Wednesday 08 February, 2023

 

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Next@90 Festival, San Francisco:  Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice

 

Reviews - Royal Ballet, Pam Tanowitz evening: Secret Things, Dispatch Duet, Everyone Keeps Me, London:

Graham Watts, Bachtrack

Louise Levene, FT

 

Review - United Ukrainian Ballet, Giselle, Washington:  Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, Giselle, Seattle:  Rachel Gallaher, Seattle Times

 

Review - Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, Sleeping Beauty, Birmingham:  James Rodger, Birmingham Mail

 

Review - Varna International Ballet, Coppelia, Norwich:  Pete Woodhouse, Lynn News

 

Review - Peeping Tom, Triptych, London:  Rachel Nouchi, British Theatre Guide

 

Review - Familie Flöz, Feste, London:  Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

 

Preview - Ballet Black, Pioneers (double bill), London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview Feature - Mark Morris Dance Group, The Look of Love, Berkeley:  Philip Mayard, Bay Area Reporter

 

Podcast - Kyle Abraham, choreographer:  Josephine Reid, National Endowment for the Arts

 

News - Birmingham Royal Ballet announces Black Sabbath the Ballet:  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Feature - Johannes Radebe, dancer:  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Feature - Dance Theatre of Harlem:  Marcheta Fornoff, Fort Worth Report

 

News - Paulo Arrais to retire from Boston Ballet:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Featurette - Emelia Perkins, Sarasota Ballet:  Claudia Bauer, Dance Magazine

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Links - Thursday 09 February, 2023

 

 

Feature - Choreographer Cathy Marston brings Edith Wharton novel to life for Atlanta Ballet: Gillian Anne Renault, Arts Atl

 

News - Birmingham Royal Ballet announces Black Sabbath the Ballet:

David Sanderson and Debra Craine, Times

David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Next@90 Festival, San Francisco:  Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

Review - Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Dance Me, London:  Marianka Swain, Telegraph

 

Review - United Ukrainian Ballet, Giselle, Washington:  Oksana Khadarina, Ballet Herald

 

Review - London:  Rupert Christiansen, Spectator

Royal Ballet, Pam Tanowitz evening: Secret Things, Dispatch Duet, Everyone Keeps Me

Acosta Danza, Spectrum

 

Review - Rambert, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Southampton:  Mark Ponsford, Winchester Today

 

Review - Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, Sleeping Beauty, Birmingham:  Johanna Dyer/Euan Rose, Bromsgrove Standard

 

Preview - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate, Costa Mesa:  AA Cristi, Broadway World

 

Preview Feature - Miami City Ballet, The Moor’s Pavane, Diversion of Angels, Miami:  Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald

 

Season Preview - Alberta Ballet:  Angela Johnston, Calgary Herald

 

Preview - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Washington:  André Hereford:  Metro Weekly

 

Preview - BalletMet and Tulsa Ballet team up for Dorothy and the Prince of Oz:  Peter Tonguette, Columbus Dispatch

 

Preview - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Dracula (Pink), Pittsburgh: Amanda Waltz, Pittsburgh City Paper

 

Preview - New York Theatre Ballet, 2 programmes, Albany:  Geraldine Freedman, Daily Gazette

 

Feature - Shaun Parker, choreographer:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Feature - Zoie Golding, AD ZoieLogic Dance:  John Byrne, Stage

 

Video Feature - Black ballerinas make history at Pacific Northwest Ballet:  q13fox

 

News - The Royal Opera House celebrates International Women’s Day 2023:  Staff, London Post

 

Book Review - Lucy Ashe, Clara and Olivia:  Natalie Xenos, Culture Fly

 

Book Feature - Alice Gavin (creative director), Dancer L’Image:  Fabienne Ayina, ANOther Mag

 

Exhibition Feature - Simone Forti, Los Angeles:  Jori Finkel, NY Times

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Links - Friday 10 February, 2023

 

 

Reviews - Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Dance Me, London:

David Mead, Seeing Dance

Siobhan Murphy, Stage

Debra Craine, Times

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

 

Review - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, In a sentimental mood, Are you in your feelings?, Revelations, Martrese Meachum, Broadway World

 

Reviews - Rennie Harris and Company, Rome & Jewels, New York:

Brian Seibert, NY Times

Marina Kennedy, Broadway World

 

Reviews - Cape Town City Ballet, Cinderella, Cape Town:

Debbie Hathaway, Biz Community

Faeron Wheeler, Broadway World

 

Review - Varna International Ballet, Giselle, Norwich:  Staff, Eastern Daily Press

 

Review - Sadiq Ali, The Chosen Haram, London:  Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

News - Laura Morera to retire from the Royal Ballet:

Graham Spicer, Gramilano

Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Interview - Jodie Gates, AD Cincinnati Ballet:  Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review

 

Essay - Mikhail Fokine, modernist choreographer:  Alastair Macaulay, Blog

 

News - Joffrey Ballet faces backlash for its upcoming production of Anna Karenina:  Lizzy Buck, Parade

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Links - Saturday 11 February, 2023

 

 

Reviews - Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Dance Me, London:

Simonetta Dixon, BalletCo Forum

Louise Levene, FT

 

Review - Dance on Camera Festival 2023, New York:  Elizabeth Zimmer, Village Voice

 

Review - Varna International Ballet, Giselle, Wimbledon:  Jenny Booth, Time & Leisure

 

Review - Milwaukee Ballet, Originals (mixed programme), Milwaukee:  Elaine Schmidt, Journal Sentinel

Gallery - Rachel Malehorn & Nathaniel Davauer, Journal Sentinel

 

Review - Minnesota Ballet, Forward (mixed programme), Duluth:  Kelly Sue Coyle, Duluth News Tribune

 

Preview - Houston Ballet’s upcoming season celebrating Stanton Welch’s 20 years:  Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle

 

Feature - Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, AD Hubbard Street Dance Chicago:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Feature - What an 80s feeling: Flashdance turns 40:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Feature - As Joffrey Ballet School turns 70, Robert Joffrey’s legacy is stronger than ever:  Staff, Dance Magazine

 

Feature - After surviving Covid-19, formerly incarcerated people tackle trauma through dance:  Steven Vargas, LA Times

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Links – Sunday 12 February 2023

 

Feature – ‘We don’t miss Tchaikovsky’ says Ukrainian Snow Queen: On the front line of a country’s cultural de-Russification: Catherine Philp, The Times

 

Interview - Susan Jaffe, the new Director at American Ballet Theatre: Charlotte Barnett, Washington Post

 

Reviews – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Dance Me, London:

Jan Woolf, Morning Star

Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

Sarah Crompton, Observer

 

Review – Royal Ballet, Pam Tanowitz: Triple Bill, London: Sarah Crompton, Observer

 

Review – Philadelphia Ballet, Forward Motion – Triple Bill, Philadelphia: Melissa Strong, Broad Street Review

 

Review - Mette Ingvartsen Constellation, Barcelona: Veronica Posth, SeeingDance

 

News - Hong Kong Ballet Presents Coco Chanel: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Martha Graham Company at the Annenberg Center: Ellen Dunkel, Philadelphia Inquirer

 

Gallery – National Ballet of China, A Dream of Red Mansions, Beijing: Staff, Xinhua News

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Links – Monday 13 February 2023

 

Feature - ‘It’s a grief and a healing’: why dance-makers love The Rite of Spring: Sarah Crompton, The Observer

 

News – Hanover: Ballet Director attacks dance critic at premiere: Staff, News Out    Slipped Disc  (And elsewhere)

 

Review – La Scala Theatre Ballet, Anima Animus, Solitude Sometimes, Remanso, Bella Figura, Milan: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Review – Ballett Zürich, On the Move, Tal, Violin Concerto No 1, Zurich: Jeanette Andersen, SeeingDance

 

Review – Ballet West, Sleeping Beauty, Salt Lake City: Audrey Lockie, Utah Arts Review

 

Review – Philadelphia Ballet, Forward Motion – Triple Bill, Philadelphia: Merilyn Jackson, Fjord Review

 

Catchup Review – American Ballet Theatre, Incubator – Choreographic Workshop, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Book Interview – Alice Robb: Don’t Think Dear, On Loving and Leaving BalletSophie Bress, Fjord Review **

 

News – Sydney’s March Dance programme: Staff, Dance Australia

 

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Links – Tuesday 14 February 2023

 

Review – Czech National Ballet, OneginPrague: Jonathan Gray, Bachtrack

 

Review – United Ukrainian Ballet, Giselle (Ratmansky), Washington DC: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, An Evening of Music and Dance, Birmingham:  David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Review – Circa, SacreBoston: Jessica Lockhart, Arts Fuse

 

Preview - English National BalletCreature, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview – Houston Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Welch), Houston: Margaret Downing, Houston Press

 

Preview – Perth Festival: Laura Boynes and Equations of a Falling BodyIsabelle Leclezio, Dance Australia

 

News – Oregon Ballet Theatre: Danielle Rowe to be new Artistic Director: Bob Hicks, Oregon Artswatch

 

News – Cruise the Adriatic with Paris Opera Ballet: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News:

Ukrainian embassy warns of ‘impostor’ ballet company due to tour Ireland: Ronan McGreevy, Irish Times

 

Chicago's Joffrey Ballet faces backlash over Russian ballet programming: Staff, BWW

 

Finally - Should anyone still be unaware of the incident in Hanover mentioned in yesterday’s Links, you can immerse yourself: Here

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Links – Wednesday 15 February 2023

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Winter Season, New York: Gia Kourlas, New York Times

 

Reviews – West Australian Ballet, IN CognitoSTRUT Dance, 10 Duets on a Theme of Rescue, Perth: Isabelle Leclezio, Dance Australia

 

Preview - Royal BalletCinderella (Ashton), London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Film Review - Revival: A Meditation on Aging, Dance, & Community: Karen Hildebrand, Fjord Review

 

Feature – Joffrey Ballet: Dancing Into a Minefield? Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times

 

News - Wayne McGregor appointed President of Elmhurst Ballet School: A A Cristi, BWW UK Regional

 

News - Birmingham Royal Ballet selected for Bloomberg Philanthropies' Digital Accelerator Programme: Stephi Wild, BWW UK Regional

 

 

And in light of the Hanover incident, further proof that a Critic’s lot is not always a happy one:

Smeared with dog mess for a bad review? That’s life for a critic: Ed Potton, The Times

 

Punched, insulted and excoriated in song … our critics on the artists who hit back: Lyndsey Winship and others, Guardian

 

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Links – Thursday 16 February 2023

 

News - An international lineup returns for Jacob’s Pillow’s 2023 Season: Rachel Sherman, NY Times

 

Feature – Woman of Words: Royal New Zealand Ballet to celebrate Katherine MansfieldL Rebecca Fox, Otago Daily Times

 

Feature - I’m a dancer who sometimes uses a wheelchair – people should just get over it: Kate Stanforth, Guardian

 

Film Feature – Asif Kapadia’s Creature: ‘All of the crew were into dance. Even our electricians went to the ballet’: Tara Brady, Irish Times

 

Review – Katherina Radeva, “40/40” (A solo ode to middle-age), Glasgow: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

 

Review – American Modern Opera Company, How to Fall Apart, New York: Erin Bomboy, Bachtrack

 

News - John Neumeier's The Little Mermaid awaits Its Chicago premiere: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - LaScalaTv, La Scala's new streaming platform, is now live: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Ukraine:

Pro-Ukraine demonstrators denounce Joffrey Ballet’s Anna Karenina: Kade Heather, Chicago Sun-Times

 

Promoter changes name of ballet company after objections from Ukrainian embassy: Ronan McGreevy, Irish Times

 

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Links – Friday 17 February 2023

 

News – Hanover: Marco Goecke fired:

Francesca Gillett, BBC News

Kate Connelly, The Guardian

Alex Marshall, NY Times  (and elsewhere!)

Full Opera House Statement (in English) BalletcoForum

 

 

Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Wright/Samsova), Birmingham:

Mark Brown, Telegraph

David Mead, SeeingDance

Maria Cusine, Express & Star

 

Review – Maribor Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Clug), Rite of Spring (Clug), Hong Kong: Kevin Ng, HK Economic Journal

 

Catchup Review – New York City Ballet, Copland Dance Episodes, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review – Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune

 

Reviews – Holly Blakey & Others, Cowpuncher My Ass, London:

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Neil Norman, The Stage

Matthew Paluch, Gramilano  (+ thoughts on Hanover)

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Links – Saturday 18 February 2023

 

Obituary – Rena Gluck, brought modern dance to Israel: Nrian Schaefer, NY Times

 

 

Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Wright/Samsova), Birmingham:

Rachel Elderkin, The Stage

Polly Watton, Redbrick

Janet McNulty, BalletcoForum

 

Review – Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina, Chicago: Hedy Weiss, WTTW News

 

Review – New York City Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Martins), New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes

 

Preview – Oregon Ballet Theatre, La Sylphide, Portland: Martha Ullman West, Oregon Artswatch

 

Feature - Chyrstyn Fentroy, Principal at Boston Ballet: Lydia Murray, Dance Magazine

 

Feature - Living ArchitectureYulia Skogoreva and contemporary dance photography: Paul McInnes, Fjord Review

 

News - Philadelphia Ballet to present Angel Corella’s The Sleeping BeautyStaff, Philly Voice

 

News – Ballet Manila: 25th Season announced: Jessica Pag-iwayan, Manila Bulletin

 

Book Review - Don’t Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet by Alice Robb: Debra Craine, The Times

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Links - Sunday 19 February, 2023

 

 

Reviews - American Ballet Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, Washington:

Carolyn Kelemen, MD Theatre Guide

Roger Catlin, Broadway World

 

Review - Miami City Ballet, Modern Masters (mixed programme), West Palm Beach:  Donna Murray, Palm Beach Daily News

 

Review - Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Woke, Peace Piece, Love Rocks, Calgary:  Stephen Bonfield, Calgary Herald

 

Short Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, Giselle, Seattle:  Sondra Forsyth, Broadway World

 

Review - Varna International Ballet, Giselle, Wimbledon:  Zoe Pfaller, Everything Theatre

 

Review - Gravity & Other Myths, The Mirror, Sydney:  Richard Cotter, Australian Stage 

 

Feature/Review - Vangeline Theater, The Slowest Wave, New York:  Karen Greenspan, Fjord Review

 

Feature - Asif Kapadia and Akram Khan on their climate crisis dance film:  Tanjil Rashid, Guardian

 

News Feature - Hungarian Ballet (Gyor Ballet) rehearses in car factory as energy prices soar:  Staff, CBC via AP

 

Book Review - Lola Lafon, Reeling:  Phoebe Roberts, Fjord Review

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Links - Monday 20 February, 2023

 

 

Review - American Ballet Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, Washington:  Oksana Khadarina, Ballet Herald

 

Streamed Review - Tim Harbour & Kevin Jackson, What Remains:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Feature - Critics roundup and photo album of Pam Tanowitz at the Royal Ballet:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Preview - Kyle Abraham/A.I.M, Our Indigo: If we were a love song, San Diego:  Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union Tribune

 

Book Review - Ashley Killar, Cranko - The Man and his Choreography:  Jansson J Antmann, Limelight

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Links - Tuesday 21 February, 2023

 

 

Reviews - Ballet Icons Gala 2023, London:

Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

Debra Craine, Times

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Reviews - Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina, Chicago:

Hugh Iglarsh, New City Stage

JT Newman, Chicago Reader

 

Review - New York City Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, New York:  Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Copland Dance Episodes, New York:  Jennifer Homans, New Yorker

 

Streamed Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, Giselle:  Nadia Vostrikov, Ballet Herald

 

Review - Kansas City Ballet, Cinderella, Kansas City:  Hilary Stroh, Bachtrack

 

Preview - Royal Ballet, Cinderella, London:  Staff, London Post

 

Preview - Northern Ballet, The Great Gatsby, Leeds & Sheffield:  Staff, Northern Balllet

 

Preview Feature - Milwaukee Ballet Second Company, Momentum (mixed programme), Milwaukee:  John Schneider, Shepherd Express

 

Audio Feature - Robert Battle, AD Alvin Ailey:  Michel Martin, NPR

 

Film Review - English National Ballet/Akram Khan/Asif Kapadia, Creature:  Umar Ali, The Upcoming

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Links - Wednesday 22 February, 2023

 

 

Feature - National Ballet of Ukraine:  Ebara Miki, NHK World Japan

 

Review - Hamburg Ballet, The Lady of the Camellias, Venice:  Alessandro Bizzotto, Dance for You Magazine

 

Review - Ballet Icons Gala 2023, London:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

Gallery - Nicholas MacKay, Malcolm Levinkind, Dasa Wharton, Gramilano

 

Streamed Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, Giselle:  Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

Preview Feature - Rambert, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Edinburgh:  Kelly Apter, Scotsman

 

Preview - National Dance Company Wales, Pulse (double bill), London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

DVD Review - Thomas Adès/Royal Ballet, The Dante Project:  Richard S Ginnel, SF Classical Voice

 

Review - Varna International Ballet, Giselle, Nottingham:  George White, Left Lion

 

Film Review - English National Ballet/Akram Khan/Asif Kapadia, Creature:  Lilian Crawford, Little White Lies

 

Feature - Asif Kapadia talks about filming Creature:  Lilian Crawford, BFI

 

Book Review - Alyssa Wees, Nocturne:  Natalie Xenos, Culture Fly

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Links – Thursday 23 February 2023

 

Review – Royal Ballet, Pam Tanowitz Evening, London: Phoebe Roberts, Fjord Review

 

Review – Ballet Icons Gala, 2023, London: Deborah Weiss, Bachtrack

 

Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Wright/Samsova), Birmingham: Jonathan Gray, Gramilano

 

Tour Reviews – Rambert, Peaky Blinders - The Redemption of Thomas ShelbyNorthampton:

Joe Longden, Reviews Hub

David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Tour Review – Dada Masilo Company, The Sacrifice, Brighton: Jonathan Gray, Gramilano

 

Stream Review – Pacific Northwest Ballet, Giselle: Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

Review – Mark Morris Group, The Look of Love, Berkeley: David E Moreno, CultureVulture

 

Film Review – Creature: English National Ballet/Asif Kapadia/Akram Khan: Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

 

Preview - Akram Khan CompanyJungle Book Reimagined, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Interview - Tiler Peck, Creative Spirit: Rachael Moloney, Fjord Review

 

News - Joyce Theater expands to the East Village: Robin Pogrebin, NY Times

 

News - National Ballet of Canada 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Dutch National Ballet's Swan Lake Anticipated Opening: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Colorado Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

Book Review – Alice Robb, Don’t Think, DearFiona Sturges, Guardian

 

Opinion - I’ve worked front of house in 40 theatres – and audiences behaved terribly in all of them: Bethany North, Guardian

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Links - Friday 24 February, 2023

 

 

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

 

Review - Royal New Zealand Ballet, Tutus on Tour (mixed programme), Paraparaumu:  Lyne Pringle, Stuff

 

Review - Ballet Icons Gala 2023, London:  John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard International

 

Review - Varna International Ballet, Giselle, Swan Lake, Northampton:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Review - João Lima, Cavalo do Cão, Barcelona:  Veronica Posth, Seeing Dance

 

Review - FlamencoDanza, Wellington:  Lyne Pringle, Theatreview

 

Film Reviews - English National Ballet/Akram Khan/Asif Kapadia, Creature:

Debra Craine, Times

Helen Hawkins, Arts Desk

Ros Tibbs, Far Out Magazine

Feature - The story behind Creature:  Hynam Kendall, AnOther Magazine

 

News - André Lewis to step down as AD Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 2025:  Staff, CBC

 

News - Akeim Toussaint Buck wins theatre prize at Arts Foundation Futures Awards:  Giverny Masso, Stage

 

Preview - Nederlands Dans Theater, triple bill, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - Dance and opera in New York this Spring:  David Cote, NY Observer

 

Feature - Chun Wai Chan, New York City Ballet:  Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle

 

Feature - How 5 SF Ballet dancers interpret their roles in Giselle:  Garth Grimball, SF Examiner

 

Feature - How Arlene Phillips danced from poverty to fame:  John Nathan, Jewish Chronicle

 

Featurette - Barry Molina, Milwaukee Ballet:  Archer Parquette, Milwaukee Magazine

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Links - Saturday 25 February, 2023

 

 

Review - Staatsballett Berlin, A Sort Of…, Cacti, Berlin:  Vikki Jane Vile, Bachtrack

 

Reviews - Houston Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, Houston:

Molly Grenzer, Houston Chronicle

Natalie De La Garza, Houston Press

 

Review - Dada Masilo, The Sacrifice, Brighton:  Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk

 

Review - Ballet Preljocaj, Swan Lake, Detroit:  Julian Wray, Michigan Daily

 

Review - Dean Moss, Your Marks and Surface, New York:  Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Review - Katherina Radeva, 40/40. London:  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Review - Laura Boynes, Equations of a Falling Body, Perth:  Dr Jonathan W Marshall, Limelight

 

Review - Kakilang, Home X, London:  Tom Wicker, Stage

 

Film Review - English National Ballet/Akram Khan/Asif Kapadia, Creature:  Philip Kemp, BFI

Feature - Producer Uzma Hasan talks about the magic of ballet:  Joseph Wallace, BFI

 

Preview - Let’s All Dance, Cinderella, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Feature - Alice Robb, author, on letting go of her ballet dream:  Alex Vadukul, NY Times

 

Video Report - Women make history at top ballet companies in new leadership roles:  Gadi Schwartz, NBC News

 

Video Reports - United Ukrainian Ballet:

Jeffrey Brown, PBS

Maria Ulianovska & Anna Rice, Voice of America

 

Feature - Forget about jazz hands, this Fosse show is about Dancing’:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Feature - Ella Chambers and Kihiro Kusukami, Royal New Zealand Ballet:  Sharon Stephenson, Stuff

 

Podcast - Bernice Harrison, America’s first Black prima ballerina:  Ashlea Brown, LA Times

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Links – Sunday 26 February 2023

 

Review – New York City Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Martins), New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes

 

Reviews – Dada Masilo, The Sacrifice, London:

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

 

Review – Katherina Radeva, 40/40, London: Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

Review – Cincinnati Ballet, Alice (in Wonderland) (Webre), Cincinnati: April Deocariza, Fjord Review

 

Feature - Choreographer Jamar Roberts' new work for LA Dance Project: Steven Vargas, LA Times

 

News - BalletMet to bring a program of 3 Premieres: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s artistic director to step down in 2025, ending 50-year career: Amy-Ellen Prentice, Global News

 

 

Feature - The last dance? Inside the Vienna Ball: Rosanna Dodds, Financial Times

 

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Links – Monday 27 February 2023

 

Obituary – Rena Gluck, Dancer: Brian Murphy, Washington Post

 

 

Interview - Alessandra Ferri: ‘Dancing with Nureyev,I swear he had an energetic aura around him’: Sarah Crompton, The Observer

 

Feature - Longtime artistic director of Royal Winnipeg Ballet reflects on his 50 year career: Brittany Hobson, Toronto Star

 

Review – Dada Masilo Company, The Sacrifice, London: Debra Craine, The Times

 

Review – Northern Ballet, Ugly Duckling, Buxton: Viki Westall, Bachtrack

 

Review – Perth Festival: Blick Bassy, Bikutsi 3000Laura Boynes, Equations of a Falling Body, Perth, WA: Alana KIldea, Dance Australia

 

Review - Australian Ballet: Ballet Under the Stars, Melbourne: Paul Selar, Australian Arts Review

 

Review – Sivan Rubenstein & Colleagues, Dance No 2, London: Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

News - Four Dancers promoted to Principal at New York City Ballet: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

News - Mothers and babies audition in Leeds for multi-generational Rapunzel: Safi Bugel, Guardian

 

RAD Podcast – Why Dance Matters: Episode 1: NYCB’s Tiler PeckRAD

 

 

Who knew? - Eyes Forward: Ballet dancers’ clever trick to balance their turns: Eva Amsen, Forbes

 

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Links – Tuesday 28 February 2023

 

Review – San Francisco Ballet, Giselle (Tomasson), San Francisco: Heather Desaulniers, Critical Dance

 

Review – Paris Opera Ballet, Gala Tribute to Patrick Dupond, Paris: Laurine Mortha, Bachtrack

 

Review – New York City Ballet, Sleeping Beauty Season, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Review – Ballett am Rhein, Polyphonia, One and Others, Salt Womb, Cologne: Vikki Jane Vile, Bachtrack

 

Reviews – Dada Masilo Company, The Sacrifice, London:

Donald Hutera, The Stage

Louise Levene, Financial Times

 

Reviews – Colette Sadler & Colleagues, Oracle Leaves: Portraits of Daphne, Glasgow:

Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

Kelly Apter, Scotsman

Mary Brennan, Herald

 

Preview – Breakin’ Convention/The RuggedsState Shift, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview – London Children’s Ballet, Snow White, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview – Sydney Dance Company's new triple bill: Staff, Dance Australia

 

Film Preview - The Red Shoes: the Next Step opens in April: Staff, Dance Australia

 

Feature - A window for UK-based young dancers: The Performance Platform: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Feature - 'Young' NZ School of Dance still punching above its weight, says Director: Staff, Stuff.com

 

Feature - March DanceWatch: A month of dance in Oregon: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch

 

Talking Pointes - Signing and Dancing with Emma Memma: Claudia Lawson, Fjord Review

 

Book Interview – Alice Robb: Don’t Think, DearSophie Bress, Fjord Review

 

News – National Ballet of Canada’s Rebekah Rimsay to take her final bow as the Stepmother: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Penny Saunders' Wonderland makes its live debut: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

 

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