Dance Links for April 2023

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Saturday 01 April, 2023

 

 

Reviews - National Ballet of Canada, Angel’s Atlas, Animus Anima, Concerto, New York:

Gia Kourlas, NY Times

Marina Kennedy, Broadway World

 

Reviews - Royal Ballet, Cinderella (Ashton), London:

Jonathan Gray, Gramilano

Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk

 

Reviews - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Edinburgh:

Lucy Ribchester, The List

Vivien Devlin, Edinburgh Guide

 

Review - Hong Kong Ballet, Coco Chanel, China Daily HK

 

Review - Atamira Dance Company, Te Wheke, New York:  Miranda Stuck, Broadway World

 

Review - Dansa Metropolitana Festival, Barcelona:  Veronica Posth, Seeing Dance

 

Review - Transcen | Dance Project, A Grimm Night, Toronto:  Karen Fricker, Toronto Star

 

Preview - Boston Ballet, La Mer (Linning, world premiere), Boston:  Gwenn Fries, Cape Cod Times

 

Preview - April Dance Watch, Portland:  Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Arts Watch

 

Dance Diary - March 2023:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Feature - Iain Webb, AD Sarasota Ballet, on George Balanchine:  Dylan Campbell, SQR Magazine

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Sunday 02 April, 2023

 

 

Feature - Ballet companies take a page from classic literature and bring it to life:  Celia Wren, Washington Post

 

Review - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate, Costa Mesa:  Mark Swed, LA Times

 

Review - Boston Ballet, Don Quixote, Boston:  Carla DeFord, Critical Dance

 

Review - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Água, New York:  Elinor Krichmar, Brooklyn Rail

 

Review - Ballet West, Les Noces (Nijinska), New York:  Karen Hildebrand, Fjord Review

 

Review - Neville Dance Theatre, Celebrating Women Composers (mixed programme), New York:  Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Review - Chashama Gallery/various artists, WORKSession in Four Walls, New York:  Karen Hildebrand, Brooklyn Rail

 

Review - Danspace Project/Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Blackbare in the Basement, New York:  Tess Michaelson, Brooklyn Rail

 

Preview Feature - Rubberband, Reckless Underdog, Sherbrooke:  Natasha Kumar, Times Hub

 

Feature - Can we ever have body inclusivity in ballet?:  Jonny Mahon-Heap, Stuff

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Monday 03 April, 2023

 

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Cinderella (Wheeldon), San Francisco:  Toba Singer, Culture Vulture

 

Reviews - Royal Ballet, Cinderella (Ashton), London:

Sarah Crompton, Observer

Stefan Kyriazis, Express

 

Review - Paris Opera Ballet, Pit, Paris:  Derya Tasbasi, Daily Sabah

 

Review - Footnote New Zealand Dance & MascallDance, The Impossible Has Already Happened, Auckland:  Jenny Stevenson, NZ Theatreview

 

Review - Beth Gill, Nail Biter, New York:  Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Review - New Jersey Ballet, Once Upon A Time, Morristown:  Victoria L Dammer, TapInto

 

Preview - Dance in April in London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - Coming up in New York:  Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Feature - Ganna Muromtseva, a Ukrainian dancer now with Hungarian State Ballet:  Staff, ABC News

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Tuesday 04 April, 2023

 

 

Review - National Ballet of Canada, Angel’s Atlas, Anima Animus, Concerto, New York:  Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Feature - Tiler Peck, New York City Ballet:  Jessica Mackin-Cipro, James Lane

 

News - Wayne McGregor presents the dance programme for the Biennale di Venezia 2023:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

News - Carlos Acosta charity takes up residency at Woolwich Works:  Matthew Hemley, Stage

 

Preview - Eugene Ballet, BOLD: Beyond Our Love of Dance (mixed programme), Eugene:  Jean Zondervan, Oregon Arts Watch

 

Feature - Anna Hop, Polish National Ballet, choreographer & dancer:  Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Feature - Pieter Mulier, costume designer for Paris Opera Ballet’s Pit:  Jack Moss, Wallpaper

 

Feature - AXIS Dance Company:  Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice

 

Feature - How Perth Academy is using dance to tackle transphobia, racism and bigotry with Scottish Ballet:  Cheryl Peebles, The Courier

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Wednesday 05 April, 2023

 

 

Feature - Hope Muir, AD National Ballet of Canada:  Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review

 

Review - Ballet West, Les Noces (Nijinska), New York:  Kasey Broekema, Ballet Herald

 

Review - JV2, It’s not unusual, Mystique, Canvas, Ashford:  Deborah Weiss, Bachtrack

 

Reviews - FRAME Festival 2023, Melbourne:

Rhys Ryan, Dance Australia

Anador Walsh, The Saturday Paper

 

Preview - American Ballet Theatre, Giselle, Lincoln:  AA Cristi, Broadway World

 

Feature - Angharad Harrop, Dance for Parkinsons, to run the London Marathon:  Staff, Nation.Cymru

 

Feature - How do you choreograph for an A-List Actor?:  Haley Hilton, Dance Magazine

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Thursday 06 April, 2023

 

 

Review - Royal Ballet, Cinderella (Ashton), London:  Rupert Christiansen, Spectator

 

Review - American Ballet Theatre, Like Water for Chocolate, Costa Mesa:  Kevin Taft, We Live Entertainment

 

Reviews - National Ballet of Canada, Anima Animus, Concerto, Angel’s Atlas, New York:

Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Edinburgh:  Megan Amato, Scottish Field

 

Review - Akram Khan Company, jungle Book Reimagined, London:  Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

Review - Kyle Abraham/A.I.M., mixed programme, New York:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Review - Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, New York:  Joel Benjamin, Theater Scene

 

Review - Johannes Radebe, Freedom Unleashed, London:  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Review - Youth Ballet Ensemble Taiwan, Metaphor, Taipei:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Preview - BRB2, Carlos Acosta’s Classical Selection (mixed programme, Northampton:  Issie Odom, Northants Life

 

Preview Feature - Oregon Ballet Theatre, Firebird mixed programme, Portland:  Martha Ullman West, Oregon Arts Watch

 

Preview - Ballet Kelowna, Transformations (double bill), Kelowna:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

News - Victor Caixeta promoted to principal dancer at Dutch National Ballet:  Staff, Dance for You Magazine

 

Feature - Seattle’s Black dance history gets the spotlight in a new show:  Marcie Sillman, Crosscut

 

Feature - Finding Freedom and Feminism in Ballet:  Gia Kourlas , NY Times

 

Feature - Rethinking performance, exhibition and documentation through dance:  Celina Lei, Arts Hub

 

News - Amy Seiwert to join Smuin Ballet as Associate Artistic Director:  Chloe Rabinowitz, Broadway World

 

News - Burberry is costuming Wayne McGregor’s new work for the Royal Ballet:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Feature - Xavier de Lauzanne talks about his new film on the Royal Cambodia Ballet:  Peter Olszewski, Khmer Times

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Friday 07 April, 2023

 

 

Feature - Jonathan Stafford, AD New York City Ballet, on modernising the company for a new era:  Misty White Sidell, WWD

 

Feature - They say compromise, we say evolution - can the value system of ballet be broader:  Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

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

 

Review - Kyle Abraham/A.I.M, mixed programme, New York:  Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Review - Akram Khan Company, Jungle Book Reimagined, London:  Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

 

Review - Oakland Ballet Company, Dancing Moons Festival, Oakland:  Edith Matthias, Daily Californian

 

Review - Opera Wroclaw Ballet, Flight, Boléro, Elsa Canasta, Wroclaw:  Vikki Jane Vile, Bachtrack

 

Preview - Philadelphia Ballet, Coppelia (Corella), Philadelphia:  Staff, Philly Voice

 

Preview - Ballet Arizona, All Balanchine, Phoenix:  Staff, AZ Big Media

 

Feature - Alvin Ailey, choreographer:  Stephen Nary, Face 2 Face Africa

 

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Saturday 08 April, 2023

 

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Cinderella, San Francisco:  Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

Review - Boston Ballet, Our Journey (double bill); Boston:  Iris Fanger, WBUR

 

Review - Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina, Washington:  Roger Catlin, Broadway World

 

Review - National Dance Company Wales, Pulse (double bill), London:  Debra Craine, Times , share token

 

Review - Kyle Abraham/A.I.M., mixed programme, New York:  Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Review - Akram Khan Company, Jungle Book Reimagined, London:  Helen Hawkins, Arts Desk

 

Review - Lucy Guerin Inc, NEWRETRO, Melbourne:  Philipa Rothfield, The Saturday Paper

 

Review - Johannes Radebe, Freedom Unleashed, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review - Faye Driscoll, Weathering, New York:  Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Preview - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Glasgow & on tour:  Ashley Davies, Times

 

Preview - Washington Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Washington:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Video Feature - Adam McKinney, newly appointed AD of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre:  Shannon Sims, TMJ4

 

Feature - Uniting Ukraine’s ballet dancers:  Blair A Ruble, Wilson Center

 

Feature - TikTok is dead (maybe). Long live TikTok dance:  Margaret Fuhrer, NY Times

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Sunday 09 April, 2023

 

 

Streamed Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, Boundless (Mixed programme):  Rachel Howard, Fjord Review

 

Review - Gala Les Étoiles, Bologna:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Review - Akram Khan Company, Jungle Book Reimagined, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review - Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina, Washington:  Carolyn Kelemen, MD Theatre Guide

 

Review - Riverbed Theatre & Formosa Circus Art, Dreams and Shadows, Taipei:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

News - Tulsa Ballet to debut at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival:  James D Watts Jr, Tulsa World

 

Preview Feature - Grand Kyiv Ballet, Auckland & on tour in New Zealand:  Emma Clark-Dow, Stuff

 

Preview - Korean National Ballet, Don Quixote, Seoul:  Hwang Dong-hee, Korean Herald

 

Video Feature - Bhungane Mehlomakulu, Cape Town City Ballet:  DW

 

Feature - The dark truth behind the glamorous facade of ballet school:  Raquel Laneri, New York Post

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Monday 10 April, 2023

 

 

Feature - David Hallberg, AD Australian Ballet:  Debra Craine, Times , share token

 

Review - Bayerisches Staatsballett, Silent Screen and Schmetterling, Munich:  Jeannette Andersen, Seeing Dance

 

Review - National Dance Company Wales, Pulse (double bill), London:  Sarah Crompton, Guardian

 

News - Sarasota Ballet plans two world premieres, looks for challenges for a growing company:  Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

Book Review - Mark Mann, Movement at the Still Point:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Tuesday 11 April, 2023

 

 

Obituary - Pierre Lacotte, choreographer:  Staff, France 24 ; George Wright, BBC News

 

Obituary - Jennifer Muller, choreographer:  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/arts/dance/jennifer-muller-dead.html

 

In Memoriam - Alexandra Tomalonis, dance writer:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

 

Review - Akram Khan Company, Jungle Book Reimagined, London:  Anna Pujol Castiblanque, Seeing Dance

 

Preview - Company Wayne McGregor, UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - Den Norske Opera, Light of Passage (Pite), Oslo:  Steffi Wild, Broadway World

 

Preview - Ballet Edmonton, Consentus (double bill), Edmonton:  AA Cristi, Broadway World

 

Feature - Angie Bunch, Hiphop pioneer:  Kendra Sitton, SD News

 

News - 11yo Japanese dancer wins one of the top prizes in the Youth America Grand Prix:  Staff, Japan Times

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Wednesday 12 April, 2023

 

 

In Memoriam - La Scala and Manuel Legris remember Pierre Lacotte:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Cinderella, San Francisco:  Beatrice Aronson, Daily Californian

 

Review - Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, Sleeping Beauty, Norwich:  Sarah Hardy, Lynn News

 

Review - Boston Ballet, Everywhere We Go, La Mer, Boston:  Elise Coelho & Lina Gildenstern, Suffolk Journal

 

Review - Mark Mann celebrates his new photographic book - Movement at the Still Point - with An Evening of Dance, New York:  Christina Pandolfi, Broadway World

 

Preview - Hedwig Dances, Meta | mor | phos, Syzygy, Chicago:  Sharon Hoyer, New City Stage

 

Preview - Australian Ballet, Jewels, London:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Preview - Elmhurst Ballet Company, Legacy (mixed programme), London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Feature - Santee Smith, Founder/Director Kaha:wi Dance Theatre talks about her new work Homelands:  Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

Feature - Krissy Keeper, Executive Director of Dance Mission talks about D.I.R.T. Festival 2023:  Caitlin Donohue, 48 Hills

 

 

And finally…

 

Feature - Audience Behaviour:  Rachael Healy, Guardian

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Thursday 13 April, 2023

 

 

Reviews - Akram Khan Company, Jungle Book Reimagined, London:

Rupert Christiansen, Spectator

Stuart Sweeney, Critical Dance

 

Review - Jamuna Chiarini, Arpan: An Offering, Portland:  Amy Leona Havin, Oregon Arts Watch

 

Preview - American Ballet Theatre, Touché, Chicago:  Sharon Hoyer, New City Stage

 

Video Feature - Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre:  Staff, Time

 

Preview - Summer 23 Dance in Covent Garden, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - London Children’s Ballet, Snow White, London:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Audio Feature - Choreographer Durante Verzola talks about his new work for Miami City Ballet:  WLRN

 

Feature - Thomas Bangalter on composing a ballet score for Angelin Preljocaj:  Chal Ravens, Guardian

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Friday 14 April, 2023

 

 

Obituary - Pierre Lacotte, choreographer:  Neil Gezlinger, NY Times

 

 

Reviews - Soweto Skeleton Movers, Unbreakable, London:

Nicola Claire, Seeing Dance

Siobhan Murphy, Stage

 

Preview - Carlos Acosta & guests, Carlos at 50, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview Feature - Hedwig Dances & Bauhaus combine for Triadic Ballet sequel, Chicago:  Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun Times

 

Preview - Nevada Ballet Theatre, The Wizard of Oz (Webre), Las Vegas:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

News - Martin Schlapfer to leave as AD Vienna State Ballet in 2025:  Staff, Dance for You Magazine (scroll down for English)

 

Feature - Miguel Gutierrez, choreographer:  Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Feature - Merritt Moore, dancer and quantum physicist:  Laura Hiscott, Physics World

 

Feature - Ainhoa Segrera, Ballet Ireland:  Ainhoa Segrera answers the questions, Image

 

Feature - Claire Cowan, composer of RNZB’s Hansel & Gretel:  Rebekah Hebenton, Now to Love

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Saturday 15 April, 2023

 

 

Feature - Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Review - Royal Ballet, Cinderella (Ashton), London:  Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International

 

Review - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire (Ochoa), Glasgow:  Mary Brennan, Herald

 

Feature - Roseanna Leney, Scottish Ballet talks Streetcar:  Scott Begbie, Press and Journal

 

Review - London Children’s Ballet, Snow White (McCaig), London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Review Vuyani Dance Theater, Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero (Maqoma), New York:  Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

Review - Ayodele Casel, mixed programme, New York:  Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Preview - San Francisco Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Tomasson), San Francisco:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Preview - Queensland Ballet, Giselle, Brisbane:  Staff, Australian Arts Review

 

Preview Feature - Colorado Ballet, Sinfonietta (Kylian), Denver:  Marc Shulgold, Denver Gazette

 

Preview - Elmhurst Ballet Company, Legacy, Birmingham and London:  Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

 

Feature - Mikko Nissinen, AD Boston Ballet, talks about new work La Mer:  Kana Ruhalter & Arun Rath, WGBH

 

Feature - Live-streaming ‘made all the difference’ for some disabled art lovers:  Neelam Bohra and Wendy Lu, NY Times

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Sunday 16 April, 2023

 

 

Reviews - American Ballet Theatre, Touché mixed programme, Chicago:

Nancy Malitz, Chicago Sun Times

Kathy D Hey, Third Coast Review

 

Reviews - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Glasgow:

Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

Mark Brown, The National

 

Review - Queensland Ballet, Giselle, Brisbane:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Review - Su Hui-yu, The White Waters, Taipei:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Preview - Australian Ballet, Jewels, London:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Video Feature - Christopher Rudd, choreographer of ABT’s Touché:  Fox 32

 

Feature - Isobelle Dashwood, Australian Ballet, 2023 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominee:  Claudia Lawson, Fjord Review

 

Feature - Annie Rigney, choreographer & Ilan Lev therapist:  Cecilia Whalen, Fjord Review

 

Feature - Rachel Rohrich, Washington Ballet:  Jennifer Ross, The American Reporter

 

Feature - Liming Liao, dancer and choreographer:  Adam Carswell, Bendigo Times

 

Report - Dance Data Project, Global Leadership Report 2023:  Dance Data Project

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Monday 17 April, 2023

 

 

Obituary - Pierre Lacotte, choreographer:  Ismene Brown, Telegraph

 

 

Reviews - Queensland Ballet, Giselle, Brisbane:

Olivia Stewart, Limelight

Denise Richardson, Dance Australia

 

Review - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Glasgow:  Vivien Devlin, Edinburgh Guiide

 

Review - London Children’s Ballet, Snow White (McCaig), London:  Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance

 

Review - Bare Feet Dance Theatre, Tsiáh thóo, Taipei:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Preview - Astana Opera Ballet, Petite Mort (Kylian), Astana:  Nurmaganbetova Zhanna, KazInform

 

Preview - Sarasota Cuban Ballet School, Cuban Choreography Showcase, Sarasota:  Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald Tribune

 

Opinion - What does feminism look like in ballet?:  Lea Marshall, Fjord Review

 

News Feature - Bangarra (Dance Theatre) backs Voice to honour the ‘rights of Indigenous peoples’:  Linda Morris, Sydney Morning Herald

 

Film Preview - The Red Shoes: Next Steps:  Laura Bennett, Hope 103.2

 

Film with dance review - Benjamin Millepied, Carmen:  Ross McIndoe, Slant

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Tuesday 18 April 2023

 

Reviews - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Glasgow:

Louise Levene, Financial Times

Kelly Apter, Scotsman

Kathy Elgin, Bachtrack

 

Review - Sarasota Ballet, La Sylphide, Sarasota: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - Queensland Ballet, Giselle (2 performances), Brisbane: Deborah Jones, Follow Spot

 

Review - La Scala Ballet School, La Fille Mal Gardée (Olivieri), Milan: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Review - Spring Matinees in San Francisco (San Francisco Ballet & Others): Heather Desaulniers, Critical Dance

 

Review - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Two Programs, Berkeley: Aimée Ts'ao, SF Classical Voice

 

Review - Boston Ballet, Don Quixote (Nureyev), Boston: Arielle C Frommer, Harvard Crimson

 

Preview - English National Ballet, Cinderella-in-the-round (Wheeldon), London RAH: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

 

News - New York City Ballet to honour Past and Present in 75th Season: Javier C Hernandez, New York Times

 

News - American Ballet Theatre 2023 Summer Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Northern Ballet's The Great Gatsby coming to Sadler's Wells next month: Stephi Wild, BWW UK

 

News - Sadler's Wells launches schools project to get young people into dance: Matthew Hemley, The Stage

 

News - Jersey's National Ballet (Ballet d' Jerri) premieres ahead of world tour: Staff, BBC News

 

Interview - Jonzi D says ‘For me hip-hop has been a life-giving experience’: Debra Craine, The Times (+ Share)

 

 

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Wednesday 19 April 2023

 

Tribute/2004 Interview - Pierre Lacotte, Choreographer: Ismene Brown, Arts Desk

 

 

Review - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Glasgow: Rothery Sullivan, Glasgow Guardian

 

Review - American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Ballet Superstars of the Future, Hong Kong: Natasha Rogai, SCMP

 

Reviews - Rihoko Sato, Forest of Confession, London:

Donald Hutera, The Stage

Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

Review - Florence Peake, Factual Actual, Southwark: Adrian Searle, Guardian

 

Review - Paul Taylor Dance Company, Mixed Bill, Philadelphia: Ellen Dunkel, Philadelphia Inquirer

 

Preview - National Youth Dance Company, Novacene, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY, @giselle, New York: Staff, Untapped New York

 

 

Feature - ‘Disabled children need to know it is an option’: co-creating the future of dance: Caroline Butterwick, Guardian

 

Ballet Score - To hell and back: Thomas Adès's 'Dante' ballet: Tim Pfaff, Bay Area Reporter

 

Overhead Gallery - English National Ballet as seen by a Drone: Brad Walls via Jeremy Gray, PetaPixel

 

Gallery - ‘The perfect body is not important’: discipline is the pointe for ballet dancers in Peru: Magda Gibelli, Guardian

 

 

News - Virginia Johnson steps down from Dance Theater of Harlem. For Keeps: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

News - National Ballet of Japan: Will Tuckett’s Macbeth to premiere in Tokyo alongside The Dream: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - Cal Performances’ next Season has many debuts and treasured returns: Janos Gereben, SF Classical Voice

 

News - Australian Dance Week, 2023, Canberra: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

 

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Thursday 20 April 2023

 

News - Bolshoi ballet about Nureyev dropped due to ban on ‘LGBT propaganda’: Reuters via Guardian  (and everywhere)

 

 

Review - Martha Graham Dance Company, Get Up, My Daughter, Cortege 2023, Dark Meadow Suite, Cave of the Heart, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Catchup Review - New York City Ballet, Fancy Free, Rondo, Solo, Episodes, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - Now Festival/Marikiscrycrycry, Goner, London: Sanjoy Roy, Guardian

 

Review - Bulareyaung Dance Company: tiaen tiamen Episode 1, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Interview - Georgina Pazcoguin, leaving NYCB for the 'next big thing': Juan Michael Porter II, BWW

 

Feature - Inside YAGP’s Celebration of 25 Years Producing the Stars of Tomorrow: Kasey Broekema & Nadia Vostrikov, Ballet Herald

 

Feature - The magic within the living legacy of Virginia Johnson: Djassi DaCosta Johnson, En Face Magazine

 

Book Feature - Don't Think, Dear by Alice Robb: Madison Mainwaring, New Republic

 

News - Boston Ballet 2023-24 Season announced: Chloe Rabinowitz, BWW

 

News - Bolshoi Theater announces new prima ballerina and principal dancer: RBTH 1, RBTH 2

 

 

 

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Friday 21 April 2023

 

Video Interview - Tamara Rojo, AD at San Francisco Ballet: Christiane Amanpour, CNN

---  SFB 2024 Season announced: Chloe Rabinowitz, BWW.  Staff, En Face Magazine

---  Can EDM get millennials and Gen Z to love classical dance? SF Ballet hopes so: Christina Campodonico, SF Standard

 

 

Reviews - Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1), La Ruta, Gods and Dogs, Figures in Extinction [1.0], London:

Siobhan Murphy, The Stage

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Mark Monahan, Telegraph

Vera Liber, BTG

Debra Craine, The Times (+ share)

Anna Selby, The Arbuturian

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Concerto Barocco, Kammermusik No 2, Raymonda Variations, New York: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Review - Dance Theater of Harlem, Allegro Brillante, Sounds of Hazel, Blake Works IV, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Review -  Youth American Grand Prix, Gala Performance, New York: Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review

 

Review - Queensland Ballet, Giselle, Brisbane: Madelyn Coupe, Fjord Review

 

Reviews - Joffrey Ballet, Little Mermaid, Chicago:

Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune

Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun-Times

 

Review - Shen Yun: speed of costume changes was more impressive than any of the dancing, London: Rupert Christiansen, Spectator

 

Review - Diabolo Dance Theatre, VALO I - Amoeba, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Feature - Breaking down barriers at Brooklyn Ballet: Lora Strum, BWW Dance

 

Film Review - Carmen, Directed by Benjamin Millepied: Joshua Barone, NY Times

 

News - Ballet in the Coronation concert: Staff, BBC Music Magazine

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Saturday 22 April 2023

 

Obituary - Pierre Lacotte, Ballet Archaeologist: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times

 

Obituary - Valda Setterfield, a leading figure in the New York dance world: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times

 

 

Interview/Photo Book - Ed Watson: A Different Dance: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Feature - Three senior dancers at Dance Theater of Harlem reflect on working with Virginia Johnson: Charmaine Patricia Warren, NY Times

 

Feature - Benjamin Millepied uses movement to reinvent ‘Carmen’ on camera: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times

 

Feature - Pageant, an artist-run dance space that’s ‘All presentation, Baby’: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Feature - Mayara Magri - A day in her life: Amber O'Connor, Mirror

 

 

Reviews - Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1), La Ruta, Gods and Dogs, Figures in Extinction [1.0], London:

Graham Watts, Bachtrack

Jann Parry, Gramilano

Louise Levene, Financial Times

 

Review - Ayodele Casel & Colleagues, Artists at the Center, New York: Cecilia Whalen, Fjord Review

 

Review - Estonian National Ballet, Open Door, Suite en Blanc, Tallinn: Stuart Sweeney, Critical Dance

 

Catchup Review - Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Curriculum II, Boston: Thea Singer, Arts Fuse

 

Review - New  Zealand Dance Company, Stage of Being Double Bill, Auckland: Jenny Stevenson, Theatreview

 

Preview - Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Hissy Fits, Choke, Snatched Back from the Edges, Detroit: Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press

 

 

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Sunday 23 April, 2023

 

Review - Iana Salenko & Invited Colleagues, Ballet for Life Gala, Berlin: Veronica Posth, Fjord Review

 

Review - The Trocks in Milan: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Concerto Barocco, Kammermusik No 2, Raymonda Variations, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes

 

Review - Tom Gold Dance, XV, Significant Strangers, A Felicidade, New York: Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

 

Film Review - Carmen shows the true potential of a dance feature film: ‘It’s poetry: Steven Vargas, LA Times

 

Tour Review - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Inverness: Margaret Chrystall, Inverness Courier

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Monday 24 April, 2023

 

 

Review - Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1), La Ruta, Gods and Dogs, Figures in Extinction [1.0], London: Sarah Crompton, The Observer

 

Review - Alleyne Dance, Far From Home, Ipswich: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Review - Ballet de Lorraine, For Four Walls, Cela Nous Concerne Tous, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

 

Feature - What’s in a page? To print theatre programs or deliver them digitally, that is the question: Karen Fricker, Toronto Star

 

Feature + Video - Taking a look back at 60 seasons of Ballet West: Carole Mikita, KSL TV  (Once past the Ads, there's a Nutcracker)

 

 

News - Paragon - The Australian Ballet explores 'identity': Staff, Dance Australia

 

News - Where dance meets exhibition: Staff, Dance Australia

 

Interview - Talking to Philip Piggin about ZEST Dance for Wellbeing: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Ukraine - Another dancer killed in action: Staff, Mail Online  (and elsewhere)

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Tuesday 25 April, 2023

 

A selection of Tributes to - Len Goodman, Strictly's original Head Judge:

Anthony Hayward, Guardian

Michael Hogan, Telegraph

Julia Raeside, The i

Jenny Gross, NY Times

Staff, The Times (+ Share)

--- A Life in Pictures: Pejman Faratin, Guardian

 

 

Review - Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1), La Ruta, Gods and Dogs, Figures in Extinction [1.0], London: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Tomasson), San Francisco: Terez Rose, Bachtrack

 

Review - Royal Swedish Ballet, Julia and Romeo (Ek), Stockholm, Bachtrack

 

Review - Joffrey Ballet, The Little Mermaid, Chicago: Hugh Iglarsh, New City Stage

 

Review - Finnish National Ballet, Jekyll and Hyde, Helsinki: Rosanna Liuski, BWW

 

Review - Dance Theatre of Harlem: Higher Ground, Orange, When Love, Coming Together, New York: Mimi Liu, Ballet Herald

   ----     Allegro Brillante,  This Bitter Earth, Sounds of Hazel, Blake Works IV,  New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene

 

Review - Kathy Westwater, Lance Gries & Colleagues, Revolver, Choreomaniacs, New York:

Siobhan Burke, NY Times

Erin Bomboy, Bachtrack

 

Review - Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Legacy, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

Review - Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled, San Francisco: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture

 

 

News - Edinburgh Festival - Programme includes Alvin Ailey & a multinational Bausch Rite: 

Official Programme, EIF

Severin Carrell & Imogen Tilden, Guardian

 

News - American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Season: Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

News - New York City Ballet 2023-2024 Season: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

News - BalletMet 2023-24 Season: Staff, En Face Magazine

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Wednesday 26 April, 2023

 

Feature - Star Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky on Russia’s Cultural War: Javier C Hernández, NY Times

 

Feature - Season Planning and Transitions at San Francisco Ballet: Janos Gereben, SF Classical Voice

 

Feature - ‘Mam, show us your interpretive dance!’ How a former mining village got into the groove: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

 

Preview - Royal Ballet, New McGregor, Corybantic Games, Anastasia Act III, London: Lyndsey Winship, Culture Whisper

 

Review - Norwegian National Ballet, Light of Passage, Oslo: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review - La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times

 

Review - Douglas Dunn, Mimi Gross & Dancers, Garden Party, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Preview - At Trisha Brown, a New Voice Creates a ‘Symphony of Layers’: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

 

News - Federico Bonelli announces first Northern Ballet season as artistic director:

Jamie Body, The Stage

David Mead, SeeingDance

 

News - Nominations announced for the 23rd National Dance Awards: David Mead, SeeingDance

 

News - A Festival of Korean Dance, The Place: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Thursday 27 April, 2023

 

News - The Royal Ballet 2023-2024 Season:

Staff, Ballet Herald. 

Stephi Wild, BWW UK

 

News - Sarasota Ballet to make international debut at Royal Ballet’s Ashton festival in London: 

Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Staff, Sarasota Magazine

Monica Roman Gagnier, Your Observer

 

Tour Reviews - BRB2, Carlos Acosta's Classical Selection, Northampton:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Mark Monahan, Telegraph

Donald Hutera, The Times (+ Share)

 

Review - Ballet West, Les Noces, In the Night, Light Rain, Salt Lake City: Sophie Bress, Fjord Review

 

Review - Royal Ballet, Cinderella (2 casts), London: Paul Arrowsmith, Gramilano

 

Review - Ballet de L'Opéra de Paris, Firebird, Song of the Wayfarer, Bolero, Paris: John O'Dwyer, Seen and Heard

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Square Dance, Afternoon of a Faun, Haieff Divertimento, Donizetti Variations, New York: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack

 

Review - Dance Theater of Harlem, Allegro Brillante, This Bitter Earth, Sounds of Hazel, New York: Faye Arthurs, Fjord Review

 

Review - Martha Graham Dance Company, Two Progammes, New York:

Jerry Hochman, Critical Dance

Robert Grescovic, Wall St Journal

 

Review - Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1), La Ruta, Gods and Dogs, Figures in Extinction [1.0], London: Anna Pujol Castiblanque, SeeingDance

 

Review - Repertory Dance Theatre, The Winged, I've Known Rivers, Dancing the Bears Ears, Salt Lake City: Sophie Bress, Fjord Review

 

Preview - Boston Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty , Boston: Staff, Ballet Herald

 

 

Video Feature - Dance North Youth Company, Savage: Kelly Apter, Scotsman

 

Lifestyle - Ed Watson on his well-located Islington enclave: Emma Magnus, Evening Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Friday 28 April, 2023

 

Features - ‘Hate to be predictable’: Acosta brings Black Sabbath ballet to Birmingham: 

Jessica Murray, Guardian

Staff, itvX

PA News Agency via York Press (and all over!)

Video - ITV News

Photo Gallery - Birmingham Mail

 

Interview - Laura Morera's proud farewell to Covent Garden: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Tour Reviews - BRB2, Carlos Acosta's Classical Selection, Northampton:

Graham Watts, Bachtrack

Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Concerto Barocco, Kammermusik No 2, Raymonda Variations, New York: Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

Review - Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1), La Ruta, Gods and Dogs, Figures in Extinction [1.0], London: Rupert Christiansen, Spectator

 

Review - Douglas Dunn, Mimi Gross & Dancers, Garden Party, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ian Macmillan]

Links - Saturday 29 April, 2023

 

Obituary - Pierre Lacotte, Dancer & Choreographer: Staff, The Times (+ Share)

 

 

Feature - The wild life and times of a soon-to-be former City Ballet dancer: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

 

Feature - Royal New Zealand Ballet's 'new era' attempts to raise the barre on diversity: Leila Lois, The Post

 

Photography Feature - Movement at the Still Point: Kasey Broekema with Mark Mann, Sondra Lee, and Calvin Royal III, Ballet Herald
 

 

Review - San Francisco Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Tomasson), San Francisco: Jim Munson, BWW SF

 

Review - New York City Ballet, La Source, Namouna, A Grand Divertissement, New York: Marina Harss, Fjord Review

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Square Dance, Afternoon of a Faun, Haieff Divertimento, Donizetti Variations, New York: Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

Review - BRB2, Carlos Acosta's Classical Selection, Northampton: Sarah Becker, Northampton Chronicle

 

Tour Review - Scottish Ballet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Aberdeen, Glasgow:

Sonja Rasmussen, Press and Journal

Lucy Ribchester, The List

 

Review - Bobbi Jean Smith & Co, Broken Theater, New York: Candice Thompson, Fjord Review

 

Review - Shamel Pitts & Tushrik Fredericks, Touch of Red, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times

 

Review - Philadanco!, Moving… Beyond Forward , Philadelphia: Camille Bacon-Smith, Broad Street Review

 

Review - Australian Dance Party, Hillscape, Canberra: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Preview - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Black Sabbath Ballet: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper (and there's even more out there now)

 

 

Dancer Spotlight - Isaac Hernandez, San Francisco Ballet: Staff, En Face Magazine

 

Book Review - Don't Think, Dear, by Alice Robb: Pippa Bailey, New Statesman

 

And, anyone recognise this tale?  Mirror

[Jan McNulty]

Links - Sunday 30 April, 2023

 

 

Interview - Laura Morera, Royal Ballet:  Paul Arrowsmith, Gramilano

 

Interview - Dominique La Rose, Northern Ballet:  Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

 

Feature - Catherine Hurlin, American Ballet Theatre:  L Kent Wolgamott, Lincoln Journal Star

 

Review - Pacific Northwest Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Seattle:  Cherilyn J Lee, Ballet Herald

 

Review - Australian Dance Party, Hillscape, Canberra:  Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

 

Review - Alleyne Dance, Far From Home, Newcastle:  Dora Frankel, British Theatre Guide

 

Review - Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet, Carmina Burana, Rotterdam:    Alessandro Bizzotto, Dance for You Magazine

 

Review - Festival Ballet Providence, Pure Dance (mixed programme), Providence:  Erica Cataldi-Roberts, Broadway World

 

Review - Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, Mechanism, Everything Falls Dramatic, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Feature - Line dancing towards euphoria:  Paul McAdory, NY Times

 

 

 

International Dance Day 2023:

 

Feature - What is it and how is it celebrated?:  Beryl Naz Hassan, Standard

 

Feature - 4 Ballerinas who are changing the face of ballet:  Adriana Marruffo, Her Campus

 

Feature - Dance Quotes, Wishes and Images to share:  Staff, Times Now