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Sunday 1 September 2024

 

Review – Georgian State Ballet, Swan Lake, London Coliseum: John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard International

 

Review - Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theatre, Wing Chun, Sadlers Wells: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview Feature - ‘Burn Baby, Burn’: How Canadian ballet icon Guillaume Côté is confronting climate change through dance: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star

 

Preview - The Flaming Lips music to be featured in new Oklahoma City Ballet world-premiere ballet: Brandy McDonnell, The Oaklahoman

 

Interview – Akhito Ichihara: Karen Greenspan, Fjord Review (paywall)

 

News - Scotland's Billy Elliot returns to perform in front of home audience: Cailtin Hutchison, STV News

 

News - Teenage ballerina set for international competition: Clara Bullock & Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley, BBC News Wiltshire

 

News - Bradford city centre ballet school is smashing stereotypes: Staff, Telegraph & Argus

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Monday 2 September 2024

 

Review – State Ballet of Georgia, Swan Lake, London Coliseum/Mufutau Yusuf, Impasse, Sadlers Wells: Sarah Crompton, The Guardian

 

Review – State Ballet of Georgia, Swan Lake, London Coliseum: Maggie Foyer, Critical Dance

 

Review - Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theatre, Wing Chun, Sadlers Wells

Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

Sanjoy Roy, The Guardian

 

Review – National Ballet of China, Mixed bill for children, Beijing: Staff, Global Times

 

Review – West Australian Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, Perth: Alana Kildea, Dance Australia

 

Preview - Czech National Ballet’s 2024/25 season: traditional choreography and experimental art: Ella Angevine, Radio Prague International

 

Preview (video) - Ballet Folklórico Imperial prepares for "Mexico en la Piel" performance: Grace Bennett, KBSY

 

Preview - SA's newest contemporary ballet company presents 'Trilogy of Notes':

Staff, Head Topics SA

Staff, Capetown etc

 

Preview – West Australian Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, Perth: Graeme Watson, Out in Perth

 

Preview – Australian Ballet 2025: Staff, Dance Australia

 

Interview - Xander Parish: ‘I love Russia. It made me a ballet star’: Debra Craine, The Times

 

Article – Talented Scottish ballet star returns to his hometown: Kirsty Feerick, Glasgow Times

 

Article – The 10 best dance shows to see this autumn: Mark Monaghan, The Telegraph (paywall)

 

Article - The six men who originally interrupted the divertissement pas de deux of George Balanchine’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream”: a piece of ballet archaeology: Alastair Macauley, Alastair Macauley.com

 

Article - The exquisite realm of ballet in the Dior Winter 24 menswear collection: Farhan Sha, Prestige

 

News - The teenage ballet dancer from Devon hoping to impress at international competition: Sam Blackledge, ITVX

 

News- 'Real life Billy Elliot' defies vile bullies and teaching assistant's slur to reach brink of stardom: Bradley Jolley, The Mirror

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Links - Tuesday 3 September 2024

 

Review - Shenzhen Dance Drama Company, Wing Chun, Sadlers Wells:

Nicola Claire, Seeing Dance

Tani Gill, Everything Theatre

 

Review – West Australian Ballet, Romeo & Juliet, Perth: Rita Clarke, Limelight

 

Review – Hong Kong Ballet, The Wizard of Oz, Hong Kong:

Kevin Ng, EJ Insight

Natasha Rogai, South China Morning Post

 

Preview - The National Ballet of Canada presents the UK premiere of Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada: Staff, Theatre Weekly

 

Preview - Birmingham Royal Ballet present Luna this autumn: Doug Lambert, ATV Today

 

Preview – Swallow the Sun featuring Ballet Finland to perform  ‘Plague of Butterflies’ on 70,000 Tons of Metal 2025:

Staff, BraveWords.com

Benedetta Baldwin, Chaoszine

 

Preview - Bangkok’s International Festival of Dance and Music: Bruce Scott, Prestige

 

Preview – Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Viengsay Valdés Gala, Havana: Staff, Radio Cadena Agramonte

 

Article – Ukraine's crackdown on Russian culture is absurd British ballet star: Staff, RT.com via Big News Network

 

Article -  La Trobe University, The Australian Ballet explore the works of Oscar Wilde: Staff, The National Tribune

 

News – Standing ovations for Reece Clarke Homecoming shows at Airdrie Town Hall: Staff, North Lanarkshire Council

Liam Smilie, Glasgow World

News- ZDF, France Televisions Approve Cottonwood Media’s ’20 Dance Street’ Ballet Series: Staff, Market Research Telecast

 

News - Prima on pointe: Lisa Macuja-Elizalde brings Ballet Manila’s Greatest Hits to Malaysia: Staff, Tatler Asia

 

News – American ballet star is new Colon chief: Norman Lebrecht, Slipped Disc

 

News - Northamptonshire young dancer competes in international ballet event: Catalina Contantin, Northampton Chronicle

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Links - Wednesday 04 September, 2024

 

 

Review - Shen-Zen Opera and Dance Theatre, Wing Chun, London:  Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review - Space_LA, Performance Lab with various artists, Los Angeles:  Jeff Slayton, LA Dance Chronicle

 

Exhibitions Review - Two Exhibitions Show How Process Was as Important as Final Product for Les Ballets Russes, New York & San Antonio:  Angelica Frey, NY Observer

 

Reviewlet - Ballet Manila, Giselle, Manila:  Brontë H Lacsamana, Business World

 

Gallery - Unite Ballet Festival directed by Calvin Royal lll, New York:  Steven Pisano, Fjord Review

 

 

Preview - Fall Arts Preview in dance, San Francisco:  Philip Mayard, Bay Area Reporter

 

Preview - Northern Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, Stratford:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Preview Feature - Brockus Dance Project, Women in Concrete - making dance in LA, Los Angeles:  Jeff Slayton, LA Dance Chronicle

 

Preview - National Ballet of China, The Red Detachment of Women, Beijing:  Chen Nan, China Daily

 

Season Preview - 28 Must-see shows in 2024-25, a variety of locations:  Staff, Dance Magazine

 

Preview - 26th International Festival of Dance & Music, Bangkok:  Lekha Shankar, The Asian Age

 

Preview - Ballet BC, Take Form (mixed programme), Vancouver:  Gail Johnson, Stir

 

Preview Feature - TBA:24 Festival, Portland:  Amy Leona Havin, Oregon Arts Watch

 

Report/Preview - La Trobe University insight event for Australian Ballet’s Oscar:  Staff, La Trobe

 

 

Exhibition Preview Feature - Edges of Ailey, New York:  Gia Kourlas, NY Times (share token)

 

 

Feature - Michelle Dorrance, tap dancer, choreographer, director & more:  Leah Bass-Baylis, LA Dance Chronicle

 

Feature - Keeping the spirit of Harlem dance alive:  Imani Perry, NY Times (share token)

 

Feature - Seeing Dances of the Harlem Renaissance, in vivid colour:  Marcelle Hopkins, NY Times (share token)

 

News - New Northern Irish dance company to debut its first show:  Michael Quinn, British Theatre Guide

 

Feature - Kendrick Lamar's Choreographer Charm La'Donna On Hair Discrimination In Dance:  India Espy-Jones, Essence

 

Feature - Eugene Ballet celebrates legacy of beloved Artistic Director:  Cailan Menius-Rash, KLCC

 

Property Feature - Dame Margot Fonteyn’s previous home (the ex-Panamanian Embassy) is up for sale for $85.81M:  Hannah Frishberg, NY Post

 

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Links - Thursday 05 September, 2024

 

 

Review - West Australian Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Schermoly), Perth:  Deborah Jones, Follow Spot

 

Review of a May performance - New York City Ballet, Pictures at an Exhibition, Red Angels, Play Time, Glass Pieces, New York:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - Zürcher Theater Spektakel 2024, Zurich:  Mary Staub, Seeing Dances

 

Review - Ballet Manila, Giselle, Manila:  Angela Nicole Regis Guiral, Tatler Asia

 

 

Report - Scots ballet star Reece Clarke shines on home town stage at Airdrie Town Hall:  Ian Bunting, Daily Record

 

Report - Unveiling the Ballet’s Grace: A Tribute to Artistry, Ballet, and Cultural Enlightenment:  Aiden Abrahams, Cape Town Today

 

 

Preview - New York City Ballet, 2024 Fall Season, New York:  Staff, The City Life

 

Preview - Works & Process/American Ballet Theatre, Crime & Punishment, New York:  Chloe Rabinowitz, Broadway World

 

Preview Feature - Smuin Contemporary Ballet, triple bill, Mountain View & on tour:  Aimée Ts’ao, San Francisco Classical Voice

 

Preview Conversation - Marco Flores, Rayuela, Vancouver:  Janet Smith, Stir

 

Preview - Ambiguous Dance Company, The Belt - Past and Future, London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - Para.Mar Dance Theatre, mixed programme, Chicago:  Sharon Hoyer, New City Stage

 

Preview - Ballet on the Beach Festival 2024, Assateague Island:  Olivia Minzola, AOL via Salisbury Daily Times

 

 

Feature - How claims of cultural appropriation scuppered an acclaimed new ballet (Northern Ballet’s Geisha):  Lesley Downer, Spectator

 

Interview - Erina Takahashi, ENB, Giselle and I:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Interview - John Clifford, producer, director, author, choreographer, and dancer:  Dean Speer, Critical Dance

 

Feature - Inside QLD Ballet’s Coco Chanel Production With Designer Jérôme Kaplan:  Natalie McGowan, Style Magazine

 

Feature - Flamenco fans in a flap as foreign dancer takes top prize:  Isambard Wilkinson, Times (share token)

 

Interview - Jennie Muskett – the Emmy-winning film composer seeking a new career writing music for dance:  Graham Watts, Gramilano

 

Feature - Melissa Hamilton, Royal Ballet, answers 10 questions:  Gail Bell, Irish News

 

Book Feature - Author Lucy Ashe discusses her new book The Sleeping Beauties:  Nancy Dobbs Owen, LA Dance Chronicle

 

Video Feature - Ballet dancer Du Hai finds opportunity in Japan amid wider exodus from China:  Mayuko Ono, Yahoo via AP

 

Cinema News - English National Ballet’s breathtaking SWAN LAKE in the-round to delight cinema audiences this Autumn:  Staff, West End Best Friend

 

News - Insha Dance Company to tour Ukraine:  Staff, UNN

 

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Links - Friday 06 September, 2024

 

 

Reviews - Jamiel Devernay-Laurence, Ballet Nights 06, London:

Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

Amanda Jennings, Bachtrack

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

Debra Craine, Times (share token)

Chris Omaweng, London Theatre 1

 

Review - Stopgap Dance Company, Lived Fiction, London:  Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

 

 

Preview - English National Ballet, Giselle (Khan), London:  Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview Feature - Alberta Ballet, La Sylphide, Calgary & Edmonton:  Eric Volmers, Calgary Herald

 

Preview - Queensland Ballet, Coco Chanel: the Life of a Fashion Icon, Brisbane:  Staff, Australian Arts Review

 

Preview - The 52nd Edition of the Premio Positano Léonide Massine for Dance, Positano:  Staff, Dance for You Magazine

 

Preview - American Repertory Ballet, Wonderment (quad bill), New Brunswick:  Staff, New Jersey Stage

 

Preview - National Dance Day - 5th September 2024, Costa Mesa:  Jeff Slayton, LA Dance Chronicle

 

 

News - Royal Ballet’s Joseph Sissons curates Legacy:  Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

 

News - New Jersey Ballet announces 2024/25 season:  AA Cristi, Broadway World

 

 

Features - Oscar Hunter: Schoolboy rugby star lands spot at prestigious Italian ballet academy - just 18 months after he first took up dancing:

Dan Woodland, Mail

Mark Ludlow, Times (share token)

 

Featurette - Andrew Carr, M.A.D.D Rhythm’s choreographer:  Staff, Dance Spirit

 

Features - Queen Camilla visits English National Ballet as Patron:

Monique Rubins, Mail

Lauren Welch, Express

Staff, Express and Star

Julia Teti, Women's Wear Daily

 

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Links – Saturday 7 September, 2024

 

Reviews

 

The Australian Ballet Dancers’ Company, On Tour – Allegro Brillante (Balanchine) / Swan Lake act II pas de deux (Woolliams after Petipa) / Circle Electric: Prologue (Lake) / The Sleeping Beauty act III (Petipa), Civic Theatre, Newcastle NSW: Claudia Lawson, Fjord Review (paywalled)

 

Ballet Nights, Ballet Nights 006/The Cadogan Hall Concert, Cadogan Hall, London:

Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

Bruce Marriott, LiftedLeg

 

Bangarra Dance Theatre, Horizon: Kulka (Townson) / The Light Inside – Salt Water/Gur/Adabad (Brown) and Fresh Water/Wai Maori (Patterson), Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne, Victoria:

Stephanie Glickman, Australian Stage

Gracia Haby, Fjord Review (paywalled)

Kim Hitchcock, ArtsHub

 

Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe Festival

Na Djinang, Of the Land On Which We Meet, Assembly Checkpoint: Eve Connor, The List

 

Sharon Eyal, R.O.S.E., Park Avenue Armory, New York NY: Brian Seibert, The New York Times (+ share token)

 

Jakob Karr, Ain’t Done Bad, Pershing Square Signature Center, New York NY: Jen C. George, The Brooklyn Rail

 

Alasdair Macindoe, Plagiary, Arts Centre Melbourne: Savannah Indigo, ArtsHub

 

New York City Ballet, Love Letter (on shuffle) (Abraham) / This Bitter Earth (Wheeldon) / Herman Schmerman pas de deux (Forsythe) / Law of Mosaics (Tanowitz), Lincoln Center, New York NY: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc [published 6 September, reviewed performance 19 May]

 

Shenzhen Opera & Dance Theatre, Wing Chun (Zhen/Liya), Sadler’s Wells, London: Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

 

State Ballet of Georgia, Swan Lake (Ananiashvili/Fadeechev after Petipa/Ivanov), Coliseum, London: Joy Sable, The Jewish Chronicle

 

Yaelisa Caminos Flamencos, Forever Flamenco, Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles CA: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review (paywalled)

 

ZooNation, The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (Prince/ZooNation), Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden: Mark Monahan, The Telegraph

 

 

Previews

 

Ambiguous Dance Company, The Belt – Past and Future, Coronet Theatre, London: Teresa Guerreiro, CultureWhisper

 

The Australian Ballet, Oscar (Wheeldon), Regent Theatre, Melbourne and Sydney Opera House, Sydney: Kerrie O’Brien, The Age (turn off Javascript and the paywall disappears) – and according to the article Wheeldon is AD of the Royal Ballet

 

English National Ballet, Giselle (Khan), Sadler’s Wells, London: Norman Lebrecht, SlippeDisc

 

English National Ballet, Swan Lake in-the-round, cinemas around the UK:

Teresa Guerreiro, CultureWhisper

Tabitha James, A Young(ish) Perspective

 

Good Chance, From Here On, Liverpool Street Station, London: Elisa Bray, The Jewish Chronicle

 

Alisdair Macindoe, Plagiary, The Studio, Sydney Opera House: Philipa Rothfield, The Saturday Paper (may be paywalled)

 

New English Ballet Theatre, Baroque and Roll – Baroque Encounters (Cardim) / Did You Steal My Hat? (Vigier) / Four Works by Kristen McNally, Alban Arena, St Albans England: Staff, St Albans Times

 

Texas Ballet Theater, Cinderella (Stevenson), Dallas and Fort Worth, TX: Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News

 

Fall Dance Preview – the season brings new works by Kyle Abraham and Helen Pickett, as well as revivals of City Ballet’s “Coppélia” and Bill T. Jones’s “Still/Here.”: Margaret Fuhrer, The New York Times (+ share token)

 

Fall Dance Preview – The necessary work of performing – and enjoying – old dances: the fall’s most exciting dance programs celebrate an ephemeral art form by excavating the past: Celia Wren, The Washington Post

 

Must-see Seattle dance performances this fall : Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times (paywalled)

 

 

News

 

News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in August 2024: Courtney Escoyne, Dance Magazine

 

Richmond Ballet announces move to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Kendal McAuley, WRIC Richmond via MSN

 

Queen jokes dancers ‘showed her up’ during visit to the English National Ballet: Rosie Shead (PA), The Irish News via MSN

 

 

Features

 

Documenting the dance: Archivist Gayle DeGagné, keeper of RWB ephemera, says company’s history is ‘Winnipeg’s history’: Jen Zoratti, The Winnipeg Free Press

 

How Can Dancers’ Knowledge Reshape Arts Administration Practices?: Tonya Lockyer, Dance Magazine

 

Ballet West’s Katlyn Addison Brings Thoughtful Curiosity to Every Role: Sophie Bress, Pointe Magazine (paywalled)

 

Man, Woman, Butoh with Ichi and Vangeline: Karen Greenspan, Fjord Review (paywalled)

 

Is Imitation a Form of Flattery? Robbie Saenz de Viteri, The Brooklyn Rail

 

Alastair Macaulay has uploaded some more from his archives: Alastair Macaulay.com

 

 

And finally…

 

Ballet Slippers tip-toes her way to success at Ascot: Staff, At The Races

 

 

 

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Links – Sunday 8 September 2024

Review - Ballet Nights, Ballet Nights 006/The Cadogan Hall Concert, Cadogan Hall, London:

Jenny Gilbert, The Arts Desk

Charlotte Kasner, Seeing Dance

 

Review - Chisato Minamimura, Mark of a Woman, Southbank Centre, London: Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

 

Review - ZooNation, The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden: Tereisa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview – National Ballet of Ukraine, Mixed Bill, New York: Staff, The City Life

 

Preview – Houston Ballet, The Little Mermaid, Houston Texas: Staff, Natalie de la Garza, Houston Press

 

Preview – Ballet Collective San Diego, Resonance, La Jolla Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center: Dawn Giangiulo, San Dieogo Union Tribune

 

Article - How claims of cultural appropriation scuppered an acclaimed new ballet: Lesley Downer, The Spectator

 

Article - For Prima Ballerina Haruka Sassa, Europe's a Great Choice Because 'Not Everyone Gets to Dance in Japan': Agnes Tandler, Japan Forward

 

News – Royal Academy of Dance announces finalists for The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition: Staff, West End Theatre

 

News- Tragic End for Francesca Carocci: Heart Attack Claims Life of Renowned Rome Actress and Dancer: Suyasha Rupakheti, Waall

 

News - At Lincoln Center, Vogue100 Celebrated House of Gilles and the New York City Ballet: Ian Malone, Vogue

 

News - Alexandra F. Light To Take Final Bow With Texas Ballet Theater in Spring 2025: Blair Ingenthron, Broadway World

 

News - Players can’t put a foot wrong as dance games become latest TikTok craze: Frances Howe, Brisbane Times

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Links - Monday 9 September 2024

 

Review - Zoonation, Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Linbury Theatre, ROH, London:

David Mead, Seeing Dance

Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide

 

Preview - Royal Ballet, Encounters, Royal Opera House, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - Ballet X , Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company to perform at the Joyce Theatre - Staff,  The City Life

 

Interview - Erina Takahashi- Giselle and I: Teresa Guerrero, Culture Whisper

 

Article - Rising dance star shines in international competitons: Staff, Randburg Sun

 

Article - Alasdair Macindoe’s Plagiary melds the human with AI: Sydney Opera house: Philippa Rothfield, The Saturday Paper

 

Article - You can’t say that? Is the dancer’s body a site for public discussion or a no go area: Susan Bendal, Dance Australia

 

Feature - Meet Chelsea Lee Nicholls: Staff, Dance Australia

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Links - Tuesday 10 September 2024

 

 

Review – Zoonation, Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Linbury Theatre, London:

Matthew Paluch, Broadway World

Donald Hutera, The Times

 

Review – Georgian State Ballet, Swan Lake, London: Francesco Lombardo, Italy News

 

Review – Northern Ballet, Three Short Ballets, Leeds: Claire Clarke, Yorkshire Times

 

Review – Norwegian National Ballet, Cinderella, Oslo: Graham Watts, Bachtrack

 

Review – Ballet BC, Take Form, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Stir

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Ratmansky/Dove/Reisen/Robbins quadruple bill, New York: Leigh Witchell, Dance Log NYC

 

Preview – London City Ballet, Resurgence, Sadlers Wells: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper

 

Preview - Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, RAIN, Ghent: Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Preview-  Ballet Theater of Maryland, Napoli, Baltimore: Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

Preview – Richmond Ballet, What’s Going On & other, Richmond, Virginia: David Timberline, Style Weekly

 

Preview - Texas Ballet Theater,  Cinderella, Dallas: Carly May Gravley, Dallas Observer

 

Season preview - Fall arts 2024: A world of dance comes to Portland stages: Grant Butler, Here is Oregon

 

Season preview - 5 dance performances to see in San Diego this fall: Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS

 

Season preview - Charlotte Ballet’s new season offers eclectic mix of returning favorites and premiers: Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer

 

News – RAD announces winners of The Fonteyn ballet competition: Staff, Theatre Weekly

Stephi Wild, Broadway World

Nicola Claire, Seeing Dance

Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisperv

Staff, Dance Australia

 

News - María Benítez, Dancer Who Championed Flamenco, Is Dead at 82: Brian Seibert, New York Times

 

News - Houston Ballet’s Stunning Little Mermaid and a Posh Dinner Saluting a Pioneering Black Dancer Set the Stage for a New Season: Shelby Hodge, Paper City

 

News - New Cecchetti chair appointed: Staff, Dance Australia

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Links - Wednesday 11 September, 2024

 

 

Review - Northern Ballet, Three Short Ballets, Leeds:  Bruce Marriott, Lifted Leg

 

Reviews - ZooNation, The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, London:

Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk

Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Gramilano

Siobhan Murphy, Stage

 

Review - New York City Ballet, Law of Mosaics, This Bitter Earth, Herman Schmerman pas de deux, Love Letter (on shuffle), New York:  Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

 

Review - Psychopomp, Chaos Vol ll, Los Angeles:  Jeff Slayton, LA Dance Chronicle

 

Review - Good Chance & Gecko Theatre, From Here On, Greenwich:  Mary Pollard, Everything Theatre

 

 

Reports - The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2024, London:

Matthew Paluch, Gramilano

Staff, Dance Australia

 

 

Audio Preview Feature - Houston Ballet, The Little Mermaid (John Neumeier), Houston:  Michael Hagerty, Houston Public Media

 

Preview Feature - Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Dance Series 1 (triple bill), Mountain View:  James Ambroff-Tahan, Local News Matters

 

Preview - Ballet BC, Triple bill including Bolero X, Montreal:  AA Cristi, Broadway World

 

Preview - Footloose: Fall Arts Preview in dance, part 2, San Francisco & Bay Area:  Philip Mayard, Bay Area Reporter

 

Preview Features - Sean Dorsey Dance Company celebrates 20 years:

David-Elijah Nahmod, Bay Area Reporter

Marke B, 48 Hills

 

Preview - Swan Lake - Ballet and Orchestra, Paris:  Staff, Sortir A Paris

 

 

News - Sadler's Wells East unveils opening programme in 'milestone' for dance:

Lanre Bakare, Guardian

Katie Chambers, Stage

 

News - BRB2 Carlos Acosta’s Ballet Celebration Announced:  Staff, Theatre Weekly

 

News - Christopher Gerty, National Ballet of Canada principal dancer, receives 2024 Dancers First Award for Outstanding Performance:  Anya Wassenberg, Ludwig Van

 

 

Interview - Erina Takahashi, English National Ballet:  Teresa Guerreiro, Ballet Position

 

Feature - Lenio Kaklea on her new work Agrimi:  Giordana Patumi, Dance Art Journal

 

Feature - Taylor Naturkas, Miami City Ballet:  Guillermo Perez, Dance Magazine

 

Feature - Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker still has the power to change lives: what this fashion designer learned from Hong Kong Ballet’s radical production:  Richard Lord, South China Morning Post

 

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Links - Thursday 12 September, 2024

 

 

Review - Northern Ballet, Three Short Ballets, Leeds:  Geoffrey Mogridge, Ilkley Gazette

 

Review - Los Angeles Dance Project, Imdded Immgewd, Los Angeles:  Brian Fretté, LA Dance Chronicle

 

Review - Ebony Rose Dark, Out There, In Here, London:  Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub

Interview - Ebony Rose Dark, cabaret & dance performance artist:  Qiao Lin Tan, Dance Art Journal

 

 

Today in pictures - London City Ballet (top picture):  Elliott Franks, Times (share token)

 

 

Preview Interview - Artistic Directors Nancy Hirst of Icon Theatre and Amina Khayyam of Amina Khayyam Dance Company talk about Ghost Ships:  David Mead, Seeing Dance

 

Preview - Co.ERASGA, What on EARTH (triple bill), Vancouver:  Gail Johnson, Stir

 

Preview - Cleo Parker Robinson Dance revives Black Orpheus, Denver:  Eden Lane, CPR

 

Preview - Fall Dance Preview, Boulder:  Toni Tresca, Boulder Weekly

 

Preview - Little Women Ballet, Los Angeles:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

 

 

Gallery - Jasmin Vardimon toasts 25 years of dance with Now:  Tristram Kenton, Guardian

 

Interview - Christopher Wheeldon on his new Oscar Wilde ballet (for Australian Ballet):  Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

 

Interview - The National guitarist Bryce Dessner on composing for dance:  Romy Ash, The Saturday Paper

 

Brief Notes - Balanchine’s Square Dance:  Misty Tompoles, En Face Magazine

 

 

News - Jurgita Dronina Says Farewell to The National Ballet of Canada:  Graham Spicer, Gramilano

 

News - Central School of Ballet Reveals New Chair of Governors:  Stephi Wild, Broadway World

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