John Mallinson Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Links – Sunday November 24, 2013 Review - The Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Osipova/Acosta), London: Sarah Crompton, The Telegraph Review - Mark Morris Dance Group, L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, NY: Gia Kourlas, New York Times Review - Michael Clark Company, All Three at Once, London: Sarah Crompton, Daily Telegraph Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide Review - Michael Clark Company, All Three at Once / Cloud Dance Festival, Wolfdance, Chimera, Pohadka: Luke Jennings, The Observer Review - Diana Vishneva, On the Edge, Costa Mesa: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review Feature - Alina Cojocaru, ENB: Luke Jennings, The Observer How We Met - Eirene Houston (script writer of Day of Flowers) & Carlos Acosta: Adam Jacques, The Independent Review - Stuttgart Ballet, The Taming of the Shrew, London: Laura Dodge, Londonist Review - National Ballet of Canada, Watershed, Being and Nothingness (Part 1), Unearth, …black night’s bright day…, Toronto: Michael Crabb, The Star Interview - Kitty Lunn, dancer, AD of Infinity Dance Theater: Barnett Serchuk, Broadway World Review - Sarasota Ballet, Balanchine and Ashton: Serenade, Who Cares?, Illuminations: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Bolshoi trial day 9: Dmitrichenko testifies: Ismene Brown / Olga Zavyalova, Izvestia Dance and Doctor Who: Zoë Anderson, Dancing Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Links – Monday, November 25, 2013Review - Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Osipova/Acosta), London, Clement Crisp, FTFeature - The Bolshoi’s Spinning Dance of Power, Moscow via Princeton, Simon Morrison, NYTimesNews - Bolshoi's first US dancer Joy Womack quits over 'bribe', Moscow via London via Oz: Mark Franchetti, AustralianFeature - Tsiskaridze and Vaganova: Ballet Scandal Heads North. Intrigue continues a month after the Russian Minister of Culture announces shakeups at prestigious academy, St. Petersburg: Kevin O’Flynn, St. Petersburg TimesReview - Michael Clark Company, All Three at Once, London: Sanjoy Roy, GuardianReview - Stuttgart Ballet, The Taming of the Shrew, London: Vera Liber, British Theatre Guide Hanna Weibye, The Arts Desk Review – Stuttgart Ballet, Made in Germany programme, London: Graham Watts, LondonDanceReview - Chunky Move, Aorta, Melbourne: Jordan Beth Vincent, Age Eamonn Kelly, Australian Review - Martha Graham Dance Company, Surreal Graham, NY: Brian Seibert, NY TimesFeature - CBS Panel Discussion Focuses On Black Women In Classical Ballet - Misty Copeland and Virginia Johnson, NY: CBS New YorkReview - Bangarra Dance Theatre, Dance Clan 3, Sydney: Anca Frankenhaeuser, SMHReview - West Australian Ballet, Peter Pan, Perth, Rita Clarke, AustralianReview – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Sleeping Beauty, Washington: DanceTabsReview - Diana Vishneva, On the Edge, Costa Mesa: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord ReviewReview - Royal New Zealand Ballet, Tutus on Tour (2013), Christchurch: Elizabeth O’Connor, NZ TheatreViewFeature - An Evening With Crystal Pite at Cineplex theatres, Totronto and Canada: Michael Crabb, Toronto StarNews - Olivia Bell performs with Australian Ballet for the last time, Sydney, ABCFeature - Ballet Manila’s Lisa Macuja to dance her final ‘Nutcracker’, Manila: Lester G. Babiera, Philippine Daily InquirerInterview: Daniel Davidson, Scottish Ballet star of Christopher Hampson’s Hansel & Gretel, Glasgow: Kelly Apter, ListReview - Smuin Ballet, Christmas Ballet, SF: Allan Ulrich, SF ChronicleInterview - Allison Miller, Soo Youn Cho and Nozomi Iijima of Houston Ballet - Ballerinas on the 'Nutcracker' role, Houston: Molly Glentzer, Houston ChronPreview - UK Christmas crackers: the best shows (plus top ways to escape the tinsel), London: Guardian Critics, GuardianNews - Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker Market’, Pennsylvania: Lauren Lipton, CBS PhillyPreview - Salt Creek Ballet, Nutcracker, Chicago: Laura Molzahn, Chicago TribuneReview - Lyne Pringle, Dance Wellington 2013: Lung Tree, Wellington: Jillian Davey, NZ TheatreViewPreview - Scott Wells and Sheldon B. Smith, Father On, San Jose: Andrew Gilbert, San Jose Mercury NewsView - Fiona Fullerton: Strictly Come Dancing is over for me - but I want Sophie to win. As she reaches the end of her time on Strictly Come Dancing, our columnist Fiona Fullerton says farewell and reveals what she really thinks about the contestants, London: Fiona Fullerton, TelegraphDemonstration - How to dance like Michael Jackson in his song 'Beat It', Robert Taylor, AOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Links – Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Review - Michael Clark Company, All Three at Once, London: Zoe Anderson, Independent Graham Watts, LondonDance Siobhan Murphy, Metro Review - National Ballet of Canada, Innovation bill: …black night’s bright day…, Watershed, Being and Nothingness (Part 1), Unearth, Toronto: Paula Citron, Globe and Mail John Coulbourn, Toronto Sun Review - Stuttgart Ballet, The Taming of the Shrew, London: Jane Simpson, DanceTabs Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Review – Stuttgart Ballet, Made in Germany programme, London: Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Review - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Nutcracker, Birmingham: Pat Ashworth, Stage Review - Rosas, En Atendant, Cesena | Susan Marshall & Company, Play/Pause, NY: Robert Greskovic, WSJ News/Feature - Olivia Bell retiring from Austrlian Ballet, Sydney: Valerie Lawson, DanceLines Michaela Boland, Australian News - Australian Ballet queen, Rachel Rawlins, to pass on skills to younger generation in Malvern, Melbourne: Julie Hedjes, Herald Sun Review - BalletBoyz – the Talent 2013, Serpent, Fallen, London: Howard Loxton, BTG Review - Ballet Hispanico, Umbral, Sombrerísimo, Hogar, NY: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review - David Neumann/Little Orchestra, Firebird, NY: Apollinaire Scherr, FT Bolshoi Corner... News/Coment - Bolshoi Trial day 10: Dmitrichenko questioned, Tsiskaridze, Vorontsova testify, Ismene Brown and others News - Ex-Bolshoi star, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, says jealousy led to acid attack, AFP, 9NewsWorld News - Acid attack suspect ‘was denied roles’, Thomas Grove, iolNews News/Feature/interview - U.S. ballerina, Joy Womack, tells of bribery at Bolshoi, quits, Moscow via SF: Sergei L. Loiko, SF Chronicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Links – Wednesday, November 27, 2013 Bolshoi Corner... Bolshoi dancers, teachers demand to rebut Tsiskaridze in court, Moscow: Ismene Brown and others Less Mad Corner... Review - Stuttgart Ballet, The Taming of the Shrew, Made in Germany bill, London: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review - Stuttgart Ballet, The Taming of the Shrew, London: Graham Watts, LondonDance Review - National Ballet of Canada, Innovation bill: …black night’s bright day…, Watershed, Being and Nothingness (Part 1), Unearth, Toronto: Dana Glassman, National Post Denise Sum, DanceViewTimes Review/News - Olivia Bell Retirement and promotion at the Australian Ballet, Melbourne: Deborah Jones, Deborah Jones Blog Review - BalletBoyz – the Talent 2013, Serpent, Fallen, London: Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs Interview - Shobana Jeyasingh - Celebrating With Flowers, London: Carmel Smith, LondonDance Review - Michael Clark Company, All Three at Once, London: Tiffany Pritchard, Londonist Review - Houston Ballet, The Nutcracker, Houston: Adam Castaneda, Houston Post Review - Russian State Ballet of Astrakhan, The Nutcracker, Dorking: Margaret Willis, DanceTabs Review - City Rhythms Festival - Dance Place: Coyaba Dance Theater, Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, Culture Shock, Joseph Webb, Chris Scott, Baakari Wilder, Step Afrika! Washington: Sarah Halzack, Washington Post Review – Festival Jerome Bel, Stanford: Rita Felciano, SFBG Feature List - 7 Things The Ballet Can Teach Us About Work, NY: Donna Sapolin, Forbes Gallery - Miss Pole Dance South America competition in Buenos Aires, Victor R. Caivano, Telegraph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Links – Thursday, November 28, 2013 Bolshoi Corner... News - Trial day 10: Pronin: 'Grigorovich protected Dmitrichenko', Moscow: Ismene Brown and others News - Trial day 11: Filin ‘is not pretending about his eyes’, Moscow: Ismene Brown and others News - Trial day 11: Filin is no lout, say stars, Moscow: Ismene Brown and others News - In Acid-Attack Trial, Dancers Trade Stage for Stand, Moscow: Patrick Reevell, NY Times Less Mad Corner... Review - Mark Morris Dance Group, Programme A: The Muir, Socrates, Crosswalk, London: Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Review - Michael Clark Company, All Three at Once, London: Clement Crisp, FT Review - Stuttgart Ballet, Made in Germany bill, London: Giannandrea Poesio, Spectator Review - Stuttgart Ballet, The Taming of the Shrew, London: Louise Levene, Telegraph View/Feature - Choreography is dead. Long live dance. Questions are being asked by dancers and dance-makers about the boundaries of the art form. Which is cause for excitement. London, Judith Mackrell, Guardian Interview - Baryshnikov, still making artistic leaps, Washington: Peter Marks, Washington Post News - Twyla Tharp to Receive Capezio Award, NY: Karyn Monget, WWD Review - Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Boris Charmatz, Partita 2, Paris: Laura Capelle, FT Interview/Preview - Shobana Jeyasingh’s dance double bill is a real grower, London: Keith Watson, Metro Feature – Juliet Burnett (Australian Ballet) on Injury and Rehabilitation: Part 4 and back on stage, Melbourne: Juliet Burnett, DanceTabs Review - Cloud Dance Festival, Showtime bill, London: Donald Hutera, LondonDance Feature/Critic’s Notebook - Broadway Can Hear the Echoes of Jazz Tap. ‘After Midnight’ Harks Back to the Cotton Club Days, NY: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review - American Repertory Ballet, The Nutcracker, NY: Robert Johnson, Star-Ledger Review - Zhukov Dance Theatre, Enlight, Spider on a Mirror, San Francisco: Aimee Tsao, DanceTabs Review - Black Grace, Xmas Verses, Auckland: Tia Reihana-Morunga, NZTheatreView Review - Boyzie Cekwana and Panaibra Canda, The Inkomati (dis)cord, NY: Apollinaire Scherr, Fjord Review Review - Patricia Hoffbauer, Para-Dice (Stage 2), NY: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Links – Friday, November 29, 2013 Feature – Sarasota Ballet, Iain Webb & an Ashton Legacy: Brian Seibert, NY Times Reviews – Mark Morris Dance Group, Programme A, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Sarah Crompton, Telegraph Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Neil Norman, The Stage Vera Liber, BTG Review – Ballet San Jose, 2013 Benefit Gala, San Jose: Aimee Tsao, DanceTabs Reviews – Michael Clark Company, All Three at Once, London: Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Neil Norman, Express Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Review – Joffrey Ballet, The Nutcracker, DC: Rebecca Ritzel, Washington Post Feature – Colorado & Moscow Ballets, Nutcrackers, Denver: John Wenzel, Denver Post Blog Feature – How to be a black ballet dancer in a white world: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Research Report – Vitamin D deficiency putting dancers at risk: Haroon Siddique, Guardian News – UK’s 2nd specialist dance injury clinic opens in Birmingham: Nicola Merrifield, The Stage Still doing what arguably any National Ballet company should be doing: Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Tutus On Tour, on its 47 venue progress, reaches Timaru: Melanie Wheeler, Timaru Herald plus Comedian takes to ballet: Nigel Benson, Otago Daily Times Review – Hagley Dance Company, Save It For Me, Christchurch: Kate Sullivan, NZ Theatreview Finally, something to savour on a Bolshoi-free day: Winner of the 2013 Ballet Memories contest: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Links – Saturday, November 30, 2013 Feature – Shannon Harkins, a face of African American ballet dancers’ struggle: Lonnae O’Neal Parker, Washington Post Reviews – Mark Morris Dance Group, Programme A, London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Neil Norman, Express Graham Watts, Londondance Reviews – Mark Morris Dance Group, Programme B, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Sarah Crompton, Telegraph Sarah Frater, The Stage Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs Vera Liber, BTG Review – Mark Morris Dance Group, Both Programmes, London: Zoë Anderson, Independent Feature – Scottish Ballet, Hansel and Gretel: Mary Brennan, Herald News – Scottish Ballet to revive Peter Darrell’s Nutcracker in 2014: Mary Brennan, Herald News – Christopher Rodgers-Wilson, Australian Ballet, wins Telstra Dancer Award: Elissa Blake, The Age News – Rosemary Lee wins the Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award: Carmel Smith, Londondance Those tutus are almost done touring: Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Tutus on Tour, Dunedin: Hannah Molloy, NZ Theatreview Review – Stuttgart Ballet, Taming of the Shrew, London: Rosamaria, One Stop Arts Review – Phoenix Dance Theatre, Particle Velocity, London: Jaime Robles, One Stop Arts Review – BalletBoyz – The Talent, Serpent, Fallen, London: Catherine Sutherland, One Stop Arts Review – Rhythmic Circus & Root City, Feet Don’t Fail Me Now, NY: Brian Seibert, NY Times Next week in London, New Adventures Swan Lake, Shobana Jeyasingh: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Bolshoi Corner: Trial - Final prosecution submissions: RBTH Guardian and elsewhere ---- Very detailed report on the day: RAPSI via Ismene Brown Blog ---- Verdict due on Tuesday BBC to film fly-on-wall documentary inside Bolshoi: Realscreen And tis the season to visit the Kingdom of Sweets: 3 Productions around Montreal: Victor Swoboda, Montreal Gazette (+video) Training the mice for Joffrey’s production: Laura Molzahn, Chicago Tribune A pretty substantial looking local production: Cheryl Guerrero, LA Times (+ 24 shot Gallery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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