Bruce Posted December 29, 2013 Posted December 29, 2013 Links – Sunday, December 29, 2013 Review - Northern Ballet, Cinderella, London: Luke Jennings, Observer Interview - Alvin Ailey dancer Glenn Allen Sims is in it for the long haul, NY: Karyn D. Collins, Daily Record Feature - At City Ballet and Elsewhere, In Jokes Take the Stage, NY: Michael Cooper, NY Times Feature - Pittsburgh Ballet tailors 'Nutcracker' to children with disabilities, Pittsburgh: Anya Sostek, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Preview/Interview - Heather Kravas: On Point in Message, and Technique - Heather Kravas’s ‘a quartet,’ Coming to the Kitchen, NY: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Preview - Wander:Land: - Bring in 2014 with a spectacular dance show, Edinburgh: Staff, Scotsman Review - Flashdance, Washington: Nelson Pressley, Washington Post
Bruce Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 Links – Monday, December 30, 2013 Interview - Fabrice Calmels, Joffrey Ballet, Chicago: Brittany Frederick, Star Pulse Review - Scottish Ballet, Hansel and Gretel, Glasgow: Hanna Weibye, ArtsDesk Review of the Year - London, 2013, the year in review: The best dance of the year, London: Zoe Anderson, Independent Preview - Dance shows in London 2014: critic's choice, London: Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Feature - Emily Molnar: How to turn a dance company around - Globe Arts’ Artists of the Year: The best in dance, Toronto: Jared Bland, Globe and Mail Preview - Liss Fain channels Virginia Woolf in world premiere of 'After the Light', San Francisco: Andrew Gilbert, San Jose Mercury News Feature - The Idaszak brothers from western Sydney all living the ballet dream, Sydney: Ingrid Piper, Herald Sun Review - Russian National Ballet and Russian State Ballet Of Siberia, The Sleeping Beauty, Cardiff: David Owens, Wales Online
Ian Macmillan Posted December 31, 2013 Posted December 31, 2013 Links – Tuesday, December 31, 2013 UK – New Year Honours List 2014 – Dance & Ballet Awards: Guardian DBE: Gillian Lynne CBE CBE: Carlos Acosta OBE: Lady Patricia Hobson MBE MBE: Assis Carreiro, Jane Pritchard BEM: Margaret Jaffe (With apologies to anyone I’ve missed – it’s a rather long list!) Memories of the year that was, hopes for the year to come: Valerie Lawson, Dancelines Feature – Choosing the Best St Petersburg Nutcracker: Galina Stolyarova, SP Times Feature – Li Cunxin, Mao’s Last Dancer & AD Queensland ballet: Annie Navin, The Australian Feature/Gallery – Toe Shoes at New York City Ballet: Michael Cooper, NY Times Feature – Sydney Opera House – A Ballet Memory: Anne Davies, Sydney Morning Herald Review – Ockham’s Razor, Arc, Memento Mori, Every Action, Sydney: Elissa Blake, Sydney Morning Herald Birmingham News – Elmhurst School of Dance expanding: Steve Nicholls, Birmingham Post
Ian Macmillan Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 Links – Wednesday, January 1, 2014 The Links team offers its very best wishes to one and all for 2014. Obituary – Marc Breaux, Choreographer: Telegraph Review – Natalia Osipova/Royal Ballet, Nutcracker, Jewels, London: Sarah Crompton, Telegraph New York Times’ Critics Hopes for 2014: Alastair Macaulay on p2, NY Times Review – NYCB and ABT Dancers, Nutcrackers, NY: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Great Moments in LA Dance in 2013: Jean Lenihan, Arts Journal/Fresh Pencil Review – Alberta Ballet, Nutcracker, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com Review – Motion: New Dance Works: Mixed Bill, NJ: Robert Johnson, NJ Star-Ledger Turkish National Opera/Ballet Archive to go online: Anadolou Agency, Hurriyet TV Reminder: Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year Concert with Vienna State Ballet, from 11:15 today on BBC2
Ian Macmillan Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Links – Thursday, January 2, 2014 Hopeful end to the Bolshoi’s horror year: Izvestia via Ismene Brown blog 2013 – Best of the year: Zoë Anderson, Independent Feature – Yukichi Hattori, Dancer/Choreographer, Alberta Ballet: Staff, Calgary Herald Review – Cirque Eloize, Cirkopolis, NY: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times San Francisco Ballet Horn Player’s 1000th Nutcracker: Leah Garchik, SF Chronicle (Any musician with a Swan Lake challenge to that?) Review – Ballet De Monte Carlo, The Nutcracker, Monaco: Obra Brefman, Jerusalem Post
Ian Macmillan Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 Links – Friday, January 3, 2014 London 2014 Feature – Step towards remarkable times: Neil Norman, Express News – Dancers of the Royal Ballet, Gala for Ghana, London: DanceTabs Paris Reminder – Bolshoi Ballet visits next week: TASS, Voice of Russia Preview – Culture Shock Dance, A Culture Shock Nutcracker, San Diego: Pam Kragen, U-T San Diego Feature/Review – Ballet West, Nutty Nutcracker, Salt Lake City: Hillary Bowler, Deseret News Review – Travelling Light/Bristol Old Vic, Boing!, London: Jeffrey Gordon Baker, Londondance I’ve deliberately avoided anything to do with this young lady over the last few days. But with many forecasting that she may be the ‘next big thing’ and as it’s my last day on this stint, I present: Isabelle
Jan McNulty Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Links – Saturday, January 04 2014 Feature – Alexei Ratmansky, Prolific and Travel Hungry: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Preview – The Best of 2014 (UK): Judith Mackrell, Guardian Zoe Anderson, Independent Preview – International Dance Festival Birmingham 2014, Birmingham: Ros Laws, Coventry Telegraph Preview – Northern Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Beijing: Staff, Time Out Beijing Interview – Eryck Brahmania: Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros, Bachtrack Preview – Focus Dance Festival, New York: Robert Johnson, Star Ledger Feature – Ellie Pithers learns ballet (Six Telegraph writers learn a new skill): Ellie Pithers and others, Telegraph Blog – Dance honours put spring in the step of British scene: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Dance Blog
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