Ian Macmillan

I note from a DanceTabs tweet that tonight's performance has been dedicated to Clement Crisp, till recently and for many years the Dance Critic of the Financial Times.

This hasn't been an issue for me.

Excellent!

See also Links for last Thursday, 25 April - a biggish feature from The Times.

As to that blackout this afternoon, ENO has tweeted that a "Power shortage in the Covent Garden area" led to cancellation of a matinee at the Coli, with a decision still to be taken about tonight's show.

Links – Saturday 27 April, 2019 Reviews – Merce Cunningham Centennial, Night of 100 Solos: - London: Martin Hargreaves, Artforum - New York: Deborah Jowitt, Artforum - Los Angeles: Megan Metcalf, Artforum Gallery – Fab-u-lous! Darcey Bussell at 50: Staff, Guardian Feature – Mavis Staines & Canada’s National Ballet School, Jonathan Dekel, Globe and Mail Diary – Southern California, Next Week: Matt Cooper, LA Times Review – Fevered Sleep, Men & Girls Dance, London: Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub Review – Nora Invites Deborah Hay, Where Home Is, London: Sophia Moss, Reviews Hub Review – Focus Dance Company, Great Freedom, The Sky Seen From The Moon, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance Preview – Erika Mitsuhashi & Francesca Frewer, Dust, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com Reviews – Ain’t Misbehavin’, Choreography by Oti Mabuse, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Howard Loxton, BTG A tenuous dance connection, and it’s been some time since I last did so, but everyone should know: - How to wear a kilt: Colour Sergeant Andrew Benson, Scotsman

John: I very much agree about his style whilst being interviewed, and he has a pretty fascinating back story that sets him far apart from his ministerial colleagues in terms of life experience. Just a pity he appears not to be keen on ballet.

I thought I'd spared you all from this when doing today's Links! But let discussion proceed .......

Links – Friday 26 April, 2019 Reviews – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas/Jean-Guihen Queyras, Mitten wir im Leben sind/Bach6Cellosuiten, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Debra Craine, The Times David Nice, Arts Desk Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Vera Liber, BTG Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Review – New York City Ballet, Pictures at an Exhibition, Oltremare, Rodeo: 4 Dance Episodes, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Review – New York City Ballet, Two Programs, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Film – The White Crow: Nureyev Biopic: Manohla Dargis, NY Times (Trailer – Playbill ) News – Ballet Black’s Cira Robinson to guest with Scottish Ballet The Crucible premiere: Phil Miller, Herald Preview – Boris Charmatz, 10,000 Gestures, London: Georgina Butler, Culture Whisper Diary – New York, Next Week: Brian Schaefer, NY Times Review – Joffrey Ballet, ‘Across the Pond’ Triple Bill, Chicago: Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun-Times Preview – Complexions Contemporary Ballet, ‘Bach to Bowie’ Double Bill, Auckland: Dionne Christian, NZ Herald Review – Morph Dance Company, Woven, Salford: Dave Cunningham, Reviews Hub Preview – Scottish Dance Theatre, The Circle, Ritualia, Dundee/Edinburgh: Claire Sawers, The List

Links – Thursday 25 April, 2019 Reviews – San Francisco Ballet, The Little Mermaid, San Francisco: Paul Parish, Bay Area Repoter Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Review – New York City Ballet, Pictures at an Exhibition, Oltremare, Rodeo: 4 Dance Episodes, New York: Ivy Lin, Bachtrack Gallery – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, 6 Bach Cello Suites, London: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Interview – Farooq Chaudhry: Yang Liping’s Rite of Spring, London: Teresa Guerreiro. Cuture Whisper Preview – Sadler’s Wells Flamenco Festival 2019, London: Georgina Butler, Culture Whisper TV Preview – Akram Khan, The Curry House Kid: Michael Odell, The Times Film – The White Crow, Nureyev biopic: Laura Bleiberg, LA Times Review – Joburg Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Gielgud), Johannesburg: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance Review – National Youth Dance Company, Madhead, Ipswich: Donald Hutera, The Times Preview – Ballet BC, Eyal/Bennathan/Naharin Triple Bill, Vancouver: Staff, Straight.com Preview – Bay Area Dance Week: Leslie Katz, SF Examiner

Links – Wednesday 24 April, 2019 Feature – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, making Medusa for the Royal Ballet: Debra Craine, The Times Feature – Suzanne Farrell back at New York City Ballet: Alistair Macaulay, NY Times Interview – Jonathan Stafford & Wendy Whelan, their plans for NYCB: Charles Isherwood, Playbill Review – Paris Opera Ballet, Sleight of Hand, Speak for Yourself, Trois Gnossiennes, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Preview – Nicky Paraiso & La MaMa Moves! Gia Kourlas, NY Times Tour Review – Ballet Black, Pendulum, Click!, Ingoma, Northampton: Lily Canter, Chronicle & Echo Review – Damien Jalet & Kohei Nawa, Vessel, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Review – Gauthier Dance, Uprising, Killer Pig, Minus 16, Berlin: Veronica Posth, SeeingDance Review – National Youth Dance Company, Madhead, Ipswich: Cavelle Leigh, Reviews Hub

I have found more than once that a moved thread causes this problem. Click "Mark forum as Read' and all is immediately well.

Links – Tuesday 23 April, 2019 Review – Cunningham Centennial, Night of 100 Solos, New York: Martha Sherman, Danceviewtimes Review – Alessandra Ferri, Federico Bonelli & Others, Woolf Works, Milan: Michelle Potter, .... on dancing Review – São Paulo Dance Company, Mixed Bill, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Preview – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, 6 Bach Cello Suites, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Preview – Israel Galván, La Fiesta, London: Georgina Butler, Culture Whisper Review – Rosie Kay Dance Company, 5 Soldiers, San Francisco: David E Moreno, Culture Vulture Review – Lost Dog, Juliet & Romeo, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Review – Hwa Gang Dance Company, Mixed Bill, Taipei: David Mead, SeeingDance Preview – Annie Kahane/Alive & Well Productions, From Ash, San Francisco: SF Examiner Stravinsky’s orchestral work, amplified by dance: Review – LA Philharmonic, Peter Sellars, Amrita Performing Arts: Persephone, Los Angeles: Jim Farber, SF Classical Voice - Interview – Peter Sellars: Victoria Looseleaf, SF Classical Voice

And the old ones are still the best ones!

Trog - many thanks, that's an interesting observation that may go some way towards answering my question. And on behalf of my two colleagues, thanks to one and all for the compliments thus far. There's no plan to stop the service.

Each morning the Forum posts a number of links to ballet/dance-related articles from across the English-speaking world and, in doing so, we carry on a service that began back in the days of ballet.co. It has become increasingly noticeable that the Links section is now consulted much less frequently than in the past. This can readily be seen by scrolling through the Links homepage and looking at the ‘View’ figures. For example, and in rounded figures, the Views for mid-March 2012 were 3300; 2018 saw 2600; and this year just 1100. And this has happened as Forum membership has gradually increased. There are no doubt several reasons for this decline and it would be useful to hear from members what they might be. Some may have found the increasing use of Restricted Access on newspaper sites to be a nuisance and not worth bothering with, but there must be more to it than that. We’d be interested to hear how members feel and, in particular, it would be useful to hear from those who use that section much less than in the past, or who have given up using it at all.

A propos, a snippet from the comment pages of today's Sunday Times:

And on the other hand, whilst doing this morning's Links and negotiating the continuing flood of tabloid views on Darcey's possible replacement, the Mirror is running a piece that says Andrew Lloyd Webber has been talking to her about the possibility of her appearing in a 'new show.'

Others have concerns, it seems:

Links – Sunday 14 April, 2019 Review – Martha Graham Dance Company, New York Season: Robert Gottlieb, NY Observer Review – Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, London: Vikki Jane Vile, BWW UK Reviews – English National Ballet, She Persisted, London: Lisa Allardyce, The Observer David Dougill, Sunday Times (Scroll down) Tour Review – Mark Morris Dance Group, Pepperland, Cardiff: Othniel Smith, BTG Review – Australian Ballet, ‘Verve’ Triple Bill, Sydney: Michelle Potter, .... on dancing Feature – Misty Copeland expands on her archive trawl (see yesterday): Remy Tumin, NY Times Film Reviews – Yuli, the Carlos Acosta Biopic: Simran Hans, The Observer Edward Porter, Sunday Times (Scroll down) Film – Screenwriter David Hare on Nureyev and The White Crow: Tobias Grey, Wall St Journal Book Review – Ray Bolger: More Than a Scarecrow, Holly Van Leuven: Janine Parker, Arts Fuse Review – Leah Verier-Dunn/Moving Ethos, girlwoman, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Tour Review – Melbourne City Ballet, Alice in Wonderland, Dunedin: Hannah Molloy, Theatreview

Links – Saturday 13 April, 2019 Feature – Perpetual Motion – Misty Copeland looks at the NY Times Dance Photography Archive: NY TImes Feature - Learning to dance Merce Cunningham: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Mariinsky Ballet, Le Corsaire, Washington DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Reviews – American Ballet Theatre, Whipped Cream, Chicago: Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun-Times Hedy Weiss, WTTW News Review – Natalia Osipova & Colleagues, ‚Pure Dance’ Mixed Bill, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Review – Northern Ballet, Victoria, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, The List Review - Scottish Ballet, Dextra, Elite Syncopations, Aberdeen: Rebecca Buchan, Press and Journal Review – Rosie Kay Dance Company, 5 Soldiers, San Francisco: Leslie Katz, SF Examiner Film Review - Yuli, Carlos Acosta biopic: Charlotte O’Sullivan, Evening Standard News – More on abuse allegations at Vienna Ballet School: Alex Marshall, NY Times Review – Stephen Petronio Company, Tread, Coverage Revisited, American Landscapes, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Australian Ballet, ‘Verve’ Triple Bill, Sydney: Chantal Nguyen, Bachtrack Review – Albert Quesada & Zoltan Vakulya, OneTwoThreeOneTwo, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Review – International Draft Works, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper - Gallery: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Review – John Phillip Newell, Shane Shambhu & Colleagues, Hebridean Treasure: Lost & Found, Edinburgh: Siddharthiya Pillay, The List Diaries: - UK, Next Week: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian (Scroll down) - Southern California: Matt Cooper, LA Times Reviews – West Side Story, new choreography by Aletta Collins, Manchester: Mark Fisher, Guardian David Chadderton, BTG

Links – Friday 12 April, 2019 Review – Mariinsky Ballet, Le Corsaire, Washington DC: Rachael Goldberg, BWW DC Reviews – New York City Ballet, Washington DC: - Easy, In the Night, The Runaway, Something to Dance About: Arielle Ostry, Danceviewtimes - Composer’s Holiday, Kammermusik No 2, Opus 19/The Dreamer, Symphony in C: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Review – English National Ballet, ‘She Persisted’ Triple Bill, London: Ka Bradley, Exeunt Tour Reviews – Northern Ballet, Victoria, Edinburgh: Roisin O’Brien, SeeingDance Edie Ranvier, Reviews Hub Tom King, Southside Advertiser Review – Ivan Putrov & Others, Against the Stream, London: John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard Alvin Ailey American Dance Company: Review – Lazarus, Revelations, Berkeley: Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice Preview - Various Programs, Boston: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe Feature – Dance Theatre of Harlem at 50: Djassi Dacosta Johnson, Playbill Film Reviews – Yuli, Carlos Acosta Biopic: Cath Clarke, Guardian Kevin Maher, The Times Preview – Hubbard Street Dance, Pite, Cerrudo, Williams Triple Bill, Victoria BC: Mike Devlin, Times-Colonist Review – Russell Maliphant & Others, Silent Lines, Birmingham: Donald Hutera, The Times Diary – New York: Staff, NY Times Review – Supercell: Festival of Contemporary Dance, Brisbane: Denise Richardson, Dance Australia Preview – Festival of Korean Dance, London: Georgina Butler, Culture Whisper Preview – Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, From the mind ….., Washington DC: Geraldine Freeman, Daily Gazette

Anna: Had the article been taken down by RBS? I only ask as it still carries a date of 7 November 2018. With that in mind, I commend your warning to one and all that there is no need to rehash much of what was previously said on the matter.

Links – Thursday 11 April, 2019 Obituary – Lawrence Rhodes, Dancer and Teacher: Anna Kisselgoff, NY Times Reviews – English National Ballet, ‘She Persisted’ Triple Bill, London: G J Dowler, Classical Source Laura Freeman, Spectator Reviews – Mariinsky Ballet, Le Corsaire, Washington DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Maria Di Mento, DC Theatre Scene Review – Boston Ballet, Pas/Parts, Wings of Wax, Playlist (EP), Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Review – Natalia Osipova & Colleagues, ‘Pure Dance’ Mixed Bill, New York: Rose Marija, BWW Review – Royal Swedish Ballet, Escapist (Ekman), Stockholm: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance Review – Australian Ballet, ‘Verve’ Triple Bill, Sydney: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot Feature – Merce Cunningham’s work was magical, intangible, Einsteinian – revival is futile: Ismene Brown, Spectator Feature – Hands! Hips! Hats! The why and how of Fosse/Verdon dance moves: Brian Seibert, NY Times Preview – Pam Tanowitz on choreographing T S Eliot’s Four Quartets: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Preview – James Kudelka and Evelyn Hart team up for Four Old Legs, Toromto: Michael Crabb, The Star Reviews – Albert Quesada & Zoltan Vakulya, OneTwoThreeOneTwo, London: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Swan Lake, Liverpool: John Roberts, Reviews Hub Q&A – Australian Ballet’s Alice Topp: Lucie Clark, Vogue Australia News – Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy hit by abuse scandal: Jon Henley, Guardian And on one hand: Brooklyn Rail for April – 5 items, here Whilst on the other: Darcey is leaving Strictly! BBC News (and, of course, elsewhere)

Links – Wednesday 10 April, 2019 Reviews - Ivan Putrov & Others, Gala – Against the Stream, London: Debra Craine, The Times Louise Levene, Financial Times Vera Liber, BTG Graham Watts, Bachtrack Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance Interview – The Royal Ballet’s Gary Avis: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Feature – How West Side Story’s dance rumbles got reinvented: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Review – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mixed Bill, Los Angeles: Gillian Ebersole, Bachtrack Review – Australian Ballet, ‘Verve’ Triple Bill, Sydney: Sue Williams, Daily Telegraph Preview – Stephen Petronio Company, Coverage Revisited, Tread, American Landscapes, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Review – Batsheva Dance Company, Venezuela, Boston: Marcia B. Siegel, Arts Fuse Film Preview/Gallery – Yuli, plus Carlos Acosta 25-pic Gallery: Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard Preview – Nora, Where Home Is, London: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Feature – Dance as mating ritual: Romeo, Romeo, Romeo: Veronica Posth, SeeingDance