Ian Macmillan

Links – Saturday 13 October, 2018 Feature – Sliding towards Tap and Taking Risks at ABT: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review – Pennsylvania Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan), Philadelphia: Ellen Dunkel, The Inquirer Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardée, Plymouth: Helen Tope, Reviews Hub Review – Rambert, Life Is a Dream, Salford: David Cunningham, BTG Reviews – Julie Cunningham, Botis Seva, Alessandra Seutin, “Reckonings” Triple Bill, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub Anna Winter, The Stage Reviews – Clod Ensemble, Palcebo, Salford: Peter Jacobs, Reviews Hub David Cunningham, BTG Review – Lucy Guerin/Lilian Steiner & Melanie Lane, Split, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Video Preview – Arthur Pita/James Whiteside & Others, The Tenant, New York: Staff, BWW Review – Oregon Ballet Theatre, Napoli, Portland: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Review – Sarasota Contemporary Dance, “Rooted” Mixed Bill, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Review – Canberra Dance Theatre, MIST, Canberra: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

Links – Friday 12 October, 2018 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Mayerling, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times (2 Casts) Jann Parry, DanceTabs (Hirano/Osipova) Joy Sable, Jewish Chronicle (Hirano/Osipova) Review – Alonzo King LINES Ballet/Kronos Quartet, Common Ground, Handel, San Francisco: Rachel Howard, Fjord Review On 11 October, Jerome Robbins would have been 100: Gallery – A century in pictures: The Guardian Video - BWW Feature- The Quintessential Jewish genius: Talya Zax, Forward Exhibition Video – Voice of My City: Jerome Robbins and New York: Ruthie Fierberg, Playbill Biography Review – Jerome Robbins, A Life in Dance by Wendy Lesser: Joel Lobenthal, WSJ Review – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, Six Brandenburg Concertos, New York: Carol Pardo, Danceviewtimes Review – Rambert, Life is a Dream, Salford: Peter Jacobs, Reviews Hub Review – Sadler’s Wells Young Associates, Mixed Bill, London: Rachel Nouchi, BTG Diary – New York: Staff, NY Times Review – Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Stardust, Bach 25, Los Angeles: Qianqian Xing, BWW Review – Damaged Goods, Projecting [space[, Berlin: Katja Vaghi, Bachtrack Review – Beth Gill, Pitkin Grove, New York: Martha Sherman, Danceviewtimes Preview – Peter DiMuro & company, Dancing Through the Galleries, Boston: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe Review – Jan Bolwell & Mona Williams, Once Upon A Dance, Palmerston North: Tania Kopytko, Theatreview Archive (1993) Review – Sydney Dance Company, Gloria (Wright), The Protecting Veil (Murphy), Sydney: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

... clearly taken from this : https://new-adventures.net/news/announcing-the-world-premiere-of-matthew-bournes-romeo-and-juliet I'd imagine that a Press Release will emerge ere long.

'Twould seem not .........

I understand that Sir Matthew Bourne announced on TV earlier this morning that a version of Romeo and Juliet will be his next project: https://twitter.com/DanceTabs/status/1050294124094603264 Using the Prokofiev score? Presumably?

Links – Thursday 11 October, 2018 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Mayerling (Hirano, Osipova), London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Vera Liber, BTG Laura Freeman, The Spectator Review – New York City Ballet, The Exchange, Judah, the Runaway, New York: Carla Escoda, Bachtrack Interview – Chris Hampson, on Scottish Ballet’s 50th and future plans: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs - A new Crucible: Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman Review - Fall for Dance, Program #1, New York: Eric Taub, DanceTabs - Sara Mearns, Dances of Isadora Duncan – A Solo Tribute - Boston Ballet, Bach Cello Suites - Caleb Teicher & Company, Bzzz - Cie Hervé Koubi, The Barbarian Nights, or the First Dawns of the World Review – Fall for Dance, Program #2, New York: Carol Pardo, Danceviewtimes - Pam Tanowitz Dance, New Work for Goldberg Variations - Justin Peck & Patricia Delgado, Sleep Well Beast - Gemma Bond Dance, Inner Voices - Paul Taylor Dance Company, Promethean Fire Review – Alonzo King LINES Ballet/Kronos Quartet, Handel, Common Ground, San Francisco: Jaime Robles, Bachtrack - Postscript: Leah Garchik, SF Chronicle Interview – Akram Khan, on Xenos for N America: Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen Review – Mark Morris Dance Group, Layla and Majnun, Melbourne: Jordan Beth Vincent, The Age Review – Sadler’s Wells Young Associates, Mixed Bill, London: Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub Review – The Trocks in Dublin: Sara Keating, Irish Times Diary Highlights: - New York: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc - Portland: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch - Alvin Ailey, Choreography Unlocked, New York: Ruthie Fierberg, Playbill And in History: Jerome Robbins and West Side Story: Angira Bharadwaj, Daily Telegraph

Links – Wednesday 10 October, 2018 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Mayerling (Hirano, Osipova), London: Debra Craine, The Times Zoë Anderson, Independent Mark Monahan, Telegraph Siobhan Murphy, TimeOut London Emma Byrne, Evening Standard Gallery – Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Feature – Joaquin De Luz, on leaving New York City Ballet: Marina Harss, NY Times Review – New York City Ballet, Jewels; Gala Triple Bill, New York: Robert Greskovic, WSJ Fall for Dance, New York: Review – Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker/Rosas, Six Brandenburg Concertos (+ other incidental mentions): Robert Gottlieb, NY Observer Review – William Forsythe, A Quiet Evening of Dance, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review Review – Alonzo King LINES Ballet/Kronos Quartet, Handel, Common Ground, San Francisco: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs Review – Martha Graham Dance Company, Several Programmes, Paris: Marisa Hayes, CultureVulture Preview – Gideon Obarzanek with Dancenorth, Beijing Dance Theatre & Audience, One Infinity, Melbourne: Hannah Francis, The Age Review – Queensland Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scarlett), Melbourne: Gracia Haby, Fjord Review Interview – Tere O’Connor & Lucy Guerin, A Two-Choreographer Support System: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Germaine Acogny/Olivier Dubois, Mon Elue Noire: Sacre#2, Los Angeles: Victoria Looseleaf, Fjord Review News – Dance at The Bessies (New York Dance & Performance Awards): Siobhan Burke, NY Times Review – Fuora Dance Project, W-Hat, Touring Scotland: Kelly Apter, The List Review – Wang-Ramirez Company, Dystopian Dream, San Francisco: Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice Review – Kelly Nash & Douglas Wright, Between Two, Auckland: Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing

A slightly odd Twitter exchange here between two critics. Is Luke Jennings suggesting that Ms Osipova had remained very much in character at the curtain, or that she appeared to be unhappy about some performance aspect or other? Suggestions from those who were there?

Having lived with this topic on and off all of today, I'm most struck by the fact that nowhere at all do the number-crunchers raise the attractiveness of the programmes (Opera too, remember) as a potential factor in the seat-occupancy equation. The implication might then be that it makes no difference what's on offer. And that might be an issue that's beyond factoring into their algorithms.

Only a very quick look at the document in Yaffa's link, above, but this is page 25, and may hold some clues. I assume that Red signifies the hottest seats? So, do you see yourself as a High or Low-Level Member?

Looks like a very happy cast at the end of last night's Opening, and perhaps the start of a Standing Ovation? https://twitter.com/alaindassylva/status/1048035304861552641

I've certainly seen the "X has replied, Show me" message several times to day whilst monitoring the 'Evidence-based ' thread.

It's now on Twitter, starting here: https://twitter.com/old141nav/status/1048124266917584901 https://twitter.com/BalletcoForum/status/1048124539434151936 Feel free to join in ......

I tend to agree that it was well put together, given the material at hand, with the Maliphant dance interludes providing much of the glue. And given that material, just a tad long, perhaps? But I doubt that I learned much new from it, and would be unlikely to buy a DVD version, should one emerge.

There will be a World Premiere tonight in Montreal, when Les Grands Ballets Canadiens give the first performance of Cathy Marston's full-evening version of D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover. It's a story that should lend itself well to being developed around a number of Cathy's powerful pas de deux and I've heard from my sister, who attended an Open Rehearsal the other day, that something of the sort is very much on the cards. (Principals for two casts were taken through their paces by Cathy and her longtime associate Jenny Tattersall, and there was also a session with the cast as a whole.) I'm conscious that we don't hear much from Montreal on the Forum, but am hopeful that we might see some reactions to this new work. But for now, a taster from Cathy, and a rerun of a Montreal Gazette piece that appeared recently in Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3RuQWK-R8 https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/dance-sex-death-and-gamekeepers-as-lady-chatterley-and-giselle-ignite-the-stage

trog, I see what you did there!

Compared with previous years, this Facebook thing is turning out a touch shambolic - and I can't be alone. What looks like a count of the number watching has dropped from 4.4K to 2.4K in about 4 minutes. Looks like a rethink needed for next year.

As a former aviator, I have never understood why a change from GMT (or timezone Zulu) was needed ..... but back to WBD.

The first half of Alastair Macaulay's review of the Gala - see today's Links - is taken up with the significance of that statement.

Links – Saturday 29 September, 2018 Obituaries – Arthur Mitchell: - Staff, The Times - Zita Allen, NY Amsterdam News Gala Reviews: - New York City Ballet, Premieres – The Exchange, Judah, The Runaway: --- Alastair Macaulay, NY Times --- Sondra Forsyth, BWW - Paris Opera Ballet, Decadance, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Preview – Highlights of New York’s Fall for Dance: Gia Kourlas, Brian Seibert, Marina Harss, NY Times News – Justin Peck to Choreograph a Spielberg West Side Story Remake: Andy Lefkowitz, Broadway Buzz Review – Washington Ballet & Guests, “Exquisite and Exotic” Mixed Bill, Washington DC: Sarah L Kaufman, Washington Post Review – Stephanie Lake Company, Colossus, Melbourne: Jordan Beth Vincent, The Age News – Seven new dancers at Joffrey Ballet: Staff, BWW Chicago Reviews – Big Dance Theater, 17c, London: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Vera Liber, BTG - Gallery: Tristram Kenton, Guardian Review – Avant Garde Dance, Fagin’s Twist, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack News – Scottish Ballet, Wee Hansel and Gretel, Glasgow: Gregor Kyle, GlasgowLive Review – RoseAnne Spradlin, Y, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Preview – Beth Gill, Pitkin Grove, New York: Brain Seibert, NY Times Diary – UK Highlights Next Week: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian (Scroll down) Interview – Carlos Acosta’s Cultural Fix: The Times Preview – ODC Dance Company, ECHO/Riding the Rapids, San Francisco: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice And as it’s been Gala week! - Paris Opera Ballet, Vogue Paris - New York City Ballet, Refinery 29 Vogue

Mary, That's kind of you. (But, for the record, I had to pull out from that day's performance. We had quite a dump of snow that morning and my wife, one of those trapped overnight on the M11 on that infamous night back in 2002, declined to go! A pity, as I was quite looking forward to the Poulenc Stabat Mater, also on the bill, and rather trickier than the Ravel to my mind.)

May I, on behalf of my colleagues in the Cambridge Philharmonic chorus, suggest that a non-professional choir can be perfectly capable of performing in Daphnis and Chloe, and pass on that they did just that in March of this year? Thank you.

BBB: I'm right with you on that!

Links – Friday 28 September, 2018 Review – New York City Ballet, Concerto Barocco, Tchaikovsky PDD, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Symphony in C, New York: Michael Popkin, Danceviewtimes Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardée, Birmingham: David Mead, SeeingDance Review – Pacific Northwest Ballet, Dances at a Gathering, The Concert, Seattle: Rich Smith, The Stranger Review – John Jasperse Projects, Hinterland, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Feature – Amy Seiwert, AD at Sacramento Ballet Company: Jim Carnes, Sacramento Press Review – Tony Adigun/Dancers, Fagin’s Twist, London: Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub Diary – Coming up in New York: Brian Schaefer, NY Times Review – Big Dance Theater, 17c, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Review – Danspace Project/Will Rawls, What Remains, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Preview – FACT/SF, death, San Francisco: Leslie Katz, SF Examiner News – Gerard Charles, New AD at the Royal Academy of Dance: Staff, Londondance

Links – Thursday 27 September, 2018 Review – New York City Ballet, Jewels, New York: Gay Morris, danceviewtimes Review – Australian Ballet, Spartacus (Jervies), Melbourne: Sarah Navin, Bachtrack Review – Smuin Ballet, Schubert Scherzo, Eternal Idol, Echo, Sinfonietta, Merely Players, Walnut Creek: Jaime Robles, Bachtrack Review – The Trocks, London: Louise Levene, Spectator Review – Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Merilyn Jackson, Fjord Review - Trajal Harrell & Others, Caen Amour - Meg Foley & Others, Undergird Preview/Review – Kate Duhamel/Danielle Rowe & SFB and LINES Dancers, Fury, San Francisco: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture Diary – Portland, Next Week and after: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch News – Houston’s Wortham Theater Center re-opens: Olivia Pulsinelli, Houston Business Journal Feature – Choreographing Conversations: Lee Su-Feh, Dance Current