Ian Macmillan

Links – Wednesday 27 June, 2018 Les Etés de la Danse, Tribute to Jerome Robbins, Paris: Review - Laura Cappelle, Financial Times - New York City Ballet, Dances at a Gathering, A Suite of Dances - Joffrey Ballet, Interplay, Glass Pieces Feature – Pacific Northwest Ballet prepares for the tour: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Reviews – Semperoper Ballett, All Forsythe, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub Reviews – Pride Week for The Joyce, New York: - Sean Dorsey Dance, Madboots Dance, THEM: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times - Sean Dorsey Dance, The Missing Generation, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene Interview – Sarah Lane & Hee Seo, preparing for ABT’s Don Quixote: Gia Kourlas, NY Times News – American Ballet Theatre, Fall Season 2018: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Review – National Ballet of Canada, Paz de la Jolla, The Man in Black, Cacti, Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes - News: Casting for Hamburg Visit: Staff, BWW Toronto Review – Australian Ballet, Verve Triple Bill, Melbourne: Irina Kuzminsky, Dance Australia Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Dancing with Mozart, Auckland: Raewyn Whyte, NZ Herald - News: RNZB – temporary HQ: Collette Devlin, Dominion Post News - $5 million endowment for Joffrey Ballet: Yvonne Kim, Chicago Sun-Times Review – Platform 2018/De Quincey Co, Sydney: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald Review – Legs on the Wall, Cat’s Cradle, Soft Prosthetics and Metal Gods, Sydney: Jill Sykes, SMH Preview – Amy Seiwert/Imagery, Sketch 8, San Francisco: Claudia Bauer, SF Chronicle

John, I fear that makes no difference ..... but this has all happened in the normal 14-point font size! These fluctuations are beyond me. Edit: About 2 minutes later, the normal view has restored itself, all unaided by anything I've done. Remarkable! Poltergeists??

Something that appears to have passed us by is that Deborah Bull, former Royal Ballet Principal, has been made a Life Peer. I'm no expert here, but I assume that, as she will not be a Member of an Order (other than the CBE that she already holds), an elevation of this sort is not conferred by the normal Honours List. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/News-Article.aspx?id=102e4d3d-00b9-4a0f-8d99-d967fc850092

The display issue remains and I see that I've now defaulted to a larger 16-point font size as well - still no idea why any of this has happened, and I've certainly not made any changes myself. Selecting 14 thankfully returns things to normal.

So, exactly a month after launching this thread, I return with the 800th post to say we're just back from a Catch-up screening of this week's streamed performance. Greatly impressed and, more to the point, the lady of the house, a veteran of many, many performances of yesteryear, thoroughly enjoyed it - and that is praise, indeed, I may say. She has a few reservations about the costuming of the national dances, but nothing beyond that. Very well done all round.

Since earlier this morning, when all was as normal, I now find that the righthand panel on our homepage has vanished and a list of 'New Topics' has appeared underneath the Member and Forum Statistics boxes. Something similar has also occurred on the Great War Forum, a site that also uses an InVision software package. This has happened using my customary Chrome browser on a Mac. All looks as usual, however, on both Firefox and Safari. Am I alone in this? If not, anyone with an explanation of what may have occurred?

Links – Saturday 16 June, 2018 Reviews– Birmingham Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (MacMIllan), London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard Vera Liber, BTG Joy Sable, Jewish Chronicle Review – American Ballet Theater, Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan, Various Casts), New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Cinderella, Glasgow: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review Podcast – Interview with Akram Khan: Griselda Murray Brown, Financial Times (from 17.25) What’s On: - Around UK: Judith Mackrell, Guardian (Scroll down!) - In New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Feature – Pride Week & The Missing Generation, New York: Brian Schaefer, NY Times Review – Rhiannon Faith, Smack That, London: Keith McKenna, BTG Review – NW Dance Project, This Time Tomorrow, MemoryHouse, If You Stay, Portland: Heather Wisner, Oregon Artswatch Features: - Giving Swan Lake an Odissi Makeover: Divya Shekhar, Economic Times - Houston Ballet preparing Swan Lake in Jones Hall: Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle (with Archive Gallery) I fear that the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and Sarasota Herald-Tribune look like becoming no-go zones outside the US since the EU GDPR regulations came into force.

There is an official Royal Ballet tribute, with pictures, here: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/remembering-former-royal-ballet-principal-errol-pickford-1966-2018

Links – Friday 15 June, 2018 Reviews – American Ballet Theatre, New York: Robert Gottlieb, Observer - Harlequinade (Ratmansky/Petipa) - AfteRite (McGregor) Review– Birmingham Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (MacMIllan), London: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Livestream Reviews: - Royal Ballet, Swan Lake: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard - Royal Ballet, Manon: Jaine Blackman, Oxford Mail Review – New York City Ballet, Coppélia, New York: Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review Review – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Celebrate Women Triple + Revelations, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Reviews – Rhiannon Faith, Smack That, London: Emma Byrne, Evening Standard Keith McKenna, BTG Diary – Around New York, This Week: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Preview – Jacob’s Pillow, 2018 Season: Jeffrey Borak, Berkshire Eagle Salsa Feature – Las Chicas Locas, New York: Monica Castillo, NY Times Film Preview – Unstoppable Feat: The Dances of Ed Mock: Pam Grady, SF Chronicle Feature – Dance Camp at Breitenbush: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch And there’s still no apparent progress on GDPR at some US newspapers

Bruce: You might also look at this morning's Links, just posted, and wonder about the papers not listed there.

Links – Thursday 14 June, 2018 Reviews– Birmingham Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (MacMIllan), London: Zoë Anderson, Independent Mark Monahan, Telegraph Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs - Gallery: Dave Morgan, DanceTabs - Gallery: Roy Tan, BWW Archive – Globalisation or Culturalism. Is Ballet at the Crossroads? Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Review – San Francisco International Arts Festival: Various Companies: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Review – Dance@TheGrange, Curated by Wayne McGregor & Edward Watson, Hampshire: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Review – Akram Khan Company, Portraits in Otherness, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review Review – Philadanco! New Fruit, A Movement for Five, Folded Prism, With(in) Verse, New York: Elizabeth Zimmer, Village Voice Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Cinderella, Glasgow: Adam Robinson, BWW UK Reviews – ENB’s Emerging Dancer Competition: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Vera Liber, BTG Review – Splayed Festival, Two Programmes, London: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs Reviews – Rhiannon Faith, Smack That, London: David Jays, Guardian Anna Winter, The Stage Feature – Francia Rissell on working with Balanchine: Rebecca Fox, Otago Daily Times Feature – Katherine Minor & Fabio Lo Giudice, Royal New Zealand Ballet: Rebecca Fox, Otago Daily Times News – Joffrey Ballet – best grossing season in 2017-18: Staff, BWW Chicago School Performance Reviews & Feature: - School of American Ballet, New York: David Mead, SeeingDance - School of Alberta Ballet, Calgary: Stephan Bonfield, Calgary Herald - Dance Center of Columbia College, Chicago: Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun-Times Feature – More on Chase Johnsey at ENB: Courtney Escoyne, Dance Magazine Report – Middle Eastern Mosaic Dance Conference, Miami: Gabriel Poblete, Miami Herald And there’s still no apparent progress on GDPR at some US newspapers

Links – Wednesday 13 June, 2018 Feature – All about Odette, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Queen: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – English National Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, London: Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Review – Dancing with Bergman, Ek, Inger, Ekman Triple Bill, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Review – National Ballet of Canada, Frame by Frame, Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes Review – Ballet Black, The Suit, A Dream Within Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dundee & Glasgow: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Kirsty Morgan, Bachtrack News/Reviews – English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer Competition: Giverny Masso, The Stage Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard David Mead, SeeingDance Preview – Bangarra, Dark Emu, Sydney & Touring: Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, Guardian Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Cinderella, Glasgow: Lauren Humphreys, Reviews Hub - Feature – Cordelia Braithwaite as Cinders: Brian Beacom, Herald Review – Step Afrika! The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, Washington DC: Alexander C. Kafka, DC Theatre Scene News – Fall for Dance North, 2018 Season, Toronto: Debra Yeo, Toronto Star Gallery – Rhiannon Faith, Smack That, London: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Review – Splayed Festival, Two Programmes, London: Alexandra Gray, SeeingDance NB: The Independent has a re-run of Roslyn Sulcas’ NY Times piece last week on Chase Johnsey with ENB. Still no apparent progress on GDPR at some US newspapers

How convenient! Alastair Macaulay has explained all for tomorrow's New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/arts/dance/odette-odile-in-swan-lake.html

For London, the Met Office site is suggesting it will be a bit brighter and less humid by this evening.

Links – Tuesday 12 June, 2018 Reviews – SFDanceworks, Snap, Homing, The Old Child, Jardí Tancat, San Francisco: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Review – Northern Ballet, Jane Eyre, Salford: Aniqah Choudhri, Exeunt Reviews – Akram Khan Company, Portraits in Otherness, London: Rachel Nouchi, Exeunt David Mead, SeeingDance Reviews – Ballet Black, The Suit, A Dream Within Midsummer Night’s Dream, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Herald Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review Interview – Aran Bell on his debut as Romeo with ABT: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Feature – Where are today’s dynamite ballerina roles? Joseph Carman, Dance Magazine Books – And then we danced/Henry Alford; Celestial Bodies/Laura Jacobs: Misty Copeland, NY Times Review – Whim W’Him, Stickers, Duck Sitting, Silent Scream, Seattle: Megan Burbank, Seattle Times Review – Kevin and Karen Clifton, Kevin and Karen Dance, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs News – New temporary home for RNZB: Dani McDonald, Dominion Post Still no apparent progress on GDPR at some US newspapers

..... as she most certainly is ....... save that, in her own right - a consummation devoutly to be wished - she would surely be a Dame?

Alison: No difficulty a moment ago in searching on tag 'Cathy Marston."

Anyone else remember from back in ballet.co days Eric Taub's description of a Rose Adagio at a New York Gala performance that became something of a continuing car crash with the supported pirouettes? I know at least one former Aurora who went into kinks reading about it. And mentioning Eric, I see that he has just had a review put on DanceTabs after something of a lengthy silence.

I take it that this shows an extract from the offending article? Graham Watts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GWDanceWriter/status/1005154397989588993

Yesterday's Links included a RDB/NYCB review by Debra Craine, published online in the Times 2 section, under a First Night heading. Out of interest, did anyone see it in a printed edition yesterday or this morning? There has been no sign of it in the editions delivered here.

Links – Friday 1 June, 2018 Reviews – Akram Khan Company, Xenos, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Zoë Anderson, Independent Debra Craine, The Times Sanjoy Roy, Guardian Vera Liber, BTG Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub Gallery – Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Review – Royal Ballet, Swan Lake (Scarlett), London: ‘Prospero’, The Economist Feature – New York City Ballet, in Limbo but in Bloom: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – American Ballet Theatre, Giselle, New York: Emily Wells, DanceTabs Review – American Ballet Theatre, Firebird, AfteRite, New York: Janine Parker, Arts Fuse Review – CNDC d’Angers, Merce Cunningham Programme, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Feature – NYCB’s recent College Graduates: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Dance Africa Festival, 2018, New York: Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Dancing with Mozart, Wellington: Lyne Pringle, Dominion Post News - Rambert Dance, Peaky Blinders creator talks ballet at Press Club lunch - Birmingham Post Diaries: - New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times - Bay Area: Claudia Bauer, SF Chronicle - Looking back at May: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing News – The Work Room, 10th Anniversary, Glasgow: Jenness Mitchell, Evening Times Some US sites remain blocked on GDPR grounds.

Links – Thursday 31 May, 2018 Review – Paris Opera Ballet, Frolons, The Art of Not Looking Back, The Male Dancer, The Season’s Canon, Paris: Patricia Boccadoro, Culturekiosque Review – Akram Khan Company, Xenos, London: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Review – American Ballet Theatre, AfteRite, New York: Rachel Stone, Fjord Review Reviews – Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Don Quixote, Washington DC: Alexander C Kafka, DC Theatre Scene Carolyn Kelemen, DC Metro Theater Arts Review – Nederlands Dans Theater, Woke up blind, Shut Eye, New Pite. Amsterdam: Lambrecht Wessels, Bachtrack Interview – ENB’s Stina Quagebeur & Akram Khan’s Giselle: Victoria Burrows, SCMP Review – San Francisco Ballet School, Showcase 2018, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Review – La Mama Moves! Dance Festival, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Review – Gauthier Dance, Cantata, Greyhound/Don Q, Stuttgart: Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance Preview – Fresh Meat Festival, 2018, San Francisco: Sari Staver, Bay Area Reporter Diary – Around Oregon, This Week: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Preview – Alice Topp, making Aurum for Australian Ballet: Chris Pedler, Bendigo Advertiser Report – Australia’s major dance companies have a gender equality problem: Andrew Westle & Jordan Beth Vincent, The Conversation Some US sites are still blocked on GDPR grounds….. but I still get daily emails from one of them.

Links – Wednesday 30 May, 2018 Preview – Alexei Ratmansky/American Ballet Theatre, Harlequinade, New York: Marina Harss, NY Times Feature – Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring continues to inspire: Paul Griffiths, Playbill Review – Queensland Ballet, Carmen (Acosta), The Firebird (Scarlett), Brisbane: Chantal Nguyen, Bachtrack Review – Spoleto Festival 2018, Charleston: - Miami City Ballet, Walpurgisnacht, Carousel pdd, Concerto DSCH, Heatscape: Susan Galbraith, DC Theatre Scene (+ something for Tree of Codes fans?) Preview – Houston Ballet’s Swan Lake after a difficult year: Margaret Downing, Houston Press Reviews – Rambert, Life is a Dream (Brandstrup), London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Anna Winter, Exeunt Interview – Céline Gittens, Prinicpal, Birmingham Royal Ballet: Staff, What's On Interview – Maina Gielgud, creating a Cinderella for Goh Ballet Academy: Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun Review – Dance Africa 2018, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Review – TAO Dance Theater, 6, 9, Montreal: Rebecca Galloway, Bachtrack Review – Tap Family Reunion, Raising the Bar, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times News – balletLORENT 25th Anniversary Plans: Peter Lathan, BTG Preview – San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice Review – Ochre Contemporary Dance Company, 3.3 and Beyond, Perth: Annelies Gartner, West Australian Review – Lizzie J Klotz & Dance City, To Suit, Dancing with my Dad, Fawn, Newcastle: Peter Latham, BTG Review – Fuse, Dökk, Salford: Peter Jacobs, Reviews Hub Preview – Pacific Dance Festival, Auckland: Dione Joseph, NZ Herald Some US sites still blocked on GDPR grounds.

It was originally from a US, New York, publication.

Not your average review .... and not without a ring of truth? https://twitter.com/BoyAndPen/status/1001143132090699776