Ian Macmillan

Just had one - but all OK after a refresh. I don't recall having seen this here before.

A significant difference - and, if that's the true story, it's doubly worrying that, whilst trawling for this morning's Links, I saw a major tabloid still relaying the taxi from Reading version, allegedly the story according to the police. What I did not see was any mention of her having been found.

Links – Friday 2 March, 2018 Reviews – Mark Bruce Company, Macbeth, London: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk Howard Loxton, BTG Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard Tour Preview – Northern Ballet, Jane Eyre (Marston): Sarah Freeman, Yorkshire Post Review – English National Ballet, Giselle (Khan), Auckland: Raewyn Whyte, NZ Herald Review – Company Wayne McGregor, Autobiography, New York: Elizabeth Zimmer, Village Voice Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Wright), Salford: Georgina Wells, BTG Tate James, Reviews Hub Reviews – Svetlana Zakharova & Vadim Repin, Pas de Deux for Toes and Fingers, Hong Kong: Carla Escoda, Bachtrack Natasha Rogai, SCMP Reviews – National Ballet of Canada, Made in Canada Triple Bill, Toronto: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Kathleen Smith, NOW Magazine Review – Ballett Zürich, Anna Karenina, Hong Kong: David Mead, SeeingDance Review – Robert Moses’ Kin, Speaking Ill of the Dead, Trapdoors etc, Lucifer’s Prance, Bootstrap Tales, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes News – Alberta Ballet announces its 2018-19 Season: Michele Jarvie, Calgary Herald Preview – Sara Mearns, Lil Buck and others, DEMO by Damian Woetzel, Washington DC: Sadie Dingfelder, Washington Post Interview – Zoe Ashe-Browne, on working in Germany: Irish Times Review – Gala Flamenca La Chana, London: Anna Winter, Exeunt Diary – New York, Next 7 Days: Brian Schaefer, NY Times

I find it worrying and to a great degree, inconceivable, that this young woman left the hospital at around 9.30 this morning, lightly clothed in present conditions yet, some 14 hours later, there's not a word about her. Worse, one version I've seen mentions her getting into a taxi in Reading and asking to be taken to London. If that's true, what has the driver to say? And if the driver is unknown, whence came that report? Keeping an eye open for tomorrow's links, I first saw a report by around mid-day and, as I say, here we are, hours later, apparently with nothing further. Most troubling.

Links – Thursday 1 March, 2018 Obituary – Sean Lavery, ex- New York City Ballet: Neil Genzlinger, NY Times Feature – David Hallberg: Debra Craine, The Times Reviews – Company Wayne McGregor, Autobiography, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Brian Seibert, NY Times Reviews – Mark Bruce Company, Macbeth, London: Debra Craine, The Times Louise Levene, Financial Times Judith Mackrell, Guardian Anna Winter, The Stage Scott Matthewman, Reviews Hub 4 Video Previews – San Francisco Ballet, Unbound Festival of new works: Katie Sweeney, Haute Living Review – Russian Ballet Icons, Gala Performance, London: Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Cinderella, Norwich: Lu Greer, Reviews Hub Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, The Piano, Wellington: Eleanor Ainge Roy, Guardian Review – Resolution 2018, Final Night, 23 February, London: Amelia Forsbrook, Exeunt Preview – Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Formosa, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Preview – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mixed Bill, Chicago: Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun-Times Preview – Urban Bush Women, Hair & Other Stories, Portland: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch (+ Diary items)

My wife has a tale or two from her time with the RB Touring Company. One that seems to fit here concerns a performance of The Two Pigeons in Norwich. The curtain began to go up and action on stage had begun; the curtain jammed and still the feet could be seen doing Fred's steps to the music. Frantic efforts got the curtain to rise, but only in discrete stages, and it was apparently some time before the full panoply was revealed.

Links – Wednesday 28 February, 2018 Interview – Tamara Rojo on English National Ballet – and related issues: Charlotte Edwardes, Evening Standard -- The interview has been reported here: Telegraph and elsewhere Review – Russian Ballet Icons, Gala Performance, London: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard Interview – Svetlana Zakharova in Hong Kong: Natasha Rogai, SCMP Reviews – Ballett Zürich, Anna Karenina, Hong Kong: Carla Escoda, Bachtrack Natasha Rogai, SCMP Reviews – Flamenco Festival, Sadler’s Wells, London: - Ballet Flamenco Jesús Carmona, Ímpetus: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Naomi Cockshutt, BTG - Compañía Rafaela Carrasco, Born a Shadow: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs - La Chana & others: Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance Review – Compagnie Wang Ramirez, Borderline, Berkeley: Jaime Robles, Bachtrack Review – Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Romeo and Juliet (Maillot), Minneapolis: Rob Hubbard, Pioneer Press Film Preview – Red Sparrow: Gia Kourlas, NY Times -- Different views: Sara Stewart, NY Post and elsewhere Review – Panta Rei Dance Theatre, Lullaby, New York: Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs Review – Bebe Miller Company/Susan Rethorst, Stealing from Myself, In a Rhythm, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Diary – New York, This Week: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Preview – Smuin Ballet, Annual Gala, San Francisco: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle Review – Oregon Ballet Theatre, Alice (in wonderland)(Webre), Portland: Heather Wisner, Oregon Artswatch

Links – Tuesday 27 February, 2018 Review – Béjart Ballet Lausanne, La Flûte Enchantée; Paris Opera Ballet, Boléro, Daphnis et Chloé, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Reviews – Russian Ballet Icons, Gala Performance, London: Anna Winter, The Stage Emma Byrne, Evening Standard Vera Liber, BTG News – Cathy Marston to create Lady Chatterley’s Lover for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens: Staff, Montreal Gazette Review – American Ballet Theatre, Songs of Bukovina, The Leaves are Fading, Don Q extract, Thirteen Diversions, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review – New York City Ballet, Balanchine Triple Bill (27 Jan), New York: Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review News – Mark Baldwin to step down as Rambert AD: Staff, SeeingDance Review – Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Casualties of Memory, Dance Me, Boogie Street, O Balco de Amor, Philadelphia: Lewis Whittington, Culture Vulture Review – Akademi, The Troth, Leicester: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Review – Michikazu Matsune, Dance if you want to enter my country, Hong Kong: Carla Escoda, Bachtrack Review – Bebe Miller Company/Susan Rethorst, Stealing from Myself, In a Rhythm, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Review – Resolution 2018, Final Night, 23 February, London: John O’Dwyer, Seen and Heard

OK - ditch the white and, improbable as it may seem, here's an all black costume for a piece named "Snow." https://www.antikbar.co.uk/original_vintage_posters/advertising_posters/neiges_marguerite_jamois/PA1656/ A random find on Twitter!

Is black essential? If not, I offer Ashton's Monotones I & II and Balanchine's Apollo.

This from Twitter, via BBB in my case, may well take the all-time biscuit: https://twitter.com/vikkijane/status/966068025127526402

Links – Friday 16 February, 2018 Reviews – San Francisco Ballet, Bright Fast Cool Blue – Program 2, San Francisco: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice Review – New York City Ballet, Balanchine Triple Bill, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc News – NYCB investigation concludes Martins accusations not corroborated: Robin Pogrebin, NY Times Review – Royal Ballet, The Winter’s Tale, London: Vikki Jane Vile, BWW UK - Gallery - Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Tour Preview – Mark Morris Dance Group, Pepperland: Deirdre Kelly, Dance Magazine Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Birmingham: Phil Preece, SeeingDance Review – Crystal Pite/Kidd Pivot Company, Betroffenheit, Santa Monica, Laura Bleiberg, LA Times Preview – Sarasota Ballet Gala with Misty Copeland & Marcelo Gomes: Jay Handelman, Herald-Tribune Review – Gary Lang/NT Dance Company & Deborah Cheetham, Milnjiya, Perth: Nina Levy, West Australian Documentary Preview – Royal New Zealand Ballet, The Heart Dances: Dionne Christian, NZ Herald Diary – New York, Next Week: Brian Schaefer, NY Times Feature – For José Mateo, a new direction in dance: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe Feature – Dance: claim it, shape it, make it your own: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Review – Flamenco Festival/ Ana Morales,Tempo of Light, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Feature – Akademi, The Troth – touring in India: Fergus Morgan, The Stage Resolution 2018, London, 14 February: Savannah Sanders & Coral Montejano Cantoral, The Place - GoldHill Dance Company, Hand Towards - Nicole McDowall, Nelum - Arielle Smith, Lots of Varied Expectations

Links – Thursday 15 February, 2018 Obituary – Ruth Ann Koesun, ABT Principal: Anna Kisselgoff, NY Times Reviews – Royal Ballet, The Winter’s Tale, London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Debra Craine, The Times Zoë Anderson, Independent Mark Monahan, Telegraph Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack Review – New York City Ballet, Romeo + Juliet (Martins), New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Reviews – San Francisco Ballet, Bright Fast Cool Blue – Program 2, San Francisco: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Ann Murphy, SF Examiner Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Birmingham: John Kennedy, Reviews Hub Maria Cuisine, Express & Star News – Birmingham Royal Ballet, 2018-19 Season: Staff, SeeingDance Review – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Viktor, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Cinderella, Milton Keynes: Maggie Constable, Reviews Hub Preview – Pacific Northwest Ballet, Spring Season, Seatle: Sandra Kurtz, Seattle Weekly Preview – Houston Ballet, Rock and Roll & Tutus, Houston: Margaret Downing, Houston Press Review – James Graham Dance Theatre, Dance Lovers 7, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Previews – Martha Graham Dance Company, Repertoire Mixed Bill; Eifman Ballet, Requiem, Montreal: Jim Burke, Montreal Gazette Preview – Smuin Ballet, 2018 Choreography Showcase, San Francisco: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle Preview – SJDanceCo, On the Edge, San Jose: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle Preview – Boston Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Cranko), Boston: Hannah Vine, Playbill Resolution 2018, London, 13 February: Graham Watts & Coral Montejano Cantoral, The Place - Untold Dance Theatre, Women-Wise - Arunima Kumar, BANDEENI (…prisoner) - Sketch Dance Company, My Other Half

Links – Wednesday 14 February, 2018 Feature – Ballet wisdom from dancers trained by Balanchine: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – Paris Opera Ballet, Onegin, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Review – ODC Dance & Volti, Path of Miracles, San Francisco: Lisa Hirsch, SF Classical Voice News – National Ballet of Canada’s 2018-19 Season + reaction: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Debra Yeo, Toronto Star Review – Royal Ballet, Giselle (Hayward/Campbell), London: Naomi Cockshutt, BTG Feature – The Royal Ballet’s Marianela Nunez: Anna Winter, The Stage Review – New York City Ballet, Red Violin, Dance Odyssey, Russian Seasons, New York: Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Review – Miami City Ballet, Theme and Variations, One Line Drawn, The Concert, Miami: Sean Erwin, Danceviewtimes Feature – Is there such a thing as a definitive performance? Sarah Crompton, What'sOnStage Feature – Interpreting Contemporary Dance: Natalie Cenci, Artsy Review – Junior Ballett Zurich, Un Ballo, Disrupted, Behind the Mirror, Maraschino Cherries, Zurich: Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack Review – Dana Reitz/Lumberyard, Latitude, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Preview – Flamenco Festival at Sadler’s Wells, London: Lucy Bannerman, The Times Gallery – Ashton Foundation Masterclass with Monica Mason: Dave Morgan, DanceTabs Review – Elmhurst Ballet School, Graduate Showcase, Birmingham: Phil Preece, SeeingDance Review – Curious Seed/Christine Devaney, Teenage Trilogy, Glasgow: Gareth K Vile, The List Review – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui et al, Pluto, Glasgow: Rosemary Waugh, Exeunt Feature – Hip-Hop Dance Training – where to start? Anna Winter, The Stage Feature – When PS122 became Performance Space New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times And this probably applies equally to Dance companies: Lyn Gardner, The Stage And whilst talking about critics, scroll to the second last letter here: Guardian

She did indeed, for some months as I recall, and it was with Karen Kain.

Links – Tuesday 13 February, 2018 Feature – New York City Ballet adjusts to life without Peter Martins: Michael Cooper, NY Times Feature – Paris Opera at 350 Years: Shellie Karabell, Forbes News – ENB taking Akram Khan’s Giselle to Chicago next year: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune News – Joffrey Ballet announces 2018-19 Season: Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune Miriam Di Nunzio, Chicago Sun-Times Reviews – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Viktor, London: Zoë Anderson, Independent Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance Reviews – ODC/Dance, Path of Miracles, San Francisco: Claudia Bauer, SF Chronicle Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Cinderella, Birmingham: Phil Preece, SeeingDance Review – Gandini Juggling & Alexander Whitley, Spring, Cambridge: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Review – Umanoove/Didy Veldman, The Knot, Ipswich: Jessica Wilson, SeeingDance Review – West Australian Ballet, Milky Way: Ballet at The Quarry, Perth: Margaret Mercer, Dance Australia Review – Ballet West, Cinderella (Ashton), Salt Lake City: Heather Hayes, Deseret News Review – Helene Burgstaller/Waikato Comtemporary Dance Projects Trust, True Value, Hamilton: Debbie Bright, Theatreview Resolution 2018, London: Various Writers, DanceTabs - Coverage of programmes on 16 January, 1, 2 and 3 February. Still no sign of later reviews on The Place’s website. - 31 January: Maria Salwinska, SeeingDance

Pardon my exasperation, but is there anyone who has anything at all new and substantiated, that could be put here under a full name, such that we might end this dispiriting round of allegation, innuendo, wishful thinking, and waffle, however heartfelt? There is no 'solution' to whatever situation now existing at ENB that is going to emerge here.

Miss Hayward and some very forbidding Wilis top the News photostream in today's Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/news-in-pictures-82jp0mknl?shareToken=92eb471bd7ea54c475d234513c865b89

Links – Monday 12 February, 2018 Review – Royal Ballet, Giselle (Hayward/Cambell), London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Review – New York City Ballet, The Red Violin, Dance Odyssey, Russian Seasons, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Review – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Viktor, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Review – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon, Pluto: London: Charlotte Kasner, SeeingDance - Gallery - Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Reviews – Phoenix Dance Theatre, Windrush - Movement of the People, Leeds: Richard Horsman, Culture Vultures Dawn Smallwood, Reviews Hub Review – New York Theatre Ballet, Beethoven/1999, Optimists, Dark Elegies, Double Andante, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Reviews – Dana Reitz & Others, Latitude, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Deborah Jowitt, ArtsJournal/DanceBeat Review – Doug Varone & Dancers, Nocturnes, Boats Leaving, folded/shelter, Lux, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review – Curious Seed/Constance Devernay, Teenage Trilogy, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Herald Review – West Australian Ballet, Milky Way: Ballet at The Quarry, Perth: Sarah Green, Australian Stage - Feature – William Yeoman, West Australian Feature – Black Choreographers Festival, Here and Now 2018, Bay Area: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice Review – Sadler’s Wells Sampled, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review Review – 201 Dance Company, SKIN, Sale: Peter Jacobs, Reviews Hub Diary – This Week, Around L.A.: Matt Cooper, LA Times Review – Grand Rapids Ballet, The Return of Balance, Vapor, They/Them, Grand Rapids: Marin Heinritz, Revue

Dave: Thanks - I can still see her emerging from behind that desk!

.... but what are we going to do about HIM? (Now, was that with Angela Rippon or Glenda Jackson?)

This article from today's Times may prove of interest here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-curry-and-tonya-harding-two-tragic-figures-who-turned-sport-into-an-art-form-5cx86pkjb?shareToken=6f8c514e57f2e5e8dee9020ffb0ee8ec

This thread is locked whilst Mods consider a proliferation of reports.

Links – Thursday 1 February, 2018 Review – San Francisco Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, San Francisco: Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter Review – New York City Ballet, 21st Century Choreographers Quad Bill, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Review – American Ballet Theatre, Ratmansky, Robbins, Millepied, Wheeldon, Washington DC: Lisa Traiger, DC Metro Preview – Joffrey Ballet, Modern Masters Quad Bill, Chicago: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Review – Compagnie Hervé Koubi, What the day owes the night, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times News – Arts Council England and ENB have met: Georgia Snow, The Stage News – ABT dancers reach tentative contract agreement: Michael Cooper, NY Times Review – Michael Clark Company, To a simple rock’n’roll … song, Sydney: Chantal Nguyen, Bachtrack Feature – Camille A. Brown, a storytelling choreographer who listens to her audience: Brian Seibert, NY Times Preview – Miami City Ballet, Jerome Robbins Celebration, Palm Beach: Jan Sjostrom, PalmBeachPost Preview – American Repertory Ballet, Pride and Prejudice, Philadelphia: Staff, New Jersey Stage Feature – Pivot: Dance Development at The Place: Maddy Costa, Exeunt Resolution 2018, London, 30 January: Natasha Tripney & Emma Iskowitz, The Place - Gareth Mitchell & Tara D’Arquian, Orphan Realms - Imbeciles Dance Theatre, One Eye Open - Local Tourist, Fragmenty Review – Bond Creatives, Djuki Mala, Perth: Claire Condry, Australian Stage Review – COIL Festival/ Dean Moss, Petra, New York: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Preview – Skinner/Kirk Dance Company, Triple Bill, Portland: Heather Wisner, Oregon Artswatch Feature – Changes in technique and tutu development: Michelle Potter, .... on dancing

Australian commentator Michelle Potter has an angle on developments in technique and tutu construction: http://michellepotter.org/blog