Ian Macmillan

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

The Stage is reporting that Arts Council England has met with ENB: https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/arts-council-intervenes-claims-hostile-environment-english-national-ballet/ In a nutshell, each appears happy with the other.

Links – Wednesday 31 January, 2018 Feature – George Balanchine’s Square Dance: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times News – Paris Opera & Opera Ballet 2018-19 Season: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Reviews – New York City Ballet, New York: - Apollo, Mozartiana, Cortège Hongrois: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes - Divertimento No 15, Four Temperaments, Chaconne: Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Interview – Arcell Cabuag & Ronald K. Brown, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Gia Kourlas, NY Times News – SFB’s Yuan Yuan Tan to receive civic award: Leah Garchik, SF Chronicle Diary – New York, This Week: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Theatre Previews – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Brodsky/Baryshnikov, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune (+ Diary items) Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Review – Michael Clark Company, to a simple rock’n’roll ,,, song, Sydney: Jill Sykes, The Age - Michael Clark Feature: Jane Albert, Broadsheet Sydney Video – Peter DiMuro, Boston Museum Choreographer-in-residence: Staff, Boston Herald News – Kiwis in Antactica – a new slant on ice dance? Dionne Christian, NZ Herald And the week’s big news – BBC drops Brendan from Strictly 2018: Nadia Khomani, Guardian (and elsewhere)

The Arts Council is said to have shown an interest: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/english-national-ballet-must-investigate-abuse-claims-5d86zx8vn?shareToken=5251eb63809acb118ee29f2adbc25ca4 Nothing new in the report otherwise that I can see.

Links – Tuesday 30 January, 2018 Reviews – San Francisco Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, San Francisco: Claudia Bauer, DanceTabs Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Review – Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Bella Figura, Aleatorio, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Feature – Mark Morris Dance Group: Nancy G. Heller, Philadelphia Inquirer Review – Gauthier Dance, Nijinsky, Berlin: Katja Vaghi, Bachtrack Review – LA Dance Project, Murder Ballades, Second Quartet, Hearts & Arrows, Stanford: Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice News – Petronio Residency names its first choreographers: Joshua Barone, NY Times Review – Malpaso Dance Company, Indomitable Waltz, Ocaso, Face the Torrent, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene News – Arts Council asks ENB about recent allegations: David Sanderson, Boer Deng, The Times Resolution 2018, London, 23 January: Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance - Lydia Touliatou, Assemblies - Yanaëlle Thiran, Swapping Shadows - Hinged Dance Co, Flowers in December

Links – Monday 29 January, 2018 Review – New York City Ballet, Balanchine 1 & 2, 21st Century Choreographers, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Review – Kristin Damrow & Company, EAMES, San Francisco: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs Interview – Danielle Rowe, Choreographer: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture Diary – Los Angeles, This Week: Matt Cooper, LA Times Review – Kei Takei’s Moving Earth Orient Sphere, Light, Part 44, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Resolution 2018: Carmel Smith & Emma Boxall, The Place - Watts Dance, Lather. Rinse. Repeat. - Grov Productions, Her past in their present now - Duwayne Taylor, It’s Time to Speak News – Ailey II back in New York in March: Olivia Clement, Playbill Arts

MAB: Thank you. I infer, therefore, that you were not an ENB employee.

MAB: Purely for clarification as this thread progresses, was the order you signed pertinent to the ENB matter in question here, or was it entirely unrelated?

Links – Sunday 28 January, 2018 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Giselle, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Luke Jennings, Observer Reviews – San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco - Sleeping Beauty: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture - Gala Performance: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture Review – Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, The Taming of the Shrew, Monte Carlo: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Interview – Delia Matthews, Birmingham Royal Ballet: Julia Dixon, To The Pointe News – Allegations within English National Ballet: Boer Deng, David Sanderson: The Times (and elsewhere) News – Latest developments at Royal New Zealand Ballet: Ruby MacAndrew, Dominion Post Review – LA Dance Project, Closer, Hearts & Arrows, Sarabande, San Francisco: David E. Moreno, Culture Vulture Review – Chunky Move, Accumulation, Melbourne: Gracia Haby, Fjord Review Review – Scottish Dance Theatre & Stellar Quines, The Lover, Edinburgh: Stephanie Green, Reviews Hub Interview – Michael Clark: Richard Jinman, The Age Preview – Colette Sadler/Scottish Dance Theatre, RITUALIA/TuTuMucky, Dundee & Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, The List Resolution 2018: Siobhan Murphy & Daisy Moorcroft, The Place - Malcolm Sutherland, Lost for Words - Elisabeth Schilling, SIXFOLD - Edit Domoszlai, Angels Review – Sarasota Ballet, Little Waltzes, Troy Game, Airs, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Review – Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Quad Bill, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Review – Grupo Corpo, Suite Branca, Danca Sinfonica, Boston: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe

I think you'll find that Darcey is presenting a 30 min show at 10pm on BBC 2 tonight - and it will have an Ice Dance component around Le Patin Libre. Plus some street dance.

I that we'd done this to death last week but, if the link shown no longer works, here you are: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marianela-nunez-the-best-ballerina-in-britain-and-thats-official-klxbdtwqk?shareToken=07d1c0256184876073c3e3e32e7e787f

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At the risk of sounding peeved, that Nunez feature was In Links this morning!