Ian Macmillan

Folks: However it may often seem, not all Forum members are familiar with the Royal Ballet's personnel and it would be helpful, even polite, if we did not use unexplained initials or other abbreviated forms in reporting on dancers' performances.

Links – Friday 1 December, 2017 Review – Lyon Opera Ballet, The Second Detail, Posé Arabesque etc, Set & Reset/Reset, Créteil: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Review – Wendy Whelan & Brian Brooks, Some of a Thousand Words, San Francisco: Rachel Howard, SF Chronicle Review – Vincent Dance Theatre, Shut Down, London: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs News – Big dancer turnover at Royal New Zealand Ballet: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot Gallery – Teac Damsa, Swan Lake/Loch na hEala, London: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Diary – New York This Week: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Feature – Valentino Zucchetti & Satori: Rachel Nouchi, Londondance Review – Alberta Ballet, Dangerous Liaisons, Edmonton: Fawnda Mithrush, Dance Current Film – The Dancer (La Danseuse): Glenn Kenny, NY Times Gayle Macdonald, Globe and Mail News – Houston’s Wortham Center re-opening delayed: Margaret Downing, Houston Press News – Inaugural Adelaide Dance Festival, July 2018: Richard Watts, ArtsHub So, it’s December and in North America there’s probably a Nutcracker near you. Check here

Links – Thursday 30 November, 2017 Review – Royal Danish Ballet, Raymonda (Hubbe), Copenhagen: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker (Wright), Birmingham: Sarah Probert, Birmingham Mail Reviews – Northern Ballet, The Little Mermaid, Sheffield: Velda Harris, BTG Claire Lewis, Sheffield Telegraph Alan Payne, Derbyshire Times Review – Joffrey Ballet, Quad Bill, Berkeley: Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter Interview – Sergei Polunin: Celia Warden, Telegraph Interview – Alexander Campbell, Royal Ballet: Mark Bailey, Telegraph News – Company Wayne McGregor to open New York Joyce Theater season: Joshua Barone, NY Times Feature – Five of Alvin Ailey’s Star Performers: Lisa Jo Sagolla, Playbill News – Houston Ballet’s Nutcracker going on the road: Margaret Downing, Houston Press #Speaking in Dance – Yannick Lebrun, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Diaries: - New York, This Week: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc - Globally!! (Keep scrolling): Rebecca Schmid, NY Times - Around Boston: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe Review – Vincent Dance Theatre, Shut Down, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Preview – Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Dance Me, Montreal: Jim Burke, Montreal Gazette Preview – detour dance, Fugue, San Francisco: Leslie Katz, SF Examiner Preview – BodyVox Dance Company & Others, Mixed Programs, Portland: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Film – SoKo, The Dancer (La Danseuse): Janet Smith, Straight.com Blog Diary – November 2017: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing News - How Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery will be transformed Birmingham Post (What has this to do with ballet? The BRB are part of it. I suspect just storage but hopefully exhibition space.).

Links – Wednesday 29 November, 2017 Review – Royal Ballet, Sylvia, London: Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Review – National Ballet of Canada, Nijinsky, Toronto, Denise Sum: Danceviewtimes Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker (Wright), Birmingham: Erin Whitcroft, Independent Interview – Tiler Peck, New York City Ballet, Ruthie Fierberg, Playbill Opinion – How we make excuses for violence against women on stage (not just in ballet), Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Preview – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Shelter (Zollar), New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review – Alexander Whitley Dance Company, Noumena, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Preview – The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Miami: Diana Dunbar, Miami Herald Preview – Wendy Whelan & Brian Brooks, Some of a Thousand Words, San Francisco: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle Review – ZviDance, Like, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene

Is the social media aspect not very much a reflection of one's involvement there? For example, I have a very limited Twitter presence and rarely, if ever, see items that I read elsewhere as having "gone viral." Thus I would not be at all surprised to hear that the engagement was hugely covered elsewhere yesterday. And if today's Times coverage is any guide - half front page, 4 news pages, first Leader, plus Times 2 supplement cover and 4 more pages - today's tabloids will be full of it. BBC 1 rearranged its schedule last night around a 'special,' in addition to half of the One Show carrying Mishal Hussain's interview with the couple. And I've just heard on the 2pm News bulletin that more detail on the wedding is due later today. If there's limited interest amongst the public at large, the media have clearly misjudged things. However, and interestingly, I note that the announcement itself is not recorded in yesterday's Court Circular.

Alison: Nicely tidied, thank you. I hadn't checked that far back!

BBC Radio 4 has announced the usual eclectic mix of Guest Editors for the Today programme between Christmas and New Year, one of them being Tamara Rojo. She will be in Royal company, it seems, as Prince Harry is doing another day. Oh, and a robot is to do an interview spot ....... https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-s-today-handed-over-to-automaton-john-humphrys-mishal-husain-nick-robinson-sarah-montague-and-justin-webb-gb275zmcw?shareToken=692e866d2fc49187248a39f33f9641c4

Links – Saturday 18 November, 2017 Obituaries: - Dudley Simpson, Composer & Conductor RB Touring Company: The Times Guardian - Gemze de Lappe, Dancer: Richard Sandomir, NY Times - Girish Bhargava, Dance Film Editor: Neil Genzlinger, NY Times Review – American Ballet Theatre, Work by Ratmansky & Millepied, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Feature – Making (and Seeing) Dance in the Politicised World: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Feature – Alice Topp, Australian Ballet Dancer & Choreographer: Jane Albert, The Australian Streaming Review – Bolshoi Ballet, The Taming of the Shrew: Daniel Morrison, The Yorker Preview – Scottish Ballet, The Nutcracker (Darrell), Touring: Kelly Apter, The List Feature – Preparing Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker: Lexi Peery, Boston Globe Feature – Bangarra Dancer Kaine Sultan-Babij, Place, Sydney: Louise Schwartzkoff, Sydney Morning Herald Review – Marjani Forté-Saunders, Memoirs of a … Unicorn; Gillian Walsh, Moon Fate Sin, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – Protein, Border Tales 2017, London: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs - Q&A: Director, Luca Silvestrini: Londondance Review – Big Dance Theater, 17c, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Review – Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Mixed Bill, New York: Elizabeth Zimmer, Village Voice Interview – Rachel Cook, New Director at ‘On The Boards,’ Seattle: Brendan Kiley, Seattle Times News – Shelly Power to be CEO at Pennsylvania Ballet: Peter Dobrin, The Inquirer

For anyone who is familiar with the hashtag #TCMParty and who knows how it works - I hasten to say that I don't - this Tweet link regarding the 1928 film, The Wind, may have some significance: https://twitter.com/tcm_party/status/931324760201486338 Looks like they had similar wind machines back then.

Links – Friday 17 November, 2017 Reviews – Christopher Wheeldon’s Brigadoon, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Jesse Green, NY Times Book Feature – David Hallberg, A Body of Work: Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post Review – Lines Ballet, The Propelled Heart, San Francisco: Steven Winn, SF Chronicle Review – Ballet Nacional de España, Sorolla, Madrid: Cristina de Lucas, Bachtrack Review – Kalypso Hip-Hop Festival, Créteil, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Diaries: - New York, This Week: Gia Kourlas, NY Times - Christmas in London: Staff, Londondance Review – Meg Stuart & Others, Until Our Hearts Stop, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Preview – Kyle Abraham, Pavement, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Book Review – Laura Young, “Boston Ballerina: A Dance, a Company, an Era”: Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe

Alison, can you spot the location on here? http://bombsight.org/#15/51.5050/-0.0900

Links – Thursday 16 November, 2017 Feature – Why The Nutcracker is the perfect ballet for children: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Reviews – Royal Ballet, The Illustrated ”Farewell,” The Wind, Untouchable, London: Louise Levene, Spectator Anna Winter, Exeunt Feature – New Zealand School of Dance at 50: Dani McDonald, Dominion Post Documentary Review – The Trocks, “Rebels on Pointe”: Jeanette Catsoulis, NY Times Feature – Inside Cuba’s National Ballet School: Rachel Brown, National Geographic Review – National Dance Company of Wales, “Roots” Quad Bill, Cardiff: Othniel Smith, BTG Review – Darbar Festival, London: Indian Adventures of Sitar and Dance: Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs Reviews– Big Dance Theater, 17c, New York: Laura Collins-Hughes, NY Times Miriam Felton-Dansky, Village Voice Preview – Dimensions Dance Theatre, Ballet’s Pointe of Passion, Miami: Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald Preview – Nava Dance Theatre, Broken Seeds (Still Grow), Oakland, SF Chronicle News – SAFEhouse, a new San Francisco Dance Venue: John C. Sulak, SF Examiner Preview – Spenser Theberge & Jermaine Spivey, Rather This, Then, Portland: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Preview – Dance in Vancouver, 2017: Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun Review – Unitec Dance Showcase 17, Auckland: Brigitte Knight, Theatreview Preview – Ragamala Dance Company, Written in Water, Berkeley: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice Preview – Ballet Ireland, Romeo and Juliet (Runacre-Temple): Charlie McBride, Galway Advertiser

Links – Wednesday 15 November, 2017 Documentary – Joffrey Ballet/Christopher Wheeldon, “Making a new American Nutcracker”: Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune Comment – Cut the violence on stage, we don’t need to watch rape: Laura Freeman, Evening Standard News – Casting for Sergei Polunin’s SATORI, London: Staff, London Theatre Preview – Alonzo King/Lines Ballet, The Propelled Heart, San Francisco: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle Review – Acosta Danza, Mixed Bill, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Review – Balletboyz, “Fourteen Days” Quad Bill, Exeter: Emma Pritchard, Reviews Hub Review – Joan Clevillé Dance, The North, London: Sara Veale, DanceTabs News – Bangarra Dance Theatre’s 2018 Season: Staff, Dance Australia Review – Yvonne Meier/Invisible Dog & Danspace Project, Double Bill; Jillian Sweeney, Arrows and Errors, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Preview – Slanjayvah Danza, 6 Feet, 3 Shoes, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, The List Interview – Choreographer Gillian Walsh: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Diary – Coming up in New York: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Film Preview – “No Maps on my Taps,” “About Tap,” Boston: Marcia B. Siegel, Arts Fuse Want to see your writing about Dance appear in these Links next year? Then apply for Resolution Review 2018 via Londondance

Links – Tuesday 14 November, 2017 Reviews - London Catch-Up: David Dougill, Sunday Times Vera Liber, BTG - Royal Ballet, The Illustrated “Farewell,” The Wind, Untouchable - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Arcadia, Le Baiser de la Fée Rachel Elderkin, Fjord Review - Royal, English National, Birmingham Royal, Northern & Scottish Ballets; Yorke Dance Project, MacMillan Celebration - Interview – Yolande Yorke-Edgell, Staging “Sea of Troubles”: Rachel Nouchi, Londondance Feature – Is sexual violence being trivialised in ballet? Judith Mackrell, Guardian --- The Royal Ballet responds: Robert Dex, Evening Standard Reviews – Acosta Danza, Mixed Bill, Edinburgh: Mary Brennan, Herald Lucy Ribchester, The List Review – Australian Ballet, Sleeping Beauty (McAllister), Sydney: Michael Bailey, Australian Financial Review Review – Hong Kong Ballet, Le Corsaire (Holmes), HK: Kevin Ng, Asian Times Review - Balletboyz, “Fourteen Days” Quad Bill, Dundee: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review Reviews – Pennsylvania Ballet, “On Edge” Triple Bill, Philadelphia: Merilyn Jackson, Fjord Review Hilary Stroh, Bachtrack Review – Hofesh Shechter, Grand Finale, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Review – Garth Fagan Dance, Program B Mixed Bill, New York: Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Review – Ate9 Dance Company, Calling Glenn, Los Angeles: Jeff Slayton, Bachtrack Review – Step Afrika! The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, New York: Laura Collins-Hughes, NY Times Review – LINK Dance Company, Im Spiegel, Perth: Margaret Mercer, Dance Australia Preview – San Francisco International Hip Hop Festival: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle

Back to Ed Watson - Jann Parry, now on DanceTabs, has him as "an angry ancestral spirit .... the wind made visible." And later he is "a shaman foretelling disaster" and then " a future spirit." A busy chap, it seems.

I don't know what all the fuss is about. Let's get to the important stuff - like our local newspaper telling me today that a couple of local "ballet nuts ... are ready for a crack at stardom," having been selected to appear in the show from some 336 youngsters auditioned.

Links – Friday 3 November, 2017 Review – Paris Opera Ballet, Grand Miroir, Rite of Spring (Bausch), Agon, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Preview – Arthur Pita/Royal Ballet, The Wind, London: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Review – New York: Robert Gottlieb, NY Observer - Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes - Mark Morris Dance Group, Layla and Majnun Review – Jessica Lang Dance, Stabat Mater, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Review – Fall for Dance 2017 Season, New York: Susan Yung, Brooklyn Rail Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Aladdin, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Laura Freeman, Evening Standard Neil Norman, Daily Express Interview – Cesar Morales, Birmingham Royal Ballet: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Film Preview – Nureyev’s defection in The White Crow: Louise Tutt, Screen Daily Review – Dresden Semperoper Ballett, 5, The Night Falls Quietly, On the Nature of Daylight, Vertigo Maze, New York: Brittney Feit, Village Voice Review – Ballet Collective, The Answer, Orange, The Last Time This Ended, Translation, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Previews – Boston Ballet, Boston: - Jorma Elo, Fifth Symphony of Jean Sibelius: Michael Levin, Huffington Post - Wayne McGregor , Obsidian Tear, Staff, BWW Boston Review – Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Romeo and Juliet (Cuatto), Annapolis: Mary Johnson, Baltimore Sun Review – Footnote New Zealand Dance, Super Ornate Construct, Participation, Auckland: Raewyn Whyte, NZ Herald Diary – New York This Week: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, A Letter to my Nephew, New York: Jen George, Brooklyn Rail

Alison, I see that he went over to the States permanently in 1950 so I wouldn't expect much UK near-term coverage.

Links – Thursday 2 November, 2017 Obituary – David Vaughan, Chronicler of Dance History: Sam Roberts, NY Times Kenneth MacMillan Celebration, London: Review – Mixed Companies, A Final Round-Up: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Previews – Twyla Tharp/Royal Ballet, The Illustrated Farewell, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Neil Norman, The Stage Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Aladdin, London: Debra Craine, The Times Vikki Jane Vile, BWW UK Neil Norman, The Stage Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes, New York: Robert Greskovic, Wall St Journal Review – Dorrance Dance, Jungle Blues, Three to One, Myelination, San Francisco: Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter Review – Clod Ensemble, Under Glass, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Review – Nol Simonse & Christy Funsch, the beauty and ruin of friends, of bodies, San Francisco: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs Feature – Hannah Fischer, National Ballet of Canada: Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail #Speakingindance – Preeti Vasudevan, Stories by Hand: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

Links – Wednesday 1 November, 2017 Kenneth MacMillan Celebration, London: Reviews – Northern Ballet, Gloria; Royal Ballet, The Judas Tree; Mixed Companies, Elite Syncopations: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Joy Sable, Jewish Chronicle Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Review – Rambert, A Linha Curva, Symbiosis, Goat, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Preview – Pacific Northwest Ballet, Plot Point (Crystal Pite), Seattle: Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times Feature – Birmingham Royal Ballet/Ruth Brill, Arcadia, London: Zoe Paskett, Islington Gazette Review – Queensland Ballet, Peter Pan, Brisbane: Denise Richardson, Dance Australia Review – Dance Umbrella’s Shoreditch Takeover, London: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs News – Antarctica: The First Dance: Staff, Scoop.co.nz Previews, San Francisco & Bay Area: - Russian Grand Ballet, Swan Lake: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle - Hope Mohr Dance, Radical Movements: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle Preview – Cynthia Oliver/COCo Dance Theatre, Virago-Man Dem, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune

Links – Tuesday 31 October, 2017 Kenneth MacMillan Celebration, London: Reviews – Yorke Dance Project, Sea of Troubles: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Anna Winter, The Stage Reviews – Mark Morris Dance Group, Layla and Majnun, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Reviews – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Reviews– Clod Ensemble, Under Glass, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Rosemary Waugh, Exeunt Review – Jasmin Vardimon Company, Pinocchio, London: Laura Freeman, Evening Standard Review – Yvonne Rainer, Simone Forti, Steve Paxton, Tea for Three, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review – Compagnie Maguy Marin, BiT, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Cynthia Oliver & Dancers, Virago-Man Dem: ODC/Dance, boulders and bones, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Feature – The Angelini brothers and Don Q at Tulsa Ballet: James D. Watts Jr, Tulsa World Previews – Ballet B.C., Program 1, Vancouver: - Cayetano Soto, Eight Years of Silence: Dana Gee, Vancouver Sun - Johan Inger, B.R.I.S.A.: Janet Smith, Straight.com News – National Ballet of Canada – highest grossing season in 2016/17: Debra Yeo, Toronto Star News – Muriel Maffre named as Lines Ballet CEO: Staff, SF Chronicle Diaries: - Coming up in New York: Martha Sherman & Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc - Reflections from Canberra: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

Links – Monday 30 October, 2017 Kenneth MacMillan Celebration, London: Reviews – Northern Ballet, Gloria; Royal Ballet, The Judas Tree, Mixed Companies, Elite Syncopations: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Debra Craine, The Times Review – Royal Ballet, The Judas Tree; English Ballet, Song of the Earth: Jeffery Taylor, Sunday Express Review – American Ballet Theatre, Souvenir D’un Lieu Cher, I Feel the Earth Move, Daphnis & Chloé, New York: Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Preview – Arthur Pita’s The Wind for the Royal Ballet: Debra Craine, The Times Feature – Robert Helpmann in 1958: Valerie Lawson, dancelines Review – BalletCollective, The Answer, Orange, The Last Time This Ended, Translation, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Review – Dorrance Dance, Jungle Blues, Three to One, Myelination, San Francisco: Claudia Bauer, DanceTabs Review – De Keersmaeker/Rosas & Salva Sanchis, A Love Supreme, New Jersey: Merli V. Guerra, Fjord Review Diary: This week around LA: Matt Cooper, LA Times Galleries: - Theo Clinkard, This Bright Field, London: Stephen Wright, DanceTabs - Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes, New York: Marc Franklin, Playbill Arts Review – Jasmin Vardimon Company, Pinocchio, London: Howard Loxton, BTG Reviews – Rambert, A Linha Curva, Symbiosis, Goat, Edinburgh: Mary Brennan, Herald Lucy Ribchester, The List Review – Sarasota Ballet, The Secret Garden, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Review – Ken Unsworth & Dancers, Restraint(s), Sydney: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

Links – Thursday 19 October, 2017 Celebrating Sir Kenneth MacMillan: Essay – Kenneth MacMillan, Dark Genius of British Ballet: Ismene Brown, Spectator - Gallery – Royal Ballet, The Judas Tree, London: Dave Morgan, DanceTabs Review – Mariinsky Ballet, La Bayadère, Washington DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Review – New York City Ballet, Robert Fairchild’s final Duo Concertant and others, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Review – Royal Ballet & National Ballet of Canada, The Dreamers Ever Leave You, London: Sanjoy Roy, Guardian Review – Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Bayadère – The Ninth Life, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Reviews – Dance Umbrella 2017, London: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Sanjoy Roy, Guardian - Satchie Noro, Origami - Rocio Molina, Fallen from Heaven - Charlotte Spencer, Is This a Wasteland? Reviews - Melbourne Festival 2017: - Wayne McGregor & Others, Tree of Codes: Brigid Delany, Guardian - Mette Ingvartsen, 7 Pleasures: Jordan Beth Vincent, The Age - Hillel Kogan & Adi Boutrou, We Love Arabs: Jill Sykes, The Age Review – Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Site Series (Inside Outside), Skies Calling Skies Falling, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Review – Theo Clinkard, this Bright Field, Glasgow: Gareth K. Vile, The List Preview – Axis Dance Company, Radical Impact: Claudia Bauer, SF Chronicle Review – Bawren Tavaziva, Izindava, London: Rachel Elderkin, Exeunt Feature – Harlem School of the Arts: Jeffery C. Mays, NY TImes Preview – Anata Project, Point of Dissolve, San Francisco: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle Review – Peggy Piacenza, The Event, Seattle: Melody Datz Hansen, Seattle Times

Links – Wednesday 18 October, 2017 Celebrating Sir Kenneth MacMillan: Tribute – MacMillan, Master at the Heart of British Ballet: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Review – Scottish Ballet, Rite of Spring, The Fairy’s Kiss, Glasgow: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs - Feature – Bethany Kingsley-Garner, Scottish Ballet: Kelly Apter, The List Review – Northern Ballet, Las Hermanas, Concerto, Gloria, Bradford: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Review – English National Ballet, Song of the Earth, La Sylphide, Milton Keynes: Maggie Constable, Reviews Hub Interview – Alexei Ratmansky & Leonid Desyatnikov, Songs of Bukovina: Marina Harss, NY Times Review – Fall for Dance Season 2017, 4 Premieres, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Review – Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Bayadère – The Ninth Life, London: Laura Freeman, Evening Standard 5Q &A – Avatâra Ayuso, Dancer, Choreographer & Director: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Feature – Ben Duke’s backstage Rambert diary: Ben Duke, Guardian Review – Holly Blakey, Some Greater Class, Salford: Dave Cunningham, Reviews Hub News – New Zealand Festival, February 2018, Wellington: Dani McDonald, Dominion Post (scroll for Dance items) - RNZB to premiere “The Piano: The Ballet”: Dionne Christian, NZ Herald Review – Wayne McGregor & Others, Tree of Codes, Melbourne: Jordan Beth Vincent, The Age Documentary – The Paris Opera: Ben Kenigsberg, NY Times Diary – This Week, New York: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Review – Charlotte Spencer, Is This a Wasteland?, London: Ka Bradley, Exeunt Feature – The “Sarasota and Puerto Rico Dance Together” Campaign: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Report – Liz Lerman Dance Umbrella Lecture - Finding the Thread, Losing the Plot: Josephine Leask, DanceTabs

Links – Tuesday 17 October, 2017 Review – Robert Fairchild’s Farewell at NYCB, Duo Concertant, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Scottish Ballet, Rite of Spring, The Fairy’s Kiss, Edinburgh: Kirst Morgan, Bachtrack - Interviews – Sophie Martin & Don MacLeary: Laura Smith, Sunday Post Review – New York City Ballet, Liturgy, Polyphonia, Odessa, The Times Are Racing, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Review – Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Stabat Mater, 7th Symphony, Montreal: Rebecca Galloway, Bachtrack Review – Ballet West, Fox on the Doorstep, Dances for Lou, New York: Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Review – Fall For Dance 2017, Program 5 (Hallberg, Hubbard, SFB), New York: Martha Sherman, Danceviewtimes Review – Satchie Noro & Silvain Ohi, Origami, London: Zoë Anderson, Independent Review – Dorrance Dance, Mixed Bill, Beverly Hills: Lewis Segal, LA Times News – Stuttgart Ballet to close Bangkok Festival: Staff, The Nation Reviews – Tempo Dance Festival 2017, Auckland: - Momentum Productions, CUDO: Kerry Wallis, Theatreview - Jahra Rager Wasasala, ‘a world with your wound in it’: Vivian Arthur Aue, Theatreview - Carol Brown, Lost + Found: Jennifer Sherman, .... on dancing Review – Porchlight Music Theatre, Billy Elliot, Chicago: Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune Preview – Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company, Home Season Concert, San Francisco: Maxine Marshall, SF Chronicle Preview – Marc Bamuthi Joseph, /peh-LO-tah/, New York: Courtney Marie, TheaterScene It’s a new version but it’s the first this year: Review – Ballett Zürich, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Spuck), Zurich: Sarah Batschelet, Bachtrack