Ian Macmillan

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

Links – Monday 16 October, 2017 Obituary – Mary Cochran, ex- Paul Taylor Company: Neil Genzlinger, NY Times Reviews – Royal Ballet & National Ballet of Canada, The Dreamers Ever Leave You, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Debra Craine, The Times Reviews – Rocio Molina, Falling from Heaven, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Donald Hutera, The Times Review – James Thierée/Compagnie du Hanneton, The Toad Knew, New York: Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs Reviews – Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Site Series (Inside Outside) Reimagined, Skies Calling Skies Falling, San Francisco: Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs David E. Moreno, Culture Vulture Review – Stuttgart Ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Cranko), Singapore: Germaine Cheng, Straits Times Review – Hearst Dance Theater, A Love Supreme, Princeton: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Diary – Next week around LA: Matt Cooper, LA Times Review – Melbourne Festival, More Up A Tree, Melbourne: Debbie Cuthbertson, The Age Feature – Eileen Kramer plans to dance on her 103rd birthday: Karen Hardy, Sydney Morning Herald Review – Foster Group, Orchids, Auckland: Raewyn Whyte, NZ Herald Review – Tempo Dance Festival, whY Cromozone Mixed Bill, Auckland: Jennifer Sherman, .... on dancing

Links – Sunday 15 October, 2017 Celebrating Sir Kenneth Macmillan: Feature – Former Royal Ballet Dancers remember: Sarah Crompton, Sunday Times Reviews – Northern Ballet, Las Hermanas, Concerto, Gloria, Leeds: Hanna Weibye, Arts Desk Jeffrey Taylor, Sunday Express Review – BalletBoyz, Fourteen Days, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Review – Company Wayne McGregor, Autobiography, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Review – Rocio Molina, Fallen from Heaven, London: Luke Jennings, Observer Review – Satchie Noro & Silvain Ohl, Origami, London: Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs Review – Cirque Eloize, Saloon, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs News – Work to restore Houston Ballet’s home theatre: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times News – NYCB: Zachary Catazaro promoted to Principal: Olivia Clement, Playbill Arts Review – Luca Veggetti/Japan Society NY/Yokohama Noh Theatre, Left-Right-Left, New York: Tom Phillips, Danceviewtimes Preview – James McGinn, Ing and Die, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Review – Oregon Ballet Theatre, Rhapsody in Blue, Never Stop Falling (In Love), Portland: Matthew Andrews, Oregon Artswatch Review – Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group, Citizen, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review – Local Choreographers, Performing Home, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review – Tempo Dance Festival, Auckland: Jennifer Shennan, ..... on dancing

Each year the Links team eagerly awaits and seeks out the first North American Nutcracker review that promises, like the first swallow of summer, a cornucopia of goodies for weeks thereafter. And so saying, I still fondly remember NY Times critic Alastair Macaulay going on an odyssey lasting some weeks around and across the USA about 5/6 years ago, seeing Nuts in all shapes and sizes, in theatres grand and not-so-grand. Dedication to his craft, say I - so let there be no complaints about a metropolis like London harbouring a mere 3 productions simultaneously.

Laura Morera will replace Zen in the remaining two performances of Alice in which she was due to return, and that will include the filmed livestream: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/cast-change-alices-adventures-in-wonderland A big pity about the injury, whatever it has been.

Links – Wednesday 4 October, 2017 Feature – Wayne McGregor, Autobiography, and lots more: David Jays, Guardian Feature – NYCB’s Rebecca Krohn retiring … to be their Ballet Master: Terry Trucco, Playbill Arts Review – Fall for Dance, New York, Program A: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Preview – Fall for Dance, New York, Program B-E Highlights: Gia Kourlas, Roslyn Sulcas, Siobhan Burke, Brian Seibert, NY Times Review – Beth Gill, Brand New Sidewalk, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Review – Twyla Tharp Dance, 2017 Season, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene Q&A – Scottish Ballet’s Grace Horler and her inspiration, Zenaida Yanowsky: Kelly Apter, The List Preview – Chamber Dance Company, Body Politic 8-Bill, Seattle: Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times Feature - Pranita Nayar, Unwinding traditional Indian dance: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review – Joe Moran/Dance Art Foundation, On the Habit of Being Oneself, London: Paul Hughes, Exeunt Preview – Yang Liping Arts & Culture Co, Under Siege, Melbourne: Hannah Francis, The Age Review – Sydney City Youth Ballet/SYO Philharmonic, Together Live 2017, Sydney: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot

Links – Tuesday 3 October, 2017 Feature – Kenneth MacMillan, 25th Anniversary Celebrations: Anna Winter, The Stage Reviews – Acosta Danza, Debut 5-Bill, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Philippa Newis, Bachtrack Rachel Elderkin, Exeunt Review – Royal Ballet, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Vera Liber, BTG Review – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Café Müller, Rite of Spring, New York: Janine Parker, Arts Fuse Preview – Fall for Dance North, Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Review – Daksha Sheth Dance Company, Sari, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Herald Review – Laterna Magika, Human Locomotion, Hong Kong: Enid Tsui, SCMP Diaries: - London This Week: Staff, Londondance - New York This Week: Leigh Witchel & Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Review – Joash Fahitua & Perri Exeter, Mixtape Dance Show, Hawkes Bay: Kim Buckley, Theatreview

Links – Monday 2 October, 2017 Review – Acosta Danza, Debut 5-Bill, London: Debra Craine, The Times Review – Royal Ballet, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Jeffery Taylor, Express Review – Salva Sanchis, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Rosas, A Love Supreme, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Review – Tango Fire Company, Mixed Bill, Albany: Geraldine Freedman, Daily Gazette Diary – Los Angeles This Week: Matt Cooper, LA Times

Links – Sunday 1 October, 2017 Reviews – New York City Ballet, Fall Gala 2017, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Review – Acosta Danza, Debut 5-Bill, London: Luke Jennings, Observer Feature – Scottish Ballet, Reviving MacMillan’s The Fairy’s Kiss: Mark Brown, Sunday Herald Review – Northern Ballet, The Little Mermaid, Southampton: David Dougill, Sunday Times Preview – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Aladdin, Birmingham: Heather Large, Express & Star Interview – Choreographer Charlotte Spencer & Is This a Waste Land?: Luke Jennings, Observer Review – Kyoko Ruch, Erospace, When Snails Collide, Washington DC: Carolyn Kelemen, DC Metro Review – Joshua Beamish/MoveThe Company, Saudade, Toronto: Brittany Duggan, Dance Current Dance Diary – September 2017: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

Links – Saturday 30 September, 2017 Reviews – Acosta Danza, Debut 5-Bill, London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Mark Monahan, Telegraph Zoë Anderson, Independent Judith Mackrell, Guardian Laura Freeman, Evening Standard Neil Norman, The Stage Vera Liber, BTG Reviews – Royal Ballet, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Graham Watts, Bachtrack Reviews – New York City Ballet, Fall Gala 2017, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times - Red Carpet etc: H.W. Vail, Vanity Fair Maria Ward, Vogue and elsewhere Review – New York City Ballet, Swan Lake, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Concerto, Still Life at the Penguin Café, Elite Syncopations, Birmingham: Louise Levene, Financial Times Review – English National Ballet, Giselle (Khan), London: Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Review – Rambert, Transfigured Nights, Symbiosis, Ghost Dances, Salford: Dave Cunningham, Reviews Hub Reviews – Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Bayadère – The Ninth Life, Salford: Peter Jacobs, Reviews Hub Georgina Wells, BTG Reviews – Daksha Sheth Dance Company, Sari, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Lucy Ribchester, The List Feature – Germaine Acogny, on being the Chosen One: Brian Seibert, NY Times Review – Kyoko Ruch, Erospace, When Snails Collide, Washington DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes News – Sydney Dance Company plans a refurbishment: Julie Power, Sydney Morning Herald Review – Transform Festival, Why Citizenship? Mixed Bill, San Francisco: Rachel Howard, Fjord Review Feature – Uruguay’s Ballet de Sodre: AP via Washington Post Review – Faustin Linyekula, In Search of Dinozord, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene Diaries: - UK: Judith Mackrell, Guardian - New York: Brian Schaefer, NY Times

Alison: It may be that some costumes were lost or damaged when the Wortham Theater was flooded. But if their Mayerling costumes were in their Warehouse, they would apparently have been unscathed. I repeat a link from the time that's not entirely clear as regards Mayerling: https://www.broadwayworld.com/houston/article/Houston-Ballet-Announces-Updates-and-Performance-Cancellations-Due-to-Hurricane-Harvey-20170830

That review plus 2 others are now in today's Links. Molly Glentzer's includes a 7-minute video chat with Houston's AD Stanton Welch.

Links – Sunday 24 September, 2017 Obituaries: - Marian Horosko, Dancer & Dance Advocate: Neil Genzlinger, NY Times - Ritha Devi, Indian Classical Dancer & Teacher: Amisha Padnani, NY Times Reviews – Houston Ballet, Mayerling, Houston: Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle Joseph Campana, CultureMap Natalie De La Garza, Houston Press Review – English National Ballet, Giselle (Khan), London: Jeffery Taylor, Sunday Express Reviews – Northern Ballet, The Little Mermaid, Southampton: Beccy Conway, WinchesterToday Reviews – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes, Los Angeles: Karen Weinstein, Culture Vulture Peter Debruge, Variety Review – Requardt & Rosenberg, DeadClub, London: Luke Jennings, Observer Review – Dorothée Munyaneza, Unwanted, New York: Tom Phillips, Danceviewtimes