Ian Macmillan

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

Links – Saturday 23 September, 2017 News – The postponed Bolshoi Nureyev is to open in December: Staff, Moscow Times Daria Litvinova, Telegraph Shaun Walker, Guardian Isaac Oliver, NY Times Review – Paris Opera Ballet, Opening Gala, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Feature – NYCB’s Megan Fairchild, a Swan with the Screwball Spark: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Reviews – Twyla Tharp Dance, The Raggedy Dances, The Fugue, Entr’acte, Dylan Love Songs, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Aladdin, Salford Quays: Georgina Wells, BTG Reviews – Northern Ballet, The Little Mermaid, Southampton: Anna Winter, The Stage Hilary Porter, Southern Daily Echo Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes, Los Angeles: Jeff Slayton, Bachtrack Diaries: - Around UK Next Week: Judith Mackrell, Guardian - Miami Area Fall Season: Miami Herald Preview – Maira Kalman & John Heginbotham, The Principles of Uncertainty, New York: Brian Schaefer, NY Times News – Joffrey Ballet to be Resident Dance Company at Chicago Lyric Opera: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Review – Hubbard Street Dance, Space, in Perspective, Chicago: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Review – Dorothée Munyaneza, Unwanted, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – MK Abadoo, youcanplayinthesun, LOCS, Washington DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Review – Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Mixed Bill, Chicago: Lauren Warneke, Chicago Tribune Review – Joshua Beamish/MOVE, Saudade, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com

Links – Friday 22 September, 2017 Reviews – English National Ballet, Giselle (Khan), London: Jenny Gilbert, Arts Desk Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack Louise Levene, Financial Times Howard Loxton, BTG Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International Review – Twyla Tharp Dance, The Raggedy Dances, The Fugue, Entr’acte, Dylan Love Songs, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Reviews – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Aladdin, Salford Quays: Mark Thompson, Mancunian Matters Melanie Disley, Bolton News Gallery – Northern Ballet, The Little Mermaid: Hilary Porter, Daily Echo Review – New Zealand Dance Company, The Absurdity of Humanity, Wellington: Lyne Pringle, Dominion Post Diary – New York This Week: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Documentary – “Bobbi Jene”: Ken Jaworowski, NY Times News – Nureyev Blue Plaque unveiled in London: David Sanderson, The Times and here: Twitter News – Montreal Metro bans Grand Ballets Poster: T’Cha Dunlevy, Montreal Gazette Review – Kokoro Dance, Embryotrophic Cavatina, Vancouver: Brittany Duggan, Straight.com Speaking in Dance – Faustin Linyekula, Festival of Dreams: Gia Kourlas, NY Times

Very unusually, the Daily Express is first in with an overnight review, and the reviewer was clearly impressed: http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/854790/Akram-Khan-Giselle-ballet-review-ENB-Sadlers-Wells-Liverpool-tickets-dates And Luke Jennings seems likely to write in similar terms in next Sunday's Observer: https://twitter.com/lukejennings1/status/910770962316038145

Links – Thursday 21 September, 2017 Reviews – English National Ballet, Giselle (Khan), London: Stefan Kyriazis, Express Sanjoy Roy, Writing on Dance (+ Keegan-Dolan Swan Lake) Gallery – Australian Ballet, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Wheeldon): Sukie Kirk & Kat Chan, Guardian Reviews – Twyla Tharp, The Fugue, Raggedy Dances, Entr’acte, Dylan Love Songs, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Reviews – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes, Los Angeles: Lewis Segal, LA Times Dyanne Weiss, Liberty Voice Interview – Houston Ballet’s Connor Walsh on dancing Prince Rudolf in Mayerling: Nancy Wozny, Dance Magazine Film Feature – Restoring MacMillan documentary “New Wave Ballet”: Samantha Whitaker, Londondance News – Harris Beattie, RAD Genée Gold Medallist, 2017: Georgia Snow, The Stage Feature – The Dance Scene in Seattle: Moira MacDonald & Brendan Kiley, Seattle Times Feature – Hibbard Street Dance is getting around: Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune Review – Monica Bill Barnes & Anna Bass, One Night Only, New York: Darryl Reilly, TheaterScene Diary – Seattle, Fall 2017: Staff, Seattle Times Review – Paufve Dance, XO: eXquisite Orientation, San Francisco: Claudia Bauer, DanceTabs Preview – BlueShift Dance, Foodless Food, Baltimore: Sarah Meehan, Baltimore Sun Premium Access: Interview – Carlos Acosta: Mark Monahan, Telegraph

Links – Wednesday 20 September, 2017 Reviews – Royal Ballet & Guests, Opening the New, Hull: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Louise Levene, Financial Times Feature – Preparing for the MacMillan Celebration: Kelly Apter, The List Preview – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes, Los Angeles: Jessica Gelt, LA Times - Cast Details: Staff, BWW LA Review – Dutch National Ballet, Van Manen Triple Bill, Amsterdam: Lambrecht Wessels, Bachtrack Preview – Lyric Opera & Joffrey Ballet, Orphée et Eurydice (Neumeier), Chicago: John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune Feature – Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Choreographer: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice Review – West Australian Ballet, The Great Gatsby (Nixon), Perth: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot Preview – Dorothée Munyaneza, Unwanted, New York: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times News – Paul Taylor American Modern Dance, 2018 Season, New York: Staff, BWW Review – Transform Festival, 4 Part Bill - Why Citizenship?, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Review – Peter Fraser, Sounds Like Movement, Sydney: Jill Sykes, The Age News – Update on Houston Theatres: Michael Cooper, NY Times Preview – Sarah Michelson, September2017/\, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY TImes Review – Monica Bill Barnes & Anna Bass, One Night Only, New York: Elisabeth Vincentelli, NY Times Diary – New York This Week: Martha Sherman & Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc

More detail from the RAD here: https://www.rad.org.uk/news/medallists-of-genee-2017-announced?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Genee_MedallistAnnouncement

I see from the New York Times that J P Donleavy, auteur extraordinaire, has died in Ireland: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/books/jp-donleavy-acclaimed-author-of-the-ginger-man-dies-at-91.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur&_r=0 Inevitably, the obituary concentrates on The Ginger Man, the novel that made his name and that I picked up from a train station newscounter whilst going on holiday in 1963. To begin with I found the stream of consciousness approach a little disconcerting but, very quickly, I found its rhythm and zipped through the murky doings of Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield to the end. In the years that followed I got through most of his later work, of which I'd have to say that A Singular Man, the tale of George Smith protecting his wealth and constructing for himself an enormous mausoleum, became my favourite. Donleavy's style was, it seemed, something of an acquired taste. I recall recommending him to other years ago, but don't recall anyone taking to him as I had done. Given today's news, I have just marked JP's passing by re-reading George Smith's somewhat outrageous "last will and testicle" from A Singular Man. It's as funny now as it first was back in the later 60s.

Yaffa, you star! There had been no deletion, nor can I see anything referring to such an act but, once I realised how to find that X (by hovering over an icon), all was fixed as you predicted. And a couple of other heavily-used sites have reappeared into the bargain. Many thanks.

I have been using Google Chrome as my default browser for some considerable time now and, when selecting a new tab, would see a number of thumbnail-type icons for regularly-visited websites presented. BalletcoForum has consistently been there, usually at the head of the queue .... until 2 days ago. It vanished and, despite frequent visits to the site each day since, that icon has not reappeared. (And now I come to think about it, DanceTabs was a regular one too until a couple of months back when it also disappeared from the list presented.) It's not a big issue and the URL predictor thingy shows the Forum URL by the time I've typed 'ball.' So, just out of interest, does anyone have an idea as to why an icon that has been so long-lived should suddenly disappear?

With a week to go, a bit of local colour: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-41205262

Links – Saturday 9 September, 2017 Previews – Fall Season Highlights: - Around New York: Alastair Macaulay, Siobhan Burke, Gia Kourlas, Brian Seibert, NY Times - More around New York and on into 2018: Gia Kourlas, NY Times - Strong women and highlights in Washington DC: Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post - Around Boston: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe - Vancouver Area: Dana Gee, Vancouver Sun Preview – Boston Ballet & Wayne McGregor’s Obsidian Tear: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe Preview – Houston Ballet, Poetry in Motion, delayed Opening Bill: Margaret Downing, Houston Press News – Daniil Simkin joining Staatsballett Berlin: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Lauren Wingenroth, Dance Magazine Review – Daniil Simkin & Others, Falls the Shadow, New York: Martha Sherman, Danceviewtimes Reviews - Rosie Kay Dance Company, 5 Soldiers, London: Zoë Anderson, Independent Richard Maguire, Reviews Hub Chris Omaweng, London Theatre 1 Gallery - Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Tour Preview – Richard Alston Dance Company, Carnaval, Gypsy Mixture, Chacony, Edinburgh: Lucy Ribchester, The List Exhibition Preview – Degas in Cambridge and London: Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times Review – MoMA/Robert Rauschenberg/Dancers, Dance Among Friends, New York: Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes Preview – Changers: A Dance Story, New York: Melena Ryzik, NY Times Preview – Moving Ethos, “and back again”, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Diaries: - London Next Week: Staff, Londondance - UK Next Week: Judith Mackrell, Guardian - Portland, OR: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Preview – Co3/Raewyn Hill, The Zone, Perth: Annelies Gartner, West Australian Review – Jack Riley & Alexander Hunter, Fuse, Canberra: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Feature – Sewing secrets into every tutu: Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post Preview – Dayton Philharmonic & Ballet, Verdi ‘Requiem’, Dayton: Meredith Moss, Dayton Daily News

Unless a stand-in has been found, there may well be just 4 Soldiers tonight. Oliver Russell sustained an injury in rehearsal yesterday and the show went on last night with just four dancers. Edit: All seems OK tonight on the livestream.

If I hear correctly, it seems that GQ (or at least, their presenter) sees him as one of "the most gifted ballerinas of his generation."