Ian Macmillan

I know I do Links etc often enough, but I seem to have missed something. No Royal Albert Hall season for ENB this year?

Links – Friday 23 June, 2017 Jacob’s Pillow Reviews, Becket, Mass: - Gala Performance: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat - Miami City Ballet, Allegro Brillante, Barber Violin Concerto, Polyphonia: Tresca Weinstein, Albany Times Union Janine Parker, Boston Globe Review – Ballet du Capitole, Le Corsaire (Belarbi), Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Reviews – American Ballet Theatre, Eugene Onegin (Cranko), New York: Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes Sondra Forsyth, BWW News – The Royal Ballet has landed in Brisbane: Staff, BWW - Feature - Francesca Hayward: Fiona Purdon, Brisbane News Preview – Momix/Moses Pendleton, Opus Cactus, New York: Jack Anderson, NY Times Review – Richard Alston Dance Company, Glint, Tangent, Chacony, Gypsy Mixture, London: Anna Winter, Exeunt Review – Junction 25, Deadline, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Herald Review – Festival TransAmériques, Montreal: Mark Mann, Dance Current Feature – Meryl Tankard’s ‘Wild Swans’: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Diaries: - New York, This Week: Siobhan Burke, NY Times - Coming up around Portland: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch

Links – Thursday 22 June, 2017 Review – L.A. Dance Project, Two Programs, New York: Elizabeth Zimmer, Village Voice Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Arcadia, Le Baiser de la fée, Pineapple Poll, Birmingham: Daljinder Johal, Reviews Hub Reviews – Richard Alston Dance Company, Glint, Tangent, Chacony, Gypsy Mixture, London: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Gerald Dowler, Classical Source Preview – SFDanceworks, Shadows, Chaconne + others, San Francisco: Aimée Ts’Ao, Mercury News Review – Scottish Dance Theatre, TuTuMucky, Dreamers, London: Sara Veale, DanceTabs Review – Sally Silvers & Dancers, The Big Now, If You Try, Tenderizer, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Video Preview – Elixir Festival at Sadler’s Wells: Staff, Evening Standard Preview – Helen Pickett/Sisters Grimm, Voices of the Amazon, London: Staff, Londondance Preview – Signal Theatre, Bearing, Toronto: Carly Magna, The Star Diaries – New York & Jacob’s Pillow: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Joshua Barone, NY Times Speaking in Dance – ABT Soloist Cassandra Trenary: Staff, NY Times

Links – Wednesday 21 June, 2017 Review – National Ballet of Canada, Streetcar Named Desire (Neumeier), Toronto: Denise Sum, Danceviewtimes Review – Hungarian National Ballet, Streetcar Named Desire (Venekei), Budapest: Katja Vaghi, Bachtrack Interview – Benjamin Millepied and his hopes for LA Dance Project: Mia Leimkuhler, Vulture Reviews – Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company, The Art of Isadora, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Tom Phillips, Danceviewtimes Reviews – River to River Festival, New York: - Work by Beth Gill, Jodi Melnick, Netta Yerushalmy, Wally Cardona & Jennifer Lacey Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Brian Seibert, NY Times Interview – Diana Vishneva on life after ABT: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Images Ballet Company, Distant Beauties, Concerto for Joyce & Dennis, Handsfree, Scenes of Death and Disaster, London: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Diaries: - This Summer, Across the UK: Judith Mackrell, Guardian - SF Danceworks Season, San Francisco: Leba Hertz, SF Chronicle Photo Exhibition – “Divertissements: From Anna Pavlova to Svetlana Zakharova”: New York: Staff, RBTH News - Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Digital Archive Now Open: Joshua Barone, NY Times Preview – Signal Theatre, Bearing, Toronto: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail And for something completely different: Preview – Willi Dorner’s Dancing Human Furniture: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian

Links – Tuesday 20 June, 2017 Review – New York City Ballet, American Rhapsody, Four Temperaments, Times Are Racing, Washington DC: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Review – National Ballet of Canada, Swan Lake (Kudelka), Toronto: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Review – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Winter in Lisbon, Mass, Ella, Revelations, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Reviews – Richard Alston Dance Company, Glint, Tangent, Chacony, Gypsy Mixture, London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Zoë Anderson, Independent Judith Mackrell, Guardian Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Philippa Newis, Bachtrack Review – Australian Ballet, Sleeping Beauty (McAllister), Melbourne: Melinda Oliver, Daily Review Review – The Summer Season in New York: Robert Gottlieb, NY Observer Feature – The Most Influential People in (US) Dance Today: Staff, Dance Magazine News – More on Jacob’s Pillow becoming a year-round venue: Indiana Nash, Daily Gazette Review – Scottish Dance Theatre, TuTuMucky, Dreamers, London: Neil Norman, The Stage Review – Compañia Nacional de Danza, Carman (Inger), Madrid: Christina de Lucas, Bachtrack News – RB’s Nathalie Harrison to join Voices of the Amazon season: Staff, BWW UK News – Fall for Dance North, Toronto: Debra Yeo, The Star Q&A – Shobana Jeyasingh: Staff, Londondance Diary – London This Week: Staff, Londondance Report – National Ballet of Canada, 65th Anniversary Fundraiser: Nolan Bryant, Globe and Mail

Links – Monday 19 June, 2017 Previews – This year’s Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival: Joshua Barone, NY Times Indiana Nash, Daily Gazette Review – Royal Ballet, Ashton Triple Bill – Closing Night, London: Rachel Elderkin, Fjord Review Review – Richard Alston Dance Company, Glint, Tangent, Chacony, Gypsy Mixture, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Review – Scottish Dance Theatre, TuTuMucky, Dreamers, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Review – Eifman Ballet, Red Giselle, Costa Mesa: Laura Bleiberg, LA Times Review – Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker/Rosas, Rain, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review Review – Australian Ballet, Sleeping Beauty (McAllister), Melbourne: Stephanie Glickman, Herald Sun Feature – San Francisco: Dance innovation in the Summer of Love: Leah Garchik, SF Chronicle Review – Freshman’s Dance Crew, Nu’u, Auckland: Raewyn Whyte, NZ Herald Diary – This Week Around LA: Matt Cooper, LA Times

This incident, if verified, may take some beating: http://nypost.com/2017/06/18/woman-watching-ballet-gets-karate-chopped-from-behind-suit/

Links – Sunday 18 June, 2017 Review – Scottish Ballet, MC14/22 (Ceci est mon corps), Emergence, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Review – Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker/Rosas, Rain, London: Luke Jennings, Observer Feature – Thoughts on Graeme Murphy’s Australian Nutcracker: Michelle Potter, .... on dancing Reviews – Richard Alston Dance Company, Glint, Tangent, Chacony, Gypsy Mixture, London: Vera Liber, BTG Ann Bawtree, Reviews Hub Gallery – Dave Morgan, DanceTabs Review – Vaibhavi & Shruti Merchant, Taj Express, London: Jeffery Taylor, Sunday Express Review – American Contemporary Ballet, Tchaikovsky in Ballet, LA: Lewis Segal, LA Times - Interview – Director, Lincoln Jones: Leilah Bernstein, LA Magazine - Interview – Notator, Doug Fullington: Christina Campodonico, This Stage LA Review – Luke Pell & Dancers, In the Ink Dark, Edinburgh: Mary Brennan, Sunday Herald Review – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, milonga, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Review – Ensemble Espanol, Raices, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Preview – Choreolab, Nancy Osbaldeston & Others: Tom Peeters, Flanders Today News – Iran bans Zumba classes: Thomas Erdbrink, NY Times

There was a photo in The Times earlier in the week of HM The Queen with the current Companions of Honour (CH) and, whilst there were representatives of the Stage and Music, it struck me that there was nobody from Dance. So it's good to see that Dame Beryl will be there next year - together with a highly eclectic selection of others also appointed today!

Links – Saturday 17 June, 2017 Feature – Slow Dancing/Trio A: My 7-Second Phrase (Cameras Rolling): Siobhan Burke, NY Times Review – New York City Ballet, Square Dance, Tarantella, Odessa, Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, DC: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Review – National Ballet of Canada, Swan Lake (Kudelka), Toronto: Catherine Kustanczy, The Star Review – Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker/Rosas, Rain, London: Vera Liber, BTG Review – Scottish Ballet, MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps), Emergence, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review Review – Hofesh Shechter Company, Grand Finale, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Three By Ekman, Dunedin: Hannah Molloy, Theatreview Review – Sally Silvers, The Big Now, If You Try, Tenderizer, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – Aterballeto, Words and Spaces, Phoenix, Narcissus, Milan: Martina Angioloni, Bachtrack Feature – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Lisa Jo Sagolla, Playbill Interview – Isabella Walsh, Her Apprentice Year with San Francisco Ballet: Penelope Ford, Fjord Review Review – Spectrum Dance Theater, (Im)PULSE, Seattle: Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times Diary – UK, Next Week: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Feature – Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Choreography XX Competition: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Birthday Honours List, Dance awards: Here

In an interview with Richard Morrison for today's Times 2 supplement, Royal Opera Director Tony Pappano raises the possibility (probability?) of his leaving the ROH when his present contract expires in 2020: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/antonio-pappano-i-will-have-conducted-enough-operas-at-the-garden-by-2020-30xfjpzrn?shareToken=ed82608100eae55dc4c7f2f1dabd4859

This thread in News might be a good place to find out: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/14987-press-release-royal-ballet-announces-casting-for-the-australia-tour-of-the-winter’s-tale-and-woolf-works/

I see from today's Links that Luke Jennings has strong views on the Ashton costumes in general: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jun/11/frederick-ashton-royal-ballet-triple-bill-observer-review?CMP=share_btn_tw

Linda: Like you, I can't recall a RB production with both Zen and Acosta, but she appeared with him in most/all of the "Carlos Acosta and Friends" shows that he ran at The Wells and in the Coliseum.

For those in the audience tonight, did you hear a very raucous hooping from offstage after Kevin O'Hare's words to Zen? If you did and wondered about the source, it was Mme Bussell, by then clearly keen to get rid of her microphone as the livestream ended and get in amongst her old colleagues.

Links – Tuesday 6 June, 2017 Review – Royal Danish Ballet, Dangerous Liaisons (Marston Premiere, Copenhagen: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Reviews – Royal Ballet, Ashton Triple Bill, London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Zoë Anderson, Independent Rym Kechacha, Bachtrack G. J. Dowler, Classical Source Review – American Ballet Theatre, The Golden Cockerel, New York: Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Reviews – Akram Khan Company, Desh, London: Zoë Anderson, Independent Jaime Robles, Bachtrack G.J.Dowler, Classical Source Review – National Ballet of Canada, A Streetcar Named Desire (Neumeier), Toronto: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Review – Pacific Northwest Ballet, La Source, Opus 19/The Dreamer, Pictures at an Exhibition, Seattle: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times News – Septime Webre to be next AD in Hong Kong: Kevin Kwong, SCMP Review – FACT/SF & The Foundry, Platform, Deep South, San Francisco: DanceTabs Review – Frauke Requardt, Mothers, London: Siobhan Murphy, Londondance Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Three by Ekman, Napier: Kim Buckley, Theatreview Review – Pivot Arts Festival, What Is Movement? Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune

Links – Monday 5 June, 2017 Obituary – Roy Pound, Ballet Photographer: Staff, Telegraph Reviews – Royal Ballet, Ashton Triple Bill, London: Debra Craine, The Times Anna Winter, The Stage Gallery – Dave Morgan, DanceTabs Review – Washington Ballet, Lilac Garden, The Dream, Frontier, DC: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Review – Eifman Ballet, Red Giselle, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – National Ballet of Canada, A Streetcar Named Desire (Neumeier), Toronto: Michael Crabb, The Star Review – American Ballet Theatre, Giselle (Copeland), New York: Carol Pardo, Danceviewtimes Reviews – Akram Khan Company, Desh, London: Lynette Halewood, Dancetabs Jeffery Taylor, Daily Express Review – Australian Ballet, Nutcracker (Murphy), Melbourne: Stephanie Glickman, Herald Sun Review – National Ballet of China, Giselle, Hong Kong: Natasha Rogai, SCMP Review – Mark Morris Dance Group, Pepperland, Liverpool: Helen Hawkins, Sunday Times Review – Amici Dance Theatre Company, Tightrope, London: Jann Parry, Dancetabs Review – Oakland Ballet, Consort, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lustig), Oakland: Claudia Bauer, SF Chronicle Reviews – Frauke Requardt, Mothers, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Louise Levene, Financial Times Diary – This week, around LA: Matt Cooper, LA Times And then: 1. Not strictly Ballet, but it does involve a dancer: NY Times 2. If you missed yesterday’s Sunday Times Mariinsky feature, this won’t look familiar: Telegraph

Links – Sunday 4 June, 2017 Review – Royal Ballet, Ashton Triple Bill, London: Hanna Weibye, Arts Desk Feature – Backstage at the Mariinsky – a new breed of super-dancers: Anne McElvoy, Sunday Times Review – American Ballet Theatre, The Golden Cockerel, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Review – American Ballet Theatre, Don Quixote, New York: Marianne Adams, Danceviewtimes Review – Australian Ballet, Nutcracker (Murphy), Melbourne: Jordan Beth Vincent, The Age Review – Frauke Requardt, Mothers, London: Luke Jennings, Observer Review – Northern Ballet, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, Leicester: Sally Jack, BTG Review – Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Stomping Grounds – Final Performances, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review – Parsons Dance, Mixed Bill, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene Interview – Will Mauchline, BRB’s Stage Manager: Paul Vale, The Stage

Links – Saturday 3 June, 2017 Feature – No time to bow out, National Ballet of Canada’s senior ballerinas: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Review – David Gordon, Live Archiveography, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Diaries, Dance & Theatre: - Next week around London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian - Around Boston: Karen Campbell, Boston Globe Preview – Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh, Mexican-inspired work, DC: Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post Book – “Isadora,” Amelia Gray: Josh Cook, Washington Post Interview – Alma Nick, Flowers for Spring (Part 2 …), Miami: Staff, Miami New Times Preview – Walking Distance Festival, San Francisco: Leba Hertz, SF Chronicle Review – Coastal City Ballet, Giselle, Vancouver: Brittany Duggan, Dance Current Review – Mile Zero Dance, Anything Goes: GWG Dance in 17 Parts, Edmonton: Fawnda Mithrush, Dance Current Review – Pe Vermeersch, Encounters, Antwerp: Dan Smith, Flanders Today Retrospective – Canberra in May: Michelle Potter, .... on dancing News – The RAD, the MCC and dance for boys: Judith Burns, BBC News

Links – Friday 2 June, 2017 Feature – How do you solve a problem like Alexei? Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Review – American Ballet Theatre, Giselle (Gomes 20 years), New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Preview – National Ballet of Canada, A Streetcar Named Desire (Neumeier), Toronto: Michael Crabb, The Star Reviews – Akram Khan, DESH, London: Mark Monahan, Telegraph Vera Liber, BTG Interview – ABT Soloist, Devon Teuscher: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Feature – Still Reforming Postmodern Dance, California Roots intact: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times News – Crystal Pite awarded Benois de la Dance prize: Janet Smith, Straight.com Review – Hong Kong Ballet, Carmen and More, HK: Kevin Ng, Time Out HK Review – Northern Ballet, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, Wolverhampton: David Robinson, Reviews Hub Review – San Francisco Ballet School, Student Showcase, SF: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Review – Frauke Requardt, Mothers, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Preview – Vicky Shick, Let It Linger, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Book – “A Beautiful Time for Dancers,” George Gelles: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Diaries: - New York This Week: Gia Kourlas, NY Times - Around Portland: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Interview – Victor Fung, From The Top, SF: Leslie Katz, SF Examiner Reviews – Opera Parallèle, Les Enfants Terribles (Staufenbiel), SF: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture Lisa Hirsch, SF Classical Voice Preview – Toronto International Tap Dance Festival: Mike Doherty, National Post Review – Spring to Dance, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune News – National Ballet of China, Hong Kong Programmes: Liu Zhen, SCMP Review – Kage, Out of Earshot, Melbourne: Jordan Beth Vincent, Sydney Morning Herald Speaking in Dance – Learning Dance from Photographs: NY Times

I've just come across a review of Les Enfants Terribles out in the Bay Area. It's not the same production as discussed above but it appears to have had some similarities - wheeled beds, projected film sequences, and it sounds as if it was even less dance-heavy than the De Frutos version. So, for interest: https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/opera-parallele/opera-paralleles-les-enfants-terribles-triumphs?utm_source=SFCV+Newsletter%2C+May+31%2C+2017&utm_campaign=SFCV+Newsletter%2C+May+31%2C+2017&utm_medium=email (Excuse the URL - we've lost the shortening that used to occur in the software update.)

On last Saturday evening, I sang in a performance of John Adams' reflection on the 9/11 disaster, "On the Transmigration of Souls." The sung text includes excerpts from relatives and friends of people caught in the Twin Towers - eg "He used to call me ..... I'm still waiting." And now, just over 48 hours later, there are families in and around Manchester in what sounds like the same situation. A tragic and criminal act.

Links – Monday 22 May, 2017 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Tarantella, Strapless, Symphonic Dances, London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Debra Craine, The Times Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, Early Adventures Triple Bill, Beverley Hills: Jane Rosenberg, Seen and Heard International Review – Deborah Zall Project, In the Company of Women, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene And from the Sports pages: Video – The Timeless Torches: Samantha Stark, NY Times

Links – Sunday 21 May, 2017 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Tarantella, Strapless, Symphonic Dances, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Luke Jennings, Observer Reviews – Rambert, Ghost Dancers, The 3 Dancers, The days run away …, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Luke Jennings, Observer Jeffery Taylor, Sunday Express Review – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, milonga, Brighton: Thomas H. Green, Arts Desk Review – Eifman Ballet, Red Giselle, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review – L.A. Dance Project, Murder Ballades, Harbor Me, On the Other Side, Boston: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe News – Wayne McGregor to direct at Grange Festival: Richard Brooks, Sunday Times Video – New York City Ballet 2017-18 Season Trailer: Staff, BWW Lifestyle: - Alessandra Ferri – How I kept my ballerina body: Sally Williams, Telegraph - In Wendy Whelan’s Library: Barbara Hoffman, NY Post Review – Project O, Voodoo, London: Anna Winter, Exeunt

Links – Saturday 20 May, 2017 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Tarantella, Strapless, Symphonic Dances, London: Hanna Weibye, Arts Desk Mark Monahan, Telegraph Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Gallery – Dave Morgan, DanceTabs Feature – The Frivolities of Ballet, a Contradictory Art: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times - Staging Ratmansky’s Whipped Cream: Robin Pogrebin, NY Times Feature – Mark Morris and Pepperland, a Beatles Ballet: Debra Craine, The Times Reviews – American Ballet Theatre, Don Quixote, New York: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Interview – Christine Shevchenko: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Hong Kong French May Festival, International Gala Performance, HK: Kevin Ng, HK Economic Journal News – Washington Ballet, 2017-18 Season: Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post Feature – David Bintley & Sally Beamish, creating The Tempest for Houston Ballet: Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle Reviews – Boris Charmatz, Danse de Nuit, London: Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Review – Solange Knowles, An Ode To, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times News – Dance at New York City Center, 2017-18 Season: Joshua Barone, NY Times Preview – DanceAfrica, New York: Jack Anderson, NY Times Review – Koma Otake, The Ghost Festival, New York: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Reviews – Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, Early Adventures Triple Bill, Beverly Hills: Lewis Segal, LA Times Jeff Slayton, SeeDance Review – Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Seattle: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Documentary – Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan: Gianluca Russo, Playbill