Ian Macmillan

Links, Friday 19 May, 2017 Review – Paris Opera Ballet, La Valse, En Sol, Bolero, Paris: Mark Pullinger, Beckmesser's Quill Reviews – Rambert, Ghost Dances, The 3 Dancers, The days run away …, London: Graham Watts, Bachtrack Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Reviews – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Three by Ekman, Wellington: Ann Hunt, Dominion Post Deirdre Tarrant, Theatreview Q&A – Annabelle Lopez Ochoa on Scottish Ballet’s Streetcar Named Desire: Leilah Bernstein, LA Magazine Review – Queensland Ballet, Swan Lake, Brisbane: John Daly-Peoples, National Business Review Diaries: - 10 Spring and Summer Dance Festivals in N America: Siobhan Burke, NY Times - In New York This Week: Gia Kourlas, NY Times & Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc - Around Portland: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Question – What is Dance doing in the middle of Enda Walsh’s play? Brian Seibert, NY Times Review – Boris Charmatz, Danse de Nuit, London: Debra Craine, The Times Feature – David Hallberg, Injury and Artistic Rebirth: Rebecca Milzoff, Vulture Reviews – Kyle Abraham, Dearest Home, San Francisco: Carla Escoda, Bachtrack Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Review – Joan Clevillé, The North, Glasgow: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Preview – L.A. Dance Project, Murder Ballades, Harbor Me, On the Other Side, Boston: Angela Flores, Boston Herald Review – Los Angeles Dance Festival 2017, Final Night, LA: Jeff Slayton, SeeDance Exhibition – Lorna Sim, Photographer, Canberra: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing

Turns out it was a Luftwaffe bomb after all: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/500lb-second-world-war-bomb-13038731 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-39942276/the-moment-army-detonates-ww2-bomb-found-in-birmingham

It now turns out to have been a mortar round - so smaller than any WW2 bomb, with limited range and presumably of UK manufacture: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20972375 Might there have been an Army training range or storage facility there at some point? A 'souvenir' dumped by someone?

Balletyas: The article you mention can be found in yesterday's Links - somewhere that's always worth a quick look when such things are mentioned, just in case ....

Links – Friday 12 May, 2017 Obituary – Kabby Mitchel III, Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Reviews – Scottish Ballet, Streetcar Named Desire, Berkeley: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice Reviews – Northern Ballet, Casanova, London: Zoë Anderson, Independent Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Tour Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Arcadia, Wink, The Moor’s Pavane, Cheltenham: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Preview – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Three by Ekman, Wellington: Carly Thomas, Dominion Post Feature – Emotional Rescue and Crystal Pite’s Betroffenheit: Paula Cocozza, Guardian Review – New York City Ballet, All Ratmansky, NY: Iris Fanger, Arts Fuse Reviews – Stufish, Soho, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Anna Winter, The Stage Diary – New York This Week: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Preview – Ballet Creole, Kambule, Toronto: Michael Crabb, The Star

I can see how this started, but any chance we could limit banging on about the RB on this thread?

Links – Thursday 11 May, 2017 Review – New York City Ballet, The Times Are Racing, NY: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – New York City Ballet, Mercurial Manoeuvres, Polyphonia, Liturgy, American Rhapsody, NY: Marianne Adams, Danceviewtimes Review - New York City Ballet, Odessa (Ratmansky) + Others, NY: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Review – Queensland Ballet, Swan Lake (Stevenson), Brisbane: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot Reviews – Northern Ballet, Casanova, London: Vera Liber, BTG Mark Pullinger, Beckmesser's Quill Review – Matthew Bourne/New Adventures, The Red Shoes, Edinburgh: Mary Brennan, Herald Review – Boston Ballet, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Creatures of Egmont, The Concert, Boston: Marcia B. Siegel, Arts Fuse Tour Reviews – An American in Paris (Wheeldon), Seattle: Misha Berson, Seattle Times Alice Kaderlan, Seattle Pi Feature – Sarasota dancers’ story of dance and defection: Anna Brugmann, YourObserver.com Feature – Sarasota Contemporary Dance: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Review – BalletX, Schachmatt, In Between the Passing, The Last Glass, Philadelphia: Lewis Whittington, Culture Vulture News – Damian Woetzel to be next Julliard President: Michael Cooper, NY Times Review – Rosie Kay, MK Ultra, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Preview – Flex Community, Flexn Evolution, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Preview – Hong Kong Ballet, Carmen and More, HK: Natasha Rogai, SCMP Preview – Alberta Ballet, Our Canada, Calgary: Salena Kitteringham, Edmonton Journal Reviews – Scottish Dance Theatre, Velvet Petal, Glasgow: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Andrew Edwards, Exeunt Speaking in Dance – Josh Bergasse/Barton Cowperthwaite, The Golden Apple: NY Times Q & A – Gracefool Collective: Staff, Londondance Review – Los Angeles Dance Festival 2017, Fringe, LA: Jeff Slayton, SeeDance Diary – Portland Area: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch

At the risk of encouraging drift - can anyone tell me whence the nickname "Bay" is derived? I ask as, in addition to Bay Middleton here, I've just come across a First War RFC pilot who was popularly known as "Bay." He was properly a Hubert, and I believe the chap in Mayerling was a George. Is there an equine connection?

Ivy: Welcome, and thrice welcome. A spot of transatlantic focus will do us no harm at all - and if you have friends out West who could cover the Bay Area, LA and environs or Seattle, they would be equally welcome. Oh, and Canada too.

Links – Sunday 7 May, 2017 Reviews - Royal Ballet, Mayerling, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Luke Jennings, Observer Jeffery Taylor, Sunday Express Review -- Shobana Jeyasingh, Material Men redux, London: Luke Jennings, Observer News – Sarasota Ballet Downsizes: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Preview – Kyle Abraham, Dearest Home, San Francisco: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice Review – Paul Taylor Dance Company, Syzygy, The Word, Esplanade, LA: Jeff Slayton, SeeDance News Review – BalletLab/Jack Ferver, Mon, Ma, Mes (Revisité), Melbourne: April MacKay, Australian Stage Reviews – Dance International Glasgow: Andrew Edwards - Margret Sara Guojonsdottir, Spotted, Exeunt - Siobhan Davies Dance, material/rearranged/to/be, Exeunt

Links – Saturday 6 May, 2017 Feature – Preserving Balanchine’s Vulnerable Ballets: Joan Acocella, New Yorker Review – New York City Ballet, Justin Peck Quad Bill, NY: Marina Harss, DanceTabs Reviews – New York City Ballet Gala, Odessa (Ratmansky Premiere) & Others, NY: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Feature – On the road with Birmingham Royal Ballet: Neil Norman, The Stage Preview – Boris Charmatz, Danse de Nuit & 10,000 Gestures: Judith Mackrell, Guardian News – Benjamin Millepied to direct & choreograph a Carmen-inspired film: Elsa Keslassy, Variety Feature – Les Grands Ballets Canadiens: Director’s Last Programme: Victor Swoboda, Montreal Gazette Review – Alberta Ballet, Our Canada, Calgary: Stephan Bonfield, Calgary Herald Film – Lily Baldwin, Through You: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review – Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Figures of Speech, San Francisco: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Review – Nashville Ballet, 7 Deadly Sins (Stuart), Appalachian Spring, Nashville: Jeffrey Ellis, BWW Nashville Review – Breakin’ Convention, London: Carole Edrich, Londondance Review – Printz Dance Project, Glasslands, San Francisco: Claudia Bauer, SF Chronicle Gallery – Agudo Dance Company, Silk Road: Full Circle & West to East, London: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs ….. and if you have some time …. Feature – Six – Or More – Degrees of Otherness, Karthika Naïr, Dance Umbrella

Links - Friday 5 May 2017 Review – Royal Ballet, Mayerling, London: Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Review – Australian Ballet, Nutcracker – The Story of Clara, Sydney: Valerie Lawson, DanceTabs Reviews – San Francisco Ballet, Cinderella (Wheeldon), SF: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtime Toba Singer, Culture Vulture Review – Boston Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Boston: Marcia B Siegel, Arts Fuse Review – Limón Dance Company, Concerto Grosso, Corvidae, Exiles, Suite, Night Light, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Review – Northern Ballet, Casanova, Salford: David Upton, BTG Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet & RB Sinfonia, An Evening of Music and Dance, Birmingham, BTG Review – Mark Murphy’s V-TOL, Out of this World, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Review – Jessica Lang Dance, The Wanderer, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Interview – Ashley Bouder, NYCB Principal: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Diaries: - New York This Week: Gia Kourlas, NY TImes - Portland area: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Preview – Karen Peterson and Dancers, The World Gone Astray, Miami: Maria De Los Angeles, Miami New Times Review – Hong Kong Exile, Room 2048, Vancouver: Charlotte Priest, Dance Current Review – Melbourne City Ballet, ‘Echo’ Mixed Bill, Melbourne: April MacKay, Australian Stage Review – Joffrey Ballet, ‘Global Visionaries’ Triple Bill, Chicago: Eloise Valadez, 2One9 Gallery – James Thierrée/Compagnie du Hanneton, The Toad Knew, London: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs

Links – Thursday 4 May, 2017 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Mayerling, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Louise Levene, Spectator Vera Liber, BTG Reviews – Australian Ballet, Nutcracker – The Story of Clara, Sydney: Deborah Jones: The Australian Penny Spirou, Australian Stage Review – San Francisco Ballet, Cinderella (Wheeldon), SF: Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter Feature – Ratmansky at NYCB: Margaret Fuhrer, Playbill Arts - Speaking in Dance – Sarah Mearns previews new Ratmansky: NY Times Reviews – New York Baroque Dance Company, Le Temple de la Gloire, Berkeley: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter Review – Limón Dance Company, Corvidae, Night Light & Others, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Reviews – Sydney Dance Company/Cheng Tsung-lung, Full Moon, Ocho, Sydney: Valerie Lawson, Dancelines Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, Guardian Review – Northern Ballet, Casanova, Salford: Tate James, Reviews Hub Interview – Frances Chung, San Francisco Ballet Principal: Penelope Ford, Fjord Review Review – Breakin’ Convention, London: Siobhan Murphy, The Times Review – Material Men redux, London: Debra Craine, The Times Review – Didy Veldman/The Happiness Project, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Feature – Sarasota Ballet, 2017-18 Season: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune News – Nureyev Film in 2018, The White Crow: James White, Empire Interview – Choreographer Kyle Abraham: Lewis Segal, LA TImes Gallery – Alberta Ballet, Our Canada: Gavin Young, Calgary Herald Review – James Sewell Ballet, Titicut Follies, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene Review – Meg Stuart & Tim Etchells, Shown and Told, Glasgow: Mary Brennan, Herald … and, in essence, a review of the Royal Opera House audience at a performance of Mayerling: Anna Winter, Exeunt

A merger of 2 threads on this topic has not gone entirely smoothly, but I think the worst is past. Apologies, but I appear to be still learning after the software update.

Links – Saturday 22 April, 2017 Reviews – New York City Ballet, Fancy Free, Moves, The Concert, New York: Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Carol Pardo, Danceviewtimes Review – Ballet Across America, Misty Copeland’s Program, DC: Alexander C Kafka, DC Theatre Scene Review – Wang Ramirez, Everyness, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Tour Reviews – Rosie Kay Dance Company, MK Ultra, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Reviews – Ballet BC, Alberta Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, ENCOUNT3RS Triple Bill, Ottawa: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen News – National Ballet of Canada Tour dates in 2017-18: Staff, BWW Review – Doug Elkins Choreography, Etc, A Hundred Indecisions, O, round desire, Mo(or)town/Redux, Montclair, NJ: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Feature – Behind the Scenes at Boston Ballet, Ex-RB Sleeping Beauty costumes still going strong: Madeline Bills, Boston Magazine Review – Dance Camera West Film Festival, Los Angeles: Jeff Slayton, SeeDance Review – Eugene Ballet Company, The Snow Queen, Eugene, OR: Rachel Carnes, Oregon Artswatch Review – Cincinatti Ballet, Never.Nest, Somewhere Close to Happiness, Karass, Eros Redux, Cincinatti: David Lyman, Cincinatti.com Review – Lesley Telford/Inverso, If; My Tongue, Your Ear; Spooky Action at a Distance, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com TV – BBC Young Dancer 2017 Grand Final at Sadler’s Wells tonight and televised on BBC2 at 8pm: - Preview Feature: Mars El Brogy, Marta Portocarrero, Matt Capon: Evening Standard - Interview – Shobana Jeyasingh, Chair of the Jury: Julia Dixon, To The Pointe

But in the meantime, students can visit a chic bespoke Jeweller! http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/youve-never-watched-ballet-cambridge-12927858

Links – Friday 21 April, 2017 Conversation – Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky & Christopher Wheeldon with Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Reviews – New York City Ballet, Allegro Brillante, Four Temperaments, Symphony in C, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Review – Ballet Across America, Misty Copeland’s Program, DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Tour Review – Northern Ballet, Casanova, Milton Keynes: Louise Levene, Financial Times Second Thought – Royal Ballet, Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern, London: David Jays, Arts Journal/Performance Monkey Review – Oregon Ballet Theatre, Terra, El Naranjo, Jardi Tancat, Petal, Portland: Martha Ullman West, Oregon Artswatch Review – National Youth Dance Company, Tarantiseismic, London: Donald Hutera, The Times Reviews – Marie Chouinard, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Toronto: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Michael Crabb, The Star Preview – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, Rain, Montreal: Victor Swoboda, Montreal Gazette Preview – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Brodsky/Baryshnikov, London: Jessica Barrett, The i Review – Gabriel Missé & Carla Espinoza, Tango Program, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – State Ballet of Georgia, The Secret Garden, Falling Angels, Petite Ceremonie, Tbilisi: Katie Ruth Davies, Georgia Today News – Andre Uspenski Photo Exhibition – Royal Ballet Dancers, London: Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard Diaries: - New York This Week: Gia Kourlas, NY Times - Around Portland, Oregon: Jamuna Chiarini, Oregon Artswatch Review – Seeta Patel Dance, Not Today’s Yesterdays, Salford: Martin Thomasson, BTG

A week on from Good Friday and I'm still with Bach's "Herr, unser Herrscher etc ..." when I need to be making headroom for John Adams' "On the Transmigration of Souls." Looks simple on the page but it's proving far from that, I fear.

Links – Thursday 20 April, 2017 Feature – Sarasota Ballet, Margaret Barbieri and Checkmate: Nick Friedman, YourObserver.com Review – New York City Ballet, Allegro Brillante, Four Temperaments, Symphony in C, New York: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – Royal Ballet, Jewels, London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Review – Paris Opera Ballet, Walkaround Time, Trio, Herman Schmerman, Paris: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Review – Scottish Ballet, Sinfonietta Giocosa, Motion of Displacement, Ten Poems, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Review – Northern Ballet, Casanova, Leeds: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Preview – Australian Ballet, Nutcracker – The Story of Clara (Murphy), Sydney: Elissa Blake, The Age Review – Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Smoke and Mirrors 4-bill, Amsterdam: Isabella Zijp, Bachtrack Reviews – Hong Kong Dance Company, The Legend of Mulan, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Ka Bradley, Exeunt Review – Aracaladanza, Vuelos, London: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Review – Fevered Sleep, Men and Girls Dance, London: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Preview – Joffrey Ballet, Anastacia Holden & Global Visionaries, Chicago: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Preview – Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Huma Rojo, Eudaemonia, Silent Ghost, New York: Jack Anderson, NY Times Gallery – National Youth Dance Company, Tarantiseismic, London: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Interview – Si Rawlinson on Wayward Thread’s Inherent: Staff, Londondance Video - #SpeakinginDance – Dance Theater of Harlem: NY Times Preview – Bay Area Dance Week: Leba Hertz, SF Chronicle Review – Le Patin Libre, Vertical Influences, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com News – Day of Dance in Flanders and Brussels: Tom Peeters, Flanders Today

Links – Wednesday 19 April, 2017 Review – Scottish Ballet Digital Season, Under the Skin Series: Kelly Apter, Scotsman Review – Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) Gala, New York: Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, Bachtrack Preview – Dance Theater of Harlem, Chaconne, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Preview – Ballet BC, Alberta Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, ENCOUNT3RS, Ottawa: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Review – Aracaladanza, Vuelos, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Reviews – Ballet Across America, Opening Night Celebration, DC: George Jackson, Danceviewtimes Carolyn Kelemen, DC Metro Theater Arts - Gallery – Rehearsal Pictures: Scott Serio, BWW DC Review – Atlanta Ballet, Allegro Brillante, Petite Mort, Firebird, Atlanta: Andrew Alexander, Arts ATL Second Look – Australian Ballet, Squander and Glory, Infra, Sydney: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing Review – Abby Z and the New Utility, Abandoned Playground, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Reviews – Fevered Sleep, Men and Girls Dance, London: Philippa Newis, Bachtrack Donald Hutera, The Times Review – Hong Kong Dance Company, The Legend of Mulan, London: Anna Winter, The Stage Diary – Coming up around New York: Leigh Witchel & Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Preview – Trip the Light Dance Collective, MixTape Dance Showcase, Auckland: Raewyn Whyte, NZ Herald Feature – Ballets Russes and Russia’s Fashion Resurgence: Alexander Fury, NY Times Magazine

Lee: It always helps to have a legal chap on hand at such times!

This plan will still depend on her winning a vote in the House before there can be an early Election: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39630209 So not yet a done deal. Edit to add: OK, please remember this is not a political discussion site and, if things get too bitter, this thread or others will be closed.

From today's Links: https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/san-francisco-ballet/a-ballet-couples-loving-swan-song

Links – Tuesday 18 April, 2017 Reviews – San Francisco Ballet, Trio, Ghost in the Machine, Within the Golden Hour, SF: Claudia Bauer, DanceTabs Toba Singer, Culture Vulture Feature – Vanessa Zahorian & David Karapetyan, Swan Song at SFB: Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice Review – Scottish Ballet, Sinfonietta Giocosa, Motion of Displacement, Ten Poems, New York: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Reviews – Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet on Broadway, Seattle: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Alice Kaderlan, Seattle P-I Review – Columbia Ballet Collaborative, 7-piece Mixed Bill, New York: Mary Cargill, Danceviewtimes Review – Hong Kong Dance Company, The Legend of Mulan, London: Debra Craine, The Times Feature – Ballet Ireland changing direction after 20 years: Christie Seaver, Irish Times Feature – Eva Maze, Dance Impresario: With Ballet In My Soul: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Documentary Preview – In the Steps of Trisha Brown: Leba Hertz, SF Chronicle Feature – IndigenousX – Australian performing arts’ new testament: Jacob Boehme, Guardian

Sorry, for clarification - "RB Press"??