Ian Macmillan

Links – Tuesday 7 March, 2017 Reviews – Ballet Black, House of Dreams, Captured, Red Riding Hood, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Anna Winter, The Stage Siobhan Murphy, Londondance Reviews – Washington Ballet, Giselle, DC: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Ashley McKean, Danceviewtimes News – Birmingham Royal Ballet 2017-18 Season: Staff, BWW UK Review – Sydney Dance Company, Wildebeest, Raw Models, Frame of Mind, Boston: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe Feature/Review – Shen Yun Performing Arts, Mixed Bill, Toronto: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Review – Visceral Dance Chicago/Chicago Philharmonic, The Dream (Dostoevsky), Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review – New York Theatre Ballet, Mixed Bill, NY: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat News – Olivier Award Nominees (All Categories): Staff, Guardian Reviews – Stopgap Dance Company, The Enormous Room, London: Philippa Newis, Bachtrack Josephine Leask, Londondance Book/Feature – New Zealand School of Dance at 50: Ruby Macandrew, Stuff.co Review – Helios Dance Theater, Minor Obsessions, LA: Jeff Slayton, SeeDance Review – Spellbound Contemporary Ballet, Carmina Burana (Astolfi), Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com Review – Electric Company Theatre & Kidd Pivot, Betroffenheit, Adelaide: Deborah Jones, FollowSpot (Scroll down) Review – Geimaruza, Nihon Buyo Dance, New York: Joel Benjamin, TheaterScene

Links – Monday 6 March, 2017 Interview – Makhar Vaziev, Director Bolshoi Ballet: Pavel Yashenkov via Ismene Brown Blog Reviews – Ballet Black, House of Dreams, Captured, Red Riding Hood, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Debra Craine, The Times Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Review – Russell Maliphant Company, Maliphantworks, London: Jann Parry, DanceTabs Review – Wendy Whelan & Brian Brooks, Some of a Thousand Words, New York: Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs Gallery – Company Wayne McGregor/Paris Opera Ballet, Tree of Codes, London: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Film etc – Sergei Polunin, “Dancer”: Louise Levene, Financial Times News – Miami City Ballet 2017-18 Season, incl new Nutcracker: Jordan Levin, Miami Herald 5Q&A – Julie Cunningham, Choreographer: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Review – Arthur Pita & HeadSpaceDance, Stepmother/Stepfather, London: Rachel Elderkin, The Stage Review – Scottish Dance Theatre, TuTuMucky, Dreamers, Edinburgh: Mary Brennan, The Herald Review – The Trocks in San Francisco: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Reviews – Electric Company Theatre & Kidd Pivot, Betroffenheit, Adelaide: Nicholas Routley, Australian Stage Debbie Cuthbertson, Brisbane Times (Scroll down) Review – Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Mixed Bill, Hong Kong: Natasha Rogai, SCMP

Links – Sunday 5 March, 2017 Tour Preview – Northern Ballet, Casanova, Leeds: Ian Kelly, Sunday Times Feature – Misty Copeland and her “Life in Motion”: Aaron Hicklin, Observer Review – Ballet Black, House of Dreams, Captured, Red Riding Hood, London: Vera Liber, BTG - Gallery: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Preview – ABT’s Marcello Gomes with Sarasota Ballet , Two Pigeons: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Review – Arthur Pita & HeadSpaceDance, Stepmother/Stepfather, London: Jeffery Taylor, Sunday Express Review – Monica Bill Barnes & Company, Museum Workout, New York: Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes Review – Wayne Parsons Dance, Meeting, Vestige, London: Luke Jennings, Observer Feature – Alister Grant, a life as ballet pianist: Valerie Lawson, Dancelines Interview – Julie Cunningham, Choreographer: Luke Jennings, Observer Review – Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Reversible, The Listening Room, Matria Etnocentra, London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Video Feature – ENB Dancer Isabelle Brouwers in Kenya: Lizzie Edmonds, Evening Standard

Links – Saturday 4 March, 2017 Exhibitions – Merce Cunningham: Common Time, Minneapolis & Chicago: Holland Cotter, NY Times Review – Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Takada & Osipova), London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Reviews – Arthur Pita & HeadSpaceDance, Stepmother/Stepfather, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Reviews – Houston Ballet, Cinderella (Welch), Houston: Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle Jeanne Lyons Davis, Houstonia Lawrence Elizabeth Knox, Houston Press Reviews – Washington Ballet, Giselle, DC: Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Alexander C. Kafka, DC Theatre Scene Interview – Mikhail Baryshnikov at 69: Will Pavia, The Times Preview – Mara Galeazzi to grace Sydney stage: Laura Egan, Il Globo Preview – Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, RICE, Auckland: Dione Joseph, NZ Herald Film – Sergei Polunin, Dancer: Anna Winter, The Stage Interview – Rosie Kay: Her Company and MK Ultra: Helen Knott, Birmingham Review Review – New York Theatre Ballet, Tudor & Clarke Programme, NY: Barnett Serchuk, BWW Review – New York Theatre Ballet, Chamber Works, NY: Gay Morris, Danceviewtimes Review – Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe, Meeting, Perth: Dylan James, Australian Stage Diaries: - Spring in New York: Marina Harss, New Yorker - UK Next Week: Judith Mackrell, Guardian - Spring in Vancouver: Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun Reviews – Russell Maliphant, Maliphantworks, London: Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Rachel Elderkin, Exeunt News – Sarasota Ballet dancers vote to join Union: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Preview – Words on Dance with Lorna Feijoo & Yuri Possokhov: Leba Hertz, SF Chronicle Review – Home Grown @ Bootleg, Mixed Bill, LA: Jeff Slayton, SeeDance Review – Kinesis Dance, In Penumbra, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com Review – Craig Bary & Others, In Difference, Perth: Julia Cotton, Brisbane Times Live in Melbourne? Got some spare time? This might be for you: Brisbane Times

If you have access, today's Times has picked up the story: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/hull-keeps-ballet-boys-on-their-toes-hv9d97bcp I'd imagine that others may have something similar?

Yes, it's certainly recorded sound. I'd say that it was quite loud, but not as unpleasantly so as I've been subjected to elsewhere. But in saying that, I've no way of comparing your husband's threshold for such things with my own.

Links – Sunday 26 February, 2017 Review – Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (2 casts), London: David Dougill, Sunday Times Review – San Francisco Ballet, Frankenstein, SF: Toba Singer, Culture Vulture Feature – Crystal Pite, Kidd Pivot, Betroffenheit and more: Lou Fancher, SF Classical Voice Film News – Sergei Polunin to play Soloviev in Nureyev Film: Dalya Alberge, Sunday Times Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Cinderella (Bintley), Birmingham: Rebecca Moore, Redbrick Review – DeNada Dance Theatre, Ham and Passion Triple Bill, London: Lynette Halewood, DanceTabs Graham Watts, Bachtrack Reviews – Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, Reversible, The Listening Room, Matria Etnocentra, London: Luke Jennings, Observer Anna Winter, The Stage Review – Gala Flamenca, London: Jeffery Taylor, Sunday Express News – Pavel Dimitrichenko ready to return to the Bolshoi stage: Roland Oliphant, Sunday Telegraph Review – Paul Taylor Dance Company, Brandenburgs, Lines of Loss, Black Tuesday, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Review – Miami City Ballet, Walpurgisnacht, Polyphonia, The Fairy’s Kiss, Palm Beach: Demetrius Klein, PB Daily News Rehearsal Gallery – Theo Clinkard, This Bright Field: Stephen Wright, DanceTabs Further info here Review – The Movement, Dance Sampled, Salford: Georgina Wells, BTG Review – Resolution 2017, London – Final Week of Triple Bills - 24 February – Siobhan Murphy & Maria Hardcastle, The Place Review – Fireside Series, Moving Forward .. dances in dire times, Santa Monica: Jeff Slayton, SeeDance

Links – Saturday 25 February, 2017 Tribute – Martha Swope … and the first images of Agon: Siobhan Phillips, Artforum Feature – Robert Gottlieb & Lincoln Kirstein & Balanchine: Valerie Lawson, Dancelines Review – Boston Ballet, Artifact (Forsythe), Boston: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe Reviews – San Francisco Ballet, Frankenstein, SF: Helen Thomaides, Stanford Arts Review Leslie Katz, SF Examiner Video Preview – National Ballet of Canada, Pinocchio (Tuckett): Madeline Schrock, Dance Magazine + NBC website Preview – Houston Ballet, Cinderella (Welch): Margaret Downing, Houston Press Review – Joffrey Ballet, Fool’s Paradise, Infra, Year of the Rabbit, Chicago: Megan Rosta, Loyola Phoenix Review – Gala Flamenca, London: Clement Crisp, Financial Times Tour Reviews – Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, Reversible, The Listening Room, Matria Etnocentra, London: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Vera Liber, BTG Review – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Deep, Walking Mad, Ella, Revelations, Miami: Jordan Levin, Miami Herald Reviews – Blanca Li Dance Company, Robot, London: Louise Levene, Financial Times Neil Norman, The Stage Preview – Wendy Whelan & Brian Brooks, Some of a Thousand Words, New York: Jack Anderson, NY Times Review – Resolution 2017, London – Final Week of Triple Bills - 23 February – Erin Whitcroft & Josephine Leask, The Place ---- Gallery – Lidia Crisafulli, DanceTabs Diary – UK, Next Week: Judith Mackrell, Guardian News – Margie Gillis - performing rights issue: Victor Swoboda, Montreal Gazette Preview – Shanghai Ballet Spring Season: Li Anlan, Shanghai Daily Review – Lionel Popkin & others, Inflatable Trio. Los Angeles: Jeff Slayton, SeeDance Review – Alias Dance Project, Outlook/Overlook, Me, You & Us, Toronto: Colleen Snell, Dance Current Preview – Coastal First Nations Dance Festival, Vancouver: Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun

Matt Bourne's Early Adventures triple bill opened at Cambridge Corn Exchange last night - never my favourite venue - and runs till Saturday. Despite leaving home early, general Doris-related traffic mayhem in the area meant we still arrived just after the start, but were allowed to slip in halfway through the first item. With two pieces from 1991 and another from 1989, but clearly looking well back into the first half of the 20th century, the cast of 6 chaps and 3 girls gave an engaging and witty set of performances from Sir Matt's early rep, before his Swan Lake and all that followed it. Marking 30 years of his New Adventures company, I wonder if he could have imagined back in 1987 that he'd have two companies touring today around the UK? These early pieces are a world away from his Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Red Shoes but they have charm and fun in abundance. Just the thing at the end of Doris Day - and the traffic had all melted away by going-home time. PS: A post-show Q&A session with Sir Matt and dancers had to be cancelled thanks to no trains running to Cambridge from London. The staff didn't know, but perhaps that might move to tonight or tomorrow?

Links – Friday 24, 2017 Review – San Francisco Ballet, Frankenstein, SF: Rachel Howard, Fjord Review Review – New York City Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, NY: Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review Review – Bayerisches Staatsballett, Allegro Brillante, Jardi Tancat, 3 Preludes, Triadic Ballet, Hong Kong: Carla Escoda, Bachtrack Feature – Sergei Polunin: the bad boy of ballet grows up: Debra Craine, The Times Feature – Boston Ballet takes on William Forsythe’s Artifact: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Feature – Isamu Noguchi’s designs for Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring: Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post Preview – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returning to Miami: Grant Albert, Miami New Times Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, L’Arlesienne, Carmen, Christchurch: Jennifer Shennan, ... on dancing Review – Ballet Austin, Belle Redux, Austin, TX: Jonelle Seitz, Fjord Review Reviews – Blanca Li Dance Company, Robot, London: Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Vera Liber, BTG Donald Hutera, The Times Interview – Theo Clinkard, Choreogepher: Rhiannon Brace, Londondance Review – [DANCEROULETTE] New Movement Series, New York: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Diary – New York this week: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Reviews – Peggy Baker Dance Projects, SplitScreen 4-Bill, Toronto: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail Review – Resolution 2017, London – Final Week of Triple Bills - 21 February – Samantha Whitaker, Londondance - 22 February – Jenny Gilbert, The Place Review – BA3 Students, Trinity Laban, New Choreography Now, London: Sara Veale, Fjord Review Feature – Margie Gillis, Choreographer: Victor Swoboda, Montreal Gazette Feature – Sarasota – Cuba dance connection continues: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Review – Amber Funk Barton & Mindy Parfitt, am a, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com Review – Tao Dance Theatre, 6, 8, Melbourne: Jordan Beth Vincent, The Age

Links – Thursday 23 February, 2017 Review – New York City Ballet, Glass Pieces, Moves, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Review – Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Hayward, Campbell), London: Graham Watts, Londondance Documentary – Dancer, Sergei Polunin and ballet’s destructive power: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Review – San Francisco Ballet, Frankenstein, SF: Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter Review – New York City Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty (Lovette/Garcia), NY: Leigh Witchel, dancelog.nyc Preview – Northern Ballet, Casanova, Edinburgh: Kelly Apter, The List Preview – Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Mono Lisa, Rouge, Kosmos, Vancouver: Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun Preview – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Carmen, L’Arlesienne, Dunedin: Rebecca Fox, Otago Daily Times Feature – William Forsythe’s Artifact – Then and Now: Kristyn Brady, Dance Magazine Feature – Washington Ballet dancers jump for joy: Sarah L Kaufman, Washington Post Feature – Cynthia Gregory and a Swan Lake for Nevada Ballet: Lissa Townsend Rodgers, Vegas Seven Review – DeNada Dance Theatre, Ham and Passion, London: Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard - Gallery – Dave Morgan, Dancetabs Review – Mercedes Ruiz, Déjame Que Te Baile, London: Siobhan Murphy, Londondance Review – Oregon Ballet Theatre, Swan Lake (Irving), Portland: Martha Ullman West, Oregon Artswatch Review – Resolution 2017, London – Final Week of Triple Bills - 21 February, Maria Hardcastle & Josephine Leask, The Place Feature – Blanca Li, the dance powerhouse + Robots: Lyndsey Winship, Guardian Review – Lucy Guerin Inc & Dancenorth, Attractor, Melbourne: Jordan Beth Vincent, The Age Review – Auckland Fringe Festival, Rushes, Auckland: Raewyn Whyte, NZ Herald Preview – 13th Floor & Twisted Oak, San Francisco: Leba Hertz, SF Chronicle Preview – Dance in Los Angeles Museums: Jean Lenihan, Arts Journal/Fresh Pencil So, How many times do we have to tell celebrities to stop pretending they can do ballet? Refinery 29 … while Dancers can double as models? Australian Financial Review

Links – Wednesday 22 February, 2017 Reviews – San Francisco Ballet, Frankenstein, SF: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Jaime Robles, Bachtrack Reviews – Martha Graham Dance Company, Sacred/Profane Mixed Bills, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Martha Sherman, Danceviewtimes Reviews – Eva Yerbabuena, Aparencias, London: Siobhan Murphy, DanceTabs Lyndsey Winship, Evening Standard Neil Norman, The Stage Graham Watts, Bachtrack Review – National Ballet of China, The Red Detachment of Women, Melbourne: Raphael Solarsh, ArtsHub Review – Bayerisches Staatsballett, Allegro Brillante, Jardi Tancat, Three Preludes, The Triadic Ballet, Hong Kong: Natasha Rogai, SCMP Interview – Wendy Whelan & Brian Brooks: Marina Harss, NY Times Interview – Manuel Liñán, Flamenco Dancer/Choreographer: Graham Watts, DanceTabs Interview – Nina Ananiashvili about to bow out: Natsume Date, Japan Times Review – Gallim Dance, WHALE, Boston: Kristen Giddings, Boston Herald Features – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: - An Iconic Black Troupe: Jordan Levin, Miami Herald - Dancers teaching in schools: Caitlin Randle, Miami Herald News – Joffrey Ballet 2017-18 Season: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune Review – Alessandro Sciarroni, FOLK-S, Boston: Mary Paula Hunter, Arts Fuse Gallery – Circus of the Senses, Mother Africa: Khayelitsha- My Home: London: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Review – Radical System Art/Shay Kuebler, Telemetry, Vancouver: Janet Smith, Straight.com Photo Flash – Washington Ballet & Others in Design Meets Dance: Staff, BWW

Well, I've sung with Cambridge Phil lots of times in West Rd and I wondered about the hard-used floor for dance, having hauled risers etc etc across it during many concert setups. That Harlequin-style surface looks fine and that backcloth makes the place look quite different.

The lead feature in the Culture supplement to today's Sunday Times is on Chris Wheeldon and American in Paris, soon to open in London.

Simple - whenever Mme Yanovsky graces a stage.

Not everything that has been said thus far is entirely accurate. The new coins will enter circulation on 28 March this year - ie in some 6 weeks time. The existing coins will then cease to be legal tender as of 15 October. Perhaps this link might help: http://www.thenewpoundcoin.com/

Links – Friday 17 February, 2017 Feature – Martha Graham Dance Company, Primitive Mysteries: Marina Harss, NY Times Review – Martha Graham Dance Company, Primitive Mysteries, Ekstasis, Dark Meadow, New York: Apollinaire Scherr, Financial Times Reviews – National Ballet of China, The Red Detachment of Women, Melbourne: Eamonn Kelly, The Australian Antonia Finnane, The Conversation Review – Birmingham Royal Ballet, Cinderella (Bintley), Birmingham: Richard Edmonds, Birmingham Mail Review – Joffrey Ballet, Fool’s Paradise, Infra, Year of the Rabbit, Chicago: Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune Review - Israel Galván, FLA.CO.MEN, London: Donald Hutera, The Times - Gallery - Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Review – Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, Antigona, San Francisco: Rita Felciano, Danceviewtimes Interview – Marsha Parrilla, AD of Danza Organica: Merli V. Guerra, Fjord Review News – National Ballet of Canada 2017-18 Season: Martha Schabas, Globe and Mail News – Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2017-18 Season: Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Review – Resolution 2017, London – A different triple Bill each night - 15 February: Ruby Embley & Lyndsey Winship, The Place Diary – Dance in New York this week: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Reviews – Batsheva Dance Company, Last Work, San Francisco: Janice Berman, SF Classical Voice Claudia Bauer, DanceTabs Feature – Alvin Ailey dancers’ tribute to film Moonlight: Jordan Levin, Miami Herald Interview – Jeanguy Saintus, AD of Ayikodans: Staff, Miami New Times Preview – Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Alejandra Salazar, SF Chronicle Review – Shannon Gillen/Vim Vigor Dance Company, Future Perfect, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat

Well, I've finally seen it, at an Encore screening in Cambridge this afternoon. I have been no strong McGregor fan these past ten years and, had you asked me back then, I'd have said he would never make a work of this kind. I'd have said he didn't have it in him. But I was wrong, and I now feel sure that Woolf Works will last a long time in the contemporary dance canon. He has found in Max Richter a composer who can push him - the piece is a first class example of Balanchine's "See the music, hear the dance." So ten years from now, which 'retired' dancer might star in a revival? Zenaida Yanowsky who, if I'm right, hasn't danced any of the major McGregor pieces this far?

Les Noces - I suspect it appeals to some sense of ritual in those of us who regard it highly. Otherwise, I imagine it is completely terra incognita.

And of a sudden I realise that it has been an age since I last captured a link to one of his pieces, and can probably guess now why that has been. As Janet says, articulate and erudite - Requiescat In Pace.

Links – Monday 6 February, 2017 Review – Mariinsky Ballet, The Little Humpbacked Horse, Washington DC: Alexandra Tomalonis, Danceviewtimes Review – Royal Ballet, Les Enfants Terribles, London: Clare Colvin, Sunday Express Reviews – Lucinda Childs Dance Company, Available Light, Berkeley: Claudia Bauer, DanceTabs Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Reviews – Batsheva Dance Company, Last Work, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal/DanceBeat Interview – Annabelle Lopez Ochoa & Danza Contemporánea de Cuba: Diane Parkes, DanceTabs News – Boston Ballet 2017-18 Season: Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Globe Review – German Cornejo & Gisela Galeassi, Tango Fire, London: Vicki Jane Broad, Londondance Review – Charleroi Danses, Kiss & Cry, London: Ka Bradley, Exeunt Preview – Pittsburgh Ballet, Alice in Wonderland (Deane), Pittsburgh: Sally Quinn, Tribune-Review Feature – Hong Kong Ballet Principals, Fei-fei Ye & Jie Shen: Staff, SCMP

A piece has now appeared on Ismene Brown's Blog: http://www.ismeneb.com/blogs-list/170203-Prima-ballerina-Alexandrova-quits-Bolshoi.html It seems to consist mainly of tributes, and I'm unsure that it takes matters substantially further forward.

Links – Sunday 5 February, 2017 Reviews – Royal Ballet, Les Enfants Terribles, London: Luke Jennings, Observer David Dougill, Sunday Times Review – San Francisco Ballet, Seven Sonatas, Optimistic Tragedy, Pas/Parts 2016, SF: Claudia Bauer, DanceTabs Preview – Miami City Ballet, The Fairy’s Kiss (Ratmansky), Miami: Martha Sherman, dancelog.nyc Preview – Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Kind’a Cage-y, Soaring, etc, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune News – Maria Alexandrova’s departure from the Bolshoi: BFM via Ismene Brown, Blog Gallery – Sadler’s Wells Sampled 2017, London: Foteini Christofilopoulou, DanceTabs Review – Ken Dance Company, Genesis of Yamato, LA Area: Jeff Slayton, SeeDanceNews Gallery – YAGP Regional Semi-Finals, Chicago Area: Nam Y. Huh, Mail Online Review - Resolution 2017, London, A different Triple Bill each night: - 3 February, Lyndsey Winship & Maria Hardcastle, The Place - - Gallery, 201 Dance Company: Lidia Crisafulli, DanceTabs

Links – Saturday 4 February, 2017 Obituaries – Marta Becket, Dancer in the Desert: Richard Sandomir, NY Times Alison Noon & Scott Sonner, SF Chronicle Review – American Ballet Theatre, Swan Lake (McKenzie), Washington DC: Oksana Khadarina, DanceTabs Reviews – Mariinsky Ballet, The Little Humpbacked Horse, Washington DC: Hilary Stroh, Bachtrack Roger Catlin, BWW Review – Royal Ballet, Woolf Works, London: Vera Liber, BTG Review – English National Ballet, Giselle (Skeaping), London: Kevin Ng, HK Economic Journal Preview – Washington Ballet Spring Programmes: Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post Review – Richard Alston Dance Company, An Italian in Madrid, Mazur, Stronghold, Chacony, Montclair, NJ: Alastair Macaulay, NY Times Review – Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Gutter Glitter, So Not A …, Star Dust, New York: Lauren Gallagher, DanceTabs Review – Suresnes Cités Danse, Hip-Hop Performances, Suresnes: Laura Cappelle, Financial Times Diary – UK Dance (& Theatre) Next Week: Judith Mackrell, Guardian Q&A – Noluyanda Mqulwana & Mother Africa: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs News – Lucinda Childs receives American Dance Festival Lifetime Award: Joshua Barone, NY Times News – Anita Rani to join Board of Northern Ballet: Staff, Yorkshire Evening Post Review - Resolution 2017, London, A different Triple Bill each night: - 2 February, Graham Watts & Asteropi Tia Chatzinikola: The Place

There has just been a piece on BBC4 (You and Yours) about Viagogo and tickets for "Hamilton." There was nobody with a good experience. A commentator was brought in and he reckoned anyone with such tickets was likely to be refused entry.