Interviews

Ivan Putrov... the RB soloist and rising star talked openly at the Ballet Association. The BA's David Bain and Kenneth Leadbeater brought it together

Yuri Gloukhikh... Kevin Ng spotted a budding star in St. Petersburg

Lloyd Riggins... one from the archives when Katharine Kanter talked Bournonville with the man who is about to start assisting Frank Andersen in running Royal Danish Ballet

Johan Kobborg... did a Lunch and Listen at the Opera house. Suzanne McCarthy listened.

Ross Stretton on the Radio... interview by Mark Lawson on BBC Radio 4. Bruce Marriott tuned in (but did not drop out!)

Still to come - NBT's David Nixon interview.

Diaries

Cassa Pancho on Ballet Black... 'Another Quiet Month (no Tosh)' seems to leave us with nothing to add!

Cathy Marston... 'Penchee on my finger tips'...

Christopher Hampson... All grown up (truly!)

Thought pieces and specials

Invisible Women... Susie Crow explores the glass ceilings to women in ballet and dance.

Competitions and The Paris Opera Ballet Concours... "I Say It's Spinach" says a thoroughly unimpressed Katharine Kanter

BBC4: arts laboratory or digital dustbin?... Brendan McCarthy looks at the new thinking persons channel and some of its dance plans

Men in Tights... late last year the Ballet Independents' Group had a most grown up discussion about men in ballet and dance - Brendan McCarthy wore the trousers

Behind the scenes
or masterclasses, workshops, insight evenings, pre-performance talks and rehearsals...

RB, Enduring Images Study Day... Brendan McCarthy got the low down on the Duato / Forsythe - both the works and the way they work. Phil B was also there.

What to look for in William Forsythe... Suzanne McCarthy and other RB Friends got more low down on the edgy man of ballet

'Giselle' Study Day... total immersion in all things mime and 19th Century Romantic for Suzanne McCarthy

Reviews

NBT 'Madame Butterfly'... Bruce Marriott goes Japanese (well more Leeds Grand actually!)

Bavarian 'Taming of the Shrew'... Sonia G sees one of Cranko's best in Munich

RB 'La Bayadere'... Ann Williams with the Shades. Also Wendy, Tortie, Helen and David M

RB ADI 'Outside In'... 5 choreographers in the Clore Studio. Bruce Marriott smiles through

RB Memories Bill... Ross Stretton's first mixed bill - Jim Fowler muses. Also, Anneliese & Sylvia

ABT 'Swan Lake'... Lara Hartley in Orange County California on an 'Absolutely amazingly beautiful' production

Macmillan Kaleidoscope... a mini-MacMillan festival in Japan with Sarah Wildor and Adam Cooper - Junko posted a report for us.

Lindsay Kemp 'Dreamdances'... Ann Williams on a bit of a character

Rome Opera Ballet 'Sleeping Beauty'... a new production and Sleeping Prince caught at its opening by Susy

RB of Flanders mixed bill... with all pieces by in-house choreographer Danny Rosseel. Is Viviane a fan?

Random Dance Company 'Nemesis'... light entertainment or high art? Brendan McCarthy reflects

Swansea Ballet Russes 'Giselle'... £12 saw Trog extremely impressed...

Ballet.Co Postings Reviews

RB La Bayadere... Sylvia

RB La Bayadere... Philip B

George Piper Dances... Robert



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