December Magazine
Early Releases....
Deborah Bull interview... the Artistic Director of the newly announced ROH Too! inititive talks to the Ballet Association's David Bain
Ballet, Past, Present, Future Conference... in May 2002 some of the worlds Artistic Directors
had a conference - here is what they concluded. We also have a new forum...
Ballet into the 21st Century forum... to link with the second Ballet Artistic Directors conference being held in the UK in January 2003. Go and have your say in where ballet should heading.
The next full version of the magazine will be released in mid-December.
November Magazine...
Interviews
Matthew Bourne... tells Jeffery Taylor about his new Nutcracker and being an Englishman
Tony Hall... the ROH Executive Director was the recent guest of the Ballet Association
Susan Stroman... The Contact choreographer tells Jeffery Taylor how it came to be
Charlotte Macmillan... Jeffery Taylor interviews Sir Kenneth MacMillan's daughter 10 years after he died
and see David Drew, Sir Colin Southgate and Ismene Brown interviews in the Royal Ballet Artistic Director special beneath
Revealing MacMillan Conference
Conference Day 1... Lynette Halewood records the great highs of the first day and all those masterclasses and insights
Conference Day 2... in which Ann Williams is asked what a brothel is (MacMillan would have liked that I fancy)
MacMillan Discussion Forum
MacMillan International Celebration... a year of celebrations are under way - see What's on where
Diaries
Central School of Ballet Students Diary... A new diary from Ballet Central as students go through their final year and UK tour...
Rough Guide to Daniel Jones... welcome to Ballet.co's latest diarist and English National Ballet Soloist. Dancing since age 3...
Daniel Jones... 'No business like snowbusiness'
Ballet Black... September/October diary
Cathy Marston... 'Promotion & 3 ballets chaos'
Message from Japan... Hiromi Matsumoto with more tales from afar
Dancers and Features
Preserving Dance... a BBC R3 Night Waves discussion with Ismene Brown and Jacquie Hollander
Royal Ballet dancers' pages... candid views on the great and good. Jane Simpson led the attack on sorting out our oldest pages.
Birmingham Royal Ballet Dancers' pages... Terry Amos with the view from the stalls this time.
English National Ballet Dancers' pages... A year on and Margaret Lumley has updated the ENB dancers pages for us
Ballet.co Annual Poll Results... Jane Simpson on the 20001/02 season highs and lows as recorded by readers in our annual poll
Royal Ballet Artistic Director Special
Sir Colin Southgate and Ismene Brown... Front Row on BBC Radio 4 rapidly covered the Stretton resignation - we have the transcript
Cruel Garden... Ross Stretton’s troubled year at the Royal Ballet recorded by Brendan McCarthy
David Drew... the Royal Ballet Principal spoke to Jeffery Taylor about the dancer's perspective of life with Ross Stretton
The Role of the Artistic Director... some food for thought. Back in 2001 there was a BIG discussion at the Festival Hall on AD's. Susan Crow and Jennifer Jackson reported for Dance Now and recently posted on Ballet.co
Notes for a new Artistic Director... Christopher McKevitt wants to see the repertoire and audience 'sorted'
The Quest... Gerald Dowler muses on the points to look for in a prospective candidate for the post of the Royal Ballet’s Director
RB 2002/03 Season Changes... hot off the press in our News section
Reviews
We are now pleased hold on the web the reviews of former dancer Jeffery Taylor, the Sunday Express dance critic & arts feature writer...
BRB 'Way Out West' bill & Northern Ballet Theatre ‘Wuthering Heights’
Northern Ballet Theatre ‘Wuthering Heights’ (a longer review)
English National Ballet 'Nutcracker’
Royal Ballet 'Mayerling' & Susan Stroman's 'Contact'
White Oak Dance Project
This month we've kept all of Jeffery's reviews together but will integrate them in future editions
Dance Umbrella
Our reviews of Dance Umbrella 2002 - each review includes links that raid our database and lead on to many other reviews of the companies involved. A good 'Umbrella' and we hope you enjoy the coverage...
Merce Cunningham DC... Bruce Marriott bows to 'the Man' and struggles. Brendan McCarthy... cuts his way nicely through Programme 1 and Programme 2.
Felix Ruckert... Ann Williams left a bit early
Carol Brown Dances & Inbal Pinto Dance Company...
Bruce Marriott enjoys companies as different as different can be
Bedlam Dance Company... Ann Williams - is Ann mad?
White Oak Dance Project... Baryshnikov could wait for a bus and look cool. Reviews from Bruce Marriott, Lynette Halewood, PhillipB
and see Jeffery Taylor review above
Siobhan Davies Dance Company...Catherine Hale caught up with 'Plants and Ghosts' at an airfield earlier in the tour (plus BM review lower down)
Richard Alston... Jane Simpson was a bit underwhelmed
Koffi Koko & Ismael Ivo... Bruce Marriott see some delightful maids in jail
Rosas ‘Rain’... 'Definitely worth a look' says Lynette Halewood
Charles Linehan Company... Ann Williams is 'Keen to see again'
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company... multimedia with 'with intelligence and enchantment' according to Catherine Hale
Akram Khan... Catherine Hale on a retrospective of works by one so young
Mal Pelo... 'This is a seriously fun show' says Ann Williams
Walker Dance... a true existentialist spied by Catherine Hale
Ballet de Lorraine... likeable company presenting interesting work says Lynette Halewood
Ballet Freiburg Pretty Ugly... PhillipB spent a 100 minutes watching something that might better have been condensed down to 25...
English National Ballet 'Nutcracker'... The new ENB Nut enjoyed by Bruce Marriott,
& Jonathan S.
Richard Jones has some more reflective thoughts
Royal Ballet 'Gong' bill... sadly not your usual Mark Morris concludes Lynette Halewood
Insight day, Royal Ballet 'Gong' bill... PhillipB saw some of it first
Royal Ballet ‘Mayerling’... MichaelLL on the return of what many think is MacMillan's finest
(see also the Postings reviews lower down)
Masterclass, Royal Ballet ‘Mayerling’... Suzanne McCarthy got the background
Boston Ballet ‘Onegin’... 'Terrific casting! Great show!' says Renee Renouf
Siobhan Davies and ENB Choreographic Workshop... good nights for Bruce Marriott
Ballet Preljocaj 'Rite of Spring'... Spring now in California & Renee Renouf does the Rites on it for us
Vienna State Opera Ballet 'Cinderella'... or Aschenbrödel with Johann Strauss II score. Suzanne McCarthy enjoys the unusual
Nederlands Dans Theater III ‘Merryland’... 'writing can't communicate the artistry involved' says Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan (obviously trying though!)
Kirov Ballet ‘La Bayadere’... The Kirov are in Paris - Katharine Kanter cast an eye over them as only she can
and NO7 reports too
Danses Concertantes - NYCB dancers... Great stuff according to Bruce Marriott
Birmingham Royal Ballet 'Way Out West'... Bruce Marriott with the six shooter
Random Dance Company ‘Nemesis’... Kevin Ng saw them on his home turf in Hong Kong
Northern Ballet Theatre ‘Wuthering Heights’... Jim Fowler entertained as ever and found a man of the match too
Ballet Ireland Ballet Fireworks Bill... Trog witnessed the odd star flash and damp squib
Mark Morris in San Francisco... Renee Renouf on a dancing musical institution
Ballet Grigorovich... Trog sees both ‘Romeo and Juliet’
& Spartacus
Grupo Krapp... ole! says Renee Renouf
Oakland Ballet... Renee Renouf on a small company pushing hard
San Francisco Ballet mixed bills... Paul A saw a 'confident and strong' SFB on their recent dates in New York
Le Ballet National du Senegal... did Renee Renouf join them on stage?
Alonzo King's Lines Ballet... Renee Renouf sees flamenco *and* ballet in one
Karine Saporta ‘Le Garage’... one from a bit back when Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan saw this young company in Switzerland
Chitresh Das Dance Company... Indian Dance in California with Renee Renouf
Nemesio Paredes... Renee Renouf on a homage to Jose Rizal
Ballet.co Postings Reviews
Revealing Macmillan Conference - Sallyfvt
RB Mayerling - MichaelT, SLH, Phil
Merce Cunningham - Jane Simpson
BRB Way Out West Bill - Trog
Dances Concertantes, NYCB - PhilipB
La Scala Milan R&J - Susy
RB Gong mixed bill - Bluebird,
Brendan McCarthy
All Sept/Oct Reviews
Hundreds of links to our own and other reviews
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