Interviews

Bruce Sansom... a wanderer and would-be company director returns to the UK after 2 years of training in the USA. Jane Simpson welcomes him back.

Adam Cooper... Jane Napier and Karen Ritchie talked with the dancer, choreographer and pin-up!

Maina Gielgud... recalls being in the studio with the likes of Olga Preobajenskaya, Tamara Karsavina and more. Katharine Kanter scibes

Darcey Bussell... Jeffery Taylor, the Sunday Express critic & arts feature writer, interviewed the most famous English ballerina of them all last Christmas - here are the results for the first time on the net

Marianela Nunez... Jeffery Taylor more recently interviewed Nunez - the newly promoted RB ballerina with little luck in the boys department...

Millicent Hodson... Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer put the pieces of long-lost ballets back together again. Suzanne McCarthy finds out how

Natalia Sologub... the 'Cinderella' from the Mariinsky interviewed by Marina Radina

Sandra Conley and Oliver Symons... guests of the Ballet Association and recently retired from RB. Michael Foreman reports

David Drew, Natalie Decorte and Johannes Stepanek... talked about the RB Australian Tour to David Bain at a recent Ballet Association meeting

Diaries

Cathy Marston... 'Calm & pleasant summer...'

Ballet Black... 'Jesus Christ Bananas!'

Features

Billy Elliot and me... Jeffery Taylor, the Sunday Express critic & arts feature writer, tells of his early life and how he got to the Royal Ballet School - no silver spoons here.

Australian Ballet's 2003 season... Michelle Potter poses the eternal question: 'So who should artistic directors please?'

Ross Stretton after One Year... Richard Jones has some thoughts

Ross Stretton after One Year... Tim Powell has a verdict

Pennsylvania Ballet... David Mead tells you all you need to know...

Janie Parker book... Renee Renouf reviews the book ‘Generous Hearts and Gentle Spirits’

Ballet on the projector... the ultimate experience. for Eugene Merrett it's better than the real thing

Curious Frontier... Jennifer Jackson reports on the recent BIG 'Ballet: vocational AND academic' discussion Forum, at the RFH. A Curious Frontier indeed

Martha Graham Court Case... as the Martha Graham Center wins the legal rights to many of its founder’s works, Brendan McCarthy reads the small print

Reviews

We are now pleased hold on the web the reviews of Jeffery Taylor, the Sunday Express dance critic & arts feature writer...

Eva Yerbabuena... 'it's all very, very sexy'

BouncE Streetdance Company... 'boy can they move'

Royal Ballet 'Coppelia'... 'Miyako Yoshida ...an innocent young slip of a country lass'

Royal Ballet ‘Don Quixote’... 'superb dancing from the company' (at times)

Matthew Bourne... Play Without Words - 'it works'

Pacific NorthWest Ballet... 'Prat falls are an occupational hazard in dance'

This month we've kept all of Jeffery's reviews together but will integrate them in future editions

New York City Ballet ‘Morphoses’... Patricia Mary Contino sees the new Christopher Wheeldon - ‘Morphoses’. Lots to think about.

New York City Ballet 'Dream'.. ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’. Paul A spies and enjoys the Balanchine version

Matthew Bourne...
Madoldbat 'rewarding not to be spoon-feed'. Robert - 'a conservative elderly dance fan recommends'

Hong Kong Ballet... ‘Coppelia’ - Kevin Ng struggles with his home company

MacMillan's 'Sea of Troubles'... AnnaM sees a great rairity in Exeter

Tribute to Sir Kenneth MacMillan... Mandy with a short review of the complete Exeter program

Steps #8 international festival... Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan discusses the mystery Link between dance and Swiss bananas...

Compania Nacional de Danza... Duato's in Geneva (Steps #8) with Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan

Cynthia Harvey Masterclass... Madame Galina (aka Iestyn Edwards) is coached with great delicacy. Jane Simpson looked on.

Pennsylvania Ballet... David Mead on a very 'arty' double bill

Royal Ballet of Flanders... Lynette Halewood saw the odd ‘Swan Lake’ in Edinburgh. The owl did well.

Edinburgh Festival roundup... well not so much a roundup as a eulogy to Shakti. Trog managed to see a few other things too though!

Bejart Ballet... ‘La Voix Humaine et la Danse’ Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan in Bejart's home town of Lausanne

Jackson Competition Gala programme... Renne Renouf wraps up our coverage - all 35,000 words of it!

West Wave Dance Festival... it's San Francisco, it has to be Renee Renouf (in remission after reporting Jackson so fully)

Royal Ballet summer season
RB ‘Golden Jubilee Gala’... Ann Williams from the comfort of the Linbury

Royal Ballet ‘Don Quixote’... the thigh slapping production reviewed by Jane Simpson, PhilipB

Royal Ballet ‘Onegin’... Katharine Kanter is swept away be Alina Cojocaru (a bit of an understatement really). Lynette Halewood on a performance that didn't quite 'gel'. PhilipB on an injury-hit enjoyable evening. and Sylvia's thoughts

Swansea Ballet Russe... The Welsh company seen in Brecon by Trog

Stuttgart Ballet... Angela sees the return of 'Edward II'

Pacific Northwest Ballet season
PNB ‘Silver Lining’... all a bit unsubstantial thinks Lynette Halewood

PNB Mixed Bill mixed thoughts from Ann Williams Lynette Halewood, PhilipB

Kirov Ballet... ‘La Bayadere’ Kevin Ng zooms to catch his favourite company in New York with their brand new production

Royal Ballet School... Lynette Halewood caught the annual jamboree and star spotted for the future

Shakti... ‘The Pillow Book’. Is it dance? is it sex? is Trog possessed?

And finally some terrific Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan reviews from the back catalogue:

Compagnie Philippe Saire... ‘Les Affluents’

Ravi Shankar Mishra and Ana La China... ‘De Benares a Jerez’

Ballet.co Postings Reviews

PNWB - Robert
RB 'Don Q' - K
RB 'Onegin' - Phil
RB Jubilee Gala - Paul A, MichaelLL, Sylvia
RB 'Coppelia' - K
Kirov 'La Bayadere' - Michael LL
NDT2 in UITmarkt - PhilB

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