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Previous Ballet.co magazine - February - March 2004
Later Ballet.co magazine - May-June 2004
UK Tour Special
Royal New Zealand Ballet
RNZB Tour the UK in April & May - find out more at the:
RNZB Tour Hub
Interviews
Clement Crisp...
The Doyen of critics has words with Kevin Ng while on a recent trip to Hong Kong...
Matthew Hart...
The dancer and choreographer has been though some turbulent times as Dani Crawford discovers
David Makhateli...
The Royal Ballet first soloist, former Houston Ballet dancer was a recent guest of the Ballet Association
Thiago Soares.. .
the rising star was also a Ballet Association guest.. only 22 and yet back in Brazl he's already danced most of the lead classical roles
Nina Ananiashvili... Bolshoi Ballerina, aka Political Animal. Jeffery Taylor on a different side of Nina
Features
'Agon' in Context... Richard Jones explores in detail the greatest of works recently brought back by the Royal Ballet.
Balanchine Home and Away
A feature review from Charlotte Kasner on the state of Balanchine in New York and London.
Suzanne Farrell ‘Holding on to the Air’
Renee Renouf reviews, again, a book from one of Balanchine's brightest stars
Father Colin MacLean
Brendan McCarthy talks with a rather unusual Dancer, Soldier, Searcher and Priest
Ballet Arizona...
Deanne Poulos reveals all about her home company - a young company in a young state...
Ballet.co Dancer Pages updated
Jane Simpson led a posse to update our unique dancers pages for the:
Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet
English National Ballet
Many thanks to Jane, Lynette Halewood, Terry Amos and Margaret Lumley.
So, You Want to Learn to Dance?
Another in the series from Anjuli Bai:
The Teacher's Point of View...
EU Introduces Health and Safety Regulations for Dancers...
Just as our magazine went to press on the 1 April the EU made a major announcement - our News area has the details
Diaries and weblogs
Christopher Hampson...
Luxury & Dry-Ice in Prague. Christopher's Giselle premiere's on the 1st April in Prague and is R&J opens in Manchester on the 21st...
Peter Quanz...
Welcome to Peter Quanz the Canadian choreographer who was recently working with the ABT studio Company at the White Oak Plantation. Here is his diary of what happened...
Jatkko Lehmus weblog...
The Scottish Ballet dancer with attitude has been under the spell of Pat Neary...
(weblog home)
Cathy Marston...
Scotland and the North...
Daniel Jones weblog...
A Rio surfing boy.
(weblog home)
Ballet Black... March Diary
Ballet Central... Once again we are following four Central School of Ballet students through their final training, UK tour and hunt for jobs. A huge welcome to Ashley Dixon, Christie Duncan, Sarah Kundi and Brian Allen
More diaries in the next magazine. Note that Weblogs are updated in real time and may be added to during the life of the magazine
Reviews
Jeffery Taylor Reviews
We are pleased to hold on the web the reviews of former dancer Jeffery Taylor, the Sunday Express dance critic & arts feature writer. The following links brings up all of Jeffery's reviews, however links are also included elswhere for completness:
Jeffery Taylor Sunday Express Reviews
Royal Ballet Reviews
Sleeping Beauty
Jane Simpson "Makarova's version split opinions more than any previous one when it was new a year ago, and I don't think the changes that have been made to it are radical enough to have either converted the antis or alarmed the pros."
other views from
Jeffery Taylor,
Graham Watts
Mayerling
Bruce Marriott "It all totters on a terrifying knife edge emotionally and technically; they take huge risks as Rojo, particularly, becomes totally consumed."
other views from
Jeffery Taylor,
Graham Watts (Mayerling Masterclass),
Ami Shah
New York Reviews
Reviews from Eric Taub our NY correspondent...
New York City Ballet and others
Wall-to-Wall George Balanchine
"If there was, perhaps, not much of an overarching theme to the programming of these twelve hours other than a constant affirmation of love and respect for all things Balanchine, Wall-to-Wall Balanchine's scattershot approach nevertheless seemed quite appropriate for what was, after all, a celebration and not an in-depth psychoanalysis or illustrated biography."
Paul Taylor Dance Company - Airs Bill
"I felt the need to light up afterwards, and I don't even smoke."
Peter Boal Company
Paul Taylor Dance Company - progs 2 and 3
Hamburg Ballet - Nijinsky
"What, in the end, is Neumeier trying to say about Nijinksy?"
West Coast Reviews
Renee Renouf has been having a great time recently...
San Francisco Ballet reviews
SFB Programme V, Programme V
"With Vilanoba, there is an Apollonian-sized young god, with a head which might have served as the model for Michelangelo's David."
SFB Imaginal Disc bill
"The music is repetitive, but you'd expect this in the sex life of a moth."
SFB Programme VI: Square Dance etc
SFB Carnaval des Animaux bill
"Maffre's Jellyfish is an exquisite bit of quiver and bend, while her interpretation of The Dying Swan is acutely tuned to contrast for the creature life around her. I hope this piece stays in S.F. Ballet's repertoire forever."
Nederlands Dance Theatre
Symphony of Psalms bill
Last Touch bill
"Coming out of Zellerbach, I felt I had inhabited, briefly, an entirely different landscape, disturbing, perhaps, but utterly absorbing."
Batsheva Dance Company
Ballet San Jose - Out of Africa
"Out of Africa is one of those anomalies which occasionally shows up in a company's repertoire, to be remembered as just that."
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
"This year with unseasonably balmy weather, every inducement existed to heighten the love-in which this company annually generates with Zellerbach audiences."
Anjuli Bai, also on the West Coast caught up with Ailey too...
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
"To me, "Revelations" is a perfect creation and I have never seen it fail to bring the most sedate audience to its collective feet, clapping, singing and rocking its soul."
Other Reviews
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Charlotte Kasner
"But alas poor Serenade. Whilst Harlem manage brio, the adage was sorely lacking. Monday night's performance wobbled all through..."
George Piper Dances
Graham Watts
"This is a fascinating exhibition of three of the best choreographers at work today by a company that has a strong enough identity to have had these important works made on it and the courage to continually search out and present new work."
Kirov - 4th Int'l Ballet Festival Mariinsky
Baletoman
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not only did some honoured artists of the Mariisnky impress but I could also see how many strong dancers there are in the young generation."
English National Ballet - Swan Lake
Jeffery Taylor
"...it is the whole company, strong and stylish, well drilled and happy to make us happy, that is a striking endorsement of Skoog’s leadership."
Other views Richard Jones, Alison Penfold
Northern Ballet Theatre
Midsummer Night's Dream
Jeffery Taylor
"Nixon’s risky gamble of challenging his dancers while developing his own choreographic skills has luckily paid huge dividends. Not to be missed."
Other views Graham Watts
Compania Nacional de Danza
Kevin Ng
"Compania Nacional de Danza's dancers, who are wholly in tune with Duato's choreographic style, are strong technicians and have an admirable incisiveness in their dancing."
Chisinau National Ballet
Trog Woolley
"Sigi (Andrei Litvinov) looked like he was flying on Valium for the entire show; yes he doesn't have a whole lot to do, but he could show some enthusiasm."
Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company
Jeffery Taylor
"...there is no mystery about Jasmin Vardimon’s choreographic language. It is a kick in the crotch, a punch to the kidney and a savage body slam. The puzzlement is in the message"
Bolshoi Ballet - La Sylphide
Paul Arrowsmith
"The Bolshoi certainly showed great Bournonville style - crisp footwork, bouncing leaps, wonderfully sinewy upper body work."
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Swan Lake
Trog Woolley
"Molly Smollen tackled the dual role of Odette/Odile in a manner that I have not seen before and this brought a new dimension to the work..."
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Sir Fred and Mr B. Gala
Mandy Kent
"In cold and snowy Birmingham we enjoyed a delicious mixture of Ashton & Balanchine ‘hors d’oeuvres’
tasty little morsels that left you wanting more."
Nina Ananiashvili
and Moscow Dance Theatre
Lynette Halewood
"Dancers certainly worked hard, but the result was still uninvolving. Bad luck played its part, but this programme did not show off the undoubted abilities of Ananiashvili and her colleagues to best advantage."
Other views Philip Bichard, Graham Watts, Jeffery Taylor
Zurich Ballet
Kevin Ng
Dancers: Han, Jermakov, Mikayelyan, Murillo, Petit, Quaresma, Radda, Segers, Seneca, Varga
"It was a sublime performance of a masterly work by the Zurich Ballet."
Richard Alston Dance Company
Graham Watts
"‘Shimmer’ provided the most exotic, stimulating, delicious filling, supported at either end with a slice of rather more straightforward Alston fare."
other views Mandy Kent
Walker Dance - Silence of the Souls
Philip Bichard
"Dancers resembled particles loaded with kinetic energy, fizzing around the stage..."
K Ballet
Satoko Kamatani
"...this is a very challenging piece
realistically presented by choreographer, dancers, and the music..."
CandoCo
Simonetta Dixon
"Upon leaving the QEH, I was indeed very happy to be alive, and to be human and alive."
Benois de la Danse Gala
Bruce Marriott
"...an interesting if occasionally frustrating experience."
Ballet.co Postings Reviews
Nina Ananiashvili - Jane Simpson
Benois de la Danse Gala - Ann Williams
Young British Dance of the Year - Zoe
BRB - 'Beauty and the Beast' - Janet McNulty
BRB 'Sir Fred and Mr B. Gala' - Pauline Stammers
BRB 'Swan Lake' - Janet McNulty,
Pauline Stammers,
Balletboy,
Trudi
NBT 'Romeo & Juliet' - Janet McNulty
Royal Ballet 'Mayerling' - Sim
RB 'Mayerling' Masterclass - Ami Shah
RB 'Sleeping Beauty' - Ann Williams
External Review Links
Each day Ballet.co scour the world for Review links (and news and interviews ones too) and put them in our database along with our own reviews. You can see the last few days' links on our TodaysLinks page
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