WRITING ABOUT DANCE
This is what I hope to be a complete survey of all my dance writings in the last fifteen or so years. Several contributions are available online
and are linked. All questions and comments about these articles can be addressed by
email. A visit to the respective websites of the magazines and journals
is always helpful (See:
Links).
2016
Thanks goodness for Béjart (Royal Ballet Flanders, Flanders Opera, Ghent June 16, 2016)
Ballet2000, No. 261, August 2016
Ravel - Exhibition, Ma mère l'oye, Boléro (Royal Ballet Flanders, Flanders Opera, Ghent June 16, 2016)
The Dancing Times, August 2016
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. Mata Hari by the Dutch National Ballet (Anna Tsygankova, Casey Herd, Artur Shesterikov) (EuroArts)
Classical Net (read online)
Best of Balanchine (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater, Amsterdam March 25, 2016)
Ballet2000, No. 260, June 2016
Best of Balanchine. Theme and Variations, Apollo, Tarantella, Violin Concerto (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater, Amsterdam March 25, 2016)
The Dancing Times, May 2016
A new Nutcracker with no novelty (Royal Ballet Flanders, Flanders Opera, Ghent, February 10, 2016)
Ballet2000, No. 259, April 2016
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. La fille mal gardée by the Royal Ballet (Natalia Osipova, Steven McRae) (Opus Arte)
Classical Net (read online)
2015
The Awakening of a Sleeping Petipa. The Sleeping Beauty (La Scala Ballet, Teatro alla Scala, Milan - September 26, 2015)
Ballet2000, No. 257, December 2015
Mixed Bill. Van Manen, Cherkaoui (Royal Ballet Flanders, Flanders Opera, Ghent, October 22, 2015)
The Dancing Times, December 2015
The Sleeping Beauty (La Scala Ballet, Teatro alla Scala, Milan - September 26, 2015)
The Dancing Times, November 2015
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. Napoli by the Royal Danish Ballet (Alexandra Lo Sardo, Alban Lendorf) (Opus Arte)
Classical Net (read online)
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. Swan Lake by the Royal Ballet (Natalia Osipova, Matthew Golding) (Opus Arte)
Classical Net (read online)
Royal Ballet of Flanders (Amarante, Brabants, Jooss, Kylián/Mixed Bill)
Dance International, Fall 2015
Cool Britannia is not Great Britannia - Empire Noir, Concerto Concordia, Chroma (Dutch National Ballet/Het Nationale Ballet)
Ballet2000, No. 255, August 2015
Cool Britannia - Empire Noir, Concerto Concordia, Chroma (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater, Amsterdam - June 21, 2015)
The Dancing Times, August 2015
Flanders Fields - Moving Memories. Forgotten Land, Dialoog, In Flanders Fields, The Green Table (Royal Ballet Flanders, Flanders Opera Ghent - May 9, 2015)
The Dancing Times, July 2015
Don Quixote (Royal Ballet Flanders, Flanders Opera Ghent - February 7, 2015)
The Dancing Times, April 2015
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. Giselle by the Royal Ballet (Natalia Osipova, Carlos Acosta) (Opus Arte)
Classical Net (read online)
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. The Bolshoi Ballet HD Collection: Marco Spada, or the Bandit's Daughter (BelAir)
Classical Net (read online)
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. Nureyev's Swan Lake and The Nutcracker by the Vienna State Ballet (C-Major)
Classical Net (read online)
Back to Bach (Dutch National Ballet/Het Nationale Ballet)
Ballet2000, No. 251, January/February 2015
Genuine Petipa (Paquita, Bavarian State Ballet)
Ballet2000, No. 251, January/February 2015
Onegin (Royal Ballet Flanders, Flemish Opera Antwerp - November 15, 2014)
The Dancing Times, January 2015
2014
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. Roland Petit's Notre-Dame de Paris, Teatro alla Scala (Opus Arte)
Classical Net (read online)
Dreams and Nightmares in Amsterdam (The Dream, The Firebird - Dutch National Ballet/Het Nationale Ballet)
Ballet2000, No. 247, June 2014
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote, The Royal Ballet (Opus Arte)
Classical Net (read online)
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. Le Corsaire, Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse (Opus Arte)
Classical Net (read online)
Beyond the tutu - The Kingdom of the Shades, Made Man, Tyll (Royal Ballet Flanders, Flanders Opera Ghent - March 1, 2014)
The Dancing Times, June 2014
Fairytales - The Dream, The Firebird (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater, Amsterdam - May 9, 2014)
The Dancing Times, May 2014
Romeo and Juliet (Ballet Flanders, Flemish Opera, Ghent - February 13, 2014)
The Dancing Times, April 2014
Russia (Marco Spada at the Bolshoi)
Dance International, Spring 2014
The Bandit in Russia (Marco Spada - Bolshoi Ballet)
Ballet2000, No. 244, January-February 2014
Marco Spada (Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - November 8, 2013)
The Dancing Times, January 2014
2013
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. The Bolshoi Ballet HD Collection: La Bayadère (BelAir)
Classical Net (read online)
Dance on DVD/Blu-ray. The Dutch National Ballet in The Nutcracker and Mouseking (Arthaus Musik) and in Cinderella (Opus Arte)
Classical Net (read online)
Russia (Dance Open Festival in St. Petersburg)
Dance International, Fall 2013
Dawson's Total Visual Art (Dutch National Ballet - Overture, Sacre du printemps)
Ballet2000, No. 241, September 2013
Double Bill - Overture, Sacre du printemps (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater, Amsterdam - June 15, 2013)
The Dancing Times, September 2013
Dance on DVD. The Bolshoi Ballet HD Collection: Giselle and The Sleeping Beauty
Dance International, Summer 2013
Best of Balanchine (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater Amsterdam - February 16-17, 2013)
The Dancing Times, May 2013
Triple Bill - Infra, Fall Outs, Who Cares? (Royal Ballet of Flanders, Flemish Opera, Ghent - February 15, 2013)
The Dancing Times, April 2013
Manon (Vienna State Ballet, State Opera House Vienna - February 2, 2013)
The Dancing Times, March 2013
Story ballet in the 21st Century (Dutch National Ballet - Cinderella)
Ballet2000, No. 236, February/March 2013
Cinderella (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater Amsterdam - December 22, 2012)
The Dancing Times, February 2013
La Bayadère by the Bavarian State Ballet
Dance International, Spring 2013
2012
Amsterdam with a Spanish flavour (Dutch National Ballet - Paquita, Bolero, Carmen)
Ballet2000, No. 234, December 2012
Triple Bill, Paquita, Bolero, Carmen (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater Amsterdam - October 27, 2012)
The Dancing Times, December 2012
Russian Profile: the Bolshoi's Raymonda
Dance International, Winter 2012
Illusions by the Bavarian State Ballet
Dance International Summer 2012 (read online)
Moscow discovers Balanchine's Jewels
Ballet2000, No. 231, July-August 2012
Jewels (Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - May 5, 2012)
The Dancing Times, July 2012
Dance on DVD. The Nutcracker: Bolshoi Ballet
Dance International, Summer 2012
Between Heaven and Earth - Serenade, After The Rain, Killer Sweet (Royal Ballet of Flanders, Flemish Opera Antwerp - April 6, 2012)
The Dancing Times, May 2012
Present/s 1 and 2 (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater Amsterdam - February 15-16, 2012)
The Dancing Times, April 2012
Russian Profile: the Bolshoi's Chroma and Sleeping Beauty
Dance International, Spring 2012
Reviews: The Bavarian State Ballet dances John Neumeier's Nutcracker
Dance International, Spring 2012
Dance on DVD. The Dutch National Ballet: Don Quixote
Dance International, Spring 2012
Phèdre and Psyché in Paris
Dance View, Vol. 29/1, Winter 2012
Grigorovich's New Beauty
Ballet2000, No. 226, January 2012
The Sleeping Beauty (Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - November 18-19, 2011)
The Dancing Times, January 2012
2011
Swan Lake (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater Amsterdam - October 17, 2011)
The Dancing Times, December 2011
Double Bill - Phèdre, Psyché (Paris Opéra Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris - September 24, 2011)
The Dancing Times, November 2011
Triple Bill - Chroma, Rubies, Symphony of Psalms (Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre - July 21, 2011)
The Dancing Times, September 2011
Russian Profile: Evgenia Obraztsova's Swan Lake and the Bolshoi's Lost Illusions
Dance International, Fall 2011
Onegin (Royal Ballet of Flanders, Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp - June 18, 23, 2011)
The Dancing Times, August 2011
... and in Moscow the Illusions are not lost.
Ballet2000, No. 221, July-August 2011
Lost Illusions (Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre - April 24, 2011)
The Dancing Times, July 2011
Ulanova Gala (London, May 15, 2011)
The Dancing Times, July 2011
Russian Profile: Spartacus revived at the Mariinsky
Dance International, Summer 2011
On The Dnieper with Ratmansky
Ballet2000, No. 219, April 2011
A la Russe (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater Amsterdam - February 8, 2011)
The Dancing Times, April 2011
A Trendy "Ballet Menu" from Belgium (Royal Ballet of Flanders, Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp - February 4, 2011)
Ballet2000, No. 219, April 2011
Vishneva, a Muse for Lock (La La La Human Steps - New Work)
Ballet2000, No. 218, March 2011
Russian "Beauties" from Holland (Dutch National Ballet - The Sleeping Beauty)
Ballet2000, No. 218, March 2011
Russian Profile: Petrushka at the Bolshoi and Duato at the Mikhailovsky
Dance International, Spring 2011
Dance on DVD. The Bolshoi Ballet: Flames of Paris
Dance International, Spring 2011
Ballet Menu - New Sleep, Faun(e), Amarant, Object (Royal Ballet of Flanders, Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp - February 4, 2011)
The Dancing Times, March 2011
New Work (La La La Human Steps, De Singel, Antwerp - January 15, 2011)
The Dancing Times, March 2011
The Sleeping Beauty (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater, Amsterdam - December 19-20, 2010)
The Dancing Times, February 2011
Ratmansky's Legacy. A review of the Bolshoi Ballet in London, July-August 2010
Dance View, Vol. 28, No. 1, Winter 2011
2010
Citizens of the World, but Russians through and through
Ballet2000, No. 211, July-August 2010
Russian Profile: The Bolshoi's La Esmeralda and Gala for Ulanova at the Mariinsky
Dance International, Summer 2010
La Bayadère at the Paris Opera Ballet - La Bayadère, Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier Paris, 29 May 2010
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
The Royal Ballet of Flanders' 40th anniversary season - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, season 2009/2010
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Giselle in Rome - Photo gallery featuring Obraztsova/Makhateli and Bouder/Tewsley in Giselle with the Rome Opera Ballet.
Dance View, Vol. 27, No. 2, Spring 2010
40 Years Young - The Royal Ballet of Flanders "Grand égards"
Ballet2000, No. 208, April 2010
Don Quixote (Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater, Amsterdam - February 13, 2010)
The Dancing Times, April 2010
Esmeralda lives again at the Bolshoi - La Esmeralda, Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow, 25 December 2009
Ballet2000, No. 207, March 2010
Paris and Moscow come together... over Diaghilev - Ballet Russes Gala, Palais Garnier, Paris, 16 December 2009
Ballet2000, No. 207, March 2010
Grands égards - Theme and Variations, Forgotten Land, The Third Light (Royal Ballet of Flanders, Flemish Opera, Antwerp - January 12, 2010)
The Dancing Times, March 2010
Russian Profile: The Bolshoi's Spartacus
Dance International, Spring 2010
La Esmeralda (Bolshoi Ballet, New Stage, Moscow - December 25, 2009)
The Dancing Times, February 2010
2009
The Ballets Russes: Paris-Moscow: Paris Opéra Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris - December 16, 2009
www.dancing-times.co.uk (read online)
Dancers' Night: "The Evolution of Ballet" in Belgium - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, October 2009
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Troubled Times. The Mariinsky Ballet in Amsterdam July 2009: The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote
Dance View, Vol. 26, No. 4 - Autumn 2009
Forsythe getting old... ? - Artifact, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, 22 May 2009
Ballet2000, No. 202, July/August 2009
Munich's Annual Ballet Week: Migratory Birds and Diaghilevisms
Dance View, Vol. 26, No. 3 - Summer 2009
Russian Profile: The Bolshoi's Paquita
Dance International, Summer 2009
Coppélia - Bolshoi Ballet, The New Stage, Moscow, 12 March 2009
The Dancing Times, May 2009
"Artifact" - Next episode of the Flemish Forsythe saga - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, 22 May 2009
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Farewell of a giant: Manuel Legris, never less than a hundred percent - "Onegin", Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier, 15 May 2009
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
From Ratmansky to Burlaka: the New Bolshoi Era
Ballet2000, No. 199, March/April 2009
Russian Profile: Yuri Fateyev succeeds Makhar Vaziev at the helm of the Mariinsky Ballet
Dance International, Spring 2009
Katya and Volodya: A Couple, A Legend
Ballet2000, No. 198, February 2009
Paquita in Moscow and Raymonda in Paris: Grand Pas from Paquita at the Bolshoi, Moscow (15-16 November 2008)/Raymonda at the Paris Opera (27-28 December 2008)
Dance View, Vol. 26, No. 1 - Winter 2009
Swan Lake - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, 24 January 2009
www.dancing-times.co.uk (read online)
Prague Ballet Gala - Prague State Opera, Prague, 9 January 9, 2009
www.dancing-times.co.uk (read online)
2008
Triple Bill (Paquita Grand Pas, Russians Seasons, Symphony in C) - Bolshoi Ballet, New Stage, Moscow, 15-16 November 2008
The Dancing Times, January 2009
Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev Celebrations - The Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi New Stage, Moscow, 24-27 October 2008
www.dancing-times.co.uk (read online)
Freelance Freedoms: Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky in conversation with Marc Haegeman
Dance Now, Vol. 17, No. 4, Winter 2008/09
Russian Profile: The Bolshoi's Flames of Paris
Dance International, Winter 2008
Fixed Bayonets, Thundering Cannon, Tricolor Flags: Flames of Paris redux at the Bolshoi (July 2008)
Dance View, Vol. 25, No. 4 - Autumn 2008
Mixed Bills - New York City Ballet, Opera Bastille, Paris, 9-21 September 2008
The Dancing Times, November 2008
Ivan Vasiliev's debut as Spartacus - Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam, 25 July 2008
The Dancing Times, September 2008
Russian Profile: Ratmansky and Osipova at the Bolshoi
Dance International, Summer 2008
The Bolshoi Ballet finds a new Spartacus - Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam, 25 July 2008
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
The Bolshoi Ballet, "The Flames of Paris", Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Jul 3, 2008
www.dancemagazine.com (read online)
The Mariinsky Ballet in Salford (Gala programme, Don Quixote) - The Lowry, Salford, 15-17 May 2008
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Triple Bill (Apollo, Orpheus, Symphony of Psalms) - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, 1 April 2008
The Dancing Times, May 2008
La Sylphide - Bolshoi Ballet, New Stage, Moscow, 20 February 2008
The Dancing Times, April 2008
The Metamorphosis of Osipova - La Sylphide by the Bolshoi Ballet
Ballet2000, No. 191, April 2008
Winter in Paris: Paris Opera Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, West Side Story
Dance View, Vol. 25, No. 2 - Spring 2008
Bill of Health: The Bolshoi Ballet brings Le Corsaire back to Paris
Dance Now, Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 2008
Le Corsaire/Triple Bill/Spartacus - Bolshoi Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris, 5-22 January 2008
The Dancing Times, March 2008
New York City Ballet in London (Balanchine and Robbins programmes), Coliseum Theatre, London, 15-16 March 2008
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Giselle (Osipova) - Bolshoi Ballet, Teatro Regio Turin, 22 December 2007
The Dancing Times, February 2008
Forsythe at home in Flanders (Herman Schmerman, Insiders, M/C, Lost by Last) - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp
Ballet2000, No. 189, February 2008
2007
"The Nutcracker" in Paris - Paris Opera Ballet, Opera Bastille, Paris, 8 December 2007
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
New Works in Flanders (Herman Schmerman, Insiders, M/C, Lost by Last) - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, 24 November 2007
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Russian Profile: The Bolshoi's Corsaire
Dance International, Winter 2007
The Bolshoi in London, Summer 2007: Novelties, performances for a lifetime, and dancers to die for
Dance View, Vol. 24, No. 4, Autumn 2007
Russian Profile: interview with Olesya Novikova, ballerina of the Mariinsky Ballet
Dance International, Fall 2007
"Le Corsaire" in Full Glory at the Bolshoi
Ballet2000, No. 115, August 2007
The Bolshoi Ballet in "Le Corsaire"
The Dancing Times, August 2007
La Scala Ballet and The Royal Ballet of Flanders in "The Sleeping Beauty"
The Dancing Times, July 2007
Royal Ballet of Flanders Triple Bill: "Cornered" (Fonte), "A Sweet Spell of Oblivion" (Dawson), "Similations" (Godani)
The Dancing Times, June 2007
A Conversation with Aki Saito, Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet of Flanders (17 May 2007)
Dance View, Vol. 24, No. 3, Summer 2007
Heading for the Heights: Bolshoi Ballerina Natalia Osipova in conversation with Marc Haegeman
Dance Now, Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer 2007
Russian Profile: Natalia Osipova
Dance International, Summer 2007
"Don Q" in Munich - Bolshoi Ballet, National Theatre, Munich, 3-4 May 2007
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Bayadère Dutch Style - Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère by the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam
Ballet2000, No. 113, April/May 2007
Balanchine-Forsythe-Shimazaki - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp
Ballet2000, No. 112, March 2007
Autumn with the Royal Danish Ballet (La Sylphide, The Lesson, Dans Mozart!, Schumann Second Symphony, Etudes) - Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen
The Dancing Times, February 2007
"La Bayadère" in Amsterdam - Dutch National Ballet, Muziektheater, Amsterdam, February 2007
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
The Absurd Atmosphere of Hopeful Hopelessness - The Return of Ulysses by the Royal Ballet of Flanders
Ballet2000, No. 111, January-February 2007
Лондонский сезон Большого: полвека спустя
Балет № 1 [143] Январь-Февраль 2007
Balanchine-Forsythe-Shimazaki - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp, 18 January 2007
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
The Bolshoi in London, Summer 2006
Dance View, Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter 2007
2006
Russian Profile: The Mariinsky and the Bolshoi in London, Summer 2006
Dance International, Winter 2006
"Giselle" revived in Paris - Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris, December 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
"Return of Ulysses" - Penelope and the seven suitors, or the absurd atmosphere of hopeful hopelessness - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Stadsschouwburg Antwerp, 24 November 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
The Bolshoi Ballet 2006: State of the company
Ballet2000, No. 109, November 2006
Neoclassicism in Paris (Lifar, Malandain) - Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris, 21-22 October 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Russian Profile: Interview with Bolshoi Ballerina Svetlana Zakharova
Dance International, Fall 2006
Dutch National Ballet in Jewels - Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 8 September 2006
www.dancing-times.co.uk (read online)
When the Magic Begins: Jean-Guillaume Bart in conversation with Marc Haegeman
Dance Now, Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer 2006
Classical Beauty rules in Flanders - Marcia Haydée's Sleeping Beauty by the Royal Ballet of Flanders
Ballet2000, No. 107, August 2006
Zakharova, prima Bayadère assoluta - La Scala Ballet, Teatro alla Scala Milan
Ballet2000, No. 106, June/July 2006
"The Sleeping Beauty": Classical beauty finally rules in Flanders - Royal Ballet of Flanders, Concertgebouw Bruges, Belgium, 16 June 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Zakharova at La Scala: "La Bayadère" - Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy, 18-20 May 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Dracula does Paris: "Nosferatu" (choreography by Jean-Claude Gallotta) - Paris Opera Ballet, Opera Bastille, Paris, May 6, 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Spartacus and Swan Lake in Salford - The Bolshoi Ballet, The Lowry, Salford, April 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Russian Profile: a new generation of dancers at the Mariinsky
Dance International, Spring 2006
New Stars in "La Bayadère" - Paris Opera Ballet, Opera Bastille, Paris, 11-12 March 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Impressing The Czar - The Royal Ballet of Flanders
The Dancing Times, March 2006
Silent Triumph of Tradition (Giselle, Gala evening) - The Bolshoi Ballet, Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, 18-21 February 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
В будущее - по канату (3rd Bournonville Festival in Copenhagen)
Балет № 1 [137] Январь - Февраль 2006
Double Exposure: "La petite danseuse de Degas" and "Swan Lake" - Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier and Opera Bastille, Paris, December 2005-January 2006
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
2005
Perfect Gems: The Grey Area (Dawson), In The Night (Robbins), Theme and Variations (Balanchine) - The Royal Ballet of Flanders
The Dancing Times, December 2005
Russian Profile: Massine at the Bolshoi and Forsythe at the Mariinsky
Dance International, Winter 2005
Russian Profile: Bolshoi and Mariinsky facing the 21st century
Dance International, Summer 2005
Massine Comes Home - Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow
Ballet2000, Vol. 97, July/August 2005
Nikolaj H?bbe Revised Sylphide - Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen
Ballet2000, Vol. 97, July/August 2005
Disappointments and Pleasures: "Swan Lake" - Kirov Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London, July 2005
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Wherefore art thou no longer Romeo?: "Romeo and Juliet" - Kirov Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London, July 2005
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Massine Comes Home (Le Tricorne, Les Présages, Gaité Parisienne) - Bolshoi Ballet
The Dancing Times, July 2005
Cuban Chronicle: Ballet Festival of Havana 2004
Dance International, Spring 2005
The Bolshoi at Covent Garden
Ballet Review, Spring 2005
Interview with Alexei Ratmansky, Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet
Dance View, Vol. 22, No. 2, Spring 2005
Royal Ballet of Flanders - "Giselle"
The Dancing Times, May 2005
Denvers' Goodbye Giselle: Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp
Ballet2000, Vol. 94, April 2005
Dance For Life Gala Brussels
The Dancing Times, April 2005
2004
Russian Profile: Poklitaru's Romeo and Juliet at the Bolshoi
Dance International, Winter 2004
Три дороги под дождём из цветов (The Bolshoi
Season in London Summer 2004)
Балет № 6 [131] Ноябрь - Декабрь 2004
Dance in Progress: "The Chairman Dances" (Wang), "In The Middle Somewhat Elevated" (Forsythe), "Violin Concerto" (Fonte) - Royal Ballet of Flanders
The Dancing Times, December 2004
State of the Company: "The Sleeping Beauty" - Paris Opera Ballet, Opera Bastille, Paris, December 2004
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Russian Profile: Balanchine and Ulanova celebrated at the Bolshoi
Dance International, Fall 2004
The Bolshoi Ballet - July 19-August 7, 2004
The Dancing Times, July 2004
Russian Profile: The Bright Stream at the Bolshoi
Dance International, Summer 2004
A Conversation with Nicolas Le Riche, danseur-étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
Dance View, Vol. 22, No. 3, Summer 2004
Spiritless Sylphs, But a Fine New James: La Sylphide - Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier Paris, 3 and 10 July 2004
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Russian Profile: Interview with Alexei Ratmansky, artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet
Dance International, Spring 2004
Trimmed Bayadère in Belgium - Royal Ballet of Flanders
The Dancing Times, May 2004
Bayadère belge, petit format - La Bayadère (Holmes) - Royal Ballet of Flanders
Ballet2000, No. 84, April 2004
2003
Moscow's "Great" Ballet Company and its Stars
Ballet2000, No. 81, December 2003/January 2004
Circles and Mind Games (Wainrot, Rosseel, d'Amboise) - Royal Ballet of Flanders
Ballet2000, No. 81, December 2003/January 2004
Russian Profile: Etudes and Diaghilev revivals at the Mariinsky
Dance International, Winter 2003
A Conversation with Laurent Hilaire, danseur-étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet
Dance View, Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter 2003 (read online)
The Paris Opera Completes Its Balanchine Tribute (Programme Balanchine/Robbins, Programme Kelemenis/Brown/Preljocaj/Balanchine) - Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris,
18-20 December 2003
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
The Paris Opera Ballet Pays Tribute to Balanchine - Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris, 2 October 2003
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Daria Pavlenko triumphs at Covent Garden - "La Bayadère", Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London, 31 October 2003
www.danceviewtimes.com (read online)
Russian Profile: interview with Mariinsky Principal Igor Kolb
Dance International, Fall 2003
A Conversation with the Kirov Ballet's Daria Pavlenko (July 2003)
Dance View, Vol. 20, No. 4, Autumn 2003
Russian Profile: interview with Bolshoi Ballerina Maria Alexandrova
Dance International, Summer 2003
A Conversation with Delphine Moussin, première danseuse of the Paris Opera Ballet
Dance View, Vol. 20, No. 3, Summer 2003
Russian Profile: Petipa's La Bayadère revived at the Mariinsky
Dance International, Spring 2003
Three Swan Lakes - Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet and Mariinsky Ballet: three views of a classic
Dance View, Vol. 20, No. 2, Spring 2003
Cette fois, c'est ? Rubens - Not Strictly Rubens (Bogaerts) - Royal Ballet of Flanders
Ballet2000, No. 74, April 2003
A Reduced R & J - Romeo and Juliet (Prokovsky) - Royal Ballet of Flanders
Ballet2000, No. 72, February 2003
A Conversation with Wendy Whelan (28 September 2002)
Dance View, Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 2003
Russian Profile: interview with Larissa Lezhnina
Dance International, Fall/Winter 2002
The New-Old Bayadère - Mariinsky Ballet
Ballet2000, No. 71, December 2002/January 2003
On Reflection: Vladimir Vasiliev in conversation with Marc Haegeman
Dance Now, Vol. 11, No. 4, Winter 2002/03
2002
The Kirov Ballet: Ready for the New Century
Brolga, an Australian Journal about Dance, No. 17, December 2002
The Leading Dancers of Today's Kirov Ballet
Ballet2000, No. 69, October 2002
The MacMillan Hit List: Manon (part of:
Kenneth MacMillan's ballets: 1955-1992, remembered by regular Dance Now contributors)
Dance Now, Vol. 11, No. 3, Autumn 2002
Swan Lake in Bruges - The Royal Ballet of Flanders does yet another new, provocative updated Swan Lake. A new low? (2 May 2002)
Dance View, Vol. 19, No. 4, Autumn 2002
A Conversation with Brigitte Lefèvre - Talking with the Directrice de la Danse of the Paris Opera Ballet (15 May 2002)
Dance View, Vol. 19, No. 4, Autumn 2002
Interview with Agnès Letestu, danseuse-étoile (2 January 2002)
Dance View, Vol. 19, No. 3, Summer 2002
Paris Opera Ballet's Spring Season (Nureyev's Don Quixote)
Dance View, Vol. 19, No. 3, Summer 2002
Russian Profile: interview with Mariinsky Ballerina Daria Pavlenko
Dance International, Summer/Fall 2002
Russian Profile: a new Nutcracker for the Mariinsky
Dance International, Spring/Summer 2002
A Conversation with Elisabeth Maurin, danseuse-étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet (4 January 2002)
Dance View, Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring 2002
Russians in Paris: La Bayadère and Les Ballets Russes by the Paris Opera Ballet (December 2001 - January 2002)
Dance View, Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring 2002
A Gala in Copenhagen - Johan Kobborg and Friends, 22-23 September 2001
Dance View, Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter 2002
"I know what I'm going for": Interview with Alina Cojocaru (23 September 2001)
Dance View, Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter 2002
Asylmuratova's assignment - Interview with Altynai Asylmuratova, artistic director of the Vaganova Academy
Dance International, Winter 2001/02
2001
Rules of the Game: Retiring Paris Opera Ballerina Isabelle Guérin in conversation with Marc Haegeman
Dance Now, Vol. 10, No. 3, Autumn 2001
Russian Profile: Changes at the Mariinsky Ballet
Dance International, Fall 2001
The Bolshoi Ballet: Only The Strong Survive
Brolga, an Australian Journal about Dance, No. 15, December 2001
The Kirov in Versailles: A mini-version of the company offers an uneven season of divertissements (14-18 July 2001)
Dance View, Vol. 18, No. 4, Autumn 2001
The Bolshoi in London: Stars of the Bolshoi under new management - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, April-May 2001
Dance View, Vol. 18, No. 3, Summer 2001
Russian Landscape: The Kirov and Bolshoi continue to enjoy international acclaim despite the challenges they face in the country's complicated socio-political climate
Dance International, Summer 2001
"Classical ballet doesn't stand mediocrity": A Conversation with Patrice Bart - Talking with the Paris Opera Ballet's Guardian of Classical Dancing (20 December 2000)
Dance View, Vol. 18, No. 3, Summer 2001
Paquita Returns Home and the Kirov Wanders - Paris Opera Ballet and Kirov Ballet
Dance View, Vol. 18, No. 2, Spring 2001
"I am, first of all, a woman": A Conversation with Isabelle Guérin (20 December 2000)
Dance View, Vol. 18, No. 1, Winter 2001
Jewels in Paris - Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris 19 December 2000
Dance View, Vol. 18, No. 1, Winter 2001
2000
Stardust: Altynai Asylmuratova talks to Marc Haegeman
Dance View, Vol. 9, No. 3, Autumn 2000
"The Sleeping Beauty", Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam (October 25, 2000)
Ballet Alert
Petipa in Europe - Report from Western Europe: Royal Ballet of Flanders, Dutch National Ballet, Kirov Ballet (October 1999-January 2000)
Dance View, Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring 2000
The Kirov Ballet in Baden-Baden, Germany, April 4- 9, 2000 (The Sleeping Beauty, Balanchine programme)
Ballet Alert
Sylphs, Swans and Farewells in Paris - Summer evenings with the Paris Opera Ballet, June-July 1999
Dance View, Vol. 17, No. 1, Winter 2000
A Conversation with Aleksei Fadeyechev, Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Ballet (July 1999)
Dance View, Vol. 17, No. 1, Winter 2000
1999
The Kirov Ballet in Amsterdam, "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker" (21, 22 and 23 December 1999)
Ballet Alert
The Dutch National Ballet dances Swan Lake - Amsterdam, The Netherlands (October 1999)
Ballet Alert
A Conversation with Manuel Legris (19 June 1999)
Dance View, Vol. 16, No. 4, Autumn 1999
A Conversation with Kirill Melnikov (31 March 1999)
Dance View, Vol. 16, No. 3, Summer 1999
The Bolshoi Ballet's "Don Quixote" (London, July 1999)
Ballet Alert
"Swan Lake" and "La Sylphide" in Paris - The Paris Opera Ballet (June 1999)
Ballet Alert
"Swan Lake" and Fokine in Munich - The Kirov Ballet (March 27-29, 1999)
Ballet Alert
A Conversation with Larissa Lezhnina (8 April 1998)
Dance View, Vol. 16, No. 2, Spring 1999