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An obituary for Clement Crisp in The Times.

Kyle Abraham makes a new piece for the Royal Ballet.

Sarasota Ballet presents "A Comedy of Errors."

Former ballerinas of Dance Theatre of Harlem will participate in a public discussion of the company's history.

The artistic director of Russian Ballet Orlando will not change her company's name in spite of public hostility.

Daniel Ulbricht's "Stars of American Ballet" visit Hawaii.

Choreographer Heath Gill talks about his new piece for Orlando Ballet.

A review of Houston Ballet by Margaret Downing for Houston Press.

Darcey Bussell and the Duchess of Cornwall visit the new headquarters of the Royal Academy of Dance.

Ivan Putrov and Alina Cojocaru talk about their charity gala, "Dance for Ukraine."

A charity ballet gala will be held to benefit the people of Ukraine.

A review of Sara Mearns in "Piece of Work" by Brian Seibert in The New York Times.

A review of the Stuttgart Ballet by Ilona Landgraf in her blog, "Landgraf on Dance."

A review of the National Ballet of Canada by Denise Sum for danceviewtimes.

The National Ballet of China commences a national tour.

Twin Cities Ballet presents "The Wall: a Rock Ballet."

A review of New York City Ballet by Leigh Witchel for dancelog.nyc.

Q&A with Jillian Vanstone.

A review of the Royal Ballet by Louise Levene in The Financial Times.

A review of the Joffrey Ballet by Janice Berman for San Francisco Classical Voice. Q

Dancers from the Kyiv City Ballet are stranded in Paris.

Foreign-born dancers leave the Bolshoi and the Maryinsky.

Pix from the School of American Ballet's Winter Ball.

I have only just now got around to reading "Alone," and while the main arc of Curry's story and other details were indeed not new (to me) there was ample material that wasn't. Even if that hadn't been the case, the book would have been well worth reading for its own sake, easily one of the best accounts of an athlete's life I've come across.

Kentucky Ballet Theatre of Lexington and Ashland Youth Ballet present "The Little Mermaid."