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A story on Russian mothers who sell pictures of their daughters performing gymnastic and balletic feats online.

A review of English National Ballet in Akram Khan's "Creature" by Graham Watts for DanceTabs. Photo gallery of the production.

A review of New York City Ballet by Ivy Lin for Bachtrack.

A look at the history of Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet as the Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet prepare to open their seasons with the production.

Playbill interviews Abi Stafford, Lauren Lovette, Ask la Cour, and Maria Kowroski on their departures from New York City Ballet.

A review of Scottish Ballet by Kelly Apter in The Scotsman. Bruce Marriott's review of the company for DanceTabs. A review by Graham Watts for Bachtrack.

A review of Northern Ballet by Lyndsey Winship in The Guardian.

A story on the sexual abuse lawsuit against Dusty Button and her husband by Derek Hawkins in The Washington Post.

Updates on the sexual abuse lawsuit involving Taylor and Dusty Button. Related.

A review of New York City Ballet by Gia Kourlas in The New York Times. Marina Harss' review of NYCB in DanceTabs.

Here's the trailer. Sounds familiar. Please report back here if you see it!

A new TV series movie with a ballet theme, 'Birds of Paradise,' debuts on Amazon.

Gia Kourlas writes on the new documentary "In Balanchine's Classroom" for the Critic's Notebook in The New York Times. Kourlas reviews NYCB for the Times.

New York City Ballet returns to live performance. (Video)

It would be cool to see Odile in scarlet-lady red, but I guess people would think it was the Firebird gatecrashing the party.

Which could also account for Balanchine's marriages - young ballerinas tend to be accompanied by vigilant ballet mamas. Bette Davis said something similar to Dick Cavett - she and her first husband wanted to sleep together, so they got married. At the time marriage was often the only way many young women could leave their parents' house. It used to be said that Taylor married all her lovers, but that was untrue; it was just something for her PR to provide a semblance of propriety for a love life that would be pretty combustible even today.

Twelve husbands between them! I can't even. At least fifth time was the charm for Powell.

An interview with Chloe Angyal about her book, "Turning Pointe."

Syracuse City Ballet presents "Peter and the Wolf."

Nashville Ballet opens its season next month with "Peter Pan."

Gay Morris writes on this year's festival at Jacob's Pillow for DanceTabs.

A list of Best Ballet Movies.

Thank you for posting this, Petra. This exhibition looks intriguing and fun. I wish there was a photo gallery, but I clicked around and didn't find one. A story in The Jerusalem Post:

The 1961 movie shifted uneasily between the stylized and realistic and ended by falling between two stools. I would not be stunned if that happens with this version also. One difference is that the first movie was not a period piece -- some critics thought it really had something to say about contemporary young people and gang life --and this one is set almost seventy years ago, when WSS was new. I think the Spielberg who made E.T. might have been a reasonable choice, although I get what you're saying. I'm not sure I'd choose Scorsese in any era, not because he wouldn't have an interesting take on this New York story but he'd want a different kind of score, most likely, and not unreasonably. I might nominate the young Spike Lee, who was crazy for vivid colors and movement and also had American racial/ethnic urban tensions as his subject.

Also it's a lengthy number, with lots of opportunities to expose a (relatively) unskilled performer, and Powell seems to sail right through it. Shewas also a good actor, who could contribute depth and feeling to scenes when given the opportunity.