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The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School prepares a live performance.

Richmond Ballet announces its 2021-22 season.

Baton Rouge Theatre announces its 2021-22 season schedule.

A review of the Royal's mixed program by Sarah Crompton in The Guardian.

A piece on American Ballet Theatre's bus tour by Brian Seibert in The New York Times.

A review of the Royal Ballet School's summer performance by Jann Parry for DanceTabs.

A review of the Royal Ballet by Jann Parry for DanceTabs.

Royal Ballet photo gallery.

I suppose foul language and general coarseness of expression does qualify as "conversational style" these days. I found the Elle excerpt difficult to get through and it's not long. I will withhold judgment until I get hold of the book and come to it with an open mind, but I sure hope the whole thing doesn't read like that. This put me off also. I'm not saying they should gush about how much they love it, or not be frank about the challenges involved, but at least show some respect and/or take a minute to explain its quality to the reader. At least NYCB's seasonal cash cow is a masterpiece, not something many other companies can say. Thank you, ECat, for starting the topic! I look forward to hearing people's views, and I imagine they'll be lively reading.

The context of the "bitching on a high level" remark changes its coloration a bit. It's taken from an interview from 1974 and this is what Gorey said in full:

American Ballet Theatre photo gallery.

Georgina Pazcoguin talks about her new memoir.

By all means the companies should not abandon digital access, and indeed should move forward with it and capitalize on it, but if the pandemic has proved anything, it's that finally this art form lives in live performance. Many thanks, Hogmel, for starting this very interesting topic!

Good points. Women did become stars but not in the numbers they did in the big league days of the Golden Age and the "woman's picture," and I think only Streisand and Fonda were up there with the men in box office and staying power. If I remember right by the late seventies Christie was playing the old Evelyn Keyes role from "Here Comes Mr. Jordan." Shirley MacLaine became big in the Sixties but she was mostly playing prosties, not exactly peacock parts. Ann-Margret can be quite good and in a different era for women she might have done more and better good work, although she made some bad decisions.

An interview with Carlos Acosta by David Jays in The Sunday Times.

An obituary for Oleg Briansky in The Post-Star of Glens Falls.

A look at Megan Abbott's new book, "The Turnout."

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center restores live dance to its schedule.

The Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival returns to live performance.

Paul Craig of the Boston Ballet will speak this week as part of a local lecture series.

Yuan Yuan Tan presents a "Magical Night at the Arts Museum."

Adam Cooper talks about getting back to work.

Oleg Briansky has died at age 91.

The Royal New Zealand Ballet's Ana Gallardo Lobaina talks about her Sunday routine.

Tiler Peck talks up her Instagram fitness series.