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An item on the COVID-19 outbreak at the Mariinsky.

A story on the COVID-19 outbreak at the Mariinsky by Alex Marshall in The New York Times.

A Nigerian ballet student whose video goes viral earns a scholarship to American Ballet Theatre.

Fifty plus dancers and musicians of the Mariinsky test positive for COVID-19.

Grand Rapids Ballet will present its 2020-21 season online.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet holds a fundraising gala online.

A nine-best list of ballets made during the pandemic.

Dancers and administrators at Texas Ballet Theater navigate the pandemic.

A review of Mark Franko's The Fascist Turn in the Dance of Serge Lifar by George Jackson for danceviewtimes.

Alastair Macaulay hosts a virtual series, 'Studio 5:  Great American Ballerinas."

The president of the merged Toledo Symphony and Toledo Ballet writes an op-ed.

Milwaukee Ballet holds its summer intensive in-person.

Sacramento Ballet loses its season and Amy Seiwert.

I think directors tend to like pictures that are Directed. The most immediately arresting quality of Les Enfants du Paradis is the richness of its performances and dialogue, while Carne's direction is less to the fore, although his touch is apparent in such scenes as the murder of the count, which we see only through the horrified expression of Lacenaire's confederate. Even so, Truffaut once said he would give up all his films to have directed Les Enfants du Paradis. I guess no one ever asked Bergman for his list. And none of his movies are in that top thirty, which is nuts.

Nice picture. Shearer looks good. Shearer was one of TCM's featured stars this month. Miss Crawford is not, although they did just show one of my favorite Crawford performances, Flaemmchen in "Grand Hotel," flirting with John Barrymore and fending off Wallace Beery.

A new designer collection features dancers from ABT and NYCB.

Arthur Elgort publishes a new collection of photographs, "Arthur Elgort: Ballet."

The Royal New Zealand Ballet returns to the stage.

La Scala announces its fall season.

Washington Ballet loses another executive director and cancels its Nutcracker.

A story on Miami City Ballet's new studio space. Savannah Ballet Theatre resumes in-person classes.

A review of Scottish Ballet on film by Jann Parry for DanceTabs.

An interview with Alexei Ratmansky.

A review of Scottish Ballet by Lyndsey Winship for The Guardian.

Ballet Arizona makes new hires on the business side.