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Aesha Ash joins the faculty of the School of American Ballet.

Texas Ballet Theater cancels its Nutcracker.

San Francisco Ballet meets its employee relief fundraising goals for the year.

American Ballet Theatre personnel keep busy.

Ballet Idaho's 2020-21 season will be all-digital.

San Francisco Ballet presents a film, "Dance of Dreams."

The Paris Opera Ballet School carries on.

Miami City Ballet turns a storefront into a studio.

Midland Festival Ballet cancels its Nutcracker.

Maria Tallchief and four other ballerinas are named as a group to a list of 10 outstanding women in the history of Oklahoma.

Misty Copeland writes a children's book.

An interview with Susan Jaffe.

Maurice Kaplow has died at age 90.

Edward Watson is retiring from the Royal Ballet.

I felt the same way. There's really no reason to feel sad - it was a full life that closed peacefully - but I enjoyed wishing her a happy birthday every year and knowing she was living and thriving. There are a few performers left from the era but with de Havilland gone it really does feel like closing the book on an era. I hope we get to see something of that second memoir she was said to be working on. Fans, what is your favorite de Havilland role(s)? Mine, in no particular order: "The Heiress." I have quibbles with it as compared to the novel, but the cast and direction are wonderful. "The Adventures of Robin Hood." The movie is perfect of its kind and de Havilland looks and acts the perfect storybook heroine, sweet and ardent and spirited. "They Died With Their Boots On." De Havilland demonstrates how much she matured as an actor during the years with Flynn. Her Libbie Custer is gentle but very strong. "The Strawberry Blonde." Not really "her" movie but she's great and I love the picture. "Gone with the Wind." Natch. The character would have been hopelessly sappy in the hands of most other actors. Camp value: "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte."

I hadn't read that but it is nice to know. NYT obit: Vogue

You weren't off by much, alas. Farewell, Miss Melly. Odd how Leslie Howard, Clark Gable, and Vivien Leigh all died relatively young. She was already the last surviving star of GWTW by 1968.

De Havilland was photographed riding a tricyle earlier this month:

Oh, YouOverThere, that's wonderful. Thank you!

Many thanks for posting the link. Very interesting read. I hope your search ends productively.

A review of the English National Ballet School's Virtual Summer Performance by Jann Parry for DanceTabs.

Obituary for Zizi Jeanmaire by Roslyn Sulcas in The New York Times. An appreciation from the fashion perspective by Laird Borrelli-Persson for Vogue.

An obituary for Zizi Jeanmaire in Broadway World.

An obituary for Zizi Jeanmaire by Phil Davison for The Washington Post (via The Boston Globe)

A review of the Royal Ballet in "Woolf Works" by Róisín O'Brien for the Fjord Review.