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Performances and partying at American Ballet Theatre's Southern California engagement earlier this month.

Pennsylvania Ballet cancels the balance of its season and makes changes to next season's schedule.

Houston Ballet shuts down "for the foreseeable future."

New York City Ballet cancels its spring season.

A review of the last performances of the Richard Alston Dance Company by Jann Parry for DanceTabs.

An interview with Marianela Núñez.

Ballet Philippines cancels its final show of the season for health concerns.

A review of an episode of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" inspired by the recent scandal at New York City Ballet by Gia Kourlas in The New York Times.

An NBC News feature on trans dancers.

OT - Ashley says in her book that she felt there was some malice aforethought - Rosenthal knew her and also knew she had a decent chance of getting into the company. There's also Stewart Granger, who was born James Stewart. "Reticence" does not mean what Gia Kourlas thinks it means.

A story on dance and dancers online during the pandemic by Laura Regensdorf for Vanity Fair.

Two Ballet Memphis dancers produce a quarantine video.

Pet cat interrupts an online ballet class.

Australia's prime minister has trouble pronouncing "barre."

Promotions at Boston Ballet for the 2020-21 season.

How dancers are staying in shape at home.

A dance critic tries Tamara Rojo's online ballet class.

Houston Ballet cancels its spring Nutcracker Market.

I'm guessing that at the level of Robbins, Ashton, and Taylor they were probably consulting with their peers and colleagues. I imagine Constant Lambert had a lot of input at the Royal. De Valois seems to have let Ashton alone, but she addressed what she considered to be deficiencies in other ways. She brought in Leonide Massine to do some things and work with the men because Ashton concentrated more on the female dancers and she thought the boys needed more attention. When Robbins was with NYCB Balanchine probably came in for some look-sees, and on Broadway Robbins worked with George Abbott, who would have had a lot to say about what he thought did and didn't work. (Peter Martins wrote some interesting things about apprenticing under Balanchine in "Far From Denmark." In one story he was having trouble with the ending of the ballet and kept noodling with it to little effect. Balanchine came in to watch. He made some changes not to the ending but to the section immediately preceding it, which set up the ending better and so made it more satisfactory.)

I just saw this and was going to post. He was 81 with pre-existing lung problems. His writing gave me so much pleasure and joy over the years. He had a very good run, but even so, a great loss. Zoe Caldwell, who played Maria Callas in McNally's "Master Class" and acted for him in "A Perfect Ganesh" also died recently. McNally's tribute to her is here. It must have been one of the last things he wrote.

If any parents came forward, they wouldn't just be coming for Scarlett, regardless of his current employment status.

Yes, it is sad when a promising young artist screws things up for himself and others. Scarlett has only himself to blame, or so it appears. However, this could have ended much worse for him and maybe he can ride this out if this is all we hear of it.

Best wishes to him and his family for a full recovery.

A review of the BalletBoyz by Lorna Irvine for the Fjord Review.

Another story on the severing of ties between Liam Scarlett and the Royal Ballet.