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Angel Corella seeks to remove ethnic and racial stereotypes from Pennsylvania Ballet's "La Bayadere."

A review of Ballet Vlaanderen by Brian Seibert in The New York Times.

A review of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo by Joseph So for Ludwig Van.

A review of the Joffrey Ballet by Steven Winn in the Chronicle.

A review of the Joffrey Ballet by Heather Desaulniers for DanceTabs.

A review of San Francisco Ballet's only performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Rachel Howard for The San Francisco Chronicle.

The San Francisco Ballet cancels its remaining performances of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," as performance venues are closed over coronavirus fears.

David Hallberg will be the next artistic director of the Australian Ballet.

Stories on David Hallberg's appointment to lead the Australian Ballet. ArtForum Broadway World

The physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson has died at age 96 after a fall. He was also a wonderful writer who produced several books of interest to the general reader. I haved "Disturbing the Universe" and "Infinite in All Directions." I’m happy to write that he appears to have been in good shape for his age and sharp as a tack to the end. RIP. Obituary from The Daily Princetonian. Interview from 2018.

I 'm sorry, all - I was disappointed. The camerawork did not help – too many closeups of singers’ open mouths – not an attractive look. I understand the director’s need to keep things moving and keep the audience occupied while the da capo arias went on and on, but eventually the disparity between the onstage antics and the music became jarring to me and I started closing my eyes so I could listen to the more striking passages undistracted by mugging, smirking, gaping, hip shaking, twerking, crotch-grabbing…etc. I had an appointment and couldn’t stay for the whole thing, but I wasn’t entirely sorry to leave, especially since I wasn't going to get to hear “Lieto il Tebro increspi l’onda.” I extend my sympathies to Kate Lindsey and my congratulations to Matthew Rose, who rose above what he was asked to do, including a most un-Claudio-like striptease. McVicar seemed to be going for a combination of bedroom farce and political satire, but the former overtook the latter, to the show's detriment. At the intermission break for which I was present, there was a nice tribute to Mirella Freni and a clip of her singing “Io son l'umile ancella” from “Adriana Lecouvreur” at the 1991 Met Gala. The best singing I heard that day. RIP. A new recording of Agrippina has just been released by Erato, with DiDonato. Should be good.

American dancers talk about why they chose to pursue ballet careers in Europe.

A review of Houston Ballet by Molly Glentzer in The Houston Chronicle.

Review of a new release of previously unrecorded ballet music by Offenbach.

An interview with Esteban Hernandez.

An interview with Lisa Macuja-Elizalde of Ballet Manila.

San Jose's New Ballet has a new home.

An interview with Francesca Hayward.

Ballet West announces its 2020-21 season.

A review of the Viviana Durante Company by Graham Watts for Bachtrack.

A review of Washington Ballet by Oksana Khadarina for DanceTabs.

A review of New York City Ballet by Marina Harss for DanceTabs.

A review of the Viviana Durante Company by Jann Parry for DanceTabs.

Promotions announced at Dutch National Ballet.

A review of Houston Ballet by Natalie De La Garza for Houston Press.