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The Northwest Ballet Company presents its Nutcracker.

A review of Ballett am Rhein in "Giselle" by Vikki Jane Vile for Bachtrack.

A review of New York City Ballet by Leigh Witchel for dancelog.nyc.

A review of Norwegian National Ballet by Jonathan Gray for Bachtrack.

A story on the suspension of the artistic director and CEO of Cleveland Ballet pending an investigation.

The co-founders of Cleveland Ballet are suspended pending an investigation regarding a dance instructor whose contract was allegedly not renewed because of her weight.

All excellent points, Quiggin, although I'd add "not usually acquaintances or intimates" to "not really equals." So much depends on context. There are times when I will think, "Well, that's a little free and easy" and other times when it seems fine. When the topic is the subject's childhood, it would seem odd to me to use a surname: And of course with married couples who share a surname you don't really have an option, as with "Eleanor and Franklin" and "Scott and Zelda." Thank you for sharing your own experience, Ms. Protopopescu. I thought you handled the issue well in your book. Returning to your review, I appreciated among other things your discussion of the influence of Elizabeth Kendall's work on Homans' account of Balanchine's early years.

A preview of Rochester City Ballet's Nutcracker.

A new exhibition devoted to "The Red Shoes" opens at BFI Southbank.

Thank you so much for the link to your review, Ms. Protopopescu. I bought and loved your biography of Le Clercq (we have a thread here for the book, for those who are interested). I look forward to reading your poetry as well.

Carina Roberts of the West Australian Ballet announces her retirement.

A review of New York City Ballet by Leigh Witchel for dancelog.nyc.

John Lam of the Boston Ballet talks about performing in "The Nutcracker."

A review of "Modance," Svetlana Zakharova's Evening at the Bolshoi Ballet by Ilona Landgraf in her blog, "Landgraf on Dance."

A preview of Ballet Austin's Nutcracker.

A preview of Nutcracker productions in the Boston area by Karen Campbell in The Boston Globe.

The Sinfonia of London records a new version of Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé.

Q&A with the conductor David Briskin.

A review of the BalletBoyz' "England on Fire" by Louise Levene in The Financial Times.

A review of the BalletBoyz' "England on Fire" by Deborah Weiss for Bachtrack.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet presents "The Christmas Ballet."

A review of Northern Ballet by Sarah Crompton in The Observer.

A review of Ballet of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre by Ilona Landgraf in her blog, "Landgraf on Dance."

The National Ballet of Canada prepares a new ballet based on "Madame Bovary."

A celebration is held in memory of Sir Jon Trimmer.