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A review of the English National Ballet in "Cinderella" by Sarah Crompton in The Observer.

An onstage marriage proposal in Verona.

The best ballet books of the year so far, according to Oprah Daily.

Darcey Bussell meets newly named guide dog puppy Darcey at White Lodge.

OT: It's a reasonable question, BalanchineFan, and you'd be correct if a) we were speaking in purely descriptive terms, since the word is frequently used in the second meaning of if 2) Homans (and Kirkland) were writing in Middle English, since the word did originally mean "generous" or "abundant," as in a "fulsome harvest." However, today the first usage remains the "correct" one for careful writers. IMO it's a useful word to have around for the first meaning and not terribly necessary for the second. The American Heritage Dictionary is particularly helpful in these matters because of their "Usage Notes." It outlines the issue well, I think. The Cambridge Dictionary takes a firmer line. You will note that the American Heritage usage note suggests, sadly/wisely, that the word be omitted where it may cause ambiguity. I think in a book of this quality it's a mistake (describing Betty Cage as having a "fulsome body"). There are many other adjectives you could use that aren't going to distract your reader (or maybe you could just not even refer to Cage's curves at all (?)).

A Harper's Bazaar interview with Francesca Hayward.

Mikhail Baryshnikov is interviewed by Apollinaire Scherr.

A review of the National Ballet of Canada by Denise Sum for danceviewtimes.com.

A review of American Ballet Theatre in "Like Water for Chocolate" by Mary Cargill for danceviewtimes.com.

A review of American Ballet Theatre in "Like Water for Chocolate" by Robert Greskovic in The Wall Street Journal.

A new ballet is based on the life of Bronislava Nijinska.

A review of American Ballet Theatre by Ivy Lin for Bachtrack.

Misty Copeland talks about her new short film in a Q&A for The Hollywood Reporter.

A review of the Hungarian National Ballet by Ilona Landgraf in her blog, "Landgraf on Dance."

Reviews of West Australian Ballet. ARTS Hub Dance Australia

An Australian Ballet dancer speaks anonymously on why the dancers are protesting pay cuts.

A look at the labor unrest at Australian Ballet.

Melanie Hamrick talks about her steamy new novel.

Mick 'n' Melanie are engaged (?) Not so fast, say Jagger's reps.

Melanie Hamrick publishes an "erotic novel" titled First Position.

A great loss, especially as it seems his mind was as sharp as ever. RIP. An appreciation by Alastair Macaulay:

An appreciation of Robert Gottlieb by Daniel Mendelsohn in the July 20 issues of The New York Review of Books.

I agree. I had also not thought of that, and it's interesting that what seemed like an awful blow at the time - losing the Paris Opera job to Lifar - meant that he was out of Europe before the war. He might have departed anyway, but he also might have been trapped or misguidedly refused to leave. Other writers may well have pointed this out previously but I don't remember it. Unfortunately, for every insight it seems like there's another distracting boo-boo. I haven't encountered such a misuse of fulsome since Gelsey Kirkland's reference to "fulsome breasts."

A review of the West Australian Ballet by Rita Clarke for Limelight magazine.

Japanese dancers win gold at the USA International Ballet Competition.