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A look at Australian ballet's connections with Australian national identity by Yvette Grant in The Conversation.

Christopher Wheeldon returns to New York City Ballet to make a new work.

Ballet Arkansas announces the schedule for its forty-fifth season.

I add my thanks to the moderators and administrators of Ballet Talk for Dancers, as well as all the wonderful posters there. I wish InTheWings the best of luck with Ballet Pursuit. I'm sure there will be good reading there!

Oh, I didn't mean to say there was any chance of their actually succeeding. Still, they're there, and I assume they remain among Charles' heirs and (potential) successors.

You know, the more I look at the wording of the "people's oath" the odder it seems. For example, the sweat-free Prince Andrew and Whatshisname in Montecito, who compared royal life to "The Truman Show," are still in the line of succession. And what is "true allegiance" anyway? "May the King live forever?" - is that new? It's just a tad....North Korean.

Thanks for the link, Drew. It'll be awkward if that "great cry" doesn't materialize. I see by the article to which Drew linked that the wording of the oaths will not be changed and instead the Archbishop of Canterbury will supply some helpful "contextualizing."

Kate-Lynn Robichaux retires from the Orlando Ballet.

Ukrainian ballet dancer Rosyslav Yanchyshen is killed in combat.

A review of Festival Ballet Providence by Erica Cataldi-Roberts for Broadway World.

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company visits the Philippines, with accompaniment by Cecile Licad.

Catherine Hurlin talks about dancing the title role in "Giselle" for the first time.

With regard to the disappearance of ermine, I have since read that there wasn't a lot of it at Elizabeth's coronation in '53. The nation was still in postwar economic recovery and even the toffs had no money for new coronation robes. So they refurbished old ones if they had one or rented capes of cotton velveteen trimmed with miniver. Nonetheless, the Queen chose to pull out all the stops and it paid off in every respect. Of course, times have changed.

Thank you for that, duffster.

What a great interview, sandik. Thank you so much for posting this. There's a lot to chew on here: It's just so sad that this kind of writing seems to be disappearing and place for people to do this kind of writing seems to be vanishing. Of course this has been going on for some time, but if even the Post with its gazillionaire owner won't pay a staff dance critic - what can you say. It's too bad, because the Post once employed not only Kaufman but Alan Kriegsman (one of his reviews is linked to here) and of course our own Alexandra Tomalonis. Thoughts?

Dancers of the English National Ballet, as viewed from above.

The Joffrey Ballet presents its final peformances of "The Little Mermaid."

A sponsored article previewing Carolina Ballet's "The Sleeping Beauty."

A TV interview with Roy Kaiser on Nevada Ballet Theatre's "The Wizard of Oz."

A preview of Alberta Ballet's "Botero."

A review of Smuin Contemporary Ballet by Rachel Howard for The San Francisco Chronicle.

Philadelphia Ballet closes its season with "Coppelia."

A review of Alice Robb's "Don't Think, Dear" by Pippa Bailey in The New Statesman.

Milwaukee Ballet presents "Peter Pan."

Ballet Des Moines presents a program by female choreographers.