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The Joffrey Ballet presents "Anna Karenina" at the Kennedy Center.

A preview of Boston Ballet's new "La Mer."

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

A review of the National Ballet of Canada by Ivy Lin for Bachtrack.

Havana hosts the XXVIII International Meeting of Academies for the Teaching of Ballet.

Cleveland Ballet announces its ninth season.

A defense of Balanchine and ballet by Gia Kourlas in the Critic's Notebook of The New York Times.

The Birmingham Royal Ballet presents "Cinderella."

A review of the Royal Ballet by Sarah Crompton in The Observer.

Daniel Lee of Burberry will create the costumes for Wayne McGregor's new piece.

From memory: Bernard Taper asked Balanchine about his feeling for Suzanne Farrell and Balanchine said, "It's all in the programs."

She agreed with you. That was some serious pouting.

Thank you for posting, vipa. Maybe I should try again. Has anyone else seen it, or have opinions on YouOverThere's question about generational divides?

I couldn't sit through it, myself. You could argue that it was an ideal Academy Award winner for a new era - Marvel Action meets Art House and makes $100 million. But yes, others whose opinion I respect really liked or loved it. And they still managed to go on for over two hours.

Seymour's first husband, Colin Jones, died last year. Ismene Brown interviewed him for The Arts Desk. Well worth a read.

Those are all good points, Tom. Things are changing, but slowly. Thank you for reviving this thread. One heartening thing is that animated movies aimed at children now feature girls as the protagonist more frequently and not just as princesses to be rescued, not that I'm knocking "The Sleeping Beauty."

This will be much smaller scale for several reasons but I'll be interested to see it as well.

A review of Northern Ballet in "The Great Gatsby" by Louise Levene in The Financial Times.

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

A review of Ballet Black by Graham Watts for Bachtrack.

A review of Tiler Peck's new show by Louise Levene in The Financial Times.

Obituaries for Lynn Seymour. The Times Broadway World

Thanks to the longevity of Charles' mum, I've never seen a coronation live before. This one won't have a lot of ermine on display, I expect.

A preview of City Ballet of San Diego's new program.

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