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Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval dies in battle.

Thank you, volcanohunter. Did you (or anyone else) see the Carmen?

A profile of Edwaard Liang by Peter Tonguette in The Columbus Dispatch.

Thanks, volcanohunter. That would be a bit unnerving to see.

A listing of upcoming dance events in the new season in The New York Times.

Tina Ramirez, the founder of Ballet Hispánico, has died at age 92.

Rupert Christiansen's Diaghilev’s Empire: How the Ballets Russes Enthralled the World is The Daily Mail's Book of the Week.

A review of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo by Lyndsey Winship in The Guardian.

Houston Ballet revives "Peter Pan."

A review of the Sarasota Ballet by Leigh Witchel for dancelog.nyc.

The managing director of Milwaukee Ballet talks about the planning for the new season.

A review of the Trocks by Louise Levene in The Financial Times.

Dancers get raises at the New York City Ballet.

A review of "Nureyev: Legend and Legacy" by David Jays for The Evening Standard.

A review of "Nureyev: Legend and Legacy" by Rupert Christiansen in The Spectator.

A review of "Nureyev: Legend and Legacy" by Louise Levene in The Financial Times. Review by Sanjoy Roy in The Guardian.

Germaine Louvet talks about the influence of Rudolf Nureyev.

Q&A with Oleg Ivenko.

A service of remembrance in progress. Hymn: "All My Hope on God is Founded."

London Bridge is down. It was just a little over a year ago we had a thread for the funeral services of her husband. Didn't think it would be this soon. (Of course, a part of me didn't think it would happen at all - she's always been there!)

I'm guessing dancers, family, and friends, both in the US and Russia, and some of the material I recognize from old interviews. As for her larger conclusion about what the trip meant to Balanchine, I don't know. Thanks for the link, nanushka. I look forward to reading the book, a new bio of Balanchine is needed.

Peninsula Ballet Theatre presents "Carmina Burana."

Miami patrons of the arts Juan and Ophelia Roca pay $9.5 million for a teardown.

A look at the life and impact of Rudolf Nureyev by Debra Craine in The Times.

A review of Rupert Christiansen's "Diaghilev's Empire" by Anne Sebba in The Sunday Telegraph.