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You are most welcome, Dégagé E. I really enjoyed reading it, too. I think it's safe to say we won't see his like again.

Thank you for that, Quiggin. I hadn't heard that but it makes a lot of sense. And of course his "Ode to Tanaquil Le Clercq": I wonder if O'Hara was the "troubled New York poet" who told Edwin Denby, "I could see it every day, it's so deliciously boring" ( speaking of Balanchine's Nutcracker).

Oh, lucky you to have been there! Thank you for telling us about it. OperaWire

Fraser's biography of Mary Queen of Scots is really good, a spirited if not altogether convincing defense. I also liked her biography of Charles II (another spirited if not altogether etc.). Her Cromwell book is...mixed, but in my experience she's always fun to read. What is her view of Marie Antoinette overall?

Q&A with Toni Bentley on what she's been reading. What are people here reading this summer?

A Penguin Books list of the top ten cats in literature.

Q&A with Wilhelmina Frankfurt, the new artistic director of the Stapleton School of the Performing Arts.

An appreciation by Martha Ullman West.

A review of Birmingham Royal Ballet by Georgia Brooks for Redbrick.

Boston Ballet performs in Sun Valley.

A CBS News interview with Baryshnikov.

A review of a Wayne McGregor program at La Scala by Silvia Poletti for Bachtrack.

Ballet Cymru presents "Dream."

A review of State Ballet Berlin in "The Sleeping Beauty" by Ilona Landgraf in her blog, "Landgraf on Dance."

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

Miami City Ballet's four year fundraising campaign exceeds its goal.

Promotions are announced at the National Ballet of Canada.

Milwaukee Ballet's annual "Ballet Beat" program starts next week.

Ballet Des Moines goes on a statewide tour.

A review of American Ballet Theatre by Robert Greskovic in The Wall Street Journal.

A review of Christopher Williams Dances by Gia Kourlas in The New York Times.

Thank you for posting, vipa. Bentley is inclined to purple prose and oversharing, but she's a very good writer and knows her subject. I look forward to reading this. My own favorite book of hers is "Costumes by Karinska."

A review of “America(na) to Me,” at Jacob's Pillow by Janine Parker in The Berkshire Eagle.

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

The Joburg Ballet presents "La Traviata - The Ballet."