Friday, November 12

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More reports from the inquest into the death of Liam Scarlett.

ClassicFM

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He was found dead at his flat in Suffolk by his parents, on 12 April this year. Scarlett had suffered a cardiac arrest and brain injury, and died in Ipswich Hospital four days later. He had left notes for family members.

MyLondon

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The coroner said that Liam 'clearly knew' that his production of Frankenstein had been called off by the Royal Danish Ballet before it was announced on April 16, and that this could have been another factor.

The Telegraph

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Suffolk Coroners’ Court heard Mr Scarlett had suffered privately from anxiety for two decades, and had been taking Prozac for 15 years.

He saw his GP to discuss his mental health four times in late 2019 after he was suspended from the company.

The Times

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Scarlett, who had been the Royal Ballet’s artist-in-residence for eight years, quit before the inquiry was due to take place and the company made no reference to the allegations in a statement it released when he left.

 

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A story on Houston Ballet's Nutcracker Market.

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What began in 1981 as a humble bazaar has grown into a mind-bogglingly massive four-day shopping extravaganza featuring more than 260 vendors offering an array of oh-so-tempting goodies -- including but not limited to -- gourmet food (think jalapeno peanut brittle, pina colada-flavored rum cake and brisket tamales), home goods, kitchen wares, clothing, toys and, of course, holiday decorations galore. Each year, tens of thousands of eager shoppers, many with a mimosa in hand and clad in spirited holiday garb, pour into the NRG Center for the not-to-be-missed event.

 

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Northern Ballet presents "Merlin."

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There are plenty of pas de deux for Northern Ballet’s fabulous dancers to show their prowess. As well as the fire of the furnace there are magical lanterns passed from one character to another. Anna Watson’s fabulous lighting design carries the narrative along with a fast pace as well as highlighting the key characters. This comes replete with added illusions by Chris Fisher. One of the most charming moments of the performance sees the smoke-bellowing dragon become one of Merlin’s closest friends with wondrous puppetry by Rachael Canning.

 

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 Ballet West gears up for a big Nutcracker season.

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This season, Ballet West has already sold 15,000 Nutcracker tickets, a rate that Goldberg says – should it continue – will make this year’s Nutcracker the most successful the company has seen in a long time.

“With this upcoming return to live with The Nutcracker, we’re seeing sales trends that are the best in 25 years,” he says. “If the trend continues, we will have our bestselling Nutcracker of all time.”

 

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Ballet Arts of Jackson presents its fortieth Nutcracker.

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“We’re really wanting to tie in a lot of qualities that have gotten us to where we are. So having some dances that, you know, if you were in the ballet about 10 years ago, you’d see some of the same moves but also incorporating some of our new pieces,” said Caroline Meinert, Artistic Director for Ballet Arts of Jackson.

 

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A review of Ballet Black by Siobhan Murphy for DanceTabs.

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The rest of the company emerge from this portal, decked out in patched-together Pierrot black-and-white. Among these sprite-like mischief makers, Sayaka Ichikawa teases and tugs at him like a nagging manifestation of his innermost thoughts. When he finally makes it through the door, November re-emerges in a gold-sequinned ringmaster’s jacket, grooving with the rest to Etta James in a burst of cutely infectious joy. The dramatic thrust of it all is pretty flabby, but it’s a fun piece nonetheless.