News and Updates

Obituary: Norwegian soloist Guri Pahle Glad, legendary Carmen de Lavallade, Ron Protas - Graham's controversial confidant

Deepest condolences.

Ikuko

Jan 111 min read

News clipping: Nutcracker and year-end compilation

The best of 2025, The Nutcracker reviews and the Rockettes 100 anniversary.

Ikuko

Dec 23, 20252 min read

Trump adds his name to The Kennedy Center - media

The name change sparked protests.

Ikuko

Dec 21, 20252 min read

News clipping: The Nutcracker truck stolen, male dancers' baldness, Melbourne's State Theatre set to reopen early, going back to Bournonville, ballet about Sami people

News articles which have caught my eyes recently.

Ikuko

Dec 5, 20251 min read

News clipping: Bolle in Winter Olympics, Northern Ballet hiring BBC orchestra, November, Forsythe, McGregor, Cherkaoui and why Marseille

News stories that have recently caught my eye.

Ikuko Kurahone

Nov 11, 20252 min read

News clipping: Bolle receives honorary degree, Polunin loses UA citizenship, Mark Morris sued, and lots of interview clips

Amy Watson, Christopher Marney, Cathy Marston and Misty Copeland were in news.

Ikuko

Nov 1, 20252 min read

News clipping: Akram Khan interview, former dancer sues London Met police, Misty Copeland, NYCB dancers boycott, Graham finally in the UK

Some news articles which have caught my eye recently.

Ikuko

Oct 11, 20252 min read

Kennedy Center names Stephen Nakagawa as new Director of Dance Programming

The ex-Washington Ballet dancer is not happy about “radical leftist ideologies in ballet" and concerned about the "rise of the 'woke' culture" in the company and others. ?

Ikuko

Aug 26, 20252 min read

Kennedy Center fires dance programming team - The Washington Post, The New York Times

The dismissal followed the meeting between the centre's president and the team.

Ikuko

Aug 25, 20252 min read

News Clipping: Reece Clarke in Pointe, Jock Soto in ICT, Queen of Scots, Rambert's Peaky Blinders, The New York Times about hands

Some interesting news articles that caught my eye in the past few weeks.

Ikuko

Aug 15, 20252 min read

News clipping: National Ballet of Japan's Gieselle, problems with appropriating disability, South Africa's local ballet school

Some news articles that have caught my eye recently.

Ikuko

Aug 1, 20252 min read

Gillian Murphy bids farewell after 29 years

The world won't be the same.

Ikuko

Jul 20, 20252 min read

Trump proposes shutting National Endowment for the Arts, grants cancelled, all directors leave - reports

“The NEA is updating its grantmaking policy priorities to focus funding on projects that reflect the nation’s rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President"

Ikuko

May 9, 20252 min read

Media interviews: Olga Smirnova, Joy Womack, Misty Copeland, Susan Jaffe

Smirnova has not seen her parents since she left Russia.

Ikuko

Apr 9, 20252 min read

Chicago 50 years, Giselle, Osipova, McGregor, Raymonda and more - news clipping

News clippings of interesting articles, interviews and reviews.

Ikuko

Mar 17, 20254 min read

NYCB: Ratmansky’s new Paquita - The New York Times review

I hope New York City Ballet makes it available online.

Ikuko

Feb 8, 20252 min read

Isaac Hernández interview in The New York Times

The interview by Marina Harss answers everyone’s question.

Ikuko

Oct 22, 20241 min read