A still image from Frederick Wiseman's upcoming documentary "La Danse".
Credit: Sophie Dulac Distribution
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Frederick Wiseman is producing a documentary about the Paris Opera Ballet:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/07/frederick-wiseman-returns-to-ballet-world-with-new-documentary.html

Reuters reports on Alexandra Ansanelli's last performance with the Royal Ballet, which occurred in Cuba yesterday:

http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSN1851953220090718

The Havana Times has a nice gallery of photos:

http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=11721

Jenny Gilbert reviews Anastasia Volochkova's performance at the Coliseum:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/anastasia-volochkova-the-coliseum-london-1752169.html

"She needs acting lessons; she needs advice; she needs some better material, a change of career ... these were just some of the opinions floating about as a bewildered and mildly stunned audience exited the latest showcase for a ballerina known as "the Paris Hilton of Moscow". "

The Associated Press weighs in on a series of American Ballet Theater performances of MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-abt_0719gd.ART.State.Edition1.4b658d3.html

And:

A great historical link to a Canadian Broadcasting Company video of the first television coverage after Baryshnikov's defection. The clip was broadcast June 30, 1974:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:7Uvw2wyRBxEJ:archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/dance/clips/13363/+date+of+baryshnikov%27s+defection&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us