BalletcoForum Daily Dance Links
If you want to know what’s happening in dance, then the Daily Links service provided by BalletcoForum is your super knowledgeable friend. Every morning (UK time), they release a huge collection of links to reviews, interviews, features and news from papers, magazines, and websites across the world.
Bookmark the following link and follow your nose to access the links for the day: BalletcoForum Daily Dance Links
It’s a service that has been running for 25+ years and is not as well known as it should be. It’s also worth noting that while BalletcoForum itself tends to focus mainly on UK ballet (not exclusively, but mainly for sure), the Daily Links section casts its net over all dance across the English-speaking world, allowing you to easily see what’s happening in the USA, Australia, etc. What’s more, it’s free, and you don’t have to register to access the links, nor do they come with a boatload of advertisements and tracking. All up it’s truly comprehensive, and I take my hat off to all who sleuth and publish them. I used to run the service myself, but that was many, many years ago, and I’ve never forgotten the effort and dedication that goes into making it all happen — Bravo to all involved.
Regarding the service itself, it helps to have a bit of background on what they list and what they might not. Here is what they say:
“Each day we compile a collection of links to reviews, news and other features about ballet and dance from websites around the world. Publications that require a paid subscription to view their articles are excluded for obvious reasons. (Update: an email from the team adds:”…we do often now include paywalled links but mark them as such and offer a workaround or a share token (e.g. The Times, Telegraph, etc)”, BM). Some publications ask you to sign up (without giving credit card details) if you wish to view their content: these we will list. Some sites have a monthly quota of free articles and in other cases the title of an article may be displayed but not the whole content. A Google search using the title text may then reveal the full article.”