In the Studio & On Stage: An Alice in Wonderland Photo Gallery

Another awesome photo gallery by Alice Pennefather

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Nicolas Le Riche: Apropos of Roland Petit & Le Jeune Homme

The Paris Opera Ballet étoile on fleshing out a complex character from Petit's realist universe

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The Royal Ballet's La Bayadère: A Photo Gallery

Alice Pennefather captures the Hikaru Kobayashi, Nehemiah Kish & Yuhui Choe cast

The Royal Ballet's La Bayadère: A Photo Gallery The Royal Ballet's La Bayadère: A Photo Gallery

Five Ballet Books

Spotlight on five recent releases

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Five Ballet Books

May 12, 2013
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In the spotlight, five recent ballet and dance book releases that will make great summer reads or that are perfect for your Amazon wishlists: Sadler’s Wells Dance House by Sarah Crompton With plenty of photos of some of Sadler’s Wells’s most successful productions from the last few years (Sylvie Guillem fans are in for a [...]

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The Royal Ballet’s La Bayadère: A Photo Gallery

April 30, 2013
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Taken during the Royal Ballet’s current revival of La Bayadère, Alice Pennefather’s latest photo gallery shows Hikaru Kobayashi as Nikiya, Nehemiah Kish as Solor and Yuhui Choe as Gamzatti. (Click on thumbnails to enlarge & see as slideshow) All Photos: © Alice Pennefather, courtesy of ROH About Alice Pennefather: With a twin brother flying high as [...]

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Curiosity is Key: Sebastian Goffin Creates in Munich

April 26, 2013
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From Munich, our collaborator Wiebke catches up with The Royal Ballet School-trained Sebastian Goffin, who is presenting a new work, Astres Errants, this Sunday 28 April at The Bavarian State Ballet II / Junior Company matinee program, part of Ballet Festival Week 2013. Having seen a lovely piece (Papillon) by Seb at Bob Lockyer’s 80th Birthday Gala in London, we were very keen [...]

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Nicolas Le Riche: Apropos of Roland Petit & Le Jeune Homme

April 19, 2013
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Paris Opera Ballet étoile Nicolas Le Riche is currently in London for guest performances with ENB in Roland Petit’s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort opposite Tamara Rojo (they appear tonight and tomorrow matinee). We could not pass up the opportunity to chat to Nicolas about the much-missed Petit, with whom he worked closely on many [...]

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In the Studio & On Stage: An Alice in Wonderland Photo Gallery

April 10, 2013
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With Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland about to close its third successful run at the Royal Opera House, we feature below Alice Pennefather’s second gallery set dedicated to Wheeldon’s colourful ballet, including snaps of leads Beatriz Stix-Brunell and Rupert Pennefather in the studio: (Click on thumbnails to enlarge & see as slideshow) All Photos: © Alice Pennefather, [...]

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The Mikhailovsky In London: An Interview with Mikhail Messerer

March 25, 2013
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The Mikhailovsky Ballet kicks off its London residency this week. In its third appearance at the Coliseum (where it previously performed in 2008 and 2010) and with an impressive roster of principal dancers that includes Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev and Leonid Sarafanov, as well as guest artists Polina Semionova and Denis Matvienko, the Mikhailovsky is ready to show us ballets [...]

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