As UK audiences flocked to catch free ballet & opera performances via the BP/ROH summer screenings, The Times, invited by Royal Opera House (ROH) Chief Executive Tony Hall for a chat during the broadcast of Ondine at Trafalgar Square, ran an article which accentuated one of the biggest opera world dividers in the following line: [...]
From the monthly archives:
July 2009
Ticket to Ride
by Linda on July 30, 2009
Beautiful Woman
by Linda on July 24, 2009
On one side her admirers and knight-in-shining-armour defenders. On the other those who see her as an inconsistent performer. It doesn’t matter on which side one stands, all this debate has helped American Ballet Theatre‘s newest Principal dancer Veronika Part become the equivalent of a ballet cross-cultural phenomenon. Other than achievements such as her success [...]
Tagged as: ABT, Daria Pavlenko, Gaynor Minden, Gillian Murphy, Inna Zubkovskaya, Kevin McKenzie, Le Corsaire, Mainstream Media, Marcelo Gomes, Mariinsky, Michelle Wiles, Odette/Odile, Paloma Herrera, Ratmansky, Raymonda, Roberto Bolle, Svetlana Zakharova, Swan Lake, Tony Mendez, Vaganova, Veronika Part
Man of the Hour
by Emilia on July 23, 2009
Going for thirty six days without any ballet is quite a challenge for a balletomane, therefore I could not pass up the opportunity of seeing Carlos Acosta & Guests Artists, a mixed ballet bag of short pieces featuring from modern Brandstrup to chic & classical Ashton’s Rhapsody, and ranging from the overdone (a “male” Dying [...]
Tagged as: Amilcar Moret, Arionel Vargas, Ashton, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Begoña Cao, Ben Stevenson, Brandstrup, Carlos Acosta, Dying Swan, ENB, Georges Garcia, Hamburg Ballet, Igor Kolb, Ivan Tenorio, London Coliseum, Majisimo, Neumeier, Nina Kaptsova, Othello, Plisetsky, Ramon Gomes Reis, Rhapsody, Ritmicas, Roberta Marquez, Spartacus, Steven McRae, Three Preludes
Virtually There
by Emilia on July 20, 2009
In 1973 the Royal Ballet went on a historical tour to Brazil bringing 110 dancers including its star Margot Fonteyn to 85,000 people across the country. It was that year’s cultural highlight with tales of roaring audiences and of dancers who would not dare step onstage until Fonteyn’s reassurances that crowd commotions were entirely normal [...]
Tagged as: ABT, Bolshoi, Facebook, La Scala, Mariinsky, NYCB, OBT, Opinion, POB, Royal Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Twitter, YouTube
Bag of Steps: Big Jumps (Part 2)
by Linda on July 16, 2009
In this post we continue to look at some of the big jumps that have historically filled the vision of many choreographers and which continue to fill the eyes of an audience. Our focus is on a set of common jumps, which tend to occur in almost every classical variation rather than on the flashy [...]
Tagged as: ABT, Albrecht, Alla Sizova, Angel Corella, Aurélie Dupont, Bag of Steps, Balanchine, Bolshoi, Damian Woetzel, Daniil Simkin, dégagé, Dutch National Ballet, Giselle, Gonzalo García, Grand pas de chat, Grand Sissonne Ouverte, Le Corsaire, Mariinsky, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Miranda Weese, NYCB, POB, Poisson, Saut de chat, Sissonne, Sissonne Doublée, Stars and Stripes, Technique, Theme and Variations, Tour en l'air, Vladimir Shklyarov
If You Wear That Velvet Dress
by Emilia on July 11, 2009
And now for something completely different. This post is for those in need of a styling hand to help assemble looks to wear at the ballet, opera or even a fancy theatre outing. We like ballet, we like fashion, we used to like dressing up our dolls and most of all we like to have [...]
Tagged as: Autumn Season, Ballet Newbie, Fashion, Going to the Ballet, Jewels, Mikhail Baryshnikov
