by Linda on July 30, 2009
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:
…the [...]
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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 [...]
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Michelle Wiles,
Odette/Odile,
Paloma Herrera,
Ratmansky,
Raymonda,
Roberto Bolle,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Swan Lake,
Tony Mendez,
Vaganova,
Veronika Part
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 [...]
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Nina Kaptsova,
Othello,
Plisetsky,
Ramon Gomes Reis,
Rhapsody,
Ritmicas,
Roberta Marquez,
Spartacus,
Steven McRae,
Three Preludes
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 [...]
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by Emilia on July 11, 2009
