by Linda on October 31, 2009
We are back with another edition of Bag of Steps. This time we look at every turning trick designed to make us go “whoa” and typically reserved for the grand finale, such as in the coda from a Pas de Deux . Turns include female and male pirouettes and their offshoots. For the ballerina they [...]
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ABT,
Alina Cojocaru,
Angel Corella,
Ashton,
Bag of Steps,
BNC,
Bolshoi,
Carlos Acosta,
Châines,
Don Q,
en dedans,
en dehors,
en tournant,
Fouetté,
Gillian Murphy,
Lame Ducks,
Leonid Sarafanov,
Maria Alexandrova,
Mariinsky,
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Natalia Osipova,
Pennsylvania Ballet,
Piqué,
Pirouette,
Polina Semionova,
Royal Ballet,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Tamara Rojo,
Viengsay Valdés,
Yekaterina Kondaurova
by Linda on October 29, 2009
Our Mayerling crusade continues with new casts, some debuts and thus interesting new takes on MacMillan’s iconic characters. There are very few lead roles that challenge a danseur’s technique, stamina and dramatic skills as does Crown Prince Rudolf and for Rupert Pennefather to have been offered the opportunity to dance it at such young age [...]
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2009-2010 Season,
Brian Maloney,
Countess Larisch,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Edward Watson,
Elizabeth Harrod,
full-length,
Johan Kobborg,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mary Vetsera,
Mayerling,
Melissa Hamilton,
Review,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sergei Polunin,
Wayne McGregor
by Emilia on October 26, 2009
Kenneth MacMillan, one of the leading choreographers of the twentieth century, is credited with pushing the boundaries of classical ballet and challenging audiences to look beyond the idealised world of fairy tales into the reality and discomfort of their own mortal existence. With ballets that probed into all extremes of the human condition MacMillan found [...]
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Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
David Wall,
Deborah MacMillan,
Des Grieux,
Different Drummer,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
ENB,
Gloria,
Iohna Loots,
Irek Mukhamedov,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kenneth MacMillan's 80th Anniversary,
Lauren Cuthberson,
Leanne Benjamin,
Lynn Seymour,
Manon,
Mara Galeazzi,
Mayerling,
Messenger of Death,
Michael Nunn,
Monica Mason,
My Brother My Sisters,
Nicholas Hytner,
RAD,
Romeo and Juliet,
Sir Peter Wright,
Song of the Earth,
South Bank,
Stephen Wicks,
Tamara Rojo,
The Judas Tree,
The Road to Mayerling,
Viviana Durante,
Wayne Eagling,
White Lodge
by Emilia on October 25, 2009
Morphoses dancers performing Commedia (via Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel) Morphoses’ third London season has just come to a close. This year they came almost entirely depleted of their NYCB roster, something we lament since we cannot easily cross over the Atlantic to see that fabulous team at home. Nevertheless Morphoses remains a vibrant company providing [...]
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Ballets Russes,
Boléro,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Commedia,
Danielle Rowe,
Drew Jacoby,
Edwaard Liang,
Edward Watson,
Juan Pablo Ledo,
Leanne Benjamin,
Lucas Segovia,
Melissa Barak,
Morphoses,
NYCB,
One act,
Pulcinella,
Ratmansky,
Ravel,
Rory Hohenstein,
Rubinald Pronk,
Sadler's Wells,
Stravinsky,
Tim Harbour,
Wendy Whelan
by Emilia on October 19, 2009
First of all, I am a great charlatan, although one of brilliance; second, I’m a great charmer; third, I’ve great nerve; fourth I’m a man with a great deal of logic and few principles; and fifth, I think I lack talent; but if you like, I think I’ve found my real calling — patronage of [...]
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Ballet Exhibitions,
Ballet History,
Ballet Newbie,
Ballets Russes,
Books,
Clement Crisp,
Diaghilev,
In the Spirit of Diaghilev,
Ismene Brown,
Morphoses,
Sadler's Wells,
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
