by Linda on June 15, 2010
The Tokyo Ballet is one of the largest troupes in Ballet-loving Japan. The company is renowned for its association with Béjart; 18 of his ballets – including original pieces – are currently in repertory. They also boast impressive guests; Sylvie Guillem and Manuel Legris are regulars and, earlier this year, Polina Semionova and Marcelo Gomes [...]
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Béjart,
Chopin,
Don Giovanni,
Frederick Ashton,
Jiří Kylián,
John Cranko,
John Neumeier,
M,
Manuel Legris,
Mozart,
Polina Semionova,
Roberto Bolle,
Sacre du printemps,
Sylvie Guillem,
Tadatsugu Sasaki,
The Ballet Bag in Japan,
The Kabuki,
The Rite of Spring,
The Tokyo Ballet
by Emilia & Linda on June 13, 2010
For Jonathan Still, if ever there was a choreographer who could make dance the new rock n’ roll, it’s Kristen McNally. We agree, having raved about her latest work for the Linbury Studio Theatre ourselves. McNally shows that modern ballet can still use narrative threads; that it needn’t be pure abstraction in order to break [...]
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Cult Blog Post,
Kristen McNally,
Linbury Studio,
Royal Ballet,
Thomas Whitehead
by Emilia & Linda on June 10, 2010
A long time ago (well… a few years back) in a galaxy not-so-far away Royal Ballet Principal Roberta Marquez suddenly found herself without a partner to dance well-known party piece Don Quixote in a Paris gala. Only a knight in shining ballet gear could rescue her. Cue mighty Steven McRae with whom she had been [...]
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Interview,
Outtakes,
Partnership,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Slideshow,
Steven McRae
Japan is a balletomane’s paradise: plenty of local and visiting ballet companies, glitzy guest stars (some of them are here on a regular basis) and, of course, the best in ballet merchandise. In the trendiest Tokyo districts flagship dance stores sell premium quality dancewear and ballet shoes, along with – for those more intent on [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Bolshoi,
Coppélia,
Daniil Simkin,
Graeme Murphy,
Inoue Ballet,
Japan,
Johan Kobborg,
Mariinsky,
Mayerling,
Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Ballet Tour,
Stars of the Russian Ballet,
Swan Lake,
Tetsuma Kumakawa,
Tetsuma Kumakawa Ballet,
The Australian Ballet,
The Ballet Bag in Japan,
Tokyo Ballet,
Tokyo City Ballet
by Emilia & Linda on June 6, 2010
We’re loving Haglund’s post about ballet legend Alicia Alonso and her epic visit to ABT earlier this week where she made a diplomatic call for “devoting our time to celebrating the beauty and our love for dance instead of fighting with one another”: She’s mythical – Alicia Alonso, that is. Really, no human could have [...]
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ABT,
Alicia Alonso,
Basilio,
Cult Blog Post,
Don Quixote,
Giselle,
Kitri,
Met
by Emilia on June 4, 2010
One of our favorite things in The Royal Ballet season is the opportunity to catch their “New Works” by emerging choreographers (usually in-House talent) in the smaller space of the Linbury Studio Theatre. With tickets at a top price of £18 this is a chance to see what the future of ballet looks like. Last year’s [...]
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Bennet Gartside,
Claire Calvert,
Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game,
Duplicity,
Erico Montes,
Hallelujah Junction,
Helen Crawford,
Jonathan Watkins,
Kenta Kura,
Kings of Leon,
Kristen McNally,
Linbury Studio,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Mara Galeazzi,
Melissa Hamilton,
New Works,
One Shade the More,
Quentin Tarantino,
Roberta Marquez,
Ryoichi Hirano,
Sergei Polunin,
Steven McRae,
Thomas Whitehead,
Trip Trac,
Vanessa Fenton,
Viacheslav Samodurov
