by Emilia & Linda on September 24, 2010
Earlier this week we attended a preview of Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909 – 1929, a must see exhibition that opens tomorrow at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The exhibition captures the glamour and excitement of a revolutionary age in ballet, showing Sergei Diaghilev’s genius; his ambition and determination to [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on September 21, 2010
Rambert founder Marie Rambert was heavily influenced by the time she spent with the Ballets Russes and, in particular, by Diaghilev’s spirit of collaboration between choreographers, composers and artists. Back in the UK she had the idea to form a troupe that would become one of Britain’s leading contemporary dance companies. With the Royal Ballet [...]
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Mark Baldwin,
Miriam Buether,
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Pieter Symonds,
Rambert Dance Company,
Robin Gladwin,
Tobias Picker
by Linda on September 17, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You like story ballets with grand designs and plenty of pashmina Pas de Deux. You have read and wept through “unhappily ever after” novels like Anna Karenina, Gone with the Wind and well… Onegin. Skip if: You are expecting to hear the famous score from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene [...]
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Kenneth MacMillan,
Kurt-Heinz Stolze,
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Olga,
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Ray Barra,
Sadler's Wells Ballet,
Stuttgart Ballet,
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by Emilia & Linda on September 13, 2010
Our friends & collaborators at Sojournposse invite us to reflect on the healing power of the arts. For editor Zarina Holmes an art performance has the power to abduct minds, play with the senses and spur us into action. But in order to create objects of aesthetics that heal, we must first take pleasure in [...]
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by Emilia on September 13, 2010
Fans of Romantic masterpiece and audience favourite Giselle usually have a choice production against which they measure all others. Over here one of our favorites is Sir Peter Wright’s critically acclaimed staging, which returns to Covent Garden early 2011. We were reminded of its virtues and the respect Sir Peter shows for his source material [...]
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