From the monthly archives:

May 2011

The Royal Ballet’s Manon at BP Summer Big Screen

by Emilia & Linda on May 31, 2011

Via Press Release: The Royal Opera House is delighted to announce that this summer’s free BP Summer Big Screen performances are The Royal Ballet’s Manon and The Royal Opera’s Madam Butterfly and Cinderella (aka Cendrillon). These productions will be beamed live from Covent Garden to 21 locations up and down the country (Bradford, Bristol, Derby, [...]


It’s Friday, Friday!

by Emilia & Linda on May 27, 2011

The world has dubbed it the “worst song ever”, but it has gathered more than 150 million views (and a staggering 2.9 million “dislikes”) on YouTube. It seems we all love to hate Rebecca Black‘s “Friday” and its trail of brilliant spoofs – check out Stephen Colbert’s hilarious rendition here and, our favorite, the Death [...]


The Ballet Bag Talks Social Media & the Arts at B-Hive

by Emilia & Linda on May 25, 2011

If you are in town next Tuesday 31 May, we would love to see you at B.Hive Club, in Covent Garden. As part of their “Live in the Lounge” series, we will be talking social media & ballet from 1pm to 2pm. We are planning a very informal session, with plenty of time to network [...]


Earlier this year we posted a photoblog about the Rambert Dance Company in rehearsal for Tim Rushton’s new piece Monolith. In time for tonight’s London premiere at Sadler’s Wells, where Tim’s work will be performed alongside Paul Taylor’s Roses and Henrietta Horn’s Cardoon Club, we recap on our Monolith feature, with this selection of production [...]


Birmingham Royal Ballet are currently on tour in Japan. This is a very welcome visit during challenging times for the Japanese people. In the wake of the post-earthquake nuclear crisis, when so many concerts and dance performances have been canceled, BRB are bringing two different programmes to four cities. On Tuesday the company also helped [...]


Last month we were lucky to catch The Royal Danish Ballet’s new production of A Folk Tale, one of Bournonville’s masterpieces. On that occasion, we were particularly taken with soloist Kizzy Matiakis’s performance as Miss Birthe. We thought Kizzy stole the show with her comic timing and strong characterisation of “a volatile maiden who struggles [...]


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