by GermaineCheng on December 12, 2012
In his regular series of journal entries, guest blogger Harper Watters, who recently joined the Houston Ballet corps, has been looking at a dancer’s transition from student to professional. On the other side of the globe, two young dancers – Chua Bi Ru and Kwok Min Yi – are also taking the first steps in their professional [...]
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Ballet under the Stars,
Chihiro Uchida,
Chua Bi Ru,
English National Ballet School,
Germaine Cheng,
Janek Schergen,
Kwok Min Yi,
My First Sleeping Beauty,
New Zealand School of Dance,
Singapore Ballet Academy,
Singapore Dance Theatre,
Sleeping Beauty
by Linda on July 19, 2012
New English Ballet Theatre or NEBT is the brainchild of Karen Pilkington-Miksa. This young company works as a pick-up troupe, hiring dancers for a period of 3 months and commissioning new works for an annual programme. With a patron list that includes Carlos Acosta, Marianela Nuñez, Mara Galeazzi, Darcey Bussell and Wayne Eagling, plus support [...]
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Carlos Acosta,
Companies,
Female Choreographers,
Hayley Forskitt,
Jenna Lee,
Karen Pilkington-Miksa,
Kristen McNally,
Legends Pas de Deux,
Lonesome Gun,
Marianela Nuñez,
Michael Corder,
NEBT,
New English Ballet Theatre,
Sadler's Wells,
Synergies
by Emilia & Linda on July 5, 2012
Last week English National Ballet took over Kensington Palace’s Orangery for its annual summer party. In addition to exclusive dance and music performances, guests were invited to place their bids for swan-inspired works by artists like Ronnie Wood, Pixie Lott, Sam Taylor-Wood, Julien Macdonald and – the company’s newly-appointed AD – Tamara Rojo. Our collaborator [...]
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Charity,
ENB,
Ivan Putrov,
Jia Zhang,
Julien Macdonald,
Kensington Palace,
Ksenia Ovsyanick,
Max Westwell,
Ronnie Wood,
Roo Panes,
Sean Bean,
Tamara Rojo,
Zdenek Konvalina
by wschuster on March 23, 2012
Join our fabulous guest blogger Wiebke Schuster (@wiebela on Twitter) as she live blogs #RBLive, a full working day at The Royal Ballet streamed live on The Royal Opera House YouTube channel and the Guardian website. From 10 a.m. today Wiebke will be jotting down below her thoughts on the day’s activities – from the Company’s live [...]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
Carbon Life,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Kristen McNally,
Leanne Cope,
Liam Scarlett,
Live Blogging,
MacMillan,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mark Ronson,
Monica Mason,
Polyphonia,
RBLive,
ROH,
Royal Ballet,
Social Media,
Sweet Violets,
The Prince of the Pagodas,
Thiago Soares,
Wayne McGregor,
YouTube
by Emilia & Linda on January 24, 2012
Ballet Black returns to the Linbury Studio Theatre this February with Short Dance Works, a mixed bill combining plotless pieces with a brand new 30-minute narrative ballet (their longest yet) choreographed by Christopher Hampson. Storyville takes us back to the famous red-light district in 20th century New Orleans, Louisiana to tell the “rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags” tale of [...]
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Ballet Black,
Cassa Pacho,
Christopher Hampson,
Cira Robinson,
Damien Johnson,
Dramatic & Intense,
Jazmon Voss,
Jonathan Goddard,
Jonathan Watkins,
Joseph Poulton,
Kanika Carr,
Manon,
Martin Lawrance,
Pretty Baby,
Rehearsals,
Sarah Kundi,
Sayaka Ichikawa,
Storyville
by Brian on November 23, 2011
In a new guest blog US-based dance photographer Brian Mengini reports on BalletX’s recent season at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia. Brian had the opportunity to catch up with the company in rehearsal ahead of their fall performances, which included two world premieres: Brian lives in Pennsylvania and often works with the Pennsylvania Ballet and [...]
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Abstract,
Alex Ketley,
Allison Walsh,
Anitra Keegan,
Arvo Pärt,
Ballet X,
Chris Clark,
Giovanni Pergolesi,
Inside the Mind of the Composer,
Jackson Sounds,
Jaime Lennon,
Laura Otto,
Layer Cake,
Loni Landon,
Matthew Neenan,
Pennsylvania Ballet,
Robert Maggio,
Silt,
Tara Keating
