by Emilia on February 18, 2010
We are back from Copenhagen with a suitcase full of ballet goodies. We went there especially to catch The Royal Danish Ballet’s Bournonville & Balanchine Programme which had gorgeous La Sylphide paired with glorious Symphony in C. During our stay we were granted access to The Royal Danish Ballet’s headquarters. Needless to say we were [...]
Tagged as:
A Folk Tale,
A Midsummer's Night Dream,
August Bournonville,
Balanchine,
Ballet Costume,
Christina Michanek,
Danish Ballet Week,
Det Kongelige Teater,
Gudrun Bojesen,
John Neumeier,
La Sylphide,
La Sylphide Still Life,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Paul Wesolek,
Per Kirkeby,
Peter Martins,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Symphony in C,
Tutu
by Emilia on February 10, 2010
Is this ballet for you?
Go If: You love Romantic ballets like Giselle but wish the male dancer had a bigger role. You’re slightly OCD and sympathise with James’s determination to possess the ethereal Sylph.
Skip If: “What do you mean the leads never really dance together?” You can’t live without a proper Pas de Deux – [...]
Tagged as:
Adolphe Nourrit,
August Bournonville,
Bournonville,
Charles Nodier,
Dramatic & Intense,
Effie,
Filippo Taglioni,
Gurn,
Herman Løvenskiold,
Hopelessly Romantic,
James,
Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer,
Johan Kobborg,
La Sylphide,
Lucile Grahn,
Lynn Garafola,
Macbeth,
Madge,
Marie Taglioni,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pierre Lacotte,
POB,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sir Walter Scott,
The Sylph,
Trilby
by Linda on February 5, 2010
Is this ballet for you?
Go if: You are captivated by the idea of a downsized version of the 3 act classical ballet “take all the mime, settings and narrative away and just leave the difficult steps and the glorious dancing”.
Skip if: “Yes but what are they dancing about?” You are put off by dance without [...]
Tagged as:
Abstract,
Adagio,
Allegro,
Balanchine,
Bizet,
Black Diamond,
City Center,
John Taras,
Le Palais de Cristal,
Light & Fluffy,
NYCB,
PNB,
POB,
Second Movement,
Suzanne Farrell,
Symphony in C
by Linda on January 8, 2010
Is this ballet for you?
Go If: You can’t resist a tragic love story. New Moon is your favorite book of the entire Twilight Saga and you can quote a certain passage from Act II, Scene VI of Shakespeare’s play by heart (don’t worry we won’t tell anyone). You’ve never been to the ballet and want [...]
Tagged as:
Alina Cojocaru,
Antony Tudor,
Ashton,
Bolshoi,
Capulet,
Christopher Gable,
Dee Conway,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
Franco Zeffirelli,
Galina Ulanova,
Hamburg Ballet,
Jean Christophe Maillot,
John Cranko,
John Neumeier,
José Martín,
Juliet,
Katherine Healy,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kirov,
Konstantin Sergeyev,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Lavrovsky,
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo,
Lynn Seymour,
Macmillan,
Marcia Haydée,
Margot Fonteyn,
Mariinsky,
Maurice Béjart,
Montague,
Natalia Razina,
Nicholas Georgiadis,
NYCB,
Peter Martins,
PNB,
POB,
Prokofiev,
Richard Cragun,
Romeo,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Steven McRae,
Stuttgart Ballet,
The Royal Danish Ballet,
Thiago Soares,
Tybalt,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuri Grigorovich
by Linda on November 27, 2009
Is this ballet for you?
Go if: For the past few years you have overdosed on too many Nutcrackers and would like to see something different. You are dreaming of a White Christmas, sleigh bells in the snow, etc.
Skip if: Cute and/or nostalgic Edwardian Christmases are not your thing.
Background
British ballet owes a huge debt to Sir [...]
Tagged as:
ABT,
Anna Pavlova,
Ashton,
Blue Boy,
Christmas Ballet,
Constant Lambert,
Elizabeth Miller,
Giacomo Meyerbeer,
Harold Turner,
June Brae,
L'Etoile du Nord,
Le Prophète,
Les Patineurs,
Light & Fluffy,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marie Rambert,
Mary Honer,
One act,
Pamela May,
Richard Bonynge,
Robert Helpmann,
Sarasota Ballet,
The Joffrey,
William Chappell
by Emilia on November 24, 2009
Is this ballet for you?
Go if: you want to treat your kids, godchildren, nieces and nephews or even perhaps the kid in you.
Skip if: Bah humbug!
Dream Cast
Sugar Plum Fairy: any ballerina who can do proper gargouillades
Background
The Nutcracker is a major example of a balletic twist of fate. The very thing critics and audiences objected to [...]
Tagged as:
ABT,
Alastair Marriott,
Alexandre Dumas,
Alina Cojocaru,
Balanchine,
Baryshnikov,
Bill Cooper,
Birmingham Royal Ballet,
Casse Noisette,
Celesta,
Clara,
Drosselmeyer,
E.T.A Hoffmann,
Elizabeth Harrod,
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann,
full-length,
Gargouillades,
Ivan Vsevolozhsky,
Jamie Bond,
Johan Persson,
Lev Ivanov,
Light & Fluffy,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Mark Morris,
Matthew Bourne,
Nicholas Sergeyev,
Nureyev,
NYCB,
POB,
Prince Koklush,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Rudolf Nureyev,
San Francisco Ballet,
Sir Peter Wright,
Sugar Plum Fairy,
Tchaikovsky,
The Nutcracker,
Valeri Hristov,
Vic-Wells Ballet
