by Emilia on April 16, 2011
A big helping of MacMillan is finally coming our way after a very Ashton-heavy season. Manon, one of his most famous full-length ballets, opens at Covent Garden on Thursday for a run of 15 performances and is to return during the autumn season. Having shortlisted it as one of our new season favorites we were [...]
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10 Reasons,
Anthony Dowell,
Costumes,
Des Grieux,
Dramatic & Intense,
full-length,
MacMillan,
Manon,
Marcelo Gomes,
Nicholas Georgiadis,
Royal Ballet,
Social Media
by Emilia & Linda on April 1, 2011
Royal Ballet Principal dancer Mara Galeazzi is staging her second gala in London this Sunday. Proceeds from the gala will go towards Mara’s charity, Dancing for the Children, as well as Great Ormond Street Hospital. Yesterday we had the opportunity to drop in on Mara as she worked, together with her partner Gary Avis, on brand new pieces by choreographers [...]
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Alastair Marriott,
Charity,
Dancing for the Children,
Gary Avis,
Jonathan Watkins,
Look West,
Mara Galeazzi,
Photoblog,
Royal Ballet,
Sadler's Wells
by Linda on March 29, 2011
Go If: You like fairy tales and fantasy RPGs filled with elfin creatures, cheeky trolls, a feisty heroine and a hero who triumphs against the odds. You are well-versed in Giselle, La Sylphide, Ondine and would like to try a different supernatural ballet. Skip If: You like your ballets with less plot development, more dancing [...]
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A Folk Tale,
August Bournonville,
Bournonville,
Carling Talcott,
Danish Folklore,
David Amzallag,
Diderik,
full-length,
Hans Christian Andersen,
Hilda,
Junker Ove,
Light & Fluffy,
Mr Mogens,
Napoli,
Niels W. Gade,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
P. E. H. Hartmann,
Pas de Sept,
RDB,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sorella Englund,
Svend Grundtvig,
Trolls,
Viderik
by Emilia & Linda on March 10, 2011
Is Alexei Ratmansky the busiest ballet choreographer in the world? ABT has just announced he is undertaking a new version of The Firebird, while the Paris Opera Ballet has also confirmed a brand new Ratmansky of its own: Psyché, with music by Cesar Franck (well-known to ballet lovers from his Symphonic Variations). This short work [...]
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Alexei Ratmansky,
Anna Karenina,
Bolshoi,
Don Quichot,
Don Quixote,
Lincoln Center Festival,
Lost Illusions,
Mariinsky,
Mariinsky Tour 2011,
National Ballet of Canada,
On the Dnieper,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Psyché,
Romeo and Juliet,
The Little Humpbacked Horse
by Emilia & Linda on March 1, 2011
This evening we had the honour of taking over the @RoyalOperaHouse feed as their first ever Twitter guests. Early bird reviews for Wheeldon’s Alice in Wonderland are already starting to pop up (read the Indy’s here & Guardian’s here) while over here we have red carpet and backstage goodies from tonight’s gala coming up. As [...]
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Alice,
Alice Liddle,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
Caterpillar,
Cheshire Cat,
Christ Church,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Edward Watson,
Eric Underwood,
Flamingos,
Knave of Hearts,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Lewis Carroll,
Mad Hatter,
Queen of Hearts,
ROH,
Royal Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Steven McRae,
Twitter,
White Rabbit,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Emilia on February 26, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Swan Lake is a masterpiece of classical ballet and should be experienced at least once in one’s lifetime, preferably with a ballerina in full command of the technical and dramatic challenges of the central role and in a production that honours Tchaikovsky’s truly “epic” score. Skip if: You [...]
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32 Fouettés en Tournant,
ABT,
Alexander Gorsky,
Alicia Markova,
Anthony Dowell,
Anton Dolin,
Australian Ballet,
Balanchine,
Benno,
Black Swan,
Black Swan Pas de Deux,
Bolshoi,
Dramatic & Intense,
Graeme Murphy,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Illusions like Swan Lake,
Johann Karl August Musäus,
John Neumeier,
Julius Reisinger,
Kevin McKenzie,
King Ludwig II,
La Scala,
Lev Ivanov,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Matthew Bourne,
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet,
Nicholas Sergeyev,
Nureyev,
NYCB,
Odette,
Odile,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pavel Gerd,
Pelagia Karpakova,
Peter Martins,
Petipa,
Pierina Legnani,
POB,
Riccardo Drigo,
Royal Ballet,
Siegfried,
Swan Lake,
Tchaikovksy,
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,
The Stranger,
Vladimir Bourmeister,
Von Rothbart,
White Swan
