by Emilia & Linda on June 5, 2013
“Always be knolling”, says American sculptor Tom Sachs. Knolling is the art of sorting out objects in an organized way, recently made famous by such digital projects as The Burning House and Things Organized Neatly. Over here we like things neat, so we could not pass up the opportunity to try our hand at knolling with [...]
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by wschuster on February 10, 2013
Every year, the Prix de Lausanne puts this relatively quiet Swiss town on Lake Geneva on the map for all balletomanes – right in the middle of their universe to be exact. In case you couldn’t follow all the action this year, do not worry! There is plenty of awesome content available to relive this [...]
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by HarperWatters on November 16, 2012
The last time I wrote, I was sitting watching rehearsals for the season’s two final programmes. Once again, I write while watching rehearsals. This time as a corps de ballet member instead of an apprentice. With two repertories under our belt, the company is in full swing with no intention of slowing down anytime soon. [...]
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by MetteWindberg on October 26, 2012
Gudrun Bojesen was crying so hard her entire body was shaking. Minutes before, her breathtaking Sylph had died a painful death and her James, Thomas Lund, had taken his last steps as a principal dancer of The Royal Danish Ballet in front of a packed theatre. It was one of those nights. Lund had chosen [...]
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by shelbyelsbree on September 18, 2012
One of the highlights in the autumn ballet calendar is a brand new version of vintage ballet classic The Golden Cockerel at the Royal Danish Ballet. We were delighted when company dancer Shelby Elsbree – who blogs at Tutus & Tea – agreed to guest blog for us about her experience of working with the [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on September 13, 2012
As San Francisco Ballet takes residence at Sadler’s Wells this Friday, we caught up with principals Davit Karapetyan, Vanessa Zahorian and Yuan Yuan Tan who gave us a flavour of what we can expect from the company’s first London visit since 2004: Davit Karapetyan & Vanessa Zahorian: Davit proposed to fellow principal – and his [...]
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