by Emilia & Linda on November 25, 2013
Earlier this month, Royal Ballet artist Claudia Dean made her debut in an important role at Covent Garden. She was plucked from the corps de ballet to dance the taxing solo of the Chosen Maiden in Kenneth MacMillan’s Rite of Spring, a challenge that the famous FT critic, Mr. Clement Crisp, saw as an “admirable debut”. We [...]
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Claudia Dean,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Rite of Spring,
Royal Ballet,
Season 2013-2014
by Guest on September 18, 2013
A professional ballet dancer since 1998, Laurent Liotardo has performed all over the world with major companies including Paris Opera Ballet, Marseille National Ballet and, since 2003, with English National Ballet. Being surrounded by such beautiful artists at ENB soon led him to discover and develop a real passion for photography. Here Laurent shares some of [...]
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Arionel Vargas,
Ballet Photography,
Dancers,
English National Ballet,
Erina Takahashi,
Ivan Vasiliev,
Ksenia Ovsyanick,
Laurent Liotardo,
Le Jeune Homme et la Mort,
Nicolas LeRiche,
Swan Lake,
Tamara Rojo,
The Firebird
by Emilia & Linda on August 26, 2013
During one of his recent trips to Japan, Royal Ballet Principal Steven McRae met with Manga Artist Takafumi Adachi. This meeting would eventually lead to a collaboration on a new ballet manga that aims to be cool while conveying an inspirational message. In Japan, Ballet Manga is very much part of the cultural mainstream, a pop [...]
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ABT,
Ballet Hero Fantasy,
Ballet in Japan,
Ballet Manga,
Dancin' Magazine,
Misty Copeland,
Steven McRae,
The Nutcracker,
The Royal Ballet
by Emilia & Linda on August 7, 2013
We have been playing around with interactive timelines for a while. Here is the first one for everyone’s browsing pleasure: Tweet Share
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Alina Cojocaru,
English National Ballet,
Ethan Stiefel,
Giselle,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Johan Kobborg,
La Bayadère,
La Sylphide,
Le Corsaire,
Manon,
Mayerling,
Onegin,
Out of Denmark,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Royal New Zealand Ballet,
Symphonic Variations,
The Lesson
by Emilia & Linda on July 26, 2013
Jesús Chapa-Malacara is a Brooklyn-based photographer and former ballet dancer. Jesús is currently working on an innovative ballet photography project, Esprit de Corps, a ballet artbook. Esprit de Corps brings together dancers like ABT’s Jared Matthews and Yuriko Kajiya, Michaela DePrince, who appeared in the must-watch documentary First Position and is about to join Dutch National [...]
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Ballet Photography,
Ballet Photos,
Cassandra Trenary,
Elina Miettinen,
Esprit de Corps,
James Whiteside,
Jared Matthews,
Kickstarter,
Michaela DePrince,
Patrick Yocum,
Sean Stewart,
Sterling Baca,
Yuriko Kajiya
by MetteWindberg on July 18, 2013
Towards the end of Act 1 in John Neumeier’s Romeo & Juliet there is a scene where the star-crossed lovers meet properly – alone and unmasked – for the first time. It is always a lovely scene but, with Ida Praetorius’ Juliet and Gregory Dean’s Romeo earlier this year it was more than that. It was an exceptional [...]
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Alban Lendorf,
Andreas Kaas,
Bournonville,
Erik Bruhn Prize,
Gregory Dean,
Gudrun Bojesen,
Ida Praetorius,
Juliet,
Kasper Ravnhøj,
La Sylphide,
Neumeier,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Reumert Prize,
Romeo & Juliet,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
The Kermesse in Bruges,
The Lesson,
Thomas Lund
