Via Press Release: Kultur is proud to announce the DVD release of Place starring Mikhail Baryshnikov. The work proposes a modern but dynamic balance of two different worlds: keeping ballet’s inherent form while working with mixed media, four artists combine forces in a new type of dance for camera. Place was created and staged by choreographer Mats Ek, [...]
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Dance & Ballet News
Via Press Release, a statement from The Royal Ballet: Dame Monica Mason announced this afternoon that Principal Sergei Polunin has resigned from The Royal Ballet with immediate effect. Born in the Ukraine, Sergei joined The Royal Ballet in 2007 from The Royal Ballet School. He rose rapidly through the ranks and was promoted to Principal at [...]
We’ve often said that surfers are to waves what dancers are to music (or was it the other way round?), so we were extremely interested to read, on sports & lifestyle webzine Lupita, about surf brand Quiksilver’s new project, The Water Dancer. The Water Dancer is a series of short films where Quiksilver ambassador and world champion Stephanie [...]
Via Press Release: Choreographic creativity is the recurring theme of The Hamburg Ballet’s season 2011/2012. Liliom, a world premiere both in choreography and music, is John Neumeier’s new ballet based on Ferenc Molnár’s play of the same name. Molnár’s play, first performed in 1909, was in turn the basis for the musical Carousel. Liliom has [...]
Via Press Release: In 2012, Dance GB sees English National Ballet, National Dance Company Wales and Scottish Ballet celebrating the Olympics in a unique creative collaboration. Echoing the British Olympic team, Team GB, Dance GB takes the Olympic ideals of “faster, higher, stronger” and translates them into an inspirational production performed in Glasgow, Cardiff and [...]
