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Ultimate Black Swan Fix & Poster Promo

by Emilia & Linda on November 17, 2010

Together with our awesome sponsor Yumiko we have a new Black Swan giveaway. Four collector posters will be up for grabs (NB: see how to enter below) and this, along with the movie’s imminent US release (3 December, who else is counting down?), was the perfect excuse for us to scour the internet for the [...]

Tagged as: Amy Westcott, Ballet on film, Benjamin Millepied, Black Swan, Competition, Darren Aronofsky, Dramatic & Intense, Fox Searchlight, I Just Want to be Perfect, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, NYCB, Odette, Odile, Promotion, Swan Lake, Videos, Yumiko

Thrills, Chills & Spills: Black Swan Review

by Emilia & Linda on November 3, 2010

Is this movie for you? Go if: You like your ballets bitter and intense, preferably with a dark twist. You loved Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher. You are familiar with Aronofsky’s psychological dramas of obsessive pursuits and human extremes. Skip if: You squirm at the sight of blood and gore. You are a traditionalist and [...]

Tagged as: ABT, Amy Westcott, Andrew Weisblum, Benjamin Millepied, Black Swan, Clint Mansell, Darren Aronofsky, David Stein, Mary Helen Bowers, Matthew Libatique, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Nina Sayers, NYCB, SAB, School of American Ballet, Swan Lake, Thérèse DePrez, The Joffrey, Thomas Leroy, Tora Peterson, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, Yumiko

Ballet-Mad Libs: Final Part

by Emilia & Linda on June 2, 2010

Below is our final sampler of Ballet-Mad Libs entries. Prize ballet posters will shortly be on their way to those whose entries we have featured here since the first gallery. Many thanks again to everyone who has taken part since we began the project. We hope you all had as much fun as we did [...]

Tagged as: 1-year anniversary, 1-year birthday, Ballet, Ballet-Mad Libs, Ballet-Mad Libs Hall of Fame, Promotion, Social Media, Web 2.0

Ballet-Mad Libs Part Deux

by Linda on May 14, 2010

Have you played Ballet-Mad Libs yet? You have until 22 May to do so & win a fab gigposter-inspired ballet silkscreen print. Participants from all over the globe are welcome. The more the merrier. Below is another selection of some of the entries we have received. Thanks again to everyone who has taken part. We will [...]

Tagged as: 1-year anniversary, Ballet, Ballet-Mad Libs, Ballet-Mad Libs Hall of Fame, Gigposter, Promotion, Social Media, Web 2.0

The One With Ballet Silkscreen Posters

by Emilia on April 24, 2010

If you have followed The Ballet Bag for a while then you already know we love juxtaposing pop culture and ballet and looking at this art form through younger, fresher eyes. You also probably know most of our post titles are taken from rock songs (well if you didn’t, now you do). We love indie [...]

Tagged as: 1-year birthday, Ballet-Mad Libs, Gigposter, Promotion, Social Media, Studio Luma, The Ballet Bag

The One With the Ballet-Mad Libs

by Linda on April 20, 2010

Help us celebrate The Ballet Bag’s 1st Birthday! The image on the left is another little teaser (see also this earlier snapshot) of our limited edition, gigposter-inspired, silkscreen art  specially commissioned to celebrate our one year Birthday. As you can see here we’ve been busy mixing the colours and we rather like that acid orange-on-blue. [...]

Tagged as: 1-year anniversary, Ballet, Ballet-Mad Libs, Ballet-Mad Libs Hall of Fame, Gigposter, Poster, Promotion, Social Media

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