by Guest on March 8, 2013
We are delighted to feature below a guest blog by ballet enthusiast and Professor of Culture & Communication Nelida Ferraz, who attended the Royal Opera House Gala in Rio de Janeiro’s Theatro Municipal last week. Last week, audiences at Rio de Janeiro’s Theatro Municipal were reassured of the city’s resurging cultural landscape in a brief 3-day [...]
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After the Rain,
Ballet in Brazil,
Black Swan Pas de Deux,
Brazilian Ballerinas,
Brazilian Dancers,
Edward Watson,
Leanne Benjamin,
Marianela Nuñez,
Qualia,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Sarah Lamb,
Sleeping Beauty Pas de Deux,
Steven McRae,
Theatro Municipal,
Thiago Soares
by DaveWilson on February 13, 2013
The Talent, ten male dancers selected by the BalletBoyz Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt, is maturing into a top contemporary ballet company. This is perhaps most evident in their selection of repertoire for the current season: two brand new works by world-renowned choreographers. One feels the diversity of The Talent (backgrounds range from San Francisco [...]
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Armand Amar,
Ballet Boyz,
Leon Poulton,
Liam Scarlett,
Max Richter,
Michael Nunn,
Russell Maliphant,
Serpent,
The Talent,
Torsion,
William Trevitt
by MetteWindberg on January 4, 2013
Ballet and popular culture have been enjoying an unusually close relationship in recent times. Following on the success of Natalie Portman’s highly neurotic and nail-biting ballerina in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, shows like Breaking Pointe and The Secret Lives of Dancers portray daily life at, respectively, Salt Lake City’s Ballet West and The Royal New Zealand [...]
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Andrew Bowman,
August Bournonville,
Balduin Dahl,
Black Swan,
Burnise Silvius,
Clara,
Copenhagen,
Darren Aronofsky,
Gangnam Style,
Hans Christian Andersen,
Jesus Losada Albadia,
Kingdom of Sweets,
Nutcracker,
Peter Bo Bendixen,
RDB,
Selene Muñoz,
Tchaikovsky,
Tivoli
by Emilia on November 2, 2012
The autumn dance season is always a welcome opportunity to catch up with Birmingham Royal Ballet at Sadler’s Wells. In the past couple of years the company has brought us well-rounded mixed bills, typically offering us a taste of ballets that are unique or rare in these shores. Last year BRB literally answered our prayers, [...]
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Ashton,
Autumn Celebration,
Birmingham Royal Ballet,
BRB,
Céline Gittens,
David Bintley,
Elisha Willis,
Faster,
Iain Mackay,
Jade Heusen,
James Barton,
Joe Caley,
Joe Layton,
Matthew Lawrence,
Oberon,
Summer Celebration,
The Dream,
The Grand Tour,
Tyrone Singleton
by Emilia on October 8, 2012
Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets should come with a health warning: they may prove addictive. Having followed his career closely for the past 3 years, we confess to having become quite obsessed with Ratmansky works, with this choreographer’s unique way of honouring the past, while adding on postmodern layers to narrative ballet, his keen eye on the [...]
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Alexei Ratmansky,
Ballets Russes,
Christina Michanek,
Dramatic & Intense,
Gregory Dean,
Gudrun Bojesen,
Natalia Goncharova,
Queen of Shemakhan,
Ratmansky,
RDB,
Richard Hudson,
Rimsky-Korsakov,
Season 2012-2013,
The Golden Cockerel,
The Royal Danish Ballet,
Thomas Lund,
Tsar Dodon,
Ulrik Birkkjær
by Linda on September 25, 2012
“Attack it! Attack it!” says fictional AD Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) to young dancer Nina Sayers in Black Swan. No doubt he would have been pleased with San Francisco Ballet. Every work they presented during their 2-week residency at Sadler’s Wells showed an eager company that devoured space and radiated attack and joy, performance after [...]
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Ashley Page,
Beaux,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Classical Symphony,
Davit Karapetyan,
Edwaard Liang,
Ghosts,
Guide to Strange Places,
Helgi Tomasson,
Maria Kochetkova,
Mark Morris,
Michael Torke,
Number Nine,
Review,
Sadler's Wells,
San Francisco Ballet,
Sarah Van Patten,
Season 2012-2013,
Sofiane Sylve,
Symphonic Dances,
Trio,
Vito Mazzeo,
Vitor Luiz,
Wheeldon,
Within The Golden Hour
