The next edition of the Prix de Lausanne, the renowned international competition for young dancers, will take place from 29 January to 4 February, 2012 at the Théâtre de Beaulieu in Lausanne. This year is the Prix’s 40th anniversary and we are immensely honoured to be involved: in addition to officially blogging for the Prix, [...]
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The Ballet Bag at Prix de Lausanne 2012
by Emilia & Linda on December 5, 2011
A Ballet Drama – and a new leotard – for Christmas
by Emilia on December 1, 2011
Tis the season to be jolly. Or is it? The end of the year is approaching and, while everyone is getting deep into Nutcracker mode, we are still mulling over a season of epic drama and tragic heroines, including a long run of Manons, a gorgeous new Romeo and Juliet, plus brief encounters with the [...]
Tagged as: Anastasia, Dramatic & Intense, Dramatic Ballet, Giselle, Gloria, Manon, Mayerling, Promotion, Promotions, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Yumiko
The Future of Dance Criticism
by Guest on November 1, 2011
Last year, in this post on the future of dance criticism, we wrote about the need for critics to embrace web 2.0 and social media, to engage with the online dance community and attract new readers. Among examples of writers who are using these new channels, we mentioned leading UK dance critic Ismene Brown and [...]
Tagged as: criticism, Critics, dance criticism, Facebook, Fantastic Beast, Ismene Brown, Jann Parry, Michael Clark, Online Media, Rian, Social Media, Some Like it Hip Hop, Technology, The Arts Desk, Twitter, Web 2.0
Upcoming Talk: The Future of Books
by Emilia & Linda on September 13, 2011
If you are in town this Saturday 17 September, we would love to see you at University College London. As part of The London Design Festival 2011, our friends at Sojournposse will be hosting the seminar “Whatever Is to Become of Books?” and we are one of the guest speakers. More information: Five Minutes With: [...]
Tagged as: Amazon, Books, Borders, Digital Publishing, ebooks, iPad, Kindle, LDF, London Design Festival, Publishers, Publishing, Social Media, Sojournposse, Story of Books, talks, UCL
The Royal Ballet 2011-2012 Season at a Glance
by Emilia & Linda on September 1, 2011
European summer is almost over (although here in Britain it never really began) and ballet companies around the world are getting ready to kick off their new seasons. The Royal Ballet is set to return to Covent Garden in a few weeks with Balanchine’s Jewels. Taking inspiration from one of our favorite magazines, Wired, we [...]
Tagged as: Balanchine, Choreographers, Christopher Wheeldon, Cinema Relays, Dancers, Infographic, Kenneth MacMillan, Monica Mason, Overview, Petipa, ROH, Royal Ballet, Season 2011-2012, Social Media, Wayne McGregor
Sébastien Galtier: Beautiful Friends
by Emilia & Linda on June 22, 2011
Stuttgart Ballet’s Sébastien Galtier started to take ballet pictures about four years ago as a hobby. He soon realised he could cross over photography with other media he liked, more specifically fashion and the visual arts. That allowed him to give a different context to his dance photos, taking well-known ballet characters into shots staged [...]
Tagged as: Alexander Jones, Alicia Amatriain, Ballet Photo, Ballet Photography, David Moore, Elizabeth Mason, Evan McKie, Friedemann Vogel, Julia Krämer, Katja Wünsche, Lady of the Camellias, Laura O'Malley, Marcia Haydée, Marguerite, Marijn Rademaker, Neumeier, Odette, Onegin, Photography, Sébastien Gaultier, Stuttgart Ballet, Sue Jin Kang, Swan Lake
