When: Sunday 20 March 4pm Where: Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House A special concert performance in aid of the Japan Tsunami Appeal, with former Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet Miyako Yoshida and friends, including Royal Ballet dancers Yuhui Choe, Valeri Hristov, Hikaru Kobayashi, Ryoichi Hirano, Kenta Kura*, Akane Takada*, and students from [...]
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Akane Takada
It was a rollercoaster of a year for us. Topics like Black Swan, Jennifer Homans’s Apollo’s Angels and #Sugarplumgate kept us on our toes and led to interesting discussions and exchanges via social media channels. From an audience perspective we were curious to explore different productions and companies, so we traveled to Copenhagen, Tokyo and [...]
It takes more than a good story to make a narrative ballet work. The great choreographers of the 20th century explored novel ways to develop plots and convey emotions, moving away from the linear structures characteristic of 19th century classics (think Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty) in favour of more realistic works. With Onegin [...]
When the Mariinsky brought their Soviet Beauty to London this summer I left wishing I could have seen their lovely Aurora Evgenia Obraztsova in a more agreeable production. I think the Lilac Fairy must have heard my wishes, for they came true last Saturday: Evgenia was back in London guesting in The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping [...]
