by Emilia on July 11, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go if: you like coming of age stories, where the male hero has to overcome various obstacles, preferably dancing plenty of virtuoso steps along the way (in fact, all three main characters have challenging steps to negotiate). Do not be put off by the weird title: The Little Humpbacked Horse [...]
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Alexander Gorsky,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Somova,
Arthur Saint-Leon,
Cesare Pugni,
Chamberlain,
Imperial Ballet,
Ivan,
Ivanushka,
Light & Fluffy,
Light and Fluffy,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Maya Plisetskaya,
Petipa,
Radunsky,
Ratmansky,
Riccardo Drigo,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Russian Folk Tales,
The Firebird,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
Tsar Maiden,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Vladimir Vasiliev,
Yekaterina Kondaurova,
Yuri Smekalov
by Emilia on February 26, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Swan Lake is a masterpiece of classical ballet and should be experienced at least once in one’s lifetime, preferably with a ballerina in full command of the technical and dramatic challenges of the central role and in a production that honours Tchaikovsky’s truly “epic” score. Skip if: You [...]
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32 Fouettés en Tournant,
ABT,
Alexander Gorsky,
Alicia Markova,
Anthony Dowell,
Anton Dolin,
Australian Ballet,
Balanchine,
Benno,
Black Swan,
Black Swan Pas de Deux,
Bolshoi,
Dramatic & Intense,
Graeme Murphy,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Illusions like Swan Lake,
Johann Karl August Musäus,
John Neumeier,
Julius Reisinger,
Kevin McKenzie,
King Ludwig II,
La Scala,
Lev Ivanov,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Matthew Bourne,
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet,
Nicholas Sergeyev,
Nureyev,
NYCB,
Odette,
Odile,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pavel Gerd,
Pelagia Karpakova,
Peter Martins,
Petipa,
Pierina Legnani,
POB,
Riccardo Drigo,
Royal Ballet,
Siegfried,
Swan Lake,
Tchaikovksy,
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,
The Stranger,
Vladimir Bourmeister,
Von Rothbart,
White Swan
by Linda on March 9, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go If: Girly and funny stories with plenty of romance, ribbons and happy endings are your thing and you simply can’t get enough of Ashton. You are bringing your kids or friends to see a ballet for the first time and need something light and fluffy to start with. Skip [...]
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Alain,
Alexander Gorsky,
Alexander Grant,
Ashton,
Ballet,
Bill Cooper,
Carlos Acosta,
Chickens,
Clog Dance,
Colas,
Donizetti,
Elssler pas de deux,
Fanny Elssler,
Ferdinand Hérold,
full-length,
Ivanov,
Jean Dauberval,
Jean-Pierre Aumer,
John Lanchbery,
Jules Perrot,
La Fille Mal Gardée,
Le ballet de la Paille,
Light & Fluffy,
Lise,
Marianela Nuñez,
Martini,
Nadia Nerina,
Nijinska,
Pas de Ruban,
Paul Taglioni,
Peter Ludwig Hertel,
Petipa,
Ricardo Cervera,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Sarah Lamb,
Tamara Karsavina,
The Wayward Daughter,
Virginia Zucchi,
Widow Simone
