by Emilia on July 3, 2009
The 2008/2009 Royal Ballet season was filled with golden tickets, but which acts made the Bag Ladies tick the most? As we gear up to restock for the new season (tickets go on public sale in 2 weeks), see our top dancers & top dances below and feel free to use the comment form to [...]
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Giselle,
Isabel McMeekan,
Jerome Robbins,
Johan Kobborg,
Louise Nadeau,
Marcelo Gomes,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Melissa Hamilton,
NYCB,
Royal Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Sir Peter Wright,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo,
Tiler Peck,
Tina LeBlanc,
Veronika Part,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuhui Choe
by Linda on June 23, 2009
It is hard to believe that someone like Alexandra Ansanelli, one of the Royal Ballet’s youngest principal ballerinas, is retiring, given all her accomplishments and the fact that she has always been so vocal about her passion for dancing. At only 28, her impressive CV includes principal dancing jobs in two of the world’s foremost [...]
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by Emilia on June 17, 2009
Last week saw Balanchine’s Jewels return to the Royal Opera House to send off the 2008/2009 ballet season in glittering style. A few things have changed since its premiere in 2007: gone the lavish frocks and sizeable jewels to match those onstage, as worn by first night audiences the other side of the credit crunch; [...]
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Leanne Benjamin,
Rubies,
Rupert Pennefather,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo
by Linda on June 13, 2009
Balanchine‘s first full-length abstract ballet is a celebration of styles and his tribute to the tradition that had shaped ballet during the 19th and 20th centuries. One can only marvel at his achievement while admiring the complexity of the choreography, the richness of the steps and the inclusion of novelty movement and geometry between the [...]
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Helen Crawford,
Jewels,
José Martín,
Laura McCulloch,
Laura Morera,
Leanne Benjamin,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Ricardo Cervera,
Roberta Marquez,
Rubies,
Rupert Pennefather,
Samantha Raine,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo,
Thiago Soares,
Valeri Hristov,
Yuhui Choe
Last Sunday I attended the “Tribute to Diaghilev”, a gala in celebration of 100 years of Ballets Russes and of its visionary mastermind, Sergei Diaghilev. The event brought together many stars of the Mariinsky, Paris Opera Ballet, English National Ballet and Royal Ballet, dancing extracts of vintage pieces made or inspired by Ballet Russes choreographers [...]
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Dmitri Gruzdyev,
Dying Swan,
Federico Bonelli,
Firebird,
Fokine,
Gala,
Giselle,
Igor Zelensky,
Ilya Kuznetsov,
Irma Nioradze,
Le Carnaval,
Le Spectre de la Rose,
Le Tricorne,
Les Biches,
Les Sylphides,
Mara Galeazzi,
Maria Kowroski,
Marianela Nuñez,
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Mathias Heymann,
Mathilde Froustey,
Natasha Oughtred,
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Since mixed reviews (including our previous opening night write up) have plagued the Royal Ballet’s celebratory “Ballets Russes Triple Bill”, I approached last Friday’s penultimate performance with a mixture of curiosity and excitement. By now, I thought, with most of the “nerves” gone and all the quirks fixed, it is not unreasonable to expect the [...]
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Laura Morera,
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