by Brian on December 21, 2011
Here’s a holiday special from our fab US-based guest blogger Brian Mengini: Christmas is a time for families to get together and celebrate; to enjoy each other and share in the love. But for most in ballet, it’s slightly different. Christmas means seemingly unending Nutcracker runs, accompanied by seemingly unending rehearsals and shows, maybe 30 [...]
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Boston Ballet,
Boston Ballet II,
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet,
CPYB,
Dewdrop,
IBC,
Jeff Cirio,
Jon Stafford,
Lia Cirio,
Mikko Nissenen,
NYCB,
Peter Martins,
Peter Stark,
School of American Ballet,
The Nutcracker,
Trey McIntyre Project,
World Ballet Competition,
YAGP
by Linda on October 22, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You love classical ballet complete with fairy tale theme, tiaras, tutus, lavish décors and variations for almost every single dancer (and featuring every single ballet step in the syllabus). The Sleeping Beauty is also ideal for: classical music fans who want to live Tchaikovsky’s vision of the story, [...]
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Aurora,
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Ballets Russes,
Bluebird,
Carabosse,
Cattalabutte,
Classical Ballet,
Diaghilev,
Fairy Tale,
Genesia Rosato,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Ivan Vsevolozhsky,
Johan Kobborg,
King Florestan,
Léon Bakst,
Lilac Fairy,
Little Red Riding Hood,
Lopukhov,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Mazurka,
Ninette de Valois,
Oliver Messel,
Petipa,
Prince Desiré,
Prince Florimund,
Princess Florine,
Puss in Boots,
Robert Helpmann,
Rose Adagio,
Royal Ballet,
Sadler's Wells Ballet,
Sergeyev,
Stravinsky,
Tchaikovsky,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vikharev,
White Cat
by Linda on October 3, 2011
Balanchine’s three-act ballet Jewels has become a global phenomenon. This autumn the ballet returns to New York City Ballet, the company for whom it was originally created (don’t miss this recent video where NYCB dancers Jenifer Ringer, Sterling Hyltin and Sara Mearns discuss each act), while the Royal Ballet presents this season’s final performance on [...]
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Edward Villela,
Emeralds,
Jewels,
Light & Fluffy,
Neo-Classical,
NYCB,
Patricia Neary,
Romantic,
Rubies,
Russian Ballet,
Stravinsky,
Suzanne Farrell,
Tamara Rojo,
Tchaikovsky,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Violette Verdy,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Emilia & Linda on September 8, 2011
In her newest book, RENÉ BLUM AND THE BALLETS RUSSES: In Search of a Lost Life, dance historian Judith Chazin-Bennahum looks at the tragic story of the theatre producer who was responsible for resurrecting the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo after his friend Sergei Diaghilev’s death, but who was arrested in 1941 during a roundup [...]
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Dance History,
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Fokine,
George Balanchine,
Igor Youskevitch,
Judith Chazin-Bennahum,
L’Épreuve d’Amour,
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo,
Mikhail Fokine,
Nijinska,
René Blum,
Vera Nemtchinova
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 [...]
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Overview,
Petipa,
ROH,
Royal Ballet,
Season 2011-2012,
Social Media,
Wayne McGregor
by Emilia & Linda on August 26, 2011
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first visit to London, the Mariinsky Ballet left a trail of brilliancy following its three-week residency at Covent Garden. The company brought a selection of works that played to its strengths: from big classical works like Swan Lake and La Bayadère (which showed off a flawless corps de ballet) [...]
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Alexander Sergeyev,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Somova,
Anna Karenina,
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Ballet Imperial,
Chopiniana,
Danila Korsuntsev,
David Hallberg,
Denis Matvienko,
Diana Vishneva,
Ekaterina Kondaurova,
Evgenia Obraztsova,
Evgeny Ivanchenko,
Filipp Stepin,
Fokine,
Igor Zelensky,
In the Night,
Jerome Robbins,
La Bayadère,
Maria Shirinkina,
Mariinsky,
Mariinsky Tour 2011,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Scheherezade,
Scotch Symphony,
Swan Lake,
The Firebird,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Xander Parish,
Yana Selina,
Yuri Smekalov
