by Emilia on December 10, 2009
Things have changed a lot in the last century in terms of technological advances and ways to exchange information. This means people have changed as well, with new generations becoming harder to impress and more likely to spend time in front of the TV or computer where everything can be found at the click of [...]
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Wayne McGregor,
Wheeldon
by Emilia on October 19, 2009
First of all, I am a great charlatan, although one of brilliance; second, I’m a great charmer; third, I’ve great nerve; fourth I’m a man with a great deal of logic and few principles; and fifth, I think I lack talent; but if you like, I think I’ve found my real calling — patronage of [...]
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Morphoses,
Sadler's Wells,
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
by Emilia on September 21, 2009
This week we have double reason to party. While at Covent Garden the Royal Ballet returns home for the 2009/2010 season, over here at the Ballet Bag we celebrate 6 months of online balletomania. To mark the occasion we have prepared a – non exhaustive – balletic timeline of sorts, to highlight some of our [...]
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Steven McRae,
Tamara Karsavina,
The Firebird,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vaslav Nijinsky,
Veronika Part
by Emilia on September 7, 2009
From the moment Marie Taglioni put on her ballet shoes and stood on pointe the cult of the ballerina took flight. The ballerina, the female expert in the art of ballet who lives and suffers for her art, is forever associated with intrinsic qualities of lightness and grace. But just like Mr. Darcy’s remarks on [...]
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Musicality,
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Sarah Lamb,
Spessivtseva,
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Swan Lake,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
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by Emilia on August 28, 2009
The Mariinsky visit to London a few weeks ago and in particular the fact that they brought mime-less Soviet adaptations of ballet classics with them, generated much discussion among Covent Garden audiences about the importance of mime in ballet. When Konstantin Sergeyev revisited works such as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and Le Corsaire in [...]
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by Linda on August 24, 2009
The Royal Ballet Autumn Season is getting closer and if you are addicted like us then you are probably busy filling your bags with tickets to start it full-throttle. Look away if you belong in this category. This post is for those of you who feel intrigued about going to the ballet, having watched some [...]
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