by Emilia & Linda on April 13, 2011
While details for POB, BRB, Dutch National Ballet and Hamburg Ballet‘s upcoming seasons have been out for a while, the Royal Ballet have just confirmed theirs via press conference this afternoon. AD Monica Mason’s farewell season presents a well-balanced lineup that pays homage to the company’s solid repertory and showcases the best of new British dance making talent (Wheeldon, McGregor, [...]
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A Month in the Country,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
Arthur Pita,
Ashton,
Asphodel Meadows,
Balanchine,
Ballet Black,
Ballet Newbie,
Ballo della Regina,
Birthday Offering,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Das Lied von der Erde,
Desert Island Ballet,
Edward Watson,
Enigma Variations,
Gloria,
Jewels,
Johan Kobborg,
La Sylphide,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Les Noces,
Liam Scarlett,
Limen,
MacMillan,
Manon,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marguerite and Armand,
Peter Wright,
Polyphonia,
Requiem,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Sergei Polunin,
Song of the Earth,
Stuttgart Ballet,
Tamara Rojo,
The Dream,
The Nutcracker,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Wayne McGregor
by Linda on March 29, 2010
As the Royal Ballet’s founder choreographer, Sir Frederick Ashton is to them what Bournonville represents to the Royal Danish Ballet. He nurtured Ninette de Valois‘s young company and gave it an identity through pieces created to help develop its dancers. Ashton’s creations for the Royal Ballet shaped the English style of ballet, combining classical purity [...]
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A Month in the Country,
A Tragedy of Fashion,
A Wedding Bouquet,
ABT,
Alastair Macaulay,
Alicia Markova,
Anna Pavlova,
Apparitions,
Ashton,
Balanchine,
Ballet Rambert,
Birthday Offering,
BRB,
Bronislava Nijinska,
Capriol Suite,
Cecchetti,
Cinderella,
David Vaughan,
English Style,
Enigma Variations,
Façade,
Fred Step,
Ida Rubinstein,
Illuminations,
La Fille Mal Gardée,
Léonide Massine,
Le Baiser de la Fée,
Les Rendezvous,
Lydia Lopokova,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marguerite and Armand,
Marie Rambert,
Michael Somes,
Monotones,
Ninette de Valois,
Nocturne,
Nursery Suite,
Rhapsody,
Robert Helpmann,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet,
Scénes de Ballet,
Sylvia,
Symphonic Variations,
Tales of Beatrix Potter,
Tamara Karsavina,
The Ballet Club,
The Camargo Society,
The Dream,
The Royal Ballet,
The Two Pigeons,
Ugly Sisters,
Vic-Wells Ballet
