by Emilia & Linda on December 26, 2011
It is no secret that dancers and the people behind the curtain put in long hours to bring ballet to life. For us it’s always fascinating to hear what happens behind the scenes, from the historical development of the art form, to the economics behind the most successful ballets out there, to dancers’s personal stories as [...]
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Ballet Rehearsals,
Bernice Coppieters,
Books,
Casey Herd,
Dance Books,
Jean Christophe Maillot,
Jerome Robbins,
Jonathan Porretta,
Josh Spell,
Kent Stowell,
Lucien Postlewaite,
Noelani Pantastico,
One Flat Thing,
Ordinary Festivals,
Pacific Northwest Ballet,
Patrik Widrig,
Peter Boal,
PNB,
Roméo et Juliette,
Sara Pearson,
Stephen Manes,
Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear,
William Forsythe
by Emilia & Linda on September 13, 2011
If you are in town this Saturday 17 September, we would love to see you at University College London. As part of The London Design Festival 2011, our friends at Sojournposse will be hosting the seminar “Whatever Is to Become of Books?” and we are one of the guest speakers. More information: Five Minutes With: [...]
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Digital Publishing,
ebooks,
iPad,
Kindle,
LDF,
London Design Festival,
Publishers,
Publishing,
Social Media,
Sojournposse,
Story of Books,
talks,
UCL
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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Ballet Exhibitions,
Ballet History,
Ballet Newbie,
Ballets Russes,
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In the Spirit of Diaghilev,
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Morphoses,
Sadler's Wells,
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Most professional dancers start their careers rather young and, depending on where they study, the programme/syllabus they follow varies substantively. Here in England, they will probably be following RAD (Royal Academy of Dance). However there are other different methods/schools, each placing emphasis on different aspects of dance. This might result in a dancer having certain [...]
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Bolshoi,
Books,
Mariinsky,
RAD,
Russian Ballet,
Vaganova
by Emilia on April 29, 2009
The other day I got an email from a friend inviting me to see the Royal Ballet’s current production of Giselle. He had been sent a promotional offer to one of the performances and knew that I am a major ballet buff. “Interested?”, he asked. Thanks, I replied, but I am already booked for 6 [...]
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Giselle,
NYCB,
Royal Ballet
