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Stag Night at The Royal Danish Ballet

by cstalcott on May 25, 2010

When we spoke to choreographer Kim Brandstrup earlier this year we were intrigued by his ongoing project with The Royal Danish Ballet, a company we have been lucky enough to visit recently. Kim was working on two matching ballets, one all-male, another all-female which would premiere days apart in different mixed bills. When we found [...]


The Royal Danish Ballet

by Linda on March 5, 2010

Tradition and heritage are strong words but they fit The Royal Danish Ballet like a glove. They are one of the oldest classical dance troupes in Europe and direct descendants of the Bournonville lineage. With a repertoire that also includes the most prominent choreographers of the 20th century, the Danes have much to be proud [...]


La Sylphide

by Emilia on February 10, 2010

Is this ballet for you?
Go If: You love Romantic ballets like Giselle but wish the male dancer had a bigger role. You’re slightly OCD and sympathise with James’s determination to possess the ethereal Sylph.
Skip If: “What do you mean the leads never really dance together?” You can’t live without a proper Pas de Deux – [...]


Amazing Journey

by Linda on November 12, 2009

As long as there are choreographers like Alexei Ratmansky around our hopes for the future of classical ballet as an art form are renewed. Now one of the world’s most sought-after choreographers, Ratmansky started his career as a ballet dancer with the Kiev Ballet in the Ukraine. Dancing soon took him out of Eastern Europe [...]


Dancing Days

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 [...]


Talk to me, Dance with me

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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