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 [...]
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A Suite of Dances,
Alba Nadal,
Alban Lendorf,
Bournonville,
Bournonville variationer,
Carling Talcott,
Constantine Baecher,
Eid♂lon,
James Clark,
Jerome Robbins,
José Limón,
Kim Brandstrup,
Kim Helweg,
Les Gentilhommes,
Mads Eriksen,
Marcin Kupinski,
MK Danseur Noble,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Peter Martins,
RDB,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sebastian Kloborg,
The Unsung,
Thomas Lund,
Ulrik Birkkjær,
West Side Story Suite
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 [...]
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A Folk Tale,
Aage Thordal-Christensen,
Abdallah,
Adeline Genée,
Amy Watson,
Anna Karenina,
Apollon Musagete,
Études,
Balanchine,
Birgit Cullberg,
Bournonville,
Bournonville Festival,
Brandstrup,
Cecilie Lassen,
Cranko,
Danish Ballet Week,
Danseurs,
Dawid Kupinski,
Erik Bruhn,
Femke Slot,
Fernando Mora,
Flemming Flindt,
Flower Festival of Genzano,
Fokine,
Frank Andersen,
Gamle Scene,
Gitte Lindstrøm,
Gudrun Bojesen,
Hans Beck,
Henning Kronstam,
Henrik Steenberg,
Ib Andersen,
Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup,
Johan Kobborg,
Johnny Eliasen,
Kenneth Greve,
Kermesse in Bruges,
Kristoffer Sakurai,
La Sylphide,
Lis Jeppesen,
Lloyd Riggins,
Lucile Grahn,
Ludvig Holberg,
Macmillan,
Mads Blangstrup,
Maina Gielgud,
Marie-Pierre Greve,
Martin Mydtskov Rønne,
Miss Julie,
Mogens Boesen,
Napoli,
Neumeier,
Nicolai Hansen,
Niels Bjørn Larsen,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Onegin,
Peter Martins,
Peter Schaufuss,
Ratmansky,
RDB,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet School,
Rushton,
Silja Schandorff,
Sorella Englund,
Susanne Grinder,
The Kermesse in Bruges,
The Lesson,
The Little Mermaid,
The Triumph of Death,
The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master,
Thomas Lund,
Vera Volkova,
Vincenzo Galeotti,
Yao Wei
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 – [...]
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Adolphe Nourrit,
August Bournonville,
Bournonville,
Charles Nodier,
Dramatic & Intense,
Effie,
Filippo Taglioni,
Gurn,
Herman Løvenskiold,
Hopelessly Romantic,
James,
Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer,
Johan Kobborg,
La Sylphide,
Lucile Grahn,
Lynn Garafola,
Macbeth,
Madge,
Marie Taglioni,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pierre Lacotte,
POB,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sir Walter Scott,
The Sylph,
Trilby
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 [...]
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ABT,
Alastair Macaulay,
Alina Somova,
Anna Karenina,
Anna Markeyeva,
Balanchine,
Benois de la Danse,
Bolshoi,
Bolshoi Academy,
Bournonville,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Clement Crisp,
Clive Barnes,
Debra Craine,
Dreams of Japan,
Ekaterina Krysanova,
Ekaterina Shipulina,
Flames of Paris,
Fyodor Lopukhov,
Gene Schiavone,
Gitte Lindstrøm,
Golden Mask Award,
Ismene Brown,
Ivan Vasiliev,
John Rockwell,
Kiev Ballet,
Léonide Massine,
Mads Blangstrup,
Marcelo Gomes,
Maria Alexandrova,
Mariinsky,
Moscow Choreographic Institute,
Natalia Osipova,
Nelli Kobakhidze,
Nikolai Tsiskaridze,
Nina Ananishvili,
NYCB,
On the Dnieper,
Paloma Herrera,
Pyotr Pestov,
Ratmansky,
Roland Petit,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Royal Swedish Ballet,
Russian Seasons,
Shostakovich,
Svetlana Lunkina,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Tatiana Kilivniuk,
The Bright Stream,
Twyla Tharp,
Veronika Part,
Vladimir Malakhov,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yuri Burlaka
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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ABT,
Anna Pavlova,
Auguste Vestris,
Balanchine,
Ballet Newbie,
Ballets Russes,
Bournonville,
Cecchetti,
Diaghilev,
Fokine,
Frederick Ashton,
Jewels,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kim Brandstrup,
Les Sylphides,
Mariinsky,
Mayerling,
Ninette de Valois,
NYCB,
Ondine,
Royal Ballet,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Karsavina,
The Firebird,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vaslav Nijinsky,
Veronika Part
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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ABT,
Alina Cojocaru,
Angel Corella,
Anthony Dowell,
Antoinette Sibley,
Aurora,
Ballet Newbie,
Berthe,
Bolshoi,
Bournonville,
Carabosse,
Character Artists,
Christopher Saunders,
Deirdre Chapman,
Federico Bonelli,
Genesia Rosato,
Gillian Murphy,
Gillian Revie,
Giselle,
Johan Kobborg,
King Florestan,
La Sylphide,
Lauren Cuthberson,
Lilac Fairy,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Madge,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Mime,
Monica Mason,
Odette,
Pennsylvania Ballet,
Prince Desiré,
Prince Siegfried,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sir Peter Wright,
Swan Lake,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Wilis
