by Emilia & Linda on March 20, 2013
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s new Aladdin has its London premiere this evening. The newest family-friendly ballet to hit town, David Bintley’s new production aims to attract audiences of all ages by working with a well-known story, high production values, catchy tunes and the full company on display. A co-production with Houston Ballet, Aladdin has designs by Dick Bird and costumes [...]
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César Morales,
Christopher Wheeldon,
David Bintley,
Dijinn,
Houston Ballet,
Iain Mackay,
Light & Fluffy,
Light and Fluffy,
Mahgrib,
Nao Sakuma,
National Ballet of Japan,
Princess Badr al-Budur,
Tyrone Singleton,
Tzu-Chao Chou
by Emilia on November 2, 2012
The autumn dance season is always a welcome opportunity to catch up with Birmingham Royal Ballet at Sadler’s Wells. In the past couple of years the company has brought us well-rounded mixed bills, typically offering us a taste of ballets that are unique or rare in these shores. Last year BRB literally answered our prayers, [...]
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Céline Gittens,
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Elisha Willis,
Faster,
Iain Mackay,
Jade Heusen,
James Barton,
Joe Caley,
Joe Layton,
Matthew Lawrence,
Oberon,
Summer Celebration,
The Dream,
The Grand Tour,
Tyrone Singleton
by Emilia & Linda on September 10, 2012
“My creative process is the same no matter the genre of dancer I am working with, but the outcome of what I make and the movement I make is very different because ballet dancers and modern dancers are still very far apart in their esthetics”. Jessica Lang From the use of both ballet and modern [...]
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Edvard Grieg,
Elena Comendador,
Female Choreographers,
Iain Mackay,
Jenna Roberts,
Jessica Lang,
Jessica Lang Dance,
Lyric Pieces,
Maureya Lebowitz,
MOLO Studio,
Splendid Isolation III,
Twyla Tharp
by Emilia & Linda on June 27, 2012
We recently dropped by Birmingham to catch Director David Bintley in action, rehearsing the dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet for his new Olympics-inspired ballet Faster. David’s piece is being unveiled as part of Summer Celebration, a mixed bill that also includes The Grand Tour and Ashton’s The Dream. Faster features a brand new score by [...]
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Elisha Willis,
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Iain Mackay,
Jamie Bond,
Jenna Roberts,
Joseph Caley,
Olympics,
Tyrone Singleton
As the UK prepares to celebrate the Jubilee, guest blogger Brian Mengini reflects on how crowdfunding via Kickstarter – and quite a bit of networking – helped turn his dream photo trip to London into a reality. Lookout for an exclusive photo print giveaway at the end of this feature As we entered 2011, I [...]
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Ruth Brill,
Scotch Symphony,
Sian Murphy,
Thomas Whitehead,
Yasmine Naghdi
by wschuster on January 7, 2012
Happy new year everyone! Yesterday we tweeted about this great blog post from TenduTV citing globalization as one of ten dance buzzwords for 2012. In our first post of the year, guest blogger Wiebke Schuster proves she’s right on the trend line, with a report from a very British season in Munich: What is “very [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
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Ballet Extra,
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British Ballet,
Christopher Carr,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan,
Isadora Duncan,
Katharina Markowkaja,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Lucia Lacarra,
Lukáš Slavický,
Lynn Seymour,
MacMillan,
Marlon Dino,
Messenger of Death,
Royal Ballet,
Russell Maliphant,
Scénes de Ballet,
Sir Frederick Ashton,
Song of the Earth,
Stephanie Hancox,
Tigran MIkayelyan,
Voices of Spring
