by Emilia & Linda on October 14, 2011
At the heart of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s autumn season is a fabulous new triple bill celebrating British classical dance heritage, or what BRB principal Matthew Lawrence calls, in his latest blog for Balletco, a “workout harder than Zumba”: Nearly 75 years old, Ninette de Valois’s Checkmate is a prime example of vintage English ballet. Its [...]
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Checkmate,
Jenna Roberts,
John Cranko,
Nao Sakuma,
Ninette de Valois,
Pineapple Poll,
Robert Parker,
Sadler's Wells,
Season 2011-2012,
Sir Frederick Ashton,
Symphonic Variations
by Emilia & Linda on October 20, 2010
Last week we attended Birmingham Royal Ballet‘s week-long season at Sadler’s Wells. They brought to London two different autumn bills: Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet and Pointes of View, with works by MacMillan, Balanchine and Twyla Tharp. Each Bag Lady caught up with one program. Linda on Romeo & Juliet: Having seen Romeo and Juliet [...]
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Chi Cao,
Christopher Rodgers-Wilson,
Concerto,
Gaylene Cummerfield,
Iain Mackay,
In the Upper Room,
Jenna Roberts,
Joseph Caley,
Juliet,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Marion Tait,
Matthew Lawrence,
Mercutio,
Natasha Oughtred,
Paul Andrews,
Pointes of View,
Robert Parker,
Romeo,
Romeo and Juliet,
Sadler's Wells,
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,
Twyla Tharp
by Linda on September 27, 2009
It is interesting to discover how choreographers find inspiration for a new piece and how they bring their ideas alive through dance. When David Bintley first announced he would do a ballet inspired by a physics equation, E=mc2, many were puzzled. How could Bintley turn an abstract mathematical statement into a ballet? Using David Bodanis‘s [...]
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Alexander Campbell,
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Celeritas2,
Christopher Rodgers-Wilson,
David Bintley,
David Bodanis,
Dusty Button,
E=mc2,
Einstein,
Elisha Willis,
Energy,
Forsythe,
Garry Stewart,
Gaylene Cummerfield,
In the Middle Somewhat Elevated,
Joseph Caley,
Kosuke Yamamoto,
Mass,
Matthew Hindson,
Matthew Lawrence,
Mozart,
Natasha Oughtred,
New Works,
Peter Mumford,
Physics,
Powder,
Robert Parker,
Samara Downs,
Stanton Welch,
Steven Montieth,
The Centre and its Oppposite,
Triple Bill,
Yasuo Atsuji
