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ABT in London Roundup

by Emilia on February 11, 2011

We wonder if ABT had heard our prayers when they decided to program a London season of mixed bills, leaving the full length classics they had brought last time at home. We had been craving variety in the aftermath of too many Cinderellas, Giselles and Swan Lakes at the Royal Ballet, so we grabbed the [...]


Slideshow: Best of the Ballet Bag’s Interviews

by Emilia & Linda on December 16, 2010

In the spirit of reflecting on the past and catching our breath to prepare for whatever 2011 may throw at us, we hope you enjoy this slideshow with selected quotes from our interviewees over the last 18 months. (click on each photo to open corresponding full feature) SlideShowPro({ attributes: { id: “album-224386″, width: 600, height: [...]


American Ballet Theatre Returns to Sadler’s Wells Feb 2011

by Emilia & Linda on December 9, 2010

Internationally acclaimed American Ballet Theatre makes a welcome return to Sadler’s Wells this spring, with a mixed bill including two UK premieres. The company annually performs for more than 600,000 people and has toured to over 40 countries around the world. ABT’s vast, wide-ranging repertoire takes in all of the great full-length ballets of the [...]


Social Dancing

by Emilia & Linda on September 30, 2010

We recently wrote a guest post for the fab crew at Dance Pulp on social media marketing and dance, including tips for maintaining an effective online presence: A few months ago ballet and Twitter appeared together in the same front page article in the New York Times. Entitled ‘Ballet Stars Now Tweet as Well as Flutter‘ and [...]


Greetings from Tokyo!

by Linda on June 8, 2010

Japan is a balletomane’s paradise: plenty of  local and visiting ballet companies, glitzy guest stars (some of them are here on a regular basis) and, of course, the best in ballet merchandise. In the trendiest Tokyo districts flagship dance stores sell premium quality dancewear and ballet shoes, along with – for those more intent on [...]


Ballet Goes Web 2.0

by Emilia on May 6, 2010

Ballet companies, choreographers, dancers, writers and bloggers are realising the importance of educating and engaging with audiences via social media to promote ballet as an art form. Through the rich and diverse ballet content on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and blogs we now have exposure to ballet events around the globe as if we were [...]


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