It’s been over 6 months since we wrote a post about how social media had the potential to “turn the ballet microcosm into an universe”, to make it expand beyond its captive audience and hopefully reach out to those who still believe ballet is old fashioned and all about girls in tutus & tiaras; men [...]
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My Propeller
by Emilia on March 31, 2010
Cornerstone
by Linda on January 20, 2010
In the last two years Twitter has widely grown in popularity. Even though it has been labeled a fad like other social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, etc.), it continues to flourish and establish itself as one of the most effective and versatile social media channels. Twitter can be used as a tool for staying [...]
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Kool Thing
by Emilia on December 30, 2009
As we prepare to send off 2009 and embrace a new decade, we look back into what was hot, fun & fab around the ballet blogosphere to pick our favorite things this year. Feel free to share yours too. Favorite Blog Posts Haglund Heel’s “ABT needs a Mayerling” campaign The coolest ballet campaign of the [...]
Tagged as: 2009, ABT, Bella Figura, BRB, Charlotte MacMillan, Clement Crisp, Crankocast, Daniil Simkin, David Bintley, Demicontretemps, E=mc2, Edward Watson, Eric Taub, Evan McKie, Facebook, Haglund's Heel, Hedi Slimane, Igor Kolb, Ketinoa, Mara Galeazzi, Marcelo Gomes, Mariinsky, Matthias Sarsgaard, Mayerling, Oscar Nielssen, Ratmansky, Royal Danish Ballet, Sanjoy Roy, Social Media, Stuttgart Ballet, Swan Lake Samba Girl, The Arts Desk, The Guardian, The Little Humpbacked Horse, Tonya Planck, Twitter, Veronica Part, You Dance Funny
An Interview with Daniil Simkin
by Emilia on November 9, 2009
If you follow dance on the internet chances are you will have heard of Daniil Simkin. He is the whiz kid (not just dance-wise but also tech-wise) who arrived last year from Vienna State Opera to stir some fresh buzz into American Ballet Theatre’s soloist ranks. His virtuoso dancing and various gala appearances, including the [...]
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Bag of Steps: Big Jumps (Part 2)
by Linda on July 16, 2009
In this post we continue to look at some of the big jumps that have historically filled the vision of many choreographers and which continue to fill the eyes of an audience. Our focus is on a set of common jumps, which tend to occur in almost every classical variation rather than on the flashy [...]
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