by Emilia & Linda on August 26, 2011
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first visit to London, the Mariinsky Ballet left a trail of brilliancy following its three-week residency at Covent Garden. The company brought a selection of works that played to its strengths: from big classical works like Swan Lake and La Bayadère (which showed off a flawless corps de ballet) [...]
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Alexander Parish,
Alexander Sergeyev,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Somova,
Anna Karenina,
Balanchine,
Ballet Imperial,
Chopiniana,
Danila Korsuntsev,
David Hallberg,
Denis Matvienko,
Diana Vishneva,
Ekaterina Kondaurova,
Evgenia Obraztsova,
Evgeny Ivanchenko,
Filipp Stepin,
Fokine,
Igor Zelensky,
In the Night,
Jerome Robbins,
La Bayadère,
Maria Shirinkina,
Mariinsky,
Mariinsky Tour 2011,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Scheherezade,
Scotch Symphony,
Swan Lake,
The Firebird,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Xander Parish,
Yana Selina,
Yuri Smekalov
by Emilia & Linda on August 5, 2011
Bizet’s Carmen is one of the most successful operas of all time and its popularity has led the way to many choreographic interpretations, deriving more or less directly from Mérimée’s libretto. Two of the most often performed ballet versions are Roland Petit’s for Ballets de Paris – created in 1949 and using Bizet’s original score [...]
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Alberto Alonso,
Ballets de Paris,
Begoña Cao,
Bolshoi,
Carmen,
Corregidor,
Danila Korsuntsev,
Don José,
Dramatic & Intense,
ENB,
Escamillo,
Fabian Reimair,
Fate,
Mariinsky,
Mariinsky Tour 2011,
Mats Ek,
Maya Plisetskaya,
Prosper Merimée,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Roland Petit,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Wayne Eagling,
Wendy Perron,
Yulia Stepanova
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Red Hot Chili Carmen Skip if: Faux French or Pastiche Spanish are not your thing Dream Cast For Carmen Tamara Rojo because she is Spanish and fiery, plus her surname matches Carmen’s legendary red dress. Background Carmen goes back to 1845 when Prosper Mérimée‘s torrid novella used to [...]
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1-act,
Alberto Alonso,
Ana Laguna,
Ballet Nacional de Cuba,
Bennet Gartside,
Bizet,
Bolshoi,
Bullfighter,
Carmen,
Carmen Suite,
Cullberg Ballet,
Danila Korsuntsev,
Davide Bombana,
Dee Conway,
Don José,
Dramatic & Intense,
Escamillo,
Evgeny Ivanchenko,
Fate,
Irma Nioradze,
John Cranko,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Mariinsky,
Mats Ek,
Maya Plisteskaya,
Micaela,
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Natasha Razina,
National Ballet of Canada,
NBC,
Prosper Merimée,
Renée Zizi Jeanmaire,
Robert Alston,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Roland Petit,
Scottish Ballet,
Tamara Rojo,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Yekaterina Kondaurova
by Linda on December 13, 2009
The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauties have just drawn to a close, giving way to the usual Christmas special of Nutcrackers. Notice anything in common? Both are Petipa ballets, both are amongst the safest for box office purposes, with blockbuster works such as Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, their lavish costumes, orchestral music and vast [...]
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Anastasia Kolegova,
Anton Korsakov,
Arthur Saint-Leon,
Coppélia,
Danila Korsuntsev,
Daria Pavlenko,
Elvira Tarasova,
Igor Kolb,
Imperial Ballet,
Jules Perrot,
La Esmeralda,
Le Corsaire,
Le Talisman,
Maria Alexandrova,
Mariinsky,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Nikolai Tsiskaridze,
Nutcracker,
Paquita,
Petipa,
Ratmansky,
St. Petersburg,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Swan Lake,
The Awakening of Flora,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
The Pharaoh's Daughter,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Vaganova,
Vaganova Academy,
Valeria Martynyuk,
Vikharev,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Xenia Ostreikovskaya,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuri Burlaka
