by Emilia & Linda on January 8, 2011
Earlier this week we followed with interest the online reaction to The Guardian piece entitled “What Britain’s ballet stars made of Black Swan”. Objecting to the dancers’ more literal and nitpicky approach to Aronofksy’s movie, commenters responded with such remarks as “Watching Black Swan for the ballet seems to me like watching South Park: The Movie for the Christian theology” and [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on December 29, 2010
The web is again bursting with Black Swan headlines, including all the award nominations which have put Aronofsky’s ballet movie in the race for four Golden Globes and three Screen Actors Guild/SAG Awards, while the lion’s share of press coverage is currently being given to Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied with their engagement/baby news. If [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on December 23, 2010
Is ballet ready for its close-up? Is it indeed bursting with vitality; the art form to watch in 2011? We reach the end of 2010 with mixed messages. On one hand, some positive signs: NYCB’s Architecture of Dance Festival and its seven premieres (four of which “narrative” ballets), Alexei Ratmansky’s new works for ABT and [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on November 17, 2010
Together with our awesome sponsor Yumiko we have a new Black Swan giveaway. Four collector posters will be up for grabs (NB: see how to enter below) and this, along with the movie’s imminent US release (3 December, who else is counting down?), was the perfect excuse for us to scour the internet for the [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on November 3, 2010
Is this movie for you? Go if: You like your ballets bitter and intense, preferably with a dark twist. You loved Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher. You are familiar with Aronofsky’s psychological dramas of obsessive pursuits and human extremes. Skip if: You squirm at the sight of blood and gore. You are a traditionalist and [...]
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