by Linda on March 29, 2011
Go If: You like fairy tales and fantasy RPGs filled with elfin creatures, cheeky trolls, a feisty heroine and a hero who triumphs against the odds. You are well-versed in Giselle, La Sylphide, Ondine and would like to try a different supernatural ballet. Skip If: You like your ballets with less plot development, more dancing [...]
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A Folk Tale,
August Bournonville,
Bournonville,
Carling Talcott,
Danish Folklore,
David Amzallag,
Diderik,
full-length,
Hans Christian Andersen,
Hilda,
Junker Ove,
Light & Fluffy,
Mr Mogens,
Napoli,
Niels W. Gade,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
P. E. H. Hartmann,
Pas de Sept,
RDB,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sorella Englund,
Svend Grundtvig,
Trolls,
Viderik
by Emilia & Linda on November 23, 2010
Young choreographer Christopher Wheeldon created The Wanderers for The Royal Danish Ballet in 2008. This season the Company commissioned him to do a completely new version of The Sleeping Beauty. According to the RDB website his take on the classic is “a fantasy-filled adventure for both children and adults offering drama and sublime classical dance”. [...]
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Carling Talcott,
Caroline Cavallo,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Dance & Ballet News,
David Amzallag,
Gudrun Bojesen,
Jane Simpson,
Jérôme Kaplan,
New Ballet,
RDB,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Season 2010-2011,
Shelby Elsbree,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Tornerose
by Emilia on April 21, 2010
Spotlight on Five Different Dance Blogs Blogs are a simple and effective way to communicate. Everyone can have one and there are many user friendly blogging platforms out there (Blogger, TypePad, Tumblr, WordPress, etc.). Of course they vary in quality and scope, but blogs have become an important tool for the ever-growing online dance community. [...]
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Boston Ballet,
Carling Talcott,
Dance Advantage,
Dancerstyle,
David Amzallag,
Georgina Harper,
Kristen McNally,
Meg Ferguson,
RDB,
Royal Danish Ballet,
TAD,
Thin and Dizzy,
Why Dance Matters
by Emilia on February 26, 2010
Bournonville’s La Sylphide is one of the Romantic period’s most iconic ballets. Featuring a hero divided between reality and fantasy, it is filled with symbols, providing many possibilities for interpretation and parallels to our own modern lives and the choices we are forced to make everyday. The characters of James and the Sylph are treasured [...]
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A Month in the Country,
Albrecht,
Angel Corella,
August Bournonville,
Christina Michanek,
Corella Ballet,
Cranko,
Danish Ballet Week,
David Amzallag,
Dramatic & Intense,
Giselle,
James,
John Neumeier,
La Sylphide,
Madge,
National Ballet of Canada,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Onegin,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Silja Schandorff,
The Sylph,
Ulrik Birkkjær
by Linda on February 25, 2010
The Royal Danish Ballet is intrinsically linked to Bournonville, the French ballet-master who shaped the Company, its style (the closest to 19th century French school) and its unique repertoire. But thanks to globalization and a young Artistic Director fresh from the NYCB rosters, the company also dances plenty of Balanchine, another legend whose choreographic style [...]
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Alexandra Lo Sardo,
Amy Watson,
Balanchine,
Bizet,
Danish Ballet Week,
David Amzallag,
Gregory Dean,
Gudrun Bojensen,
Jean Lucien-Massot,
Kizzy Matiakis,
Lena-Maria Gruber,
Marcin Kupinski,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
NYCB,
RDB,
SAB,
Sebastian Kloborg,
Symphony in C,
Ulrik Birkkjær
by Emilia on February 23, 2010
If I were to write a book called “100 Ballets to See Before You Die” (perhaps there’s a market for that?), La Sylphide would certainly be one of my top 10 picks. It’s a ballet that digs deep, that still has much to say 174 years on. It centers on the pursuit of one’s dreams [...]
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Christina Michanek,
Danish Ballet Week,
David Amzallag,
Eva Kloborg,
James,
Johan Kobborg,
La Sylphide,
Madge,
Nehemiah Kish,
Romantic,
Romantic Ballet,
Sorella Englund,
Susanne Grinder,
The Royal Danish Ballet,
The Sylph,
Ulrik Birkkjær
