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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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,
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Rodion Shchedrin,
Scheherezade,
Scotch Symphony,
Swan Lake,
The Firebird,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Xander Parish,
Yana Selina,
Yuri Smekalov
A few months ago we wrote about what makes a dancer graceful. When looking at elements of Grace, we mentioned musicality as a quality in dancers that “will trick you into forgetting about the orchestra pit and thinking that his or her movement is creating the music.” Musicality is a common discussion theme between balletomanes [...]
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Musicality,
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Sara Mearns,
Suzanne Farrell,
Violette Verdy
by Emilia on May 17, 2011
Our picks from the Autumn 2011 season at Sadler’s Wells which goes on sale Monday 23 May, taken from the press release issued earlier today (for full details click here): Grupo Corpo Imã & Onqotô Tuesday 13 – Friday 16 September Founded in 1975, Brazilian contemporary dance company Grupo Corpo and choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras have [...]
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Bamboo Blues,
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Checkmate,
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan,
Der Fensterputzer,
DESH,
Diana Vishneva,
Emanuel Gat Dance,
Forsythe,
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Javier de Frutos,
Jiří Kylián,
John Cranko,
Jorma Elo,
Kenneth MacMillan,
La Fille Mal Gardée,
La La La Human Steps,
Mark Baldwin,
Mark Wallinger,
Mark-Anthony Turnage,
Matthew Bourne,
Merce Cunningham,
Nefés,
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Ninette de Valois,
Nur Du,
Nutcracker,
Out of Asia Season,
Palermo,
Pina Bausch,
Pina Bausch World Cities 2012,
Pineapple Doll,
RainForest,
Rambert Dance Company,
Random Dance,
Sadler's Wells,
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Scottish Ballet,
Seven for a secret,
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Sir Frederick Ashton,
Song of the Earth,
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Symphonic Variations,
Tanztheater Wuppertal,
Ten Chi,
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Viktor,
Wayne McGregor,
Wiesenland,
Yumiko Takeshima
by Emilia & Linda on February 18, 2011
“Move over, Natalie Portman: You may be favored for the Oscar in Black Swan, but there’s a real-life, flesh-and-blood ballerina generating heat as the swan queen!” says Jocelyn Novek, one of the writers quoted by Milan-based arts blogger Graham Spicer in a roundup of praise for the remarkable Odette/Odile of Sara Mearns. NYCB’s Mearns is [...]
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San Francisco Ballet,
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Siegfried,
Silvia Azzoni,
Staatsballett Berlin,
Susanne Grinder,
Swan Queen,
Tamara Rojo,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
White Swan,
Xiao Nan Yu,
Yuan Yuan Tan,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Linda on June 22, 2010
During my session with The Tokyo Ballet in rehearsal for the upcoming European tour, I had the pleasure of meeting Aya Takagi, one of their soloists. I had seen Aya rehearsing for Béjart’s Don Giovanni and was very impressed with her jump and athleticism. Given the opportunity and the fact that she spoke perfect English, [...]
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Patrick de Bana,
Pierre Lacotte,
Romeo and Juliet,
Sylvie Guillem,
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Vladimir Malakhov
by Emilia on December 19, 2009
Dear Santa, We know we had a lucky year with many wonderful ballet tickets filling our bags. We had a great time writing over here and making plenty of new friends on Twitter and Facebook some of whom we had the pleasure of meeting in person. Having managed to strike a good balance between work [...]
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Song of the Earth,
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The Little Humpbacked Horse,
The Sleeping Beauty,
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