by Linda on July 21, 2010
Our review of a thrilling first night with the Bolshoi Ballet, Spartacus and the mighty Ivan Vasiliev, which we wrote for Classical Music website Bachtrack:
The Bolshoi are back in town and, judging from yesterday’s opening performance of Spartacus, they are here to show off their characteristically big and bold style of ballet. Spartacus is a spectacle of [...]
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Aegina,
Alexander Volchkov,
Bolshoi,
Carlos Acosta,
Crassus,
Dramatic & Intense,
Grigorovich,
Ivan Vasiliev,
Khachaturian,
London Season 2010,
Maria Allash,
Nina Kaptsova,
Phrygia,
Review,
Spartacus
by Emilia on July 9, 2010
Polina Semionova, the 25 year-old Russian star at Staatsballett Berlin, is not only a very gifted dancer but also a social media phenomenon. Her appearance in Herbert Groenemeyer’s video Letzter Tag (Last Day) made her a big hit on YouTube and she has close to 40,000 fans in her Official Facebook page, which she personally [...]
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Alessandra Ferri,
Bolshoi,
Bolshoi Academy,
Caravaggio,
Christine Camillo,
Darcey Bussell,
Dmitry Semionov,
Dramatic & Intense,
Ekaterina Borchenko,
English National Ballet,
Esmeralda,
Gerhard Hasse-Hindenberg,
Giorgio Madia,
Giselle,
Herbert Groenemeyer,
Interview,
Jiří Kylián,
John Neumeier,
Juriy Vasuchenko,
Kameliendame,
La Bayadère,
Letzter Tag,
Manon,
Mariinsky,
Mauro Bigonzetti,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Moscow Choreographic Institute,
Nacho Duato,
Nikiya,
Onegin,
Polina Semionova,
royal albert hall,
Staatsballett Berlin,
Swan Lake,
Tatiana,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vladimir Malakhov
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 be passed around privately amongst gentlemen. [...]
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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 Emilia on March 21, 2010
The event? A marathon of Romeos and Juliets at Covent Garden. The challenge? To see almost every cast combination available. The result? A ballet with the feel of one of those great cinematic experiences you just want to prolong. And so for our Roundup this time we decided to match each of these performances to [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Almost Famous,
Before Sunrise,
Big Fish,
Cameron Crowe,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
full-length,
Gosford Park,
Johan Kobborg,
Juliet,
Leanne Benjamin,
Macmillan,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Martin Scorsese,
Performance Roundup,
Prokofiev,
Richard Linklater,
Robert Altman,
Roberta Marquez,
Romeo,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Season 2009-2010,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo,
The Age of Innocence,
Thiago Soares,
Tim Burton
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 Emilia on February 10, 2010
Is this ballet for you?
Go If: You love Romantic ballets like Giselle but wish the male dancer had a bigger role. You’re slightly OCD and sympathise with James’s determination to possess the ethereal Sylph.
Skip If: “What do you mean the leads never really dance together?” You can’t live without a proper Pas de Deux – [...]
Tagged as:
Adolphe Nourrit,
August Bournonville,
Bournonville,
Charles Nodier,
Dramatic & Intense,
Effie,
Filippo Taglioni,
Gurn,
Herman Løvenskiold,
Hopelessly Romantic,
James,
Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer,
Johan Kobborg,
La Sylphide,
Lucile Grahn,
Lynn Garafola,
Macbeth,
Madge,
Marie Taglioni,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pierre Lacotte,
POB,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sir Walter Scott,
The Sylph,
Trilby
