Elite Syncopations

Ballet, Ballet Tools, Behind Ballet March 1, 2012

In Costume Wonderland

By Emilia & Linda

We’ve written before about the key role stage design and costumes play in giving dance works an extra dimension. Costumes help set the tone,…

Ballet, Ballet Tools April 15, 2010

The Costumes of Elite Syncopations

By Linda

The Royal Ballet’s current revival of MacMillan’s Concerto, The Judas Tree and ragtime ballet Elite Syncopations closes tonight. We send it off with this…

Review April 6, 2010

How to Handle a Rope

By Linda

While full length pieces such as Mayerling, Manon, Anastasia and Romeo and Juliet invite reflection on MacMillan’s recurring theme of the Outsider, a mixed…

What's coming January 12, 2010

Have It All

By Emilia

New year, time to update our calendars and balletic schedules. In this post we share our essential ballet picks for 2010. With many of…