by Emilia on November 24, 2009
Is this ballet for you? Go if: you want to treat your kids, godchildren, nieces and nephews or even perhaps the kid in you. Skip if: Bah humbug! Dream Cast Sugar Plum Fairy: any ballerina who can do proper gargouillades Background The Nutcracker is a major example of a balletic twist of fate. The very [...]
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ABT,
Alastair Marriott,
Alexandre Dumas,
Alina Cojocaru,
Balanchine,
Baryshnikov,
Bill Cooper,
Birmingham Royal Ballet,
Casse Noisette,
Celesta,
Clara,
Drosselmeyer,
E.T.A Hoffmann,
Elizabeth Harrod,
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann,
full-length,
Gargouillades,
Ivan Vsevolozhsky,
Jamie Bond,
Johan Persson,
Lev Ivanov,
Light & Fluffy,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Mark Morris,
Matthew Bourne,
Nicholas Sergeyev,
Nureyev,
NYCB,
POB,
Prince Koklush,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Rudolf Nureyev,
San Francisco Ballet,
Sir Peter Wright,
Sugar Plum Fairy,
Tchaikovsky,
The Nutcracker,
Valeri Hristov,
Vic-Wells Ballet
by Linda on October 29, 2009
Our Mayerling crusade continues with new casts, some debuts and thus interesting new takes on MacMillan’s iconic characters. There are very few lead roles that challenge a danseur’s technique, stamina and dramatic skills as does Crown Prince Rudolf and for Rupert Pennefather to have been offered the opportunity to dance it at such young age [...]
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2009-2010 Season,
Brian Maloney,
Countess Larisch,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Edward Watson,
Elizabeth Harrod,
full-length,
Johan Kobborg,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mary Vetsera,
Mayerling,
Melissa Hamilton,
Review,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sergei Polunin,
Wayne McGregor
