by Emilia & Linda on October 24, 2011
Via Press Release: In 2012, Dance GB sees English National Ballet, National Dance Company Wales and Scottish Ballet celebrating the Olympics in a unique creative collaboration. Echoing the British Olympic team, Team GB, Dance GB takes the Olympic ideals of “faster, higher, stronger” and translates them into an inspirational production performed in Glasgow, Cardiff and [...]
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And the Earth Shall Bear Again,
Big Dance 2012,
Christopher Bruce,
Elena Glurdjidze,
ENB,
Erina Takahashi,
Esteban Berlanga,
Fernanda Oliviera,
Itzik Galili,
Ksenia Ovsyanick,
Lauretta Summerscales,
London Olympics 2012,
Martin Lawrance,
National Dance Company Wales,
Nic Sandiland,
Rambert,
Richard Alston,
Scottish Ballet,
Team GB,
The Place,
Vadim Muntagirov
by Emilia & Linda on August 5, 2011
Bizet’s Carmen is one of the most successful operas of all time and its popularity has led the way to many choreographic interpretations, deriving more or less directly from Mérimée’s libretto. Two of the most often performed ballet versions are Roland Petit’s for Ballets de Paris – created in 1949 and using Bizet’s original score [...]
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Alberto Alonso,
Ballets de Paris,
Begoña Cao,
Bolshoi,
Carmen,
Corregidor,
Danila Korsuntsev,
Don José,
Dramatic & Intense,
ENB,
Escamillo,
Fabian Reimair,
Fate,
Mariinsky,
Mariinsky Tour 2011,
Mats Ek,
Maya Plisetskaya,
Prosper Merimée,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Roland Petit,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Wayne Eagling,
Wendy Perron,
Yulia Stepanova
by Emilia & Linda on June 8, 2011
Via Press Release: Ipswich-born Royal Ballet Principal Character Artist Gary Avis is bringing dancers from the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet to his home town this September to take part in a unique charity gala event in support of The Hunger Project. After a 40-year gap, East Anglian audiences will once again have the [...]
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Alastair Marriott,
Ashton,
Begoña Cao,
Bennet Gartside,
Charity performance,
Christopher Wheeldon,
David Pickering,
ENB,
Gala,
Gala performance,
Gary Avis,
Ipswich,
Leanne Cope,
Liam Scarlett,
MacMillan,
Melissa Hamilton,
Nehemiah Kish,
Paul Kay,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Steven McRae,
Yuhui Choe
by Emilia & Linda on September 24, 2010
Earlier this week we attended a preview of Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909 – 1929, a must see exhibition that opens tomorrow at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The exhibition captures the glamour and excitement of a revolutionary age in ballet, showing Sergei Diaghilev’s genius; his ambition and determination to [...]
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Andre Derain,
Balanchine,
Ballets Russes,
Begoña Cao,
Chanel,
Chout,
Diaghilev,
ENB,
Fedorowsky,
Fokine,
Georges Braque,
Georges Rouault,
Henri Matisse,
Jean Cocteau,
Léon Bakst,
Léonide Massine,
Le Bal,
Le Spectre de la Rose,
Le Train Bleu,
Les Papillons,
Lydia Lopokova,
Marie Rambert,
Massine,
Natalia Goncharova,
Nijinska,
Nijinsksy,
Picasso,
Prokofiev,
Salome,
Serge Sudeikin,
Stravinsky,
Tamara Karsavina,
The Rite of Spring,
V&A,
Yves Saint Laurent
by Linda on July 26, 2010
The Sleeping Beauty is a staple of major classical troupes. Despite being an expensive ballet to stage, it is amongst those productions that ensure box office safety and keep dancers well drilled. It demands not only starry leads but a strong supporting cast to carry through endless variations and character roles like Carabosse and the [...]
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Akiko Shimazoe,
Ballet Around the World,
Carabosse,
ENB,
English National Ballet,
Japan,
Julie Lincoln,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Lilac Fairy,
Nicholas Georgiadis,
Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre,
Peter Farmer,
Petipa,
Review,
Roman Lazik,
Tchaikovsky,
The Ballet Bag in Japan,
The Sleeping Beauty
by Emilia on March 22, 2010
On Sunday evening some of the biggest stars in the ballet world descended upon London’s Coliseum to pay homage to Rudolf Nureyev who would have been 72 years old last week (March 17). Throughout his dancing career Nureyev had a varied repertoire and it would be, of course, impossible to cover all of it or [...]
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Adagietto,
Afternoon of a Faun,
Alexander Omar,
Alina Cojocaru,
Andrei Merkuriev,
Béjart,
Coppélia,
David Makhateli,
Dmitri Gruzdyev,
Dmitry Gudanov,
Edward Watson,
ENB,
Erina Takahashi,
Farukh Ruzimatov,
Gil Roman,
Hans Van Manen,
Iñaki Urlezaga,
Irina Perren,
Ivan Kozlov,
Ivan Putrov,
Jerome Robbins,
José Limón,
Kryzstof Pastor,
Manon,
Manuel Legris,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Nina Kaptsova,
Olga Esina,
Pierrot Lunaire,
Roberta Marquez,
Sergei Polunin,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Tetley,
The Moor's Pavane,
Tristan and Isolde,
Trois Gnossienes,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Vera Arbuzova
