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,
Macmillan,
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
by Linda on January 26, 2010
A staple in the repertoire of all major ballet companies, Giselle has always been an audience favourite. Romantic ballet fans will have a sentimental connection with this quintessential story dealing with man’s encounter with supernatural characters. They cherish not only its iconic solos, the challenges they pose to the the central ballerina and her partner [...]
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2010,
Adolphe Adam,
Albrecht,
Arionel Vargas,
Chantel Roulston,
Daria Klimentová,
Elena Glurdjidze,
ENB,
full-length,
Giselle,
Jean Coralli,
Jules Perrot,
London Coliseum,
Mary Skeaping,
Men Y Men,
Myrtha,
Petipa,
Rachmaninoff,
Review,
Romantic Ballet,
Wayne Eagling,
Wili
by Emilia on January 12, 2010
New year, time to update our calendars and balletic schedules. In this post we share our essential ballet picks for 2010. With many of our favourite dances and dancers, plus so many companies stopping by London, we are feeling like seven-year-olds at large in a candy store. The difference being that ballet candy is somewhat [...]
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Ballet Nacional de Cuba,
Bolshoi,
BRB,
Chroma,
Cinderella,
Electric Counterpoint,
Elite Syncopations,
ENB,
Infra,
Jonathan Watkins,
K-Ballet,
La Fille Mal Gardée,
La Sylphide,
Macmillan,
Mara Galeazzi,
Mats Ek,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Miyako Yoshida,
Polina Semionova,
RDB,
Roberta Marquez,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Rushes,
Sadler's Wells,
Steven McRae,
Swan Lake,
Symphony in C,
Teddy Kumakawa,
The Judas Tree,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
Tryst,
Watkins,
Wheeldon
by Linda on December 7, 2009
19th century ballet had no qualms about favoring the ballerina over the danseur. The bulk of the classical repertoire seemed intent on relegating male dancers into partnering or brief virtuoso solos tailor-made for a particular dancer (think Cecchetti’s Bluebird). But the 20th century saw balance restablished with a generation of danseurs like Nureyev and Baryshnikov [...]
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A Suite of Dances,
Afternoon of a Faun,
Apollo,
Apollo and Other Works,
Bach,
Balanchine,
Begoña Cao,
Britten,
Calliope,
Carlos Acosta,
Cello Suites,
Daria Klimentová,
Debussy,
ENB,
Erina Takahashi,
Junor de Oliveira Souza,
Natalie Clein,
Polyhimnia,
Robbins,
Sadler's Wells,
Terpsichore,
Young Apollo
by Linda on November 18, 2009
Earlier this month we attended the Kenneth MacMillan Choreographic Imagination and Psychological Insight Symposium at Imperial College London. Celebrating the choreographer who would have been 80 this year, this full day event was held in association with The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and the Institute of Psychoanalysis and drew on psychoanalysts, scholars and dancers [...]
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A Lot of Happiness,
Antony Dowson,
Ashton,
Begoña Cao,
Birgit Keil,
Brian Elias,
Carousel,
Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Deborah MacMillan,
Deutsche Oper Ballet,
Edward Watson,
Elite Syncopations,
ENB,
English National Ballet,
Fabian Reimair,
Freud,
Gloria,
Institute of Psychoanalysis,
Iohna Loots,
Irek Mukhamedov,
Jann Parry,
Kevin McKenzie,
Leanne Benjamin,
Macmillan,
Mahler,
Manon,
Mayerling,
Michael Nunn,
Monica Mason,
Natalia Makarova,
Nichola McAuliffe,
Nicholas Hytner,
RAD,
Requiem,
Rodgers and Hammerstein,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Shostakovich,
Song of the Earth,
Stuttgart Ballet,
The Judas Tree,
Viviana Durante,
Vladimir Klos,
Wayne Eagling
