by Emilia & Linda on July 19, 2011
Via Press Release: To celebrate its 40th anniversary this year, the Prix de Lausanne, for the first time, is offering a series of classical Master classes across six continents, each one taught by a distinguished Prix de Lausanne prize winner, offering participants a rare opportunity to take class with some of the world’s most celebrated [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on October 22, 2010
by Emilia & Linda on October 1, 2010
John Cranko’s dance drama Onegin opened the Royal Ballet 2010/2011 Season yesterday. Based on the verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin the ballet centers on Eugene Onegin, a young aristocrat whose brief stay in the Russian countryside has a major impact on the families he befriends there, bringing about tragedy and change. Despite the dramatic and technical [...]
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Thiago Soares
by Emilia on November 2, 2009
Concepts such as coding, decoding, generative systems, algorithms, computer programming, neuroscience and cognitive mapping seem more akin to geek lingo than ballet choreography and yet all these notions inform Wayne McGregor’s dance making. Having trained in modern dance, McGregor is the first resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet to come from outside the company. Literally [...]
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by Emilia on August 28, 2009
The Mariinsky visit to London a few weeks ago and in particular the fact that they brought mime-less Soviet adaptations of ballet classics with them, generated much discussion among Covent Garden audiences about the importance of mime in ballet. When Konstantin Sergeyev revisited works such as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and Le Corsaire in [...]
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Last Sunday I attended the “Tribute to Diaghilev”, a gala in celebration of 100 years of Ballets Russes and of its visionary mastermind, Sergei Diaghilev. The event brought together many stars of the Mariinsky, Paris Opera Ballet, English National Ballet and Royal Ballet, dancing extracts of vintage pieces made or inspired by Ballet Russes choreographers [...]
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