by kriskosaka on January 29, 2011
With The Tokyo Ballet’s premiere of Dances in the Mirror next week (Béjart Ballet Lausanne AD Gil Roman is in town rehearsing the company) followed by Bolero at the Stuttgart Ballet (Cranko, Van Manen & Béjart triple bill) it is a good time to recap on the Béjart canon. From Tokyo, Kris Kosaka guest blogs: [...]
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Ballet for Life,
Béjart Ballet Lausanne,
Boléro,
Bugaku,
Danses Grecques,
Don Giovanni,
Elton John,
Firebird,
Le Concours,
Maurice Béjart,
Mika Yoshioka,
Mizuka Ueno,
Nijinsky the Clown of God,
Queen,
Sacre du printemps,
Sylvie Guillem,
Symphony for a Lone Man,
The Kabuki,
The Nutcracker,
The Rite of Spring,
The Tokyo Ballet,
Yui Nikaido,
Yukio Mishima
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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Alexandra Ansanelli,
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Balanchine,
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Bennet Gartside,
Daphnis and Chloe,
David Makhateli,
Diaghilev,
Dmitri Gruzdyev,
Dying Swan,
Federico Bonelli,
Firebird,
Fokine,
Gala,
Giselle,
Igor Zelensky,
Ilya Kuznetsov,
Irma Nioradze,
Le Carnaval,
Le Spectre de la Rose,
Le Tricorne,
Les Biches,
Les Sylphides,
Mara Galeazzi,
Maria Kowroski,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Massine,
Mathias Heymann,
Mathilde Froustey,
Natasha Oughtred,
NYCB,
Petrushka,
Review,
Royal Ballet,
Russian Ballet,
Scheherezade,
Tamar,
Tamara Rojo,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Vaslav Nijinsky,
Yevgenia Obraztsova
Since mixed reviews (including our previous opening night write up) have plagued the Royal Ballet’s celebratory “Ballets Russes Triple Bill”, I approached last Friday’s penultimate performance with a mixture of curiosity and excitement. By now, I thought, with most of the “nerves” gone and all the quirks fixed, it is not unreasonable to expect the [...]
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Alistair Marriott,
Chopin,
Debussy,
Diaghilev,
Firebird,
Fokine,
Gary Avis,
Helen Crawford,
Johan Kobborg,
Laura Morera,
Leanne Benjamin,
Les Sylphides,
New Ballet,
Review,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sensorium,
Stravinsky,
Thomas Whitehead,
Valeri Hristov,
Yuhui Choe
One of the attractions of a triple bill vs. a full-length ballet is the opportunity to discover a mix of different choreographers and dance styles, so that by the end of the evening you should find at least one ballet that is right for you. There is also the chance to discover up-and-coming dancers alongside [...]
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Edward Watson,
Firebird,
Fokine,
Gary Avis,
Johan Kobborg,
Laura Morera,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Leanne Benjamin,
Les Sylphides,
Mara Galeazzi,
Melissa Hamilton,
One act,
Romantic,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Russian Ballet,
Thiago Soares,
Thomas Whitehead,
Yuhui Choe
The Firebird Is this ballet for you? Go if: You are fond of stories featuring princes, enchanted creatures and magical lands, all wrapped in folkish colours. You love allegro (ie. fast) dancing and you’re happy with the prospect of seeing a different ballerina-bird, at least it’s a change from the usual swans. Skip if: You’re [...]
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Ballets Russes,
Diaghilev,
Firebird,
Fokine,
One act,
Stravinsky,
Tamara Karsavina
