by Linda on December 2, 2010
David Bintley‘s new Cinderella for Birmingham Royal Ballet opens with a funeral: Cinderella’s mother has just died and we get a glimpse at the woman who is to become her stepmother. As she consoles Cinderella’s father her two daughters gaze at our young heroine. Fast forward many years and we see an older Cinderella now curled [...]
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Andrea Treddinick,
Ashton,
Birmingham Royal Ballet,
BRB,
Christmas,
Cinderella,
David Bintley,
Fairy,
full-length,
John Macfarlane,
Marion Tait,
Matthew Lawrence,
Nao Sakuma,
Prince,
Prokofiev,
Season 2010-2011,
Stepmother,
Stepsisters
by Emilia on November 24, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go if/Skip if: Whether you should see Sylvia or not heavily depends on which version you are looking at. If you’re a “ballet newbie” we’d recommend you skip the Ashton version for the reasons explained in our recent review. We hope the notes below can help you decide which version [...]
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Aminta,
Arcadia,
Ashton,
Aurélie Dupont,
Baron de Reinach,
Bill Cooper,
Bintley,
BRB,
David Bintley,
David Makhateli,
diana,
eros,
full-length,
Gillian Murphy,
Hamburg Ballet,
John Hart,
John Neumeier,
Jules Barbier,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Leo Delibes,
Light & Fluffy,
Manuel Legris,
Margot Fonteyn,
Mark Morris,
Michael Somes,
Orion,
Palais Garnier,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pizzicati,
Pizzicato,
POB,
Polina Semionova,
Royal Ballet,
San Francisco Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Sylvia,
Tchaikovsky,
Torquato Tasso,
Yannis Kokkos,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Linda on October 4, 2010
It takes more than a good story to make a narrative ballet work. The great choreographers of the 20th century explored novel ways to develop plots and convey emotions, moving away from the linear structures characteristic of 19th century classics (think Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty) in favour of more realistic works. With Onegin [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Bennet Gartside,
Eugene Onegin,
full-length,
Johan Kobborg,
John Cranko,
Lensky,
Narrative Ballet,
Olga,
Onegin,
Prince Gremin,
Pushkin,
Royal Ballet,
Season 2010-2011,
Steven McRae,
Tatiana,
Tchaikovsky
by Linda on September 17, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You like story ballets with grand designs and plenty of pashmina Pas de Deux. You have read and wept through “unhappily ever after” novels like Anna Karenina, Gone with the Wind and well… Onegin. Skip if: You are expecting to hear the famous score from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene [...]
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Alexander Pushkin,
Alina Cojocaru,
Ana Cardus,
Dramatic & Intense,
Egon Madsen,
Elizabeth Dalton,
Eugene Onegin,
Francesca Da Rimini,
full-length,
Jürgen Rose,
Johan Kobborg,
John Cranko,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kurt-Heinz Stolze,
Lensky,
Marcia Haydée,
Narrative Ballet,
Olga,
Onegin,
Ray Barra,
Sadler's Wells Ballet,
Stuttgart Ballet,
Tatiana,
Tchaikovsky
by Linda on April 26, 2010
The past few weeks have felt like Ashton fest at The Royal Ballet. With two of his most loved full-length ballets in repertoire, Cinderella and La Fille Mal Gardée (which just ended its run), we could immerse ourselves in his lovely choreography. Ashton’s tricky combo of fast footwork and supple upper body may be testing [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Alistair Marriott,
Ashton,
Cinderella,
Clement Crisp,
full-length,
Jonathan Howells,
Light & Fluffy,
Prokofiev,
Review,
Royal Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Yuhui Choe
by Emilia on April 13, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go if: You love the thought of a mashup between The Sleeping Beauty (a classical, grand ballet) and a funny work like La Fille Mal Gardée. Skip if: Certain people find Prokofiev’s haunting score a tad too moody. And you may want to skip the Ashton version if Panto interspersed [...]
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Ashley Page,
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Ballet,
Ben Stevenson,
Bolshoi,
BRB,
Cecchetti,
Charles Perrault,
Christine Haworth,
Cinderella,
full-length,
Galina Ulanova,
Gary Avis,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Ivan Putrov,
James Kudelka,
Jean-Denis Malclès,
Johan Kobborg,
Judith Mackrell,
Konstantin Sergeyev,
Lev Ivanov,
Light & Fluffy,
Mariinsky,
Michael Corder,
Michael Somes,
Moira Shearer,
National Ballet,
NBC,
Nikolai Volkov,
Nureyev,
Olga Lepeshinskaya,
Pamela May,
Petipa,
Pierina Legnani,
Prokofiev,
Ratmansky,
Robert Helpmann,
Roberta Marquez,
Rotislav Zakharov,
Sarah Lamb,
Scottish Ballet,
Stepsisters,
Tamara Rojo,
Toer van Schayk,
Wayne Sleep,
Wendy Ellis Somes,
Yuri Possokhov
