by Emilia & Linda on February 18, 2011
“Move over, Natalie Portman: You may be favored for the Oscar in Black Swan, but there’s a real-life, flesh-and-blood ballerina generating heat as the swan queen!” says Jocelyn Novek, one of the writers quoted by Milan-based arts blogger Graham Spicer in a roundup of praise for the remarkable Odette/Odile of Sara Mearns. NYCB’s Mearns is [...]
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Black Swan,
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Hamburg Ballett,
Hélène Bouchet,
Heather Ogden,
Helgi Tomasson,
Illusions like Swan Lake,
John Neumeier,
Kaori Nakamura,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
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Natalie Portman,
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Silvia Azzoni,
Staatsballett Berlin,
Susanne Grinder,
Swan Queen,
Tamara Rojo,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
White Swan,
Xiao Nan Yu,
Yuan Yuan Tan,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Emilia on February 11, 2011
We wonder if ABT had heard our prayers when they decided to program a London season of mixed bills, leaving the full length classics they had brought last time at home. We had been craving variety in the aftermath of too many Cinderellas, Giselles and Swan Lakes at the Royal Ballet, so we grabbed the [...]
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Daniil Simkin,
David Hallberg,
Everything doesn't happen at Once,
Gillian Murphy,
Igor Youskevitch,
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Lilac Garden,
Marcelo Gomes,
Paul Taylor,
Review,
Roundup,
Sadler's Wells,
Scarlatti,
Seven Sonatas,
The Nutcracker,
Veronika Part,
Xiomara Reyes
by Linda on February 4, 2011
New chapter in our ongoing series of Ballet History articles. This time we look at ABT, in light of its current London tour. American Ballet Theatre (ABT) has always been associated with blockbuster ballets, touring in large theatres and big ballet stars. The name immediately brings to mind legends of the past like Baryshnikov, Kirkland, [...]
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Angel Corella,
Anton Dolin,
Antony Tudor,
Balanchine,
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Carla Fracci,
Cory Stearns,
Cynthia Gregory,
David Hallberg,
Erik Bruhn,
Ethan Stiefel,
Fancy Free,
Fernando Bujones,
Gelsey Kirkland,
Gillian Murphy,
Hee Seo,
Igor Youskevitch,
Jacob's Pillow,
Jerome Robbins,
John Kriza,
José Manuel Carreño,
Julie Kent,
Julio Bocca,
Kevin McKenzie,
Lucia Chase,
Marcelo Gomes,
Mariana Tcherkassky,
Mark Morris,
Martine van Hamel,
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Oliver Smith,
On the Dnieper,
Paloma Herrera,
Paul Taylor,
Pillar of Fire,
Seven Sonatas,
Simone Messmer,
T&V,
The Bright Stream,
Theme & Variations,
Toni Lander,
Twyla Tharp,
Veronika Part
by Linda on January 11, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Balanchine said it best “Like Hamlet, Giselle is a classic: it is not only important historically, it also happens to be good (…) People go to see Giselle and to see ballerinas dance it for the same reason we got to see new interpretations of Hamlet: the work [...]
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Anna Pavlova,
Anton Dolin,
Augusta Maywood,
Ballet of the Nuns,
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Carlotta Grisi,
David Hallberg,
Dramatic & Intense,
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Gillian Murphy,
Giselle,
Heinrich Heine,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Johan Kobborg,
Jules Perrot,
La Sylphide,
Lorena Feijoo,
Lucien Petipa,
Maria Alexandrova,
Marianela Nuñez,
Marie Taglioni,
Marius Petipa,
Mathieu Ganio,
Mikhail Mordkin,
Myrtha,
Natalia Osipova,
Nikolai Sergeyev,
Olesya Novikova,
Olga Spessivtseva,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Robert le Diable,
Stepanov Notation,
Svetlana Lunkina,
Tamara Karsavina,
Théophile Gautier,
Vaslav Nijinsky,
Vernoy de Saint-Georges,
Wilis
by Emilia & Linda on January 8, 2011
Earlier this week we followed with interest the online reaction to The Guardian piece entitled “What Britain’s ballet stars made of Black Swan”. Objecting to the dancers’ more literal and nitpicky approach to Aronofksy’s movie, commenters responded with such remarks as “Watching Black Swan for the ballet seems to me like watching South Park: The Movie for the Christian theology” and [...]
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Gillian Murphy,
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Judith Mackrell,
LA Times,
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MCB,
Miami City Ballet,
Mila Kunis,
Natalie Portman,
NYCB,
Peter Smida,
Rebecca King,
Royal Ballet,
Sarah Lane,
Southpark,
Tamara Rojo,
The Daily Beast,
The Guardian,
The Huffington post,
Wendy Whelan
by Emilia & Linda on December 9, 2010
Internationally acclaimed American Ballet Theatre makes a welcome return to Sadler’s Wells this spring, with a mixed bill including two UK premieres. The company annually performs for more than 600,000 people and has toured to over 40 countries around the world. ABT’s vast, wide-ranging repertoire takes in all of the great full-length ballets of the [...]
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David Hallberg,
Ethan Stiefel,
Gillian Murphy,
Marcelo Gomes,
Michele Wiles,
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Sarah Lane,
Theme & Variations,
Veronika Part
