by Emilia & Linda on September 24, 2010
Earlier this week we attended a preview of Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909 – 1929, a must see exhibition that opens tomorrow at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The exhibition captures the glamour and excitement of a revolutionary age in ballet, showing Sergei Diaghilev’s genius; his ambition and determination to [...]
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by Linda on November 6, 2009
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You like intensely physical dancing molded from contemporary choreography (Tetley’s work is a balanced mixture of classical ballet and modern dance). You like greek mythology and/or ballets drawn from literary sources, in this case, a Jean Cocteau play. Skip If: You are allergic to colourful 70′s style bodysuits [...]
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by Linda on October 14, 2009
Diaghilev was a man ahead of his time, a visionary capable of bringing together the most talented artists of his generation and nurturing them into creating new collaborative works of art. Had it not been for his vision, the West might never have known of Nijinsky, Stravinsky or Balanchine. The face of dance would have [...]
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