by Emilia & Linda on October 14, 2011
At the heart of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s autumn season is a fabulous new triple bill celebrating British classical dance heritage, or what BRB principal Matthew Lawrence calls, in his latest blog for Balletco, a “workout harder than Zumba”: Nearly 75 years old, Ninette de Valois’s Checkmate is a prime example of vintage English ballet. Its [...]
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Abstract,
Ashton,
Autumn Glory,
BRB,
British Ballet,
Carol-Anne Millar,
Checkmate,
Jenna Roberts,
John Cranko,
Nao Sakuma,
Ninette de Valois,
Pineapple Poll,
Robert Parker,
Sadler's Wells,
Season 2011-2012,
Sir Frederick Ashton,
Symphonic Variations
by Emilia on May 17, 2011
Our picks from the Autumn 2011 season at Sadler’s Wells which goes on sale Monday 23 May, taken from the press release issued earlier today (for full details click here): Grupo Corpo Imã & Onqotô Tuesday 13 – Friday 16 September Founded in 1975, Brazilian contemporary dance company Grupo Corpo and choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras have [...]
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...Como el musguito en la piedra,
Akram Khan Company,
Água,
Édouard Lock,
Bamboo Blues,
BRB,
Checkmate,
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan,
Der Fensterputzer,
DESH,
Diana Vishneva,
Emanuel Gat Dance,
Forsythe,
Grupo Corpo,
Javier de Frutos,
Jiří Kylián,
John Cranko,
Jorma Elo,
Kenneth MacMillan,
La Fille Mal Gardée,
La La La Human Steps,
Mark Baldwin,
Mark Wallinger,
Mark-Anthony Turnage,
Matthew Bourne,
Merce Cunningham,
Nefés,
never to be told,
Ninette de Valois,
Nur Du,
Nutcracker,
Out of Asia Season,
Palermo,
Pina Bausch,
Pina Bausch World Cities 2012,
Pineapple Doll,
RainForest,
Rambert Dance Company,
Random Dance,
Sadler's Wells,
Sadler's Wells' Composers Series,
Scottish Ballet,
Seven for a secret,
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui,
Sir Frederick Ashton,
Song of the Earth,
Sylvie Guillem,
Symphonic Variations,
Tanztheater Wuppertal,
Ten Chi,
TeZukA,
Viktor,
Wayne McGregor,
Wiesenland,
Yumiko Takeshima
by Emilia & Linda on October 30, 2010
Anyone who follows Canadian-born Stuttgart Ballet Principal Evan McKie on Twitter will know him as an eclectic and upbeat social media presence: he digs from Kierkegaard to Philip Roth, from Lady Gaga to Esa-Pekka Salonen. Besides connecting with ballet audiences worldwide, Evan juggles his busy dancing career with various side projects like freelance writing (for [...]
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Christian Spuck,
Esa-Pekka Salonen,
Evan McKie,
John Cranko,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kirov Academy,
Lensky,
Myriam Simon,
National Ballet of Canada,
Onegin,
Pyotr Pestov,
Social Media,
Song of the Earth,
Stuttgart Ballet,
Wayne McGregor
by Emilia & Linda on October 22, 2010
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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Akane Takada,
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 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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Alexander Pushkin,
David Makhateli,
Dramatic & Intense,
Federico Bonelli,
Jane Bourne,
Johan Kobborg,
John Cranko,
Mara Galeazzi,
Onegin,
Reid Anderson,
Royal Ballet,
Thiago Soares
