by Linda on June 15, 2010
The Tokyo Ballet is one of the largest troupes in Ballet-loving Japan. The company is renowned for its association with Béjart; 18 of his ballets – including original pieces – are currently in repertory. They also boast impressive guests; Sylvie Guillem and Manuel Legris are regulars and, earlier this year, Polina Semionova and Marcelo Gomes [...]
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Béjart,
Chopin,
Don Giovanni,
Frederick Ashton,
Jiří Kylián,
John Cranko,
John Neumeier,
M,
Manuel Legris,
Mozart,
Polina Semionova,
Roberto Bolle,
Sacre du printemps,
Sylvie Guillem,
Tadatsugu Sasaki,
The Ballet Bag in Japan,
The Kabuki,
The Rite of Spring,
The Tokyo Ballet
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Red Hot Chili Carmen Skip if: Faux French or Pastiche Spanish are not your thing Dream Cast For Carmen Tamara Rojo because she is Spanish and fiery, plus her surname matches Carmen’s legendary red dress. Background Carmen goes back to 1845 when Prosper Mérimée‘s torrid novella used to [...]
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1-act,
Alberto Alonso,
Ana Laguna,
Ballet Nacional de Cuba,
Bennet Gartside,
Bizet,
Bolshoi,
Bullfighter,
Carmen,
Carmen Suite,
Cullberg Ballet,
Danila Korsuntsev,
Davide Bombana,
Dee Conway,
Don José,
Dramatic & Intense,
Escamillo,
Evgeny Ivanchenko,
Fate,
Irma Nioradze,
John Cranko,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Mariinsky,
Mats Ek,
Maya Plisteskaya,
Micaela,
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Natasha Razina,
National Ballet of Canada,
NBC,
Prosper Merimée,
Renée Zizi Jeanmaire,
Robert Alston,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Roland Petit,
Scottish Ballet,
Tamara Rojo,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Yekaterina Kondaurova
by Linda on March 24, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go If: Sweeping & romantic Pas de Deux and the Swiss precision of a great corps de ballet are your bread & butter, especially when there are no tutus in sight. Skip If: You are more at ease with narrative MacMillan. Concerto is MacMillan threading Balanchine territory. Dream Cast First [...]
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Abstract,
Concerto,
Deutsche Oper Ballet,
Didi Carli,
Falco Kapuste,
Jürgen Rose,
John Cranko,
Lynn Seymour,
Macmillan,
One act,
Rudolf Holz,
Shostakovich,
Silvia Kesselhelm
by Linda on January 8, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You can’t resist a tragic love story. New Moon is your favorite book of the entire Twilight Saga and you can quote a certain passage from Act II, Scene VI of Shakespeare’s play by heart (don’t worry we won’t tell anyone). You’ve never been to the ballet and [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Antony Tudor,
Ashton,
Bolshoi,
Capulet,
Christopher Gable,
Dee Conway,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
Franco Zeffirelli,
Galina Ulanova,
Hamburg Ballet,
Jean Christophe Maillot,
John Cranko,
John Neumeier,
José Martín,
Juliet,
Katherine Healy,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kirov,
Konstantin Sergeyev,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Lavrovsky,
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo,
Lynn Seymour,
Macmillan,
Marcia Haydée,
Margot Fonteyn,
Mariinsky,
Maurice Béjart,
Montague,
Natalia Razina,
Nicholas Georgiadis,
NYCB,
Peter Martins,
PNB,
POB,
Prokofiev,
Richard Cragun,
Romeo,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Steven McRae,
Stuttgart Ballet,
The Royal Danish Ballet,
Thiago Soares,
Tybalt,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuri Grigorovich
