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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Arcadia,
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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,
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POB,
Polina Semionova,
Royal Ballet,
San Francisco Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Sylvia,
Tchaikovsky,
Torquato Tasso,
Yannis Kokkos,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Emilia & Linda on November 19, 2010
We’ve been busy guest blogging this month! Here is an extract of a recent interview with the Royal Ballet’s newest Principal dancer Nehemiah Kish that we did for the ROH blog: New principal dancer Nehemiah Kish is featured in the Royal Opera House’s latest podcast where he talks about his experience of coming into the [...]
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A Midsummer's Night Dream,
Alina Cojocaru,
Balanchine,
Frederick Ashton,
Guest Blog Post,
Itziar Mendizabal,
John Neumeier,
Kenneth MacMillan,
La Valse,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Les Patineurs,
Monica Mason,
National Ballet of Canada,
NBC,
Nehemiah Kish,
RDB,
ROH Blog,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sarah Lamb,
Swan Lake,
Theme & Variations,
Winter Dreams
by Emilia on November 4, 2010
While we keep an eye on the ongoing debate about ballet “trying to find a place in our inattentive and increasingly lowbrow culture”, we wonder what kind of future lies in store for ballets that are neither masterpieces, nor flops? Case in point, 1952′s Sylvia, which Frederick Ashton himself had reconfigured in the sixties as [...]
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Aminta,
diana,
eros,
fish dives,
Frederick Ashton,
Greek Mythology,
John Neumeier,
Leo Delibes,
Marianela Nuñez,
Ondine,
Pizzicato,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sylvia,
Tchaikovsky
by Emilia on July 9, 2010
Polina Semionova, the 25 year-old Russian star at Staatsballett Berlin, is not only a very gifted dancer but also a social media phenomenon. Her appearance in Herbert Groenemeyer’s video Letzter Tag (Last Day) made her a big hit on YouTube and she has close to 40,000 fans in her Official Facebook page, which she personally [...]
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Alessandra Ferri,
Bolshoi,
Bolshoi Academy,
Caravaggio,
Christine Camillo,
Darcey Bussell,
Dmitry Semionov,
Dramatic & Intense,
Ekaterina Borchenko,
English National Ballet,
Esmeralda,
Gerhard Hasse-Hindenberg,
Giorgio Madia,
Giselle,
Herbert Groenemeyer,
Interview,
Jiří Kylián,
John Neumeier,
Juriy Vasuchenko,
Kameliendame,
La Bayadère,
Letzter Tag,
Manon,
Mariinsky,
Mauro Bigonzetti,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Moscow Choreographic Institute,
Nacho Duato,
Nikiya,
Onegin,
Polina Semionova,
royal albert hall,
Staatsballett Berlin,
Swan Lake,
Tatiana,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vladimir Malakhov
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,
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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
by Emilia on February 26, 2010
Bournonville’s La Sylphide is one of the Romantic period’s most iconic ballets. Featuring a hero divided between reality and fantasy, it is filled with symbols, providing many possibilities for interpretation and parallels to our own modern lives and the choices we are forced to make everyday. The characters of James and the Sylph are treasured [...]
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Angel Corella,
August Bournonville,
Christina Michanek,
Corella Ballet,
Cranko,
Danish Ballet Week,
David Amzallag,
Dramatic & Intense,
Giselle,
James,
John Neumeier,
La Sylphide,
Madge,
National Ballet of Canada,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Onegin,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Silja Schandorff,
The Sylph,
Ulrik Birkkjær
