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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Adèle Dumilâtre,
Adolphe Adam,
Albrecht,
Alicia Alonso,
Alicia Markova,
Alina Cojocaru,
Anna Pavlova,
Anton Dolin,
Augusta Maywood,
Ballet of the Nuns,
Camargo Society,
Carla Fracci,
Carlotta Grisi,
David Hallberg,
Dramatic & Intense,
Friedemann Vogel,
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 Linda on March 9, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go If: Girly and funny stories with plenty of romance, ribbons and happy endings are your thing and you simply can’t get enough of Ashton. You are bringing your kids or friends to see a ballet for the first time and need something light and fluffy to start with. Skip [...]
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Colas,
Donizetti,
Elssler pas de deux,
Fanny Elssler,
Ferdinand Hérold,
full-length,
Ivanov,
Jean Dauberval,
Jean-Pierre Aumer,
John Lanchbery,
Jules Perrot,
La Fille Mal Gardée,
Le ballet de la Paille,
Light & Fluffy,
Lise,
Marianela Nuñez,
Martini,
Nadia Nerina,
Nijinska,
Pas de Ruban,
Paul Taglioni,
Peter Ludwig Hertel,
Petipa,
Ricardo Cervera,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Sarah Lamb,
Tamara Karsavina,
The Wayward Daughter,
Virginia Zucchi,
Widow Simone
by Linda on January 26, 2010
A staple in the repertoire of all major ballet companies, Giselle has always been an audience favourite. Romantic ballet fans will have a sentimental connection with this quintessential story dealing with man’s encounter with supernatural characters. They cherish not only its iconic solos, the challenges they pose to the the central ballerina and her partner [...]
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Daria Klimentová,
Elena Glurdjidze,
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full-length,
Giselle,
Jean Coralli,
Jules Perrot,
London Coliseum,
Mary Skeaping,
Men Y Men,
Myrtha,
Petipa,
Rachmaninoff,
Review,
Romantic Ballet,
Wayne Eagling,
Wili
by Linda on December 13, 2009
The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauties have just drawn to a close, giving way to the usual Christmas special of Nutcrackers. Notice anything in common? Both are Petipa ballets, both are amongst the safest for box office purposes, with blockbuster works such as Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, their lavish costumes, orchestral music and vast [...]
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Anton Korsakov,
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Danila Korsuntsev,
Daria Pavlenko,
Elvira Tarasova,
Igor Kolb,
Imperial Ballet,
Jules Perrot,
La Esmeralda,
Le Corsaire,
Le Talisman,
Maria Alexandrova,
Mariinsky,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Nikolai Tsiskaridze,
Nutcracker,
Paquita,
Petipa,
Ratmansky,
St. Petersburg,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Swan Lake,
The Awakening of Flora,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
The Pharaoh's Daughter,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Vaganova,
Vaganova Academy,
Valeria Martynyuk,
Vikharev,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Xenia Ostreikovskaya,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuri Burlaka
by Emilia on October 16, 2009
While over this side of the channel we continue to bury ourselves in Mayerlings and other fall season balletic offerings, Paris Opera Ballet has returned to the Palais Garnier from their summer break with the eternal Romantic classic Giselle. As they are just a couple of hours away by Eurostar, our friend Juliet Ashdown could [...]
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Alexandre Benois,
Dorothée Gilbert,
Entrechat,
Giselle,
Jean Coralli,
Jules Perrot,
Marius Petipa,
Mathias Heymann,
Patrice Bart,
POB,
Review,
Sir Peter Wright,
Stéphanie Romberg,
Wilis
