by Emilia & Linda on April 28, 2011
Via Press Release: Alexei Ratmansky, Artist in Residence with American Ballet Theatre since 2009, has extended his contract with the Company through 2023, as announced by ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Ratmansky previously signed a five-year agreement as Artist in Residence with American Ballet Theatre. His new contract extends his role for another ten years [...]
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Kevin McKenzie,
The Bright Stream
by Emilia on February 26, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Swan Lake is a masterpiece of classical ballet and should be experienced at least once in one’s lifetime, preferably with a ballerina in full command of the technical and dramatic challenges of the central role and in a production that honours Tchaikovsky’s truly “epic” score. Skip if: You [...]
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Black Swan Pas de Deux,
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Dramatic & Intense,
Graeme Murphy,
Hopelessly Romantic,
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Julius Reisinger,
Kevin McKenzie,
King Ludwig II,
La Scala,
Lev Ivanov,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Matthew Bourne,
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet,
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Nureyev,
NYCB,
Odette,
Odile,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pavel Gerd,
Pelagia Karpakova,
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Petipa,
Pierina Legnani,
POB,
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Royal Ballet,
Siegfried,
Swan Lake,
Tchaikovksy,
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,
The Stranger,
Vladimir Bourmeister,
Von Rothbart,
White Swan
by Linda on February 4, 2011
New chapter in our ongoing series of Ballet History articles. This time we look at ABT, in light of its current London tour. American Ballet Theatre (ABT) has always been associated with blockbuster ballets, touring in large theatres and big ballet stars. The name immediately brings to mind legends of the past like Baryshnikov, Kirkland, [...]
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Angel Corella,
Anton Dolin,
Antony Tudor,
Balanchine,
BAM,
Carla Fracci,
Cory Stearns,
Cynthia Gregory,
David Hallberg,
Erik Bruhn,
Ethan Stiefel,
Fancy Free,
Fernando Bujones,
Gelsey Kirkland,
Gillian Murphy,
Hee Seo,
Igor Youskevitch,
Jacob's Pillow,
Jerome Robbins,
John Kriza,
José Manuel Carreño,
Julie Kent,
Julio Bocca,
Kevin McKenzie,
Lucia Chase,
Marcelo Gomes,
Mariana Tcherkassky,
Mark Morris,
Martine van Hamel,
Met,
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Mikhail Fokine,
Mikhail Mordkin,
Mordkin Ballet,
Natalia Makarova,
Nora Kaye,
Oliver Smith,
On the Dnieper,
Paloma Herrera,
Paul Taylor,
Pillar of Fire,
Seven Sonatas,
Simone Messmer,
T&V,
The Bright Stream,
Theme & Variations,
Toni Lander,
Twyla Tharp,
Veronika Part
by Emilia & Linda on December 10, 2010
In a recent article for the NY Times entitled “Exchanging Slippers For Schoolbooks” Gia Kourlas looked at the motivations of dancers – active and inactive – to further their studies, particularly in the context of the increased attendance at undergraduate courses for “nontraditional students” offered by Columbia University. One of the student-dancers mentioned by Kourlas [...]
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Likolani Brown,
NYCB,
Patricia Berrend,
Professional Children's School,
Puanani Brown,
SAB,
Swan Lake,
Washington School of Ballet,
Washington Waldorf School,
YAGP,
Youth America Grand Prix,
Yumi Girl,
Yumiko
by Linda on November 18, 2009
Earlier this month we attended the Kenneth MacMillan Choreographic Imagination and Psychological Insight Symposium at Imperial College London. Celebrating the choreographer who would have been 80 this year, this full day event was held in association with The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and the Institute of Psychoanalysis and drew on psychoanalysts, scholars and dancers [...]
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Carousel,
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Deborah MacMillan,
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Edward Watson,
Elite Syncopations,
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Fabian Reimair,
Freud,
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Institute of Psychoanalysis,
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Irek Mukhamedov,
Jann Parry,
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Monica Mason,
Natalia Makarova,
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Romeo and Juliet,
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Song of the Earth,
Stuttgart Ballet,
The Judas Tree,
Viviana Durante,
Vladimir Klos,
Wayne Eagling
