by Emilia & Linda on August 26, 2011
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first visit to London, the Mariinsky Ballet left a trail of brilliancy following its three-week residency at Covent Garden. The company brought a selection of works that played to its strengths: from big classical works like Swan Lake and La Bayadère (which showed off a flawless corps de ballet) [...]
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Alexander Parish,
Alexander Sergeyev,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Somova,
Anna Karenina,
Balanchine,
Ballet Imperial,
Chopiniana,
Danila Korsuntsev,
David Hallberg,
Denis Matvienko,
Diana Vishneva,
Ekaterina Kondaurova,
Evgenia Obraztsova,
Evgeny Ivanchenko,
Filipp Stepin,
Fokine,
Igor Zelensky,
In the Night,
Jerome Robbins,
La Bayadère,
Maria Shirinkina,
Mariinsky,
Mariinsky Tour 2011,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Scheherezade,
Scotch Symphony,
Swan Lake,
The Firebird,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Xander Parish,
Yana Selina,
Yuri Smekalov
by Emilia on April 29, 2011
We hear you. You can’t stand the buzz about a “certain wedding” anymore. Everywhere you look, it’s all about fairy-tale endings, cheese and romance. You don’t care whether the bride will be wearing vintage McQueen, nor about who made it to the Queen’s private party. You refuse to watch the populist media coverage or to collect [...]
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ABT,
Antony Tudor,
Bronislava Nijinska,
Carlos Acosta,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
Frederick Ashton,
Gamzatti,
Iohna Loots,
Kenneth MacMillan,
La Bayadère,
Les Noces,
Lilac Garden,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Mayerling,
Miyako Yoshida,
Nikiya,
Ondine,
Palemon,
Princess Stephanie,
Royal Ballet,
Solor,
Tamara Rojo,
Wedding Pas de Deux
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 Emilia on August 17, 2009
If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook or if you have been reading our posts here you will know that, ballet-wise, the past two weeks have been “all about the Mariinsky in London”, their stylish dancing and the impressive array of performers they have fielded to wow us in the classics Swan Lake, The [...]
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Albrecht,
Alexander Kolidenko,
Alina Somova,
Ana Laguna,
Balanchine,
Ballet Bag,
Chopiniana,
Christian Spuck,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Daria Pavlenko,
Debra Craine,
Diana Vishneva,
Fokine,
Gennadi Selyutski,
Giselle,
Igor Kolb,
Igor Kolb & Friends,
Ilya Kuznetsov,
Irina Golub,
Jeffery Taylor,
Judith Mackrell,
La Bayadère,
Lavrovsky,
Le Grand Pas de Deux,
Le Spectre de la Rose,
Les Intermittences du Coeur,
Les Sylphides,
Linbury Studio,
London Tour,
Marc Haegeman,
Mariinsky,
Mats Ek,
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Nadine Meisner,
NYCB,
Paquita Grand Pas,
Petipa,
Proust,
Radu Poklitaru,
Roland Petit,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Scotch Symphony,
Siegfried,
St. Petersburg,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Swan Lake,
Tamara Rojo,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Tobi Tobias,
Two on a Swing,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Vaganova Prix,
Vera Shveisova,
Vikharev,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yulia Makhalina,
Yuri Fateyev,
Zhanna Ayupova
by Linda on August 3, 2009
As the Mariinsky comes to the rescue of ballet-starved Londoners this week, we kick-off our series of features about ballet companies around the world, outlining their history, traditions and differences. Most readers will immediately associate the name Mariinsky to one of the premier ballet companies in the world but equally important are its links to [...]
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Andrian Fadeyev,
Anton Korsakov,
Arthur Saint-Leon,
Balanchine,
Bournonville,
Carlotta Brianza,
Cecchetti,
Coppélia,
Diaghilev,
Diana Vishneva,
Fokine,
Forsythe,
Franz Hilverding,
Galina Mezentseva,
Galina Ulanova,
Giselle,
Igor Zelensky,
Kirov,
La Bayadère,
La Sylphide,
Lavrovsky,
Lydia Lopokova,
Maria Alexandrova,
Maria Taglioni,
Mariinsky,
Maurice Béjart,
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Mussorgsky,
Napoli,
Natalia Makarova,
Ninel Kurgapkina,
Olesia Novikova,
Pas de Six,
Petipa,
Pierina Legnani,
Raymonda,
Rimsky-Korsakov,
Roland Petit,
Romeo and Juliet,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Russian Ballet,
St. Petersburg,
Swan Lake,
Symphony in C,
Tchaikovsky,
The Magic Pills,
The Nutcracker,
The Pharaoh's Daughter,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Vaganova,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yekaterina Kondaurova,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuri Soloviev
