by Emilia & Linda on April 13, 2011
While details for POB, BRB, Dutch National Ballet and Hamburg Ballet‘s upcoming seasons have been out for a while, the Royal Ballet have just confirmed theirs via press conference this afternoon. AD Monica Mason’s farewell season presents a well-balanced lineup that pays homage to the company’s solid repertory and showcases the best of new British dance making talent (Wheeldon, McGregor, [...]
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A Month in the Country,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
Arthur Pita,
Ashton,
Asphodel Meadows,
Balanchine,
Ballet Black,
Ballet Newbie,
Ballo della Regina,
Birthday Offering,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Das Lied von der Erde,
Desert Island Ballet,
Edward Watson,
Enigma Variations,
Gloria,
Jewels,
Johan Kobborg,
La Sylphide,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Les Noces,
Liam Scarlett,
Limen,
MacMillan,
Manon,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marguerite and Armand,
Peter Wright,
Polyphonia,
Requiem,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Sergei Polunin,
Song of the Earth,
Stuttgart Ballet,
Tamara Rojo,
The Dream,
The Nutcracker,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Wayne McGregor
by Emilia & Linda on March 3, 2011
Via Press Release: Two upcoming programs in the Guggenheim’s Works and Process series, both to be streamed live via ustream. How Judges Judge – Youth America Grand Prix – 6 and 7 March at 7:30pm Join Youth America Grand Prix jury members Gailene Stock, Director of the Royal Ballet School; Franco de Vita, Director of [...]
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A Folk Tale,
ABT,
Adam Sklute,
Alban Lendorf,
Alexander Stæger,
Amy Watson,
Ballet West,
Bournonville,
Dance & Ballet News,
Gailene Stock,
Gudrun Bojesen,
Guggenheim,
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School,
Jean Lucien-Massot,
Jorma Elo,
Kizzy Matiakis,
La Sylphide,
Napoli,
Nicolai Hansen,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
RDB,
Royal Ballet School,
Susanne Grinder,
Thomas Lund,
Ulrik Birkkjær,
Works & Process,
YAGP
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 Emilia & Linda on December 31, 2010
It was a rollercoaster of a year for us. Topics like Black Swan, Jennifer Homans’s Apollo’s Angels and #Sugarplumgate kept us on our toes and led to interesting discussions and exchanges via social media channels. From an audience perspective we were curious to explore different productions and companies, so we traveled to Copenhagen, Tokyo and [...]
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Akane Takada,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Cojocaru,
As One,
Asphodel Meadows,
Balanchine,
Bolshoi,
Bournonville,
Coppélia,
Emmanuel Thibault,
Giselle,
Johan Kobborg,
Jonathan Watkins,
La Sylphide,
Liam Scarlett,
Mariinsky,
Natalia Osipova,
Onegin,
Paquita,
Pierre Lacotte,
RDB,
Roberta Marquez,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Russian Seasons,
Steven McRae,
Susanne Grinder,
Symphony in C,
The Little Humpbacked Horse
by Linda on June 22, 2010
During my session with The Tokyo Ballet in rehearsal for the upcoming European tour, I had the pleasure of meeting Aya Takagi, one of their soloists. I had seen Aya rehearsing for Béjart’s Don Giovanni and was very impressed with her jump and athleticism. Given the opportunity and the fact that she spoke perfect English, [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Aya Takagi,
Ballet Around the World,
Cinderella,
Diana Vishneva,
Giselle,
Interview,
La Sylphide,
Manuel Legris,
Maurice Béjart,
Patrick de Bana,
Pierre Lacotte,
Romeo and Juliet,
Sylvie Guillem,
The Ballet Bag in Japan,
The Tokyo Ballet,
Vaganova Academy,
Vladimir Malakhov
by Linda on March 5, 2010
Tradition and heritage are strong words but they fit The Royal Danish Ballet like a glove. They are one of the oldest classical dance troupes in Europe and direct descendants of the Bournonville lineage. With a repertoire that also includes the most prominent choreographers of the 20th century, the Danes have much to be proud [...]
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Aage Thordal-Christensen,
Adeline Genée,
Amy Watson,
Anna Karenina,
Apollon Musagete,
Études,
Balanchine,
Birgit Cullberg,
Bournonville,
Bournonville Festival,
Brandstrup,
Cecilie Lassen,
Cranko,
Danish Ballet Week,
Danseurs,
Dawid Kupinski,
Erik Bruhn,
Femke Slot,
Fernando Mora,
Flemming Flindt,
Fokine,
Frank Andersen,
Gamle Scene,
Gitte Lindstrøm,
Gudrun Bojesen,
Hans Beck,
Henning Kronstam,
Henrik Steenberg,
Ib Andersen,
Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup,
Johan Kobborg,
Johnny Eliasen,
Kenneth Greve,
Kermesse in Bruges,
Kristoffer Sakurai,
La Sylphide,
Lis Jeppesen,
Lloyd Riggins,
Lucile Grahn,
Ludvig Holberg,
Mads Blangstrup,
Maina Gielgud,
Marie-Pierre Greve,
Martin Mydtskov Rønne,
Miss Julie,
Mogens Boesen,
Napoli,
Neumeier,
Nicolai Hansen,
Niels Bjørn Larsen,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Onegin,
Peter Martins,
Peter Schaufuss,
Ratmansky,
RDB,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet School,
Rushton,
Silja Schandorff,
Sorella Englund,
Susanne Grinder,
The Kermesse in Bruges,
The Lesson,
The Little Mermaid,
The Triumph of Death,
The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master,
Thomas Lund,
Vera Volkova,
Vincenzo Galeotti,
Yao Wei
