by Linda on March 2, 2010
The Royal Ballet’s latest triple bill is a rare combination of three recent ballets, all done by living choreographers. It includes young Jonathan Watkins’ brand new piece As One. Here’s what each Bag Lady thought of his vibrant debut in the Covent Garden main stage: Emilia says: If you still don’t have a ticket for [...]
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2009-2010 Season,
Abstract,
Alina Cojocaru,
As One,
Carlos Acosta,
Darren Aronofsky,
Dostoyevsky,
Edward Watson,
Graham Fitkin,
Infra,
Jonathan Watkins,
Kim Brandstrup,
Kristen McNally,
Laura Morera,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Marianela Nuñez,
Prokofiev,
Queen of Spades,
Requiem for a Dream,
Royal Ballet,
Rushes,
Sarah Lamb,
Steven McRae,
Triple Bill,
Wayne McGregor
by Linda on February 19, 2010
A few days before we set off for Copenhagen we had the opportunity to chat to UK based Danish choreographer Kim Brandstrup. Kim has consistently produced innovative, modern pieces using non-linear narrative. His film-school background is a visible influence on his style, with plenty of shifts, cuts and stories that are open for personal interpretation. [...]
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Carlos Acosta,
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Danish Ballet Week,
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full-length,
Goldberg,
Goldberg Variations,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kim Brandstrup,
Kim Helweg,
Laura Morera,
Leanne Benjamin,
Life is a Dream,
MK Ballerina,
MK Danseur Noble,
Narrative Ballets,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Olivier Award,
RDB,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Rushes,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo,
Thomas Whitehead
by Emilia on January 15, 2010
It’s been over 2 years since Alina Cojocaru danced a MacMillan ballet at Covent Garden. While the public in Washington DC and Havana were able to see her Manon last summer, Londoners who had been dreaming of seeing her in Mayerling at the start of the autumn season had to hold their breaths a little [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Bennet Gartside,
Brian Maloney,
Johan Kobborg,
Juliet,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Laura Morera,
Manon,
Mayerling,
Mercutio,
Romeo,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Tybalt
by Linda on December 15, 2009
In their final programme of the year The Royal Ballet celebrates Sir Frederick Ashton, the founder choreographer who gave this company a wonderful classical repertory and British ballet a defining style. Initially I thought of this double bill as a case of odd pairing since, on one corner, appealing to the Ashton addicts and older [...]
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Ashton,
Bennet Gartside,
Blue Boy,
Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Gary Avis,
Hunca Munca,
Jonathan Howells,
Kenta Kura,
Laura McCulloch,
Laura Morera,
Les Patineurs,
Mr. Jeremy Fisher,
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle,
Paul Kay,
Pig-Wig,
Pigling Bland,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sarah Lamb,
Squirrel Nutkin,
Steven McRae,
Tales of Beatrix Potter,
Tom Thumb,
Yuhui Choe
by Linda on October 9, 2009
Mayerling may not be for everyone, but it is an undeniable example of how ballet can go beyond technical prowess or fairy-tale narrative, geometrical patterns or musical convention. Kenneth MacMillan’s work reaches for the core of human emotions, both the good and the bad, digging deep into the grittiest, the most horrific and perverse of [...]
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Deirdre Chapman,
Emma Maguire,
Empress Elizabeth,
Franz Liszt,
full-length,
Helen Crawford,
Johan Kobborg,
José Martín,
Laura Morera,
Leanne Benjamin,
Mary Vetsera,
Mayerling,
Prince Rudolf,
Review,
Royal Ballet
by Emilia on October 8, 2009
Arriving at Covent Garden last night and glancing at my Mayerling cast sheet I wondered if the audience – mostly non-ballet-regulars thanks to a promotion ran by The Sun newspaper – had any idea of their lucky draw with this particular cast: principals Laura Morera as Mitzi Caspar and Steven McRae as Bratfisch, soloists Sergei [...]
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Clement Crisp,
Countess Larisch,
Edward Watson,
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Judith Mackrell,
Laura Morera,
Mara Galeazzi,
Mary Vetsera,
Mayerling,
Prince Rudolf,
Royal Ballet,
Sarah Lamb,
Sergei Polunin,
Steven McRae,
The Sun,
Thomas Whitehead
