by Emilia on November 24, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go if/Skip if: Whether you should see Sylvia or not heavily depends on which version you are looking at. If you’re a “ballet newbie” we’d recommend you skip the Ashton version for the reasons explained in our recent review. We hope the notes below can help you decide which version [...]
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Alexander Grant,
Aminta,
Arcadia,
Ashton,
Aurélie Dupont,
Baron de Reinach,
Bill Cooper,
Bintley,
BRB,
David Bintley,
David Makhateli,
diana,
eros,
full-length,
Gillian Murphy,
Hamburg Ballet,
John Hart,
John Neumeier,
Jules Barbier,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Leo Delibes,
Light & Fluffy,
Manuel Legris,
Margot Fonteyn,
Mark Morris,
Michael Somes,
Orion,
Palais Garnier,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pizzicati,
Pizzicato,
POB,
Polina Semionova,
Royal Ballet,
San Francisco Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Sylvia,
Tchaikovsky,
Torquato Tasso,
Yannis Kokkos,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Emilia & Linda on November 19, 2010
We’ve been busy guest blogging this month! Here is an extract of a recent interview with the Royal Ballet’s newest Principal dancer Nehemiah Kish that we did for the ROH blog: New principal dancer Nehemiah Kish is featured in the Royal Opera House’s latest podcast where he talks about his experience of coming into the [...]
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A Midsummer's Night Dream,
Alina Cojocaru,
Balanchine,
Frederick Ashton,
Guest Blog Post,
Itziar Mendizabal,
John Neumeier,
Kenneth MacMillan,
La Valse,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Les Patineurs,
Monica Mason,
National Ballet of Canada,
NBC,
Nehemiah Kish,
RDB,
ROH Blog,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sarah Lamb,
Swan Lake,
Theme & Variations,
Winter Dreams
by Linda on June 29, 2010
One of our favorite topics, along with ballet myth busting, is ballet’s potential for crossover with other art forms. Besides its affinity with drama and music, ballet also naturally lends itself to collaborations with photography and art installations. A dancer’s ability to convey emotion with shapes, to create beauty in movement and form makes him/her [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Arts,
Ballet & Culture,
David Makhateli,
Edward Watson,
Exhibition,
Laura Morera,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Marianela Nuñez,
Paul Smith,
Paul Smith Space Gallery,
Photography,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sarah Lamb,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo,
The Ballet Bag in Japan,
The Royal Ballet,
Tokyo
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Red Hot Chili Carmen Skip if: Faux French or Pastiche Spanish are not your thing Dream Cast For Carmen Tamara Rojo because she is Spanish and fiery, plus her surname matches Carmen’s legendary red dress. Background Carmen goes back to 1845 when Prosper Mérimée‘s torrid novella used to [...]
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1-act,
Alberto Alonso,
Ana Laguna,
Ballet Nacional de Cuba,
Bennet Gartside,
Bizet,
Bolshoi,
Bullfighter,
Carmen,
Carmen Suite,
Cullberg Ballet,
Danila Korsuntsev,
Davide Bombana,
Dee Conway,
Don José,
Dramatic & Intense,
Escamillo,
Evgeny Ivanchenko,
Fate,
Irma Nioradze,
John Cranko,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Mariinsky,
Mats Ek,
Maya Plisteskaya,
Micaela,
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Natasha Razina,
National Ballet of Canada,
NBC,
Prosper Merimée,
Renée Zizi Jeanmaire,
Robert Alston,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Roland Petit,
Scottish Ballet,
Tamara Rojo,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Yekaterina Kondaurova
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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1-act,
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 January 8, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go if: You can’t resist a tragic love story. New Moon is your favorite book of the entire Twilight Saga and you can quote a certain passage from Act II, Scene VI of Shakespeare’s play by heart (don’t worry we won’t tell anyone). You’ve never been to the ballet and [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Antony Tudor,
Ashton,
Bolshoi,
Capulet,
Christopher Gable,
Dee Conway,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
Franco Zeffirelli,
Galina Ulanova,
Hamburg Ballet,
Jean Christophe Maillot,
John Cranko,
John Neumeier,
José Martín,
Juliet,
Katherine Healy,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kirov,
Konstantin Sergeyev,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Lavrovsky,
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo,
Lynn Seymour,
Marcia Haydée,
Margot Fonteyn,
Mariinsky,
Maurice Béjart,
Montague,
Natalia Razina,
Nicholas Georgiadis,
NYCB,
Peter Martins,
PNB,
POB,
Prokofiev,
Richard Cragun,
Romeo,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Steven McRae,
Stuttgart Ballet,
The Royal Danish Ballet,
Thiago Soares,
Tybalt,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuri Grigorovich
