by HarperWatters on January 27, 2013
As the 41st edition of Prix de Lausanne kicks off, Prix finalist & contemporary prize winner Harper Watters recalls his experiences taking part in the competition in this new series of guest blogs: Although it was December 31, 2012 when I wrote this entry, I will start off by wishing everyone HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope all of you [...]
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We are delighted to welcome the wonderful Graham Watts – or @GWDanceWriter as he is known on Twitter – as this week’s guest blogger. Graham chronicles below a very special weekend among ballet royalty in Tbilisi, Georgia. Reflections on a weekend in Tbilisi, Georgia: March 2012 Having missed the midnight plane to Georgia, my long [...]
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Angel Corella,
Blaine Hoven,
David Makhateli,
Denis Matvienko,
Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux,
Dmitri Gudanov,
Dong Ting Xing,
Evgenia Obraztsova,
Frank Andersen,
Gia Marghania,
José Manuel Carreño,
Kevin McKenzie,
Khorumi,
Known by Heart,
La Esmeralda,
Lali Kandelaki,
Le Corsaire,
Maia Makhateli,
Maria Ricetto,
Nina Ananiashvili,
Raymonda Pas de Deux,
Ren Zhong,
Romeo & Juliet,
Russell Ducker,
Sagalobeli,
Sergei Filin,
Sergei Polunin,
State Ballet of Georgia,
Suspended in Time,
Tampopo,
Tatiana Terekhova,
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,
Teet Kask,
Temur Suluashvili,
Twyla Tharp,
Vasil Akhmeteli,
Viacheslav Lopatin,
Victoria Jaiani,
Yuri Possokhov
by Linda on August 27, 2010
Last month I attended the opening night of Laurencia by the Mikhailovsky Ballet. This Chabukiani ballet, very popular with audiences in the Soviet era and a vehicle for Russian virtuoso performers, had been dropped out of repertory somewhere around the seventies. For a while all that was left of it were selected extracts performed in [...]
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Pacific Northwest Ballet,
Paquita,
Petipa,
Pierre Lacotte,
Roland John Wiley,
Sergei Vikharev,
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Sir Peter Wright,
Stepanov Notation,
The Nutcracker,
The Pharaoh's Daughter,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Valeri Gergiev,
Vladimir Stepanov,
Yuri Burlaka
by Linda on August 12, 2010
New chapter in our ongoing series of Ballet History articles, Linda looks at what the Bolshoi is made of: Bolshoi means big, an adjective that perfectly describes this ballet company. As the recent London season proves, they are bold, stylish and know how to put on a show. They are also resilient, having lived through [...]
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Le Corsaire,
Leonid Lavrovsky,
Maria Alexandrova,
Maris Liepa,
Maya Plisetskaya,
Natalia Bessmertnova,
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Romeo & Juliet,
Spartacus,
Svetlana Lunkina,
Svetlana Zakharova,
The Bolt,
The Bright Stream,
The Legend of Love,
The Red Poppy,
Vasily Tikhomirov,
Vladimir Vasiliev,
Yekaterina Maximova,
Yekaterina Shipulina,
Yuri Burlaka,
Yuri Grigorovich
by Emilia & Linda on August 7, 2010
Following a 3-year gap London ballet audiences finally got the Bolshoi back in town for summer. A long season at Covent Garden meant we had plenty of time to see an enticing mix of well-crafted reconstructions, heritage ballets, contemporary pieces and world class performers. Here we recap on our favorite moments of the tour: Linda [...]
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Natalia Osipova,
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Nina Kaptsova,
Paquita,
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Russian Seasons,
Serenade,
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by Linda on December 13, 2009
The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauties have just drawn to a close, giving way to the usual Christmas special of Nutcrackers. Notice anything in common? Both are Petipa ballets, both are amongst the safest for box office purposes, with blockbuster works such as Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, their lavish costumes, orchestral music and vast [...]
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Imperial Ballet,
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La Esmeralda,
Le Corsaire,
Le Talisman,
Maria Alexandrova,
Mariinsky,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Nikolai Tsiskaridze,
Nutcracker,
Paquita,
Petipa,
Ratmansky,
St. Petersburg,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Swan Lake,
The Awakening of Flora,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
The Pharaoh's Daughter,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Vaganova,
Vaganova Academy,
Valeria Martynyuk,
Vikharev,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Xenia Ostreikovskaya,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
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