by Emilia on June 4, 2010
One of our favorite things in The Royal Ballet season is the opportunity to catch their “New Works” by emerging choreographers (usually in-House talent) in the smaller space of the Linbury Studio Theatre. With tickets at a top price of £18 this is a chance to see what the future of ballet looks like. Last year’s [...]
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Bennet Gartside,
Claire Calvert,
Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game,
Duplicity,
Erico Montes,
Hallelujah Junction,
Helen Crawford,
Jonathan Watkins,
Kenta Kura,
Kings of Leon,
Kristen McNally,
Linbury Studio,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Mara Galeazzi,
Melissa Hamilton,
New Works,
One Shade the More,
Quentin Tarantino,
Roberta Marquez,
Ryoichi Hirano,
Sergei Polunin,
Steven McRae,
Thomas Whitehead,
Trip Trac,
Vanessa Fenton,
Viacheslav Samodurov
by Linda on December 3, 2009
Christmas season is definitely upon London, with decorative lights on the streets, people rushing to buy presents, chilly mornings and, ballet-wise, the possibility of finishing off the day with The Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker now in its 25th season. Sir Peter Wright’s staging sticks to the original Hoffmann story where Drosselmeyer’s nephew Hans-Peter has been cursed [...]
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Brian Maloney,
Christmas,
Clara,
Drosselmeyer,
E.T.A Hoffmann,
full-length,
Hans-Peter,
Kevin Emerton,
Land of Sweets,
Leanne Cope,
Lev Ivanov,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Mouse King,
Paul Kay,
Petipa,
Review,
Roberta Marquez,
Russian Dance,
Sir Peter Wright,
Stahlbaum,
Steven McRae,
Sugar Plum Fairy,
Tchaikovsky,
The Nutcracker,
Will Tuckett,
Yuhui Choe
by Linda on October 29, 2009
Our Mayerling crusade continues with new casts, some debuts and thus interesting new takes on MacMillan’s iconic characters. There are very few lead roles that challenge a danseur’s technique, stamina and dramatic skills as does Crown Prince Rudolf and for Rupert Pennefather to have been offered the opportunity to dance it at such young age [...]
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2009-2010 Season,
Brian Maloney,
Countess Larisch,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Edward Watson,
Elizabeth Harrod,
full-length,
Johan Kobborg,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mary Vetsera,
Mayerling,
Melissa Hamilton,
Review,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sergei Polunin,
Wayne McGregor
by Emilia on August 28, 2009
The Mariinsky visit to London a few weeks ago and in particular the fact that they brought mime-less Soviet adaptations of ballet classics with them, generated much discussion among Covent Garden audiences about the importance of mime in ballet. When Konstantin Sergeyev revisited works such as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and Le Corsaire in [...]
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ABT,
Alina Cojocaru,
Angel Corella,
Anthony Dowell,
Antoinette Sibley,
Aurora,
Ballet Newbie,
Berthe,
Bolshoi,
Bournonville,
Carabosse,
Character Artists,
Christopher Saunders,
Deirdre Chapman,
Federico Bonelli,
Genesia Rosato,
Gillian Murphy,
Gillian Revie,
Giselle,
Johan Kobborg,
King Florestan,
La Sylphide,
Lauren Cuthberson,
Lilac Fairy,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Madge,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Mime,
Monica Mason,
Odette,
Pennsylvania Ballet,
Prince Desiré,
Prince Siegfried,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sir Peter Wright,
Swan Lake,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Wilis
