by Emilia on July 9, 2010
Polina Semionova, the 25 year-old Russian star at Staatsballett Berlin, is not only a very gifted dancer but also a social media phenomenon. Her appearance in Herbert Groenemeyer’s video Letzter Tag (Last Day) made her a big hit on YouTube and she has close to 40,000 fans in her Official Facebook page, which she personally [...]
Tagged as:
Alessandra Ferri,
Bolshoi,
Bolshoi Academy,
Caravaggio,
Christine Camillo,
Darcey Bussell,
Dmitry Semionov,
Dramatic & Intense,
Ekaterina Borchenko,
English National Ballet,
Esmeralda,
Gerhard Hasse-Hindenberg,
Giorgio Madia,
Giselle,
Herbert Groenemeyer,
Interview,
Jiří Kylián,
John Neumeier,
Juriy Vasuchenko,
Kameliendame,
La Bayadère,
Letzter Tag,
Manon,
Mariinsky,
Mauro Bigonzetti,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Moscow Choreographic Institute,
Nacho Duato,
Nikiya,
Onegin,
Polina Semionova,
royal albert hall,
Staatsballett Berlin,
Swan Lake,
Tatiana,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vladimir Malakhov
by Emilia & Linda on May 23, 2010
We’ve been sharing a “cult blog post of the week” in our Facebook page for over a month now and as we are getting good feedback on this initiative we have decided to do it over here as well.
Starting this week we’ll pick one favourite dance blog post and invite you to visit it. If [...]
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arabesque,
Balanchine,
Ballet,
Chaconne,
Cult Blog Post,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Manon
by Emilia on March 22, 2010
On Sunday evening some of the biggest stars in the ballet world descended upon London’s Coliseum to pay homage to Rudolf Nureyev who would have been 72 years old last week (March 17). Throughout his dancing career Nureyev had a varied repertoire and it would be, of course, impossible to cover all of it or [...]
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Adagietto,
Afternoon of a Faun,
Alexander Omar,
Alina Cojocaru,
Andrei Merkuriev,
Béjart,
Coppélia,
David Makhateli,
Dmitri Gruzdyev,
Dmitry Gudanov,
Edward Watson,
ENB,
Erina Takahashi,
Farukh Ruzimatov,
Gil Roman,
Hans Van Manen,
Iñaki Urlezaga,
Irina Perren,
Ivan Kozlov,
Ivan Putrov,
Jerome Robbins,
José Limón,
Kryzstof Pastor,
Macmillan,
Manon,
Manuel Legris,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Nina Kaptsova,
Olga Esina,
Pierrot Lunaire,
Roberta Marquez,
Sergei Polunin,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Tetley,
The Moor's Pavane,
Tristan and Isolde,
Trois Gnossienes,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Vera Arbuzova
by Emilia on March 12, 2010
Over the past few weeks the big ballet companies have been all over social media flaunting their new seasons, in some cases with fabulous, state of the art, trailers (like San Francisco Ballet and Dutch National Ballet). Hot on their heels and conspicuously earlier comes The Royal Opera House: their next ballet and opera [...]
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Alice in Wonderland,
Balanchine,
Ballo de la Regina,
Des Grieux,
DGV,
Edward Watson,
Giselle,
Johan Kobborg,
Kim Brandstrup,
La Valse,
Lensky,
Macmillan,
Manon,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Myrtha,
Odette,
Olga,
Onegin,
Rhapsody,
Rite of Spring,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sarah Lamb,
Scénes de Ballet,
Season 2010-2011,
Sensorium,
Steven McRae,
Still Life at the Penguin Cafe,
Swan Lake,
Tamara Rojo,
Tatiana,
Theme & Variations,
Voluntaries,
Wayne McGregor,
Wheeldon,
Winter Dreams
by Emilia on February 2, 2010
When Linda and I were mulling over ideas for a Valentine’s special it seemed a no-brainer that the dancers we were looking for were Thiago Soares and Marianela Nuñez: we wanted to feature a ballet couple in head-over-heels, hopelessly in love mode; a couple so connected they could finish each other’s sentences and play [...]
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Balanchine,
Before Sunrise,
Before Sunset,
Carlos Acosta,
Countess Larisch,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Facebook,
Google,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Irlan dos Santos Silva,
Jewels,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Manon,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mayerling,
Onegin,
Only When I Dance,
Pas de deux,
Romeo and Juliet,
Sojournposse,
The Thomas Crown Affair,
Theatro Municipal,
Thiago Soares
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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2009-2010 Season,
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
