by Emilia on December 19, 2009
Dear Santa, We know we had a lucky year with many wonderful ballet tickets filling our bags. We had a great time writing over here and making plenty of new friends on Twitter and Facebook some of whom we had the pleasure of meeting in person. Having managed to strike a good balance between work [...]
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ABT,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Ashley Bouder,
Chanel,
Dances at a Gathering,
Diana Vishneva,
Ekaterina Osmolkina,
Evgenia Obraztsova,
La Sylphide,
Marcelo Gomes,
Mariinsky,
NYCB,
Onegin,
Primrose Bakery,
Rodarte,
Royal Ballet,
Social Media,
Song of the Earth,
Steven McRae,
Swan Lake,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yvonne Borree
by Linda on November 12, 2009
As long as there are choreographers like Alexei Ratmansky around our hopes for the future of classical ballet as an art form are renewed. Now one of the world’s most sought-after choreographers, Ratmansky started his career as a ballet dancer with the Kiev Ballet in the Ukraine. Dancing soon took him out of Eastern Europe [...]
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Alastair Macaulay,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Somova,
Anna Karenina,
Anna Markeyeva,
Balanchine,
Benois de la Danse,
Bolshoi,
Bolshoi Academy,
Bournonville,
Christopher Wheeldon,
Clement Crisp,
Clive Barnes,
Debra Craine,
Dreams of Japan,
Ekaterina Krysanova,
Ekaterina Shipulina,
Flames of Paris,
Fyodor Lopukhov,
Gene Schiavone,
Gitte Lindstrøm,
Golden Mask Award,
Ismene Brown,
Ivan Vasiliev,
John Rockwell,
Kiev Ballet,
Léonide Massine,
Mads Blangstrup,
Marcelo Gomes,
Maria Alexandrova,
Mariinsky,
Moscow Choreographic Institute,
Natalia Osipova,
Nelli Kobakhidze,
Nikolai Tsiskaridze,
Nina Ananishvili,
NYCB,
On the Dnieper,
Paloma Herrera,
Pyotr Pestov,
Ratmansky,
Roland Petit,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Royal Swedish Ballet,
Russian Seasons,
Shostakovich,
Svetlana Lunkina,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Tatiana Kilivniuk,
The Bright Stream,
Twyla Tharp,
Veronika Part,
Vladimir Malakhov,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yuri Burlaka
by Linda on July 24, 2009
On one side her admirers and knight-in-shining-armour defenders. On the other those who see her as an inconsistent performer. It doesn’t matter on which side one stands, all this debate has helped American Ballet Theatre‘s newest Principal dancer Veronika Part become the equivalent of a ballet cross-cultural phenomenon. Other than achievements such as her success [...]
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Daria Pavlenko,
Gaynor Minden,
Gillian Murphy,
Inna Zubkovskaya,
Kevin McKenzie,
Le Corsaire,
Mainstream Media,
Marcelo Gomes,
Mariinsky,
Michelle Wiles,
Odette/Odile,
Paloma Herrera,
Ratmansky,
Raymonda,
Roberto Bolle,
Svetlana Zakharova,
Swan Lake,
Tony Mendez,
Vaganova,
Veronika Part
by Emilia on July 3, 2009
The 2008/2009 Royal Ballet season was filled with golden tickets, but which acts made the Bag Ladies tick the most? As we gear up to restock for the new season (tickets go on public sale in 2 weeks), see our top dancers & top dances below and feel free to use the comment form to [...]
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Alexandra Ansanelli,
Alina Cojocaru,
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Carlos Acosta,
Dances at a Gathering,
Daniel Ulbricht,
Edward Watson,
Giselle,
Isabel McMeekan,
Jerome Robbins,
Johan Kobborg,
Louise Nadeau,
Marcelo Gomes,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Melissa Hamilton,
NYCB,
Royal Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Sir Peter Wright,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo,
Tiler Peck,
Tina LeBlanc,
Veronika Part,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuhui Choe
