by Linda on April 6, 2011
In reviewing Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Cinderella, Luke Jennings of the Observer said of the recent string of fairy tale ballets in the UK over the last few months: “in tough economic times, you can sell more tickets if you offer family entertainment”. Yet, he added, “there’s nothing wrong with fairy stories, but if they are [...]
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Kizzy Matiakis,
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Mads Blangstrup,
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Mia Stensgaard,
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Miss Berthe,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
RDB,
Review,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Season 2010-2011,
Sorella Englund,
Susanne Grinder,
Trolls,
Viderik
by cstalcott on May 25, 2010
When we spoke to choreographer Kim Brandstrup earlier this year we were intrigued by his ongoing project with The Royal Danish Ballet, a company we have been lucky enough to visit recently. Kim was working on two matching ballets, one all-male, another all-female which would premiere days apart in different mixed bills. When we found [...]
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Alba Nadal,
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James Clark,
Jerome Robbins,
José Limón,
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Kim Helweg,
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The Unsung,
Thomas Lund,
Ulrik Birkkjær,
West Side Story Suite
by Linda on February 25, 2010
The Royal Danish Ballet is intrinsically linked to Bournonville, the French ballet-master who shaped the Company, its style (the closest to 19th century French school) and its unique repertoire. But thanks to globalization and a young Artistic Director fresh from the NYCB rosters, the company also dances plenty of Balanchine, another legend whose choreographic style [...]
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Jean Lucien-Massot,
Kizzy Matiakis,
Lena-Maria Gruber,
Marcin Kupinski,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
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Symphony in C,
Ulrik Birkkjær
