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Amazing Journey

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 [...]

Tagged as: ABT, 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

Bag of Steps: Turns

by Linda on October 31, 2009

We are back with another edition of Bag of Steps. This time we look at every turning trick designed to make us go “whoa” and typically reserved for the grand finale, such as in the coda from a Pas de Deux . Turns include female and male pirouettes and their offshoots. For the ballerina they [...]

Tagged as: ABT, Alina Cojocaru, Angel Corella, Ashton, Bag of Steps, BNC, Bolshoi, Carlos Acosta, Châines, Don Q, en dedans, en dehors, en tournant, Fouetté, Gillian Murphy, Lame Ducks, Leonid Sarafanov, Maria Alexandrova, Mariinsky, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Osipova, Pennsylvania Ballet, Piqué, Pirouette, Polina Semionova, Royal Ballet, Svetlana Zakharova, Tamara Rojo, Viengsay Valdés, Yekaterina Kondaurova

The Mariinsky Ballet

by Linda on August 3, 2009

As the Mariinsky comes to the rescue of ballet-starved Londoners this week, we kick-off our series of features about ballet companies around the world, outlining their history, traditions and differences. Most readers will immediately associate the name Mariinsky to one of the premier ballet companies in the world but equally important are its links to [...]

Tagged as: Andrian Fadeyev, Anton Korsakov, Arthur Saint-Leon, Balanchine, Bournonville, Carlotta Brianza, Cecchetti, Coppélia, Diaghilev, Diana Vishneva, Fokine, Forsythe, Franz Hilverding, Galina Mezentseva, Galina Ulanova, Giselle, Igor Zelensky, Kirov, La Bayadère, La Sylphide, Lavrovsky, Lydia Lopokova, Maria Alexandrova, Maria Taglioni, Mariinsky, Maurice Béjart, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mussorgsky, Napoli, Natalia Makarova, Ninel Kurgapkina, Olesia Novikova, Pas de Six, Petipa, Pierina Legnani, Raymonda, Rimsky-Korsakov, Roland Petit, Romeo and Juliet, Rudolf Nureyev, Russian Ballet, St. Petersburg, Swan Lake, Symphony in C, Tchaikovsky, The Magic Pills, The Nutcracker, The Pharaoh's Daughter, The Sleeping Beauty, Ulyana Lopatkina, Vaganova, Vladimir Shklyarov, Yekaterina Kondaurova, Yevgenia Obraztsova, Yuri Soloviev