by Emilia & Linda on August 5, 2011
Bizet’s Carmen is one of the most successful operas of all time and its popularity has led the way to many choreographic interpretations, deriving more or less directly from Mérimée’s libretto. Two of the most often performed ballet versions are Roland Petit’s for Ballets de Paris – created in 1949 and using Bizet’s original score [...]
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Alberto Alonso,
Ballets de Paris,
Begoña Cao,
Bolshoi,
Carmen,
Corregidor,
Danila Korsuntsev,
Don José,
Dramatic & Intense,
ENB,
Escamillo,
Fabian Reimair,
Fate,
Mariinsky,
Mariinsky Tour 2011,
Mats Ek,
Maya Plisetskaya,
Prosper Merimée,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Roland Petit,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Wayne Eagling,
Wendy Perron,
Yulia Stepanova
by Emilia on July 11, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go if: you like coming of age stories, where the male hero has to overcome various obstacles, preferably dancing plenty of virtuoso steps along the way (in fact, all three main characters have challenging steps to negotiate). Do not be put off by the weird title: The Little Humpbacked Horse [...]
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Alexander Gorsky,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Somova,
Arthur Saint-Leon,
Cesare Pugni,
Chamberlain,
Imperial Ballet,
Ivan,
Ivanushka,
Light & Fluffy,
Light and Fluffy,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Maya Plisetskaya,
Petipa,
Radunsky,
Ratmansky,
Riccardo Drigo,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Russian Folk Tales,
The Firebird,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
Tsar Maiden,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Vladimir Vasiliev,
Yekaterina Kondaurova,
Yuri Smekalov
by Linda on August 12, 2010
New chapter in our ongoing series of Ballet History articles, Linda looks at what the Bolshoi is made of: Bolshoi means big, an adjective that perfectly describes this ballet company. As the recent London season proves, they are bold, stylish and know how to put on a show. They are also resilient, having lived through [...]
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Alexei Fadeyechev,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Aurora,
Bolshoi,
Boris Akimov,
Coppélia,
Ekaterina Krysanova,
Esmeralda,
Galina Ulanova,
Gayane,
Ivan Vasiliev,
Le Corsaire,
Leonid Lavrovsky,
Maria Alexandrova,
Maris Liepa,
Maya Plisetskaya,
Natalia Bessmertnova,
Natalia Osipova,
Romeo & Juliet,
Spartacus,
Svetlana Lunkina,
Svetlana Zakharova,
The Bolt,
The Bright Stream,
The Legend of Love,
The Red Poppy,
Vasily Tikhomirov,
Vladimir Vasiliev,
Yekaterina Maximova,
Yekaterina Shipulina,
Yuri Burlaka,
Yuri Grigorovich
by Linda on July 30, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You love bold and spicy ballets à la Don Quixote. You’re all for feisty leading ladies and bravura dancing. Skip If: You can’t stand an endless parade of divertissements and folk dancing. You think serious historical plays should not be turned into light entertainment. Dream Cast Laurencia: Natalia [...]
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Dramatic & Intense,
Frondoso,
Fuente Ovejuna,
Kaleria Fedicheva,
Kirov Ballet,
Laurencia,
Light & Fluffy,
Lope de Vega,
Maria Alexandrova,
Maya Plisetskaya,
Mikhail Messerer,
Mikhailovsky,
Mikhailovsky Ballet,
Natalia Dudinskaya,
Nijinsky,
Ninel Kurgapkina,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Soviet Ballet,
Vakhtang Chabukiani,
Vera Tsignadze,
Yuri Soloviev
