by Linda on November 18, 2009
Earlier this month we attended the Kenneth MacMillan Choreographic Imagination and Psychological Insight Symposium at Imperial College London. Celebrating the choreographer who would have been 80 this year, this full day event was held in association with The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and the Institute of Psychoanalysis and drew on psychoanalysts, scholars and dancers [...]
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A Lot of Happiness,
Antony Dowson,
Ashton,
Begoña Cao,
Birgit Keil,
Brian Elias,
Carousel,
Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Deborah MacMillan,
Deutsche Oper Ballet,
Edward Watson,
Elite Syncopations,
ENB,
English National Ballet,
Fabian Reimair,
Freud,
Gloria,
Institute of Psychoanalysis,
Iohna Loots,
Irek Mukhamedov,
Jann Parry,
Kevin McKenzie,
Leanne Benjamin,
Mahler,
Manon,
Mayerling,
Michael Nunn,
Monica Mason,
Natalia Makarova,
Nichola McAuliffe,
Nicholas Hytner,
RAD,
Requiem,
Rodgers and Hammerstein,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Shostakovich,
Song of the Earth,
Stuttgart Ballet,
The Judas Tree,
Viviana Durante,
Vladimir Klos,
Wayne Eagling
by Linda on October 29, 2009
Our Mayerling crusade continues with new casts, some debuts and thus interesting new takes on MacMillan’s iconic characters. There are very few lead roles that challenge a danseur’s technique, stamina and dramatic skills as does Crown Prince Rudolf and for Rupert Pennefather to have been offered the opportunity to dance it at such young age [...]
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2009-2010 Season,
Brian Maloney,
Countess Larisch,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Edward Watson,
Elizabeth Harrod,
full-length,
Johan Kobborg,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mary Vetsera,
Mayerling,
Melissa Hamilton,
Review,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sergei Polunin,
Wayne McGregor
by Emilia on October 26, 2009
Kenneth MacMillan, one of the leading choreographers of the twentieth century, is credited with pushing the boundaries of classical ballet and challenging audiences to look beyond the idealised world of fairy tales into the reality and discomfort of their own mortal existence. With ballets that probed into all extremes of the human condition MacMillan found [...]
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Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
David Wall,
Deborah MacMillan,
Des Grieux,
Different Drummer,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
ENB,
Gloria,
Iohna Loots,
Irek Mukhamedov,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kenneth MacMillan's 80th Anniversary,
Lauren Cuthberson,
Leanne Benjamin,
Lynn Seymour,
Manon,
Mara Galeazzi,
Mayerling,
Messenger of Death,
Michael Nunn,
Monica Mason,
My Brother My Sisters,
Nicholas Hytner,
RAD,
Romeo and Juliet,
Sir Peter Wright,
Song of the Earth,
South Bank,
Stephen Wicks,
Tamara Rojo,
The Judas Tree,
The Road to Mayerling,
Viviana Durante,
Wayne Eagling,
White Lodge
by Linda on October 9, 2009
Mayerling may not be for everyone, but it is an undeniable example of how ballet can go beyond technical prowess or fairy-tale narrative, geometrical patterns or musical convention. Kenneth MacMillan’s work reaches for the core of human emotions, both the good and the bad, digging deep into the grittiest, the most horrific and perverse of [...]
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2009-2010 Season,
Deirdre Chapman,
Emma Maguire,
Empress Elizabeth,
Franz Liszt,
full-length,
Helen Crawford,
Johan Kobborg,
José Martín,
Laura Morera,
Leanne Benjamin,
Mary Vetsera,
Mayerling,
Prince Rudolf,
Review,
Royal Ballet
by Emilia on October 8, 2009
Arriving at Covent Garden last night and glancing at my Mayerling cast sheet I wondered if the audience – mostly non-ballet-regulars thanks to a promotion ran by The Sun newspaper – had any idea of their lucky draw with this particular cast: principals Laura Morera as Mitzi Caspar and Steven McRae as Bratfisch, soloists Sergei [...]
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2009-2010 Season,
Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Countess Larisch,
Edward Watson,
Empress Elizabeth,
Franz Liszt,
full-length,
Judith Mackrell,
Laura Morera,
Mara Galeazzi,
Mary Vetsera,
Mayerling,
Prince Rudolf,
Royal Ballet,
Sarah Lamb,
Sergei Polunin,
Steven McRae,
The Sun,
Thomas Whitehead
by Emilia on September 21, 2009
This week we have double reason to party. While at Covent Garden the Royal Ballet returns home for the 2009/2010 season, over here at the Ballet Bag we celebrate 6 months of online balletomania. To mark the occasion we have prepared a – non exhaustive – balletic timeline of sorts, to highlight some of our [...]
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Anna Pavlova,
Auguste Vestris,
Balanchine,
Ballet Newbie,
Ballets Russes,
Bournonville,
Cecchetti,
Diaghilev,
Fokine,
Frederick Ashton,
Jewels,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kim Brandstrup,
Les Sylphides,
Mariinsky,
Mayerling,
Ninette de Valois,
NYCB,
Ondine,
Royal Ballet,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Karsavina,
The Firebird,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vaslav Nijinsky,
Veronika Part
