We’ve been meaning to flag this post by Ruminations by a Rogue Ballerina for a few weeks now. “The Future is Aszure” is an interesting spotlight feature on 34 year old Canadian choreographer Aszure Barton, director of Aszure Barton & Artists and close friend of Baryshnikov. Her list of achievements is long indeed and it makes us wonder [...]
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Cult Blog Post of the Week
by Emilia on June 26, 2010
Carmen
by Linda on May 8, 2010
Is this ballet for you?
Go if: Red Hot Chili Carmen
Skip if: Faux French or Pastiche Spanish are not your thing
Dream Cast
For Carmen Tamara Rojo because she is Spanish and fiery, plus her surname matches Carmen’s legendary red dress.
Background
Carmen goes back to 1845 when Prosper Mérimée’s torrid novella used to be passed around privately amongst gentlemen. [...]
Tagged as: 1-act, Alberto Alonso, Ana Laguna, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Bennet Gartside, Bizet, Bolshoi, Bullfighter, Carmen, Carmen Suite, Cullberg Ballet, Danila Korsuntsev, Davide Bombana, Dee Conway, Don José, Dramatic & Intense, Escamillo, Evgeny Ivanchenko, Fate, Irma Nioradze, John Cranko, Lauren Cuthbertson, Mariinsky, Mats Ek, Maya Plisteskaya, Micaela, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natasha Razina, National Ballet of Canada, NBC, Prosper Merimée, Renée Zizi Jeanmaire, Robert Alston, Rodion Shchedrin, Roland Petit, Scottish Ballet, Tamara Rojo, Ulyana Lopatkina, Yekaterina Kondaurova
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 are [...]
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
An Interview with Igor Kolb
by Emilia on August 17, 2009
If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook or if you have been reading our posts here you will know that, ballet-wise, the past two weeks have been “all about the Mariinsky in London”, their stylish dancing and the impressive array of performers they have fielded to wow us in the classics [...]
Tagged as: Albrecht, Alexander Kolidenko, Alina Somova, Ana Laguna, Balanchine, Ballet Bag, Chopiniana, Christian Spuck, Christopher Wheeldon, Daria Pavlenko, Debra Craine, Diana Vishneva, Fokine, Gennadi Selyutski, Giselle, Igor Kolb, Igor Kolb & Friends, Ilya Kuznetsov, Irina Golub, Jeffery Taylor, Judith Mackrell, La Bayadère, Lavrovsky, Le Grand Pas de Deux, Le Spectre de la Rose, Les Intermittences du Coeur, Les Sylphides, Linbury Studio, London Tour, Marc Haegeman, Mariinsky, Mats Ek, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Nadine Meisner, NYCB, Paquita Grand Pas, Petipa, Proust, Radu Poklitaru, Roland Petit, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Ballet, Scotch Symphony, Siegfried, St. Petersburg, Svetlana Zakharova, Swan Lake, Tamara Rojo, The Sleeping Beauty, Tobi Tobias, Two on a Swing, Ulyana Lopatkina, Vaganova Prix, Vera Shveisova, Vikharev, Yevgenia Obraztsova, Yulia Makhalina, Yuri Fateyev, Zhanna Ayupova
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, Macmillan, 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
Bag of Steps: Big Jumps (Part 2)
by Linda on July 16, 2009
In this post we continue to look at some of the big jumps that have historically filled the vision of many choreographers and which continue to fill the eyes of an audience. Our focus is on a set of common jumps, which tend to occur in almost every classical variation rather than on the flashy [...]
Tagged as: ABT, Albrecht, Alla Sizova, Angel Corella, Aurélie Dupont, Bag of Steps, Balanchine, Bolshoi, Damian Woetzel, Daniil Simkin, dégagé, Dutch National Ballet, Giselle, Gonzalo García, Grand pas de chat, Grand Sissonne Ouverte, Le Corsaire, Mariinsky, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Miranda Weese, NYCB, POB, Poisson, Saut de chat, Sissonne, Sissonne Doublée, Stars and Stripes, Technique, Theme and Variations, Tour en l'air, Vladimir Shklyarov
