by Emilia & Linda on June 8, 2011
Via Press Release: Ipswich-born Royal Ballet Principal Character Artist Gary Avis is bringing dancers from the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet to his home town this September to take part in a unique charity gala event in support of The Hunger Project. After a 40-year gap, East Anglian audiences will once again have the [...]
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Ipswich,
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Liam Scarlett,
MacMillan,
Melissa Hamilton,
Nehemiah Kish,
Paul Kay,
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Royal Ballet,
Steven McRae,
Yuhui Choe
by Emilia & Linda on December 16, 2010
In the spirit of reflecting on the past and catching our breath to prepare for whatever 2011 may throw at us, we hope you enjoy this slideshow with selected quotes from our interviewees over the last 18 months. (click on each photo to open corresponding full feature) SlideShowPro({ attributes: { id: “album-224386″, width: 600, height: [...]
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Daniil Simkin,
Edward Watson,
Ekaterina Krysanova,
Evan McKie,
Igor Kolb,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kim Brandstrup,
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo,
Long Zou,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Nehemiah Kish,
Polina Semionova,
Puanani Brown,
Roberta Marquez,
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Staatsballett Berlin,
Steven McRae
by Emilia & Linda on November 19, 2010
We’ve been busy guest blogging this month! Here is an extract of a recent interview with the Royal Ballet’s newest Principal dancer Nehemiah Kish that we did for the ROH blog: New principal dancer Nehemiah Kish is featured in the Royal Opera House’s latest podcast where he talks about his experience of coming into the [...]
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ROH Blog,
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Swan Lake,
Theme & Variations,
Winter Dreams
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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The Unsung,
Thomas Lund,
Ulrik Birkkjær,
West Side Story Suite
by Emilia on February 26, 2010
Bournonville’s La Sylphide is one of the Romantic period’s most iconic ballets. Featuring a hero divided between reality and fantasy, it is filled with symbols, providing many possibilities for interpretation and parallels to our own modern lives and the choices we are forced to make everyday. The characters of James and the Sylph are treasured [...]
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Silja Schandorff,
The Sylph,
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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,
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Nehemiah Kish,
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