by Linda on October 4, 2010
It takes more than a good story to make a narrative ballet work. The great choreographers of the 20th century explored novel ways to develop plots and convey emotions, moving away from the linear structures characteristic of 19th century classics (think Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty) in favour of more realistic works. With Onegin [...]
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Akane Takada,
Alina Cojocaru,
Bennet Gartside,
Eugene Onegin,
full-length,
Johan Kobborg,
John Cranko,
Lensky,
Narrative Ballet,
Olga,
Onegin,
Prince Gremin,
Pushkin,
Royal Ballet,
Season 2010-2011,
Steven McRae,
Tatiana,
Tchaikovsky
by Linda on September 17, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You like story ballets with grand designs and plenty of pashmina Pas de Deux. You have read and wept through “unhappily ever after” novels like Anna Karenina, Gone with the Wind and well… Onegin. Skip if: You are expecting to hear the famous score from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene [...]
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Alexander Pushkin,
Alina Cojocaru,
Ana Cardus,
Dramatic & Intense,
Egon Madsen,
Elizabeth Dalton,
Eugene Onegin,
Francesca Da Rimini,
full-length,
Jürgen Rose,
Johan Kobborg,
John Cranko,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kurt-Heinz Stolze,
Lensky,
Marcia Haydée,
Narrative Ballet,
Olga,
Onegin,
Ray Barra,
Sadler's Wells Ballet,
Stuttgart Ballet,
Tatiana,
Tchaikovsky
by Emilia on March 12, 2010
Over the past few weeks the big ballet companies have been all over social media flaunting their new seasons, in some cases with fabulous, state of the art, trailers (like San Francisco Ballet and Dutch National Ballet). Hot on their heels and conspicuously earlier comes The Royal Opera House: their next ballet and opera season is [...]
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Alice in Wonderland,
Balanchine,
Ballo de la Regina,
Des Grieux,
DGV,
Edward Watson,
Giselle,
Johan Kobborg,
Kim Brandstrup,
La Valse,
Lensky,
Manon,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Myrtha,
Odette,
Olga,
Onegin,
Rhapsody,
Rite of Spring,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sarah Lamb,
Scénes de Ballet,
Season 2010-2011,
Sensorium,
Steven McRae,
Still Life at the Penguin Cafe,
Swan Lake,
Tamara Rojo,
Tatiana,
Theme & Variations,
Voluntaries,
Wayne McGregor,
Wheeldon,
Winter Dreams
