by Emilia & Linda on October 7, 2011
Via Press Release: Saint-Petersburg-based Eifman Ballet is to present two UK premieres by choreographer Boris Eifman at the London Coliseum in April 2012. Anna Karenina – Eifman’s dance drama adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic questions whether it is more important to preserve an illusion of harmony between duties and emotions, or yield to true passions: [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on June 22, 2011
Stuttgart Ballet’s Sébastien Galtier started to take ballet pictures about four years ago as a hobby. He soon realised he could cross over photography with other media he liked, more specifically fashion and the visual arts. That allowed him to give a different context to his dance photos, taking well-known ballet characters into shots staged [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on May 6, 2011
We recently wrote about how many different elements have to come together for one of *THOSE* perfect evenings at the ballet. Designs and, in particular, costumes, play a big part in creating a mood, helping dancers express themselves and inhabit their roles. They come in all shapes, colours and fabrics: from vaporous Romantic skirts to [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on December 31, 2010
It was a rollercoaster of a year for us. Topics like Black Swan, Jennifer Homans’s Apollo’s Angels and #Sugarplumgate kept us on our toes and led to interesting discussions and exchanges via social media channels. From an audience perspective we were curious to explore different productions and companies, so we traveled to Copenhagen, Tokyo and [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on October 30, 2010
Anyone who follows Canadian-born Stuttgart Ballet Principal Evan McKie on Twitter will know him as an eclectic and upbeat social media presence: he digs from Kierkegaard to Philip Roth, from Lady Gaga to Esa-Pekka Salonen. Besides connecting with ballet audiences worldwide, Evan juggles his busy dancing career with various side projects like freelance writing (for [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on October 22, 2010
