by Emilia on July 9, 2010
Polina Semionova, the 25 year-old Russian star at Staatsballett Berlin, is not only a very gifted dancer but also a social media phenomenon. Her appearance in Herbert Groenemeyer’s video Letzter Tag (Last Day) made her a big hit on YouTube and she has close to 40,000 fans in her Official Facebook page, which she personally [...]
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Alessandra Ferri,
Bolshoi,
Bolshoi Academy,
Caravaggio,
Christine Camillo,
Darcey Bussell,
Dmitry Semionov,
Dramatic & Intense,
Ekaterina Borchenko,
English National Ballet,
Esmeralda,
Gerhard Hasse-Hindenberg,
Giorgio Madia,
Giselle,
Herbert Groenemeyer,
Interview,
Jiří Kylián,
John Neumeier,
Juriy Vasuchenko,
Kameliendame,
La Bayadère,
Letzter Tag,
Manon,
Mariinsky,
Mauro Bigonzetti,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Moscow Choreographic Institute,
Nacho Duato,
Nikiya,
Onegin,
Polina Semionova,
royal albert hall,
Staatsballett Berlin,
Swan Lake,
Tatiana,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vladimir Malakhov
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 [...]
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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,
Macmillan,
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
by Linda on March 5, 2010
Tradition and heritage are strong words but they fit The Royal Danish Ballet like a glove. They are one of the oldest classical dance troupes in Europe and direct descendants of the Bournonville lineage. With a repertoire that also includes the most prominent choreographers of the 20th century, the Danes have much to be proud [...]
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A Folk Tale,
Aage Thordal-Christensen,
Abdallah,
Adeline Genée,
Amy Watson,
Anna Karenina,
Apollon Musagete,
Études,
Balanchine,
Birgit Cullberg,
Bournonville,
Bournonville Festival,
Brandstrup,
Cecilie Lassen,
Cranko,
Danish Ballet Week,
Danseurs,
Dawid Kupinski,
Erik Bruhn,
Femke Slot,
Fernando Mora,
Flemming Flindt,
Flower Festival of Genzano,
Fokine,
Frank Andersen,
Gamle Scene,
Gitte Lindstrøm,
Gudrun Bojesen,
Hans Beck,
Henning Kronstam,
Henrik Steenberg,
Ib Andersen,
Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup,
Johan Kobborg,
Johnny Eliasen,
Kenneth Greve,
Kermesse in Bruges,
Kristoffer Sakurai,
La Sylphide,
Lis Jeppesen,
Lloyd Riggins,
Lucile Grahn,
Ludvig Holberg,
Macmillan,
Mads Blangstrup,
Maina Gielgud,
Marie-Pierre Greve,
Martin Mydtskov Rønne,
Miss Julie,
Mogens Boesen,
Napoli,
Neumeier,
Nicolai Hansen,
Niels Bjørn Larsen,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Onegin,
Peter Martins,
Peter Schaufuss,
Ratmansky,
RDB,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet School,
Rushton,
Silja Schandorff,
Sorella Englund,
Susanne Grinder,
The Kermesse in Bruges,
The Lesson,
The Little Mermaid,
The Triumph of Death,
The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master,
Thomas Lund,
Vera Volkova,
Vincenzo Galeotti,
Yao Wei
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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A Month in the Country,
Albrecht,
Angel Corella,
August Bournonville,
Christina Michanek,
Corella Ballet,
Cranko,
Danish Ballet Week,
David Amzallag,
Dramatic & Intense,
Giselle,
James,
John Neumeier,
La Sylphide,
Madge,
National Ballet of Canada,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Onegin,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Silja Schandorff,
The Sylph,
Ulrik Birkkjær
by Emilia on February 2, 2010
When Linda and I were mulling over ideas for a Valentine’s special it seemed a no-brainer that the dancers we were looking for were Thiago Soares and Marianela Nuñez: we wanted to feature a ballet couple in head-over-heels, hopelessly in love mode; a couple so connected they could finish each other’s sentences and play [...]
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Balanchine,
Before Sunrise,
Before Sunset,
Carlos Acosta,
Countess Larisch,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Facebook,
Google,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Irlan dos Santos Silva,
Jewels,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Manon,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mayerling,
Onegin,
Only When I Dance,
Pas de deux,
Romeo and Juliet,
Sojournposse,
The Thomas Crown Affair,
Theatro Municipal,
Thiago Soares
by Emilia on December 19, 2009
Dear Santa,
We know we had a lucky year with many wonderful ballet tickets filling our bags. We had a great time writing over here and making plenty of new friends on Twitter and Facebook some of whom we had the pleasure of meeting in person.
Having managed to strike a good balance between work & play [...]
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Alexei Ratmansky,
Ashley Bouder,
Chanel,
Dances at a Gathering,
Diana Vishneva,
Ekaterina Osmolkina,
Evgenia Obraztsova,
La Sylphide,
Marcelo Gomes,
Mariinsky,
NYCB,
Onegin,
Primrose Bakery,
Rodarte,
Royal Ballet,
Social Media,
Song of the Earth,
Steven McRae,
Swan Lake,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yvonne Borree
