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 Emilia & Linda on October 1, 2010
John Cranko’s dance drama Onegin opened the Royal Ballet 2010/2011 Season yesterday. Based on the verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin the ballet centers on Eugene Onegin, a young aristocrat whose brief stay in the Russian countryside has a major impact on the families he befriends there, bringing about tragedy and change. Despite the dramatic and technical [...]
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Alexander Pushkin,
David Makhateli,
Dramatic & Intense,
Federico Bonelli,
Jane Bourne,
Johan Kobborg,
John Cranko,
Mara Galeazzi,
Onegin,
Reid Anderson,
Royal Ballet,
Thiago Soares
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 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 season is [...]
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Alice in Wonderland,
Balanchine,
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
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,
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,
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,
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
