by Brian on December 21, 2011
Here’s a holiday special from our fab US-based guest blogger Brian Mengini: Christmas is a time for families to get together and celebrate; to enjoy each other and share in the love. But for most in ballet, it’s slightly different. Christmas means seemingly unending Nutcracker runs, accompanied by seemingly unending rehearsals and shows, maybe 30 [...]
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Abi Stafford,
Balanchine,
Boston Ballet,
Boston Ballet II,
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet,
CPYB,
Dewdrop,
IBC,
Jeff Cirio,
Jon Stafford,
Lia Cirio,
Mikko Nissenen,
NYCB,
Peter Martins,
Peter Stark,
School of American Ballet,
The Nutcracker,
Trey McIntyre Project,
World Ballet Competition,
YAGP
by Emilia on February 26, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Swan Lake is a masterpiece of classical ballet and should be experienced at least once in one’s lifetime, preferably with a ballerina in full command of the technical and dramatic challenges of the central role and in a production that honours Tchaikovsky’s truly “epic” score. Skip if: You [...]
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Alicia Markova,
Anthony Dowell,
Anton Dolin,
Australian Ballet,
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Benno,
Black Swan,
Black Swan Pas de Deux,
Bolshoi,
Dramatic & Intense,
Graeme Murphy,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Illusions like Swan Lake,
Johann Karl August Musäus,
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Julius Reisinger,
Kevin McKenzie,
King Ludwig II,
La Scala,
Lev Ivanov,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Matthew Bourne,
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet,
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Nureyev,
NYCB,
Odette,
Odile,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pavel Gerd,
Pelagia Karpakova,
Peter Martins,
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Pierina Legnani,
POB,
Riccardo Drigo,
Royal Ballet,
Siegfried,
Swan Lake,
Tchaikovksy,
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,
The Stranger,
Vladimir Bourmeister,
Von Rothbart,
White Swan
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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Alban Lendorf,
Bournonville,
Bournonville variationer,
Carling Talcott,
Constantine Baecher,
Eid♂lon,
James Clark,
Jerome Robbins,
José Limón,
Kim Brandstrup,
Kim Helweg,
Les Gentilhommes,
Mads Eriksen,
Marcin Kupinski,
MK Danseur Noble,
Nehemiah Kish,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Peter Martins,
RDB,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Sebastian Kloborg,
The Unsung,
Thomas Lund,
Ulrik Birkkjær,
West Side Story Suite
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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Anna Karenina,
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Bournonville Festival,
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Cecilie Lassen,
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Danish Ballet Week,
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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
by Emilia on February 18, 2010
We are back from Copenhagen with a suitcase full of ballet goodies. We went there especially to catch The Royal Danish Ballet’s Bournonville & Balanchine Programme which had gorgeous La Sylphide paired with glorious Symphony in C. During our stay we were granted access to The Royal Danish Ballet’s headquarters. Needless to say we were [...]
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John Neumeier,
La Sylphide,
La Sylphide Still Life,
Nikolaj Hubbe,
Paul Wesolek,
Per Kirkeby,
Peter Martins,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Symphony in C,
Tutu
by Linda on January 8, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go if: You can’t resist a tragic love story. New Moon is your favorite book of the entire Twilight Saga and you can quote a certain passage from Act II, Scene VI of Shakespeare’s play by heart (don’t worry we won’t tell anyone). You’ve never been to the ballet and [...]
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Ashton,
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Capulet,
Christopher Gable,
Dee Conway,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
Franco Zeffirelli,
Galina Ulanova,
Hamburg Ballet,
Jean Christophe Maillot,
John Cranko,
John Neumeier,
José Martín,
Juliet,
Katherine Healy,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kirov,
Konstantin Sergeyev,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Lavrovsky,
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo,
Lynn Seymour,
Marcia Haydée,
Margot Fonteyn,
Mariinsky,
Maurice Béjart,
Montague,
Natalia Razina,
Nicholas Georgiadis,
NYCB,
Peter Martins,
PNB,
POB,
Prokofiev,
Richard Cragun,
Romeo,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Steven McRae,
Stuttgart Ballet,
The Royal Danish Ballet,
Thiago Soares,
Tybalt,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuri Grigorovich
