by Emilia & Linda on February 18, 2011
“Move over, Natalie Portman: You may be favored for the Oscar in Black Swan, but there’s a real-life, flesh-and-blood ballerina generating heat as the swan queen!” says Jocelyn Novek, one of the writers quoted by Milan-based arts blogger Graham Spicer in a roundup of praise for the remarkable Odette/Odile of Sara Mearns. NYCB’s Mearns is [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on January 4, 2011
The following exciting news came today via an ABT press release: Berlin State Opera Ballet’s Polina Semionova is to debut as a Guest Artist with American Ballet Theatre for the 2011 Metropolitan Opera House season, as announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Polina will perform Kitri in Don Quixote at the matinee on Saturday, [...]
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by Emilia & Linda on December 16, 2010
In the spirit of reflecting on the past and catching our breath to prepare for whatever 2011 may throw at us, we hope you enjoy this slideshow with selected quotes from our interviewees over the last 18 months. (click on each photo to open corresponding full feature) SlideShowPro({ attributes: { id: “album-224386″, width: 600, height: [...]
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Edward Watson,
Ekaterina Krysanova,
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Igor Kolb,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kim Brandstrup,
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo,
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Polina Semionova,
Puanani Brown,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
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Staatsballett Berlin,
Steven McRae
by Emilia on November 24, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go if/Skip if: Whether you should see Sylvia or not heavily depends on which version you are looking at. If you’re a “ballet newbie” we’d recommend you skip the Ashton version for the reasons explained in our recent review. We hope the notes below can help you decide which version [...]
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Michael Somes,
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by Emilia & Linda on November 10, 2010
Last month Kanye West made the headlines in entertainment news for featuring ballet in his new epic music video/short film Runaway. In interviews West cited his love of classical dance as main motivation, while MTV has also pointed out the links between the video’s bird-like girl and Swan Lake. In a new guest post for [...]
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by Emilia on September 1, 2010
Besides team Black Swan vs. team Mao’s Last Dancer, one of the most talked about dance topics of the last few weeks is Reflections, the Bolshoi/Orange County Performing Arts Centre collaboration. A number of Russian dancers are currently in California rehearsing for the project which will premiere early next year. When we spoke to Katya [...]
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