by Emilia & Linda on November 12, 2010
To celebrate Ballet Black‘s upcoming 10th anniversary choreographer Will Tuckett has undertaken a new commission – a semi-narrative ballet inspired by the myth of Orpheus set to Stravinsky’s famous ballet score of the same name. A few weeks ago we were invited by Artistic Director Cassa Pancho to drop by the Genée Studio at Royal Academy [...]
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Ballet Black,
Carlos Acosta,
Cassa Pancho,
Chantelle Gotobed,
Christopher Hampson,
Cira Robinson,
Damien Johnson,
Deborah Bull,
Jade Hale-Christofi,
Jazmon Voss,
Kanika Carr,
Liam Scarlett,
Linbury Theatre,
Orpheus,
RAD,
ROH2,
Royal Academy of Dance,
Samuel Chung,
Sarah Kundi,
Stravinsky,
Will Tuckett
by Linda on November 18, 2009
Earlier this month we attended the Kenneth MacMillan Choreographic Imagination and Psychological Insight Symposium at Imperial College London. Celebrating the choreographer who would have been 80 this year, this full day event was held in association with The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and the Institute of Psychoanalysis and drew on psychoanalysts, scholars and dancers [...]
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A Lot of Happiness,
Antony Dowson,
Ashton,
Begoña Cao,
Birgit Keil,
Brian Elias,
Carousel,
Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Deborah MacMillan,
Deutsche Oper Ballet,
Edward Watson,
Elite Syncopations,
ENB,
English National Ballet,
Fabian Reimair,
Freud,
Gloria,
Institute of Psychoanalysis,
Iohna Loots,
Irek Mukhamedov,
Jann Parry,
Kevin McKenzie,
Leanne Benjamin,
Mahler,
Manon,
Mayerling,
Michael Nunn,
Monica Mason,
Natalia Makarova,
Nichola McAuliffe,
Nicholas Hytner,
RAD,
Requiem,
Rodgers and Hammerstein,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Shostakovich,
Song of the Earth,
Stuttgart Ballet,
The Judas Tree,
Viviana Durante,
Vladimir Klos,
Wayne Eagling
by Emilia on October 26, 2009
Kenneth MacMillan, one of the leading choreographers of the twentieth century, is credited with pushing the boundaries of classical ballet and challenging audiences to look beyond the idealised world of fairy tales into the reality and discomfort of their own mortal existence. With ballets that probed into all extremes of the human condition MacMillan found [...]
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Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
David Wall,
Deborah MacMillan,
Des Grieux,
Different Drummer,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
ENB,
Gloria,
Iohna Loots,
Irek Mukhamedov,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kenneth MacMillan's 80th Anniversary,
Lauren Cuthberson,
Leanne Benjamin,
Lynn Seymour,
Manon,
Mara Galeazzi,
Mayerling,
Messenger of Death,
Michael Nunn,
Monica Mason,
My Brother My Sisters,
Nicholas Hytner,
RAD,
Romeo and Juliet,
Sir Peter Wright,
Song of the Earth,
South Bank,
Stephen Wicks,
Tamara Rojo,
The Judas Tree,
The Road to Mayerling,
Viviana Durante,
Wayne Eagling,
White Lodge
Most professional dancers start their careers rather young and, depending on where they study, the programme/syllabus they follow varies substantively. Here in England, they will probably be following RAD (Royal Academy of Dance). However there are other different methods/schools, each placing emphasis on different aspects of dance. This might result in a dancer having certain [...]
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Bolshoi,
Books,
Mariinsky,
RAD,
Russian Ballet,
Vaganova
