by Linda on October 22, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You love classical ballet complete with fairy tale theme, tiaras, tutus, lavish décors and variations for almost every single dancer (and featuring every single ballet step in the syllabus). The Sleeping Beauty is also ideal for: classical music fans who want to live Tchaikovsky’s vision of the story, [...]
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1890 Sleeping Beauty,
Alexandre Benois,
Alina Cojocaru,
Anna Pavlova,
Apotheosis,
Aurora,
Balanchine,
Ballets Russes,
Bluebird,
Carabosse,
Cattalabutte,
Classical Ballet,
Diaghilev,
Fairy Tale,
Genesia Rosato,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Ivan Vsevolozhsky,
Johan Kobborg,
King Florestan,
Léon Bakst,
Lilac Fairy,
Little Red Riding Hood,
Lopukhov,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Mazurka,
Ninette de Valois,
Oliver Messel,
Petipa,
Prince Desiré,
Prince Florimund,
Princess Florine,
Puss in Boots,
Robert Helpmann,
Rose Adagio,
Royal Ballet,
Sadler's Wells Ballet,
Sergeyev,
Stravinsky,
Tchaikovsky,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vikharev,
White Cat
by Emilia on April 13, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go if: You love the thought of a mashup between The Sleeping Beauty (a classical, grand ballet) and a funny work like La Fille Mal Gardée. Skip if: Certain people find Prokofiev’s haunting score a tad too moody. And you may want to skip the Ashton version if Panto interspersed [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Ashley Page,
Ashton,
Ballet,
Ben Stevenson,
Bolshoi,
BRB,
Cecchetti,
Charles Perrault,
Christine Haworth,
Cinderella,
full-length,
Galina Ulanova,
Gary Avis,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Ivan Putrov,
James Kudelka,
Jean-Denis Malclès,
Johan Kobborg,
Judith Mackrell,
Konstantin Sergeyev,
Lev Ivanov,
Light & Fluffy,
Mariinsky,
Michael Corder,
Michael Somes,
Moira Shearer,
National Ballet,
NBC,
Nikolai Volkov,
Nureyev,
Olga Lepeshinskaya,
Pamela May,
Petipa,
Pierina Legnani,
Prokofiev,
Ratmansky,
Robert Helpmann,
Roberta Marquez,
Rotislav Zakharov,
Sarah Lamb,
Scottish Ballet,
Stepsisters,
Tamara Rojo,
Toer van Schayk,
Wayne Sleep,
Wendy Ellis Somes,
Yuri Possokhov
by Linda on March 29, 2010
As the Royal Ballet’s founder choreographer, Sir Frederick Ashton is to them what Bournonville represents to the Royal Danish Ballet. He nurtured Ninette de Valois‘s young company and gave it an identity through pieces created to help develop its dancers. Ashton’s creations for the Royal Ballet shaped the English style of ballet, combining classical purity [...]
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A Month in the Country,
A Tragedy of Fashion,
A Wedding Bouquet,
ABT,
Alastair Macaulay,
Alicia Markova,
Anna Pavlova,
Apparitions,
Ashton,
Balanchine,
Ballet Rambert,
Birthday Offering,
BRB,
Bronislava Nijinska,
Capriol Suite,
Cecchetti,
Cinderella,
David Vaughan,
English Style,
Enigma Variations,
Façade,
Fred Step,
Ida Rubinstein,
Illuminations,
La Fille Mal Gardée,
Léonide Massine,
Le Baiser de la Fée,
Les Rendezvous,
Lydia Lopokova,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marguerite and Armand,
Marie Rambert,
Michael Somes,
Monotones,
Ninette de Valois,
Nocturne,
Nursery Suite,
Rhapsody,
Robert Helpmann,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet,
Scénes de Ballet,
Sylvia,
Symphonic Variations,
Tales of Beatrix Potter,
Tamara Karsavina,
The Ballet Club,
The Camargo Society,
The Dream,
The Royal Ballet,
The Two Pigeons,
Ugly Sisters,
Vic-Wells Ballet
by Linda on November 27, 2009
Is this ballet for you? Go if: For the past few years you have overdosed on too many Nutcrackers and would like to see something different. You are dreaming of a White Christmas, sleigh bells in the snow, etc. Skip if: Cute and/or nostalgic Edwardian Christmases are not your thing. Background British ballet owes a [...]
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ABT,
Anna Pavlova,
Ashton,
Blue Boy,
Christmas Ballet,
Constant Lambert,
Elizabeth Miller,
Giacomo Meyerbeer,
Harold Turner,
June Brae,
L'Etoile du Nord,
Le Prophète,
Les Patineurs,
Light & Fluffy,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marie Rambert,
Mary Honer,
One act,
Pamela May,
Richard Bonynge,
Robert Helpmann,
Sarasota Ballet,
The Joffrey,
William Chappell
