by Emilia & Linda on June 8, 2011
Via Press Release: Ipswich-born Royal Ballet Principal Character Artist Gary Avis is bringing dancers from the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet to his home town this September to take part in a unique charity gala event in support of The Hunger Project. After a 40-year gap, East Anglian audiences will once again have the [...]
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Alastair Marriott,
Ashton,
Begoña Cao,
Bennet Gartside,
Charity performance,
Christopher Wheeldon,
David Pickering,
ENB,
Gala,
Gala performance,
Gary Avis,
Ipswich,
Leanne Cope,
Liam Scarlett,
MacMillan,
Melissa Hamilton,
Nehemiah Kish,
Paul Kay,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Steven McRae,
Yuhui Choe
by Linda on January 17, 2011
Giselle is a ballet that perfectly balances dance and narrative. Audiences are captivated in particular by its timeless second act, a living and breathing example of the Romantic ideal: on one side the revengeful, supernatural Wilis and on the other the ethereal Giselle whose love for Albrecht transcends heartbreak and death. The leading role has [...]
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Albrecht,
full-length,
Giselle,
Hopelessly Romantic,
John Macfarlane,
Review,
Roberta Marquez,
Romantic Ballet,
Royal Ballet,
Season 2010-2011,
Sergei Polunin,
Sir Peter Wright,
Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani,
Théophile Gautier,
Wilis
by Emilia & Linda on December 31, 2010
It was a rollercoaster of a year for us. Topics like Black Swan, Jennifer Homans’s Apollo’s Angels and #Sugarplumgate kept us on our toes and led to interesting discussions and exchanges via social media channels. From an audience perspective we were curious to explore different productions and companies, so we traveled to Copenhagen, Tokyo and [...]
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Akane Takada,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Cojocaru,
As One,
Asphodel Meadows,
Balanchine,
Bolshoi,
Bournonville,
Coppélia,
Emmanuel Thibault,
Giselle,
Johan Kobborg,
Jonathan Watkins,
La Sylphide,
Liam Scarlett,
Mariinsky,
Natalia Osipova,
Onegin,
Paquita,
Pierre Lacotte,
RDB,
Roberta Marquez,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Russian Seasons,
Steven McRae,
Susanne Grinder,
Symphony in C,
The Little Humpbacked Horse
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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ABT,
Amy Westcott,
Aya Takagi,
Balanchine,
Berlin Staattsballett,
Black Swan,
Bolshoi,
Christina Michanek,
Daniil Simkin,
Edward Watson,
Ekaterina Krysanova,
Evan McKie,
Igor Kolb,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kim Brandstrup,
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo,
Long Zou,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Nehemiah Kish,
Polina Semionova,
Puanani Brown,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Staatsballett Berlin,
Steven McRae
by Emilia & Linda on June 10, 2010
A long time ago (well… a few years back) in a galaxy not-so-far away Royal Ballet Principal Roberta Marquez suddenly found herself without a partner to dance well-known party piece Don Quixote in a Paris gala. Only a knight in shining ballet gear could rescue her. Cue mighty Steven McRae with whom she had been [...]
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Interview,
Outtakes,
Partnership,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Slideshow,
Steven McRae
by Emilia on June 4, 2010
One of our favorite things in The Royal Ballet season is the opportunity to catch their “New Works” by emerging choreographers (usually in-House talent) in the smaller space of the Linbury Studio Theatre. With tickets at a top price of £18 this is a chance to see what the future of ballet looks like. Last year’s [...]
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Bennet Gartside,
Claire Calvert,
Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game,
Duplicity,
Erico Montes,
Hallelujah Junction,
Helen Crawford,
Jonathan Watkins,
Kenta Kura,
Kings of Leon,
Kristen McNally,
Linbury Studio,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Mara Galeazzi,
Melissa Hamilton,
New Works,
One Shade the More,
Quentin Tarantino,
Roberta Marquez,
Ryoichi Hirano,
Sergei Polunin,
Steven McRae,
Thomas Whitehead,
Trip Trac,
Vanessa Fenton,
Viacheslav Samodurov
