by Emilia on March 21, 2010
The event? A marathon of Romeos and Juliets at Covent Garden. The challenge? To see almost every cast combination available. The result? A ballet with the feel of one of those great cinematic experiences you just want to prolong. And so for our Roundup this time we decided to match each of these performances to [...]
Tagged as:
Alina Cojocaru,
Almost Famous,
Before Sunrise,
Big Fish,
Cameron Crowe,
Dramatic & Intense,
Edward Watson,
full-length,
Gosford Park,
Johan Kobborg,
Juliet,
Leanne Benjamin,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Martin Scorsese,
Performance Roundup,
Prokofiev,
Richard Linklater,
Robert Altman,
Roberta Marquez,
Romeo,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Season 2009-2010,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo,
The Age of Innocence,
Thiago Soares,
Tim Burton
by Emilia on March 12, 2010
Over the past few weeks the big ballet companies have been all over social media flaunting their new seasons, in some cases with fabulous, state of the art, trailers (like San Francisco Ballet and Dutch National Ballet). Hot on their heels and conspicuously earlier comes The Royal Opera House: their next ballet and opera season is [...]
Tagged as:
Alice in Wonderland,
Balanchine,
Des Grieux,
DGV,
Edward Watson,
Giselle,
Johan Kobborg,
Kim Brandstrup,
La Valse,
Lensky,
Manon,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Myrtha,
Odette,
Olga,
Onegin,
Rhapsody,
Rite of Spring,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sarah Lamb,
Scénes de Ballet,
Season 2010-2011,
Sensorium,
Steven McRae,
Still Life at the Penguin Cafe,
Swan Lake,
Tamara Rojo,
Tatiana,
Theme & Variations,
Voluntaries,
Wayne McGregor,
Wheeldon,
Winter Dreams
by Emilia on January 30, 2010
A while ago we wrote about the joys of seeing different casts in the same ballet. While classics such as The Sleeping Beauty do not leave much room for highly individual interpretations of the central roles they still provide an interesting study of technical and artistic abilities of different ballerinas. In that spirit we took [...]
Tagged as:
Alina Cojocaru,
Aurora,
Balenciaga,
Bill Cooper,
Christopher Saunders,
David Makhateli,
Dior,
Evgenia Obraztsova,
Giselle,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Johan Kobborg,
John Galliano,
Marc Jacobs,
Marianela Nuñez,
Performance Roundup,
Prada,
Prince Florimund,
Roberta Marquez,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Thiago Soares,
Yevgenia Obraztsova
by Linda on December 15, 2009
In their final programme of the year The Royal Ballet celebrates Sir Frederick Ashton, the founder choreographer who gave this company a wonderful classical repertory and British ballet a defining style. Initially I thought of this double bill as a case of odd pairing since, on one corner, appealing to the Ashton addicts and older [...]
Tagged as:
Ashton,
Bennet Gartside,
Blue Boy,
Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Gary Avis,
Hunca Munca,
Jonathan Howells,
Kenta Kura,
Laura McCulloch,
Laura Morera,
Les Patineurs,
Mr. Jeremy Fisher,
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle,
Paul Kay,
Pig-Wig,
Pigling Bland,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sarah Lamb,
Squirrel Nutkin,
Steven McRae,
Tales of Beatrix Potter,
Tom Thumb,
Yuhui Choe
by Linda on November 7, 2009
Triple bills are a great opportunity to discover rarer ballets along with new works, an essential ingredient in preserving the future of this art form. The Royal Ballet’s latest features a modern and sizzling combination well suited to those seeking refuge from an evening of tutus and tiaras. It opens with Agon, Balanchine’s iconic work [...]
Tagged as:
2009-2010 Season,
Agon,
Balanchine,
Bill Cooper,
Brian Maloney,
Carlos Acosta,
Edward Watson,
Eric Underwood,
Glen Tetley,
Hikaru Kobayashi,
Johan Kobborg,
Kaija Saariaho,
Limen,
Lucy Carter,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Melissa Hamilton,
Notes of Light,
One act,
Paul Kay,
Review,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sarah Lamb,
Sphinx,
Steven McRae,
Tatsuo Miyajima,
Triple Bill,
Valeri Hristov,
Wayne McGregor,
Yuhui Choe
by Linda on October 29, 2009
Our Mayerling crusade continues with new casts, some debuts and thus interesting new takes on MacMillan’s iconic characters. There are very few lead roles that challenge a danseur’s technique, stamina and dramatic skills as does Crown Prince Rudolf and for Rupert Pennefather to have been offered the opportunity to dance it at such young age [...]
Tagged as:
2009-2010 Season,
Brian Maloney,
Countess Larisch,
Crown Prince Rudolf,
Edward Watson,
Elizabeth Harrod,
full-length,
Johan Kobborg,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mary Vetsera,
Mayerling,
Melissa Hamilton,
Review,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sergei Polunin,
Wayne McGregor
