Balanchine’s three-act ballet Jewels has become a global phenomenon. This autumn the ballet returns to New York City Ballet, the company for whom it was originally created (don’t miss this recent video where NYCB dancers Jenifer Ringer, Sterling Hyltin and Sara Mearns discuss each act), while the Royal Ballet presents this season’s final performance on [...]
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Jewels
by Linda on October 3, 2011
Ballet in Peril: A Conversation With Jennifer Homans
by Emilia & Linda on December 23, 2010
Is ballet ready for its close-up? Is it indeed bursting with vitality; the art form to watch in 2011? We reach the end of 2010 with mixed messages. On one hand, some positive signs: NYCB’s Architecture of Dance Festival and its seven premieres (four of which “narrative” ballets), Alexei Ratmansky’s new works for ABT and [...]
Tagged as: Alexei Ratmansky, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Antony Tudor, Apollo's Angels, Architecture of Dance, Ashton, Balanchine, Ballet Books, Ballet History, Black Swan, Christopher Wheeldon, Darren Aronofsky, Frederick Wiseman, French Ballet, History of Ballet, History of Dance, Jennifer Homans, Jerome Robbins, John Neumeier, Kenneth MacMillan, Kristen McNally, La Danse, Natalie Portman, NYCB, Opera, Russian Ballet, Social Media, Twitter, William Forsythe, YouTube
Sweet Little Sixteen
by Emilia on August 15, 2009
In the August edition of Dancing Times Magazine there is an interesting article which looks back on the history of the “Soviet Sleeping Beauty”, the version the Mariinsky have brought to this tour in London (they also have a Vikharev reconstruction of Petipa’s older version which is currently shelved though perhaps not permanently). According to [...]
Tagged as: 2009, Aurora, Carabosse, Clive Barnes, full-length, Igor Kolb, Lilac Fairy, London Tour, Mariinsky, Petipa, Prince Desiré, Review, Russian Ballet, Sergeyev, Soviet Version, The Sleeping Beauty, Vision Scene, Wedding Pas de Deux, Yekaterina Kondaurova, Yevgenia Obraztsova
The Mariinsky Ballet
by Linda on August 3, 2009
As the Mariinsky comes to the rescue of ballet-starved Londoners this week, we kick-off our series of features about ballet companies around the world, outlining their history, traditions and differences. Most readers will immediately associate the name Mariinsky to one of the premier ballet companies in the world but equally important are its links to [...]
Tagged as: Andrian Fadeyev, Anton Korsakov, Arthur Saint-Leon, Balanchine, Bournonville, Carlotta Brianza, Cecchetti, Coppélia, Diaghilev, Diana Vishneva, Fokine, Forsythe, Franz Hilverding, Galina Mezentseva, Galina Ulanova, Giselle, Igor Zelensky, Kirov, La Bayadère, La Sylphide, Lavrovsky, Lydia Lopokova, Maria Alexandrova, Maria Taglioni, Mariinsky, Maurice Béjart, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mussorgsky, Napoli, Natalia Makarova, Ninel Kurgapkina, Olesia Novikova, Pas de Six, Petipa, Pierina Legnani, Raymonda, Rimsky-Korsakov, Roland Petit, Romeo and Juliet, Rudolf Nureyev, Russian Ballet, St. Petersburg, Swan Lake, Symphony in C, Tchaikovsky, The Magic Pills, The Nutcracker, The Pharaoh's Daughter, The Sleeping Beauty, Ulyana Lopatkina, Vaganova, Vladimir Shklyarov, Yekaterina Kondaurova, Yevgenia Obraztsova, Yuri Soloviev
Yesterday Threw Everything At Me
by Linda on June 9, 2009
Last Sunday I attended the “Tribute to Diaghilev”, a gala in celebration of 100 years of Ballets Russes and of its visionary mastermind, Sergei Diaghilev. The event brought together many stars of the Mariinsky, Paris Opera Ballet, English National Ballet and Royal Ballet, dancing extracts of vintage pieces made or inspired by Ballet Russes choreographers [...]
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Slow Night, so Long
by Emilia on May 9, 2009
One of the attractions of a triple bill vs. a full-length ballet is the opportunity to discover a mix of different choreographers and dance styles, so that by the end of the evening you should find at least one ballet that is right for you. There is also the chance to discover up-and-coming dancers alongside [...]
Tagged as: Ballets Russes, Edward Watson, Firebird, Fokine, Gary Avis, Johan Kobborg, Laura Morera, Lauren Cuthbertson, Leanne Benjamin, Les Sylphides, Mara Galeazzi, Melissa Hamilton, One act, Romantic, Royal Ballet, Rupert Pennefather, Russian Ballet, Thiago Soares, Thomas Whitehead, Yuhui Choe
