If you are in town next Tuesday 31 May, we would love to see you at B.Hive Club, in Covent Garden. As part of their “Live in the Lounge” series, we will be talking social media & ballet from 1pm to 2pm. We are planning a very informal session, with plenty of time to network [...]
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The Ballet Bag Talks Social Media & the Arts at B-Hive
by Emilia & Linda on May 25, 2011
10 Things We Love About British Ballet
by Emilia & Linda on May 4, 2011
Below is an extract of our first guest post for Behind Ballet, with our pick of the best in British ballet right now. In case you didn’t know, Behind Ballet is the official blog of The Australian Ballet. They are one of our very favorites amongst company blogs. We have said of them before: “from [...]
Tagged as: Behind Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Choreographers, Guest Blog Post, Guest Post, Kenneth MacMillan, Lauren Cuthbertson, Rambert Dance Company, Social Media, Steven McRae, The Australian Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Twitter, Wayne McGregor
Editorial: Happy Anniversary to Us
by Emilia & Linda on April 21, 2011
How time flies! It seems like yesterday that we kicked off The Ballet Bag (then in WordPress.com) with a totally fangirly post about Alina Cojocaru’s return to the stage in Giselle. We had no idea anyone would pay attention to our dance musings, but soon after, we started tweeting and discovered many other like-minded ballet [...]
Tagged as: 2-year anniversary, Ballet, dance, Future of Dance, Social Media, The Ballet Bag, Twitter, Wordle, YouTube
10 Reasons Why We Love Manon
by Emilia on April 16, 2011
A big helping of MacMillan is finally coming our way after a very Ashton-heavy season. Manon, one of his most famous full-length ballets, opens at Covent Garden on Thursday for a run of 15 performances and is to return during the autumn season. Having shortlisted it as one of our new season favorites we were [...]
Tagged as: 10 Reasons, Anthony Dowell, Costumes, Des Grieux, Dramatic & Intense, full-length, MacMillan, Manon, Marcelo Gomes, Nicholas Georgiadis, Royal Ballet, Social Media
Move It Show 2011 – Ballet Rocks
by Emilia & Linda on March 18, 2011
The 6th edition of the Move It Show, the UK’s biggest dance event, took place last week. For the first time, the show included a segment called Ballet Rocks, designed to showcase ballet under a different light, away from the preconceived ideas of tutus, tiaras and pink. We had the opportunity to be involved in [...]
Tagged as: Ballet Rocks, Bennet Gartside, Cloud Dance Festival, Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game, Interview Sofa, Kristen McNally, Move It, Move It 2011, Royal Ballet, Social Media, The Royal Ballet Not What You Think, Thomas Whitehead
Ballet Rocks at Move It Show
by Emilia & Linda on March 12, 2011
The Move It show is the UK’s biggest dance event featuring live performances, dance classes, competitions, exhibition stands and interviews. The show attracts over 20,000 dance fans over three days and offers you the opportunity to create “your ideal day of dance“. Move It’s 6th edition opened yesterday in London. This year we are participating [...]
Tagged as: Ballet Rocks, Bennet Gartside, Big Sofa Interview, Blogosphere, dance, Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game, Kristen McNally, London, Move It, Move It Show 2011, Social Media, Thomas Whitehead, Twitter
