New chapter in our ongoing series of Ballet History articles, Linda looks at what the Bolshoi is made of: Bolshoi means big, an adjective that perfectly describes this ballet company. As the recent London season proves, they are bold, stylish and know how to put on a show. They are also resilient, having lived through [...]
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The Bolshoi Ballet
by Linda on August 12, 2010
All These Things That I’ve Done
by Emilia on March 22, 2010
On Sunday evening some of the biggest stars in the ballet world descended upon London’s Coliseum to pay homage to Rudolf Nureyev who would have been 72 years old last week (March 17). Throughout his dancing career Nureyev had a varied repertoire and it would be, of course, impossible to cover all of it or [...]
Tagged as: Adagietto, Afternoon of a Faun, Alexander Omar, Alina Cojocaru, Andrei Merkuriev, Béjart, Coppélia, David Makhateli, Dmitri Gruzdyev, Dmitry Gudanov, Edward Watson, ENB, Erina Takahashi, Farukh Ruzimatov, Gil Roman, Hans Van Manen, Iñaki Urlezaga, Irina Perren, Ivan Kozlov, Ivan Putrov, Jerome Robbins, José Limón, Kryzstof Pastor, Manon, Manuel Legris, Mara Galeazzi, Marianela Nuñez, Mikhailovsky Theatre, Nina Kaptsova, Olga Esina, Pierrot Lunaire, Roberta Marquez, Sergei Polunin, Svetlana Zakharova, Tetley, The Moor's Pavane, Tristan and Isolde, Trois Gnossienes, Ulyana Lopatkina, Vera Arbuzova
Golden Years
by Linda on December 13, 2009
The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauties have just drawn to a close, giving way to the usual Christmas special of Nutcrackers. Notice anything in common? Both are Petipa ballets, both are amongst the safest for box office purposes, with blockbuster works such as Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, their lavish costumes, orchestral music and vast [...]
Tagged as: Anastasia Kolegova, Anton Korsakov, Arthur Saint-Leon, Coppélia, Danila Korsuntsev, Daria Pavlenko, Elvira Tarasova, Igor Kolb, Imperial Ballet, Jules Perrot, La Esmeralda, Le Corsaire, Le Talisman, Maria Alexandrova, Mariinsky, Mikhailovsky Theatre, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Nutcracker, Paquita, Petipa, Ratmansky, St. Petersburg, Svetlana Zakharova, Swan Lake, The Awakening of Flora, The Little Humpbacked Horse, The Pharaoh's Daughter, The Sleeping Beauty, Ulyana Lopatkina, Vaganova, Vaganova Academy, Valeria Martynyuk, Vikharev, Vladimir Shklyarov, Xenia Ostreikovskaya, Yevgenia Obraztsova, Yuri Burlaka
Amazing Journey
by Linda on November 12, 2009
As long as there are choreographers like Alexei Ratmansky around our hopes for the future of classical ballet as an art form are renewed. Now one of the world’s most sought-after choreographers, Ratmansky started his career as a ballet dancer with the Kiev Ballet in the Ukraine. Dancing soon took him out of Eastern Europe [...]
Tagged as: ABT, Alastair Macaulay, Alexei Ratmansky, Alina Somova, Anna Karenina, Anna Markeyeva, Balanchine, Benois de la Danse, Bolshoi, Bolshoi Academy, Bournonville, Christopher Wheeldon, Clement Crisp, Clive Barnes, Debra Craine, Dreams of Japan, Ekaterina Krysanova, Ekaterina Shipulina, Flames of Paris, Fyodor Lopukhov, Gene Schiavone, Gitte Lindstrøm, Golden Mask Award, Ismene Brown, Ivan Vasiliev, John Rockwell, Kiev Ballet, Léonide Massine, Mads Blangstrup, Marcelo Gomes, Maria Alexandrova, Mariinsky, Moscow Choreographic Institute, Natalia Osipova, Nelli Kobakhidze, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Nina Ananishvili, NYCB, On the Dnieper, Paloma Herrera, Pyotr Pestov, Ratmansky, Roland Petit, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Russian Seasons, Shostakovich, Svetlana Lunkina, Svetlana Zakharova, Tatiana Kilivniuk, The Bright Stream, Twyla Tharp, Veronika Part, Vladimir Malakhov, Vladimir Shklyarov, Yuri Burlaka
Bag of Steps: Turns
by Linda on October 31, 2009
We are back with another edition of Bag of Steps. This time we look at every turning trick designed to make us go “whoa” and typically reserved for the grand finale, such as in the coda from a Pas de Deux . Turns include female and male pirouettes and their offshoots. For the ballerina they [...]
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An Interview with Igor Kolb
by Emilia on August 17, 2009
If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook or if you have been reading our posts here you will know that, ballet-wise, the past two weeks have been “all about the Mariinsky in London”, their stylish dancing and the impressive array of performers they have fielded to wow us in the classics Swan Lake, The [...]
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