by Emilia on December 1, 2011
Tis the season to be jolly. Or is it? The end of the year is approaching and, while everyone is getting deep into Nutcracker mode, we are still mulling over a season of epic drama and tragic heroines, including a long run of Manons, a gorgeous new Romeo and Juliet, plus brief encounters with the [...]
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Anastasia,
Dramatic & Intense,
Dramatic Ballet,
Giselle,
Gloria,
Manon,
Mayerling,
Promotion,
Promotions,
Romeo and Juliet,
Swan Lake,
Yumiko
by Emilia & Linda on August 26, 2011
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first visit to London, the Mariinsky Ballet left a trail of brilliancy following its three-week residency at Covent Garden. The company brought a selection of works that played to its strengths: from big classical works like Swan Lake and La Bayadère (which showed off a flawless corps de ballet) [...]
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Alexander Parish,
Alexander Sergeyev,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Somova,
Anna Karenina,
Balanchine,
Ballet Imperial,
Chopiniana,
Danila Korsuntsev,
David Hallberg,
Denis Matvienko,
Diana Vishneva,
Ekaterina Kondaurova,
Evgenia Obraztsova,
Evgeny Ivanchenko,
Filipp Stepin,
Fokine,
Igor Zelensky,
In the Night,
Jerome Robbins,
La Bayadère,
Maria Shirinkina,
Mariinsky,
Mariinsky Tour 2011,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Scheherezade,
Scotch Symphony,
Swan Lake,
The Firebird,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Xander Parish,
Yana Selina,
Yuri Smekalov
by Linda on June 28, 2011
In one of their riskiest and most exciting ventures, The Royal Ballet wrapped up for summer with MacMillan’s blockbuster Romeo & Juliet staged for an audience of 40,000 (split over 4 performances). The so-hashtagged #RomeO2 event was the surprise hit in a season more memorable for the hasty return of works like Ashton’s Cinderella (4 [...]
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Edward Watson,
Johan Kobborg,
Kanye West,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kevin O'Hare,
Kim Brandstrup,
Kristen McNally,
Live Fire Exercise,
Manon,
Monica Mason,
Rhapsody,
Rite of Spring,
ROH,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Opera House,
Season 2011-2012,
Sergei Polunin,
Steven McRae,
Swan Lake,
Tamara Rojo,
The Royal Ballet,
The Royal Ballet Creates,
Wayne McGregor,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Emilia & Linda on June 22, 2011
Stuttgart Ballet’s Sébastien Galtier started to take ballet pictures about four years ago as a hobby. He soon realised he could cross over photography with other media he liked, more specifically fashion and the visual arts. That allowed him to give a different context to his dance photos, taking well-known ballet characters into shots staged [...]
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Alicia Amatriain,
Ballet Photo,
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David Moore,
Elizabeth Mason,
Evan McKie,
Friedemann Vogel,
Julia Krämer,
Katja Wünsche,
Lady of the Camellias,
Laura O'Malley,
Marcia Haydée,
Marguerite,
Marijn Rademaker,
Neumeier,
Odette,
Onegin,
Photography,
Sébastien Gaultier,
Stuttgart Ballet,
Sue Jin Kang,
Swan Lake
by Emilia & Linda on May 6, 2011
We recently wrote about how many different elements have to come together for one of *THOSE* perfect evenings at the ballet. Designs and, in particular, costumes, play a big part in creating a mood, helping dancers express themselves and inhabit their roles. They come in all shapes, colours and fabrics: from vaporous Romantic skirts to [...]
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Onegin,
Pacific,
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Promotions,
Serenade,
Square Dance,
Sugar Plum Fairy,
Swan Lake,
Swan Queen,
Tatiana,
The Dream,
The Four Temperaments,
The Nutcracker,
The Sleeping Beauty,
The World According to Us,
Titania,
Tutu,
Tutus,
Yumiko,
Yumiko Takeshima
by Emilia on March 24, 2011
When it comes to ballet marketing, nothing more cliché and tired than the figure of a pink tutu-ed ballerina. True, many ballet fans enjoy the odd amount of tulle and glitter and there is nothing wrong with that. But these are images that propagate ballet as an art stuck in its own fluffy and pink [...]
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ABT,
Ballet,
Ballet & Culture,
Ballet & Pop Culture,
Ballet Campaigns,
Ballet Companies,
Ballet Marketing,
Ballet Posters,
Born to be Wild,
Dance for Japan,
Deviant art,
Fan art,
Hamburg Ballet,
NYCB,
Swan Lake,
The Nutcracker,
The Red Shoes
