by Linda on October 22, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You love classical ballet complete with fairy tale theme, tiaras, tutus, lavish décors and variations for almost every single dancer (and featuring every single ballet step in the syllabus). The Sleeping Beauty is also ideal for: classical music fans who want to live Tchaikovsky’s vision of the story, [...]
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Alexandre Benois,
Alina Cojocaru,
Anna Pavlova,
Apotheosis,
Aurora,
Balanchine,
Ballets Russes,
Bluebird,
Carabosse,
Cattalabutte,
Classical Ballet,
Diaghilev,
Fairy Tale,
Genesia Rosato,
Hopelessly Romantic,
Ivan Vsevolozhsky,
Johan Kobborg,
King Florestan,
Léon Bakst,
Lilac Fairy,
Little Red Riding Hood,
Lopukhov,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Mazurka,
Ninette de Valois,
Oliver Messel,
Petipa,
Prince Desiré,
Prince Florimund,
Princess Florine,
Puss in Boots,
Robert Helpmann,
Rose Adagio,
Royal Ballet,
Sadler's Wells Ballet,
Sergeyev,
Stravinsky,
Tchaikovsky,
The Sleeping Beauty,
Vikharev,
White Cat
by Linda on October 3, 2011
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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Alina Cojocaru,
Balanchine,
Classical,
Diamonds,
Edward Villela,
Emeralds,
Jewels,
Light & Fluffy,
Neo-Classical,
NYCB,
Patricia Neary,
Romantic,
Rubies,
Russian Ballet,
Stravinsky,
Suzanne Farrell,
Tamara Rojo,
Tchaikovsky,
Ulyana Lopatkina,
Violette Verdy,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Emilia on November 24, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go if/Skip if: Whether you should see Sylvia or not heavily depends on which version you are looking at. If you’re a “ballet newbie” we’d recommend you skip the Ashton version for the reasons explained in our recent review. We hope the notes below can help you decide which version [...]
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Aminta,
Arcadia,
Ashton,
Aurélie Dupont,
Baron de Reinach,
Bill Cooper,
Bintley,
BRB,
David Bintley,
David Makhateli,
diana,
eros,
full-length,
Gillian Murphy,
Hamburg Ballet,
John Hart,
John Neumeier,
Jules Barbier,
Lauren Cuthbertson,
Leo Delibes,
Light & Fluffy,
Manuel Legris,
Margot Fonteyn,
Mark Morris,
Michael Somes,
Orion,
Palais Garnier,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Pizzicati,
Pizzicato,
POB,
Polina Semionova,
Royal Ballet,
San Francisco Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Sylvia,
Tchaikovsky,
Torquato Tasso,
Yannis Kokkos,
Zenaida Yanowsky
by Emilia on November 4, 2010
While we keep an eye on the ongoing debate about ballet “trying to find a place in our inattentive and increasingly lowbrow culture”, we wonder what kind of future lies in store for ballets that are neither masterpieces, nor flops? Case in point, 1952′s Sylvia, which Frederick Ashton himself had reconfigured in the sixties as [...]
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diana,
eros,
fish dives,
Frederick Ashton,
Greek Mythology,
John Neumeier,
Leo Delibes,
Marianela Nuñez,
Ondine,
Pizzicato,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sylvia,
Tchaikovsky
by Linda on October 4, 2010
It takes more than a good story to make a narrative ballet work. The great choreographers of the 20th century explored novel ways to develop plots and convey emotions, moving away from the linear structures characteristic of 19th century classics (think Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty) in favour of more realistic works. With Onegin [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Bennet Gartside,
Eugene Onegin,
full-length,
Johan Kobborg,
John Cranko,
Lensky,
Narrative Ballet,
Olga,
Onegin,
Prince Gremin,
Pushkin,
Royal Ballet,
Season 2010-2011,
Steven McRae,
Tatiana,
Tchaikovsky
by Linda on September 17, 2010
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You like story ballets with grand designs and plenty of pashmina Pas de Deux. You have read and wept through “unhappily ever after” novels like Anna Karenina, Gone with the Wind and well… Onegin. Skip if: You are expecting to hear the famous score from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene [...]
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Alina Cojocaru,
Ana Cardus,
Dramatic & Intense,
Egon Madsen,
Elizabeth Dalton,
Eugene Onegin,
Francesca Da Rimini,
full-length,
Jürgen Rose,
Johan Kobborg,
John Cranko,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Kurt-Heinz Stolze,
Lensky,
Marcia Haydée,
Narrative Ballet,
Olga,
Onegin,
Ray Barra,
Sadler's Wells Ballet,
Stuttgart Ballet,
Tatiana,
Tchaikovsky
