Happy 2012 everyone! As we promised on Twitter, we are now back on blogging mode. You may have noticed that we haven’t been so active for the last few months. Even though we had an amazing year and have been lucky enough to travel and watch lots of great dance in 2011 (I had a [...]
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New year, new dance, new projects!
by Emilia on January 14, 2012
The Ballet Bag Talks Social Media & the Arts at B-Hive
by Emilia & Linda on May 25, 2011
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 [...]
Tagged as: Arts, B.Hive, dance companies, dance criticism, Facebook, live tweeting, networking, Social Media, talks, The Ballet Bag, Twitter
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
Editorial: Happy New Year & Reader Survey
by Emilia on January 6, 2011
Happy New Year everyone! Before Linda and I get swamped again it’s time to get philosophical. Our year in dance was metaphorically bookended by two very different ballet movies; two opposites in mood: we started 2010 writing about Only When I Dance, a heartwarming documentary about two Brazilian favela dwellers overcoming obstacles to pursue a [...]
Tagged as: 2011, Alastair Macaulay, Alexei Ratmansky, Ashton, Ballet Bag Elsewhere, Ballet Companies, Ballet Movies, Ballet Newbie, Ballet on film, Black Swan, Cinderella, Darren Aronofsky, Editorial, Facebook, Going to the Ballet, Jennifer Homans, Move It Show 2011, Only When I Dance, Opinion, Reader Poll, Royal Ballet, Social Media, The Ballet Bag, Twitter
The One With Ballet Silkscreen Posters
by Emilia on April 24, 2010
If you have followed The Ballet Bag for a while then you already know we love juxtaposing pop culture and ballet and looking at this art form through younger, fresher eyes. You also probably know most of our post titles are taken from rock songs (well if you didn’t, now you do). We love indie [...]
Tagged as: 1-year birthday, Ballet-Mad Libs, Gigposter, Promotion, Social Media, Studio Luma, The Ballet Bag
Let’s play Ballet-Mad Libs!
by Emilia on April 9, 2010
Later this month we will be one year older and none the wiser. As part of our birthday celebrations we are launching The Ballet-Mad Libs Project and we want all of YOU to take part. What are Ballet-Mad Libs? Our Ballet-Mad Libs are based on a popular word game of the 50s played at parties and social gatherings [...]
Tagged as: 1-year birthday, Ballet-Mad Libs, Ballet-Mad Libs Hall of Fame, Fans, Gigposter, Poster, Social Media, The Ballet Bag, Twitter
