by Emilia & Linda on November 3, 2010
Is this movie for you? Go if: You like your ballets bitter and intense, preferably with a dark twist. You loved Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher. You are familiar with Aronofsky’s psychological dramas of obsessive pursuits and human extremes. Skip if: You squirm at the sight of blood and gore. You are a traditionalist and [...]
Tagged as:
ABT,
Amy Westcott,
Andrew Weisblum,
Benjamin Millepied,
Black Swan,
Clint Mansell,
Darren Aronofsky,
David Stein,
Mary Helen Bowers,
Matthew Libatique,
Mila Kunis,
Natalie Portman,
Nina Sayers,
NYCB,
SAB,
School of American Ballet,
Swan Lake,
Thérèse DePrez,
The Joffrey,
Thomas Leroy,
Tora Peterson,
Vincent Cassel,
Winona Ryder,
Yumiko
by Emilia on June 24, 2010
In addition to boosting their presence on social media channels like Facebook and Twitter, leading ballet companies have also taken to blogging regularly. Company blogs have radically changed the face of communication within the arts sector. Before them organisations were more dependent on regular media/art pages to pick up on their stories but now they [...]
Tagged as:
Ask Colin,
Australian Ballet,
Behind Ballet,
Blogs,
BRB,
City Brights,
Davit Karapetyan,
Dusty Button,
J Pointe,
MCB,
Miami City Ballet,
Open Studio 455,
Ricardo Bustamante,
San Francisco Ballet,
SFB,
Social Media,
The Joffrey,
Tokyo Ballet,
Touring Blog,
Vanessa Zahorian,
Yuko Tanaka
by Linda on November 27, 2009
Is this ballet for you? Go if: For the past few years you have overdosed on too many Nutcrackers and would like to see something different. You are dreaming of a White Christmas, sleigh bells in the snow, etc. Skip if: Cute and/or nostalgic Edwardian Christmases are not your thing. Background British ballet owes a [...]
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ABT,
Anna Pavlova,
Ashton,
Blue Boy,
Christmas Ballet,
Constant Lambert,
Elizabeth Miller,
Giacomo Meyerbeer,
Harold Turner,
June Brae,
L'Etoile du Nord,
Le Prophète,
Les Patineurs,
Light & Fluffy,
Margot Fonteyn,
Marie Rambert,
Mary Honer,
One act,
Pamela May,
Richard Bonynge,
Robert Helpmann,
Sarasota Ballet,
The Joffrey,
William Chappell
