by Emilia on July 21, 2011
I arrived in New York last week just in time to catch the Mariinsky Ballet‘s last performance of The Little Humpbacked Horse, as well as an evening programme of Symphony in C paired with Alonso’s Carmen (but more on that later). The Little Humpbacked Horse combines a delightful (even hummable) score by Rodion Shchedrin with a captivating [...]
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Alexander Sergeyev,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Somova,
Anastasia Petushkova,
Andrei Ivanov,
Anna Karenina,
Chamberlain,
Grigory Popov,
Islom Baimuradov,
Ivan,
Light & Fluffy,
Light and Fluffy,
Lincoln Center,
Mariinsky,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Sea Princess,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
Tsar Maiden,
US Tour,
Vasily Tkachenko,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yevgenia Obraztsova
by Emilia on July 11, 2011
Is this ballet for you? Go if: you like coming of age stories, where the male hero has to overcome various obstacles, preferably dancing plenty of virtuoso steps along the way (in fact, all three main characters have challenging steps to negotiate). Do not be put off by the weird title: The Little Humpbacked Horse [...]
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Alexander Gorsky,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Somova,
Arthur Saint-Leon,
Cesare Pugni,
Chamberlain,
Imperial Ballet,
Ivan,
Ivanushka,
Light & Fluffy,
Light and Fluffy,
Mariinsky,
Marius Petipa,
Maya Plisetskaya,
Petipa,
Radunsky,
Ratmansky,
Riccardo Drigo,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Russian Folk Tales,
The Firebird,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
Tsar Maiden,
Viktoria Tereshkina,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Vladimir Vasiliev,
Yekaterina Kondaurova,
Yuri Smekalov
by Emilia & Linda on March 10, 2011
Is Alexei Ratmansky the busiest ballet choreographer in the world? ABT has just announced he is undertaking a new version of The Firebird, while the Paris Opera Ballet has also confirmed a brand new Ratmansky of its own: Psyché, with music by Cesar Franck (well-known to ballet lovers from his Symphonic Variations). This short work [...]
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Alexei Ratmansky,
Anna Karenina,
Bolshoi,
Don Quichot,
Don Quixote,
Lincoln Center Festival,
Lost Illusions,
Mariinsky,
Mariinsky Tour 2011,
National Ballet of Canada,
On the Dnieper,
Paris Opera Ballet,
Psyché,
Romeo and Juliet,
The Little Humpbacked Horse
by Emilia & Linda on December 31, 2010
It was a rollercoaster of a year for us. Topics like Black Swan, Jennifer Homans’s Apollo’s Angels and #Sugarplumgate kept us on our toes and led to interesting discussions and exchanges via social media channels. From an audience perspective we were curious to explore different productions and companies, so we traveled to Copenhagen, Tokyo and [...]
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Akane Takada,
Alexei Ratmansky,
Alina Cojocaru,
As One,
Asphodel Meadows,
Balanchine,
Bolshoi,
Bournonville,
Coppélia,
Emmanuel Thibault,
Giselle,
Johan Kobborg,
Jonathan Watkins,
La Sylphide,
Liam Scarlett,
Mariinsky,
Natalia Osipova,
Onegin,
Paquita,
Pierre Lacotte,
RDB,
Roberta Marquez,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Danish Ballet,
Russian Seasons,
Steven McRae,
Susanne Grinder,
Symphony in C,
The Little Humpbacked Horse
by Emilia on January 12, 2010
New year, time to update our calendars and balletic schedules. In this post we share our essential ballet picks for 2010. With many of our favourite dances and dancers, plus so many companies stopping by London, we are feeling like seven-year-olds at large in a candy store. The difference being that ballet candy is somewhat [...]
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Ballet Nacional de Cuba,
Bolshoi,
BRB,
Chroma,
Cinderella,
Electric Counterpoint,
Elite Syncopations,
ENB,
Infra,
Jonathan Watkins,
K-Ballet,
La Fille Mal Gardée,
La Sylphide,
Mara Galeazzi,
Mats Ek,
Mikhailovsky Theatre,
Miyako Yoshida,
Polina Semionova,
RDB,
Roberta Marquez,
Romeo and Juliet,
Royal Ballet,
Rushes,
Sadler's Wells,
Steven McRae,
Swan Lake,
Symphony in C,
Teddy Kumakawa,
The Judas Tree,
The Little Humpbacked Horse,
Tryst,
Watkins,
Wheeldon
