Last year, in this post on the future of dance criticism, we wrote about the need for critics to embrace web 2.0 and social media, to engage with the online dance community and attract new readers. Among examples of writers who are using these new channels, we mentioned leading UK dance critic Ismene Brown and [...]
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The Future of Dance Criticism
by Guest on November 1, 2011
Social Media and the Arts
by Emilia & Linda on June 15, 2011
Last month we took part in B.Hive Club’s “Live in the Lounge” series, talking about how ballet and the arts in general can benefit from a presence in social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.), as well as the latest that the ballet blogosphere has to offer to enrich one’s personal experience of the art [...]
Tagged as: Alice in Twitterland, Arts appreciation, Arts Organizations, Ballet, Facebook, Social Media, Such Tweet Sorrow, Twitter, Twitter Opera, YouTube
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
10 Things We Love About British Ballet
by Emilia & Linda on May 4, 2011
Below is an extract of our first guest post for Behind Ballet, with our pick of the best in British ballet right now. In case you didn’t know, Behind Ballet is the official blog of The Australian Ballet. They are one of our very favorites amongst company blogs. We have said of them before: “from [...]
Tagged as: Behind Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Choreographers, Guest Blog Post, Guest Post, Kenneth MacMillan, Lauren Cuthbertson, Rambert Dance Company, Social Media, Steven McRae, The Australian Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Twitter, Wayne McGregor
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
Ballet Rocks at Move It Show
by Emilia & Linda on March 12, 2011
The Move It show is the UK’s biggest dance event featuring live performances, dance classes, competitions, exhibition stands and interviews. The show attracts over 20,000 dance fans over three days and offers you the opportunity to create “your ideal day of dance“. Move It’s 6th edition opened yesterday in London. This year we are participating [...]
Tagged as: Ballet Rocks, Bennet Gartside, Big Sofa Interview, Blogosphere, dance, Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game, Kristen McNally, London, Move It, Move It Show 2011, Social Media, Thomas Whitehead, Twitter
