by Linda on April 6, 2010
While full length pieces such as Mayerling, Manon, Anastasia and Romeo and Juliet invite reflection on MacMillan’s recurring theme of the Outsider, a mixed bill of his one act ballets, such as the Royal Ballet’s latest, gives audiences a chance to shift focus and contemplate MacMillan’s wide range. From academic classical to modern ballet, from [...]
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Alaskan Rag,
Carlos Acosta,
Concerto,
Edward Watson,
Elite Syncopations,
Foreman,
Johannes Stepanek,
Kenneth MacMillan,
Leanne Benjamin,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Michael Stojko,
Review,
Rupert Pennefather,
Scott Joplin,
Steven McRae,
The Judas Tree,
Thiago Soares,
Yuhui Choe
by Linda on December 15, 2009
In their final programme of the year The Royal Ballet celebrates Sir Frederick Ashton, the founder choreographer who gave this company a wonderful classical repertory and British ballet a defining style. Initially I thought of this double bill as a case of odd pairing since, on one corner, appealing to the Ashton addicts and older [...]
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Ashton,
Bennet Gartside,
Blue Boy,
Cindy Jourdain,
Clement Crisp,
Gary Avis,
Hunca Munca,
Jonathan Howells,
Kenta Kura,
Laura McCulloch,
Laura Morera,
Les Patineurs,
Mr. Jeremy Fisher,
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle,
Paul Kay,
Pig-Wig,
Pigling Bland,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sarah Lamb,
Squirrel Nutkin,
Steven McRae,
Tales of Beatrix Potter,
Tom Thumb,
Yuhui Choe
by Linda on December 3, 2009
Christmas season is definitely upon London, with decorative lights on the streets, people rushing to buy presents, chilly mornings and, ballet-wise, the possibility of finishing off the day with The Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker now in its 25th season. Sir Peter Wright’s staging sticks to the original Hoffmann story where Drosselmeyer’s nephew Hans-Peter has been cursed [...]
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Brian Maloney,
Christmas,
Clara,
Drosselmeyer,
E.T.A Hoffmann,
full-length,
Hans-Peter,
Kevin Emerton,
Land of Sweets,
Leanne Cope,
Lev Ivanov,
Ludovic Ondiviela,
Mouse King,
Paul Kay,
Petipa,
Review,
Roberta Marquez,
Russian Dance,
Sir Peter Wright,
Stahlbaum,
Steven McRae,
Sugar Plum Fairy,
Tchaikovsky,
The Nutcracker,
Will Tuckett,
Yuhui Choe
by Linda on November 7, 2009
Triple bills are a great opportunity to discover rarer ballets along with new works, an essential ingredient in preserving the future of this art form. The Royal Ballet’s latest features a modern and sizzling combination well suited to those seeking refuge from an evening of tutus and tiaras. It opens with Agon, Balanchine’s iconic work [...]
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2009-2010 Season,
Agon,
Balanchine,
Bill Cooper,
Brian Maloney,
Carlos Acosta,
Edward Watson,
Eric Underwood,
Glen Tetley,
Hikaru Kobayashi,
Johan Kobborg,
Kaija Saariaho,
Limen,
Lucy Carter,
Mara Galeazzi,
Marianela Nuñez,
Melissa Hamilton,
Notes of Light,
One act,
Paul Kay,
Review,
Royal Ballet,
Rupert Pennefather,
Sarah Lamb,
Sphinx,
Steven McRae,
Tatsuo Miyajima,
Triple Bill,
Valeri Hristov,
Wayne McGregor,
Yuhui Choe
by Emilia on November 3, 2009
When the Mariinsky brought their Soviet Beauty to London this summer I left wishing I could have seen their lovely Aurora Evgenia Obraztsova in a more agreeable production. I think the Lilac Fairy must have heard my wishes, for they came true last Saturday: Evgenia was back in London guesting in The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping [...]
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Akane Takada,
Aurora,
Carabosse,
David Makhateli,
Florestan Pas de Trois,
Kristen McNally,
Laura McCulloch,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Prince Desiré,
Prince Florimund,
Review,
Sleeping Beauty,
Xander Parish,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuhui Choe
by Emilia on July 3, 2009
The 2008/2009 Royal Ballet season was filled with golden tickets, but which acts made the Bag Ladies tick the most? As we gear up to restock for the new season (tickets go on public sale in 2 weeks), see our top dancers & top dances below and feel free to use the comment form to [...]
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2008-2009 Season,
ABT,
Alexandra Ansanelli,
Alina Cojocaru,
Awards,
Carlos Acosta,
Dances at a Gathering,
Daniel Ulbricht,
Edward Watson,
Giselle,
Isabel McMeekan,
Jerome Robbins,
Johan Kobborg,
Louise Nadeau,
Marcelo Gomes,
Marianela Nuñez,
Mariinsky,
Melissa Hamilton,
NYCB,
Royal Ballet,
Sergei Polunin,
Sir Peter Wright,
Steven McRae,
Tamara Rojo,
Tiler Peck,
Tina LeBlanc,
Veronika Part,
Vladimir Shklyarov,
Yevgenia Obraztsova,
Yuhui Choe
