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UK National Choreographers’ Conference 2013
UK National Choreographers’ Conference 2013 – Laura Dodge with a report on an important event in what must sometimes feel like the worlds loneliest profession…
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Slava Samodurov: bringing Yekaterinburg Ballet in from the cold
Graham Watts braved 21 hours of flights and missed connections just to spend a night at the Yekaterinburg Opera House followed by a meeting with its new(ish) Director of Ballet, Slava Samodurov, a former Principal at The Royal Ballet…
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American Ballet Theatre – Spring Gala – New York
Symphony in C, a luminous outpouring of legs and arms, crisp geometries, bobbing rhythms, and articulate patter-like conversations for the feet, is a vivid reminder of why one goes to the ballet at all. Luminosity and classical logic, laced with wit and intelligence.
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Northern Ballet – The Great Gatsby – London
The ballet succeeds most in its incidental scenes – though everything is presented fortissimo. Most clever is the way in which Nixon depicts Myrtle and George Wilson …The performances of Benjamin Mitchell and Victoria Sibson were the strongest of the evening.
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City Center – On Your Toes – New York
Along the way, the show strings together some memorably ravishing songs and knock-out dance numbers while having fun…
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Smuin Ballet – Chants d’Auvergne, Petal, Jazzin’ – San Francisco
The Smuin Ballet’s current season, Spring Bouquet, has one remarkable flower at its center. The ballet’s title, Petal, hardly does it justice in this metaphor since the work is far beyond the sum of its botanical parts.
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Gallery – Alina Cojocaru Gala – Preparations and Rehearsals
Picture above is from Dave Morgan: Alina Cojocaru Gala – Preparations and Rehearsals – 30 pictures These are pics of the preparations and practise runs in the afternoon before the show. Many thanks…
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Royal Danish Ballet – La Ventana, Kermesse in Bruges – Copenhagen
In fact delight was the keynote of the whole evening …I was very happy to see the whole company reclaiming their ‘joy in dancing’, the Bournonville essence which is fundamentally what keeps these old ballets alive.
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Boston Ballet – Chroma, Serenade, Symphony in C – Boston
Chroma: Perhaps it’s meant as a kind of sherbet to clear the palate between the Balanchine pieces… In short, I found the ballet dazzling but soulless.
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New York City Ballet – Spring Gala with Wheeldon premiere – New York
But ‘A Place for Us’ (new Wheeldon) feels like a bauble, not quite a jewel.
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Royal Ballet – Hansel and Gretel – London
It is a mixed experience: too long and overworked in places, a dark vision, unevenly realised, with some striking and chilling moments.
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San Francisco Ballet – Cinderella (another look with different casts) – San Francisco
Christopher Wheeldon’s new Cinderella for San Francisco Ballet is spied in 2 more casts by Aimée Tsao. Some nice dancing but still rather an OTT Broadway-style extravaganza.
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ZooNation – Some Like It Hip Hop – London
The title of Kate Prince’s latest extravaganza is way too modest. On the basis of the universal adulation pouring from this audience, not just at the end but throughout the show, it would appear that EVERYONE likes it hip hop.
English National Ballet – New Choreographers and New Music – Choreographics, A Letter To…
English National Ballet dancers turn choreographers when five of them get a chance to create new works in collaboration with students from the Royal College of Music…
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May 17, 2013Gallery – Rambert in an Evening of New Choreography
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May 13, 2013
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May 8, 2013
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May 5, 2013
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April 25, 2013
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May 15, 2013American Ballet Theatre – Spring Gala – New York
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May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 14, 2013
Smuin Ballet – Chants d’Auvergne, Petal, Jazzin’ – San Francisco
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May 12, 2013
Royal Danish Ballet – La Ventana, Kermesse in Bruges – Copenhagen
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May 16, 2013Slava Samodurov: bringing Yekaterinburg Ballet in from the cold
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May 6, 2013
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May 5, 2013
Sarah Crompton, writer & editor, on her book: ‘Sadler’s Wells – Dance House’
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May 1, 2013
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March 25, 2013
Toba Singer, writer, on Fernando Alonso – The Father Of Cuban Ballet
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May 17, 2013UK National Choreographers’ Conference 2013
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May 16, 2013
Slava Samodurov: bringing Yekaterinburg Ballet in from the cold
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April 23, 2013
Book – Daria Klimentova – Agony and Ecstasy: My Life in Dance
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April 10, 2013
Nadia Nerina and Isabel Rawsthorne exhibitions at the Royal Opera House
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April 5, 2013
Andrej Uspenski, pictures from his book ‘Dancers: Behind the Scenes at The Royal Ballet’
