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…
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…
Book – Daria Klimentova – Agony and Ecstasy: My Life in Dance
“Vadim was the first partner to make me feel like I was 16, even though I was approaching 40 when we first danced together.”
Nadia Nerina and Isabel Rawsthorne exhibitions at the Royal Opera House
Rawsthorne was painted by André Derain and Pablo Picasso, and later by Francis Bacon. She was the inspiration for Alberto Giacometti’s etiolated sculptures of walking figures…
Andrej Uspenski, pictures from his book ‘Dancers: Behind the Scenes at The Royal Ballet’
Some images from Andrej’s book to wet your appetite, all courtesy of Oberon Books. Based on these we very much look forward to reviewing the book…
Happy Birthday Nina Ananiashvili
A tribute to Nina Ananiashvili – with personal memories – on her 50th birthday.
Juliet Burnett on the dancing life – “You’re thinking too much”
“You’re thinking too much” – This is an accusation often directed at me. If it were a medical condition, it might be called Terminal Over-Analysis, or Deep Thought Thrombosis…
What do Lighting and Set Designers do?
Jann Parry reports on a recent workshop seminar where 4 lighting and set designers talked about what they do…
Paris Opera Ballet – Giselle – Sydney
During the season, and over five nights, I saw each of the five Giselles – Dorothee Gilbert, Myriam Ould-Braham, Ludmila Pagliero, Isabelle Ciaravola and Melanie Hurel, and four Albrechts…
Why it’s HOT to TROCK – 5 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo ballerinas reveal all
On the eve of a UK tour 5 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo ballerinas reveal all…
DVD – Sensuality & Nationalism in Romantic Ballet
This is not by any means a DVD for casual viewing, but for the serious student of ballet it provides a concise and fascinating understanding of the key components of Romantic Ballet, hugely enhanced by the opportunity to see a group of restaged dances from that era that have not been seen before…
2012 Dance Memories – London
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year…
23rd International Ballet Festival of Havana, 2012
The festival was as intensive as ever, with three performances running on seven days, four on one day, some concurrently. The range and quality of dance overall was impressive.
Australian Ballet – Rachel Rawlins and Colin Peasley bid farewell
Rawlins, 39, shared the numerous curtain calls with Colin Peasley, who must surely have broken some records for the longest full-time dancing career with one ballet company in history. His first appearance with the Australian Ballet was in Swan Lake in November 1962…
Remembering Peter Darrell – Scotland’s Dance Pioneer (1929-1987)
As Clement Crisp wrote after Darrell’s death: ‘His ballets are true and fascinating mirrors of their age’. Timing a revival is always tricky. Would we want to see his Beatles ballet, Mods and Rockers (1963), again?
Book – Frederick Ashton’s Ballets by Geraldine Morris
What would he himself make of this book, I wonder? He’d be amazed, I should think, by the amount of detail he’d find, and possibly surprised by some of it…
Natalia Makarova Honoured at The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honours
The Honors are America’s highest award for those whose creative triumphs influenced and enhanced American culture. This is a celebration of their outstanding careers and extraordinary talents and appreciation of their unyielding commitment and contribution to the arts.
What’s the thing about Ballroom? The International Ballroom Dancing Championships 2012
DanceTabs concentrates on dance on stage, like critics do… but dance has a whole other persona in its ballroom guise and never the twain really meet. We wanted to know more and Vikki Jane Vile kindly gives us an insight, attending one of the major ballroom championships…
Works & Process at the Guggenheim – Royal Danish Ballet’s new La Bayadere – New York
Hubbe – handsome and captivating as ever in tight black jeans and an Errol Flynn mustache – assured the Works and Process audience that the famously elegiac Shades scene has not been tampered with…
DVD – German Lineage in Modern Dance
This is not a DVD for casual enjoyment but it is a must-buy for anyone enthused by dance tradition and culture, students and teachers of contemporary dance and anyone with a strong academic interest…
