American Ballet Theatre – A Month in the Country premiere and bill – New York
Has there ever been a more sensitive, sympathetic chronicler of that inner flutter brought on by the onset of love than Frederick Ashton? It seems unlikely, on the evidence of ABT’s premiere of A Month in the Country…
Eifman Ballet – Rodin – San Francisco
The choreography looks like a steroid-fueled hybrid of Graham-based agony and the precision and fluidity of classical ballet. …nothing succeeds like excess…
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…
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.
Sarah Crompton, writer & editor, on her book: ‘Sadler’s Wells – Dance House’
5 Questions to Sarah Crompton about her new book “Sadler’s Wells – Dance House”
London Children’s Ballet – The Secret Garden – London
This is the 19th LCB production and a remarkable total of 7,500 children have auditioned over this time, with just 669 making it into the company…
Christopher Wheeldon – Choreographer
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is currently at the San Francisco Ballet preparing for the American premiere of his Cinderella. He has a rehearsal in forty-five minutes so we quickly set off to discuss his latest full-length ballet and many other things…
The Royal Ballet – Draft Works, Spring 2013 – London
The most unexpectedly delightful piece for me, and one looking rounded and finished in its 10 minutes, came from Mayuri Boonham… She joined Indian and ballet traditions…
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.”
Royal Ballet – Mayerling – London
Watson’s Rudolf is at the end of his tether: sex is a drug, suicide his only release. …This formidable cast will be seen in a live cinema screening from the Royal Opera House on 13 June.
English National Ballet – Ecstasy and Death bill – London
Rojo has declared that her ambition as artistic director of ENB is to make audiences hold their breath. I certainly did during Le Jeune Homme et la Mort…
American Ballet Theatre – Hong Kong Arts Festival Season – Hong Kong
The season began with a high-energy mixed bill which showed the company on sparkling form.
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…
Mikhailovsky Ballet – Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness – London, Coliseum
His choreography is busy, occasionally predictable, but more often inventive, strong on musicality and both remarkably fluid and emotionally charged; stretching the dancers both literally and in terms of their artistic diversity.
Natalia Osipova to join The Royal Ballet
Full press release, plus useful resource links, pictures and a video to remind us all why she is so good…
Royal Ballet – La Bayadere – London
First thing to say is that it’s a peach of a production, coherent, dramatically satisfying… It still feels fresh and vibrant… The three leads did well… Elsewhere it was a mix of good and ragged steps…
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…
