Saturday, 4 February 2012 Leave it all on the (dance) floor! Having observed classical and contemporary class (each counts for a quarter of the total score) the day prior, the Jury left the candidate...
The Prix de Lausanne is so much more than a ballet competition: it’s a huge celebration of dance that brings together artists from all around the world, including former Prix participants, staf...
Wednesday, 1 February 2012 Raymondas, Kitris, Basilios – OH MY! Temperatures in Lausanne dipped below zero today, but the competition at the Beaulieu Theater is heating up: only one more day until th...
The 40th Prix de Lausanne kicked off on Monday. During Prix week we are officially guest tweeting and reporting from the field for the @prixdelausanne Twitter account, while our colleagues at Dansoma...
Via Press Release, a statement from The Royal Ballet: Dame Monica Mason announced this afternoon that Principal Sergei Polunin has resigned from The Royal Ballet with immediate effect. Born in the Uk...
Ballet Black returns to the Linbury Studio Theatre this February with Short Dance Works, a mixed bill combining plotless pieces with a brand new 30-minute narrative ballet (their longest yet) choreog...
We’ve often said that surfers are to waves what dancers are to music (or was it the other way round?), so we were extremely interested to read, on sports & lifestyle webzine Lupita, about s...
Happy 2012 everyone! As we promised on Twitter, we are now back on blogging mode. You may have noticed that we haven’t been so active for the last few months. Even though we had an amazing year and h...
Happy new year everyone! Yesterday we tweeted about this great blog post from TenduTV citing globalization as one of ten dance buzzwords for 2012. In our first post of the year, guest blogger Wiebke ...
It is no secret that dancers and the people behind the curtain put in long hours to bring ballet to life. For us it’s always fascinating to hear what happens behind the scenes, from the histori...
Here’s a holiday special from our fab US-based guest blogger Brian Mengini: Christmas is a time for families to get together and celebrate; to enjoy each other and share in the love. But for mo...
With so many great stories lending themselves to ballet adaptations, one does wonder what has stopped the major ballet companies from putting out more narrative work? Is it Balanchine’s ghost? Lack o...
Sylvie Guillem was in Japan over a month ago for her Hope Japan tour. Over three weeks of sold-out performances across the nation, including stops in Fukushima and Iwate, two of the most devastated a...
The next edition of the Prix de Lausanne, the renowned international competition for young dancers, will take place from 29 January to 4 February, 2012 at the Théâtre de Beaulieu in Lausanne. This ye...
Tis the season to be jolly. Or is it? The end of the year is approaching and, while everyone is getting deep into Nutcracker mode, we are still mulling over a season of epic drama and tragic heroines...
Via Press Release: Choreographic creativity is the recurring theme of The Hamburg Ballet’s season 2011/2012. Liliom, a world premiere both in choreography and music, is John Neumeier’s new ball...
In a new guest blog US-based dance photographer Brian Mengini reports on BalletX’s recent season at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia. Brian had the opportunity to catch up with the company in ...
One of the highlights of National Ballet of Canada’s 60th anniversary season is a gorgeous new version of Romeo and Juliet by Alexei Ratmansky. Amongst the hottest classical choreographers in t...
Rambert Dance Company are in town until Saturday with a programme that contrasts childlike innocence with the heavy traumas and conflicts from Tennessee Williams’s adult universe. There is plen...
We have been busy guest blogging again this month: we interviewed Royal Ballet First Artist Claire Calvert for the Royal Opera House blog. The 23-year-old has recently landed such plum roles as Lesca...
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. A...
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You like soapy dramas complete with beautiful costumes and designs. One for opera lovers too, even if Verdi is not directly involved. Skip If: You have seen both Cranko...
Via Press Release: In 2012, Dance GB sees English National Ballet, National Dance Company Wales and Scottish Ballet celebrating the Olympics in a unique creative collaboration. Echoing the British Ol...
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You love classical ballet complete with fairy tale theme, tiaras, tutus, lavish décors and variations for almost every single dancer (and featuring every single ballet ...
At the heart of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s autumn season is a fabulous new triple bill celebrating British classical dance heritage, or what BRB principal Matthew Lawrence calls, in his latest b...
Via Press Release: Saint-Petersburg-based Eifman Ballet is to present two UK premieres by choreographer Boris Eifman at the London Coliseum in April 2012. Anna Karenina – Eifman’s dance drama adaptat...
Balanchine’s three-act ballet Jewels has become a global phenomenon. This autumn the ballet returns to New York City Ballet, the company for whom it was originally created (don’t miss this rece...
If you are in London this autumn, you should plan a visit to Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement currently on display at the Royal Academy. This wonderful exhibition, curated by Richard Kendall,...
World Premiere at the Peacock Theatre Award-winning dance company ZooNation presents Some Like it Hip Hop at The Peacock Theatre from 20 October to 19 November, following their critically acclaimed 2...
The Royal Opera House starts its 2011 – 2012 dance season with an unexpected new dance work: The Metamorphosis is the first collaboration between award-winning director and choreographer Arthur...
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