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Osipova’s “Pure Dance”

October 8, 2019 – 10:22 am

The American ballet critic, Arlene Croce, described Antony Tudorâ€™s ballet, The Leaves are Fading, as â€śa wistful attempt at a

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Antony Tudor, David Hallberg, Flutter, In Absentia, Jason Kittelberger, Johan Kobborg, Jonathan Goddard, Kim Brandstrup, Natalia Osipova, Pure Dance, Royal Ballet, Sadlers Wells, Six Years Later, The Leaves Are Fading, Valse Triste | Comments (0)

Ako Kondo as Giselle

May 5, 2019 – 10:40 am

From her first entrance as a young woman in love, until her last steps towards her grave, Ako Kondo was

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Australian Ballet, Chengwu Guo, Giselle | Comments (1)

A magic carpet ride through 2015

December 31, 2014 – 12:19 pm

I would, if I could, take a magic carpet ride to several continents and at least a dozen theatres to

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre, Andrew Simmons, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Ballets Russes, Bangarra Dance Theare, Brigitte LefĂ¨vre, Bye, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Christoher Wheeldon, Crystal Pite, Daniel Geller, David McAllister, Dayna Goldfine, Deborah Brown, DV8 Physical Theatre, Expressions Dance Company, Fille mal Gardee, Francis Rings, Fred Astaire, Frederick Ashton, Frederick Wiseman, Gene Kelly, Greg Horsman, Guilleme Cote, Hofesh Schechter, Hong Kong Ballet, I.B.I.S, In the Upper Room, Jiri Kylian, Johan Kobborg, Life in Progress, Lloyd Newson, Lore, Manon, Mark Morris Dance Group, Mats Ek, Merry Widow, Mozart Dances, Natalie Weir, Neil Ieremia, Paris Opera Ballet, Quintett, Royal Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Malliphant, Salute, Seven Deadly Sins, She Oak, Shostakovitch Trilogy, Sophie Fedorovitch, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Symphonic Variations, The Sleeping Beauty, Turandot, Twyla Tharp, Waangenga Blanco, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Woolf Works | Comments (0)

A chemistry lesson by Cojocaru and Kobborg

April 21, 2014 – 12:34 pm

Aristotle thought that the essence of theatrical tragedy is the empathic response of the audience who can feel the agony

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Australian Ballet, English Naational Ballet, Giselle, Johan Kobborg, Kenneth MacMillan, La Bayadere, Manon, Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Sylvie Guillem | Comments (0)

Cojocaru and Kobborg to guest with The Australian Ballet next month

March 3, 2014 – 4:55 am

Before Alina Cojocaru left the Royal Ballet she told me she felt constrained at Covent Garden and found solace as

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Hamburg Ballet, Herman Cornejo, Ismene Brown, Johan Kobborg, John Neumeier, Manon, Monica Mason, National Romanian Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, The Australian Ballet | Comments (0)

Muntagirov quits English National Ballet to become the youngest male principal at the Royal Ballet

January 28, 2014 – 5:22 am

When Wayne Eagling was artistic director of English National Ballet he feared that the young dancer he mentored, Vadim Muntagirov,

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Anita Singh, Arionel Vargas, Daria Klimentova, Dawid Trzensimiech, Dmitri Gruzdyev, English National Ballet, Johan Kobborg, Kevin McKenzie, Le Corsaire, Royal Ballet, Tamara Rojo, Vadim Muntagirov, Wayne Eagling, Zdenek Konvalina | Comments (1)

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2014 season

October 19, 2013 – 8:53 am

Early next year, Ethan Stiefel, the artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, will take his company back to

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged 28 Variations on a Theme of Paganini, A Christmas Carol, Allegro Brillante, Andrew Simmons, Antony Tudor, Australian Ballet, Banderillero, Benjamin Millepied, Bier Hallle, Christopher Gable, Coppelia, Daniel Belton, Ethan Stiefel, George Balanchine, Giselle, Javier de Frutos, Johan Kobborg, Kristian Fredrikson, Larry Keigwin, Les Lutins, Lez Brotherston, Little Improvisations, Massimo Mricone, Mattress Suite, Megalopolis, Northern Ballet Theatre, Of Days, Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Satellites, Sergei Polunin, Steven McRae | Comments (0)

The elusive first position in ballet: a race that can never be truly won

August 24, 2013 – 10:15 am

by Annie Carroll It must be nice to finish first in a race. I imagine that each time Michael Phelps

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Royal Ballet School, Tamara Rojo | Comments (2)

Here’s to 2013, not forgetting the best moments of 2012

December 31, 2012 – 9:12 am

With the Paris Opera Ballet in Sydney in January/February and the Bolshoi Ballet in Brisbane in May/June, 2013 is set

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged 6000 Miles Away, Amber Scott, Aurelie Dupont, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Daria Klimentova, Dunas, English National Ballet, Ethan Stiefel, Ezio Frigerio, Franca Squarcipapino, Francois Klaus, Garry Stewart, Giselle, Hamburg Ballet, Ivan Vasilev, Jiri Kylian, Johan Kobborg, John Neumeier, Larissa McGowan, Li Cunxin, Maria PagĂ©s, Marie-AgnĂ¨s Gillot, Mathieu Ganio, Midsummer Night's Dream, Monument, Natalia Osipova, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Nijinsky, Paris Opera Ballet, Paul Lightfoot, Queensland Ballet, Robyn White, Sergei Polunin, Stephen Baynes, Swan Lake, Sydney Opera House, Sylvie Guillem, Thiago Bordin, Un Ballo, Vadim Muntagirov, Wayne Eagling, West Australian Ballet | Comments (2)

The course of true love does run smooth as Neumeierâ€™s dream team works its magic

September 2, 2012 – 12:33 pm

Just four years into his four-decade long artistic directorship of the Hamburg Ballet, John Neumeier created A Midsummer Nightâ€™s Dream.

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Alexandr Trusch, Anna Laudere, Carsten Jung, Eduardo Bertini, Edvin Revazov, Hamburg Ballet, John Neumeier, Jurgen Rose, Kiran West, Konstantin Tselikov, Leslie Heylmann, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Simon Hewett, Thiago Bordin | Comments (1)

Tag Archives: Alina Cojocaru

Osipova’s “Pure Dance”

Ako Kondo as Giselle

A magic carpet ride through 2015

A chemistry lesson by Cojocaru and Kobborg

Cojocaru and Kobborg to guest with The Australian Ballet next month

Muntagirov quits English National Ballet to become the youngest male principal at the Royal Ballet

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2014 season

The elusive first position in ballet: a race that can never be truly won

Here’s to 2013, not forgetting the best moments of 2012

The course of true love does run smooth as Neumeierâ€™s dream team works its magic

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