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Who is leaving and who is joining The Royal New Zealand Ballet, announced at last

January 13, 2018 – 6:46 am

After a string of news stories by New Zealand reporters, posts by Australian dance bloggers, and the intervention of the

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Bryan Ashbridge, Francesco Ventriglia, Grand Rapids Ballet, James Sofranko, Laura McQueen Schultz, Nick Schultz, Patricia Barker, Russell Kerr, Strength & Grace, The Piano: the ballet, The Royal New Zealand Ballet | Comments (0)

2016: The past, the present, and a very big challenge of the future

January 3, 2016 – 1:13 pm

A hundred years ago the Ziegfeld Follies opened on Broadway with Bachelor Days, a vaudeville show that included a song

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Arthur Pita, Ballets Russes, Bolshoi Babylon, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Cacti, Dieter Graefe, Fearful Symmetries, Forgotten Land, Giselle, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Ismene Brown, Jiri Kylian, Johann Kobborg, John Adams, John Cranko, John Macfarlane, La Scala, Leonard Bernstein, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Lowell Liebermann, Lucy Moore, Makhar Vaziev, Mark Franchetti, Max Weber, Natalia Osipova, Nick Read, Paul Taylor, Peter Martins, Queensland Ballet, Reid Anderson, Richard Buckle, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Sadlers Wells, San Francisco Ballet, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Filin, Sergei Polunin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Stuttgart Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Tamara Rojo, Tamas Detrich, Till Eulenspiegel, Vaslav Nijinsky, Vitesse, Vladimir Urin, William Forsythe, World Ballet Day, Ziegfield Follies | Comments (0)

A story behind the story of Flesh and Bone

May 30, 2015 – 1:10 pm

If the title of the show doesnâ€™t tell us enough then the poster does. The dancer, as you can see,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet School, Black Swan, Dimitri Kleioris, Flesh and Bone, Gary Harris, Irina Dvorovenko, Moira Walley-Beckett, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Sarah Hay, Sasha Radetsky, The McDonald College of the Performimg Arts, The Red Shoes, Vicki Attard | Comments (0)

New Zealand ballet and the Italian Connection

September 15, 2014 – 11:55 am

Thanks to the Encyclopedia of New Zealand I discovered that a 19th-century promoter of Italian immigration pointed out that New

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Andrew Simmons, Don Quixote, Francesco Ventriglia, Gary Harris, Johan Kobborg, Liam Scarlett, MaggioDanza, Neil Ieremia, Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet | Comments (0)

Ethan Stiefel’s three-year itch for his first love, Manhattan

March 20, 2014 – 8:51 am

The dancer and artistic director, Ethan Stiefel, the two movies – Centre Stage and Black Swan – and a new

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Ben Daniels, Black Swan, Centre Stage, Damon Herriman, Flesh and Bone, Gary Harris, Gillian Murphy, Irina Dvorovenko, Josh Helman, Kage, Matz Skoog, Poul Gnatt, Raychel Diane Weiner, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Kerr, Sarah Hay, Sascha Radetsky | Comments (0)

The hard slog to success: one dancer’s story

October 23, 2013 – 4:36 am

Finding a job as a dancer in todayâ€™s economic conditions is extremely difficult. There are so few contracts and so

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Billy Elliot, Boston Ballet, Brent Street, Christine Keith, Davis Robertson, George de la Pena, Joffrey School, Matthew Slattery, Mikko Nissinin, Robert Ray, Royal New Zealand Ballet, The McDonald College of the Performimg Arts | Comments (0)

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, Alina Cojocaru, Allegro Brillante, Andrew Simmons, Antony Tudor, Australian Ballet, Banderillero, Benjamin Millepied, Bier Hallle, Christopher Gable, Coppelia, Daniel Belton, 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 House that Gnatt Built: RNZ Ballet at 60

August 1, 2013 – 12:56 pm

The Royal New Zealand Ballet has marked its sixth decade with a new book celebrating its history. The Royal New

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anne Rowse, Ashley Killar, Australian Ballet, Australian Ballet School, Borovansky Ballet, Bryan Ashbridge, Dorothea Ashbridge, Gary Harris, Harry Haythorne, Jennifer Shennan, Matz Skoog, Philip Chatfield, Poul Gnatt, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Kerr, Una Kai, Victoria University Press | Comments (0)

Nigel Gaynor on conducting for ballet

February 11, 2013 – 3:22 am

Here’s an interesting interview with Nigel Gaynor, the new music director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. He talks about

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Jack Lanchbury, Nigel Gaynor, Royal New Zealand Ballet | Comments (0)

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, Alina Cojocaru, Amber Scott, Aurelie Dupont, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Daria Klimentova, Dunas, English National Ballet, Ezio Frigerio, Franca Squarcipapino, Francois Klaus, Garry Stewart, Giselle, Hamburg Ballet, Ivan Vasilev, Jiri Kylian, Johan Kobborg, John Neumeier, Larissa McGowan, Li Cunxin, Maria PagÃ©s, Marie-AgnÃ¨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)

Tag Archives: Ethan Stiefel

Who is leaving and who is joining The Royal New Zealand Ballet, announced at last

2016: The past, the present, and a very big challenge of the future

A story behind the story of Flesh and Bone

New Zealand ballet and the Italian Connection

Ethan Stiefel’s three-year itch for his first love, Manhattan

The hard slog to success: one dancer’s story

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2014 season

The House that Gnatt Built: RNZ Ballet at 60

Nigel Gaynor on conducting for ballet

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

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