The Bolshoi Ballet is returning to Australia in winter with two ballets, George Balanchine’s Jewels and Yury Grigorovich’s Spartacus. The
There were at least two compelling reasons to see the Bolshoi Ballet’s performance of Balanchine’s Jewels, filmed in Moscow last
Leo Schofield writes for dancelines from London “It’s unspeakably bad for so many reasons that the injured Bolshoi Ballet director
Many years ago a newspaper editor introduced me to the “law of unforeseen consequences”. It’s a distant cousin of Murphy’s
When the veteran dance critic, Clement Crisp, writes that he is “dazzled” by a dancer’s presence and describes her manner
I’m anticipating a happy new dance year with the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Australian Ballet, the 60th anniversary of
Fashions in ballet costumes change slowly but you only need to look at tutus as they have evolved from the
Ballet flats have been a fashion staple ever since Audrey Hepburn danced through Paris in the movie, Funny Face. The
by Meredith Brooks George Balanchine’s full evening work Jewels, first staged complete in 1967, is now in the repertoire of