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Benjamin Millepied: A stranger in his own land

February 8, 2016 – 1:24 pm

When Brigitte LefÃ¨vre prepared for her retirement as director of the Paris Opera Ballet, she made it known that her

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker, Antony Tudor, Arthur Pita, Aurelie Dupont, Batsheva Dance Company, Benjamin Millepied, Bolshoi Ballet, Brigitte LefÃ¨vre, Carolyn Carson, Deborah MacMillan, Edouard Lock, English National Ballet, George Balanchine, George Skibine, Giselle, Ivan Clustine, Jerome Robbins, John Neumeier, John Taras, Josua Hoffalt, Kenneth MacMillan, La Bayadere, Laurent Hilaire, Liam Scarlett, Maguy Marin, Maurice Bejart, Natalie Portman, New York City Ballet, Ohad Naharin, Paris Opera Ballet, Patrick Dupond, Pina Bausch, Roland Petit, Romeo & Juliet, Rosella Hightower, Ross Stretton, Royal Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev, School of American Ballet, Serge Lifar, Sidi Larbi Cheraoui, Stephane Lissner, Violette Verdy, William Forsythe | Comments (2)

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 Alina Cojocaru, American Ballet Theatre, Anita Singh, Arionel Vargas, Daria Klimentova, Dawid Trzensimiech, Dmitri Gruzdyev, English National Ballet, Johan Kobborg, Kevin McKenzie, Royal Ballet, Tamara Rojo, Vadim Muntagirov, Wayne Eagling, Zdenek Konvalina | Comments (1)

Q & A with Ratmansky

May 28, 2013 – 9:17 pm

With the Bolshoi Ballet’s season in Australia to open tomorrow, I spoke a week ago on the phone to Alexei

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Cinderella, Davd McAllister, Jerome Kapla, The Bright Stream | Comments (4)

The many lives of the Corsaire pas de deux

April 3, 2013 – 8:57 pm

The pas de deux in Le Corsaire is one of the most famous moments in the classical ballet repertoire, yet

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Aggripina Vaganova, Alexei Ratmansky, Bolshoi Ballet, Joseph Mazilier, Jules Perrot, Margot Fonteyn, Mariiinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Samuil Andrianv | Comments (1)

The law of unforeseen consequences unfolds at the Bolshoi Ballet

March 10, 2013 – 11:13 am

Many years ago a newspaper editor introduced me to the “law of unforeseen consequencesâ€. It’s a distant cousin of Murphyâ€™s

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anzhelina Vorontsova, Bolshoi Ballet, Clement Crisp, Diamonds, Jewels, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Pavel Dmitrichenko, Sergei Filin, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (1)

Nureyev in Le Corsaire: “Choreographed on him by God”

January 6, 2013 – 6:56 am

Itâ€™s 20 years today since Rudolf Nureyev died at Notre Dame du PerpÃ©tuel Secours hospital in Paris. The time of

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Agrippina Vaganova, Alexander Chekrygin, Alexei Ratmansky, Alistair Macaulay, Drigo, Ezio Frigerio, Joseph Mazilier, Juiie Kavanagh, Jules Perrot, Margot Fonteyn, Marius Petipa, Nikolai Zubkovsky, Robert Greskovic, Rudolf Nureyev, Samuil Andrianov | Comments (0)

Spring in the steppes of the Bolshoi Ballet

November 19, 2012 – 9:21 am

THE Greek god of music, poetry and sun wore a dusting of white. Overnight, the snow had fallen on Apollo’s

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexii Ratmansky, Bolshoi Ballet, David Hallberg, Ivan Vasiliev, Jorma Elo, Mats Ek, Mikhailovsky Theatre, Nacho Duato, Natalia Osipova, Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Pina Bausch, Sergei Filin, The Bright Stream, Wayne McGregor | Comments (1)

Bolshoi Ballet to return to Australia in 2013

October 31, 2012 – 2:13 am

The Bolshoi Ballet will tour to Australia next year for a season at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane,

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Andrew Guild, Bolshoi Ballet, Ian McRae, Leo Schofield, Michael Edgley, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, The Bright Stream | Comments (3)

Clap your hands folks, here come the Russians

September 4, 2011 – 10:51 pm

When Anna Pavlova visited Australia in 1929 (two years before she died), she began her tour in Townsville then travelled

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Bolero, Can Can, Don Quixote, Giselle, Igor Moiseyev's Folk Dance, Imperial Russian Ballet, the Dying Swan | Comments (6)

Tag Archives: Le Corsaire

Benjamin Millepied: A stranger in his own land

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

Q & A with Ratmansky

The many lives of the Corsaire pas de deux

The law of unforeseen consequences unfolds at the Bolshoi Ballet

Nureyev in Le Corsaire: “Choreographed on him by God”

Spring in the steppes of the Bolshoi Ballet

Bolshoi Ballet to return to Australia in 2013

Clap your hands folks, here come the Russians

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