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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 Alina Cojocaru, Hamburg Ballet, Herman Cornejo, Ismene Brown, Johan Kobborg, John Neumeier, Manon, National Romanian Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, The Australian Ballet | Comments (0)

Reflections on Dancing as Darcey’s Double

July 16, 2013 – 1:12 pm

by Annie Carroll The corridors of Covent Gardenâ€™s Royal Opera House are dimly lit and angular. One is never quite

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Annie Carroll, Darcey Bussell, Marianela Nunez, Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet School, The Sleeping Beauty | Comments (2)

In the northern summer, Australian dancers on the move

July 16, 2012 – 2:01 pm

When the holiday season begins in the northern hemisphere, dance companies begin to announce promotions, joiners and leavers and this

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Aaron Smyth, Alexander Campbell, Gailene Cummerfield, Jenna Roberts, Lachlan Monaghan, Luke Ingham, Stephanie Williams | Comments (0)

Rojo and Lopez sieze the chance to call the tune

April 13, 2012 – 9:14 pm

With this weekâ€™s appointment of Tamara Rojo, 37, as the new artistic director of English National Ballet, and Lourdes Lopezâ€™s

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Craig Hassall, Derek Deane, Edward Villella, English National Ballet, Kathryn Bennetts, Lourdes Lopez, Maina Gielgud, Miami City Ballet, Tamara Rojo, Wayne Eagling | Comments (1)

Behind the velvet curtain: a true insight into a company at work

March 26, 2012 – 12:14 pm

More than a decade ago, Christopher Millard, director of press and communications at the Royal Opera House, explained to me

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexander Campbell, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Christopher Wheeldon, Grant Coyle, Kristen McNally, Leanne Cope, Liam Scarlett, Marianela Nunez, Olga Evreinoff, Royal Ballet, Tamara Rojo, Thiago Soares, Wayne McGregor | Comments (2)

Carabosse: a lesson in evil

December 10, 2011 – 10:27 pm

Monica Mason, the artistic director of the Royal Ballet, coaches Kristen McNally in the role of Carabosse in The Sleeping

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Irina Baronova, Kristen McNally, Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty | Comments (0)