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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, Alina Cojocaru, Antony Tudor, David Hallberg, Flutter, In Absentia, Jason Kittelberger, Johan Kobborg, Jonathan Goddard, Kim Brandstrup, Pure Dance, Royal Ballet, Sadlers Wells, Six Years Later, The Leaves Are Fading, Valse Triste | Comments (0)

Sergei Polunin: His life so far, from his ‘Harry Potter’ world to the celebrity circuit

December 3, 2016 – 12:33 pm

A bridge connects the Royal Ballet School to the home of the Royal Ballet in Londonâ€™s Covent Garden. One day,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Jade Hale-Christofi, Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet School, Sergei Polunin, Sylvie Guillem, Take Me to Church | 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, Ethan Stiefel, 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, 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)

The “wonderful” life of Sir Peter Wright

February 4, 2015 – 11:24 am

This article first appeared in the Australian Ballet’s program for its 2014 season of Sir Peter Wright’s Nutcracker in Melbourne

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anna Volkova, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Coppelia, Giselle, Les Sylphides, Nutcracker, Peggy van Praagh, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, Sir Peter Wright, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

Peter Wright: The eloquent classicist, still in the rehearsal room in his 80s

May 31, 2014 – 11:47 am

Sir Peter Wrightâ€™s most prolific decade was the 1980s when he created productions of four great classical works, first The

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Dutch National Ballet, Giselle, Nutcracker, Peter Wright, Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty | Comments (0)

Memories of the year that was, hopes for the year to come

December 31, 2013 – 3:14 am

Looking backwards before glimpsing forward, the two highlights of the Australian dance year were the season of the Paris Opera

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 6000 Miles Away, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Amber Scott, American Ballet Theatre, Anna Volkova, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Bach Partita, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Baz Luhrmann, Bolero, Bolshoi Ballet, Cacti, Carlos Acosta, Chengwu Guo, Chroma, Cinderella, Coppelia, Daniel Gaudielo, David Hallburg, Dido & Aeneas, Don Quixote, DorothĂ©e Gilbert, Esmeralda, Expressions Dance Company, Fanatic, Fancy Free, George Balanchine, Gideon Obarzanel. Jacopo Godani, Giselle, Greg Horsman, iTMOi, Ivan Vasiliev, Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian, Kenneth MacMillan, Kevin McKenzie, Korper, La Bayadere, Larissa McGowan, Laurel Martyn, Leanne Stojmenov, Les Illuminations, Li Cunxin, Lynnette Wallworth, Manon, Marie-AgnĂ¨s Gillot, Mary Li, Mathieu Ganio, Multiverse, Natalie Weir, Nederlands Dans Theater, Nicolo Fonte, Nils Christie, Olivia Bell, Paris Opera Ballet, Patyegarang, Proximity, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Rafael Bonachela, Red Shoes, Romeo & Juliet, Sarabande, Sasha Waltz, Serenade, Sergei Filin, Seven Sonatas, Short Dialogues, Stanton Welch, Stephen Baynes, Stephen Page, Steven McRae, Strelsa Heckelman, Strictly Ballroom, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Tamara Rojo, The Beginning of Nature, The Bright Stream, Tim Flannery, Twyla Tharp, Ty KIng-Wall, Yosvani Ramos | Comments (2)

Ivan Vasiliev: “My hero, he must jump!”

August 16, 2013 – 11:23 pm

The former Bolshoi Ballet star, Ivan Vasiliev, returned to guest with the Bolshoi on the company’s recent tour to London.

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Bolshoi Ballet, Ivan Vasiliev, Les Flammes de Paris | Comments (0)

Osipova to join Royal Ballet

April 8, 2013 – 1:51 pm

The Royal Opera House has announced that the Russian ballerina, Natalia Osipova, will join The Royal Ballet as a principal

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Bolshoi Ballet, Ivan Vasiliev, Royal Ballet | Comments (0)

The other Russian ballet drama: Kekhman and the Mikhailovsky

February 24, 2013 – 12:14 pm

With so much media attention on the Bolshoi Ballet due to the attack in January on its artistic director, the

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Ardani Artists, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Don Quixote, Ivan Vasiliev, Joint Fruit Company, Mikhailovsky Theatre, Nacho Duato, Sergei Danilian, Vladimir Malakhov | 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, 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, 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: Natalia Osipova

Osipova’s “Pure Dance”

Sergei Polunin: His life so far, from his ‘Harry Potter’ world to the celebrity circuit

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

The “wonderful” life of Sir Peter Wright

Peter Wright: The eloquent classicist, still in the rehearsal room in his 80s

Memories of the year that was, hopes for the year to come

Ivan Vasiliev: “My hero, he must jump!”

Osipova to join Royal Ballet

The other Russian ballet drama: Kekhman and the Mikhailovsky

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

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