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World Ballet Day 2017

September 24, 2017 – 8:35 am

World Ballet Day 2017

The next WBD is on 5 October. Five companies, The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi, Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Canada and

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, World Ballet Day | Comments (0)

Together they stand: the trend for co-productions in the ballet world

August 24, 2017 – 1:24 pm

Weâ€™re fast approaching the time when dance companies release their 2018 repertoire. The Queensland Ballet will reveal its season on

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, American Ballet Theatre, Anna Karenina, Ashley Wheater, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, David McAllister, George Balanchine, Harlequin, Harlequinade, Helene Kirsova, Houston Ballet, Les Millions dâ€™Arlequin, New York City Ballet, Paul Hammond, Royal Ballet, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (1)

Vale Desmond Heeley, the man who, in his own words, made “dross into gold”

July 4, 2016 – 10:09 am

Desmond Heeley, the English stage designer who worked with Ballet Rambert, the Marquis de Cuevas Ballet, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Brigadoon, Camelot, Colin Peasley, Cynthia Gregory, Danilo Radojevic, Desmond Heeley, Houston Ballet, John Crankp, John Meehan, Kelvin Coe, Kenneth MacMillan, Lance Mulcahy Ballet Rambert, Lucette Aldsou, Maina Gielgud, Margot Fonteyn, Marilyn Rowe, Marquis de Cuevas Ballet, Michael Benthall, Michael Edgley, Michael Langham, Old Vic, Peter Brook, Prince of the Pagodas, Ray Powell, Robert Helpmann, Solitaire, Squeaky Door, The Merry Widow, Yugen | Comments (3)

Alexander Ekman, from Cacti to the Cow

February 23, 2016 – 7:12 am

Next Friday, 26 February, Alexander Ekmanâ€™s box office hit, Cacti, is opening in both Wellington and Sydney, with a premiere

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexander Ekman, Cacti, Cow, Nederlands Dans Theater, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Semperoper, Sydney Dance Company, Tulsa Ballet | Comments (0)

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

October 6, 2015 – 11:36 am

The big difference between World Ballet Day 2015 and the inaugural event last year was the way the five main

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Hero of Our Time, Akane Takada, Akram Khan, Alexander Campbell, Alexei Ratmansky, Amy Harris, Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Benidicte Bemet, Bolshoi Ballet, Boris Akimov, Christopher Carr, Christopher Hampson, Cinderella, Daniel Gaudiello, David Bintley, David McAllister, David Nixon, Djakapurra Munyarryun, Dust, English National Ballet, Federico Bonelli, Frederick Ashton, Graeme Murphy, Hamlet, Ismene Brown, Jackie Barrett, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jonathan Cope, Justine Summers, Kenneth MacMillan, Lauren Cuthbertson, Lisa Craig, Ore Oduba, Presque Rien, Radu Poklitaru, Raven Girl, Romeo & Juliet, Royal Ballet, Ryoichi Hirano, San Francisco Ballet, Sarah Thompson, Sergei Filin, Sleeping Beauty, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, Swan Lake, Tamara Rojo, Two Pigeons, Wayne McGregor, World Ballet Day, Yuhui Choe, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (0)

World Ballet Day, #4 National Ballet of Canada

October 5, 2014 – 9:03 am

Less than four months ago, Aleksander Antonijevic, a principal at the National Ballet of Canada, ditched his black tights and

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Aleksander Antonijevic, Anthony Dowell, Evan McKie, Greta Hodgkinson, Guillaume CÃ´tÃ©, Hamburg Ballet, John Neumeier, Karen Kain, Magdalena Popa, Manon, Nijinsky, Sonia Rodriguez, Stuttgart Ballet | Comments (0)

World Ballet Day: October 1

September 29, 2014 – 9:44 pm

Tomorrow five ballet companies around the world will be live streaming from their studios, first from Australia, then Russia, the

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Aeternum, Anthony Dowell, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Christopher Wheeldon, Concerto Grosso, David McAllister, Don Quixote, Frederick Ashton, Graeme Murphy, Helgo Tomasson, Jean Cristophe Maillot, John Neumeier, La Bayadere, Liam Scarlett, Manon, Nijinsky, Ostinato, Peter Wright, RAkU, Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Scenes de ballet, Stanton Welch, Taming of the Shrew, The Taming of the Shrew, The Verriginous Thrill of Exactitude, Tim Harbour, Vadim Muntagirov, Wayne McGregor, Woolf Works, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (0)

Alexander Grant: “The marvellous day when Frederick arrived”

October 3, 2011 – 2:18 pm

Alexander Grant, one of the outstanding dancers of his generation, has died at the age of 86. The muse and

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexander Grant, Fille mal Gardee, Frederick Ashton | Comments (2)

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