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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, Natalia Osipova, Pure Dance, Royal Ballet, Six Years Later, The Leaves Are Fading, Valse Triste | Comments (0)

When the dancer’s costume is their naked body

September 2, 2016 – 3:28 am

The French choreographer, Olivier Dubois, received around 2000 resumes from dancers when he was ready to cast his new work,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Angelin Preljocaj, Ballet du Nord, CarriageWorks, Cirque du Soleil, Jan Fabre, Olivier Dubois, Sasha Waltz, Sebastian Ledig, Tragedie | 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, Natalia Osipova, Nick Read, Paul Taylor, Peter Martins, Queensland Ballet, Reid Anderson, Richard Buckle, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, 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)