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The journey of Spartacus, stage by stage by stage

July 23, 2019 – 5:45 am

After the Bolshoi Balletā€™s season at Brisbaneā€™s Queensland Performing Arts Centre (from late June to early July 2019) the company

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Bolshoi Ballet, Makhar Vaziev, Royal Opera Housse, Spartacus, Vladimir Urin, Vladimir Vasiliev, Yuri Grigorovich | 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, Sadlers Wells, San Francisco Ballet, Sergei Diaghilev, 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)

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, National Ballet of Canada, Ore Oduba, Presque Rien, Radu Poklitaru, Raven Girl, Romeo & Juliet, Royal Ballet, Ryoichi Hirano, San Francisco Ballet, Sarah Thompson, 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, #5 San Francisco Ballet and the Wrap Up

October 4, 2014 – 1:03 pm

In nine months Helgi Tomasson will celebrate his 30th year as artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet. I think

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Bruce Sansom, Christopher Stowell, Don Quixote, Felipe Diaz, Helgi Tomasson, John Neumeier, Luke Ingham, Manon, Maria Kochetkova, Myles Thatcher, Nijinsky, Nutcracker, San Francisco Ballet, Sofiane Sylve, Stefanie Arndt, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, William Forsythe, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (0)

World Ballet Day # 2: The Bolshoi Ballet

October 1, 2014 – 2:12 pm

The Bolshoiā€™s class was the most perfunctory of the three companies Iā€™ve seen so far on World Ballet Day but

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexander Vetrov, Bolshoi Ballet, Boris Akimov, Jean-Christophe Maillot, La Sylphide, Nadezhda Pavlova, Taming of the Shrew, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (0)

The Bolshoi’s Jewels, with Smirnova the glittering centrepiece

February 20, 2014 – 10:07 am

There were at least two compelling reasons to see the Bolshoi Balletā€™s performance of Balanchineā€™s Jewels, filmed in Moscow last

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged America Grand Prix, Bolshoi Ballet, Christian Lacroix, Diamonds, Elena Zaitseva, Emeralds, George Balanchine, Jewels, Karinska, Katerina Novikovaa, Mariinsky Ballet, Merrill Ashley, New York City Ballet, Olga Smirnova, Paris Opera Ballet, Paul Boos, Royal Ballet, Rubies, Sandra Jennings, Semyon Chudin, Sergei Polunin, The Bolshoi costume designs for Jewels are by Elena Zaitseva and the sets designer is Alyona Pikalova, Vaganova | Comments (2)

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, DorothĆ©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-AgnĆØs Gillot, Mary Li, Mathieu Ganio, Multiverse, Natalia Osipova, 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, 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)

The cost of corruption at the Bolshoi

December 6, 2013 – 11:10 am

A day before sentence was passed on the three men accused of organising the acid attack on Sergei Filin he

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Bolshoi Ballet, Ismene Brown, Pavel Dmitrichenko, Vladimir Urin | Comments (0)

Exit the Bolshoi boss: the latest chapter in the drama

July 9, 2013 – 12:11 pm

Anatoly Iksanov, the general director of the Bolshoi Theatre has been replaced by the Russian government. The Culture Minister, Vladimir

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Anatoly Iksanov, Bolshoi Ballet, Ismene Brown, Vladimir Medinsky, Vladimir Urin | Comments (0)

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 consequencesā€¯. It’s a distant cousin of Murphyā€™s

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

Tag Archives: Sergei Filin

The journey of Spartacus, stage by stage by stage

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

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

World Ballet Day, #5 San Francisco Ballet and the Wrap Up

World Ballet Day # 2: The Bolshoi Ballet

The Bolshoi’s Jewels, with Smirnova the glittering centrepiece

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

The cost of corruption at the Bolshoi

Exit the Bolshoi boss: the latest chapter in the drama

The law of unforeseen consequences unfolds at the Bolshoi Ballet

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