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A Million Congratulations!
Michaela DePrince in "A Million Kisses to my Skin"Author Angela Sterling(c) 2015 Dutch National Ballet, all rights reservedLicensed with the kind permission of the companyI am very grateful to David...
View ArticleAkram Khan's Giselle
Standard YouTube LicenceAll being well I shall be in the audience for the premiere of Akram Khan's Giselle on 27 Sept 2016. This is billed as "a new interpretation" of Giselle which is one of my...
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More Details About Tell Tale Steps
Charlotte Edmonds's Fuse, one of tonight's choreographersPhoto Michel SchnaterCopyright 2016 Dutch National BalletAll rights reservedReproduction licensed by the companyIn Tell Tale Steps #2 30 May...
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To Boldly Go - Northern Ballet's Sleeping Beauty Tale
The Surface of PlutoAuthor NASASource WikipediaLicensed by US governmentIf I get a chance to ask a question at tonight's Tell Tale Steps #2 I shall ask the panel which includes Northern Ballet's...
View ArticleTell Tale Steps 2
Standard YouTube LicenceStanley and Audrey Burton Theatre, Northern Ballet, Tell Tale Steps 2, 16 June 2016I really must congratulate the panel and choreographers on last night's Tell Tale Steps 2. As...
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Ballet West in Malaysia
Performance at the Penang Performing Arts Centre(c) Ballet West, 2016, all rights reservedLicensed by kind permission of the companyWhile Ballet West's alumni Natasha Watson and Andrew McFarlane have...
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It could easily have gone pear shaped ...........
Water colour 1893Author: US Department of AgricultureSource WikipediaYesterday the dance classes that meet in the Dancehouse theatre's studios were due to present their summer show in the main...
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Ballet Black made my Manchester Day
The LowryAuthor: Rob ChaferSource: WikipediaCreative Commons Licence Ballet Black, Triple Bill, The Quays Theatre, 19 June 2016I am not sure whether the timing was deliberate but Ballet Black visited...
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Birmingham Royal Ballet performs my favourite ballet at last
Birmingham Royal Ballet(c) John Lambert 2016: all rights reservedBirmingham Royal Ballet, The Taming of the Shrew. Birmingham Hippodrome, 18 June 2016John Cranko created some of his most best known...
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Terpsichore votes "Remain"
ΤερψιχόρηJean-Marc NattierTomorrow I will vote "Remain" and one of the reasons why I shall do so is that I care about the arts and creative industries in general and the performing arts and ballet in...
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KNT's Summer Ballet Intensive
Here's something to take our minds off the result of the referendum. Karen Sant of KNT Danceworks has posted the following notice to her Facebook page:"*** KNT DANCEWORKS SUMMER BALLET INTENSIVES!...
View ArticleThe Leeds CAT End of Term Show
I mentioned the Centres for Advanced Training in Dance ("CAT") in The Lowry CAT on 27 May 2016. As I said in that post there is also a CAT in Leeds where advanced training is offered to by the...
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Hindle at the Hague
I have had a lot of good teachers since I took up ballet three years ago and I am grateful to them all but I really must say a special word about Mark Hundle. Mark teaches at KNT in Manchester....
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Reacting to Brexit
Like a lot of my compatriots I am very disappointed by last Thursday's vote. The referendum was quite unnecessary. It was a Machiavellian tactic on the part of the Prime Minister that went disastrously...
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From Italy with Love
Cristiano Principato and Friends, Gala for Alessia, Silvio Pellico Theatre, Trecare, 28 June 2016Trecate is a small town in Piedmont about 25 miles to the west of Milan and 4 miles to the east of...
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Small Steps and other Pieces - Leeds CAT End of Term Show
Author Ben BtooksbankSource WikipediaCreative Commons LicenceNorthern School of Contemporary Dance and Academy of Northern Ballet, End of Year Show, Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre, Leeds, 25 June...
View ArticleLa Bayadère it is
Standard YouTube LicenceAbout the only good news last Friday was that Jane Tucker would lead an intensive workshop at The Dancehouse next month but we were not sure when or which ballet she would do...
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My Visit to La Scala
The auditorium of La Scala, setting the stage for Swan Lake 28 June 2016(c) 2016 Gita Mistry: all rights reservedLa Scala Theatre is one of the great opera houses of the world and its ballet company...
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A Room for Dancing
I was not the only blogger in the Silvio Pellico Theatre at Trecate last week. Monica Bragagnoli who describes herself as "a simple but passionate ballet viewer" has a splendid blog called A Room for...
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Chelmsford's Next Ballet - How Come The Essex Girls (and Boys) Get All The Fun?
Teniel's White RabbitSource WikipediaChelmsford Ballet Company, of which I am proud to be a non-dancing associate, describes itself as an amateur company with professional standards for all its work,...
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