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Swan Lake in Paris - A Christmas Eve Treat
Karl Paquette, Myriam Ould-Braham and Mathias HeymannPhoto Helen McDonough(c) 2016 Helen McDonough: all rights reservedReproduced with kind permission of the authorParis Opera Ballet, Swan Lake Opera...
View ArticleTaking Stock of 2016 and Looking Forward to 2017
Standard YouTube LicenceI have been comparing what I had tipped last year in Looking Forward to 2016 which I posted on 30 Dec 2015 with The Year of the Swans: My Review of 2016 27 Dec 2016 to see how...
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Swan Lake in Paris - Christmas Day Matinee
Karl Paquette, Ludmilla Pagliero and Germain LouvetAuthor Helen McDonough(c) 2016 Helen McDonough: all rights reservedReproduced with kind permission of the authorParis Opera Ballet Swan Lake, Opera...
View ArticleVote for your Dance Teacher of the Year
Hurry, hurry, hurry! Voting for our Teacher of the Year competition closes TOMORROW!https://t.co/lGrfeTBleQ— Dancing Times (@dancingtimes) January 5, 2017I was just about to go to beddy byes when I...
View ArticleDouble Latin: Contemporary Dance from Cuba and Cherkaoui’s m¡longa
Standard YouTube Licence In The Year of the Swans: My Review of 2016 27 Dec 2016 I wrote that two of the highlights of the year were the visits by NDT2 (see NDT2 at the Lowry 24 April 2016 andPrickling...
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Back to Class
AuthorLambtronSourceWikipediaCreative Commons LicenceWith the honourable exception of Danceworks which has remained open for business throughout the Christmas holidays (see Working off the Christmas...
View ArticleRecognition for the Kibera Ballet Class
Standard YouTube Licence I first wrote about Mike Wamaya's ballet class in Nairobi in What can be achieved by a good teacher 3 March 2013:"In many ways the kids in this class have had the worst...
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Sasha Mukhamedov's Elevation to Principal
Sasha Mukhamedov in La BayaderePhoto Altin Kaftira(c) 2016 Dutch National BalletReproduced with kind permission of the companyAt the end of last year the Dutch National Ballet announced three important...
View ArticleThinking Big out West
Standard YouTube LicenceI first learned about Duchy Ballet on 29 March 2014. The reason I can date it so precisely is that I wrote in The Guys of the Golden West 30 March 2014:"Other Golden Guys are...
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ŻfinMalta Dance Ensemble's UK Tour
ŻfinMalta Dance Ensemble(c) 2017 ŻfinMalta Dance EnsembleL all rights reservedReproduced wth kind permission of CAST on behalf of the companyWe are likely to hear quite a lot from Malta over the next 6...
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Factory to go ahead
St John's GardensAuthor: R LeeSource WikipediaCreative Commons LicenceEver since George Osborne MP delivered his Autumn Statement for 2014 I have been beating the drum for the Factory arts and cultural...
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Beautiful Ballet Black
Yesterday I received this very welcome message from Cassa Pancho:"Dear JaneWe are delighted to be returning to the main stage of the Barbican in March with our new triple bill!This year, we are...
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Ballet Theatre UK's Romeo and Juliet
Theatre Royal WakefieldPhoto Tim GreenSource WikipediaCreative Commons LicenceBallet Theatre UK Romeo and Juliet Theatre Royal Wakefield, 14 Jan 2017, 19:30 I have been blogging about Ballet Theatre UK...
View ArticleDanza Contemporánea de Cuba
Standard YouTube LicenceIn Double Latin 7 Jan 2017 I mentioned the forthcoming tour of the UK by Danza Contemporánea de Cuba. While writing Beautiful Ballet Black 14 Jan 2017 I remembered that...
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Thank you Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet's Studios(c) 2016 Jane Lambert: all rights reservedAs readers know, one of my interests is Africa. Ever since I first heard of it, I have been beating the drum for Mike...
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Another way to help the Kids in Kibeira
Just spotted this on Danceworks' Facebook page:!The students of our International Ballet Academy are collecting shoes and clothes to send. If you would like to contribute, please bring to Danceworks...
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Positioning Ballet - International Ballet Conference
The Dutch National Ballet will hold a private working conference at its studios in Amsterdam called Positioning Ballet between 10 and 12 Feb 2017 to coincide with the opening of Made in Amsterdam. The...
View ArticleToi Toi Toi Taynuilt
Standard YouTube Licence Our good friends Ballet West are starting their tour of Scotland in Stirling tonight, We want them to know that we are thinking of them. Some dancers say "toi, toi, toi" at...
View ArticleHow Nikiya must have felt when she saw a snake
Gutted for @BRB having to pull staging of #LaBayadere due to funding cut of 62% by @BhamCityCouncil this is tragic news for the arts world😢😢— Scarfie (@Scarfie1) January 21, 2017I want to make clear...
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Ballet Retreat Revisited - Wendy McDermott's Experience
On 4 Oct 2016 Mary Howard kindly reported on the very first Ballet Retreat last August (see The Ballet Retreat 4 Oct 2016). Two more have taken place since then - one in London and the other in Leeds....
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