Miami City Ballet Open Auditons
Standard YouTube LicenceMiami City Ballet will hold open auditions in New York City for its 2017-18 season on Sunday, 26 March 2017 between 15:00 and 20:00 at the School of American Ballet on 165 W. 65...
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Product Review: Leg Warmers
(c) 2017 Wendy McDermott: all rights reservedReproduced with kind permission of the authorWendy McDermottWomen’s ballet wear can be expensive at the best of times. Often sizing being one of trial and...
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Andersen's La Sylphide
I have often written about the close relationship between Manchester and English National Ballet (see Manchester's Favourite Ballet Company 29 Nov 2015). That relationship will be fortified on 11 Oct...
View ArticleCasanova - "it has been a long time since I enjoyed a show by Northern Ballet...
Standard YouTube LicenceNorthern BalletCasanova Grand Theatre, Leeds, 11 March 2017, 19:30 I started to take an interest in Northern Ballet when I first read about it in Dance and Dancersin 1969. I...
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Excellence in Wales
Ballet Cymru "The Light Princess"(c) 2017 Ballet Cymru: all rights reservedThe Wales Theatre Awards recognize excellence in theatre, dance and opera created and presented in Wales. Nominations for the...
View ArticleWhat can possibly follow Tindall? Nothing less than MacMillan
Standard YouTube Licence I think everyone who was in the Leeds Grand Theatre on Saturday night would agree that Casanova was a great success (see Casanova - "it has been a long time since I enjoyed a...
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Chantry Dance goes North
Sale, Greater ManchesterPhoto Alan HalfpennyCreative Commons LicenceSource WikipediaWhen I first mentioned Chantry Dance Company's new full-length ballet in The Sandman Cometh - Chantry Dance's New...
View ArticleTom Thorne in Truro
Standard YouTube LicenceIn Thinking Big out West 11 Jan 2017 I introduced readers to Laura Bosenberg who is Senior Principal Dancer at the Cape Town City Ballet (see Meet the Company on the company's...
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An American in Paris
Dominion Theatre(c) 2917 David Murley: all rights reservedReproduced with kind permission of the authorDavid MurleyDominion Theatre, LondonDuring previews, I had the fortunate opportunity to see this...
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Ninette de Valois
Today is St Patrick's day. Ireland has given the world many great artists in every medium and genre over the centuries. I can think of no better way of celebrating Ireland's national day than by...
View ArticleMicheala DePrince Inspiration Scholarship for the Danceworks International...
Standard YouTube LicenceThe Danceworks International Ballet Academy Summer School is an intensive summer school for dancers under the age of 18 that runs from 17 to 28 July 2017 ending in a performance...
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Cornwall's Coup: Duchy Ballet's Sleeping Beauty
Tom Thorne and Laua Bösenberg in The Sleeping BeautyPhoto Zoe Geen Photography(c) 2017 Duchy Ballet: a;; rights reserved Duchy Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Hall for Cornwall, Truro, 18 March...
View ArticleThe Importance of Performance
Standard YouTube LicenceI spent last weekend driving to Truro and back to see Duchy Ballet (see Cornwall's Coup: Duchy Ballet's Sleeping Beauty 19 March 2017). I shall spend this weekend driving to...
View ArticleEsposito for the Junior Company
Standard YouTube Licence In Prizes, Prizes, Prizes 7 Feb 2017 I congratulated the winners of the Prix de Lausanne. The winner of the first scholarship was Michele Esposito who also won the...
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Introducing Amelia Sierevogel
Amelia Sierevogel when she first attended Fiona Noonan's ballet class© 2017 Amelia Siervogel: all rights reservedReproduction kindly licensed by the copyright ownerAmelia SiervogelAs a new contributor...
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A Spark of Excellence
Alabama Seymour(c) 2917 Fieldgrazer ProductionsReproduced with kind permission of Fielfgrazer ProductionsIn The Importance of Performance 20 March 2017, I wrote that one of the rewards of watching...
View ArticleBouvier's Romeo and Juliet in Barcelona
Standard YouTube LicenceLast week, one of my friends visited Barcelona. While she was there she took a tour of The Liceu Theatre and attended a rehearsal of Rigoletto. The theatre has just announced...
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Au Revoir, Ailsa, and Good Luck
Burj Khalifa, DubaiPhoto DonaldytongSource WikipediaCreative Commons LicenceLast night I joined many of my fellow adult dance students at KNT Danceworks to say au revoir to Ailsa Baker, a favourite...
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A New Interactive Resource: Royal Ballet School's Ballet History Timeline
Bridge of Aspiration between the Royal Ballet School and the Royal Opera HousePhoto EdwardSource WikipediaCopyright released by the authorThe Royal Ballet School has recently compiled a magnificent...
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An Adventure Indeed
John Teniel's White RabbitChelmsford Ballet Company Alice's Adventures Chelmsford Civic Theatre, 25 March 2017, 19:30 I have been coming to the Chelmsford Civic Theatre for the Chelmsford Ballet...
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