Pacific Northwest Ballet experiments with Virtual Reality
Standard YouTube LicenceI have already mentioned experiments by the Royal Ballet and the Dutch National Ballet with virtual reality ("VR") in Virtual Reality in Ballet 13 Sept 2016. The latest company...
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We hate to blow our own trumpet but ....
Author AchiasSource WikipediaCreative Commons Licence................ We come in at number 36 of the Top 60 Ballet Blogs & Websites Every Ballet Dancer Must Follow. Not only that but we are number...
View ArticleIsabelle Brouwers in Kibera
Standard YouTube Licence Over 4 years have elapsed since I first wrote about Mike Wamaya's ballet class in Kibera (see What can be achieved by a good teacher 3 March 2013). The world took an interest...
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Leon Bakst
ScheherazadeLeon BakstOne of the magnets that attracted me to ballet was the work of the artists whom Sergei Diaghilev commissioned to design sets and costumes for his productions. The artist who has...
View ArticleDutch National Ballet's Onegin
Standard YouTube LicenceRemco van GrevensteinDutch National Ballet, Onegin, Music Theatre (Stopera), Amsterdam Wednesday 29 March 2017, 20:15Today I went to see Onegin performed by the Dutch National...
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BBC Young Dancer Ballet Final
I don't usually watch a lot of television. Not even when there is ballet on the box. But I made an exception tonight because I had recently seen Oscar Ward and Uyu Hiromoto in Ballet West's Swan Lake...
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Bajadera where tech meets ballet
PhotoEakdgythSource WikipediaCreative Cinnibs LicenceForget phone apps like Dutch National Ballet's Bounden (see Bounden - Something that appeals to my Interests in Technology and Dance 17 Dec 2013)....
View ArticleLe Corsaire Intensive
Standard YouTube Licence One of the grandest ballets in the classical cannon but least performed here is Le Corsaire. Originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to a score by Adolphe Adam for the...
View ArticleOnegin
Standard YouTube LicenceBetween now and Easter Sunday the Dutch National Ballet are dancing John Cranko's Onegin. We already have an excellent review from Remco van Grevenstein (see Dutch National...
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Dance! Dance! Dance!
Ripon CathedralAuthor wfmillarSource WikipediaCreative Commons LicenceRipon Dance Academy Dance! Dance! Dance! Ripon Grammar School, 2 April 2017, 18:30 Today's New York Times features a charming 360...
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Gems
Lauren CuthbertsobRoyal Ballet Jewels Royal Opera HousePhoto Helen McDonough© 2017 Helen McDonough, all rights reservedReproduced with kind permission of the authorHelen McDonoughThe Royal Ballet,...
View ArticleA Hero of our Time
Standard YouTube LicenceBolshoi Ballet A Hero for our Time streamed from Moscow, 9 April 2017 I could not help wondering whether I was letting my love of ballet get the better of me as I drove for...
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Product Review #2: Capezio 27" Stirrup Legwarmers
© 2017 Wendy McDermott: all rights reservedReproduced with kind permission of the copyright ownerWendy McDermottI read an article recently via Twitter entitled “Listening to your Body”...
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Mabgate Mill Revisited
As the transmission of the Royal's Ballet's performance of Jewels will clash with my usual class at KNT I attended Dance Studio Leeds's improvers class last night instead. I had previously written...
View ArticleJewels - The Royal Ballet at its best
Standard YouTube LicenceThe Royal Ballet, Jewels, transmitted live to cinemas, 11 April 2017, 19:39I once asked a distinguished panel of dance critics, dancers and the artistic director of Scottish...
View ArticleMacMillan - A National Celebration
Tulsa Ballet, Elite Syncopations, Standard YouTube LicenceSir Kenneth MacMillan died on 29 Oct 1992 (see the biographical notes on the Kenneth Macmillan website). To commemorate the 25th anniversary of...
View ArticleClaudia Dean Coaching
Standard YouTube Licence I am not at all good at pirouettes so when I find something that helps me I am very happy to pass it on (see A Really Useful Video on Pirouettes 22 Nov 2014 and A Pint for Josh...
View ArticleKNT's Le Corsaire Workshop and Evening Class Show
Standard YouTube Licence I have been coming to KNT Danceworks's evening classes at the Dancehouse Theatre in Manchester ever since the 28 Aug 2014 (see So Proud of Manchester - KNT Danceworks Complete...
View ArticleCinemaLive's Coppelia
YouTube Standard LicenceThe Australian Ballet, Coppelia, 12 Dec 2016, Sydney Opera HouseYesterday, I sacrificed my Wednesday evening ballet class at Northern Ballet Academy to see a performance of...
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Pär Isberg's The Dream of Swan Lake
Royal Swedish Opera House, StockholmPhoto David Murley© 2017 David Murley: all rights reservedReproduced with kind permission of the copyright ownerDavid MurleyRoyal Swedish Ballet, The Dream of Swan...
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