Jumping for Joy
Standard YouTube LicenceI described Jump two years ago in Jump 11 July 2015. It's a fan club for young ballet fans with its own website but it is also an open day called Dansdag when kids take over the...
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Just as most Adult Ballet Classes are folding up for the Summer, here's one...
Photo Huddersfield University~Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported licenceAt a time of the year when many adult ballet classes are winding down for the summer, it is great to hear of...
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My Thousandth Post
A thousandth post is something of a milestone I think you will agree. It deserves a special article to celebrate the occasion. I have been thinking about the best way to do it and I think a...
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Juicy
Reproduction licensed by US governmentSource WikipediaIn two of their most successful productions,The Light Princessand Cinderella, Ballet Cymru have collaborated with Citrus Arts. They are another...
View ArticleCitrus Arts Savage Hart
Standard YouTube LicenceCitrus Arts Savage Hart 22 July 2017, 19:00 Oakwell Hall, Birstall To stage an open air performance of a show combining aerial displays and dance in the grounds of an...
View ArticleDance and Diplomacy: Britain's IP Attaché to China will visit Northern Ballet
Standard YouTube Licence Ever since Northern Ballet moved from West Park to Quarry Hill I have been looking for an opportunity to introduce the company to my connections in intellectual property (see...
View ArticleFirst Impressions of The Little Mermaid
Standard YouTube LicenceNorthern Ballet Beneath the Surface 26 July 2017 18:00 Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre I attended David Nixon's presentation of extracts from his new ballet, The Little...
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Best News All Day!
York Grand Opera HouseAuthor RM CalamatCreative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic LicenceSource Wikipedia A lot of anniversaries fall on 29 July. It was my father's birthday. It was the day I was called...
View ArticleSophie Rebecca's Adult Ballet Class Map
Adult ballet students everywhere owe a great debt of gratitude to Sophie Rebecca for compiling this map of adult dance classes around Britain. We move heaven and earth each week to attend our usual...
View ArticleWelcoming the Mariinsky: Looking Forward to the Original Bayadere
Standard YouTube Licence The Mariinsky have been in London since the 24 July but tomorrow's matinee performance of La Bayadere will be the only time I shall get to see them this visit. I usually get to...
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The Mariinsky's Bayadère
Bolshoi Theatre, St PetersburgMariinsky Ballet, La Bayadère, Royal Opera House, 12 Aug 2017, 14:00Yesterday afternoon's performance of La Bayadère by the Mariinsky Ballet met all my hopes and...
View ArticleBallet, Bodywork and Bits in Cambridge
Standard YouTube Licence I'm having a simply wonderful time in Cambridge. I'me here to give a talk on bilateral investment treaties or "bits" at the Cambridge IP Law Summer School and intellectual...
View ArticleKNT Coppelia Intensive
Standard YouTube LicenceI had a splendid day at the Dancehouse yesterday dancing in Jane Tucker'sCoppelia Intensive with my classmates from KNT and Northern Ballet Academy plus two new friends from...
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Zest Dance Studios
Donna HargreavesIn the beginning, there was Big Ballet, I auditioned to be part of the successful Channel 4 programme, I think for all the ballerinas this was the hardest but most enjoyable experience...
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Houston Ballet
Houston Ballet's Centre for DanceAuthor Marshall StrabalaLicence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 UnportedAlthough I sympathize with everybody in the USA who has been bereaved, injured, displaced,...
View ArticleDutch National Ballet: Congratulations All Round
Standard YouTube LicenceIt's always a pleasure to announce promotions.First, congratulations to both the Dutch National Ballet and Rachel Beaujean on the latter's appointment as Associate Artistic...
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Bank Holiday Ballet: Wendy McDermott's Reflections on the latest Ballet Retreat
Wendy McDermottThe Ballet Retreat, Leeds, 26-26 Aug 2017The August bank holiday was quite a special time for UK adult ballet dancers as the fourth Ballet Retreat of 2017 took place at Northern Ballet’s...
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Welcome Silver Swans
Author Marek SzczepanekLicence Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported The top item of my RAD newsletter features Angela Ripon in a dance studio above the headline "Silver Swans Take...
View ArticleShanghai Ballet - "The Greatest Swan Lake in the World"
Standard YouTube LicenceShanghai Ballet Swan Lake, Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Wed 30 Aug 2017.Remco Van Grevenstein Last Wednesday. I saw Swan Lake for the first time on stage. I had seen it a couple of...
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Ann Maguire Gala 2017
On Sunday 3 Sept, my friend Erin and I attended the Ann Maguire Gala 2017 at Leeds Grand Theatre. The money raised by the ticket sales went towards the Ann Maguire Arts Education Fund less the...
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