Northern Nutcracker
Standard YouTube LicenceNorthern Ballet, The Nutcracker, The Grand Theatre Leeds, 18 Dec 2015, 19:00I had begun to worry about Northern Ballet. 1984 did not quite meet my expectations even second time...
View ArticleScottish Ballet's Cinderella
@jelterps@scottishballet Enjoy the performance!— Christopher Hampson (@HampsonChris) December 19, 2015You bet I will. Merry Christmas to all at @scottishballet especially to Matthew Broadbent who is...
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Never attend a Ballet Class the Morning after the Night Before
While I was in Edinburgh I bought these very special cards for my very special ballet friends. They show Bethany Kingsley-Garnet who danced Cinderella on Saturday and that is the costume she wore in...
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Alicia Alonso
Alicia AlonsoSource WikipediaYesterday was Alicia Alonso's 95th birthday. I was alerted to that anniversary by Javier Torres who mentioned it on his Facebook page. She founded the National Ballet of...
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A Liverpudlian Whittington
A 19th Century Panto: Dan Leno and Herbert Campbell in Babes in the Wood, 1897Source WikipediaDick Whittingon, Liverpool Empire 26 Dec 2015The first taste of ballet for many Brits is not The Nutcracker...
View ArticleHighlights of 2015
Ballet Cymru's CinderellaIn Looking Forward to 2015 - My Choices 29 Dec 2014 I tipped Queensland Ballet's La Sylphide for ballet of the year with the Dutch National Ballet's Cool Britannia, the Royal...
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Looking Forward to 2016
"Shakespeare" possibly by John TaylorSource WikipediaNational Portrait GalleryTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth in 1964 Sir Frederick Ashton created The Dream. Antoinette Sibley was...
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Arise Sir Matthew
Sir Matthew BourneSource WikipediaCreative Commons LicenceMany congratulations to Sir Matthew Bourne on his knighthood in the New Year's Honours List for services to dance. While I can't claim to be...
View ArticleHappy New Year! Christmas is over. Now if you want to work off those Mince...
KNT Dancworks Manchester: Ailsa Baker, Josh Moss and Karen SantStandard You Tube LicenceI was 63 when I took up ballet. Save for a few classes when I was an undergraduate at St Andrews in the early...
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More Gongs
Source WikipediaCreative Commons LicenceIn Arise Sir Matthew 31 Dec 2015 I congratulated Sir Matthew Bourne and the others who had been honoured in the New Years Honours List for services to dance. In...
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Prosit Neues Jahr
Musikverein Vienna, Golden HallSource WikipediaTelevision over the New Year used to be decked out with tartan, accordions, Scottish country dancing and Glaswegian comics. That tradition seems to have...
View ArticlePlease, pretty please, will somebody revive this lovely ballet.
Standard YouTube LicenceIn Prosit Neues Jahr 2 Jan 2016 and Frohes Neues Jahr 1 Jan 2014 I mentioned Lichine's Graduation Ball. As you can see from the video it is a charming ballet. It was once very...
View ArticleGaza Ballet School
Standard YouTube LicenceI am grateful to Alison Winward, one of my fellow students at KNT, for drawing the Gaza ballet school to my attention. "Did you know there's a ballet school in Gaza?" she wrote....
View ArticleDid I read this correctly?
Roberta Marquez and Steven McRaeYou Tube LicenceIn the January newsletter from Danceworks I read the following section:"New Classical Ballet classesThree fantastic new drop-in Ballet classes for 2016...
View ArticleDon't Expect Petipa
Standard YouTube LicenceThe last time I saw Northern Ballet's Swan Lake I felt quite deflated. It was my birthday too and I felt as Vlad the Lad must have dine after his mum and I beat him at snakes...
View ArticleThe Royal Ballet's Double Bill
The Royal Ballet, Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons, Royal Opera House, 16 Jan 2016A trip to Covent Garden is always something of an occasion.First, the tickets arrive in a smart folder sponsored by Rolex,...
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Hendrick's Class at Danceworks
Hendrick JanuaryWell over a year ago Lesley Osman of Danceworks invited me to review one of her classes. I had intended to accept her offer much sooner but I don't get to London all that often and when...
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Dance Law #1: PRS for Music Charging Policies
Royal Courts of JusticeAuthor Anthony MCreative Commons LicenceSource WikipediaCopyright is a property right which subsists in original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, sound recordings,...
View ArticleSo what was so great about it exactly?
@jelterps you have no idea how much that means to me.. Thank you :)— KNT Danceworks (@DanceWithKNT) January 20, 2016 It wasn't just me who said so. One of my classmates posted to his Facebook...
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Small Steps - Northern Ballet Academy's Commemoration of the Kindertransport
Arrival of Jewish refugees, LondonBundesarchiv, Bild 183-S69279 / CC-BY-SA 3.0Source Wikipedia Creative Commons LicenceOn Sunday the 24 Jan 2016 at 14:00 the Lord Mayor of Leeds will commemorate the...
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