Clik here to view.
Daethon and Arundel - A New Four Act Ballet
David Hotchkiss© 2018 David James Hotchkiss, all rights reservedDaethon and Arundelis a love story between a lowly young palace manservant and the prince he serves. It is set in the 18th century...
View Article"Windrush" at the Peacock - "More than just art. It was an education."
Standard YouTube LicencePhoenix Dance Theatre Mixed Programme (Calyx, Shadows and Windrush, Movement of the People) Peacock Theatre, London, 27 April 2018, 19:30I don't know whether any ministers,...
View ArticleScottish Ballet's "Highland Fling" in Gurn and Effie Land
Standard YouTube LicenceScottish Ballet Highland Fling Atlantis Leisure Centre, Oban 29 April 2018 19:30Almost exactly a year ago I saw Ballet Central perform the greater part of the second act of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visiting Taynuilt
Ballet West's Grounds© 2018 Jane Elizabeth Lambert: all rights reserved In my very first blog post I wrote:"I was intrigued to receive a mailing for a performance of "The Nutcracker by Ballet West"....
View ArticleClik here to view.
St Andrews University Dance Club's 50th Anniversary Gala
St Salvator's College, St Andrews 30 April 2018© 2018 Jane Elizabeth LambertAll rights reservedSt Andrews University Dance Club 50th Anniversary gala 30 April 2018, 19:30 Byre Theatre, St AndrewsI...
View ArticleManon in the Cinema
Standard YouTube LicenceRoyal Ballet Manon 3 Nay 2018, 19:30 Royal Opera House (streamed to cinemas)Although Manon is probably Sir Kenneth MacMillan's most popular ballet after Romeo and Juliet I have...
View ArticleDreda Blow
Standard YouTube LicenceIt is always sad to say goodbye to a dancer - especially a leading lady - but I for one will miss Dreda Blow prticularly. According to Northern Ballet's news item, Saying...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Goodbye
Author: Mtaylor848Licence Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 internationalSource WikipediaAnother departing artist who will be greatly missed is Northern Ballet's first soloist Victoria...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michaela DePrince to return to London
Michaela DePrince in "A Million Kisses to my Skin"Author Angela Sterling(c) 2015 Dutch National Ballet, all rights reservedLicensed with the kind permission of the companyDanceworks has just announced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Award - Terpsichore is now one of the Top 35 Ballet Blogs
I have just received the following lovely email:Hi Jane Lambert,Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that your blog has been included in our Top 35 Ballet Blogs which can be found on our...
View ArticleRichard Chappell Dance to perform in Leeds
At the end we begin Excerpts Trailer from Richard Chappell Dance on Vimeo.For many years I have been begging Richard Chappell to bring one of his shows to the North and he has finally relented. His...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hype Dance's Annual Show
Hype Dance Annual Show Library Theatre, Sheffield, 12 My 2018 19:45Performances are important to dance education because ballet and kindred styles of dance developed in the theatre and are intended...
View ArticleChantry Dance 2018 Tour
Chantry Dance Company's 'DRACULA - Welcome to D's' (trailer) from Chantry Dance Company on Vimeo.Four years ago almost to the day Mel Wong and I drove to Lincoln where we took part in Chantry Dance...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chelmsford Ballet Update
River ChelmerAuthor Roy GrayLicence Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0Source WikipediaFolk in the rest of the UK tend to be very unkind about Essex even though there is much to admire in that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our Turn to Impress
Last Saturday Hype Dance Company showed what it could do in its annual show and very good it was too, Next Saturday is the Dancehouse's opportunity to impress. Classes in different styles take place...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ballet Black's Standing Ovation at the Nottingham Playhouse
Anish Kapoor's Sky Mirror outside Nottingham PlayhouseAuthor SuperhasnLicence reproduced with kind permission of the copyright ownerSource WikipediaBallet Black Double Bill (The Suit and A Dream...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ballet West's Showcase
Standard YouTube LicenceIn Ballet Black's Standing Ovation at the Nottingham Playhouse 17 May 2018 I mentioned that Ballet Black are coming to Scotland. They are not the only ones. I shall return on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Teac Damsa's "Swan Lake" - it may not have been Ballet or even entirely Dance...
Teac Damsa and Michael Keegan-Dolan Swan Lake (Loch na hEala) 18 May 2018 20:00 LowryIt didn't start promisingly. A bare stage. A handful of musicians clutching their instruments. A chap in a tuque...
View ArticleThe Importance of Performance
I posted those words to Facebook just before we appeared on stage to give readers who have never danced in public some idea of the thrill of doing so. Possibly the anticipation of the performance is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Royal Ballet's Elizabeth at the Barbican: Where were her flowers?
The Royal Ballet’s revival of Will Tuckett’s Elizabeth at the Barbican theatre starred Zenaida Yanowsky as Queen Elizabeth I and (her brother) Yury Yanowsky as her five suitors. A strong performance by...
View Article