The Nutcracker #4 - Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Albert Hall
Standard YouTube LicenceBirmingham Royal BalletThe Nutcracker Royal Albert Hall, 29 Dec 2019 13:00Having seen Sir Peter Wright's version of The Nutcracker for the Birmingham Royal Ballet several times...
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Review of 2019
Alexander Campbell, Male Dancer of 2019Author Wild21swanLicence CC BY-SA 4.0Source Wikipedia Alexander Campbell (dancer)The year that has just ended was a particularly good one for dance. Two of the...
View ArticleNorthern Ballet's 50th Anniversary Celebration Gala
Dratdard YouTube LicenceNorthern Ballet 50th Anniversary Celebration Gala 4 Jan 2020 19:00 Leeds Grand TheatreLast night's gala was everything for which I had hoped and a great deal more than I had...
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"The Nutcracker" by St Petersburg Classic Ballet
Lyceum Theatre SheffieldAuthor Harry Mitchell Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Wikipedia LyceumSt Petersburg Classic Ballet Thr Nutcracker 7 Jan 2020 Lyceum Theatre, SheffieldAccording to the programme...
View ArticleBallet West's "Swan Lake" - A Show of which any Company could be proud
Standard YouTubeBallet West Swan Lake SEC Armadillo, Glasgow, 8 Feb 2020 and Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock, 9 Feb 2020, 19:30According to Wikipedia, the SEC Armadillo has 3,000 seats. When I attended...
View ArticleHampson's Masterpiece: The Snow Queen
Standard YouTube LicenceScottish Ballet The Snow Queen Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 11 Jan 2020I have been following the company now known as Scottish Ballet for nearly 60 years. The first ballet of theirs...
View ArticleThe Royal Ballet's "Onegin"
Standard YouTube LicenceRoyal Ballet OneginRoyal Opera House 18 Jan 2020, 13:30The last time I saw the Royal Ballet's Onegin, I wrote:"That night I saw something wonderful. Cranko's Onegin danced by...
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Registration is open for Maria Chugai's Online Class
By https://es.ifixit.com/User/524640/Sam+Lionheart - https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/gFgosPJbspyCBD5P, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41473740Last year I...
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Stage Door - A Sunday Afternoon Conversation with your Favourite Artists
"Stage Door" is a new service to keep ballet goers in touch with their favourite artists and artists in touch with their fans during these miserable times.Every Sunday afternoon during lockdown (and...
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Online Company Classes for May 2020
Company Class 29 February 2020© 2020 Powerhouse BalletA photo of our last company class in a studio. It was held on 29 Feb 2020 in Studio 2 at The Dancehouse and Jane Tucker of Northern Ballet was our...
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Gavin McCaig in Conversation with his Friends
Gary Sutherland / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)Not far from Taynuilt lies the port of Oban from where McBrayne ferries depart for Mull on the way to Iona. I had passed...
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Ballet in Lockdown
Standard YouTube LicenceDutch National Ballet Ballet connects dancers in lockdown 21 April 2020 YouTubeThis is the first new ballet that I have reviewed since lockdown. It is on screen rather than a...
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Classes in Lockdown
Author NIAID Licence CC BY 2.0After I felt obliged to postpone the Snowflakes workshop that Mark Hindle had kindly agreed to give us on 14 March 2020 I had reconciled myself to a long delay before I...
View ArticleBallet Cymru's Outreach Work
Standard YouTube LicenceOn 29 Nov 2019, I attended a performance of Ballet Cymru's Three Works: Wired to the Moon, Divided We Stand and Celtic Concerto at the Pontio Centre in Bangor. You will find my...
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Northern Ballet Restarts its Open Classes
PhotographerMtaylor848 Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Northern Ballet Academy Open Classes For All Improvers Class Jane Tucker, 22 Sept 2020 18:45 - 19:45Not quite the same as usual because the class was 30...
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Never have I been more proud of Powerhouse Ballet
© 2020 Powerhouse Ballet I had booked a studio at Yorkshire Dance for our September company class because it has a piano. Throughout lockdown, I had promised our members that Jane Tucker would one day...
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Dutch National Ballet - "Dancing Apart Together"
Anna Ol(c) 2020 Hans GerritsenYvonne CharltonDutch National Ballet Dancing Apart Together Music Theatre, Amsterdam, 20 Sep 2020 14:00Happiness! I visited the Dutch National Ballet on the afternoon of...
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KNT's Day of Dance Tomorrow
The Dear Old DancehouseOne of the highlights of my year is KNT's Day of Dance. It offers a chance to train with some of the best teachers and performers in the business. Last year, for example, I...
View ArticleThe Finale - Dutch National Ballet;s "Dancing Apart Together"
Standard YouTube LicenceDutch National Ballet Dancing Apart Together Music Theatre, Amsterdam, 20 Sep 2020 14:00Ib her review, Dutch National Ballet - "Dancing Apart Together", Yvonne Charlton...
View Article"Live" - Van Manen's Narrative Ballet?
© 2020 Dutch National Ballet Licence Standard YouTubeinplayer Dutch National Ballet Live 10 Oct to 7 Nov 2020Hans van Manen made it very clear that he does not do story ballets in a discussion that...
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