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Back to the Studio with KNT
Manchester Quay StreetAuthorMikey Licence CC BY 2.0 Source Wikimedia CommonsThroughout this pandemic, Karen Sant of KNT Danceworks has kept north country dancers moving and motivated. Frst by...
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Dancing in the Penthouse
In Back to the Studio with KNT I described KNT Danceworks new venue in the ABC Buildings on Quay Street in Manchester and gave practical directions on how to get there, where the park and how to find...
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Toer
7th SymphonyAuthor Hans Gerritsen © 2021 Dutch National Ballet, All rights reservedDutch National Ballet Toer Streamed from the Music Theatre, Amsterdam, 25 Sept 2021, 19:15 and repeated 6 Oct 2021,...
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Ballet Cymru's Giselle
Author Sian Trenberth Photography © 2021 Ballet Cymru - all rights reserved Ballet CymruGiselleRiverfront Theatre, Newport 6 Nov 2021 19:30On its home page Ballet Cymru proclaims:"We are a ballet...
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Made in WalesBallet Cymru's triple bill at Sadlers Wells Joanna GoodmanThe Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadlers Wells in London is quite a small theatre and on Saturday night it was full. There was a buzz...
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The Nutcracker and The Mouse King
The Nutcracker and the Mouse KingAuthor Hans Gerritsen (c) 2021 Dutch National Ballet (all rights reserved The Music Theatre The Nutcracker and the Mouse King 18 Dec 2021 and 24 Dev 2021 13:00Between...
View ArticleNorthern Ballet's New Director
Copyright 2020 Royal Opera House Licence YouTube Standard Licence"Bravo bloody oh!" That was the reaction of one of my friends when I told her the news of Federico Bonelli's appointment as the next...
View ArticleThe Dutch National Ballet's "Raymonda"
Copyright 2021 Dutch National Ballet Standard YouTube LicenceAs I said in my review of the live-streaming of the Bolshoi's performance on 27 Oct 2019, Raymonda is not performed in this country very...
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Last Monday's Romeo and Juliet - a Cinematic as well as a Balletic Triumph
Author Russ London Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Wikimedia CommonsRoyal BalletRomeo and Juliet Cinema 14 Feb 2022 19:30Last Monday's screening of the Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet was quite different...
View ArticlePowerhouse Ballet's Reawakening
Standard YouTube LicenceThe last two years have been tough for everyone in the arts but they have been particularly hard for adult ballet students who long to perform in public. For Powerhouse Ballet...
View ArticleBallet Cymru's DUETS Programme and why it is important.
Standard YouTube LicenceThe dancers in this film are students at Moorland Primary School in Cardiff and Ysgol Ty Ffynnon on Deeside. They participated in Ballet Cymru's DUETS programme. DUETS stands...
View ArticleAcosta Danza "100% Cuban"
Standard YouTube LicenceAcosta Danza 100% Cuban New Theatre, Hull, 25 Feb 2022, 19:30Cuba may be a small Caribbean island with a population of 11.2 million but it has world-class national ballet and...
View ArticleBirmingham Royal Ballet's Don Quixote at the Lowry
Standard YouTube LicenceBirmingham Royal Ballet Don Quixote The Lowry 4 March 2022 19:30I have seen a lot of shows in Greater Manchester in my time from pantomimes to grand opera. I cannot recall one...
View ArticleCasanova Revived
Standard YouTube LicenceNorthern Ballet Casanova Leeds Grand Theatre 11 March 2022 19:30I saw Northern Ballet on stage for the first time since its 50th anniversary gala on 4 Jan 2020. It was very...
View ArticleChelmsford Ballet's First Show Since the Pandemic
Standard YouTube LicenceThe Chelmsford Ballet Company is older than Northern Ballet, Scottish Ballet and even English National Ballet. This little news clip records its formation. Clearly, the founders...
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Beatrix Potter comes to Life
Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit* * Photo credits Rod Tinsley/Tony Cockrell Copyright 2022 Chelmsford Ballet Company, Reproduced with kind permission of the companyChelmsford Ballet Company Beatrix...
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Amser Da - Dutch National Ballet New Season
National Opera and BalletAuthor Jane Lambert © 2022 Powerhouse Ballet All rights reserved The Dutch are good at puns. It may be because every schoolchild in the Netherlands is expected to learn enough...
View ArticleBallet Futures: The Pipeline Project
I am very grateful to Sarah Kundi for bringing the Pipeline Project to my attention. This is an initiative of English National Ballet to encourage and incentivize more dancers from African,...
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20 years of Ballet Black - double bill at the Barbican and currently on tour
(Photo Credit: Choreographed by Cassa Pancho and The Ballet Black Company Artists. (L-R) Ebony Thomas, Isabela Coracy, Cira Robinson and Alexander Fadayrio photographed by Bill Cooper. Lighting design...
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