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Two Chances to meet Leanne Benjamin
In my article about Hendrick's January's class at Danceworks I mentioned some of the master classes that will take place at those studios soon:"Roberta Marquez, Zdenek Konvalisa and Antonia Franceschi...
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We drop French at our peril
Louis XIVAuthor Hyacinthe RigaudSource WikipediaThere is a really depressing article by Ed West in The Guardian entitled The long adieu: how Britain gave up learning French. Apparently there has been a...
View ArticleThis year I am in it!
Liverpool Town Hall, 8 Sept 2014I described last year's Move It as better than Eurovision as indeed it was. This year's show is taking place this Saturday and, guess what, I'm in it. I've danced in...
View ArticleCompetition for Cranko: The Bolshoi's Taming of the Sheew streamed from Moscow
Standard YouTube LicenceEven before the housekeeper ambled on to the stage I could tell from the photos that we were in for a treat. They depicted Petruchio's loucheness in the way he wore his hat, the...
View ArticleThe Miracle that's wrought by tickling the Ivories of the Old Joanna
Igor Zapravadin. Standard YouTube LicenceBecause last week's class at KNT was so good (see "So what was so great about it exactly?" 20 Jan 2016) I feared tonight's would be...
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One of my proudest moments - Dancing in Move It!
Yoshie Kimura and Jane LambertIt is nearly 03:12 in the morning but I am not going to sleep until I have written this experience out of my system. Last night I took part in Move It, The Dancehouse's...
View ArticleThinking out Loud about Ballet West
A few miles outside Oban lies the village of Taynuilt. I spent a day there on 31 August 2013 before catching a McBrayne ferry to the Isle of Mull. I wrote about my visit in Taynuilt - where better to...
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A Cause for Double Celebration at the Robin's Nest
Natasha WatsonCopyright 2016 Ballet West: all rights reservedReproduced with kind permission of the PrincipalOne doesn't need much of an excuse to visit the Robin's Nest bur if one has something to...
View ArticleBirthday Offering
My birthday falls on Sunday. Don't ask me how old I will be because it's depressing. But there is one thing that never fails to cheer me up and that is to watch the excellent young men and women of the...
View ArticleBrandsen's Masterpiece
Dutch National Ballet, Mata Hari, Stopera, 13 Feb 2016As Anna Tsygankova stood alone on stage for her curtain call after last night's performance of Ted Brandsen'sMata Hari every single person in the...
View ArticleBallet Bubbles
Dutch National Ballet Junior Company, Ballet Bubbles, Meervaart Theatre, Amsterdam, 14 Feb 2016Mata Hari is a hard act to follow (see Brandsen's Masterpiece14 Feb 2016). Mindful of the words of...
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Double Dutch Delights
The Stopera, Home of the Dutch National BalletPhoto: A J HaverkampSource WikipediaCreative Commons LicenceAs well as seeing Mata Hari and Ballet Bubbles on Saturday and Sunday (see Ballet Bubbles 16...
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Phoenix's 35th Anniversary Tour
Phoenix Dance Theatre, Triple Bill, West Yorkshire Playhouse, 17 Feb 2016In 1981 David Hamilton, Donald Edwards and Vilmore James founded Phoenix Dance Theatre in Leeds (see the History page on the...
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Photos of La Vivandière – Pas de six
Emilie Tassinari and Theo Duff Grant in La Vivandière – Pas de sixPhoto Michel SchnaterCopyright 2016 Dutch National BalletAll rights reservedReproduction licensed by the CompanyI reviewed the Dutch...
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Phoenix at 35
Phoenix Dance Theatre's CakePhoto Gita MistryCopyright 2016 Gita MistryAll rights reservedYesterday I reported the opening night of Phoenix Dance Theatre's 35th anniversary tour (see Phoenix's 35th...
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Giovanni Princic in Ballet 101
Giovanni Princic in Ballet 101Photo Michel SchnaterCopyright 2016 Dutch National BalletAll rights reservedReproduced with kind permission of the companyEric Gauthier's Ballet 101 is fun. I've seen...
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Ashton's Double Bill
Joseph Noel Paton: The Quarrel between Oberon and TitaniaSource WikipediaBirmingham Royal Ballet, Ashton Double Bill, Birmingham Hippodrome, 20 Feb 2016In Looking Forward to 2016(30 Dec 2015) I...
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Fuse
Belle Beasley with Thomas van Damme and Antonio Martinez in FusePhoto Michel SchnaterCopyright 2016 Dutch National BalletAll rights reservedReproduction licensed by the companyAnother great photo from...
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Anna Tsygankova as Mata Hari
Anna Tsygankova in Ted Brandsen's Mata HariPhoto Marc HaegemanCopyright 2016 Dutch National Ballet, all rights reservedReproduction licensed by the companyIn Brandsen's Masterpiece 14 Feb 2016 in which...
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The Hungarian National Ballet's Sleeping Beauty
Budapest Opera HousePhotoPDXdjSourceWikipediaCreative Commons LicenceOn 17 April 2016 the Hungarian National Ballet will present Sir Peter Wright's production of The Sleeping Beauty at the Budapest...
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