Live Streaming of Beaujean's Raymonda
Standard YouiTube LicenceDutch National Ballet Raymonda Livestream 8 May 2022Had I not broken my femur in warmup exercises for our Waltz of the Flowers workshop on 19 March 2022 I would have been in...
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One of KNT's Best Shows Ever
Friends' Meeting House, ManchesterPhoto RuthAS Licence CC BY 4.0 Source Wikimedia Commons KNT Showcase of Dance Friends Meeting House, Manchester 19:30 21 May 2022Yesterday's Showcase of Dance was...
View ArticleCandoco at the Lowry
YouTub Standard Licence Candoco Dance Company Set and Reset/Reset and Last Shelter The Lowry, 11 May 2022 19:30The Candoco Dance Company is one that I have long wanted to see because it has received...
View ArticleCroeso i Ŵyl Dream
Standard YouTube LicenceBallet Cymru Dream Theatr Clwyd 28 May 2022 19:30 and Lichfield Cathedral 8 July 2022 19:30The words "Croeso i Ŵyl Dream" were projected onto the wall of Lichfield cathedral...
View ArticleLike Water for Chocolate
Standard YouTube LicenceThe Royal Ballet Lije Water for ChocolateThe Royal Opera House, 8 June 2022, 19:30I saw Like Water for Chocolate on 8 June 2022. It was my first trip back to Covent Garden since...
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Further Reflections on "Like Water for Chocolate"
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=327749 In Like Water for Chocolate, I noted that Christopher Wheeldon had advised his audience to come early and read the programme. I...
View ArticleThe van Manen Festival, Programme IV
Standard YouTube LicenceDutch National Ballet and Guests Hans van Manen Festival IV National Opera and Ballet auditorium 29 June 2022 20:15I would argue that Hans van Manen is the greatest living...
View ArticleThe Dutch National Ballet's Sixtieth Anniversary Gala
Standard YouTube LicenceDutch National Ballet Sixtieth Anniversary Gala National Opera and Ballet Auditorium Amsterdam 30 June 2020 19:30One of the high points of my year is the Dutch National...
View ArticleWell!
Standard youtube LicenceScottish Ballet Coppelia Theatre Royal, Glasgow 25 May 2022 19:30Scottish Ballet has specialized in reinterpreting the classical repertoire ever since Peter Darrell's Beauty and...
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The London Ballet Circle talks to Bonelli
Author KumikoSan Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikimedia CommonsLeanne Benjamin will interview Federico Bonelli for the London Ballet Circle at 19:00 tonight and members of the public can watch them...
View ArticleMack and Mair and Adams too at the Liverpool Empire
YouTube Standard LicenceEnglish National Ballet Swan LakeLiverpool Empire 1 Oct 2022 19:30On the last day of its season at the Liverpool Empire, English National Ballet cast Brooklyn Mack as Siegfried...
View ArticleBallet Cymru at its Best
Standard YouTube LicenceBallet Cymru DreamStanley and Audrey Burton Theatre, Leeds 19L30Yesterday I saw Ballet Cymru's Dream for the third time and I think it was their best performance of that ballet...
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A Celebration of Dance: Wilis and More
Dance Studio Leeds, Powerhouse Ballet, Part of Giselle 19 Nov 2022, 15:00 Chroma Q Theatre, LeedsBy some fluke, I once accomplished a chassé, pas de bourrée, pirouettes single or double and pirouette...
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The Royal Ballet's Mayerling on Stage and Screen
Crown Prince Rudolf The Royal Ballet Mayerling Royal Opera House, 29 Nov 2022 19:30Schloß Mayerling is now a Carmelite convent. In 1889 it was a royal hunting lodge where Rudolf, the 30-year-old Crown...
View ArticleBallet Black at 20
Standard YouTube LicenceBallet Black Say it Loud and Black Sun York Theatre Royal 11 Oct 2022 Lowry Salford 1 Dec 2022 20:00I once attended an interview in which Cassa Pancho was asked about the early...
View ArticleBallet Cymru in Bangor - Finishing a Great Week of Ballet
Standard YouTube LicenceBallet Cymru A Child's Christmas and Terms and Conditions Pontio Centre, 2 Dec 2022 19:30Last week I was lucky enough to see the Royal Ballet in Mayerling at the Royal Opera...
View ArticleDawson
Standard YouTube LicenceDutch National Ballet Dawson 11 Dec2022 14:00 Music Theatre, Amsterdam Although David Dawson is one of the United Kingdom's leading choreographers, balletgoers usually have to...
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Powerhouse Ballet Looks Forward
Powerhouse Ballet in Class© 2022 Jane Elizabeth Lambert This year has been Powerhouse Ballet's best ever. We gave our second and third public performances to packed houses at the Chroma Q Theatre in...
View ArticleThe Birmingham Nutcracker
Nutcracker 22 Homepage sizzle from Birmingham Royal Ballet on Vimeo.Birmingham Royal Ballet The Nutcracker Royal Albert Hall, 31 Dec 2022 16:00When I was young the London Festival Ballet converted the...
View ArticleNorthern's Nutcracker
Standard YouTube LicenceNorthern Ballet The Nutcracker 5 Jan 2023 19:00 The Grand Theatre, LeedsI saw The Nutcrackerone and a half times this year. The first time was on 28 Dec when Leeds was...
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