"Like Water for Chocolate" in the Cinema
Standard YouTube LicenceRoyal Ballet Like Water for Chocolate Royal Opera House Recorded 9 June 2022, Screened 19 Jan 2023If you have not already seen Like Water for Chocolate on stage or on screen I...
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An "Evening with Ashton" and the Launch of an English Junior Company
Lesley CollierPhotographer MaraJK Licence CC BY-SA 4,0 Source Wikimedia CommonsBirmingham Royal Ballet An Evening with Ashton 24 Jan 2023 Elmhurst Ballet SchoolLesley Collier was one of my favourite...
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Michaela DePrince's Coppelia
Modern Films Coppelia Modern Films Coppelia BBC 2 18:15 27 Dec 2022 and iPlayerOn the evening of 27 Dec 2022, the BBC broadcast Modern Films'Coppeliain the UK. Readers who may have missed the...
View ArticleDance for Parkinson's in the Pontio Centre
Srandard YouTube LicenceI remember an interview with Tamara Rojo in which she said that one of English National Ballet's achievements of which she was particularly proud were its Dance for Parkinson's...
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An Evening of Music and Dance
Symphony Hall, BirminghamAuthor JimmyGuano Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikimedia Commons Birmingham Royal Ballet An Evening of Music and Dance Symphony Hall, Birmingham 11 Feb 2023 19:30If there is...
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Essex Excellence - The Chelmsford Ballet's Cinderella
(c) 2023 Chelmsford Ballet Company: all rights reserved Licence Courtesy of the company Chelsea Ballet Company CinderellaChelmsford Theatre 17 March 2023 19:30Chelmsford is a community about the size...
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Sleeping Beauty Workshop
© 2023 Powerhouse Ballet: all rights reserve Beth Meadway is one of Ballet Cymru's most experienced dancers. She joined the company in 2017 and has performed many of the leading female roles in the...
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Digwyddiad Cyntaf yng Nghymru - February Company Class in Myndd Isa
© 2023 Powerhouse Ballet: all rights reserved I was inspired to found Powerhouse Ballet by the examples of the Chelmsford Ballet Company in Essex and the Duchy Ballet in Cornwall, As Huddersfield is...
View ArticleLynn Seymour - A Personal Recollection
Standard YouTube LicenceI am sad to learn of the death of Lynn Seymour. I never met her or had any dealings with her but I saw her several times on the stage of Covent Garden when she would have been...
View ArticleReturning to my Beginners' Class after 54 Years
Standard YouTube LicenceIn Ballet at University 27 Feb 2017, I recounted how the St Andrews Ballet Clun was founded more than half a century ago. A year later I attended the 50th-anniversary gala of...
View ArticleNext Year in Amsterdam
Standard YouTube LicenceThe Dutch National Ballet has just announced its programme from 16 Sept 2023 to 6 July 2024. It includes new works by Wayne McGregor, Juanjo Arqués, Milena Siderova, Wubkje...
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Eleven Days with Nunez
AuthorFiora1913 Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source Wikipedia Commons The latest Danceworks newsletter offers early bird discounts on a range of courses, masterclasses and intensives. One that grabbed my...
View ArticleBRB2 in Nottingham
Standard YouTube LicenceBRB2 Carlos Acosta's Classical Selection Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 28 April 1930Nearly 10 years ago I was in Amsterdam for the first performance of the Dutch National Ballet's...
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Northern Ballet's "Sketches"
Edgar Degas, Little DancerPhoto Daderot Licence CCO 1.0 Source Wikimedia Commons Northern Ballet Sketches Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, Leeds 5 May 2023 19:30One of the highlights of my...
View ArticlePulse
Standard YouTube LicenceNational Dance Company of Wales Pulse18 May 2023 19:30 Lawrence Batley Theatre The National Dance Company of Wales is Wales's national contemporary dance company. It is one of...
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Ballet Black Takes York by Storm
Nina SimoneAuthor Gerrit de Bruin Licence CC BY-SA 4.0 Source amazingnina.com Courtesy o Re-Emerging Films Ballet Black Then or Now and Nina: By-Whatever Means 23 June 2023 19:30 York Theatre RoyalI...
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Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Lowry's Open Day
Author RobChafer Licence CC BY-SA 3.0 Source Wikimedia CommonsThe Lowry According to its website, The Lowry is holding an open day on 6 Aug 2023. It has not published any details yet though it has...
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My First Class in KNT's New Studios
Yesterday I attended Karren Lester Sant's Pre-Intermediate Class in her new studios at 114 Chapel Street for the first time and was very impressed. The studio was easy to find with ample parking...
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News from Ballet Black
In Ballet Black Takes York By Storm I recalled some of the great shows that Ballet Black had performed and added that none has impressed me more than their performance of Nina: By Whatever Means at...
View ArticleSarah Kundi - An Appreciation
Copyright 2023 English National Ballet, Licence Standard YouTuve LicenceReaders of this blog will know that I have a particularly high regard for Sarah Kundi. Although I must have seen her several...
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