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Talking about ENB’s The Sleeping Beauty
Having just returned from a quick trip to Los Angeles to catch ABT in our last ballet of summer season – a very enjoyable matinee performance of La Bayadère led by Devon Teuscher (a gorgeous Nikiya),...
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For Your Consideration: Ballet Bracket Final Round
We have just finished counting the votes to our Ballet Bracket Round 2, including those on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and we’re ready for the epic battle in the final round, phew! Before we...
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For Your Consideration: Ballet Bracket Round 2
After a painstaking vote counting, taking into account your comments in our original post, plus votes on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (thank you all for participating!), we’re back with our Ballet...
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A Summer of Dance to Remember
Warm summer evenings are starting to come to an end in London (if only we could have temperatures in the twenties all year round…). As we prepare to welcome the autumn dance season, we have a quick...
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The London 2012 Olympics are in full-throttle and we’re currently glued to the TV watching athletes going faster, higher and stronger. Even though in gymnastics – an event so closely associated with...
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Bag of Steps: Connections
It has been over a year since we last added to our Bag of Steps library and we recently discovered – via survey feedback – that some readers missed this series. We now return with a post dedicated to...
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Giselle
Is this ballet for you? Go if: Balanchine said it best “Like Hamlet, Giselle is a classic: it is not only important historically, it also happens to be good (…) People go to see Giselle and to see...
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The Bolshoi Ballet
New chapter in our ongoing series of Ballet History articles, Linda looks at what the Bolshoi is made of: Bolshoi means big, an adjective that perfectly describes this ballet company. As the recent...
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Bolshoi in London Roundup
Following a 3-year gap London ballet audiences finally got the Bolshoi back in town for summer. A long season at Covent Garden meant we had plenty of time to see an enticing mix of well-crafted...
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Laurencia
Is this ballet for you? Go If: You love bold and spicy ballets à la Don Quixote. You’re all for feisty leading ladies and bravura dancing. Skip If: You can’t stand an endless parade of divertissements...
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Golden Years
The Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauties have just drawn to a close, giving way to the usual Christmas special of Nutcrackers. Notice anything in common? Both are Petipa ballets, both are amongst the...
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