Dance
Bolshoi Ballet dismisses world star Nikolai TsiskaridzeSunday, 09 June 2013
The celebrated star of the Bolshoi, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, has been told his contracts will not be renewed when they expire at the end of this month - an effective dismissal for Russia's flamboyant and outspoken ballet icon. The dancer is currently... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Perm: To Russia With RomeoSunday, 09 June 2013
If you look at a map of Russia, you will find the city of Perm just west of the spine of the Ural Mountains which divides European Russia from Asia, about 720 miles north-east of Moscow. Just under two hours away by plane, you only understand the... Read more... |
Mayerling, The Royal BalletThursday, 06 June 2013
So last night the Royal Ballet’s first couple, at shockingly short notice, gave their last performance with the company, in MacMillan’s Mayerling, a terrifying, piteous experience that I know I’ll never see surpassed. Johan Kobborg and Alina... Read more... |
iTMOi, Akram Khan Company, Sadler's Wells TheatreFriday, 31 May 2013
When the public “got” or did not “get” the original Rite of Spring of Nijinsky and Stravinsky exactly 100 years ago this week, they couldn't call on emotional logic or aesthetic familiarity or symbolic recognition to help. Only imaginative reflex... Read more... |
Raven Girl, Royal Ballet/ Witch-Hunt, Bern Ballett/ The Great Gatsby, Northern BalletSaturday, 25 May 2013
Ballet is telling stories again. Last night Wayne McGregor’s debut as a narrator followed hot on the heels of Cathy Marston’s Witch-Hunt for Bern Ballett, both in the Royal Opera House complex, and Northern Ballet’s visit to London with David Nixon’... Read more... |
Rambert Dance, Sadler's WellsTuesday, 21 May 201316-20 October, Rambert Dance Company, Labyrinth of Love/ Soun ddance/ Roses/ Dutiful Ducks, Sadler's Wells Irish choreographer Margue rite Donlon makes her Rambert debut with Labyrinth of Love, alongside Merc e Cunningham’s Sounddance, Paul Taylor'... Read more... |
Royal Ballet Draft Works, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera Hou seTuesday, 21 May 201324-26 January: Draft Works provides a unique opportunity for Ro yal Ballet dancers to create new work, and/or to experiment and risk-take with short choreographic sketches. All of the pieces here are in various st ages of development and performed... Read more... |
English National Ballet, The Nutcracker, London ColiseumTuesday, 21 May 2013ENB's latest production of the delectable Tchaikovsky ballet ab out mice, Christmas and the Land of Sweets is a traditional version by Way ne Eagling. London Coliseum 12 Dec 2012 - 5 Jan 2013 Booking: http:/ /www.ballet.org.uk Read more... |
Slava's Snowshow, Royal FestivalTuesday, 21 May 201317 December-8 January. Legendary family production by veteran R ussian clown Slava Polunin featuring snow to magical effect. One of the gre at theatre events Booking: http://www.ents24.com/web/event/Slavas-Snowshow -Royal-Festival-Hall-London-... Read more... |
Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Royal Opera HouseTuesday, 21 May 20138 Oct-24 Nov, Swan Lake (20 performances). Anthony Dowell's pr oduction of the Petipa/Ivanov classic designed in lavish Art Nouveau style by Yolanda Sonnabend. Conducted by Boris Gruzin to 10 November, then BarryWordsworth. Casts: Odette+Odile/... Read more... |
San Francisco Ballet, Sadler's WellsTuesday, 21 May 201314-23 September, San Francisco Ballet has a worldwide reputati on for its vast repertory. Three programmes over two weeks present some of its most popular works of recent years, including ballets by Royal Ballet alumni Christopher Wheeldon and... Read more... |
Dance GB, Royal Naval College, GreenwichTuesday, 21 May 2013Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 4-8 July Dance GB, an Olymp ics dance collaboration of the nations, with English National Ballet, Sco ttish Ballet and National Dance Company Wales. Each company commissioning contemporary choreographers: for... Read more... |
