The dancer as brand ambassador, then and now
“So famous she has no time to eat”. Could the ballerina, Alicia Markova really have given her blessing to an advertisement caption for Cadburys chocolate? The copywriter’s words are ridiculous. No...
View ArticleTogether they stand: the trend for co-productions in the ballet world
We’re fast approaching the time when dance companies release their 2018 repertoire. The Queensland Ballet will reveal its season on 12 September and the Australian Ballet on 25 September. Although the...
View ArticleWorld Ballet Day 2017
The next WBD is on 5 October. Five companies, The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi, Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco Ballet
View ArticleAko Kondo as Giselle
From her first entrance as a young woman in love, until her last steps towards her grave, Ako Kondo was clearly in the moment as she told the tale of Giselle, a tale that ends in madness then...
View ArticleKeep calm and carry on in the days of dark theatres
No performances, no classes – but there’s still virtual ballet for you – Here’s the first, a documentary of two La Scala principal dancers
View ArticleSergei Polunin, from his student years, to the Royal Ballet, to Take Me to...
I first saw Sergei Polunin at the White Lodge Royal Ballet School where he danced in The Sleeping Beauty’s pas de trois in Act 1. He was only 13 at the time but it was clear he could have an...
View ArticleThe Paris Opera Ballet class, World Ballet Day, 2019
Thank goodness we still have this, a video everyone can watch.
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