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Ballet Business | How to work with the media In an earlier feature, How to get into ballet, I outlined the early stages of a ballet career and some of the pitfalls you might need to watch out for. As part & parcel of your professional ballet career, in a visual art form, photographs of you could (and hopefully, will) end up in the media – here on [...]

The Ultimate Ballet Bag | The Del Rey So, what’s all the fuss about ?  Last weekend at London Fashion Week, Mulberry showcased thier latest handbag – the Del Rey, named after the American singer Lana Del Rey. The catwalk was aflame ! Each Mulberry launch is exciting and results in a long waiting list [...]

Ballet News | photograph goes viral A couple of weeks ago I posted this photograph to the Ballet News facebook page. Now, at the time I didn’t think it was more or less of an interesting image than any of the hundreds of other photographs that I’ve published on the Ballet News facebook page.  Oh, how I was [...]

Ballet News Snaps! Towards the end of last year, I asked Ballet Newsers – that’s you – for help in reaching one of my Ballet News related goals.  And you came up trumps!  My aim was to buy a very special lens – a Canon EF 70-200mm F/2.8 L IS II USM lens, to be precise. My [...]

Ballet Valentine’s Day Last year for Valentine’s Day I published an exclusive on-location photoshoot with Daria Klimentova and Vadim Muntagirov. This year’s treats are more material – on this day of gift-giving – a gorgeous collection of things that seem to hit the perfect note for Valentine’s Day without being mushy or quaint. Probably the first, [...]

Ballet Austin | Mobile App launch – and it’s free! Ballet Austin has launched an App for smartphones – it’s compatible with iPod Touch, iPad & iPhone as long as they are iOS 4.0 or later. Released on February 3rd, the App is sizeable if you already have a lot of data on your phone – at 16.2mb. It’s a brilliant [...]

Northern Ballet | Perpetual Motion | Mixed Bill premiered tonight Northern Ballet opens its spring tour with Perpetual Motion, the Company’s first programme of short dance pieces performed at its award-winning headquarters. Tonight saw the premiere of Northern Ballet’s Premier Dancer Kenneth Tindall’s choreographic debut – Project #1. The Mixed Bill continues until 18th February [...]

The Royal Ballet casting period 3 The Royal Ballet casting for booking period 3 has some notable debuts and two new ballets, encompassing Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a triple bill comprising : Polyphonia|New Scarlett|New McGregor and La fille mal gardee. The casting is as follows : Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 17|26 March, 13|16 April Cuthbertson, [...]

Ballet News | Prix de Lausanne Gala in pictures To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Prix de Lausanne organised a Gala performance on Sunday, February 5th, 2012, at 5 pm, with 25 artists, most of them prize winners. The programme consisted of : Aki Saito · Wim Vanlessen Sonate nº 5 · Choreography Maurice Béjart Music [...]

Ballet News | Prix de Lausanne Winner in 2012 LES LAUREATS DU PRIX DE LAUSANNE 2012 SONT LES SUIVANTS : THE PRIZEWINNERS OF THE 2012 PRIX DE LAUSANNE ARE (306) Ms Sugai Madoka, Japon Sasaki Ballet Academy, Yamato (108) Ms Bettes Hannah, USA Next Generation Ballet Patel Conservatory, Tampa (406) Mr Barbosa Edson, Brésil Grupo Cultural [...]