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Cupcakes & Conversation with Ty King-Wall, Principal, The Australian Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? Absolutely nothing! I get up at 8.30am….Not a morning person! If ballet chose you, as many dancers say it did, what is it that has made you stick with it ? Insanity, and a certain level [...]

Alina’s Gala | Alina Cojocaru’s signed pointe shoes auctioned for her charity, Hospices of Hope Only Alina Cojocaru could open her Gala with the Rose Adage from The Sleeping Beauty. The music alone sends shivers of fear into the most professional of professional ballet dancers : not Cojocaru. Her supreme technicality aided by wonderfully smooth partnering from [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS ITS 2012-2013 Season Encore Performance Performance to include works by George Balanchine, Kent Stowell, Ulysses Dove, and more!   ONE NIGHT ONLY! Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 6:30 pm Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   SEATTLE, WA – Encore! Encore! Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrates [...]

Queensland Ballet promotes Lisa Edwards to Soloist Fairy Godmother is granted her wish On the closing night of Queensland Ballet’s sold-out season of Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Artistic Director Li Cunxin made a special announcement on stage – Company   Dancer Lisa Edwards was promoted to Soloist. Dancing with Queensland Ballet since 2004, Lisa’s promotion to Soloist follows [...]

BENOIS DE LA DANSE 2013: FOUR NOMINATIONS FOR THE DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET * Hans van Manen nominated for Variations for two couples. * Christopher Wheeldon nominated for Cinderella. * Principal Anna Tsygankova nominated for the title role in Cinderella. * Principal Matthew Golding nominated for the role of Prince Guillaume in Cinderella. * ‘Oscar of [...]

Dutch National Ballet | CINDERELLA IN CINEMAS ACROSS THE UK & AUSTRALIA FROM 28 APRIL * An original 21st century version of the  classic fairy story ballet by Christopher Wheeldon The Dutch National Ballet’sbrand-new Cinderella ballet, choreographed by the internationally acclaimed Christopher Wheeldon, will be screened in cinemas from 28 April 2013. Premiered at the [...]

Queensland Ballet adds extra performances to Cinderella, Giselle and Elegance Queensland Ballet has announced that due to popular demand it is adding extra performances to its 2013 seasons of Cinderella, Giselle and Elegance at the Playhouse, QPAC. The Company is adding two extra performances to its upcoming première of Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella.   The two [...]

Queensland Ballet presents Cinderella Australian première of  Ben Stevenson’s world-acclaimed ballet Queensland Ballet’s first mainstage season under new Artistic Director Li Cunxin’s tenure will be a brand new production of Ben Stevenson’s acclaimed Cinderella.   This charming, humourous and blissfully romantic production will have its Australian première in Brisbane on Friday 5 April at the Playhouse,Queensland Performing [...]

The Royal Ballet | Nadia Nerina retrospective exhibition Acclaimed ballerina and pioneer of ballet on television celebrated in a retrospective exhibition: Nadia Nerina, Principal Ballet dancer with The Royal Ballet from 1947-1966 Royal Opera House, 22 March – 17 August 2013 Generously supported by the Philip Loubser Foundation  Nadia Nerina was a pioneer in the world [...]

THE WASHINGTON BALLET PRESENTS CINDERELLA Septime Webre’s Adaptation of the Classic Fairy Tale   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Ballet (TWB) continues 2013 with TWB’s Artistic Director Septime Webre’s acclaimed adaptation of the fairy tale, Cinderella. The production opens with a preview March 20 and runs March 21 through 24, 2013 at The John F. [...]

Artistic Director Karen Kain Unveils The National Ballet of Canada’s 2013/14 Season Innovation: Three World Premieres by Canadian Choreographers Canadian Premiere of Spectre de la Rose by Marco Goecke First-Ever Tour to Saratoga Springs, NY Swan Lake, Onegin February 12, 2013… Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the 2013/14 [...]

Northern Ballet announces new Chair   Northern Ballet is delighted to announce that Sir David Wootton will become its new Chair.   Bradford-born Sir David served as Lord Mayor of the City of London and elected head of the City of London Corporation from November 2011 to November 2012. During his year in office as [...]

BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET’S ALADDIN RECEIVES ITS UK PREMIERE AT BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME IN FEBRUARY 2013   12 performances only of David Bintley’s magical version of the classic tale in Birmingham An Aladdin spring tour to Salford, Plymouth, Sunderland and London Coliseum follows Birmingham dates Tickets for Birmingham Hippodrome or 0844 338 5000 Birmingham Hippodrome performance dates: Friday [...]

January Bites | Glitter is your ally You’re dressed head to foot in black. It’s January. The grey sky hangs barely above the grey pavement and you’re in no mood to hang about. This is exactly the time for some glitter. Doesn’t matter that black has become your go-to wardrobe comfort during this bleak month. You [...]

Northern Ballet goes to the ball As The Nutcracker returns to packed houses in Leeds Grand Theatre this Christmas, Northern Ballet is excited to announce plans for Christmas yet to come. The Company will bring the ultimate rags to riches fairytale to the stage in December 2013 with a magical new production of Cinderella by [...]

Ballet News Reviews | The Fairytale Princess This beautiful hardback book takes you into a fairytale world, with Su Blackwell’s paper sculptures made from the pages of old books, bringing Wendy Jones’s retelling of classic stories to life. There are seven stories : Cinderella, The Frog Prince, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Princess and the Pea, [...]

LANDMARK SEASON FOR THE MARIINSKY THEATRE OPENING OF NEW OPERA HOUSE IN ST. PETERSBURG, MULTIMEDIA AND 3D PRODUCTIONS OF MARIINSKY PERFORMANCES AND EXTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL TOUR The new Mariinsky theatre (Mariinsky II) scheduled to open Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 May, 2013 The Mariinsky Theatre’s 2012/2013 landmark season, which includes an extraordinary schedule of tours, performances, [...]

South African Mzansi Ballet announces plans for 2013 The founding of a new ballet company is a historic event and with the establishment in 2012 of the South African Mzansi Ballet (SAMB) this has been a landmark year for the entire SA ballet community. Highlight of 2012 was the first SA production of the classic, [...]

The Hong Kong Ballet | Ballet Classics for Children: Cinderella Step into the Magical World of Ballet with this interactive educational performance! <Hong Kong – 3 December 2012> Following the huge success and sold-out performances of the first instalment of Ballet Classics for Children, an educational programme tailor-made for children, The Hong Kong Ballet is [...]

BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET’S CINDERELLA BY DIRECTOR DAVID BINTLEY RETURNS TO BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME   WITH CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED DESIGNS by JOHN MACFARLANE Birmingham Hippodrome Hurst Street, Southside, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4TB Wednesday 21 November – Sunday 9 December 2012 Box Office: 0844 338 5000 Following its world premiere season in Birmingham in 2010 and subsequent Christmas Day BBC [...]