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The Ballet News New Year Bundle & some great new features If you’ve been on the beach, or the slopes, or curled up in your onesie this holiday period, then you might have missed some of the features, news and interviews published here on Ballet News during Christmas and New Year. Here’s a snapshot of the highlights. [...]

Ballet News & Cupcakes Through my Cupcakes & Conversation interview series with professional ballet dancers around the globe I bring you the delights of the Cupcake, which, as we’ve seen, is suitable for any occasion. A Cupcake and a cup of tea were made for each other; throw in a 30 minute interval at the ballet and hey presto – [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Jessica Morgan, Northern Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning? Not much! I am definitely not a morning person! However, once I have managed to peel myself from my bed and had my morning coffee I become excited about the prospect of another inspiring and creative week. It [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation … There are now four volumes of my interview series with professional ballet dancers called Cupcakes & Conversation with ..  From the back cover : “The grit and the glamour; your backstage pass into ballet.” It doesn’t matter whether you are new to ballet, a teacher, dancer or someone who just loves ballet, there is [...]

Ballet News Selects… something different Who doesn’t love a cupcake ? There comes a certain time of the day – usually about 4pm - when a cup of tea and a cupcake just makes good sense. Here on Ballet News you can enjoy the long-running Cupcakes & Conversation interview series with professional ballet dancers (including just-promoted Meaghan Grace Hinkis from The [...]

Royal Ballet Live | Highlights Last Friday, March 23rd, The Royal Ballet launched a first for them – Royal Ballet Live; a live streaming day showing daily class, rehearsals, interviews and an Insight Evening, with their media partner The Guardian. The trailer for Royal Ballet Live asked the question, “have you ever wondered what it takes [...]

Cupcakes and Conversation with Myriam Simon, Principal Dancer, Stuttgart Ballet What motivates you at 8 am on a Monday Morning? At first it is only the perspective of a big cup of coffee that gets me out of bed. But right after that comes the awareness that going “to work” for me is doing what [...]

Ballet, Ballet, Ballet. Oh, and Cupcakes. And maybe a little Christmas glitter thrown into the mix. Here’s a host of my favourite treats which I hope will inspire you if you are heading out to the ballet this Christmas season or anywhere else! First up is this beautiful gold sequin dress from new find Mint Velvet, a company [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Jade Heusen, Artist, Birmingham Royal Ballet Fresh on the heels of yesterday’s BBC broadcast of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Cinderella, (which is repeated tonight on BBC4 at 7pm and is available for a short time on iPlayer) Jade Heusen, who you might have seen on stage and during the backstage clips, talks to [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Shelby Elsbree, corps de ballet, Royal Danish Ballet  What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning? A nice big bowl of Oatmeal served with homemade apple compote, a drizzle of maple syrup and a latté. Why ballet? I gave it a try, and fell in love with the art form, [...]

  Cupcakes & Conversation with Lindsi Dec, Soloist, Pacific Northwest Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday Morning? I love waking up in the morning thinking, what can I improve on today? One of my favorite things about being a dancer is there is always something to work on. I love the challenge and [...]

Amazon’s top-selling e-reader, the Kindle is aimed at readers who want to get straight to the heart of a book – the content – rather than, say, those who like to see the cover of the book or the author’s photograph, smell the pages or actually ’pick up a book’ to read. It’s a neat way of getting to the [...]

  Cupcakes & Conversation with Christine Shevchenko, Corps de ballet, American Ballet Theatre Christine Shevchenko was born in Odessa, Ukraine where she was chosen to train in rhythmic gymnastics and ballet at an Olympic School. At the age of eight, she moved to the United States and spent the next nine years studying at Pennsylvania [...]

cupcakes courtesy Primrose Bakery, supporters of BALLET NEWS Cupcakes & Conversation with Rory Fairweather-Neylan, Royal New Zealand Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? Ballet – the chance of having a good class, the opportunity to improve, the challenge. Who would you most like to dance with & what would you [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Megan Fairchild, Principal, New York City Ballet You’re going to love this interview.  Megan speaks from the heart and isn’t afraid to tell it like it is – which, as you know by now, I applaud in my interviewees.  Sit back with a cup of Earl Grey or a Margarita, pull up [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with David Makhateli, Principal, The Royal Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? At 8am I am still asleep! Who would you most like to dance with & what would you dance? I have to say that I’ve been fortunate enough to dance with most incredible dancers such as Nina [...]

cupcakes courtesy of Primrose Bakery, supporters of BALLET NEWS Cupcakes & Conversation with Jaered Glavin, Royal New Zealand Ballet I caught up with Jaered while he was preparing for Carmen, and now that I have the photographs from the dress rehearsal, here it is – enjoy ! Jaered was born in England and trained at [...]

cupcakes courtesy of Primrose Bakery, supporters of BALLET NEWS Cupcakes & Conversation with Vivienne Wong, Coryphee, The Australian Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday Morning? With all the long hours that we train, dance and perform, having one day off can sometimes leave you feeling exhausted. But on those days or any [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Madison Keesler, Corps de Ballet, San Francisco Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning? For the most part, Monday is San Francisco Ballet’s one free day so if I’m not in bed sleeping chances are my motivation to get up is a massage appointment. What are you looking [...]

cupcakes courtesy of the Primrose Bakery, supporters of BALLET NEWS Cupcakes & Conversation with Laura Bösenberg, Principal, Cape Town City Ballet Laura, by Laura Cape Town City Ballet (CTCB) is governed by a Board of Directors, with Elizabeth Triegaardt as Executive Director, responsible to the Board for all artistic and business decisions. CTCB currently employs [...]