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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 [...]