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THE WASHINGTON BALLET ANNOUNCES COMPANY’S FIRST iPhone APP   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Ballet (TWB) announces the TWB iPhone app.   Created in collaboration with snAPPdecisions.com, the TWB iPhone app will allow patrons to access information such as performance dates and times, photos, videos, ticketing, dancer biographies and make donations. Information for The Washington School [...]

Ballet Bags Today I’d like to recommend to you a company called bluebellgray. Some of their accessories are made from the most exquisite fabrics and would be very useful, stylish and unique in a ballet studio. The new willlow tote is a fine example. Bluebellgray’s signature hand painted style is beautifully presented in the willow accessories. Willow [...]

ABT LAUNCHES THE ABT APP FOR IPHONE® AND IPOD TOUCH® Users Receive the Most Up-To-Date Information on ABT Performances, Repertory, Dancers and Ballet History 5/14/2012 – American Ballet Theatre, America’s National Ballet Company®, proudly announces the addition of a mobile app to the Company’s digital resources. In launching the app, ABT aims to further reach [...]

Ballet News | #aphotoadayinmay photographic challenge Readers, we’re off on an adventure ! #aphotoadayinmay is your chance to showcase your photography skills in a really easy way during May 2012. What happens is You take one photograph with your smartphone each day using the completely fabulous Instagram, based on the list in the photograph above, and try to [...]

Ballet News | Aulterra Neutralizer™ for mobiles, laptops and iPads (3-Pack) Today I want to recommend a product, the The Aulterra Neutralizer™ which I have been using to stop the buzzing I feel in my ears after I’ve used my mobile phone to make or receive calls.  I know that most people in the ballet world are constantly [...]

Ballet News | The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt If there’s something guaranteed to be irresistable to me, it’s chocolate.  It has the ability to cheer me up, give me energy and make me smile.  I’ve written about the health benefits of eating certain kinds of chocolate, particularly Willie’s Cacao, as well as the ballet-inspired treats from Hotel [...]

Sergei Polunin dances James Dean for Men in Motion With a headline screaming “Sergei Polunin: I’ll give up ballet by 26″ in The Guardian last Tuesday, Alex Needham wrote that, “Men in Motion includes the first dance he [Polunin] has ever choreographed, a piece about James Dean.” What happened was, Polunin commissioned his former colleague, Royal Ballet [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Ruben Martin Cintas, Principal, San Francisco Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? It motivates me to know that each day I’m going to give my best to all of the challenges that might come. Also, thinking about my family who are all so far away, yet [...]

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 & be prepared 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 [...]

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 [...]

National Ballet of Canada announces 2012/13 Season Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Romeo and Juliet Return The National Ballet of Canada Tours to London, England Two Company Premieres and One Toronto Premiere February 6, 2012… Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the 2012/13 season, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Christopher Wheeldon returns by popular [...]

Ballet Business| Dancing on paper | Choreography Central As part of the Ballet News Choreography Central series of in-depth features going backstage to find out who & what brings ballet to life, today’s subject answers the question : how do you write movement, in this case ballet, and what are the practical applications of being able to do so ? What is Benesh Movement Notation (BMN) ? [...]

Ballet for Christmas – Happy Christmas! Happy Ballet Christmas everyone! Here are some of my favourite treats for the holidays.  Enjoy – and don’t forget to share !!! Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was a big hit for The Royal Ballet and is now available on DVD starring Lauren Cuthbertson, Steven McRae and Sergei Polunin. One of the best [...]

Gamers needed!   Are you an experienced gamer ? Then Ballet News needs you! Would you like to test a new game developed for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad ? Ballet News seeks experienced gamers Do you play a lot of games already and would you be willing to be interviewed after the test period [...]

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 [...]

Ballet on Halloween – treats, style, shoes & ballet!   The folklore surrounding the annual Halloween celebration, on October 31st, links it to the Celtic festival of Samhain, which roughly means ‘summer’s end’ though it’s origins have also been associated with the Roman feast of Pomona (goddess of fruits and seeds).  The name itself, Halloween, is a Scottish vaiant [...]

Ballet Chocolat National Youth Ballet Sadlers Wells London Sunday, September 11th 2011 The first thing to say is that I echo fellow NYB first timer, Wayne McGregor (resident choreographer at The Royal Ballet) who said on stage at the end of this performance that he was “blown away” by the talent, passion and dedication shown [...]

The last episode of Agony & Ecstasy : A Year With English National Ballet airs this Tuesday on BBC Four at 9pm.  This week the film focuses on preparations for The Nutcracker, their 10th production. 75% of this version was created by Artistic Director Wayne Eagling for the Dutch National Ballet, with the remaining 25% to be [...]

Ellen Bar and Sean Suozzi are thrilled to announce their upcoming UK Broadcast Premiere on the BBC, bringing Jerome Robbins and the New York City Ballet to millions of new viewers for free! There are no details on dates or times yet, but please stay tuned !  NY Export: Opus Jazz is now available on iTunes.  It’s $9.99 [...]

The National Ballet of Canada App is Apple’s “App of the Week” This App is my all-time favourite.  It’s simple to use, the layout is clean & sharp, the colours are warm & inviting, & the imagery is superb.  The ‘share’ features are brilliant, the videos work smoothly (via YouTube) and booking is a piece of cake [...]