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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 [...]

HOUSTON BALLET PRESENTS ROMEO AND JULIET IN JUNE 2012  Company Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Wortham Theater Center with a Revival of the Production that Inaugurated the Facility   HOUSTON, TEXAS – From June 7-17, 2012, Houston Ballet will revive its lavish production of Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by Ben Stevenson. In the ballet, two teenagers [...]

Irek Mukhamedov joins the Schaufuss Ballet’s Award Winning Tchaikovsky Trilogy at the London Coliseum 23 -28 July 2012   Olivier Award-winning choreographer, Peter Schaufuss, presents his powerful, innovative interpretation of three of Tchaikovsky’s immortal ballets – Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker and for this season, the prolific Tartar, Irek Mukhamedov, once entitled “best [...]

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 [...]

San Francisco Ballet announces Washington, D.C. Tour San Francisco Ballet—the oldest professional ballet company in America—has announced that it will perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., November 13-18, 2012. The week-long engagement will feature Helgi Tomasson’s critically acclaimed Romeo & Juliet, and one mixed-repertory program (programming to [...]

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 [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                          PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET SCHOOL PRESENTS SNOW WHITE PART OF PNB’s FAMILY MATINEE SERIES Featuring performances by students of the Pacific Northwest Ballet School March 17-25, 2012 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street at Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   March 17 at 3:30 pm March 18 at 4:30 pm March [...]

Royal Ballet cast changes The Royal Ballet casting amendments, following the resignation of Sergei Polunin, are as follows : Thursday 9th February THE DREAM                                                Alina Cojocaru, Marcelo Gomes* (guest from American Ballet Theatre)   Saturday 10th March – Evening ROMEO AND JULIET                                 Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli Saturday 17th March ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND                                          Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli Monday 19th March ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND                                          Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae* Thursday 22nd March ROMEO AND JULIET                                 Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli Monday 26th March ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN [...]

Prix de Lausanne 2012 40th international competition for young dancers from January 29 to February 4, 2012, at the Beaulieu Theater in Lausanne The Prix de Lausanne is celebrating its 40th anniversary. 40 years of excellence and passion in fostering the stars of tomorrow. Since 1973, the challenge launched by Philippe and Elvire Braunschweig, founders [...]

For immediate release Sunday 22 January 2012 The Australian Ballet turns 50 and looks better than ever! A year of highlights begins with a chance to create a ballet for us The Australian Ballet has returned to the rehearsal studio this week in preparation for the company’s landmark 50th anniversary season in 2012. Artistic Director David McAllister [...]

The Australian Ballet | Romeo  & Juliet: love is a battlefield Graeme Murphy’s tragic masterpiece tours Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in 2012 Following its 2011 world premiere, Graeme Murphy’s Romeo & Juliet     is set to sweep audiences off their feet across Australia with seasons in     Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Experience Romeo & Juliet in Brisbane from 23 [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Valentino Zucchetti, First Artist, The Royal Ballet   What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? The prospect of getting ready for a performance or a role, which luckily is often the case. I could never wake up knowing that I have nothing to look forward to. Why ballet? [...]

For immediate release Monday 12 December 2011  The Australian Ballet partners with the National Gallery of Victoria in a world first celebrating dance and design   Kevin Jackson and Madeleine Eastoe in Akira Isogawa’s Romeo & Juliet costumes. Photography Georges Antoni Imagine the world’s greatest dress-up box opening to the public … The Australian Ballet [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Herman Cornejo, Principal, American Ballet Theatre What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? I have to admit that I’m not a morning person, but I feel very lucky to live out my dream as my job. Sometimes there’s not one specific motivation to go into the studio every morning [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Brendan Saye, Corps de Ballet, National Ballet of Canada What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning? I’ve always found the beginning of a new day refreshing. It comes with a new set of opportunities and exciting new challenges but above all it allows you to better what you did the [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Christopher Harrison, Soloist, Scottish Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning? A shower! That’s the first thing I need to do so I can wake up. Why ballet? My mum told me when I was a child I used to mark all the competitors from my pram at [...]

National Ballet of Canada | Romeo and Juliet Documentary in Production Airs on CBC in Spring 2012 The National Ballet of Canada today announced that a one-hour documentary on the creation of the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet is set to air on CBC in spring 2012 in celebration of the company’s 60th anniversary. [...]

Natalia Osipova & Ivan Vasiliev quit the Bolshoi There has been much wailing and nashing of teeth since Bolshoi Ballet dancers Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev announced that they are leaving their newly refurbished theatre for new creative challenges at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St Petersburg. I’ve read the words ‘earth-shattering’ and ‘defection.’ Why ? Well, for starters [...]

Romeo and Juliet Principal Casting Announced Ballet Talk with Author James Neufeld 300 Alumni Attend Opening Performance Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the principal casting for the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet by internationally acclaimed choreographer Alexei Ratmansky. Romeo and Juliet opens The National Ballet of Canada’s [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Anu Viheriäranta, First Soloist, Dutch National Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? Having rehearsals with people who inspire me. With repetiteurs who have a lot of knowledge, experience and a good eye to help to build a role and the technique as well as with choreographers [...]