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Genée International Ballet Competition 2013 – Tickets on sale and semi-finals judges announced With only five months to go until competition begins, tickets have gone on general release for the semi-finals and Final of the prestigious Genée International Ballet Competition, taking place from 20-29 September 2013 in Glasgow. Matthew Cunningham, RAD Director of Marketing and [...]

TAMARA ROJO : Second Edition of the Santander Bank Foundation Award for Anglo-Hispanic Relations The Principal dancer and Artistic Director of English National Ballet will receive the award on June 5th at the Spanish Embassy in London.   – The jury distinguished Tamara Rojo as a beacon of Spanish culture in the United Kingdom that combines both talent [...]

Olivier Awards with MasterCard 2013 Nominations Announced The nominations for the Olivier Awards with MasterCard – the most prestigious event in the UK’s theatrical calendar – were announced today Dance nominations are split between The Royal Ballet and Sadler’s Wells, BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTION Aeternum by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, choreographed by [...]

SCOTTISH BALLET’S HANSEL & GRETEL, AND ME WOODLANDS PERFORMANCES Hermitage of Braid woods, Braid Drive, EDINBURGH 29 March, 7.30pm Ninewells Woods, Ninewells Hospital, DUNDEE 6 April at 8.30pm and 9.30pm Film Installation, Eden Court, INVERNESS 10 April between 6 and 8pm The Airthrey Aboretum, Stirling University Campus, STIRLING 13 April SOLD OUT Craig Den Woods, [...]

Genée International Ballet Competition 2013 RAD announces judging team and choreographer for Final Retired Principal ballet dancer Darcey Bussell CBE, Royal Ballet Director Kevin O’Hare and Scottish Ballet Artistic Director Christopher Hampson will judge the Final at this year’s Genée International Ballet Competition, to be held in Glasgow in September in association with the Royal Conservatoire [...]

Young British Dancer of the Year 2013 – results announced The final of the 2013 Young British Dancer of the Year competition was held on Saturday 9 March at the Linbury Studio Theatre, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The winners were: First:  Chisato Katsura (The Royal Ballet School) Second: Isabelle Brouwers (English National Ballet School) Third:  [...]

Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire awarded a South Bank Sky Arts Award   The Awards were presented today at a special ceremony held at The Dorchester hotel in London.  The Awards were televised and will be shown on Sky Arts 1 HD on Thursday 14 March at 9.30pm. Full information on the award winners and [...]

Scottish Ballet announces dancer promotions   Christopher Harrison has been promoted to Principal. Scottish born Christopher joined Scottish Ballet in 2005 and was promoted to Soloist in 2009. Most recently performing lead roles of Drosselmeyer and the Nutcracker Prince in the company’s recent production of The Nutcracker, Christopher also represented ‘Scotland’ in the promotional images for [...]

SCOTTISH BALLET presents Matthew Bourne’s HIGHLAND FLING Sponsored by Adam & Company Directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne Music La Sylphide by Herman Severin Løvenskjold, performed live by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra Designs: Lez Brotherston Lighting: Paule Constable Theatre Royal GLASGOW 27 April – 4 May 2013 Eden Court Theatre INVERNESS 9 – 11 May [...]

South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2013 nominees announced TX: 14 March, Sky Arts 1 HD, 9.30pm The nominees are announced today for the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, the only awards ceremony to celebrate the UK’s towering achievements across all genres of the arts over the past year. The 2012 Olympics not only brought a [...]

Madeleine Onne, Artistic Director of The Hong Kong Ballet, attends Rural Retreat in the UK <Hong Kong – 9 January 2012> At the beginning of January 2013, The Hong Kong Ballet’s Madeleine Onne was one of 28 Artistic Directors from the world’s foremost dance companies who attended the 10th Rural Retreat for dance leaders. The event, hosted [...]

Scottish Ballet Health & Fitness: Episode 3 – New Year New You Tone, lengthen and strengthen with Scottish Ballet’s new exercise download It’s that time of the year again – New Year’s resolutions to visit the gym 5 times a week are made and subsequently broken by the middle of January. Scottish Ballet is here [...]

Ballet News Christmas Cupcakes & Conversation 2012 What does a ballet dancer do ? What happens when the curtain goes down ? The grit and the glamour : your backstage pass into ballet. It doesn’t matter whether you are new to ballet, a ballet teacher, dancer, student or someone who just loves ballet, there is always something [...]

New Zealand scoop three out of five medals at the Final of the Genée International Ballet Competition 2012 Recognised as one of the ballet world’s most prestigious competitions, the Final of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD’s) Genée International Ballet Competition, took place at the St James Theatre, Wellington, on Saturday 15 December, with the [...]

Scottish Ballet’s founding Artistic Director commemorated BBC Scotland will be showing a special ArtWorks documentary to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Scottish Ballet founding Artistic Director Peter Darrell’s death on BBC Two Scotland, Tuesday 4 December. Scottish Ballet dancers Claire Robertson and Owen Thorne rehearse and perform a section of Darrell’s Cheri exclusively for this [...]

The Nutcracker Ballet | Cue Glitter Everyone needs a pair of glittery shoes. They can lift your mood and have you skipping over the cobbles in a trice. I’ve found a wonderful pair that both you and your kids can wear… What’s more, these ballet shoe creations by French Sole are for a good cause [...]

Helen Pickett Appointed Resident Choreographer for Atlanta Ballet ATLANTA – Impressive. Beautifully lyrical. Stunning. Strange and wonderful concoction. Unconventional. Clever. Whether describing one of her avant-garde works or simply summing up her unique movement style, words and phrases like these flow throughout the reviews of choreographer Helen Pickett. Atlanta Ballet’s Artistic Director John McFall discovered [...]

Scottish Ballet’s The Nutcracker This winter, prepare to enter a magical world where your dreams really could come true… The Nutcracker is based on ETA Hoffman’s Nutcracker and the King of Mice Touring Scotland, Belfast and Newcastle from December 2012 – February 2013 Theatre Royal, Glasgow 8 – 29 December 2012 Festival Theatre, Edinburgh 8 [...]

Northern Ballet | Exciting new dance in Leeds Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre hosts an innovative programme of exciting ballet and contemporary dance this season. A combination of brand new work and renowned pieces from established to emerging talent make this season unmissable. Northern Ballet’s Ugly Duckling is a must. From 29 October – 02 [...]

Scottish Ballet launches Port de Bras In early July, Scottish Ballet launched Core de Ballet, a specialised introduction to core-based ballet exercises.  Gyrotonics instructor Kate Menzies took Scottish Ballet dancers Luciana Ravizzi and Luke Ahmet through the 15 minute routine, designed to stretch and tone. The video received over 5000 downloads Now the company has [...]