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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 [...]

Royal Academy of Dance student Harris Beattie makes West End debut in Billy Elliott   Harris Beattie rehearsing for his role as Billy. Courtesy of Billy Elliott The Musical Scottish dance sensation Harris Beattie is currently starring as the young Billy in the London West End production of Billy Elliott The Musical, at the Victoria [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Royal Ballet | Summer 2012 There are two notable events this summer at the Royal Opera House.  Firstly, The Royal Ballet revives Kenneth MacMillan’s The Prince of the Pagodas which hasn’t been seen since 1996 when Darcey Bussell danced the role created on her; Princess Rose. There are just 8 performances in June (no matinees) [...]

Ballet: The Next Step – Launch of the Grades 1-3 Syllabi The new Grades 1-3 Syllabi were launched by the Royal Academy of Dance on 3 January 2012 in front of over 500 delegates at the Mermaid Conference & Events Centre in London. Royal Academy of Dance Chief Executive Luke Rittner opened the proceedings with [...]

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 [...]

National Ballet of Canada | The Nutcracker Principal Casting Announced Debuts by Elena Lobsanova and McGee Maddox Steven McRae Returns as Guest Artist November 29, 2011… Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the principal casting for Toronto’s favourite holiday tradition, The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker opens December 10, 2011 at [...]

Ballet & Dance Proms – a unique celebration of dance in all its forms Join the IDTA, ISTD & RAD on Sunday 13 November at 7pm at the Royal Albert Hall, as hundreds of young dancers from across the UK perform an original piece of choreography on the stage of one of the world’s most iconic [...]

The Royal Ballet releases a trio of Ashton works on DVD From October 31st, and just in time for Christmas presents, Opus Arte release three of Fredrick Ashton’s ballet’s : Les Patineurs/Scènes de ballet/Divertissements. The Divertissements include Darcey Bussell, Carlos Acosta, Leanne Benjamin, Tamara Rojo, Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae & Jonathan Cope. See larger image Meyer/ Strav: [...]