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BALLET STAR TAMARA ROJO LAUNCHES GLOBAL ‘BIG DANCE’ IN LONDON   Dancers from English National Ballet, led by their Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo, were joined today at their Kensington Studios by young dancers from Chingford Foundation School, to launch the BIG DANCE PLEDGE, to be performed by thousands of people all over the world this [...]

Famous love story Queensland’s first Super Star The Newman Government is delivering on a key Arts for All Queenslanders election commitment, with the announcement of the first Super Star project. Arts Minister Ian Walker said Queensland would be home to an exclusive season of the ballet Romeo and Juliet, featuring internationally acclaimed dancers.   “This [...]

Ballet News Limited Edition Collection | No.2 For my second collection of exclusive illustrations by Berenice Bercelli I have chosen drawings focusing on famous pas de deux’s that highlight some of the defining ballet moments so far during 2013. These illustrations are not prints – they are handmade and come in limited numbers, so it’s essential to [...]

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET TO PERFORM AT CORONATION FESTIVAL English National Ballet will take part in three Gala performances in the grounds of Buckingham Palace as part of the Coronation Festival in July. The Company will perform Tempus  a specially commissioned piece paying tribute to Her Majesty The Queen  and the incredible era of change during [...]

BREAKING BALLET NEWS | CORONATION FESTIVAL GALA ARTISTS REVEALED The Royal Warrant Holders Association today (Tuesday 30th April 2013), confirmed the names of artists that will take part in three magnificent Gala performances within the Gardens of Buckingham Palace this summer. The Galas form part of the Coronation Festival – a unique public event hosted by [...]

Ballet News Reviews | English National Ballet’s Ecstasy & Death Ecstasy & Death Petite Mort | Le Jeune Homme et la Mort | Etudes English National Ballet London Coliseum 18th April 2013 Opening in silence, with six men partnering six foils, Jiri Kylian’s Petite Mort premiered with aplomb. Marize Fumero and Vadim Muntagirov mastered everything. The choreography is demanding and requires [...]

IVAN PUTROV MAKES HIS DEBUT PERFORMANCE IN LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT WITH ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET   Ecstasy and Death London Coliseum 18-21 April 2013   Petite Mort by Jiří Kylián Le Jeune Homme et la Mort by Roland Petit Etudes by Harald Lander   English National Ballet is pleased to announce that Ivan [...]

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 [...]

English National Ballet’s Tamara Rojo profiled I recently announced that Tamara Rojo will be profiled on The South Bank Show. Over an hour, the documentary attempts to get under the skin of English National Ballet’s latest Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo, as she takes on the dual role of artistic head and principal dancer. The programme comprises [...]

The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton An upcoming mixed bill called The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton will feature five of his ballets : La Valse Méditation from Thaïs (performed by retiring Principal Leanne Benjamin) Voices of Spring Monotones l and ll Marguerite and Armand (Tamara Rojo’s last performance with the company and partnered by [...]

Happy Ballet Easter Happy Easter Ballet Newsers! If you have time over the holidays you might like to follow some of these links to features that perhaps you missed over the last week or so. First of all, there is Andre Uspenski’s wonderful photography book charting the dancer’s day at The Royal Ballet. Then there [...]

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET TO PREMIERE LE CORSAIRE English National Ballet will premiere a new production of Le Corsaire (The Pirate), one of the great 19th Century classics, in October 2013.  English National Ballet will be the first UK company to perform the complete work which will open in Milton Keynes.  The production will tour Southampton, [...]

Tim Minchin, Alison Balsom,   David Hare, Alfie Boe, Tamara Rojo, Paula Rego and Tracey Emin – new line up   for The South Bank Show is revealed The most respected arts programme in the world, The South Bank Show, returns to Sky Arts on 18   April with a great line-up of in-depth interviews, showcasing [...]

Ballet News Reviews | Dancers – Behind the scenes with The Royal Ballet There are, from my experience as a commissioning editor, just a couple of exceptional ballet photographers. I can count them on the fingers of one hand and I’d still be able to pour the tea. By exceptional I mean a photographer who goes beyond the capabilities of their camera, [...]

LEGENDARY DANCER NICOLAS LE RICHE TO STAR ALONGSIDE TAMARA ROJO IN LE JEUNE HOMME ET LA MORT  Ecstasy and Death London Coliseum 18-21 April 2013 Petite Mort by Jiří Kylián Le Jeune Homme et la Mort by Roland Petit Etudes by Harald Lander   Legendary French dancer Nicolas Le Riche, Étoile of the Paris Opera [...]

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE EMERGING DANCER COMPETITION 2013 English National Ballet is pleased to announce Nancy Osbaldeston as winner of the Emerging Dancer Competition 2013. Laurretta Summerscales won the People’s Choice Award. Both dancers are former pupils of English National Ballet School.   The Competition, held last night (4 March) at Southbank [...]

The Royal Ballet | Tamara Rojo’s final curtain call Last night was Royal Ballet Principal dancer Tamara Rojo’s final curtain call at The Royal Opera House. Rojo danced Marguerite and Armand alongside Sergei Polunin. Tamara Rojo was a Principal dancer with The Royal Ballet for 12 years and left The Royal Ballet last year to become Artistic [...]

Alfa Banking Group in new partnership with English National Ballet Alfa Banking Group, the largest private commercial and investment banking group in Russia and the CIS, has entered a strategic partnership with leading classical dance company, English National Ballet. The partnership will see Alfa sponsor English National Ballet’s A Tribute to Rudolf Nureyev season, marking [...]

Prix de Lausanne Finalists 2013 You can watch the live stream of the Prix de Lausanne finals from 3pm CET today. The finalists for the 2013 Prix de Lausanne competition are : Alysha Martignago (Australia) Miko Fogarty (Switzerland) Kaho Yanagisawa (Japan) Leticia Dominques (Brazil) Adhonay Silva (Brazil) Simon Acri (Japan) Cesar Corrales (Canada) Matias Oberlin [...]

ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET UNVEILS NEW REBRAND AND COLLABORATION WITH VIVIENNE WESTWOOD   English National Ballet is pleased to reveal details of its new rebrand, which includes an exciting collaboration with designer Vivienne Westwood, in a creative brand campaign for 2013. Confident, creative and contemporary, the new English National Ballet identity has been designed to reflect [...]