Warmly , intimately and eloquently written this is an engrossing ballet autobiography.
Jenifer Ringer is an American ballet dancer. She joined the New York City Ballet in 1990 and was promoted to soloist in 1995. She took time off soon …
As part of the huge Sydney Fringe Festival on at the moment we were lucky to see an impressive mixed bill by the Melbourne City Ballet in their first visit to Sydney. The company was founded in 2013 under the …
As part of the current Palace Opera and Ballet season, we were privileged to see the Paris Opera Ballet perform a classic double bill, Balanchine’s 1947 ‘Palais de Cristal’ and a new version of Ravel’s ‘ Daphnis Chloe’ by Millepied …
Three years in the making, this new, specially commissioned work by Christopher Wheeldon is a major landmark production. It is only the second new full length narrative ballet commissioned by the Royal Ballet in the past twenty years. Technically it …
A vibrant ,sensuous ,virile , enthralling program that champions male dancing , ‘The Talent’ is a double bill of two short works Liam Scarlett’s ‘Serpent’ and Russell Maliphant’s ‘Fallen’.
The company is called ‘Ballet Boyz ‘ and was established roughly …
Ignore the ridiculous Victorian /Gilbert and Sullivan plot with its moral twist at the end, just sit back, relax and admire the spectacle and superb, dazzling dancing.
Yet again the Bolshoi field a gigantic cast with umpteen lines of soldiers, …
BALLERINA: SEX, SCANDAL AND SUFFERING BEHIND THE SYMBOL OF PERFECTION by Deidre Kelly
Publisher:- Greystones Books. RRP $17.95
This is a fascinating , disturbing book for those who love dance and also others interested in gender studies for example. It
In this huge production by the Royal Ballet the dancing is superb, especially by the two leads. It has an extremely ‘traditional’ feel about it and is a 2006 attempt to reconstruct the famous 1946 Oliver Messell production that reopened …
Lush , lavish and opulent this is a story of youthful , fragile innocence corrupted , a journey from glittering luxury to the depths of poverty and despair. A wonderful revival of the major full length Macmillan work, the Australian …
As to be expected from the Bolshoi Ballet this full length narrative ballet , rechoreographed by Alexi Ratmansky in 2011, features superb, dazzling dancing, delightful music and opulent sets and costumes. However, I was left feeling emotionally detached and disappointed.…