Matthew Paluch sees Swan Lake with the State Ballet of Georgia and is spellbound by ABT Chloe Misseldine’s Odette/Odile, but finds that the new production a ‘dud’, lacking quality.
Derek Deane’s Swan Lake in-the-round opens tonight in London with English National Ballet. I asked Deane about his hit show.
Q&A When did you start singing? I had my first solo in the 5th grade Christmas Concert, but I became more serious in high school. Why did you start singing? Well, it seemed to fit with my first love — dance. I also enjoyed participating in music in any way I could, and I felt…
Swan Lake ‘in the round’ has been performed for 7 seasons at the Royal Albert Hall since its conception in 1997, so this year marks its 20th anniversary. It has also been seen in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide to record breaking attendances for ballet in Australia. In all, Derek Deane‘s Swan Lake has been…
The title may make serious fans of ballet balk: Gran Gala Il Cigno Nero – Black Swan Gala. If Daniele Cipriani, the producer, wants to cash in on some of the publicity from the Darren Aronofsky film of the same name, the content of the gala has nothing to do with the superficiality of the…
After Roberto Bolle‘s Romeo and Juliet with the American Ballet Theatre in New York, Italy‘s gossip magazine Chi sent their editor Alsonso Signorini to interview him, and photographer Fabrizio Cestari to snap the dancer in various iconic Big Apple locations. You are among the few Italians who have made it in America. Was it difficult?…
Questions and answers with Roberto Bolle including whether he thinks Natalie Portman deserves her Oscar for the film Black Swan, and the most beautiful woman and man in the world.
In her first television interview on ABC’s “20/20’s” with Elizabeth Vargas, Sarah Lane, the ballerina who was Natalie Portman‘s dance double in “Black Swan,” accused film-makers of lying about how much she danced in the film, and trying to cover it up. I’m not speaking because I feel I should be heralded, I’m just speaking because they’re completely lying…
The Los Angeles Times interviews Gillian Murphy and David Hallberg after having see the film Black Swan: Q: As professionals, is it difficult to watch ballet-themed movies that are aimed at general audiences? GM: Ballet movies in general have a lot of stereotypes, but I’ve enjoyed many of them. I would like to see a…
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