A tweet from Peter Land on Dame Gillian Lynne’s account on Sunday evening, 1 July, announced that the beloved choreographer had died – she was 92: Rest In Peace my darling Gillie. I am heartbroken to write that Dame Gillian Lynne DBE & my dearest wife & friend & love for 40 years passed away […]
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To Carla Fracci, on your 80th Birthday, from your colleagues and friends
Today is the 80th birthday of the Italian ballerina, Carla Fracci. She was born in Milan on 20 August 1936. To celebrate we asked fellow ballerinas, as well as actresses and designers she has worked with, for messages and best wishes on a very special day. with thanks to Merrill Ashley – Aurora Benelli – Rebecca Bianchi […]
All John Neumeier contemporary variations for Prix de Lausanne 2017
The Prix de Lausanne 2017 will run from 29 January to 5 February 2017, and those who wish to take part need to start filling in forms and making videos to submit for consideration. For the 45th edition all the contemporary variations are from the John Neumeier canon. Ferly Films Production, created by Deborah Bull and John-Martin White, […]
Royal Ballet’s Deborah Bull talks to The Times
Deborah Bull’s book The Everyday Dancer (published by Faber and Faber,£14.99) is in the shops. An essential read for those in the ballet world, and interesting for those close by! Bull talked to The Times in their “5 minutes with…” series. Here is an extract: On ambition Like a lot of women I’ve shied away from that word. […]
Ballet technique is certainly extreme but it is not, in itself, dangerous, says Deborah Bull
Former Royal Ballet dancer Debrah Bull’s new book, The Everyday Dancer, has just been published. She writes in today’s edition of The Times about one of the most important themes of her book: that ballet is a discipline, but shouldn’t damage your health. Here are some of her words. The notion persists that dancers spend every waking hour […]
The Royal Ballet’s Deborah Bull: ‘ There is no reason for any of us to be missing lunch’
On the publication of Deborah Bull’s new book The Everyday Dancer she talked to The Observer’s Kate Kellaway. Here are some of her words: On family It was a singing and dancing family… My mum was the principal boy and dad was the dame in all the pantomimes.” On ambition It was never: I want to be […]
Extreme Leanness – the Royal Ballet’s Deborah Bull and the damage of dieting
Deborah Bull, ex-Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet and now Creative Director of the Royal Opera House, has written a book, The Everyday Dancer, which is to be published October 6. The publisher’s blurb says, The Everyday Dancer is a new and honest account of the business of dancing from a writer with first hand […]
