English National Ballet will perform a new in-the-round version of Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella at the Royal Albert Hall from 6-16 June 2019.Working from the dark Brothers Grimm version of the story, Wheeldon created Cinderella for Dutch National Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. Now he and his creative team reunite for the in-the-round re-staging. The production includes … [Read more...] about English National Ballet presents Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella in-the-round
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Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion at the London Coliseum in pictures
The reviews may have been less positive for Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion than past editions — in 2012, Judith Mackrell for The Guardian wrote that the programme was “one of real intelligence and surprising moments of passion” — but the evening got off on the wrong foot. Daniel Proietto’s monologue was an introductory piece but, as Luke Jennings pointed out in The Observer, One … [Read more...] about Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion at the London Coliseum in pictures
Ahmad Joudeh: from a Syrian refugee camp to dancing with Roberto Bolle
Ahmad Joudeh was born and raised in the Yarmouk refugee camp, near Damascus. His family is of Palestinian origin — "my grandfather, like so many others, arrived in Syria in 1948" — and yet remarkably, he made his debut with the Dutch National Ballet earlier this year, studies at the ballet academy in Amsterdam, and will be on Italian television dancing with Roberto Bolle on New … [Read more...] about Ahmad Joudeh: from a Syrian refugee camp to dancing with Roberto Bolle
Roberto Bolle fills cinema screens the length and breadth of Italy for three days
Tonight, and for the next two evenings, in almost two hundred cinemas across Italy, Roberto Bolle will be filling the screen.Roberto Bolle: L’arte della Danza (Roberto Bolle: the art of dance) is written and directed by Francesca Pedroni and follows Bolle backstage during three dates on a Roberto Bolle & Friends tour: the Arena in Verona, the Teatro Grande at Pompeii, … [Read more...] about Roberto Bolle fills cinema screens the length and breadth of Italy for three days
Dutch National Ballet’s Marijn Rademaker on injury and recovery
'Being injured is part of our job, it happens, we will get back stronger!' That’s what we say when we try to sweet talk ourselves and make it ok. But it always hurts.Being injured means dealing with letting go what you love. Its sounds really dramatic, I know... but it is. Of course, one time can be more dramatic than another time. Maybe one time you can’t enjoy the summer … [Read more...] about Dutch National Ballet’s Marijn Rademaker on injury and recovery