Ken Browar and Deborah Ory – the husband-and-wife team behind the NYCDance Project – have their second dance photography book coming out next week: The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance.Their first, which went on to be a best-seller, was The Art of Movement, which came out three years ago. While their particular style remains their signature, the approach is a little … [Read more...] about The Style of Movement: Fashion and Dance – a new book of dance photography from NYC Dance Project
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Another Royal Ballet dancer joins the cast of Cats the movie – Olivia Cowley
Kevin O'Hare faces the possibility of ever more complicated cast changes on the Covent Garden stage when filming of the adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical musical Cats begins as another Royal Ballet dancer is chosen for the movie cast.Soloist Olivia Cowley will be joining her colleagues Francesca Hayward and Steven McRae on the set of Universal Pictures and … [Read more...] about Another Royal Ballet dancer joins the cast of Cats the movie – Olivia Cowley
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
First glimpse of Wayne McGregor’s new work, Multiverse, for The Royal Ballet
The curtain has just gone down on the Wayne McGregor triple bill at the Royal Opera House, London.The Royal Ballet is celebrating McGregor’s tenth anniversary as its Resident Choreographer with an evening featuring revivals of Chroma and Carbon life and the world premiere of McGregor’s new ballet Multiverse, set to a new score by Steve Reich.Wayne McGregor became … [Read more...] about First glimpse of Wayne McGregor’s new work, Multiverse, for The Royal Ballet
Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts
The Royal Ballet has released the casting for their Autumn Season, from September 2016 until January 2017. Roberta Marquez will return as Guest Artist to dance two farewell performances in one of her signature roles as the wayward daughter Lise in La fille mal gardée.LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE27 and 30 September at 7.30pm / 5, 6, 10, 13, 18, 21 and 22 October at 7.30pm/30 … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts
Strapless is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest work for The Royal Ballet
Strapless is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest work for The Royal Ballet and is inspired by the scandalous Portrait of Madame X painted by John Singer Sargent in 1884. Strapless is part of a Wheeldon mixed programme that also includes two works new to the Company: After the Rain and Within the Golden Hour.Strapless is Wheeldon’s eighth work for The Royal Ballet and is inspired … [Read more...] about Strapless is Christopher Wheeldon’s latest work for The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet: Raven Girl / Connectome – first reactions and photos
Here are five of the first reviews out of last nights new double bill at The Royal Opera House: Wayne McGregor's Raven Girl and Alastair Marriott's Connectome. It runs until 24 October. RAVEN GIRL The lasting impression of Raven Girl however is of a visual and aural feast, daring in its simplicity, beautifully achieved in its mix of digital and physical effects. - Jenny … [Read more...] about The Royal Ballet: Raven Girl / Connectome – first reactions and photos
Marianela Nuñez leads out the Royal Ballet for their American tour
The Royal Ballet returns to the USA in June 2015 with programmes that reflect both the company’s heritage and its contemporary repertoire. It also brings with it the extraordinary lineup of dancers that make up the Royal Ballet today. Aside from the Brits - Lauren Cuthbertson, Rupert Pennefather and Edward Watson - there are the Americans, Sarah Lamb and Nehemiah Kish; the … [Read more...] about Marianela Nuñez leads out the Royal Ballet for their American tour
Royal Ballet announces new details about its new Hofesh Shechter ballet
The new ballet by Hofesh Shechter for The Royal Ballet, which can be seen from 27 March until 14 April with Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, still has no title, but it will feature the entire company. Shechter, who is renowned for his unique style of contemporary dance, is creating his first ever work on a classical company.The Royal … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet announces new details about its new Hofesh Shechter ballet
Casting for Royal Ballet triple bill in March and La fille mal gardée in April
THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS / NEW HOFESH SHECHTER / SONG OF THE EARTH George Balanchine / NEW Hofesh Shechter / Kenneth MacMillan Music: Paul Hindemith / Koen Kessels / Gustav Mahler27, 30 March, 8, 10, 14 April at 7.30pmA world première from much sought-after Israeli choreographer and composer Hofesh Shechter is the centrepiece of the Royal Ballet's contemporary mixed … [Read more...] about Casting for Royal Ballet triple bill in March and La fille mal gardée in April
