Choreographer and filmmaker Kim Brandstrup’s latest film project is to be shown in the newly refurbished Linbury Theatre as part of Open House London on 22 and 23 September. Brandstrup’s latest film project, Faces, is an intimate portrait of Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojacaru and Zenaida Yanowsky and catches that magical moment as each listens to the […]
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Zenaida Yanowsky’s final curtain call
After 23 years with The Royal Ballet, last night Zenaida Yanowsky gave her final curtain call on the Covent Garden stage. Her final performance at the Royal Opera House was in Marguerite and Armand where she danced alongside Roberto Bolle. Her last performance with the Company, however, will be in Australia in July, performing Paulina in The […]
Deloitte Ignite 2014: The Royal Ballet’s month-long festival of dance, music and art
The month-long contemporary arts festival Deloitte Ignite 2014 is based on the theme of myth and this year is curated by The Royal Ballet and The National Gallery’s Dr Minna Moore Ede, who said, At the National Gallery we try and bring paintings to life, but Deloitte Ignite has been an incredible opportunity to create […]
Join the digital dance revolution with Crystal Ballet’s star dancers
Filming ballet is a tricky business. Ever been frustrated by the extreme close-up while a ballerina is doing 32 fouettés? Irritated by that longshot just as Juliet wakes after Romeo’s downed the poison? With Crystal Ballet there are none of these problems as their new choreographic works have been created to be filmed, knowing that […]
Download Cojocaru? With Crystal Ballet you can: Ballet goes Digital
Some of the brightest stars of British ballet have joined forces for a major dance initiative being launched next month. Genesis is a unique project set to captivate ballet audiences everywhere and appeal to a digitally aware generation. It is the brainchild of Crystal Ballet, a company set up in 2011 to explore new frontiers […]
The FT gives a one-star review and a thumbs-down to Acosta and Yanowsky
In one of the worst reviews of the season, the Financial Times’ Clement Crisp finds almost nothing to like in Carlos Acosta’s Premieres Plus at the London Coliseum: I remember visiting East Berlin when that city was still divided, and being intrigued by shops whose windows were filled with boxes which proclaimed delicacies of many kinds. […]
Director Deborah Warner on her love of Bausch and her difficulty with ballet
I jump at any chance to see Pina Bausch’s work, and so I’m thrilled to hear the rumour that we may be treated to a retrospective of all her works in the London 2012 Festival – she told The Independent. I think I’ll go to all of them. I also hugely admire my friend Kim […]
