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Dance for the Camera: The Reunion "Artist film-maker, Jayne Parker’s collaboration with choreographer Ian Spink of Second Stride fame is an elegeic and deceptively simple film, shot in an empty theatre. Featuring Lynn Seymour, one of the greatest and most expressive ballerinas of the 60s and 70s, the film reunites her with Donald Macleary her ballet partner of 30 years earlier. Their careers went in separate directions and the narrative echoes the formative moment of their meeting and the subsequent long absence." http://thespace.org/items/e00000tc

Behind the scenes photo shoot with David Hallberg -- Dance Magazine May 2012 http://www.dancemedia.com/v/6847

"Neumeier: the presiding spirit of Hamburg" by Valerie Lawson This article first appeared in The Australian on 25 February, 2012 http://dancelines.co...rit-of-hamburg/

Youth Arts In Action's Inspiring Artists series. Natalia Osipova interviewed by Youth Arts in Action mentors Maria Sascha Khan and Nadia Khan: Natalia Osipova Interview - Part I Natalia Osipova Interview - Part II

The Earliest Filmed Full Length Ballet that Starred Andrei Batalov Diana Vishneva Don Quixote "As you will see, this video is primarily about Andrei Batalov. On July 21, 2011, almost 8 weeks ago, Batalov danced his last performance for the Mariinsky Ballet. He will coach Leonid Sarafanov at the Mikhailovsky Ballet. Hopefully, Batalov will do some dancing at the Mikhailovsky, but only time will answer that question." russianballetvideo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZYZWU8sVjY&feature=feedu

New clip: Evgenia Obraztsova, Romeo and Juliet

CATcerto. ENTIRE PERFORMANCE. Mindaugas Piecaitis. Soloist is Nora The Piano Cat

This youtube posted by ditogam has English subtitles. Chabukiani's Laurencia returned to stage ... rare shots from the premiere 1939 "Vakhtang Chabukiani's name may not be on everyone's lips in the west but, as a dancer of great power and virtuosity and the choreographer of Laurencia in 1939, he played a vital role in the development of ballet in the Soviet Union. The Mikhailovsky Theatre presents the revival of Vakhtang Chabukiani's masterpiece Laurencia, based on the play Fuente Ovejuna by Lope de Vega. Chabukiani was one of the first to create a new choreographic language by means of

A youtube comment dated 3 months ago says about Thibault "So glad he has FINALLY become an etoile.I shall look to following his progress." Is this correct -- has Emmanuel Thibault become an etoile?

Dream pas de deux masterclass "Sir Fred Ashton coaches Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell in the final pas de deux from the ballet, then Dowell passes his own tips on to Karen Paisey and Philip Broomhead." 5 parts

Sybil Shearer's evaluation of John Neumeier quoted in a review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. "His praise continues, as the woman who discovered him (none other than the mystical dancer Sybil Shearer) reflects on the choreographer’s progression, ‘Yes, the phenomenon of John Neumeier is unique in the world of ballet. He is avant-garde in an entirely different way from anyone else. He is not rebelling, he is not straining for recognition, lie is not taking up a cause, or joining a school, or throwing out the past. He is simple; through his own integrity and insight, pointing a way to the futu

Laura McCulloch ( Royal Ballet Soloist ) studies the role of Myrtha in Giselle prepared by Monica Mason ( Royal Ballet Director ). Here is a youtube of the rehearsal.

Thank you Richka, that was so interesting. I was wondering if Neumeier come into the studio with his choreography pretty well worked out or if he developed his ideas in the studio? How did his way of working compare with other choreographers you have worked with?

Leonid, did you know Helpmann? What do you think of the Salter biography?

Here is Robert Helpmann's take on the topic.... When asked "Would the fashion for nudity extend to the dance?" Helpmann replied, "No. You see there are portions of the human anatomy which would keep swinging after the music had finished." page 213 Helpmann by Elizabeth Salter