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Wednesday, January 1


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A report on a new exhibition on fashion and dance at the Centre National du Costume de Scène by Roslyn Sulcas in The New York Times.

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Soft jersey bathing suits, molded on the body, fitted pink cloche caps framing the face. These were Coco Chanel’s simple yet revolutionary designs for the Ballets Russes’s “Le Train Bleu” (1924), a dance about gilded youth at the seaside, doing calisthenics and playing tennis and golf......

 

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A review of Birmingham Royal Ballet's Nutcracker by Deborah Weiss for DanceTabs.

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Absent from the repertoire at the Royal Opera House this year, it was good to see Birmingham Royal Ballet inhabit the Royal Albert Hall with Peter Wright’s production for its third consecutive year. In spite of all the problems with performing a proscenium arch ballet in an arena setting with a purpose-built stage, it is no less magical than any other production and in some ways, it works advantageously. Having the orchestra, The Royal Ballet Sinfonia, situated high above the stage, under the baton of the always excellent Koen Kessels, adds another dynamic which enhances the overall enjoyment.

 

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