dirac Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 A review of English National Ballet and the Royal Ballet by Louise Levene in The Financial Times. Quote Meanwhile, two postcodes away, Covent Garden was presenting its own quadruple bill of 21st-century dance, beginning with Christopher Wheeldon’s celestial In the Golden Hour. This seamlessly crafted 2008 ballet blends classroom steps with a magpie mix of styles in which goofy, flex-footed lifts resolve into perfect arabesques the instant those satin toes reclaim the floor. A strong cast led by Vadim Muntagirov and Anne Rose O’Sullivan made light work of their joyous, inventive pas de deux and soloists Leo Dixon and David Yudes were an unlikely but flawless pairing in their buoyant double act. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 An interview with Darcey Bussell. Quote Darcey Bussell peers down her phone, hair tugged back in a ponytail, looking simultaneously cool and frazzled. There are just weeks to go until the British Ballet Charity Gala at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which she hopes will raise spirits and some money for struggling dance companies. The pressure is mounting. “I probably didn’t know what I was getting myself into,” she says with a laugh. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 An interview with new Royal Ballet principal Fumi Kaneko. Quote Coming to Britain alone was not easy, Kaneko said, as she recounted how she underwent two surgeries due to serious injuries she sustained that forced her to stop training for a period. "It was a long road but I hope that by coming this far, I can give hope to people who are thinking about doing their best," she said. Link to comment
dirac Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 An obituary for Jacques d'Amboise by Sarah Halzack in The Independent. Quote Jacques d’Amboise, an exuberant star of the New York City Ballet for three decades and a favourite of its legendarily exacting choreographer George Balanchine, has died aged 86. Link to comment
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