dirac Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 A gallery of photographs by Colin Jones, photographer and former Royal Ballet dancer who has died at age 85. Quote English National Ballet dancer, 1999 ‘It may sound strange, but I found so many similarities between the lives of miners and ballet dancers. There was the same dependence on strength, fitness and endurance, the same comradeship of a tight-knit community doing a job. And when they finish work, they’re both physically exhausted and drenched in sweat – though miners are covered in coal dust and their work is full of dangers’ Link to comment
dirac Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 William Bracewell and Fumi Kaneko talk about returning to the stage after COVID-19 in "Romeo and Juliet." Quote “I haven’t done this, a three-act ballet for ages,” Japanese prima ballerina Kaneko told AFP after a rehearsal of the famous balcony scene. Link to comment
dirac Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 A review of English National Ballet by Sarah Crompton in The Guardian. Quote Something, however, has gone wrong with Creature, his third work for English National Ballet, much anticipated ever since its postponed premiere in April 2020. Perhaps that delay didn’t help its development: certainly, it has morphed from being a version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to mashing up aspects of that story with Georg Büchner’s play Woyzeck and then liberally sprinkling the result with apocalyptic concerns about climate change and the future of the planet. Billionaires and the space race are in there somewhere as well. Link to comment
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