Saturday, July 29

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An article about "Jewels" and Balanchine by Alice Robb in The Daily Telegraph.

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By the 1960s, crowds of artists, intellectuals, socialites and other glamorous New Yorkers were cramming into the auditorium of the Lincoln Center. Famous writers debated Balanchine’s work in the pages of prestigious literary journals, and newly minted balletomanes lined up for cheap balcony seats. He appeared on the cover of Time magazine; the ballerinas he anointed became stars.

 

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The Vietnam National Opera and Ballet presents "Giselle."

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Golden ballet artists Thu Hang and Duc Hieu will continue to play the soloist role of the stage when playing Giselle and prince Albrecht. The couple is expected to bring a new breath to the play, one of the most romantic ballets.

 

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A look at how Kyiv City Ballet is coping in exile by Debra Craine in The Sunday Times.

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What started as a two-week tour became what Ivan Kozlov, who founded the troupe a decade ago, calls “the infinity tour”. Stranded in Paris, uncertain when — or if — they could go back to Ukraine, the exiled dancers began an 18-month odyssey of life on the road. Their performances, “spreading a message of peace, hope and resilience”, have taken them around Europe and America. Next up is the Edinburgh Fringe for the month of August, then London for seven performances in September.

 

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A review of Queensland Ballet by Ruth Ridgway for Bachtrack.

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Queensland Ballet’s Resident Choreographer Natalie Weir has long wanted to choreograph a response to the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss. Her Four Last Songs, fittingly the last work on the programme, is an ecstatic, transfiguring response to this heart-wrenchingly beautiful music. The songs are recorded, and the performers unfortunately not attributed in the programme.