Promising But a Little Tipsy: Don Chisciotte in Rome
25/12/2012
Minkus /Petipa / Gorsky, Don Chisciotte: Rome Opera Ballet. Director, Micha van Hoecke. Orchestra dell Teatro dell’ Opera, Roma. Conductor, Nir Kabaretti. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, rehearsed by Mikhail Messerer. Sets by Francesco Zitto with Antonella Conte. Costumes by Francesco Zito. Lighting: Agostino Angelini. Teatro dell’ Opera Rome. 22.12.2012 (JB) Read more
Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker is Perfectly Charming
13/12/2012
Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, Choir of Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Orchestra of English National Ballet / Benjamin Pope. (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 12.12.2012. (JPr) Read more
Tubular Bells, Ceramic Bowls, Bare Hands and Pure Dance
04/12/2012
Charles Griffin, David Lang, Thierry de Mey, Nebojsa Zivkovic, Paul Lansky: Patrick Schleker, Erica Drake, Jeff Luft and Matt Hawkins (percussionists), concert:nova, Ixi Chen (Artistic Director), MamLuft&Co. Dance, Jeanne Mam-Luft (Artistic Director), Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH. 2.12.2012 (RDA) Read more
Sleeping Beauty with Vampires
01/12/2012
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty – A Gothic Romance: New Adventures, Matthew Bourne (director/choreographer), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 30.11.2012 (SRT) Read more
Fairytale Ballet Heralds Festive Season
24/11/2012
Prokofiev, Cinderella: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 21.11.2012 (GR) Read more
Athleticism, Caricature and Magic from Birmingham Royal Ballet
31/10/2012
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Autumn Celebration – The Grand Tour, Faster and The Dream: Dancers of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Cathedral Choir (girls’ voices) and Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis. (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 26.10.2012. (JPr) Read more
Opposites Attract in Birmingham Royal Ballet Triple Bill
02/10/2012
Opposites Attract: A triple bill of dance comprising Take Five (music/The Dave Brubeck Quartet; choreography/David Bintley) Lyric Pieces (music/Edvard Grieg; choreography/Jessica Lang) and Grosse Fuge (music/Beethoven; choreography/Hans Van Manen): Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 26.9.2012. (GR) Read more
Vienna Festival Ballet’s Coppelia Abounds in the Feel-Good Factor
29/09/2012
Delibes, Coppelia: Vienna Festival Ballet, The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 27.9.2012 (RJ)
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