Let the Games Begin (Dance Magazine)
by Laura • June 5, 2012 • Dance Magazine, English, Features, News, previews
A little preview of dance at the Olympics for Dance Magazine's June issue...
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Posts Tagged ‘wayne mcgregor’
Review: American Homecoming in Lyon
by Laura • December 20, 2011 • Dance reviews, English, Financial Times
You can interpret Balanchine in different ways, but you can’t fake it. The dancing itself is the event, and on Saturday night, the Lyon Opera Ballet, a company better known today for its large repertoire of modern works by Mats Ek, Maguy Marin and Merce Cunningham, returned to the classical canon with mixed results.
Read more →Back to the Bolshoi – Q&A with Sergei Filin (Pointe Magazine)
by Laura • August 1, 2011 • English, Features, Interviews, Pointe Magazine
Intrigue may be all the rage at the Bolshoi Ballet, but the company showed Paris in May it is still at the top of its game, with Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev and Maria Alexandrova all wowing astounded crowds. I caught up during the two-week tour with Sergei Filin, who seems to have transitioned seamlessly...
Read more →Review: Jazzy Distortions (Wayne McGregor in Paris)
by Laura • July 5, 2011 • Dance reviews, English, Financial Times
L’anatomie de la sensation Choreography: Wayne McGregor Paris Opera Ballet Opéra Bastille, Paris July 2, 2011 Don’t be put off by the pompous title or the strike currently playing havoc with Paris Opera performances: Wayne McGregor’s first evening-length creation for a ballet company, L’anatomie de la sensation, is a welcome surprise at the end...
Read more →So, you think you want to see the Paris Opera Ballet?
by Laura • October 31, 2010 • English, Features, News, previews, Other
We are a month or so into a new season, and many balletomanes are already planning short “ballet trips” around the world to catch favourite works or famed companies. Well, Paris is hardly the worst destination possible, is it? So if you’re wondering about the strange repertoire or the opaque booking system of the...
Read more →Interview: Yuhui Choe
by Laura • February 16, 2010 • DanceTabs / Ballet.co, English, Features, Français, Interviews
(scroll down for the English version) Interview de la délicieuse Yuhui Choe pour Dansomanie, en traduction française : A l’heure où Miyako Yoshida s’apprête à tirer sa révérence au Royal Ballet après une longue carrière, une autre danseuse venue du Japon s’impose lentement mais sûrement sur la scène londonienne : Yuhui Choe, qui est...
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