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At Sadler's Wells bad times mean nudity and horses on stageTuesday, 26 October 2010
Sadler’s Wells launched their 2011 season this morning with a warning that the front-loading of arts cuts to the next two years will cut a swathe through the British arts landscape. Read more... |
Subject: Re: Arts Cuts (Reply All)Friday, 22 October 2010
It began with a review of 100 Years of German Song. Roused by a comment to a reader (see Igor's comment below), Fisun was moved to email Igor in support of his trenchant views on arts funding. Read more... |
From the Ballets Russes, BFIFriday, 01 October 2010
This is the second part of a series that has passed a little too quietly for comfort. The V&A’s grand Diaghilev show has received all the noise in the press – “fabulous”, “sumptuous”, “exotic” – in fact, all the words that were used at the time to describe Diaghilev’s company. The only word that isn’t... Read more... |
The ROH's Create contract tells the truth about the rights grabWednesday, 22 September 2010
After Monday's report on the Royal Opera House’s new contract demands, a young composer alerted theartsdesk to an intriguing offer on the Covent Garden website - to "Create" a soundtrack for dance. This is a competition for new talent which will be judged by a team led by Deborah Bull, the ROH’s Creative Director: the winning... Read more... |
What did Jane Avril eat? Ask Celebrity MasterchefWednesday, 18 August 2010
What's the preferred scoff of Moulin Rouge can-can dancers? We found out, rather accidentally, last night, if you watched the final of Celebrity Masterchef. And if the world's dancers don't beat down the doors of Paris to get in, I'll eat my chat. Read more... |
Confirmation: Nacho Duato to lead St Petersburg ballet companyWednesday, 28 July 2010
Confirmation today of the astonishing news from Russia - Nacho Duato will indeed become the new director of the Mikhailovsky Ballet, St Petersburg’s second company, from the New Year. The Spanish contemporary choreographer will be the first foreigner to lead a Russian ballet company for more than a century. Read more... |
Bolshoi tour - confirmation at lastTuesday, 13 July 2010
The Royal Opera House ticketline is taking a while to catch up - last Friday's Moscow castings are now confirmed in London - but various inconsistencies are cropping up. The full confirmed casting list is below. Read more... |
A starlet no longer - now Sergei is to be Covent Garden's new starThursday, 10 June 2010
A new male star will be leading the Royal Ballet next season - a prodigious in-house talent of just 20. Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian-born and Royal Ballet School-trained, has been elevated to top rank in the Royal Ballet’s end-of-year promotions after just two years in the company. Read more... |
Classical ballet and recorders?Tuesday, 11 May 2010
The recorder is indelibly associated with school and dreaded first music classes, but the association will be on a considerably higher plane on 21 June when the world recorder star Michala Petri combines with the Royal Ballet School for a one-off show on Midsummer’s night. |
Ballet biography wins top theatre book prizeWednesday, 28 April 2010
The Society for Theatre Research’s book of the year award has been won by ballet critic Jann Parry for Different Drummer, her biography of the Royal Ballet choreographer Kenneth MacMillan. Read more... |
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