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theartsdesk Q&A: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Part 1Sunday, 31 January 2010
The great dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov (b. 1948) marked his 62nd birthday last Wednesday. Even more than Nureyev, Baryshnikov entered the popular mind as something more than a matchless ballet dancer. Read more...
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theartsdesk Q&A: Tamara Rojo's DiarySunday, 13 September 2009
The Royal Ballet's leading ballerina Tamara Rojo was holding a large and not old but already battered diary when we met, pages and dried flowers falling out of it, along with notes and photographs. Read more... |
Q&A Special: Choreographer William Forsythe Over TimeWednesday, 09 September 2009
The radical modern choreographer William Forsythe (b 1950) was celebrated in a week of events in London’s stages this year, marking his transition from mouldbreaking neo-classical ballet to a more collaborative, theatre mode. Read more... |
Sylvie Guillem, Ballerina in EvolutionWednesday, 09 September 2009
The phenomenal French ballerina Sylvie Guillem (b. 1965) has always been a modern woman, for all her classical ballerina dress. She joined the Royal Ballet in 1989 from Nureyev's Paris Opera Ballet, on terms of strictest independence, hardly saying a word to the press, while her image as a brilliant but truculent "Mademoiselle Non" grew and grew. Read more... |
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