July 2013
The Diary: Alistair Spalding
In the Financial Times Sadler’s Wells’ artistic director and chief executive writes about taking Breakin' Convention to Harlem in New York. Continue Reading
Ballet Students and the risk of eating disorders
Nick Clark in the Independent reports that "The head of a leading charity for people affected by eating disorders has called for stricter regulations in dance schools over concerns that ballet dancers are no… Continue Reading
New Adventures Choreographer Award (NACA)
The second New Adventures Choreographer Award (NACA), open to emerging choreographers of all ages, is now open for applications... Continue Reading
Alina Cojocaru joins English National Ballet
Just over one month after the surprise announcement that Royal Ballet Principals, Johan Kobborg and Alina Cojocaru would leave the company at the end of the season, London ballet audiences will be delighted to l… Continue Reading
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet - Coppélia - London Coliseum
Polunin was generally in fine form as a cheeky, nonchalant Franz, fulfilling many virtuoso enchaînements, multiple double assemblés & jeté en tournants with the strength & power of an … Continue Reading
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet - Coppélia - London Coliseum
Coppélius, a role in which Petit was sublimely witty, is a boulevardier, and is played with tremendous charm by Anton Domashev, who is elegance personified in his activities with the supposed doll and, indeed, with anything else that this stylish affair sets nipping a…
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet - Coppélia - London Coliseum
It’s all intended to be very charming and effervescent, but Petit’s choreography lacks élan and soon becomes tiresomely repetitive.
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet - Coppélia - London Coliseum
But, ultimately, who cares about acting in the face of such dancing? If Polunin was ever off-form, he’s back on it with a vengeance. Sinews sculpted by pewter high-waist tights, he cannons into the circuits of barrel turns and fancy aeronautics, his enjoyment visibly…
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet - Coppélia - London Coliseum
Roland Petit’s 1975 version of Coppélia is funny, sexy and psychologically acute. It plays to Polunin’s strengths — he’s adorably naughty from the moment he appears as youthful Franz, smitten by life-size dancing doll Coppélia, but stringing along his girlfriend.
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet - Coppélia - London Coliseum
He [Sergei Polunin] instantly demanded attention, mesmerising the audience with his every move. His perfectly honed physique aided athletic leaps that appeared to defy gravity; his assured actorly swagger suggested a natural theatrical charisma.
Royal Opera House's The Wind in the Willows to transfer to West End
In the Guardian, Mark Brown reports that The Wind in the Willows, choreographed by Will Tuckett, is to get a West End transfer. The production will run over Christmas at the Duchess theatre. Continue Reading
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet - Coppélia - London Coliseum
Dancing Franz in this Stanislavsky production of Coppélia, he delivers a performance of mesmerising airiness and witty ease. It’s a performance all the more cherishable, too, given that the production otherwise lacks so much.
Summer House at The Place
Summer House features an international dance season in the Robin Howard Dance Theatre, summer courses, Touch Wood and professional seminars, projects and discussions for artists and enthusiasts of all ages and ab… Continue Reading
Meeting the Bolshoi Ballet
For the Telegraph Mark Monahan visited the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow to meet the dancers and directors in preparation for their London performances this summer at the Royal Opera House. Continue Reading
Dancing from John o’Groats to Land’s End
Tutu-clad long distance dancer, 35, seeks rhythmic residents of Devon and Cornwall (WGSOH) for dancing & fun to help him boogie to the end of the world’s first John o’Groats to Land’s End dance. Continue Reading