A sharp eyed look at Dance and Ballet Across the World – from 2012 to Jan 2022, but still fired by dance and short-form thoughts / news...
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9 Jul 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
★★★★✰ London Children’s Ballet, @LCBLondon, in The Secret Garden @Sadlers_Wells Peacock Theatre. "what an uplifting experience"
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Constance Rauly & Ellie Henderson in The Secret Garden. © Photography by ASH
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6 Jul 2024
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★★★★✰ English National Ballet School, @ENBSchool, 2024 Summer Performance @RoyalOperaHouse with works by Frederick @AshtonFdn, Andrew McNicol & Pina Bausch
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ENBS in Pina Bausch's Tannhäuser-Bacchanal. © Photography by ASH
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3 Jul 2024
5-star review of Kim Brandstrup's latest with terrific Sarah Crompton @Sarahc_k words and terrific @FoteiniPhoto picture...
30 Jun 2024
Echo and Narcissus review – third of Kim Brandstrup’s mini-masterpieces theguardian.com/stage/articl…
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30 Jun 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
★★★✰✰ @BalletNightsUK is back & iteration 005 featured a diverse mix of 9 wrks & particularly delightful efforts from @JamesCousinsCo, Grace O'Brien of @rambertschool & @JordanJBridge
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@JamesCousinsCo pic © Deborah Jaffe
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27 Jun 2024
Terrific time last nite seeing Ldn Contemp Dance School's Grad show @ThePlaceLondon. Especially wonderful 2c the stirring Pigeon Dance, knitting 2gether animal conservation & cross culture ties w Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg! Every good wish 2um in your dance careers
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18 Jun 2024
This is a must read and beautifully written piece. I look forward to reading more from Rosie on Substack and to seeing her, and her company, dance again next year. Bravo and love to her.
18 Jun 2024
NEWS
Life has not gone the way I expected it to recently.
In the summer of last year, I discovered a lump in my breast, and from September 2023 onwards I have been dealing with the outcomes of that discovery.
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17 Jun 2024
Congratulations to former BRB Principal Dancer Iain Mackay on his new appointment as Artistic Director at @RoyalBalletSch!
17 Jun 2024
We're delighted to announce the appointment of our new Artistic Director, Iain Mackay.
Alum of the School, Iain is a former @BRB Principal dancer and has more recently served as Director of Yorkshire Ballet Seminars and Royal Ballet Governor.
Read more: royalballetschool.org.uk/202…
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17 Jun 2024
Congratulations @WayneMcGregor ✨
15 Jun 2024
His Majesty The King has appointed Wayne McGregor CBE a Knighthood in this year’s Birthday Honours List for his pioneering contribution to the field of dance
Image Paul Scala
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16 Jun 2024
Love this! Dancing dancing dancing…
16 Jun 2024
A study was published on the best ways to beat depression.
At the top is dancing followed by walking or jogging.
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13 Jun 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
★★★★✰ @ENBallet are back @RoyalAlbertHall with their fantastic @deane_derek Swan Lake in-the-round and all is good with the world...
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Sangeun Lee in #ENBSwanLake Pic © @FoteiniPhoto
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12 Jun 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
★★★✰✰ The junior company of Brno National Theatre Ballet, Ballet NdB 2, in a contemporary triple bill opening @RoyalOperaHouse's Next Generation Festival
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Pic © Arthur Abram/Ballet NdB
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6 Jun 2024
Terrific to see William Bracewell & Fumi Kaneko winning Best Male & Female Dancer awards @NatDanceAwards on Monday. Back in 2021 @FoteiniPhoto did a special shoot of them preparing to dance R&J @TheRoyalBallet. See the full gallery at:
dancetabs.com/2021/09/specia…
Pic © @FoteiniPhoto
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6 Jun 2024
LiftedLeg Link of the Week - @ENBallet, 2011 "Agony & Ecstasy" documentary on Derek Deane's Swan Lake.
Next week ENB open @RoyalAlbertHall in this production - a good time to catch up on this unmissable fly on the wall documentary by the BBC:
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1 Jun 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
★★★★★ @gandinijuggling in Smashed @Sadlers_Wells Peacock Theatre. A gloriously whimsical performance & a masterpiece everybody should see!
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Picture of Gandini Juggling in Smashed. © Ryoko Uyama
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31 May 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
★★★★✰ @northernballet in Romeo and Juliet @Sadlers_Wells. Welcome back, we say, to a pacy and powerful production...
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Picture of Sarah Chun in Romeo and Juliet. © Emily Nuttall
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25 May 2024
LiftedLeg Link of the Week on...
Eric Taub (@manhattnik), RIP, was a gloriously knowledgeable NY dance writer, full of wit and perception, that more dance lovers should be aware of...
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Picture of Eric Taub & Boris the cat. © Eric Taub/Sarah Taub
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22 May 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
★★✰✰✰ Compagnie Maguy Marin's May B @Sadlers_Wells takes encouraging inspiration from Samuel Beckett's work but feels well too slow in unveiling its bleakly comic world
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Pic of Compagnie Maguy Marin in May B. © Hervé Deroo
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17 May 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
★★★★✰ Review of @scottishballet @Sadlers_Wells in its much-lauded production of a Streetcar Named Desire. With Marge Hendrick, @evanloudon & @ClaireSouet
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Picture of Marge Hendrick in A Streetcar Named Desire. © Andy Ross
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16 May 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
★★★★✰ @BalletBlack returns to @BarbicanCentre with HEROES - a double bill of new works, by Sophie Laplane and Mthuthuzeli November, that neatly celebrates the hero in us all. #bbHEROES
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Pic © @photobyASH
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13 May 2024
Another LiftedLeg review...
Review of @balletcentral @Sadlers_Wells at the start of their 10-stop tour in a bill that neatly combines the traditional with the cutting edge new…
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Pic © @photobyASH
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