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Genesia Rosato and Gary Avis on her retirement from The Royal Ballet

February 23, 2016, 1:37 pm
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Genesia Rosato and Gary Avis on her retirement from The Royal Ballet

After 40 years with the Royal Ballet, Genesia Rosato is to retire.

I’ve had a wonderful career and loved every minute of it!

she said this afternoon. She’s had a lot to love.

Genesia joined the company in 1976, invited by Kenneth MacMillan, and became a soloist in 1982. She became a Principal Character Artist in 1993 and has dominated the stage ever since with her unforgettable three-dimensional portrayals of Queens and Carabosses, Lady Capulets and Nurses.

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THE ROYAL BALLET SEASON 2016 – 2017: theatre and cinema

April 7, 2016, 12:16 pm
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THE ROYAL BALLET SEASON 2016 – 2017: theatre and cinema

All the details of the 2016-2017 Ballet Season at London’s Royal Opera House:

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ROYAL BALLET 2016-2017 SEASON – IN BRIEF
THE ROYAL OPERA 2016-2017 SEASON
THE ROYAL OPERA SEASON 2016-2017 – IN FULL

ROYAL BALLET 2016-2017 SEASON – IN BRIEF

Four World Premieres

  • New one-act ballet from Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor to a commissioned score by Steve Reich
  • New one-act ballet from Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett
  • First UK ballet commission for Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite who makes her Royal Opera House debut with a one-act ballet
  • New production of Philip Glass dance opera Les Enfants Terribles choreographed by Javier De Frutos at the Barbican

Wayne McGregor’s 10th Anniversary Celebrations as Resident Choreographer include:

  • New one-act ballet set to a commissioned score by Steve Reich
  • Chroma to be performed with members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater alongside dancers from The Royal Ballet
  • First revival of award-winning Woolf Works
  • First revival of Carbon Life with music by Mark Ronson

 

Other anniversaries:

  • 25th Anniversary of The Royal Ballet’s Chance to Dance programme
  • 50th Anniversary of George Balanchine’s Jewels
  • 70th Anniversary as resident ballet company of the Royal Opera House with performances of The Sleeping Beauty and Symphonic Variations
  • 80th birthday celebrations for composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass with new productions by Wayne McGregor and Javier De Frutos
  • Sir Peter Wright’s 90th birthday celebrations at The Nutcracker

 

Revivals and Repertory

  • Major revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s Anastasia, last staged in 2004, and the return of Mayerling
  • The Sleeping Beauty, this production first presented for the 75th anniversary of The Royal Ballet in 2006 and based on the landmark 1946 production
  • Peter Wright’s classic production of The Nutcracker
  • La Fille mal gardée, The Dream, Symphonic Variations and Marguerite and Armand by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton
  • First revivals of Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon’s one-act ballets After the Rain and Strapless
  • First revival of David Dawson’s The Human Seasons
  • The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude by William Forsythe, last performed by The Royal Ballet in 2002
  • George Balanchine’s three-act ballet Jewels and his Tarantella pas de deux, a new acquisition for the Company

 

The Royal Ballet Studio Programme

  • Work presented outside of Covent Garden during the Royal Opera House Open Up project
  • First revival of ZooNation’s The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the Roundhouse
  • Philip Glass’s Les Enfants Terribles directed by Javier De Frutos at the Barbican
  • New work by choreographers Charlotte Edmonds and Robert Binet in the Clore Studio Upstairs

 

Six ballet programmes presented in the ROH Live Cinema Season

 

World Ballet Day returns in October

 

THE ROYAL BALLET SEASON 2016-2017

Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, presents a season of world premieres, major revivals, international collaborations and anniversary celebrations including Wayne McGregor’s 10th anniversary with The Royal Ballet as Resident Choreographer.

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Ballerina Mara Galeazzi and choreographer Tim Podesta… It was meant to be

May 16, 2016, 12:02 pm
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Ballerina Mara Galeazzi and choreographer Tim Podesta… It was meant to be

Mara Galeazzi and Tim Podesta… working together is getting to be a habit!

Working with Mara is always a blessing. The first time I can recall seeing Mara perform was in Chroma and she was so fierce yet had a wonderful fragility that really pulled me in – says Tim.

A few years later I was Directing and Choreographing a new film called ADOR [which has been nominated for this year’s Australian Dance Awards in the category Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film or New Media] which brings together incredible dancers from English National Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Atlanta Ballet and many others and it follows the life of a dancer and the highs and lows.

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Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts

June 10, 2016, 5:34 am
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Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts

The Royal Ballet has released the casting for their Autumn Season, from September 2016 until January 2017. Roberta Marquez will return as Guest Artist to dance two farewell performances in one of her signature roles as the wayward daughter Lise in La fille mal gardée.

LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE

27 and 30 September at 7.30pm / 5, 6, 10, 13, 18, 21 and 22 October at 7.30pm/30 September at 2.30pm/15 October at 2pm and 7pm

Roberta Marquez returns as Guest Artist to dance two farewell performances in one of her signature roles as the wayward daughter Lise.  

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The Royal Ballet has four new principals… and other promotions

June 10, 2016, 12:32 pm
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The Royal Ballet has four new principals… and other promotions

Alexander Campbell, Francesca Hayward, Ryoichi Hirano and Akane Takada have been promoted to Principal, the Company’s highest rank.

Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, said,

I am delighted to promote these four talented members of the Company to the rank of Principal following their wonderful work with The Royal Ballet this Season. Alexander, Francesca, Ryoichi and Akane each possess singular theatrical gifts which have enriched the artistry of the work we present and I very much look forward to seeing them flourish further at this exciting stage in their careers.

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Derek Deane answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dance Edition

July 2, 2016, 8:31 am
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Derek Deane answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dance Edition

Q&A

When did you start dancing?
I was nearly 16. Late… I never had any intention of becoming a ballet dancer.

Why did you start dancing?
So that I could play the Artful Dodger in a local production of the musical Oliver.

When did you start choreographing?
Shortly after I starting dancing, I choreographed a terrible dance to a song call Sugar Sugar for my sister’s secretarial college’s Christmas party!!!

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Natalia Osipova is Anastasia – a photo gallery with The Royal Ballet

October 27, 2016, 3:02 am
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Natalia Osipova is Anastasia – a photo gallery with The Royal Ballet

Last night the curtain at The Royal Opera House went up on Kenneth MacMillan’s Anastasia, with Natalia Osipova in the title role.

One of MacMillan’s first creative acts on becoming Director of The Royal Ballet was to adapt Anastasia into a three-act, full-length work, his first for the Company since Romeo and Juliet. He had created a one-act version for Deutsche Oper Ballet in 1967.

MacMillan was inspired by the true story of Anna Anderson, a woman who believed herself to be Anastasia, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and the only survivor from the assassination of the Romanovs in 1918.

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Xander Parish on life with the Mariinsky Ballet

November 4, 2016, 10:07 am
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Xander Parish on life with the Mariinsky Ballet

You were recently promoted to First Soloist at the Mariinsky Ballet. Happy?

Yes, I was promoted after a show of Giselle back in January and it was quite out of the blue!

Leaving the corps

Xander Parish joined the Mariinsky as a Coryphée in 2010 after twiddling his thumbs for five years at The Royal Ballet. He was 23, frustrated with his spear-carrying duties and itching to dance.

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First glimpse of Wayne McGregor’s new work, Multiverse, for The Royal Ballet

November 10, 2016, 2:30 pm
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First glimpse of Wayne McGregor’s new work, Multiverse, for The Royal Ballet

The curtain has just gone down on the Wayne McGregor triple bill at the Royal Opera House, London.

The Royal Ballet is celebrating McGregor’s tenth anniversary as its Resident Choreographer with an evening featuring revivals of Chroma and Carbon life and the world premiere of McGregor’s new ballet Multiverse, set to a new score by Steve Reich.

Wayne McGregor became Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer in 2006.

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The Royal Ballet to live stream rehearsals of The Sleeping Beauty

November 17, 2016, 10:58 am
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The Royal Ballet to live stream rehearsals of The Sleeping Beauty

On 22 November, at 19.15 local time, The Royal Ballet will live stream The Sleeping Beauty rehearsals from the Clore Studio.

It is one of the ROH Insight events, the Paul Hamlyn Education Fund sponsored series which gives precious glimpses of the work that goes into preparing a production for the stage, comments from the artists and creators working on stage and behind the scenes at The Royal Opera House. The series includes open rehearsals, in conversations, pre-performance talks, beginners guides, behind the scenes demonstrations and participatory workshops.

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The Royal Ballet celebrates Peter Wright’s 90th birthday

November 24, 2016, 8:37 am
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The Royal Ballet celebrates Peter Wright’s 90th birthday

Last night The Royal Ballet dedicated the performance of The Nutcracker to its choreographer Sir Peter Wright who tomorrow, 25 November,celebrates his 90th birthday. His production of the Christmas favourite is the most performed production that the Company has in its repertoire.

His other production for The Royal Ballet, Giselle, is another of the most popular works that the Company performs.

Right then – Wright then? – that his 90th birthday should be celebrated on the stage of The Royal Opera House.

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Jury members announced for the Prix de Lausanne 45th edition

November 30, 2016, 10:50 am
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Jury members announced for the Prix de Lausanne 45th edition

The jury of Prix de Lausanne 2017 is composed of nine major personalities from the dance world, presided over by the Royal Ballet’s Director, Kevin O’Hare.

O’Hare said,

The Prix de Lausanne is a wonderful opportunity for me to see the talented dancers of tomorrow. I see it as more than a competition; it is a place where our young dancers are encouraged, cared for and given the feedback that provides the foundation for their future careers.

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Lauren Cuthbertson and other Royal Ballet dancers grace the pages of Town and Country – sneak peek!

December 1, 2016, 10:12 am
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Lauren Cuthbertson and other Royal Ballet dancers grace the pages of Town and Country – sneak peek!

Royal Ballet dancers Lauren Cuthbertson, Marcelino Sambé, Anna Rose O’Sullivan, Hannah Grennell and Gina Storm- Jenson grace the pages of the Winter 2016 issue of Town and Country magazine. A suitably festive shoot celebrates the Nutcracker in and around an Oxfordshire mansion.

The magazine’s Deputy Editor, Lydia Slater, writes,

Within moments of my arrival at Shotover House in Oxfordshire, the splendid location chosen for Town & Country’s shoot, I had been transported back into the childhood of my favourite fantasy, a landscape of fairies and flowers, walking dolls and animated sweets, mysterious wizards and wicked rodents, with a little girl as the heroine at the centre of it all.

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Backstage at the Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet on Christmas Day

December 4, 2016, 7:35 am
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Backstage at the Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet on Christmas Day

For the first time in many years, The Royal Ballet has allowed BBC cameras to roam behind-the-scenes, this time as the Company prepares for Sir Peter Wright’s production of The Nutcracker. The 90-minute documentary will go out on Christmas Day on BBC Two at 4pm.

The programme follows the debuts of numerous young dancers from the Royal Ballet School – from 11 year-old dancers at White Lodge to senior year students dancing as Snowflakes – as well following the Company’s newest Principal Dancers.

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Photos of the first night cast of The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty with Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov

December 20, 2016, 8:42 am
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Photos of the first night cast of The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty with Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov

The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden.

 

To celebrate its 70th anniversary with the Company, from tomorrow night, 21 December, until 14 March 2017, the ballet will be performed a remarkable 25 times. The first of many casts is headed by Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov.

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Alastair Macaulay’s A-G of Nutcracker rules!

December 26, 2016, 8:15 am
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Alastair Macaulay’s A-G of Nutcracker rules!

If you are a ballet lover, use Twitter and don’t yet follow the New York Times’s Alastair Macaulay, you really should. His timeline is a witty mix of ballet facts and observations, and world views and opinions.

He has probably seen more productions of The Nutcracker than any other living soul, so who better to provide the ‘rules’ for a traditional Nutcracker.

He kicks off with,

Basic rule for traditional “Nutcrackers”: A: Drosselmeyer should only be seen in Act I, Sugar Plum only Act II

which instantly puts a large number of Nutcracker productions into the non-traditional category.

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Jury members announced for the Prix de Lausanne 45th edition

November 30, 2016, 10:50 am
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Jury members announced for the Prix de Lausanne 45th edition

The jury of Prix de Lausanne 2017 is composed of nine major personalities from the dance world, presided over by the Royal Ballet’s Director, Kevin O’Hare.

O’Hare said,

The Prix de Lausanne is a wonderful opportunity for me to see the talented dancers of tomorrow. I see it as more than a competition; it is a place where our young dancers are encouraged, cared for and given the feedback that provides the foundation for their future careers.

Continue reading Jury members announced for the Prix de Lausanne 45th edition at gramilano.

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Lauren Cuthbertson and other Royal Ballet dancers grace the pages of Town and Country – sneak peek!

December 1, 2016, 10:12 am
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Lauren Cuthbertson and other Royal Ballet dancers grace the pages of Town and Country – sneak peek!

Royal Ballet dancers Lauren Cuthbertson, Marcelino Sambé, Anna Rose O’Sullivan, Hannah Grennell and Gina Storm- Jenson grace the pages of the Winter 2016 issue of Town and Country magazine. A suitably festive shoot celebrates the Nutcracker in and around an Oxfordshire mansion.

The magazine’s Deputy Editor, Lydia Slater, writes,

Within moments of my arrival at Shotover House in Oxfordshire, the splendid location chosen for Town & Country’s shoot, I had been transported back into the childhood of my favourite fantasy, a landscape of fairies and flowers, walking dolls and animated sweets, mysterious wizards and wicked rodents, with a little girl as the heroine at the centre of it all.

Continue reading Lauren Cuthbertson and other Royal Ballet dancers grace the pages of Town and Country – sneak peek! at gramilano.

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Backstage at the Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet on Christmas Day

December 4, 2016, 7:35 am
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Backstage at the Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet on Christmas Day

For the first time in many years, The Royal Ballet has allowed BBC cameras to roam behind-the-scenes, this time as the Company prepares for Sir Peter Wright’s production of The Nutcracker. The 90-minute documentary will go out on Christmas Day on BBC Two at 4pm.

The programme follows the debuts of numerous young dancers from the Royal Ballet School – from 11 year-old dancers at White Lodge to senior year students dancing as Snowflakes – as well following the Company’s newest Principal Dancers.

Continue reading Backstage at the Nutcracker with The Royal Ballet on Christmas Day at gramilano.

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Photos of the first night cast of The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty with Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov

December 20, 2016, 8:42 am
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Photos of the first night cast of The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty with Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov

The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden.

 

To celebrate its 70th anniversary with the Company, from tomorrow night, 21 December, until 14 March 2017, the ballet will be performed a remarkable 25 times. The first of many casts is headed by Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov.

Continue reading Photos of the first night cast of The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty with Sarah Lamb and Vadim Muntagirov at gramilano.

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