Front Row and Behind-the-Scenes News from the World of Ballet
I'm so excited for tonight's full-length ballet! Thursday at The Theater: The Sleeping Beauty with Rudolf Nureyev and Veronica Tennant as Princess Aurora. I found this amazing video from 1972 with the National Ballet of Canada, with footage of Nureyev introducing the ballet. Thursday at The Theater: The Sleeping Beauty with Rudolf Nureyev History of The Ballet The Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts, first performed in 1890. The music is by Pyotr … [Read more...]
Yesterday, we got the unexpected news: "Sergei Polunin Abruptly Leaves Royal Ballet." London balletomanes were in shock as were ballet lovers around the world. What could have pushed Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal dancer and most promising member to walk out a week before performances? Sergei Polunin Abruptly Leaves Royal Ballet Polunin’s unprecedentedly abrupt departure was front-page news, but the 22-year-old star has long been food for headlines. His teenage debut as the … [Read more...]
Keenan Kampa has become the second American dancer to join a Russian ballet company. Who is the second American dancer to join a Russian ballet company? Keenan Kampa, a member of the Boston Ballet and a rare American to attend the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, is joining the Mariinsky Ballet.The Mariinsky said Ms. Kampa, 22, was becoming the first American in its ranks. She starts June 2012. The announcement follows the news last year that David Hallberg was joining … [Read more...]
by Kevin McKenzie and Georgina Parkinson
