Juliet Doherty is one of the new rising stars of ballet. As many have observed, she seems to have been built for classical dance, with her endless extensions and beautifully arched…
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Despite his prolific body of work, Edward Degas is most commonly associated with his ballet-inspired pieces, from his famous Little Dancer sculpture to his many peintures de ballerines. In the same way…
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Masha is a student training at the famed Vaganova Ballet Academy in St Petersburg, a place many an aspiring dancer speaks of with undertones of reverence. To a lot of people,…
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A few days ago I posted a .gif I made attributing Prince Florimund’s (Prince Desiré? Who knows) angst to his inability to eat his way out of feeling blue due to…
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Tristan Dyer answers our quickfire questions.…
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Tristan Dyer is a well-travelled man – from America to Australia to Canada, he’s been there, danced that, training at schools all over the world. But where he is now, at…
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Ballet dancers get to wear their fair share of interesting and sometimes outlandish costumes. But we still couldn’t resist putting some of them in outfits they’re unlikely to wear on stage…
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It’s 11am on a sunny Moscow day and I’m standing outside the Press Office of the Kremlin Ballet. “Singapore…” the lady behind the glass-panelled counter sighs when she sees my passport,…
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It seems that the tempestuous Sergei Polunin, will be the bad boy of ballet no more. According to the Russian media, he’s decided a change is in the wind and it’s blowing him…
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Demelza Parish talks pointe shoes and awkward stage moments in our quickfire questions. Read our full interview with Demelza here.…
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We’d put money on Demelza Parish being made from bottled sunshine. Delightfully ebullient, she’s a package of charm backed by substance – and she dances too. From childhood Swan Queen dreams, she…
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Allison DeBona talks pointe shoes and cheesy bread in our quickfire questions. Read our full interview with Allison here.…
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After the premiere episode of Breaking Pointe on America’s CW channel, everyone had an opinion on Allison DeBona. Most of these opinions weren’t flattering. Breaking Pointe was a show that followed…