Tag Archive: Ballet

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Rhea Sheedy during a ballet fusion class. Her right arm is on the barre, her left leg is stretched out and pointed towards the floor. She is wearing pink leggins and a black leotard.

Work out, dance out: ballet meets fitness

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During the third lockdown in the UK I made use of the vast offer of online dance classes and tried a taster class of Ballet Fusion – a mix of ballet technique and fitness.

Franziska Rosenzweig in The Dying Swan. She is sitting on the floor, her left leg stretched in an Arabesque, her right leg is bent. Her arms are lifted in the air. She is facing towards the right side of the room.

The Dying Swan: A profound workshop. I didn’t realise what I was getting myself into.

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I feel like I have to write what I experienced in a ballet class. I practiced Swan Lake and didn’t know what emotions it would trigger.

Royal Ballet Principals Marcelino Sambe, as The Instrument, and Lauren Cuthbertson, as The Cellist, dance a pas de deux in Cathy Marston's new work The Cellist based on the life of Jacqueline du Pre. Cutherbertson surrenders herself to the music as she is held by Sambe.

The Cellist, a new ballet by Cathy Marston (contains spoilers)

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The Cellist, a new ballet by Cathy Marston, dazzles.

Dada Masilo, Giselle, A Powerful Reinterpretation (contains spoilers)

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Review of Dada Masillo’s Giselle

If I don’t [dance] I will crumble

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Quote and biographical snippet about Rudolf Nureyev and photograph of Jean Abreau in Blood.

Dancers, illusion and magicians

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Quote and snippet of history from George Balanchine and a picture from Kidd Pivot’s The Tempest Replica choreographed by Crystal Pite.

Dance Quote by John Selden

Since the fairies left off dancing..

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“Since the fairies left off dancing….” A beautiful dance image accompanied by a quote by John Shelden <a href=""> Read More…

Why are you holding back?

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Image from Yorke Dance Theatre’s Wordsworth and quote from George Balanchine with a little about the man.

Cherry Radford with her second book at Sadler's Wells Flamenco Festival, (c) Carole Edrich 2014

Men Dancing by Cherry Radford #nospoilers #book #review

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Feeling beleaguered by people at work, two demanding sons and a less-than-attentive husband, Rosie; the female protagonist of Men Dancing, finds herself on a voyage personal development that parallels (albeit in a form… Continue reading →

Emerging Dancer Rehearsals at Queen Elizabeth Hall, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

Emerging Dancer

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Yesterday I had to leave the Emerging Dancer rehearsals in the South Bank early to get to the meetings I had set up in a new, high profile and very useful travel networking… Continue reading →