... London has invited two Mariinsky ballerinas as guest dancers this year. Following Yekaterina Osmolkina's guest appearances in " Swan Lake " in March, another star, Yevgenia Obraztsova (who was in Cedric Klapisch's 2005 film " Russian Dolls " as...

In this article: George Balanchine, Aurora, The Sleeping Beauty, The St. Petersburg Times, London, Aurora, In the Night, and Swan Lake

...week at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Besides artwork from popular tales such as " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ," '' Cinderella " and " Sleeping Beauty ," the exhibit also includes pieces from the upcoming movie, " The Princess and the...

In this article: Walt Disney Studio, New Orleans, The Princess and the Frog, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Little Mermaid, New Orleans Museum of Art, New York, Los Angeles, and Louisiana

Michael Dailey as Don Ramiro and Betany Coffland as Cinderella in the fall 2009 Opera San Jose production of " La Cenerentola. Rossini 's " La Cenerentola ( Cinderella )" finishes with fireworks: "Non piu mesta," an aria custom-fit for the...

In this article: Cinderella, La Cenerentola, Opera San Jose, and Cinderella

...fate was not apostrophized, universal brotherhood was not declared. But there was plenty of music for dancing - courtesy of Stravinsky 's " Petrushka '' ballet. In other words, after serving generous amounts of Teutonic grandeur via its...

In this article: Fabio Luisi, Paris, Igor Stravinsky, Petrushka, Dresden Staatskapelle, Vienna Symphony, Camille Saint-Saens, and Boston Symphony Orchestra

...who had a short season booked at the Paris Opera in creations by Michel Fokine (the famous choreographer of Les Sylphides , Petrushka and other landmark Diaghilev ballets). Zoritch rapidly became a sought-after performer in a number...

In this article: George Zoritch, Leonid Massine, Sergei Diaghilev, Bronislava Nijinska, Samson and Delilah, and Petrushka

Aladdin and Jasmin in Disney on Ice's "Princess Classics." Courtsey of Feld Entertainment. There are Cinderella , Jasmine , Ariel , Sleeping Beauty , Belle , Mulan and Snow White. And, while Cinderella earned top billing, all are featured in...

In this article: Disney, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Mulan, Minnie Mouse, Belle, Tinkerbell, Snow White, and Goofy

The one area in which Tchaikovsky 's genius for otherworldly magic has been fully acknowledged is his ballet music. But it is Swan Lake , the first of the "big three", that is surely the most famous: it is suitably doom-laden. The...

In this article: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Carmen, Suicide, Eugene Onegin, St Petersburg, Orchestration, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake

...made up of a first half full of peasants and courtiers, and a second half that rivals Swan Lake's night scenes for mystery and beauty. In this second act, Giselle is dead and her grieving duke, languishing at her graveside, is forced by...

In this article: Giselle and Swan Lake

REVIEW: Giselle , English National Ballet, Bristol Hippodrome Nov 6 2009 by Rin Simpson , Western Mail PLASTERING its posters with the confident catchphrase "probably the best Giselle you'll ever see" wasn't the brightest idea English...

In this article: Giselle, Bristol, and Swan Lake

...Orchestra since 2001, exuded a remarkable stylistic elegance Thursday night in a program of two Russian war horses, Rimsky-Korsakov 's " Scheherazade " and Stravinsky 's "Firebird" Suite, and a major contemporary American work, the Violin...

In this article: Robert Spano, John Adams, Scheherazade, Igor Stravinsky, Leila Josefowicz, Violin Concerto, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Having cut his teeth on smaller but technically glittering roles such as Bratfisch the coachman in Mayerling and the Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty , and having had roles choreographed for him by Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon ,...

In this article: Royal Ballet School, The Sleeping Beauty, Miyako Yoshida, Mayerling, The Nutcracker, and Romeo

a colorful program that surrounds a major contemporary work -- the Violin Concerto by John Adams -- with two war horses, Rimsky-Korsakov 's " Scheherazade " and Stravinsky 's "Firebird" Suite. If you know what's good for you, you won't miss it.

In this article: Robert Spano, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Scheherazade, Leila Josefowicz, Igor Stravinsky, John Adams, Baltimore, E mail, Violin Concerto, and Firebird Suite

Apollo (originally Apollon musagete and variously known as Apollo musagetes, Apollo , Leader of the Muses and Apolo Musageta) is a ballet in two tableaux composed between 1927 and 1928 by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed by balletmaster...

In this article: Apollo, George Balanchine, Igor Stravinsky, Apollo, Terpsichore, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Agon, Adolph Bolm, and Library of Congress

...the steps and Stravinsky 's score caused a riot. In 1928, Stravinsky's collaboration with Diaghilev 's last great protege George Balanchine on Apollo , was greeted by a standing ovation. But both ballets had to be seen; they were events. Very...

In this article: Sergei Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Sadler's Wells, Igor Stravinsky, Javier de Frutos, Catholic Church, Le Spectre de la Rose, La Valse, and Apollo

Click photo to enlarge Meng Lu (as Franz ) and Alexsandra Meijer (as Swanilda) celebrate their wedding in a Pas de Deux from Act III of " Coppelia." At its premiere in Paris in 1870, Arthur Saint-Leon's " Coppelia " was declared a resounding...

In this article: Coppelia, Coppelius, Dr. Coppelius, Arthur Saint-Leon, and Leo Delibes

The unleashing of the mechanical dolls in the workshop was wonderfully funny, suggesting simultaneous performances of " Petrushka " and " Nutcracker." It took at least one act for Saturday's Swanilda, Alexsandra Meijer , to secure her balances...

In this article: Coppelia, San Jose, Petrushka, George Balanchine, and Arthur Saint-Leon

The first program, "The Balanchine Couple," features Farrell 's onstage narration and pas de deux from nine Balanchine ballets, including " Apollo ," " La Sonnambula ," " La Valse ," " Agon " and " Don Quixote." The second program features...

In this article: George Balanchine, Margaret Jenkins, San Francisco, Agon, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Merce Cunningham, and Bill T. Jones

So it's right that ENB marks the anniversary with two mixed programmes that pay tribute to the Ballets Russes. The first opens with Apollo , created by Balanchine to a score by Stravinsky. It was a landmark in 1928 and is extraordinarily...

In this article: Ballets Russes, Serge Diaghilev, Karl Lagerfeld, The Dying Swan, and Apollo