Tag: black swan

• English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2016

  

  A social commentary on ENB’s Emerging dance program… So I am watching ENB’s Emerging Dance LIVE… and I am not trying to say I told you so again, but I am totally saying I told you so again… Rina and Cesar killed that sh!t… Okay, so the live streaming worked great for me, no problems,…

  David King

  May 17, 2016

  Ramblings, Reviews

  black swan, cesar corrales, daniele silingardi, diane and acteon, emerging dancer winner 2016, enb review, english national ballet, english national ballet emerging dancer 2016, english national ballet winner, erik woolhouse, isabelle brouwers, jeanette kakareka, jennie harrington, jingo zhang, laurette summerscales, maxwestwell, rina kanehara, shire kase, talisman, winner

• 5 Variations To Stay Away From…

  

  The Academy Awards have the craziest rules… It judges an entire acting performance for excellence, achievement and the craft. Unfortunately, in ballet we don’t really have that… We have the Prix Benois de la Danse and the Princess Grace awards for achievements within the art form, but nothing on the scale that judges a single…

  David King

  April 12, 2015

  ballet competitions

  ballerina, ballet competitions, ballet dancer, ballet solo, ballet variations, black swan, esmeralda, kitri, patricia zhou, pointe, pointe shoes, pointeshoes, scholarship, swan lake, tights, variations, white swan, yagp, youth american grand prix

• Swan Lake Realness

  

  If Nutcracker was your first exposure to ballet, then Swan Lake is the ballet that determines if you really want to be a ballerina. Every school stages some abridged version, even if it is just act II. Every company uses the full length Swan Lake to boast the company’s size, artistic merit, and strength. Swan…

  David King

  August 14, 2014

  a ballet education, ballet, black swan, Companies, Dancers, odette, pointe, swan lake