World Ballet

13/05/2020

[FULL BALLET] - "Romeo and Juliet" with Diana Vishneva and Vladimir Shklyarov. Production by Mariinsky Theatre

For those that have never watched the ballet, for those that have watched it million times...

CREDITS:

Serge Prokofieff

Romeo and Juliet ballet in three acts

Libretto by Andrian Piotrovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Radlov and Leonid Lavrovsky, based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare

Choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky

Set and costume design by Pyotr Williams

Musical Director and Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Juliet: Diana Vishneva

Tybalt: Ilya Kuznetsov

Romeo: Vladimir Shklyarov

Mercutio: Alexander Sergeyev

© 2013 Mariinsky Theatre • Telmondis • Mezzo

Сергей Прокофьев «Ромео и Джульетта» балет в трех действиях Либретто Адриана Пиотровского, Сергея Прокофьева, Сергея Радлова, Леонида Лавровского по трагедии...

22/04/2020

Special! - Thanks Corey Baker Dance for sharing with us your last piece to raise awareness of the impact of climate change.

Spaghetti Junction features dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet and Hong Kong Ballet - Gus Payne, Forrest Rain Oliveros, Feng Haoliang. This dance short film premieres today for Earth Day on BBC Culture in Quarantine.

Credits
Director/ Choreographer: Corey Baker
Producers: Corey Baker and Anne Beresford
Dancers: Gus Payne and Haoliang Feng from Birmingham Royal Ballet and Forrest Rain Oliveros from Hong Kong Ballet
Music: FKJ, Lying Together (Interlude)
DOP: Robert Beck
Editor: Dani Jacobs
Partners: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet
Funders: Arts Council England, West Midlands Growth Company, Birmingham Hippodrome, Southside BID
Supporters: The Space, Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Film Birmingham, Julie’s Bicycle Production company Corey Baker Dance Ltd.
Production company Corey Baker Dance Ltd

Birmingham-based company Corey Baker Dance present a short film for Earth Day

20/03/2020

Because we neeeed to dance! Follow the best dance/ballet classes online at dancingalonetogether.org

In this unprecedented time of isolation, Dancing Alone Together aims to be a central resource for the digital dance world that is beginning to bloom.
MOVE — Dance-Based Online Classes
CREATE — Dance-Making Prompts & Communities
WATCH — Streamed Dance Performances

In this unprecedented time of isolation, Dancing Alone Together aims to be a central resource for the digital dance world that is beginning to bloom. MOVE — Dance-Based Online ClassesCREATE — Dance-Making Prompts & CommunitiesWATCH — Streamed Dance Performances  MOVE—AN AGGREGATION OF LIVE-...

06/01/2020

“Through their skill and expertise in dance health, alongside consultation and experimentation, Scottish Ballet is discovering its own particular model and best practice,” said Dr Bethany Whiteside, of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, who leads on Scottish Ballet’s dance health research.

SCOTTISH Ballet is a world leader in a dance project that helps people with dementia enjoy happier and healthier lives – and its success means it…

20/11/2019

Fantastic lesson about arms
from legendary Maya Plietskaya!

23/10/2019

Today is World Ballet Day! A collaboration between major ballet companies around the world, offering a unique glimpse behind the scenes!

- Royal Ballet, London - https://bit.ly/33TB5mZ
- Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow - https://bit.ly/31IF58l
- Australian Ballet, Melbourne - https://bit.ly/31ChLJp

31 other guest companies around the planet, check here for live-streaming https://worldballetday.com/

Join The Royal Ballet for a glimpse behind the scenes at one of the world's top dance companies as part of 2019. We'll have rehearsals and in...

21/10/2019

Do you need a reason to dance today?

"Exercise has the beneficial effect of slowing down or even counteracting age-related decline in mental and physical capacity," says Dr Kathrin Rehfeld, lead author of the study, based at the German center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Magdeburg, Germany.

As we grow older we suffer a decline in mental and physical fitness, which can be made worse by conditions like Alzheimer's disease. A new study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, shows that older people who routinely partake in physical exercise can reverse the s...

26/08/2019

Good news! We are taking over Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf this Sunday, supporting Coin Street Community Builders creative takeover! We will be running a free dance workshop inspired by Toni Morrison's "Beloved".

This workshop is part of “Phenomenal Women” project by World Ballet and is supported by Studio Wayne McGregor through the FreeSpace programme - Sun 1 Sept at 11am

29/01/2019

Ballet class in Russia during World War II

18/10/2018

Are dance institutions failing their dancers with a lack of support for mental health?

What should we do if we know a dancer going through a dark period?

"So why did you quit?"It's a question I've been asked hundreds of times since I stopped dancing over a decade ago. My answer has changed over the years as my own understanding of what lead me to walk away from greatest love of my life has become clearer.

27/06/2018

Work in Progress ...
Dancers: