Literary Criticism of Ballet Royal De La Nuit by Jean-baptiste Boesset

In 1913 The Rite of Spring caused a riot, it was a performance no one had ever seen before. It all began where Stravinsky created a piece of music in 1910 called the Firebird for Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes. Nikolai Roerich [...]

Ballet and traditional Zulu Indlamu dance come from vastly different origins but both are traced back to the 17th century and started from royalty. When colonisation occurred in South Africa, ballet was brought. Even though [...]

Every dance season has a fresh start, with that come new opportunities to set new goals, push yourself, but most importantly to be inspired by others. Recently I moved studios, and have been pushed places I never knew I could [...]

The soul of an artist is the passion for the art. Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and screenplay by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin, had opened the world of professional ballet to the silver screen. Modern [...]

Mikhail Baryshnikov was born in Latvia in 1948. Baryshnikov was a very talented and respected ballet dancer of the Soviet Union during the late 20th century, Baryshnikov was a beloved by many in the USSR. Unfortunately, he could [...]

“Tabula Rasa” is a ballet performance that was out on by the dance ensemble here at Snow College. Tabula Rasa had a series of different dances with the titles of Skewed, Mother, More Than Words, Solitaria, Remember Home, “Some [...]

Based on the extraordinary historic legend of the Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe, Trisian Bernays Boudica, portrayed by Gina McKee immerses you in a rebellion you did not know you wanted to be a part of. When [...]

Shakespeare uses language to dramatically create an impact on the audience. He does this through the use of lexis in order to create a tone for that scene as well as foreshadowing the mood for the remainder of the play. Again, [...]

Mathilde Kshesinskaya was an eminent Russian ballerina and was born to an artistic family. Her grandfather was a famous violin player, singer and actor and both her parents were ballet dancers. At the age of eight, Matilda [...]