Classical ballet is very strict, demanding and has many rules. Modern ballet, on the other hand, allows a bit more freedom. This short ballet choreography by the ballerinas of the Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) is a comedic interpretation of Jerome Robbins' concerto and will make you laugh harder than the comedy The Puffers! Worth every second of your time!
If a cat can dance ballet, so can I, you're probably thinking. Error! Have you ever wondered what your cat does when you're not home? Far from resting on the couch or quietly watching the birds through the window. Cats are much more active during our absence than we think. When people aren't looking, they do a lot of things. For example, this cat dances like no one's watching! And this dance is ballet, to be precise.
Have these Adele songs ever brought you to the brink of tears? Then you absolutely need tissues to watch ballet dancers DJ Smart and Zola Williams dance. After the couple impressed us some time ago with the choreography for Adele's ballad All I Ask, now they danced equally gracefully to her song Love in The Dark.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet is a famous American contemporary dance ensemble that has been following the artistic director's unique vision since 1982. We will witness ballet excellence in the exploration of new expressiveness on May 7, 2016 in the Gallus hall of Cankarjev dom.
On the stage of SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, the ballet Doctor Zhivago will come to life for the first time! The creators of the show are very well-known ballet artists, the brothers Jiři and Otto Bubeníček, who completed their careers at the John Neumeier Ballet in Hamburg, and today they can boast of being the authors of extremely successful shows on prominent dance stages.
Misty Copeland, the first black prima ballerina, is once again impressing with the status she recently achieved with American Ballet Theatre. This time, not with a performance, but with photographs in which she recreated scenes from paintings by the painter Edgar Degas. You can see the detailed scenes below.
At first glance, ballet is an elegant and light dance, but there is a lot hidden under the beautiful silk slippers. Black nails, bruises, scratches, blood and deformed fingers are visible on the outside, but only ballet dancers themselves truly know how much mental and physical effort is required for this sport that has always been highly valued. Since February 7th was Ballet Day, we've prepared a gallery below to celebrate ballet and all the ballerinas and ballet dancers out there...
In February 2016, SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana will perform Sleeping Beauty, the famous ballet set to the music of the Russian great Tchaikovsky. Fairytales, romance and magic are the combination with which we can "cuddle up" in the coming month on February 6, 17, 18, 19 and 20 and thus ensure that the wait for spring passes faster.
The ballet stars at the English National Ballet absolutely shine in the original performance, the choreography they prepared in honor of the 40th anniversary of the composition of the legendary group Queen Bohemian Rhapsody.
If we want to spend New Year's Eve in the atmosphere of the most famous ballet Christmas story of all time, we will be able to do so in the Ljubljana Opera House, where the Nutcracker ballet will take place on the last night of the year to the magical music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
On November 6, the premiere of the ballet Peer Gynt will take place at SNG Maribor. The story of the Nordic hero from Henrik Ibsen's play of the same name was "translated" into dance steps by choreographer Edward Clug, and the musical background consists of the works of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.
On October 29, a ballet evening by choreographers Rosana Hribar, Gregor Luštek and Alexander Ekman will take place for the first time in the Ljubljana Opera House. The ballet evening consisting of two parts under the title Meso srca / Kaktusi will present the creativity of the current generation of choreographers.