5 benefits of Ballet
5 Benefits of Ballet Once you reach adulthood, there are a million things you’d rather be doing than donning shiny Lycra and sweating it out to bass-heavy dance tracks. But...
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Google and the Royal Shakespeare Company are teaming up!
Google and the Royal Shakespeare Company are teaming up!
Get applying your stage make-up! Google and the Royal Shakespeare Company have recently teamed up to create a project based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that will work to...
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So long to Torvill and Dean.
So long to Torvill and Dean.
It’s been eight long years of spins, spirals, spectacular falls and a few too many Boleros, but now it’s finally come to an end. Talking on ITV’s morning programme Daybreak...
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The life of Frederick Franklin
The life of Frederick Franklin
Frederick Franklin, ballet dancer, director and coach, passed away at the beginning of May aged 98, an incredible loss to the dance world. British-born, Franklin was an early inspiration for...
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Dance is on the up!
Dance is on the up!
Having seen a huge influx of dance related TV shows throughout 2012 and into 2013. A survey conducted by YouGov in 2011 revealed, even then, that just over 1 in...
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“Everybody’s doing a brand new dance now, come on baby do the”….Passinho?
“Everybody’s doing a brand new dance now, come on baby do the”….Passinho?
Over the last few years one of the biggest things in dance has been… social media. From the Harlem Shake to DIY Ballroom the internet, and more importantly Youtube, has...
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Carlos Acosta's next steps
Carlos Acosta's next steps
Carlos Acosta turns 40 this year, with that comes his preparation to bring his own production, On Before to Edinburgh, which is the only Scottish stop on the tour. The...
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English National Ballet's Swan Lake casting
English National Ballet's Swan Lake casting
Pull on your Ballet shoes! English National Ballet has announced the casting for it's upcoming production of Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall, with Artistic Director Tamara Rojo dancing...
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Dancing in Jaffa
Dancing in Jaffa
Dance to the rescue! The last twelve months have been turbulent and the news worrying, so it is refreshing to hear inspiring and positive stories. Indeed for one of the...
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Scottish Ballet and the new you!
Scottish Ballet and the new you!
Scottish Ballets' Health and Fitness videos are a fantastic way to hone that summer body and it doesn’t have to be done in the studio now the British weather seems...
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The Critics' Circle centenary
The Critics' Circle centenary
As part of the Centenary Celebrations of the Critics’ Circle, the Circle's five sections – film, visual arts, music, drama and dance – were asked to come up with twenty...
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The Royal Ballet's Pointe Shoes Appeal
The Royal Ballet's Pointe Shoes Appeal
The Royal Ballet dancers Edward Watson and Mara Galeazzi have teamed up in order to launch the Pointe Shoes Appeal, The Royal Ballet’s annual drive to raise funds to keep...
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Maintaining the magic
Maintaining the magic
How do West End shows maintain their spell-binding quality? How do the cast and crew perform night after night, managing to retain the magic of opening night, press night, and...
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Change for the National Theatre
Change for the National Theatre
Nicholas Hytner, the Director of the National Theatre responsible for a golden decade in the history of the theatre, has announced that he will leave the organisation in spring 2015....
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