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Cracking the Nut

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It’s Friday morning – the morning after the night before – which saw the 2010 opening performance of San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker. I often think about icebergs when a ballet like Nutcracker opens.  What audiences get to see is the tip of the iceberg, the 1/8th that’s visible above the waterline.  What we all get, [...]
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Winter Dreams – Chekhov Without Words

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As with my last blog, (Full Speed Ahead Coppélia), I’m writing this a little over a week since the final rehearsal for Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Winter Dreams. The catalyst for this ballet was the Farewell Pas de Deux that Sir Kenneth choreographed for the Royal Ballet ballerina, Darcey Bussell, and the recently defected Bolshoi Ballet [...]
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Full Speed Ahead For Coppélia

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I’m writing this blog more than a month after our return from Copenhagen, and several weeks after Coppélia was set. Despite the weeks that have gone by, I hope that the delay won’t have a negative impact on the following story.  So… We return from a week’s lay-off after the tour to Copenhagen and went straight [...]
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Reflections on Shanghai

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Half way through the tour, we’re now in Beijing and I’ve got a bit of time to sit and look back over our time in Shanghai. Having arrived on Friday 18 September, the dancers were offered an optional class on Saturday that I taught. The crew were working to get the theatre ready for our stage [...]
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