

#Throwback Thursday: Flames of Paris
This week's #ThrowbackThursday is the Russian ballet Flames of Paris. Maria Alexandrova, Bolshoi Ballet The four-act ballet opens in a...


#Throwback Thursday: The Tsar Maiden
Today's #ThrowbackThursday is a wonderful ballet: The Tsar Maiden, also known as The Little Humpbacked Horse. Alina Somova as the Tsar...


#Throwback Thursday: La Sylphide
This week's #ThrowbackThursday focuses on the Romantic-era two-act ballet La Sylphide. Act I begins in a farmhouse, where a young...


#Throwback Thursday: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Today's #ThrowbackThursday focuses on A Midsummer Night's Dream, a ballet unusual for one reason: there are two of them. New York City...


#Throwback Thursday: Romeo and Juliet
This year's Royal New Zealand Ballet season will feature the ballet Romeo and Juliet, also the subject of this week's #ThrowbackThursday...


#Throwback Thursday: The Pharaoh's Daughter
This week's #ThrowbackThursday focuses on one of my favourite ballets: The Pharaoh's Daughter, or La Fille du Pharaon. Rarely performed...


#Throwback Thursday: La Esmeralda
Today's #ThrowbackThursday focuses on the ballet La Esmeralda. Kirov Ballet La Esmeralda follows the story of the beautiful gypsy girl...


#Throwback Thursday: Le Corsaire
Today's #ThrowbackThursday is the ballet Le Corsaire! Svetlana Zakharova and Dmitry Semionov, Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet Le Corsaire follows...


#Throwback Thursday: Roland Petit
The Royal New Zealand Ballet's presentation of Carmen with L'Arlesienne premieres tonight in Christchurch's beautifully restored Isaac...


#Throwback Thursday: Don Quixote
Today's #ThrowbackThursday focuses on Don Quixote! Clytie Campbell, Royal New Zealand Ballet The ballet is based on the novel Don Quixote...































