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The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois. [1] It became the resident ballet company of the Royal Opera House in ...
The Royal Danish Ballet ( Danish: Den Kongelige Ballet) is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Danish Theatre in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world and originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded. It was finally organized in 1771 in ...
Acheron's Dream. Matthew Hart. Aaron Copland. 20 June 2000. One performance, staged in the Linbury Studio Theatre. Acte de Présence. Frederick Ashton. Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky. 18 October 1984.
The Royal Ballet Principal dancer Nureyev with Liliana Cosi in Rome, 1972. Dame Ninette de Valois offered him a contract to join The Royal Ballet as Principal Dancer. During his time at the company, however, many critics became enraged as Nureyev made substantial changes to the productions of Swan Lake and Giselle.
BRB2. Birmingham Royal Ballet ( BRB) is one of the five major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside The Royal Ballet, the English National Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish Ballet. Founded as the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, the company was established in 1946 as a sister company to the earlier Sadler's Wells company, which ...
The Cellist. The Cellist is a one-act ballet about British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, choreographed by Cathy Marston, with the scenario devised by Marston and Edward Kemp. The music was written by Philip Feeney and incorporated scores du Pré was best known for. The ballet is Marston's first Royal Ballet main stage production, and premiered on ...
Portrait of a Dancer from Nowness with Sarah Lamb. Sarah Lamb at the press conference where she won a silver medal at the 2002 USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, US. Sarah Lamb (born 17 October 1980) is an American principal ballet dancer with The Royal Ballet, London. [1]
The Royal Swedish Opera. The Royal Swedish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in Europe. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, King Gustav III founded the ballet in 1773 as a part of his national cultural project in response to the French and Italian dominance in this field; he also founded the Royal Swedish Opera and the Royal Dramatic Theatre.