The Strange Case of the Missing Choreographers…
Does gender, rather than talent, determine which choreographers get commissions? We report on the state of an increasingly heated debate. Towards the end of…
Maina Gielgud, Béjart and “the lost art of épaulement”
Maina Gielgud talks about her career, a gift from Maurice Béjart, and ballet’s need to rediscover the joy of movement Few dance careers can have been more diverse than that of British ballerina Maina Gielgud. Ballet de Roland Petit… Sadler’s…
“That’s so Scottish Ballet…”
Christopher Hampson, Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Ballet, shares his ambitious plans for Scotland’s premier ballet company. A mere glance at Scottish…
Living the Dream in Ballett Zurich
Royal Ballet graduate Daniel Mulligan writes about his life as a dancer in Ballett Zurich in Switzerland’s most glamorous city. I spent two years in the Junior Company and was lucky enough to stay with the main company…
“He’d hold my hand and say, ‘No Vulgarity!’”
The acclaimed American ballerina Cynthia Harvey talks to balletposition.com about learning from Mikhail Baryshnikov and passing on his exacting standards to 21st century ballet dancers. Cynthia Harvey wants classical ballet to have a future, but only if it remains true…
“Do Class… Everyday!”
Iconic Dutch Ballerina Igone de Jongh talks to fellow Royal Ballet School alumnus Matthew Paluch exclusively for balletposition.com
Audition advice from the Scottish Ballet Artistic Director Christopher Hampson
An invaluable piece of advice: make mobile technology and the internet work in your favour.
A Very Special Pas-de-Deux
Husband and wife dancers, Yassaui Megaliyev and Sophie Rance talk to balletposition.com about finding love in the ballet studio. Ordinarily, Sophie Rance and Yassaui Megaliyev would never have met, let alone fallen in love and got married. 23-year-old Sophie comes from the leafy surroundings…
“These Young People Need to Dance”
Ernst Meisner, Artistic Coordinator of the Dutch National Ballet Junior Company, talks to balletposition.com about the job he loves and his young dancers.