“You’ll never confuse him with another dancer. He’s a dancer of great individuality – always clean, elegant … noble.” Marina Semyonova (the first Soviet trained Prima Ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet, on the late Maris Liepa) Following the sensational success of the Diaghilev Festival in 2011, Saison Russes de XXIe Siècle presents (…)
Ballet galas might be the dream of every spectacle-craving balletomane, but they can easily become a nightmarishly boring series of ‘party pieces’ if they are not properly organised. Luckily, this is not the case when a company such as Ensemble Production takes over, as demonstrated by a number of recent (…)
I must be forgiven for reminding you that “Gala” has been translated in an Italian dictionary as “a frill or tucker”. So I report that Sunday night’s gala at the Coliseum, in memory of the fine Bolshoi dancer Maris Liepa and in aid of the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation, which funds (…)
