This July, choreographer Patrick de Bana will be coming to London’s Coliseum with two of his latest productions: Cleopatra/Ida Rubinstein performed by Ilze Liepa with dancers from the Maryinsky, Bolshoi, and the Kremlin Ballet, and a new production of Jane Eyre performed by the Shanghai Ballet. Born in Hamburg to a German mother and Nigerian (…)
In July and August two very special productions will be performed at the London Coliseum: Cléopâtre – Ida Rubinstein from Les Saisons Russes du XX1e Siecle and Jane Eyre from Shanghai Ballet Company. Both productions have been choreographed by German born choreographer, Patrick de Bana and I recently got to chat with (…)
Following a triumphant Coliseum Diaghilev Festival debut in 2011 and four successful seasons in Paris at the Theatre des Champs Elysees Programme 1 Cleopatra/Ida Rubinstein, Le Spectre de la Rose, The Firebird Tuesday July 16th at 7.30pm and Wednesday July 17th at 7.30pm Special Matinee Wednesday July 17th at 2.00pm Programme: Chopiniana, (…)
PARIS — The premiere of a whole new ballet, especially one that draws on a legend like Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, is a rare pleasure these days on European stages. Rarer still is the depiction in dance of the lives of real dancers. Audiences at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, (…)
