Archive for November, 2009
Ballet Image of the Day
Submitted by Valery Lantratov’s Ballet Blog
Russian Fashion Week - Press Conference
MOSCOW - OCTOBER 22: A ballet dancer stretches before the Frankie Morello press conference as part of Russian Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007 on October 22, 2006 in Moscow, Russia.
Photo: Pascal Le Segretain
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December happenings…
Submitted by Inland Northwest Ballet Blog
Costume orders will be due before Dec. 15, and please remember that you must mail them in, DO NOT drop them off at the studio, if you do this we must mail it in for you, only delaying your order. Orders received from Dec. 16th forward will be a full [...]
Sleeping Beauty in Cyprus
Submitted by Valery Lantratov’s Ballet Blog
Valery Lantratov’s Russian National Ballet Foundation (billed in Cyprus as Russian State Ballet) will perform Sleeping Beauty at the Rialto Theater Heroes’ Square, Limasso on Saturday, December 19. Here is the description of the program.
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Extreme Closeup: Vasiliev and Osipova Corsaire
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Summer’s Coming
Submitted by Valery Lantratov’s Ballet Blog
We have updated our calendar. We have posted our master class schedule through June. Our winter schedule is almost completely full. There are only one or two more slots available. We’re actively working on summer, which is filling up quickly. We have the most flexibility in July and August. If [...]
ABT Star Irina Dvorovenko discusses “Becoming Juliet”
Submitted by Inland Northwest Ballet Blog
Inland Northwest Ballet Studio Director Janine Fraser is a huge fan of Irina’s, and wants to pass this interview with Irina along to our Spokane ballet dancers…Just close out the ad at the bottom, click on the full screen button and enjoy!
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Vaudeville is the Default Condition of the Mind
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Old newspapers, magazines and ephemeral books have always held an interest for me. That is why the site The Hope Chest is on my RSS feed list. The compiler of The Hope Chest finds oddities from old news and posts them with comments. Today its author proposed the following observation: [...]
Untitled
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Hooray! Nutcracker on TV…On Tues. 12-1 at 10:30 pm on PBS (Spokane and Cd’A)…A behind-the-scenes glimpse at Anthony Williams’ remake of Tchaikovsky’s classic “Nutcracker” ballet as a multicultural production featuring traditional ballet, hip-hop, tap, swing and flamenco…Also, on Wed. 12-2 at 10:30 pm…The history of Tchaikovsky…”Nutcracker” ballet….A couple of great [...]
We love Empire Dance!
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A huge thank you to Empire Dance for treating our Spokane ballet dancers so well at their first pointe shoe fitting last weekend. The girls learned so much about the fit and care of pointe shoes, and had lots of fun as well! The first week of pointe classes went [...]
Ballet Image of the Day
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First Pointe Shoes!
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Above: Jemima, Madi Maude, and Emily releve in 5th position…very pretty!
Below: Mackenzie, Ciara, Jemima, Madi Maude, and Emily show off their new pointe shoes, and are joined by Sarah and Shannon, who have been dancing on pointe for awhile…All smiles!
Finally! A group of our level 7 Inland Northwest Ballet students [...]
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Submitted by Inland Northwest Ballet Blog
It’s that time of year again! Performance packets have been sent home so that our dance families may begin to make preparations for our June performances. Costume order forms are enclosed, and are due before December 15th, or your costume fee will be a full 25.00 higher. Yikes! Don’t let [...]
Ballet Image of the Day
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Video of the Day: Don Quixote Coda, Vasiliev, Osipova; Bolshoi Ballet
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Ballet Image of the Day
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Our little ones at Inland Northwest Ballet…:)
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When Miss Kaiti opened the door to let her little ones last week, she found them out in the hallway…they had started without her…:)
Happy Monday Spokane dancers!
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Mikhailovsky Gran Prix Gala
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Ballet Image of the Day
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Moscow’s Desire to Dig is Cracking the Surface
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Russia Today reports that the front yard of the famous Russian Bolshoi Theater in central Moscow has suddenly collapsed into a two meter deep pit, after underground construction started nearby.
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A Musical Heart
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-Health Magazine, 1904
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Dancing Weatherman
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Public Domain Russian Ballet Images
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Google Books has been slowly digitizing the dusty tomes in university libraries. Books in the public domain are available to download in their entirety. Here are some public domain images from a 1913 book called The Russian Ballet by Dame Ellen Terry. (The embedding clipped a few of these images. [...]
Happy Monday Spokane!
Submitted by Inland Northwest Ballet Blog
We’ll start the week off with one of Miss Janine’s favorite quotes by Carlos Castoneda…
“The trick is in what one emphasizes, we can make ourselves miserable or make ourselves strong, the work is the same” …In other words, it’s all about ATTITUDE! We hope you start your week off with [...]
