The author wishes to express grateful thanks to the Directors of Hamlyn: Nicoletta Santoro, Alessandra Alberti and Elisa Corsini, accompanying pianist Maria Korableva, and to Pier Paolo Gobbo, Director of Almadanza. ‘It is the mission of art in general, and the theatre in particular, to intensify thought, elevate the mind and vivify the senses.’ …
Trascrizione italiana di Katharine Kanter, correzione di bozze di Guido Donati Link al documentario su YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZGT4g7FHSvA?si=DxcWJ8w7DwiXP3Ej (Voce fuori campo registrata il 17 dicembre 2017 ai British Grove Studios, Londra) 0:03 Questo film è diretto da Julie Cronshaw, insegnante di danza classica ed ex ballerina professionista che si è diplomata al corso di formazione per…
The consequences of false positions are fatal. Simplicity in any style demands the greatest perfection. Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), Lettres sur la danse et les ballets What are Cecchetti’s Eight Directions of the Body? And why should they be studied? First, a “declaration of interest”. The author is Cecchetti-trained and teaches Cecchetti…
The Ballets Russes arrive in London, 1918 Towards the end of the Great War in 1918, a group of exhausted, near-starving and war-weary dancers of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes arrived in London for a series of performances at the Coliseum. How fortunate would this turn out to be for English dancers and audiences over the next…