BBC Yorkshire Look North interviewing Tala Lee-Turton at Wentworth Woodhouse about No Time Like The Present.
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Dancing Times – October 2021: News in brief
No Time Like The Present is an unticketed, open-to-public research-and-development project for an all-female outdoor ballet production, with creatives of minority ethnic heritage making up half the team.
Yorkshire Post – 21st August 2021: No time to lose as dancers rehearse and create ballet with stately stage
Visitors to the gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse now have a unique opportunity to watch dancers creating a new ballet.
Barnsley Chronicle – 3rd September 2021: Ballet event will break from tradition
A ballerina from Wombwell will perform in a ballet with a twist at Wentworth Woodhouse next summer.
Ivan Vasiliev in Don Quixote – May 2015
It seems that the best things in life are definitely worth waiting for! I’ve been waiting for an eternity to see the Bolshoi version of Don Quixote and finally, last weekend, I managed not only to do that, but to also witness the fabulous Ivan Vasiliev dancing his signature part of Basilio! As per usual, …
Review of Lady of the Camellias – May 2015
Last Saturday, I decided to make a trip to theatre with a group of friends to see Lady of the Camellias – a three act ballet by John Neumeier, based on Alexandre Dumas’ 1848 novel, that I was lucky enough to see the premier of in March last year – see my review here. I thoroughly enjoyed the …
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Getting ready for the first course ballet exam
As the Spring 2014 weather finally arrives in Moscow, so do the exams, which brings a real intensity to my training. My teacher, Revich, has been working us very hard in preparation for our end of first course ballet exam that will be on the 16th May. We’ve been doing run throughs of the exam, …
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Free theatre tickets are like buses….
2013 ….you wait all year for one and then two come along at once. The year has started in an altogether different way to my first year. Whereas before it took me about a month to figure out how I could get to see any ballet performances at the theatre; this year the Academy provided …
