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Scottish Ballet

7 articles, sorted by name / date

A Streetcar Named Desire/Scottish Ballet »

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In its seventy five years since premiering, Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize winning play has inspired several ballets and an opera, as well as the 'definitive' screen version, staring Marlon Brando and Vivian Leigh in the staring roles. With their ...

Sun 20 May 2012 by Sean Watson | Read more »

The Sleeping Beauty »

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Ashley Page, the Artistic Director and Choreographer of Scottish Ballet, has a penchant for politicising the classics and with a century-wide chasm written into The Sleeping Beauty, it's something he's been unable to resist. Princess Aurora's (Claire ...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Sean Watson | Read more »

Elegance envelopes Theatre Royal  »

Scottish Ballet: dazzling

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The autumn performance by the Scottish Ballet dazzled its Glasgow audience with vibrant choreography and an inspired wardrobe to match last week. The Theatre Royal was enraptured by a spectacular double bill that combined the quirky and pulse racing&n...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Naomi Mills | Read more »

Alice »

Alice

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After critical acclaim with their New Year run of Cinderella, Scottish Ballet are back with their long-anticipated Spring tour of Alice, a take on Lewis Carroll’s classic tales. But far from the warm and familiar fantasies so vividly brought to l...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Alexandra Wingate | Read more »

Cinderella »

Cinderella

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Cinderella is a timeless classic; endlessly reinterpreted and imagined since it's folk roots. For ballet, the shoe is an enthralling symbol, one only has to think of The Red Shoes. Emblazoned on the curtain, greeting the audience as we take our seats...

Thu 24 Feb 2011 by Sean Watson | Read more »

Sleeping Beauty »

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Scottish Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty—the brain-child of Ashley Page and Antony McDonald—is in its second year of touring the UK. The familiar fairy tale has been given an invigorating re-telling, set against the classical compositions of...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Claire L Jarvis | Read more »

Scottish Ballet: Autumn Season 2008 »

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Ashley Page, artistic director of the Scottish National Ballet, opens his Autumn season via the public address system. He's asking for assistance in raising £400,000 to help re-locate the ballet to its new home at Glasgow's Tramway. In return, he...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Ella Hickson | Read more »

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