Please advise me. When I am down my dance studio sometimes I wear my tights over my leotard, and sometimes I wear my leo over my tights. Which is correct ..read more

Hello all. I apologize in advance for the pedestrian question, but I'm on the hunt for an excellent performance DVD/Blu Ray of the Nutcracker ballet. I've got the NYC ballet 2016 performance: I have the 2012 Marinsky Ballet performance: But I'm on the hunt for something else. I'm thinking about the 2019 Royal Ballet mostly because I saw Marianela Nunez in Don Quixote and thought she was amazing. [ATTACH... Noob question - Nutcracker videos ..read more

Many rave about an all male Swan Lake - having seen some clips I have to say it is not something that would interest me. So what is the case for an all make Swan Lake ..read more

I've always wanted to ask classical music lovers what their thoughts are on the movie Black Swan ..read more

I have been watching a few of these on YouTube and have really enjoyed them. I watched a 1978 PBS Dance America broadcast of Stravinsky Violin Sonata also watched a 1965 performance of Apollon Musgette. I know there is a DVD featuring the violin sonata called Choreographed by Balanchine. Are there any other DVDs that compile the Stravinsky works? I know he choreographed quite a few just wondering if they are all easily available in one place ..read more

Schumann - Carnival, Op. 9 (orchestrated by numerous composers) Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Irving 1959 Stravinsky - L'Oiseau de feu (The Firebird) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa 1983 From this marvelous 22 CD box set! Original artwork... What Ballet Are You Listening To ..read more

I am new here and I hope that it is right forum and right topic for my post. I wanted to share a strange story which happened to me with the music of the ballet “The Nutcracker”. I watched several version of this ballet (one live) and always felt the each time the music tells much more than what you see on the stage. Especially pas de deux of Act 2 which sounds in some parts like the whole world breaks apart. One wonders why a little girl dreaming about prince would have such... The “inversed” Nutcracker ..read more

If you're an admirer of La bayadere or Don Quixote, it has often been difficult to find out much about their composer Ludwig Minkus. A new paperback edition of the only detailed study of the man and his work - The ballets of Ludwig Minkus by Robert Ignatius Letellier - has just been published. If you would like to know more, I have written a review of it for MusicWeb International that may be found here... The ballets of Ludwig Minkus ..read more

Vincenzo Bellini and the singer Giuditta Pasta had together seen the ballet based on the play by Tedaldi-Fores' Beatrice Tenda, in Milan in October 1832. They decided it would be the topic of the next opera. Which ballet was it ? Who composed the music ..read more

The Seasons shall be revived as a ballet and not just as a symphonic work! I know it! There is so much potential of choreography, plot, and visuals ..read more