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Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin is a seminal work of Russian literature, admired for its artful rhyming structure and for the author's explorations of the thoughts and desires of his protagonists. When choreographing Onegin as a ballet, John Cranko employed a distinctive dance language and inventive system of leitmotifs that – in the absence of Pushkin's omniscient narrator – create an insightful, compelling version of this heartbreaking tale.
Cranko's most ingenious addition is the mirror motif. In the ballet's first scene, sisters Olga and Tatiana play an old folk game in which they each look into a mirror, hoping to catch sight of their true love. Olga sees the reflection of her fiancé, Lensky; while Tatiana spies Onegin – Lensky's dashing friend from St Petersburg. Cranko later expands upon this moment to give a vivid portrait of Tatiana's burgeoning desire for Onegin.
This famous 'Mirror' pas de deux occurs in scene 2, in Tatiana's bedroom. She has fallen head over heels for Onegin during their brief meeting in the garden, and sits down to write him a love letter. The nurse enters to put her to bed, but Tatiana is restless and returns to her desk, eventually slumping fast asleep where she's sitting. Dreaming, she goes over to the large mirror at the back of the room. Suddenly, we see a vision of Onegin beside her reflection, which steps into the room as the stage is bathed in haunting blue light.
Staring in wonder at this figment of her imagination, Tatiana reverts to the girlish timidity she displayed in her first pas de deux with Onegin, soutenuing coyly away from his grasp. But he persists, and she – far bolder in her dreams than in reality – soon gives in to his touch, melting into his body in an arabesque par terre that matches his. Sensing her compliance, Onegin sweeps Tatiana off her feet, and she arches over his head in a daring lift before falling into his arms. He offers her one hand and then the other, which she grasps with confidence, allowing him to fling her into deep cambré.
As the Tchaikovsky score becomes increasingly ardent, so do Tatiana's reveries. The pair fly around the stage as he repeatedly grasps her waist and flings her in wide arcs around his body while she kicks one leg and then the other into high, reckless grands battements. In a moment of repose they return to the arabesque par terre from the beginning of the pas de deux, Onegin sensually stroking and kissing Tatiana's arm. Then they're off again, he supporting her weight in a penchée, before lifting her off the ground as her feet quiver with ecstasy.
Transformed from the childlike teenager we saw at the beginning of the ballet, the dreaming Tatiana becomes increasingly flirtatious, scampering away from Onegin and spinning just out of his reach before eventually falling into his arms once more. As the pas de deux builds to a climax she soars through the air in ever-more acrobatic lifts – in arabesque, her arms open wide; balancing on one hand high above his head; in the splits, hanging upside-down over his shoulder – before prostrating herself at his feet in a fit of adoration and desire. Then, as quickly as it began, the dream is over.
The mirror motif will recur once more during the ballet – in the final scene, some ten years later. Tatiana – now Princess Gremin – has never forgotten Onegin, and has been disquieted by his appearance at her St Petersburg palace, and by a letter he has sent her. Reminiscing, she stares into her table mirror as her husband enters. She starts at his reflection – a tiny movement but one that, in the context of previous reflections, says so much.
Onegin runs 24 January–27 February 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is given with generous philanthropic support from Simon and Virginia Robertson, David Hancock, Lady Jarvis, Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson, The Artists' Circle and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund.
]]>The Story Begins…
When quiet, bookish Tatiana meets Onegin, she falls instantly in love. But Onegin sees only a foolish young girl. Impetuously he flirts with Tatiana's sister Olga, outraging Lensky, Olga's fiancé and Onegin's only friend. Lensky challenges Onegin to a duel, with tragic consequences…
From Opera to Ballet
Choreographer John Cranko first approached Pushkin's 19th-century verse novel Eugene Onegin, creating the choreography for a 1952 production of Tchaikovsky's opera of the same name. Cranko was inspired, and later suggested to the Royal Opera House board that he create a ballet version. The idea was rejected, out of concern it would conflict with the opera. In 1961 Cranko moved from London to Stuttgart Ballet and there received support to create Onegin – provided he avoided the opera's music. The ballet received its premiere in 1965 and has since been taken into the repertories of companies around the world.
A Musical Montage
Cranko commissioned the score for Onegin from Kurt-Heinz Stolze, then the Kapellmeister for Stuttgart Ballet. In Stolze's own words, he 'culled the music from various lesser-known compositions by Tchaikovsky and arranged most of it myself'. Drawn mostly from Tchaikovsky's works for piano, the score also includes adapted arias and other numbers from The Tsarina's Slippers, the duet from the incomplete opera Romeo and Juliet and a section of the symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini.
New Gestures
Pushkin's verse-novel has an anonymous narrator, who helps the reader to understand his characters' thoughts and motivations. Lacking the narrator, Cranko developed an original language of mime to achieve the same purpose, to powerful dramatic effect. The use of free gesture unrelated to conventional ballet mime was popular among UK-based choreographers of the 20th century; the modern yet still distinctly 'danced' movements that Cranko used in Onegin were a distinctive trait of many of his ballets.
Reflections of Genius
Another of Cranko's innovations in adapting Onegin as a ballet was to introduce a mirror motif into the drama. In Act I, girls from the neighbourhood play a game, during which Olga, looking into a mirror, sees Lensky approach. In the next act, set in Tatiana's bedroom, she stares into a mirror and has a dream vision of Onegin, with whom she dances the passionate 'mirror' pas de deux. This provides a link between the scenes, and is an effective way of crossing from reality to the fantasy world of Tatiana's mind.
Onegin runs 24 January–27 February 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is given with generous philanthropic support from Simon and Virginia Robertson, David Hancock, Lady Jarvis, Lindsay and Sarah Tomlinson, The Artists' Circle and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund.
]]>Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been described as 'both recognizably traditional and joltingly contemporary' – acclaimed not just for its inventive use of classical ballet, but also for the wide variety of other dance genres and cultural references it incorporates. This striking conflation of styles – combined with Joby Talbot's shimmering score and Bob Crowley's extraordinary designs – draws the audience into the magical Wonderland of Lewis Carroll's novel, and brings to life the eclectic characters conjured in Carroll's writing.
Wheeldon introduces many set pieces into the traditional 19th-century ballet framework of Alice. One of the most anticipated must be the dance for the Caterpillar. Having been enticed away from her parents' afternoon tea party by the White Rabbit; Alice finds herself in a curious Wonderland full of magic potions and strange creatures. Desperate to find a way into an enchanted garden she has spied through a keyhole and to be reunited with the Knave of Hearts, she has asked a strange Cheshire Cat and a tap-dancing Mad Hatter for directions – but to no avail. Alone and lost, she has begun to lose hope…
Suddenly, there is a marked change in Talbot's score – a glimmer of wind chimes and the sound of North African drums – as Alice discovers the Caterpillar, perched on a mushroom. With the stage bathed in a hazy purple light, four female dancers enter in a style that contrasts with the all the different types of dancing we've seen so far. While they wear pointe shoes and bourrée on in a traditionally balletic fashion, the choreography for their upper bodies is sinuous and free, with isolations – where one part of the body appears to move independently – of the shoulders, arms and wrists that are more characteristic of South Asian dance.
As they continue their exotic movements in perfect synchrony – a trait that emulates the rippling segments of a caterpillar's body – the male Caterpillar begins to dance. Eric Underwood, who created the role, explains that when he performs the Caterpillar 'I like to think that my legs are doing ballet, my feet are doing ballet, [but] my upper body is just dancing'. While many of the steps he performs – such as developpés, pirouettes en attitude, chainés and arabesques – are recognizably from classical ballet, these are finished with an undulating torso that ripples from the base of the spine all the way to the top of the head, and isolations for the ribcage and arms.
As the dance goes on, Wheeldon's choreography includes several eye-catching moments that evoke the personality of this mysterious Caterpillar. These range from sections of breakdancing to punchy movements led by the heel of the hand that recall Bollywood dancing, and an image reminiscent of the lotus position performed by all five dancers with legs in a wide second position and rippling wrists.
Beguiled by this fantastical creature, Alice - who has been watching in awe - joins in with the dancing. At first poséing apprehensively after the Caterpillar, she becomes more confident and – having being presented with a piece of mushroom to eat – even tries out one of his ribcage isolations. After a fleeting section of pas de deux in which Alice's classical style and the Caterpillar's movements are momentarily fused – and just when we think this charming creature has shown us all of his moves – he comes back on for one last trick, bedecked in finery with his segments behind him in a long line of sparkling struts.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland runs 6 December 2014–16 January 2015. Tickets are currently sold out, but returns may become available and 67 day tickets are available for each performance.
The production will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on 16 December 2014. Find your nearest cinema.
The production is sponsored by Van Cleef and Arpels and is given with generous philanthropic support from Celia Blakey and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund. It is a co-production with The National Ballet of Canada.
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Henry Liddell, the Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford, and his wife are hosting a garden party. Alice is saddened to see her friend Jack, the gardener's boy, sent away in disgrace. Lewis Carroll, a lecturer in mathematics and friend of the family, consoles her by offering to take her photograph. He disappears beneath the camera cloth and, to Alice's surprise, emerges as a White Rabbit. When he bounds into his camera-bag and vanishes, Alice follows him, and falls… and falls… and falls…
A Rabbit's Tale for Alice
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865 by the English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. The novel was inspired by a story Dodgson told Lorina, Alice and Edith Liddell – the daughters of the Dean of Christ Church College – which Alice asked him to write down for her. Its lively fantasy world, vivid characters and logical games beneath the surface have inspired countless adaptations, especially in film and theatre.
A Family Ballet
Christopher Wheeldon's 2011 ballet Alice's Adventures of Wonderland was The Royal Ballet's first commissioned full-length ballet in more than twenty years. Royal Ballet Principal Edward Watson, who created the role of the White Rabbit, describes Alice as 'one of those brilliant ballets that appeals to everyone'. The colourful fantasy world and curious creatures of Carroll's story immediately captivate younger audience members, while Wheeldon's choreography – which varies between wry understatement and joyful exuberance – along with stunning stage effects and projections by Bob Crowley and Jon Driscoll make Alice a treat for all the family.
Eclectic Dance Styles
Wheeldon's choreography for Alice is remarkable not just for its inventive use of classical ballet, but also for the wide variety of other dance styles it incorporates. These range from the sinuous, contemporary dance movements for the Caterpillar to the Mad Hatter's animated tap dancing, and are used by Wheeldon to highlight the quirks and idiosyncrasies of his characters.
The Sound of Wonderland
Joby Talbot's score for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been described as 'sublimely witty… a lush soundscape that drives the action'. One of its most striking features is the variety of unusual techniques and instruments that Talbot uses to match Wheeldon's distinctive characters. These range from a violin tuned up a semitone for the 'highly-strung' Queen of Hearts to a celesta and ram's horn trumpet for the White Rabbit, and North African percussion for the Caterpillar.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland runs 6 December 2014–16 January 2015. Tickets are currently sold out, but returns may become available and 67 day tickets are available for each performance.
The production will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on 16 December 2014. Find your nearest cinema.
The production is sponsored by Van Cleef and Arpels and is given with generous philanthropic support from Celia Blakey and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund. It is a co-production with The National Ballet of Canada.
]]>When Carlos Acosta was asked to create a new production of the classic Petipa ballet Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet, he had a clear idea of what he wanted to achieve: 'I didn't want to revive a museum piece. I wanted to give something much more fresh, without breaking the narrative, breaking the spirit that makes this ballet such a masterpiece.' With its energetic choreography, dynamic staging and Spanish flair, his Don Quixote doesn't disappoint. Of its many thrilling moments, the Act I finale is one of the most vibrant, with spectacular solo variations, animated group dances and lively storytelling, all tailored to suit Acosta's vivid interpretation of this exotic ballet.
By this point in the ballet, all eyes are on the beautiful Kitri. She loves the young barber Basilio but is being pursued by the fop Gamache. She's also entranced the eccentric old gentleman Don Quixote, who is convinced that he must help her as he would the lady of his dreams. In spite of her father Lorenzo's protests, Kitri has rejected Gamache's ridiculous advances. Her flourishing relationship with Basilio is encouraged by the townsfolk – all of whom have gathered to make merry in the square.
Basilio performs a showy, bravura variation for Kitri and the crowd. With swaggering brisés and multiple pirouettes danced to the high-spirited triple-time of Minkus's sun-drenched score, the variation ends with flashy barrel turns danced around the stage, finished with a tour en l'air and an invitation to Kitri to show off her moves.
Kitri willingly accepts. To the clatter of castanets and clapping from the crowd, her performance is full of flamenco fire. Among its high leg extensions, and virtuoso en pointe runs is one of the ballet's iconic images – a grand jeté with a backbend, the head flung back and her castanets held aloft. The variation ends, like Basilio's, with aplomb - a series of pirouettes performed en diagonale as the matadors drum their heels and swish their capes.
The stars' astonishing technical display doesn't end there. Later in the finale, the pair dance together, Basilio sweeping Kitri off her feet in heart-stopping one-handed lifts above his head that bring the music to a halt, and make the crowd – and the audience – hold their breath in admiration.
As Kitri and Basilio take a breather for their grand finale, we get another chance to see spirited dancing from the assembled townsfolk. Kitri's two friends, dressed in pale purple ruffles, perform a sprightly dance in perfect unison, adopting some of her high extensions and flashy pirouettes, and dextrously flicking their fans. They are briefly interrupted by the town rascals, who bound forward in a raggle-taggle huddle, eager for their moment in the spotlight.
Bursting from the hustle and bustle is a ridiculously silly episode of mime involving Don Quixote's unfortunate sidekick, Sancho Panza; alongside Gamache and Lorenzo. It's a rare instance of character roles taking centre-stage during a finale, and gives us a quick, cheerful insight into their personalities – as well as what must be the definitive ballet fish slap.
As the act draws to a close, the townspeople fill the stage in an exuberant group dance, with sprightly balancés, cloaks flung overhead and the swishing of skirts accompanied by Minkus's shimmering tambourines and fluttering flutes. Basilio and Kitri seize the moment to escape in a cart, hotly pursued by Lorenzo, Gamache, Sancho Panza and Don Quixote. You're not sure how they'll do it, but you can be sure these joyful young lovers will get their way in the end.
Don Quixote runs 25 November 2014–22 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is generously supported by The Friends of Covent Garden.
Ballet designers play a crucial role in the art form. Their work helps to communicate the subjects, themes and stories explored by choreographers – particularly in contemporary ballet, where sets, costumes and special effects are increasingly used to reinforce the expression of ideas through movement. Designer Jean-Marc Puissant works regularly at the Royal Opera House and has become known for his rich and award-winning partnership with The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon.
Puissant began his career as a dancer, studying at the Paris Opera Ballet School and the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris before dancing with Birmingham Royal Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet. Having created roles in classical, neo-classical and contemporary repertory he decided to reinvest his knowledge and experience of the theatre, and in 1998 received a grant from the Dancers' Career Development charity to study under Alison Chitty and Percy Harris on the Motley Theatre Design Course. Sixteen years on, he is in constant demand as a designer for dance, opera and theatre.
Puissant describes how, 'having been a dancer, I know the needs of dancers from the point of view of uncluttered set design and the use of fabrics'. The designs for his Royal Ballet debut on Wheeldon's Tryst perfectly demonstrate this aesthetic. Puissant's set is dominated by a large, grey screen against which are projected washes of colour. The dancers wear leotards of a similar smudgy grey, cut through with blurry stripes of purple, red and fiery orange. The designs accord with what Wheeldon describes as the work's juxtaposition of 'the beauty and the romance of nature and this incredible shifting landscape… with the idea of a very urban civilization'.
Wheeldon and Puissant's next work was DGV: Danse à grande vitesse, which had its premiere in 2007 – a response to composer Michael Nyman's score, MGV: Musique à grande vitesse, written to commemorate the 1993 inauguration of France's TGV train. Wheeldon's choreography for this ballet takes the audience on a journey through extended pas de deux and surging choreography for the corps de ballet, while Puissant's set – which he describes as being 'at the crossroads of something theatrical and something functional' – is made up of huge sheets of contorted metal mesh that bring to mind the modern, technological world that produced the TGV.
The following year came Electric Counterpoint, winner of a Critics' Circle Award. The ballet explores the identities and inner thoughts of four dancers. Against Puissant's sleek, bare décor, which comprises white walls of differing heights and set at varying angles, the dancers perform Wheeldon's striking choreography with a multitude of video projections of themselves, created by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt of BalletBoyz.
Puissant's recent collaboration with Wheeldon, the 2013 ballet Aeternum, gave rise to his most impressive piece of stagecraft for the Company yet. Wheeldon set Benjamin Britten's haunting Sinfonia da Requiem in an exploration of the pain and horror of loss. Puissant's response is an imposing sculpture of wooden planks that looms at the back of the stage and, as the ballet progresses, rotates and expands into a towering, shattered structure before lifting into nothingness. The dancers wear beautiful, simple costumes in Puissant's signature palette of greys with flashes of purple and orange that highlight Wheeldon's powerful, tortured choreography. The ballet won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production and the 2014 Critics' Circle Award.
In addition to his work with Wheeldon, Puissant created the set designs for The Royal Ballet's first production of George Balanchine's abstract three-act ballet Jewels. Puissant's designs reference the styles that define the music and choreography in each act – French lyricism in 'Emeralds', brilliant American jazz in 'Rubies' and pure Russian classicism in 'Diamonds'. The production also won an Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production.
Led by visionaries such as Puissant, design and stagecraft continues to develop, to increasingly spectacular effect. Only time will tell where ballet set design will go next.
The Royal Ballet performs Aeternum as part of a mixed programme with Ceremony of Innocence and The Age of Anxiety until 17 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
The production is staged with generous philanthropic support from the Royal Opera House Endowment Fund.
Encountering Youth
Kim Brandstrup created his Ceremony of Innocence for Royal Ballet dancers at the Aldeburgh Festival in Benjamin Britten's centenary year. The ballet tracks an imagined meeting between a man and his childhood self, through which Brandstrup examines the impact of the passing of youth and innocence. His choreography seeks to capture the artistic conflict of striving to 're-create what is missing, lost, absent, not there anymore'.
Brandstrup and Britten
Brandstrup used Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, a relatively early work and often considered his arrival into maturity as a composer. Brandstrup first choreographed to Britten's music for a 1992 production of Death in Venice, his final opera. Though the pieces are from opposite ends of Britten's output, Brandstrup identifies strong musical and thematic links between Death in Venice and Variations, of loss and longing for youth – which are reflected in Ceremony of Innocence.
'We Would Rather Be Ruined Than Changed'
The Age of Anxiety is Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett's second narrative work for the Royal Opera House main stage. His starting point was Leonard Bernstein's Symphony no.2, 'The Age of Anxiety', which itself was inspired by W.H. Auden's 1947 poem of the same name. Scarlett's ballet follows Auden's four protagonists on an evening of drunken excesses, as they search for identity in an evolving world.
Inspired Creation
For Scarlett, dancers play a central role in the creation and interpretation of his choreography – he says that 'Making a ballet is all about specific dancers'. For Age of Anxiety he has selected two small casts that include performers from across the ranks of The Royal Ballet. He's tailored his selection to fit Auden's characters, who are 'fairly defined in terms of substance and background', while at the same time encouraging the dancers to allow their roles to 'come from within'.
Sinfonia da Requiem
Like Brandstrup, Christopher Wheeldon has a longstanding affinity with the music of Britten. He first fell in love with Britten's music early in his career, dancing with The Royal Ballet as Kenneth MacMillan created his version of The Prince of the Pagodas. For Aeternum, he selected the composer's Sinfonia da Requiem – a harrowing memorial symphony to Britten's parents, and a cry against the horrors of war. Taking his inspiration from the score, Wheeldon's ballet addresses the fear, terror and pain of loss, but ends with a sense of optimism to match what he describes as the 'light-filled' final movement.
Building a Battlefield
Wheeldon's choice of designer for Aeternum was regular collaborator Jean-Marc Puissant, who for Wheeldon 'always brings an interesting modern look and contemporary sensibility to his designs'. Puissant's striking, abstract setting for Aeternum, built around a towering, mobile wooden structure, provides the perfect setting for Wheeldon's vivid choreography. The ballet won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production.
The Royal Ballet's mixed programme of Ceremony of Innocence, Age of Anxiety and Aeternum runs 7–17 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
The programme is given with generous philanthropic support from Richard and Delia Baker (Ceremony of Innocence) Simon and Virginia Robertson, Kenneth and Susan Green, Karl and Holly Peterson, The Age of Anxiety Production Syndicate, the Friends of Covent Garden and an anonymous donor (The Age of Anxiety) and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund.
]]>Danish-born, Britain-based choreographer Kim Brandstrup is in constant demand as a dance-maker, across a variety of media. His early training in film at the University of Copenhagen has yielded a choreographic approach striking for its powerful narrative style and sensitive depictions of characters and their relationships.
Brandstrup's many works for The Royal Ballet include the Olivier Award-winning Goldberg: The Brandstrup-Rojo Project and the dance film Leda and the Swan, created as part of Deloitte Ignite 14. In preparation for the London premiere of his Ceremony of Innocence, created for The Royal Ballet at the Aldeburgh Festival in 2013, we've gathered together a selection of our favourite Brandstrup moments.
Goldberg: The Brandstrup-Rojo Project
Goldberg was Brandstrup's second work for the Linbury Studio Theatre. Created in 2009 in response to Tamara Rojo's request for 'something different', Brandstrup used J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations as the foundation for a piece that takes as its inspiration the fleeting moments of variation in the rehearsal room. Drawing together different approaches and styles of dance in this intimate context, the award-winning Goldberg is 'a beautiful, grown-up piece of fine musical feeling and drama' (Ismene Brown, Arts Desk).
Invitus Invitam
Created for the Royal Ballet in 2010, Invitus Invitam is a four-minute ballet of three anguished, passionate duets, set to Thomas Adès's Three Studies from Couperin. The work was widely acclaimed at its premiere and was nominated for the 2011 Critics' Circle Award for Best Classical Choreography. In this video Brandstrup explores his inspirations for this ballet 'about a reluctant parting of two lovers', which range from Racine to a depiction of the 'feeling of how theatre is made'.
Brandstrup regularly choreographs for operas, musicals, plays and films. His credits including Death in Venice for La Scala, Milan, and The Iron Lady, directed by Phyllida Lloyd. In this production of Carousel for Opera North and Théâtre du Châtelet, Brandstrup's choreography for the central ballet is striking for the characterization it brings to the orphaned Louise.
Death in Venice
Brandstrup has a longstanding association with Benjamin Britten's opera Death in Venice, describing it as 'the piece I've revisited most frequently'. He first worked on the piece in a 1992 production for the Royal Opera House, and in 2007 choreographed this celebrated production for English National Opera, directed by Deborah Warner. Brandstrup's responses to the opera's elegiac tone and themes of lost and corrupted youth have had a powerful impact upon his subsequent interpretations of Britten's music, including Ceremony of Innocence.
Leda and the Swan
Among Brandstrup's most recent projects is his film Leda and the Swan, which was created for The Royal Ballet's Deloitte Ignite 14. Inspired by the eponymous Greek myth, the film stars Royal Ballet Principal Zenaida Yanowsky, Swedish dancer Tommy Franzen and actor Fiona Shaw. Brandstrup described the work as venturing 'into the shady territory between power and submission, active and passive, masculine and feminine'.
Ceremony of Innocence runs as part of The Royal Ballet's mixed programme with The Age of Anxiety and Aeternum from 7 to 17 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
The mixed programme is given with generous philanthropic support from Richard and Delia Baker (Ceremony of Innocence), Simon and Virginia Robertson, Kenneth and Susan Green, Karl and Holly Peterson, The Age of Anxiety Production Syndicate, the Friends of Covent Garden and an anonymous donor (The Age of Anxiety) and The Royal Opera House Endowment Fund.
]]>'Arabesque, fondu, coupé, petit developpé, pas de bourée, pas de chat'. This sequence is the Fred Step – one of the most famous motifs in ballet. It takes its nickname from The Royal Ballet's Founder Choreographer, Frederick Ashton, who included this enchaînement in almost all his ballets.
Though it is known as his choreographic signature, Ashton himself often referred to the sequence as the 'Pavlova', acknowledging the prima ballerina from whom he borrowed it. Ashton had first seen Anna Pavlova perform in Peru - the land of his birth - when he was just 13, and later described how her performance inspired him: 'She injected me with her poison and from the end of that evening I wanted to dance'. The Fred Step was originally part of a gavotte that Pavlova performed to 'The Glow Worm', part of an operetta by Paul Lincke. After Pavlova's death in 1931, Ashton – who thought of her 'when I'm working all the time' – came to regard it as his talisman.
The Fred Step is clearly recognizable in several of Ashton's most famous ballets. In A Month in the Country, it is danced by Natalia Petrovna and her admirer Rakitin. As he leads her offstage (from 3:36 in the following clip), the enchaînement perfectly illustrates the to and fro of their chattering.
The Fred Step is also clearly presented in Cinderella, given by the Dancing Master as he prepares the Ugly Sisters for the ball, and in Enigma Variations, danced several times by Isabel and Arnold during their pas de deux.
But more often than not it is difficult to spot the Fred Step. This is because Ashton often 'hid' the sequence – giving it to small groups of soloists or to the corps de ballet rather than the principal dancers, burying it amid other action and even adapting its steps for different contexts.
Below (and available at a larger size through the Flickr link) is the Benesh notation for the 'classic' Fred Step from A Month in the Country, followed by sequences from the ballerina's first solo in Scènes de ballet and a group section in Symphonic Variations. These detailed records of movement make it possible to recognize that the Scènes and Symphonic sequences derive from the Fred Step. Both begin with the distinctive arabesque, fondu, developpé and change of direction before diverging from the 'pure' Fred Step – the Scènes version ends with an entrelacé, while the Symphonic concludes with three entirely different steps performed concurrently by the dancers.
It's very easy to overlook the Symphonic version of the Fred Step – the simultaneous and slightly different versions of the Step, along with the completely still solo ballerina downstage, all conspire to distract the eye. But on closer inspection, this is clearly an exquisitely complex and very much deliberate quotation of Ashton's lucky charm in the ballet often regarded as his masterpiece (visible from 5:54 in the following clip).
These are just a handful of the great Ashton works that include the Fred Step. Which ones have you spotted?
The Royal Ballet's Mixed Programme of Scènes de ballet / Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan / Symphonic Variations / A Month in the Country runs 18 October–12 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
]]>Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet
Frederick Ashton was born in Ecuador in 1904 and trained with Léonide Massine and Marie Rambert. He created his first ballet aged just 21 and became chief choreographer at the Vic-Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet) in 1935. Over the next 50 years he produced some eighty works that came to define the 'English style'. Many of these remain key pieces in the Company's repertory.
Refreshing Tradition – Scènes de ballet
Ashton created Scènes de ballet in 1948, to a score by Stravinsky. The score is Stravinsky's homage to Tchaikovsky – and so accordingly Ashton makes his ballet a celebration of Marius Petipa, Tchaikovsky's choreographic counterpart. The ballet follows the structure of a typical classical finale, and even references the famous Rose Adage from The Sleeping Beauty. However, Ashton gave Scènes a chic modern twist by giving the corps de ballet brilliantly striking patterns inspired by Euclidean geometry.
Ashton's Muses – Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan
Ashton had several muses throughout his career – most famously Margot Fonteyn. Another figure who had an enormous impact upon his work was the American dancer Isadora Duncan. Ashton first saw Duncan dance when he was just 17, and was immediately transfixed. In Five Brahms Waltzes (1976), created several years after her death, he aimed to recapture Duncan's unique, carefree style of dancing, while at the same time drawing on the particular talents of Lynn Seymour, who created the role.
The English Tradition – Symphonic Variations
Symphonic Variations is widely regarded as one of Ashton's masterpieces. It was the choreographer's first ballet created for the enormous Royal Opera House main stage; and rather than a grand narrative ballet, he went against the trend by opting for pure, abstract ballet that celebrates dance itself. The result is a work that perfectly encapsulates the English tradition, integrating fleet footwork and expressive épaulement with lyrical, musically sensitive choreography to César Franck's score.
Poetry in Movement – A Month in the Country
Ashton was inspired to create A Month in the Country when he saw a production of Ivan Turgenev's five-act play of the same name at the National Theatre. The resulting ballet – one of Ashton's last works for The Royal Ballet – won immediate acclaim for its skilful distillation of the play into just 40 minutes of choreography. The ballet, set to music by Chopin, is most celebrated for its four pas de deux, which portray the conflicting and tangled emotions aroused by a young tutor's arrival in a Russian household.
The Royal Ballet's Ashton mixed programme runs 18 October–12 November 2014. Tickets are still available.

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Bath trustees get review of year from department heads
The Bath Township Board of Trustees heard year-in-review presentations from all department heads during the Feb. 4 meeting.
Police Chief Michael McNeely, noting that Bath is a very low crime area, reported the department answered 6,237 calls for service. The department investigated one rape, two robberies, one aggravated assault, 20 burglaries, 149 thefts and 579 traffic crashes.
McNeely noted that many of the thefts were from the Montrose commercial area, and he outlined the creation of the Montrose Retail Theft Alert Network, which was implemented to improve communication among loss-prevention officers when an incident occurs in the area.
Fire Chief Walter Hower said his first year as chief was a busy one. The department answered 1,336 total calls between the two fire stations. Of those, more than 900 were for emergency medical services and 409 were for fire. The department also put into service three new vehicles, a water tender, a medic unit and a vehicle for the fire chief, Hower said.
Interim Service Director and Parks Director Mike Rorar estimated there were more than 110,000 visitors to Bath parks in 2012, with 2,018 reservations made for athletic fields and pavilions. He also outlined improvements to the parks, including eradication of invasive plant species and restoration of wetlands at the Bath Nature Preserve.
Zoning Inspector William Funk reported zoning permits rebounded slightly in 2012, with 131 permits issued. They included 16 new home permits, 34 residential additions, 30 accessory structures, two commercial additions and two subdivisions.
Funk also reported the Zoning Commission is nearly finished with a rewrite of the township zoning resolution, and he said he expects to have the revised resolution ready for review by trustees early this year.
Interim Township Administrator William Snow noted several long-time township employees retired in 2012. They included Snow, Service Director Bob Wilson, Administrative Assistant Helen Humphrys, Police Officer Scott Barb, firefighter/paramedic Cynthia Norris and Jim Miller, who worked in the Service Department. Others who retired have been rehired as part-time employees, he said.
Snow reported the township was in a "pretty good position" financially, despite a decrease of $470,000 in revenue due to reduced property taxes and a reduction in state assistance to local governments. The largest portion of the township's $10.4 million income is from property taxes, Snow said. The largest township expenditures are for the Fire Department, at $2.28 million; the Police Department, at $2.92 million; and the Road Department, at $1.99 million, he reported
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• approved awarding a one-year $18,450 bid for preventive maintenance and service of township heating and cooling systems to Gardiner Trane Co.;
• accepted the 2012 highway mileage certification of 62.465 miles of roadway from the Summit County Engineer's Office;
• received a 60-day notice, as required by the Ohio Revised Code, that retired police and fire employee Kevin Hylbert will seek to be rehired as a part-time police officer; and
• appointed township resident Leslie Pavelka to the trustees' Advisory Council, effective Feb. 4. She will replace Susan Lyons, who resigned her position.
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The board's next regular meeting will be Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. in the trustees' meeting room of the Bath Administration Building, 3864 W. Bath Road. The meeting is delayed one day because of Presidents' Day.
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Homeowners will be allowed to make extensions to garages without seeking approval from local councils, new plans reveal
Homeowners will be allowed to extend their garages without asking their local councils for permission under new Government plans.
The proposals would also allow shops and professional services to extend their facilities without first seeking the permission of their local authority.
A number of councils have already expressed concern with the proposals, with some suggesting the relaxation of controls would lead to an increase in disputes.
Controversial: Homeowners will be allowed to extend their garages without asking their local councils for permission under new government plans
Proposals: Prime Minister David Cameron also announced plans yesterday to give communities less time to appeal against unpopular planning decisions
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Ravi Govindia, the leader of Wandsworth council, said: 'In many cases a six to eight-metre home extension would have a serious impact on neighbouring properties and should not be permitted.
'We're also concerned that loosening planning rules on offices, shops and industrial units could result in unsightly developments which seriously blight adjacent buildings'.
The new proposals emerged following the publication of a consultation by Planning Minister Nick Boles.
The consultation revealed that despite some homeowners' garages already allowed to be extended without permission, ministers were keen to see what more could be done.
The Government is also keen to give shops and other professional firms the right to add up to 100 square metres of extra floor space without seeking permission.
However, the businesses would need to be in 'non-protected areas'.
Ministers have said the relaxation of the planning rules would not apply in areas of outstanding natural beauty, national parks and world heritage sites.
Prime Minister David Cameron also announced plans yesterday to give communities less time to appeal against unpopular planning decisions.
Ministers are keen to loosen the planning rules for three years, with the consultation running until December 24.
Last November shocking images emerged revealing how garden sheds and garages in a west London suburb have been transformed into dodgy homes for immigrants.
The sheds in Southall have reportedly been built by rogue landlords who are cashing in on newcomers to the country.
They are completely hidden from view from the street and are a clear breach of strict planning laws.
Illegal immigrants have made some of the tiny shacks their homes, some of which are highly dangerous.
Aerial photographs in Southall, London, where almost every house has an illegally built home in the back garden containing anywhere between one and six illegal immigrants
Rats and cockroaches roam around the units, while others have poor wiring and sanitation.
Others are adorned with flat-screen TVs, power showers and central heating.
One inhabitant told how he thinks rogue landlords flout planning rules. 'You just have to say you're building a shed for tools. Once you've got the doors on, you can do what you like.'
Another immigrant told how he had been there for nine years and had never had a visit from the council.
It is believed there are 10,000 similar shacks in London and the Home Counties.
Close community: The 'homes' are often built under the pretence of being sheds or garages
Many people who live in them are cash-in-hand manual workers who pay no tax.
One man claimed he had built a shed in the bottom of the garden for which he charges £40 per person per week.
'It's up to you how many tenants you put in,' he said. 'I've had no problems from the council - not yet. You just say you are bulding a garage.'
The Housing Act states that council officers must give 24 hours' notice before visiting properties.
This means evidence of people living in the garages and sheds can easily be removed, which has led to criticism of the system by some Ealing councillors.
Home sweet home? One of the 'sheds' that have been built for living
Makeshift home: Ealing Council found people living illegally in converted sheds and garages
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This is a make-over of a classic BSD game usually named "Robots".
Make-over of a classic BSD game.
Move with Numpad Number Keys (or QWE-ASD-ZXC), [0] ( [Shift] ) to use "safe teleport".
Every level starts with you in the center of the stage and randomly placed robotic balls of fur around you.
Each turn you can move one step in 9 directions (incl. diagonal moves and staying in place) after which all bots take one step themselves towards you. Two robots in one place result in explosion, destroying them and leaving a hole on the floor. Other bots that fall through a hole are also destroyed.
Other actions:
[+] or [Ctrl]: Teleport,
[0] or [Shift]: "Safe Teleport" (excludes the chance of hitting a bot, uses up Focus),
[Enter]: Stand (give up all your turns, win Focus per dead bot)
Make all bots in the level destroy themselves or each other to proceed to the next level.
Note: You can also play with the mouse (sort of a virtual key-pad appears on click)
Rated 5 / 5 stars
awsome game
really great
Thank you very much. :]


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The collision happened about 12.30pm at an intersection near the corner of Mill Rd south and Oteramika Rd.
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Both were middle aged, he said.
The intersection is controlled by stop signs, but the cause of the crash had not been determined because police had yet to interview both drivers, he said.
Mr Kennelly said the intersection was not one of the "dirty dozen" in a road safety campaign, but there had been fatalities there.
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Yesterday, a tremendous crowd of 41,349 turned out at Ibrox to pay tribute to former Rangers captain Fernando Ricksen, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in October 2013.
MND Scotland is a beneficiary of the match, with the proceeds being split equally between Fernando, his daughter Isabella, the Rangers Charity Foundation, and MND Scotland.
It was clear that many people were shocked by how MND has affected Fernando, but his spirit and determination to fight the disease was abundantly clear.
He was given a guard of honour onto the pitch before kicking off the match, and was carried by former teammates and friends in an emotional lap of honour after the final whistle. Fittingly, he was also named man of the match.
Iain McWhirter, Head of Fundraising and Volunteering at MND Scotland, commented, "We are very grateful to have been chosen to benefit from the game, and we'll use these funds to continue providing the best possible care and support to people like Fernando who are living with MND.
"The support that Rangers fans have shown MND Scotland has been fantastic. Fans have been inspired by Fernando Ricksen and are not only going along to Sunday's match, but taking part in zip-slides, marathons and organising their own fundraising activities. We have been truly overwhelmed and are thankful for their support."
Mark Craig, who has MND and attended the match added, "As an MND sufferer, the efforts of Rangers fans in raising funds and awareness of the illness has been brilliant. I find it uplifting that so many people are going out of their way to help the charity and charity users. Stay strong Fernando!"
The relationship with Orion began when Alan Savage, Chairman of Orion Group, met Gordon Aitken and Lucy Lintott at an event hosted by the Prime Minister David Cameron last year.
Alan said "At Orion, giving something back is part of our thinking and always will be. Motor Neurone Disease affects thousands across the United Kingdom and I was deeply affected when I met Lucy and Gordon and heard their stories and the challenges they face on a daily basis. It is a privilege to support Lucy and Gordon in their fundraising efforts."
Regarding the donation MND Scotland Trustee and founder of GordonsFightback.com, Gordon Aikman, said: "This incredibly generous donation offers real hope for the future. It is simple: the more we invest, the quicker we will find a cure.
With just over 100 days to go until the General Election, it is time for all the political parties to commit to double MND research funding. Surely a world free from MND is something all our politicians can agree on?"
Today also sees the launch of a new website which will allow Lucy to raise vital funds for MND Scotland and awareness of her fight.
The website was funded by the Orion Group and custom built for Lucy, who was herself diagnosed with MND in November 2013 and has been a tireless fundraiser for MND Scotland ever since.
Speaking at the launch event for the new website, Lucy said: "I can't begin to explain how excited and grateful I am to have my own webpage. All the new posts and followers I gain from now on will be all down to this page and I cannot thank Alan and Orion enough for setting it up for me. It's going to allow me to spread the awareness of MND, share my story and hopefully raise even more money."
To find out more about Lucy and Gordon visit
]]>The APPG on MND is a cross-party group of MP's and Peers with an interest in MND. The idea behind the group is to raise awareness and understanding of MND amongst politicians and to campaign for better access to high quality services for people affected by MND.
This latest inquiry covers Scotland as well as England, Wales and Northern Ireland, therefore representatives of MND Scotland put points across at the APPG meeting, all of which were well received and which we hope will be incorporated into the final report.
The inquiry received submissions from over 1,700 people, including; people living with MND, family members affected by MND, former and current carers and health professionals.
It is hoped the recommendations made in the report will, if implemented, make a significant impact for the benefit of people affected by MND.
]]>Scientists used stem cells derived from patient skin samples to help identify that loss of nerve signalling may be an early sign of MND. The project shows that even before the motor neurons show any signs of damage, if affected by MND, they lose the ability to generate electrical signals required to make muscles contract due to changes in specialised proteins.
PhD Student Anna-Claire Devlin, who assisted in the research, explains what this means to people living with MND,
"These finding suggest that loss of appropriate electrical signals may be an early step in the disease process and highlights ion channels as potential targets for future therapies.
"Our work also demonstrates that studies of the function of stem cell-derived motor neurons are likely to be important for the development and testing of future drugs aiming to treat and eventually cure MND."
More information on the research can be found at the website for the Euan MacDonald Centre
]]>Doubling the number of nurses will make an enormous difference to people with MND across Scotland. It means that patients will have greater contact with the nurses as they won't have such huge geographical areas to cover.
Currently MND Scotland meets 80% of the nurses' costs, despite repeatedly asking NHS Boards which don't contribute to do so. This will save MND Scotland more than £300,000 per year which we will use to introduce new services aimed at improving the lives of those affected by MND.
]]>Currently in Scotland there are 426 people living with MND, with the existing specialist nurses under huge pressure.
Additional nurses would make a significant difference to the lives of patients with MND.
The new nurses would be paid for by a 'Mansion Tax' on properties across the UK, with Scottish Labour calling on the Scottish Government to find the funding for this now.
Gordon Aikman, who has been leading Gordon's Fightback since being diagnosed with MND, and is an MND Scotland Trustee hailed the announcement by saying "This is a welcome commitment to transforming MND patient care in this country"
He added "Doubling the number of MND specialist nurses and funding them from the public purse would revolutionise the quality of care we can provide MND patients"
]]>The work we do wouldn't be possible without you, and your support in raising funds and awareness never fails to amaze us. Thank you so much for everything you do, and please consider supporting us again in 2015.
The fellowship is for 3 years and will cover the salary cost of the fellow, PhD fees, and up to £10K per annum of research costs. The fellowship is open for individuals currently training in medicine. The successful applicant is likely to be in the specialty phase of their training.
MND Scotland would like to express our sincere thanks to Gordon Aikman, whose fundraising though the Gordon's Fightback campaign has enabled MND Scotland to meet the costs of this exciting research.
The deadline for applications is Friday 13th March 2015. The following documents are available to download.
If you would like further information, please contact info [at] mndscotland [dot] org [dot] uk
When someone close to you is diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, you want to do something. And we need people just like you to help by getting involved and raising the funds needed to provide our essential care and support services to people with MND, and also to fund research.
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Craig Stockton, MND Scotland's Chief Executive, said "Reaching £100k in six months is a fantastic achievement and is recognition of the selfless commitment and dedication that Gordon has to raising awareness and finding a cure for this disease. His efforts help ensure that research into this condition can continue to make progress and bring the day that we find the cure a step closer."
Thank you Gordon, and to everyone for backing gordonsfightback.com – Let's keep it going!


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Jerry Tarkanian has been hospitalized in Las Vegas after dealing with breathing issues while in Dallas for the Final Four, according to a report from the Las Vegas Sun.
The report says that Tarkanian was tested for pneumonia before the trip and that he attended Kentucky's practice on Friday, but he began to feel weak prior to Saturday's Final Four game.
His symptoms didn't improve when he returned to Vegas, and on Wednesday morning, Tarkanian was hospitalized.
Tarkanian was the head coach at UNLV from 1973-1992 and built the program into a national champion, winning the whole thing in 1990 and making it to the Final Four undefeated in 1991.
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Jan 30, 2015, 11:01 PM EST
Here is a rundown of all the action from Friday night.
Kansas to wear uniforms honoring 1988 national championship team (PHOTO)
Jan 30, 2015, 9:30 PM EST
The Jayhawks will wear these on Feb. 28.
Bill Self on the loss of Kansas-Missouri rivalry: 'It hasn't been great'
Jan 30, 2015, 7:45 PM EST
That rivalry ended when Mizzou left the Big 12 in favor of the SEC.
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Jan 30, 2015, 6:30 PM EST
Trey Davis left the court with only seconds remaining after colliding into a Kendall Pollard screen.
North Carolina guard will not play against Louisville; highly-unlikely he'll be ready for Virginia
Jan 30, 2015, 5:45 PM EST
The backup guard has missed the last five games.
Oklahoma State to honor 1994-95 Final Four team during February 7 game against Kansas
Jan 30, 2015, 5:09 PM EST
"Big Country," Randy Rutherford and the rest of the squad is expected back for the team's game against Kansas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their trip to the Final Four.
Bruce Pearl prepares for his first visit to Knoxville as Auburn head coach
Jan 30, 2015, 4:04 PM EST
Bruce Pearl expressed remorse over how his tenure at Tennessee ended and also remains thankful for former Tennessee AD Mike Hamilton.
Pregame Shootaround: No. 6 Arizona looks to avenge lone conference loss, 'Ivy League Friday'
Jan 30, 2015, 2:47 PM EST
Having already lost one game in Ivy League play, Harvard looks to bounce back with a win at Princeton.
Iowa front court dealing with injuries ahead of Saturday's game against No. 5 Wisconsin
Jan 30, 2015, 12:50 PM EST
Aaron White suffered a stinger in Iowa's loss to Purdue, and Gabe Olaseni is dealing with a sprained ankle suffered Monday.
Michigan State receives $3 million gift for men's basketball program
Jan 30, 2015, 11:43 AM EST
The donation will be used to improve the basketball offices and practice facility, with leftover funds being used for any improvements that may need to be made down the line.
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Jan 30, 2015, 10:35 AM EST
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Jan 30, 2015, 9:02 AM EST
The Super Bowl isn't the only high-octane action we'll see this weekend.
Former Oregon signee JaQuan Lyle verbally commits to Ohio State
Jan 30, 2015, 12:19 AM EST
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Jan 29, 2015, 6:57 PM EST
Warren Jones is averaging a team-best 13.8 points per game for Bradley, which has lost six of its last seven games.
Brown's leading scorer and rebounder decides to leave program
Jan 29, 2015, 5:46 PM EST
Leland King led Brown in scoring and was also tied for the team lead in rebounds per game.