In addition to his many well-known pastels and paintings, the French Impressionist Edgar Degas (1834–1917) also made numerous sculptures, but the large majority of these were never presented to the public. Shortly after his death, the figures of dancers, bathers and racehorses he had originally modelled in wax were secured, and in 1919 they were cast in bronze.
Hamburg Kunsthalle
Sylvie Guillem on swapping ballet for contemporary dance.
Sylvie Guillem has moved into producing and starring in her own projects – and she doesn't miss classical dance one bit. Sylvie Guillem is unbelievably elegant but she hasn't made the slightest effort.
Debra Craine – From The Times
TEATRALIA, el Festival de Artes Escénicas para Niños y Jóvenes de la Comunidad de Madrid, alcanza este año su decimotercera edición. Con la presencia de 16 compañías extranjeras, 6 de ellas de Francia, 2 de Dinamarca, 2 de Italia, 2 de Canadá y una compañía, respectivamente, de Austria, Australia, Japón y de la República Checa.
del 6 al 29 de marzo 2009, en la Red de Teatros de Madrid
El mejor circo en Madrid y Barcelona.
Tras su rotundo éxito de público y crítica el pasado verano en el festival Grec de Barcelona y directamente desde Londres, la compañía Les 7 doigts de la main vuelve a España con una propuesta única, difícilmente clasificable en las disciplinas artísticas tradicionales y en la que la acrobacia aérea, el teatro, el dibujo y la danza contemporánea conviven con elementos e iconos de la cultura urbana.
As one of the only ballet companies to have direct lineage from the Ballets Russes, English National Ballet celebrates the centenary with two programmes including some of the troupe’s great works, Ballets Russes productions were collaborations with major choreographers, composers, artists and dancers of the time including Pavlova, Picasso, Debussy, Chanel, Matisse and Nijinsky.
Ballets Russes – Sadler’s Wells, London.
Presented by Baryshnikov Arts Center in collaboration with the Institut Ramon Llull.
BAC presents the second Made in Catalunya, Catalan Culture in New York, a festival featuring performances by Catalan artists in music, theater, dance, literary, and multimedia arts.
American Ballet Theatre has long been recognised as one of America's top dance companies. It annually performs for more than 600,000 people, and has toured to over 40 countries around the world.
This season, part of Spring Dance at the London Coliseum, features the classics Swan Lake and Le Corsaire.
The Vancouver International Dance Festival Society and Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad present the 2009 Vancouver International Dance Festival, March 3-April 4, 2009.
The countdown to the 2009 Vancouver International Dance Festival is on now! We are pleased to announce our diverse roster of local, national and international dance artists; click the dropdown menu under.
The International Ballet Festival MARIINSKY was first run in 2001. The festival's main aim was to bring world ballet stars to Russia's cultural capital. The Mariinsky Ballet Company is known well beyond St Petersburg, but world-renowned dancers, and to an even greater extent dance companies, appeared on tour to the Mariinsky Theatre on extremely rare occasions.
14 – 22 March 2009 at the Mariinsky Theatre – Artistic Director of the Festival Valery Gergiev.
Las temporadas neoyorquinas anuales de la compañía de danza contemporánea del legendario Paul Taylor, siempre presagian que la primavera ya está cerca, no solo por la fecha en que reaparece en el City Center de Manhattan, sino por que los programas que suben a la escena, llenos de luz y calor, rompen la rutina helada del invierno.
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