. http://www.ballet.org.uk Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:07:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ballet.org.uk/images/M_images/english-national-ballet-logo-black-on-white.jpg http://www.ballet.org.uk . http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/inside-stories-manon.html Guest Senior Principal Artists Thomas Edur and Agnes Oaks, who will dance the roles of Des Grieux and Manon, discuss Manon during a break in rehearsals. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:25:24 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/news/latest-news.html www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk (http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/) English National Ballet talk (http://www.ballet.co.uk/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list forum=DCForumID20) If you'd like to comment on English National Ballet's performances and dancers vist ballet.co.uk (http://www.ballet.co.uk/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list forum=DCForumID20) or if you'd like to be a part of English National Ballet's online community join our group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/). Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:04:26 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/the-audition.html One of the toughest aspects of a dancer’s career has to be the audition process. In the space of a few minutes, the dream of performing for a top dance company can be granted or dashed. Hundreds of professional dancers and graduating students apply for a position at English National Ballet every year. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:25:08 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/mouse-handlers-november.html November 2007 They say that teachers are always picking up colds and bugs from working closely with children. Well, try working with big mice. I mean dancers! Bugs, colds, flu, sore throats and a multitude of nasty things seem to filter through the Company. I’m now on my second bad cold. On our day off I spend most of it in bed. The shows at Dunstable are fantastic, what a nice, nice theatre. Big thanks go to all the crew. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/mouse-handlers-october.html October 2007Venues are flying by now. Since we took the show to Sunderland andhad our first taste of putting it up on our own, we are now settlinginto a routine and all the crew are comfortable doing their own dutiesautomatically. It’s great to see the guys working the get-in andget-out, we all seem to know what needs to be done and when to do it. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/mouse-handlers-september.html September 2007The last thing you need on the first week of a tour is tube strikeresulting in a 2 - 3 hour journey every day to get into work, everyonesuffers. Long days just get longer! Thankfully, the get-in and fit-upof the show goes smoothly, we have great support from Dave and Andy(ENB crew) and Al Riches is on hand to show us all how the show goestogether. Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/mouse-handlers-august.html August 2007 We are here! The Angelina crew, take up temporary residence at JayMews. We set up home in a free office (most staff seem to be onholiday) and begin to organise ourselves. Liv starts sitting in on rehearsals, it’s essential that she gets toknow the show as it will be her job to call all the lighting and soundcues. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/mouse-handlers-february.html A Dancing Mouse!? February 2007 So, I get an email from Al Riches (Technical Director for English National Ballet) asking if I would like to have a chat about taking a tour out for them. OK, sounds interesting, the meeting takes place in a pub in central London. I've met Al a few times since working at Central School of Ballet and it’s good to see him. Over a drink Al explains that a brand new production is being put together, smaller than the main Company but with a pretty big touring schedule. It’s to have five crew, self contained set and lighting, eight dancers, one ballet mistress, all travelling in one 45 foot trailer and one mini bus. Sounds like fun I say. Oh yes, and it’s about a dancing mouse adds Al. Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/alan-halliday-resident-artist.html In May 2007, Alan Halliday, one of the UK’s most respected and acclaimed artists, was officially appointed as English National Ballet’s ‘Resident Artist’. Alan has had a long relationship with English National Ballet, and will now be concentrating on regular drawings and paintings of the Company during its yearly calendar. Thu, 31 May 2007 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/a-day-in-the-life-of-wardrobe.html Who's who in the department? Wizzy Shawyer (Head of Costume), Janet Comber (Costumier), Symone Frost (Dyer/Painter) and Gerry Tiernan (Stock Keeper/Buyer). We also have a touring wardrobe department; comprising of Touring Wardrobe Manager, Shoe supervisor, Wig Supervisor and several casuals who we employ on a regular basis to help with our maintenance and refurbishments and to run the shows. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/taiwan-tour-diary.html English National Ballet toured Swan Lake to the National Theatre in Taipei, Taiwan and so I was to visit this country that in my imagination, was full of factories that made everything. Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/service-of-thanksgiving-for-dame-alicia-markova-db.html The Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Dame Alicia Markova DBE on 8 March saw a 'full house' at Westminster Abbey as dance-lovers from around the country and overseas gathered to celebrate the life of the first, great, British ballerina. The congregation spanned the decades of her remarkable career and included young students from English National Ballet School, Arts Educational Schools and London Studio Centre as well as some of the dancers who toured with Dame Alicia and her partner, Anton Dolin, in the Markova-Dolin Company and Festival Ballet, the company that is now English National Ballet. Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:00:00 +0100 http://www.ballet.org.uk/articles/dame-alicia-markova.html Dame Alicia Markova, Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Founder and President of English National Ballet The people's ballerina An appreciation by Jane Pritchard, Archive Consultant, English National Ballet Dame Alicia Markova, DBE (born Lilian Alicia Marks) was one of the greatest ballerinas of the twentieth century. The critic, Arnold Haskell described her as belonging 'to the royal family of the dance. A true descendant of Taglioni and Pavlova her name is a household word'. Her exquisite fragility and weightlessness was an illusion disguising a steel-like technique and strength and her beautiful feet and hands could dart or flow, shaping her movements in response to music. Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:00:00 +0100