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Performances

A Weekend in the City, Part One: Out and About

by David Wilson July 25, 2011

As I’ve mentioned in my last couple of posts, I live in the middle of nowhere in Northern England. As such, London is a bit of a trek to get to. This weekend though I head down for three days of dance – in all forms. The initial purpose of this trip was to watch [...]

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Review – Ashton’s Romeo & Juliet

by David Wilson July 15, 2011

Alternative title: I want to be Ivan Vasiliev. There is nothing like live Ballet. I’ve come to realise this more and more these last few weeks seeing as, unsurprisingly, rural Northumberland isn’t a hotbed of performances. Sure, there are other ways to get my Ballet fix; currently my Manon DVD and a selection of Ballets [...]

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Endings and Beginnings

by David Wilson June 20, 2011

Four weeks ago I graduated from Rutgers University with an M.S. in Mathematics, and so ended my time in the United States. It’s been a momentous two years and I’ve spent the last month doing a little travelling, moving out of my flat, saying goodbyes and enjoying my last few weeks in the US. This [...]

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Once upon a time there was a doll…

by David Wilson May 11, 2011

So this Saturday was the Coppelia performances. And they were awesome! You may remember a while ago me mentioning I had signed up to be part of the Princeton Ballet School’s production of Coppelia. And if your memory is really good (or you clicked on the link) you’ll know that I was going to be [...]

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Review – A Black & White evening with the English National Ballet

by David Wilson March 20, 2011

This last week has been rather busy for me. Whereas most students spend Spring Break getting drunk somewhere nice and warm, I was instead spending mine travelling around the UK visiting universities, family and friends. This was due to my impending deadline of choosing between the University of Bath or Warwick University to pursue my [...]

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An Evening of Swans: New York City Ballet’s Swan Lake

by David Wilson February 18, 2011

Before I get to my review of New York City Ballet’s production, I want to talk about Swan Lake for a bit. I mean, this is the Big One. You ask a random passer-by in the street to name a Ballet and I would expect nine times out of ten to hear “Swan Lake” be [...]

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Coppelia – Rehearsal Schedule

by David Wilson February 4, 2011

So I just thought I’d put up a quick post because I received my rehearsal schedule for Coppelia today. The first bit of excitement was finding out that Douglas Martin (my teacher and ARB Director) wants me to be in both the Matinee and Evening casts! I was really pleased to hear this, the more [...]

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An Evening of Balanchine

by David Wilson January 23, 2011

So, what did you do on January 22nd? Well, in case you didn’t know, that day is the inimitable and enigmatic “Mr. B”s Birthday. That’s George Balanchine (1904 – 1983), founder of New York City Ballet, School of American Ballet and generally recognised as one of the most important choreographers to have ever lived. So [...]

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Guess who’s gonna be on stage?

by David Wilson January 20, 2011

Okay, so something crazy is going to happen. On May 7th 2011, I will dance on stage at the Patriots Theatre, Trenton in a Ballet. Yup, me. Little old only-started-Ballet-four-months-ago-and-still-feels-like-I-know-nothing me. Now don’t get fooled, I’m not going to be doing the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux or Siegfried in Swan Lake. In fact, I’m going [...]

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Diaghilev and Bourne

by David Wilson January 9, 2011

A couple of months ago my friend, Jo, told me that she was planning a surprise Christmas present for me and asked for dates when I would be back in the UK and free. We arranged for me to meet her in London on January 2nd but I had no idea what we’d be up [...]

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