Rediscovering Pirouettes

by David Wilson October 18, 2011

As I’ve mentioned before I recently started at a new dance school and have been getting back up to speed after a summer with hardly any classes… A ‘humbling’ experience, when your classmates are 10 years younger than you and include a former West End Billy Elliot! We’ve been working on the old RAD syllabus [...]

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Sparkling Treacle: Two Sides of The Royal Ballet

by David Wilson September 28, 2011

I’m slightly to ashamed to say that Saturday was my first trip to see the Royal Ballet. Now I’m back in the UK, you can be assured it won’t be my last. Not by a long shot. So what did I chose for my inaugural viewing of one of the world’s greatest dance companies? Well [...]

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Second First Day of Class!

by David Wilson September 20, 2011

What a difference a year makes. Or then again, maybe not… Pretty much exactly this time last year I was getting ready for my first ever Ballet class at Princeton with Douglas Martin, former principal with the Joffrey Ballet and an amazing teacher. I was rather nervous but also really excited and it went great – class [...]

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DTB’s Guide To Seeing A Ballet

by David Wilson September 19, 2011

When I went to watch my first ‘proper’ Ballet last year I’m not ashamed to admit I was kind of scared. Don’t get me wrong, I was also really excited, but there was also something slightly intimidating about the whole experience. Now one year (and many Ballets!) down the line I feel a lot more comfortable going [...]

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Ballet DIY: Make your own shorts!

by David Wilson September 13, 2011

I’ve had a pair of tights on my Ballet shelf for ages that I’ve only worn a couple of times and don’t particularly like. I think they are Sanchas (the label has been cut off) and they’re a bit thicker than I like (I normally use Capezios). So I had a brainwave – let’s make [...]

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A Weekend in the City, Part Three: English National Ballet

by David Wilson August 18, 2011

So Sunday was ENB day. And it started with possibly the best morning ever. I had been looking on the ENB website at their adult open classes before heading down and noticed they were doing an Adult Beginners workshop to do with their Roland Petit programme. Unfortunately the workshop was sold out! After a self-pitying [...]

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A Weekend in the City, Part Two: Cloud Dance Festival

by David Wilson August 18, 2011

Okay. I admit that I have been pretty absent this summer. I’m sorry! I’ve been busy putting in lots of hours at the local pub to earn some money for when I move to Bath in two weeks time – more money means more Ballet classes Here’s the first of the posts that I should [...]

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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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Ballet Classes “Up North”

by David Wilson June 24, 2011

So I posted recently that I’ve headed back to the UK, and one of the problems with coming back here is the lack of Ballet classes. I live in rural Northumberland (just south of Scotland) and, to be honest, there isn’t much of anything around here, never mind dance schools! I live on a farm, [...]

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