Ilze Liepa as Cleopatra Photo: Valeria Komissarova Les Saisons Russes du XX1e Siecle, founded by former Bolshoi Ballet star turned ballet entrepreneur, Andris Liepa, returns to the London Coliseum in July (16 – 20th). The company are bringing three programmes, including five of Ballets Russes choreographer Mikhail Fokine’s greatest works (…)
LBB meets…Patrick de Bana
This July, choreographer Patrick de Bana will be coming to London’s Coliseum with two of his latest productions: Cleopatra/Ida Rubinstein performed by Ilze Liepa with dancers from the Maryinsky, Bolshoi, and the Kremlin Ballet, and a new production of Jane Eyre performed by the Shanghai Ballet. Born in Hamburg to a German mother and Nigerian (…)
Exclusive interview with Choreographer Patrick de Bana
In July and August two very special productions will be performed at the London Coliseum: Cléopâtre – Ida Rubinstein from Les Saisons Russes du XX1e Siecle and Jane Eyre from Shanghai Ballet Company. Both productions have been choreographed by German born choreographer, Patrick de Bana and I recently got to chat with (…)
Les Saisons Russes du XXI siecle returns to the London Coliseum – July 16th-20th 2013
Following a triumphant Coliseum Diaghilev Festival debut in 2011 and four successful seasons in Paris at the Theatre des Champs Elysees Programme 1 Cleopatra/Ida Rubinstein, Le Spectre de la Rose, The Firebird Tuesday July 16th at 7.30pm and Wednesday July 17th at 7.30pm Special Matinee Wednesday July 17th at 2.00pm Programme: Chopiniana, (…)
In conversation with Andris Liepa
In July, Andris Liepa, former Bolshoi Ballet star turned ballet entrepreneur returns to London with his company Les Saisons Russes du XXIe Siècle from July 16 to 20. Headlining the season is Patrick de Bana’s “Cléopâtre – Ida Rubinstein,” being seen in London for the first time, which is being (…)
The Ghosts of Ballets Russes Return to Paris
PARIS — The premiere of a whole new ballet, especially one that draws on a legend like Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, is a rare pleasure these days on European stages. Rarer still is the depiction in dance of the lives of real dancers. Audiences at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, (…)