Saturday, 17 March 2012

First week of ballet


During this first week I have gained a lot more knowledge of ballet and have started to understand what makes ballet so unique from other styles of dance. Having a lecture on Swan Lake before seeing the performance of it by the Moscow ballet helped me understand what makes a good ballet and sadly the Moscow ballet didn’t live up my expectations. On Thursday we had a lecture into the history of ballet and I was surprised to find out how far ballet dates back and also how young English ballet and ballet schools are. The screening of Mathew Bourne’s swan lake put into context how ballet is still evolving and how classical ballet stories can be re- interpreted.  

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