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British ballet dancer David Wall dies of cancer aged 67

June 19, 2013 09:31
LONDON (Reuters) - British ballet dancer David Wall, known for becoming the youngest male principal at the Royal Ballet at the age of 21, has died of cancer aged 67 at his home in London. Director of the Royal Ballet, Kevin O'Hare, paid tribute to Wall who died on Tuesday, describing him as a "truly exceptional artist" and one of the company's greatest dance actors.

Bolshoi boots out star in bitter row after acid attack

Agence France-PresseJune 9, 2013 07:30
The Bolshoi theatre has announced it is terminating the contract of one of its biggest stars, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, who infuriated the management with lacerating public criticisms after a horrific acid attack on the troupe's artistic director. With his big hair and striking looks, Tsiskaridze, 39, is one of the theatre's premiers known for solo roles in ballets such as the Evil Genius in "Swan Lake". But his 21-year career at the Bolshoi is now apparently ending after a very public battle with the management.

Moscow court orders Bolshoi dancer to stay in jail

April 16, 2013 08:31
A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered the Bolshoi ballet dancer suspected of ordering an acid attack on its artistic director Sergei Filin to stay in detention until at least June 18, rejecting a petition for him to be freed. The judge extended the arrest of leading Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko for the investigation to finish, ruling that he was suspected of a serious crime and constituted a flight risk.

Grandest international dance festival on-going in Puerto Princesa

April 15, 2013 14:18
This city is currently hosting the grandest international dance festival "Dance Xchange: The Philippine International Dance Workshop and Festival" spearheaded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts-National Committee on Dance (NCCA-NCD), headed by Shirley Halili-Cruz.Slated April 11-14, the international dance festival brings together 22 of the best dance companies and dance experts in the world.Dance Xchange was altogether a grand celebration of dances that includes activities such as artists’ forum, dance workshops, master classes, cultural tours, festival of d

Brilliant US ballerina Tallchief dies at 88

April 12, 2013 16:45
One of America's finest ballerinas and the muse and wife of legendary choreographer George Balanchine has died, aged 88. Maria Tallchief died Thursday in Chicago, where she had founded the short-lived Chicago City Ballet, the family announced. She had previously been the dazzling prima ballerina with the New York City Ballet from 1948 to 1965, working with Balanchine, who was also briefly her husband. "My mother was a ballet legend, who was proud of her Osage heritage," said daughter Elise Paschen in a statement, referring to Tallchief's Native American background.

Making the most of your practice

April 11, 2013 05:04
To take your playing ability to the next level and hone your skills, you need to hit countless practice balls. As in life, improvement in golf is not a bed of roses. You have to sometimes go through despair and awkward changes.Recreational golfers tend to spend their practice sessions striking balls at random. To get the most out of practice you must have a specific plan and objectives such as rectifying alignment or ball position, or developing a swing trigger to encourage smoothness, rhythm and balance.Of equal importance is to practice your playing behavior.

Runaway ballet star turns up in Moscow after fleeing London

April 9, 2013 11:33
LONDON (Reuters) - Sergei Polunin, the Royal Ballet prodigy dubbed the bad boy of dance, has turned up in Moscow after fleeing a London performance last week, a spokeswoman for his Russian ballet company said on Tuesday. It was the second vanishing act by the 23-year-old Ukrainian who dramatically quit Britain's Royal Ballet in January last year just a week before he was due to dance in "The Dream".

Top ballerina quits Russia for new challenge in London

April 9, 2013 04:15
One of Russia's biggest female ballet stars is leaving her full time job at a Saint Petersburg theatre to join London's Royal Ballet, in the latest of a string of convulsions to hit the Russian dance world. Natalia Osipova told a Russian newspaper Monday she had been given an offer she "could not refuse" to be a principal dancer at Covent Garden and would from now on only appear as a guest soloist at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.

Ex-Bolshoi soloist alleges dancers 'forced into sex'

March 19, 2013 13:16
Former Bolshoi soloist Anastasia Volochkova has accused the beleaguered theatre of forcing female dancers to sleep with wealthy patrons, in claims that the general director Anatoly Iksanov on Tuesday dismissed as "ravings". The outspoken dancer, fired from the Bolshoi in 2003 for being too bulky, made the accusations against the scandal-mired Bolshoi in a television talk show on Sunday and repeated them in a radio interview.

Bolshoi will withstand acid attack on director - Putin aide

March 13, 2013 16:30
By Alexei Anishchuk and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Wednesday that an acid attack that severely injured the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director would not ruin the theatre's reputation. Putin has not spoken publicly about the January 17 attack, which shocked many Russians, revealed discord in the theatre and left doctors fighting to save victim Sergei Filin's eyesight.
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