http://michellepotter.org Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:41:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Liebeslieder Walzer; Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, 20 February 2010 This double bill of works by Balanchine had two highlights for me: Teresa Reichlen's performance in the leading female role in Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 and that of Wendy Whelan in Liebeslieder Walzer. Teresa Reichlen, whom I remember admiring in ... http://michellepotter.org/reviews/two-by-balanchine-new-york-city-ballet It is always good to see new dance writing. There are too few outlets for the kind of dance writing that arouses interest and generates debate. That's why it was a pleasure to see Fjord Review, a new magazine, beautifully designed, make its appearance out of Melbourne at the end ... http://michellepotter.org/reviews/fjord-review-first-issue 'Kings of the Dance': City Center, New York, 19 February 2010 Christopher Wheeldon's comment was thought-provoking. In the film sequence that opened 'Kings of the Dance', Wheeldon remarked that the biggest challenge for choreographers working with the eight exceptional artists performing in this show was managing the different styles in which ... http://michellepotter.org/blog/kings-of-the-dance-city-center-new-york Tatiana Stepanova, who arrived in Australia in December 1939 with the third of Colonel de Basil's touring Ballets Russes companies — the Original Ballet Russe — died late last year in Florida. The company's Australian debut was in Sydney on 30 December 1939 and on that night Stepanova danced in ... http://michellepotter.org/news/tatiana-stepanova-1924-2009 Dance in performance does not respond easily or well to intellectualising — except in the hands of a truly exceptional choreographer. Dark Matters, a work by Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite shown recently at the Sydney Festival, makes that quite clear. Dark Matters is in two quite discrete sections. The work opens with ... http://michellepotter.org/reviews/dark-matters-crystal-pite-and-kidd-pivot-frankfurt-rm The Dandré-Levitoff Russian Ballet arrived in Brisbane on 8 October 1934 for the Australian leg of a tour that had begun in South Africa in May 1934. The company sailed into Brisbane aboard a Dutch ship, the S.S Nieuw Holland, part of the fleet of the KPM line (Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij or ... http://michellepotter.org/articles/dandre-levitoff-russian-ballet-indonesia-september-1934 A recent comment posted on this website spoke of the differences between the styles of three major ballet companies visiting Australia in the mid-decades of the twentieth century: de Basil's Ballets Russes, Ballet Rambert and New York City Ballet. The comment went on to note that perhaps the most enthusiastic ... http://michellepotter.org/news/new-york-city-ballets-australian-tour-1958 When Stanton Welch's Sleeping Beauty premiered in 2005 Amber Scott was a relatively new member of the Australian Ballet, having joined in 2001. In 2009, as a senior artist with the company, she danced the leading role of Aurora in the Australian Ballet's revival of Welch's work. Her appearance in ... http://michellepotter.org/reviews/amber-scott-as-aurora 'Mim'. A personal memoir of Marie Rambert: Brigitte Kelly (Alton: Dance Books, 2009). Available in Australia from Footprint Books or any good bookseller. Marie Rambert, or Mim as she was familiarly known, brought her company, Ballet Rambert, to Australia in 1947. The company stayed until early 1949 and appeared in Adelaide, ... http://michellepotter.org/reviews/mim-a-personal-memoir-of-marie-rambert-brigitte-kelly Dr Ewan Murray-Will (1899-1970) was by profession a dermatologist with a practice in Macquarie Street, Sydney. He studied medicine at Sydney University graduating in 1923 and followed that initial study with further work in Vienna and London. He was honorary dermatologist to a number of Sydney hospitals including Sydney Hospital, ... http://michellepotter.org/articles/sydney-friends-of-the-ballets-russes-dr-ewan-murray-will