Notebook
Mayerling: In Review
The ballet, Mayerling, originally premiered in 1978, now returns to the Royal Opera House stage in all its glory!
Ballet Composer Profile: Sergei Prokofiev | Part 2
“I have never doubted the importance of melody. I like melody very much, and I consider it the most important element in music, and I labour many years on the improvement of its quality in my compositions. “- Prokofiev
Music for Dance Interview: Fabian Reimair
“A good piece of music can amplify the choreography and vice versa. [Music and Dance] give each other an extra dimension by stimulating more senses.”
Ballet Composer Profile: Sergei Prokoviev | Part 1
“In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people.” - Prokofiev
Poem: The Man With A Thousand Faces
There’s a man with a thousand faces, standing in my heart….
Ballet in Britain: 1910-1939
“The creation of Ballet in Britain is one of the grandest achievements in the artistic annals of our century. It is owed absolutely to the idealism which fired Rambert and Ninette de Valois” - Jane Pritchard
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