Anyone who follows the world of dance knows Tamara Rojo. Her talent is unparalleled, and her skills are envy-inducing. She has been in the ballet world most of her life, and it clearly shows. She’s been dancing nearly 41 years of her life, and she’s managed to develop the strength and skill needed to sustain a career as long as she had. It’s not common for dancers to make it that long in ballet, but she’s managed to do what many cannot. She’s taken her passion, the thing she loves the most, and she’s turned it into her lifelong dream
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- 10/20/2020
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
Prince William and Prince Harry reminisced on Wednesday about their childhood visits to the gardens outside the Kensington Palace home they shared with their mother, Princess Diana.
William, 35, recalled that he remembered “seeing the pigeons and squirrels,” adding, “We used to come here a lot.”
The princes, along with Princess Kate, visited the Sunken Garden on the Kensington Palace grounds, which has been redesigned as an all-white garden in honor of Diana’s favorite color.
Noting that he and Harry used to feed the fish in the garden’s pond, William said, “there never used to be this many in...
William, 35, recalled that he remembered “seeing the pigeons and squirrels,” adding, “We used to come here a lot.”
The princes, along with Princess Kate, visited the Sunken Garden on the Kensington Palace grounds, which has been redesigned as an all-white garden in honor of Diana’s favorite color.
Noting that he and Harry used to feed the fish in the garden’s pond, William said, “there never used to be this many in...
- 8/30/2017
- by Michelle Tauber
- PEOPLE.com
The BBC has launched a brand new competition to find the best Young Dancer.
The contest has four categories for young movers aged between 16-20 to enter: ballet, contemporary, hip-hop and South Asian dance.
The Category Finals will air on BBC Four, following each of the five semi-finalists in each category as they prepare and receive mentoring from dance experts.
The Grand Final - which will be held at Sadler's Wells on May 9 - will see the winners from each category and two wildcards battling it out for the title of BBC Young Dancer 2015, and will be broadcast live on BBC Two.
Matthew Bourne, Akram Khan, Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo, Kenrick Sandy and Alistair Spalding have signed up to be grand final judges, while ballet star Carlos Acosta will be an ambassador for the competition.
Meanwhile, in the run-up to the grand final the six finalists will work with a...
The contest has four categories for young movers aged between 16-20 to enter: ballet, contemporary, hip-hop and South Asian dance.
The Category Finals will air on BBC Four, following each of the five semi-finalists in each category as they prepare and receive mentoring from dance experts.
The Grand Final - which will be held at Sadler's Wells on May 9 - will see the winners from each category and two wildcards battling it out for the title of BBC Young Dancer 2015, and will be broadcast live on BBC Two.
Matthew Bourne, Akram Khan, Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo, Kenrick Sandy and Alistair Spalding have signed up to be grand final judges, while ballet star Carlos Acosta will be an ambassador for the competition.
Meanwhile, in the run-up to the grand final the six finalists will work with a...
- 10/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Theatrical hell-raisers and the art world's enfants terribles take centre stage in our roundup of the biggest risk-takers of 2014
Theatre
Oh! What a Lovely War
Theatre-maker Joan Littlewood was a visionary, an iconoclast and a subversive. Her 1963 "documentary collage" about the bitter ironies of the first world war was way ahead of its time, using popular period song and hard-hitting testimony. Lyn Gardner Theatre Royal Stratford East, London E15 (020-8534 0310), 1 February to 15 May.
Macbeth
Shakespeare's dark tale as you've never seen it before, taking place in a secret location from dawn to dusk. Party with Duncan, bed down in Macbeth's castle on the 27th floor of a tower block, glimpse the witches in an underground car park, and join the feast at which Banquo will be an uninvited guest. The spectres will be bloody – but the food will be vegetarian. LG Secret location, London, 4 April to 31 May.
Grit
This...
Theatre
Oh! What a Lovely War
Theatre-maker Joan Littlewood was a visionary, an iconoclast and a subversive. Her 1963 "documentary collage" about the bitter ironies of the first world war was way ahead of its time, using popular period song and hard-hitting testimony. Lyn Gardner Theatre Royal Stratford East, London E15 (020-8534 0310), 1 February to 15 May.
Macbeth
Shakespeare's dark tale as you've never seen it before, taking place in a secret location from dawn to dusk. Party with Duncan, bed down in Macbeth's castle on the 27th floor of a tower block, glimpse the witches in an underground car park, and join the feast at which Banquo will be an uninvited guest. The spectres will be bloody – but the food will be vegetarian. LG Secret location, London, 4 April to 31 May.
Grit
This...
- 1/1/2014
- by Lyn Gardner, Andrew Dickson, Jonathan Jones, Adrian Searle, Imogen Tilden, Andrew Clements, Tom Service, Mark Lawson, Tim Jonze, Brian Logan, Oliver Wainwright, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Henry Barnes, Judith Mackrell
- The Guardian - Film News
Guy Garvey, Isaac Julien, Martha Wainwright and other artists give their top tips for unleashing your inner genius
Guy Garvey, musician
• For fear of making us sound like the Waltons, my band [Elbow] are a huge source of inspiration for me. They're my peers, my family; when they come up with something impressive, it inspires me to come up with something equally impressive.
• Spending time in your own head is important. When I was a boy, I had to go to church every Sunday; the priest had an incomprehensible Irish accent, so I'd tune out for the whole hour, just spending time in my own thoughts. I still do that now; I'm often scribbling down fragments that later act like trigger-points for lyrics.
• A blank canvas can be very intimidating, so set yourself limitations. Mine are often set for me by the music the band has come up with. With The Birds,...
Guy Garvey, musician
• For fear of making us sound like the Waltons, my band [Elbow] are a huge source of inspiration for me. They're my peers, my family; when they come up with something impressive, it inspires me to come up with something equally impressive.
• Spending time in your own head is important. When I was a boy, I had to go to church every Sunday; the priest had an incomprehensible Irish accent, so I'd tune out for the whole hour, just spending time in my own thoughts. I still do that now; I'm often scribbling down fragments that later act like trigger-points for lyrics.
• A blank canvas can be very intimidating, so set yourself limitations. Mine are often set for me by the music the band has come up with. With The Birds,...
- 1/3/2012
- by Anthony Neilson, Ian Rickson, Martin Parr, Laura Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
Read our top-rated entries to the Guardian's annual competition to find the best young talent in arts writing
Overall Winner
Visual art, under 14
Freddie Holker, 12 – Homage to Lucian Freud, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Disgusting. That's what I'm thinking; that's my gut instinct. It's reminiscent of the swimming-pool changing rooms back at school, where I'm scared to look at anything in case it offends someone. This is the Homage to Lucian Freud, one of Britain's best modern artists, who died on 20 July 2011. Seventeen paintings by Freud are displayed. I'm standing in an eerily plain room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3,000 miles away from where I'm comfortable.
The only painting I can easily look at is, funnily enough, Naked Man, Back View. The only one that doesn't contain full-frontal nudity offers full dorsal nudity. It shows a fat man plonked on a footstool. His sitting position pushing out roll...
Overall Winner
Visual art, under 14
Freddie Holker, 12 – Homage to Lucian Freud, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Disgusting. That's what I'm thinking; that's my gut instinct. It's reminiscent of the swimming-pool changing rooms back at school, where I'm scared to look at anything in case it offends someone. This is the Homage to Lucian Freud, one of Britain's best modern artists, who died on 20 July 2011. Seventeen paintings by Freud are displayed. I'm standing in an eerily plain room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3,000 miles away from where I'm comfortable.
The only painting I can easily look at is, funnily enough, Naked Man, Back View. The only one that doesn't contain full-frontal nudity offers full dorsal nudity. It shows a fat man plonked on a footstool. His sitting position pushing out roll...
- 10/12/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
- It was inevitable that Black Swan would be divisive inside the ballet community. The Guardian pre-screened Black Swan for some of Britain's finest dancers. Here's a taste of their reactions: Tamara Rojo, The Royal Ballet: "I really have a problem with this film using an actress, not a dancer, to play Nina: the director seems to think that, in a few months, you can learn a profession that it takes years just to understand, let alone be good at. And in the film, Nina is supposed to be awesome." Lauren Cuthbertson, The Royal Ballet: "The film makes ballet look as though it's all blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice. Of course, that's suitable subject matter for a horror movie, but it doesn't show any of ...
- 1/7/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Black Swan stars Natalie Portman as a ballerina hitting the big time. How realistic is the movie? We asked the cream of British ballet to give their verdicts
Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky, claims to penetrate to the romantic, obsessional heart of ballet. Based loosely on Swan Lake, the film follows Nina, its ballerina heroine, as she grapples with learning the dual role of Odette and Odile (the white and black swans in Swan Lake).
Nina, played by Natalie Portman, is bullied by her mother and director, works herself punitively hard and becomes violently paranoid about her rival, Lily. What tips her over the edge is the challenge of dancing the Black Swan. As Nina tackles the sexy, malevolent role, she unleashes dark forces within herself that plunge us into full-on cinematic horror.
Prior to the film's Us release last month, the dance community had imagined Black Swan to...
Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky, claims to penetrate to the romantic, obsessional heart of ballet. Based loosely on Swan Lake, the film follows Nina, its ballerina heroine, as she grapples with learning the dual role of Odette and Odile (the white and black swans in Swan Lake).
Nina, played by Natalie Portman, is bullied by her mother and director, works herself punitively hard and becomes violently paranoid about her rival, Lily. What tips her over the edge is the challenge of dancing the Black Swan. As Nina tackles the sexy, malevolent role, she unleashes dark forces within herself that plunge us into full-on cinematic horror.
Prior to the film's Us release last month, the dance community had imagined Black Swan to...
- 1/6/2011
- by Judith Mackrell
- The Guardian - Film News
London, Nov 26 – The Royal Ballet is all set to perform ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the London’s O2 Arena in June, it has been announced.
It will be the first time the world famous company would perform in a UK arena and the cast includes dancers Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg, reports the BBC.
The organisers said that.
It will be the first time the world famous company would perform in a UK arena and the cast includes dancers Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg, reports the BBC.
The organisers said that.
- 11/26/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
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