ArtSpring screens the Royal Ballet's live production of Manon. Manon Lescaut is a beautiful young woman who falls prey to the moral corruption of 18th century Paris. Kenneth MacMillan brings Manon’s story vividly to life, with his ballet, which evokes the brutality and decadence described in Abbé Prévost’s infamous novel, as well as the feckless […]
ArtSpring screens the Bolshoi Ballet's live production of The Legend of Love. The royal apartments of Queen Mekhmene Banu are plunged into mourning – her young sister, Princess Shyrin, is dying. The Princess will only be saved if the Queen gives Shyrin her beauty. The Queen decides to sacrifice herself, but later regrets her action when she is disfigured […]
ArtSpring screens the Bolshoi Ballet's live production of The Nutcracker. On Christmas Eve, Marie’s godfather, Drosselmeyer, gives her a strange toy: a wooden nutcracker carved in the shape of a little man. At midnight, when the celebrations are over, all the toys magically come to life. The nutcracker grows to human size and takes charge of the […]
Photo Credit: Damir Yusupov Enjoy a live broadcast of Giselle, one of the greatest Romantic ballets, performed by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. This ballet is the perfect way to discover classical ballet. Giselle tells the story of a young peasant girl who falls in love with with a count and the consequences that ensue when […]
The holiday season springs to life at ArtSpring with this exquisite live broadcast of The Nutcracker by the Royal Ballet. In Peter Wright’s classic production, the stage sparkles with theatrical magic – a Christmas tree grows before our eyes, toy soldiers come to life to fight the villainous Mouse King and Clara is taken to […]
Photo Credit: Elena Fetisova Enjoy The Taming of the Shrew, a ballet broadcast live from the Bolshoi in Moscow to the ArtSpring theatre. Based on William Shakespeare’s play, this ballet follows the story of Bianca, whom many suitors dream of marrying. However her father will not let anyone marry her before her elder sister, the […]
The Royal Ballet’s artist-in-residence Liam Scarlett has become known for ballets that marry highly expressive movement, sophisticated musical response and dark psychological depth. Now he creates his first full-length work for the Royal’s main stage with Frankenstein, a period adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic tale of morality and our craving for love, companionship and understanding. […]
For one evening, the Bolshoi takes on a new challenge with audacity in Hans Van Manen’s Frank Bridge Variations, Sol León and Paul Lightfoot’s Short Time Together and Alexei Ratmansky’s Russian Seasons. This encounter between some of the best dancers in the world and masters of contemporary choreography results in an outstanding synthesis of bringing […]