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Passing the Barre: London Dance Schools |
| Section: THE ARTS / DANCE |
| Author: Kathrine Sorley Walker |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 7/1/1992 |
| Size: 1,893 Words, 11,771 Characters |
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Each summer in London, ballet-goers assemble eagerly to see the Royal Ballet School's annual show. It is often a matinee, usually at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and combines pupils from both the upper and lower schools. Ballets chosen, with due care for the quality of talent on display, range from a full-length Sleeping Beauty to mixed bill of short repertoire works. For the aficionado, it is a chance to see great dancers of the future; for the students, it is an unforgettable opportunity to dance on a historic stage under professional conditions. As for the teachers, it is a moment to exhibit to the artistic directors and staff of both companies--the Royal Ballet, based at Covent Garden, and the Birmingham Royal Ballet--the present capacity and future potential of the young men ...
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.... Out of London Contemporary Dance School have emerged most of the stimulating artists in the present modern-dance scene in Britain. They include Richard Alston (choreographer and director of Rambert Dance Company), Siobhan Davies, and Robert North as well as new and exciting talents like Jonathan Lunn and Kim Brandstrup, who now regularly create ballets for London Contemporary Dance Theatre.
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