Ballet; ballet companies, dancers, famous ballets, choreographers; a guide to websites
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Ballets Ballet terms
Blogs, journals British ballet
Choreographers Companies Competitions
Dictionaries French ballet
Russian ballet Tchaikovsky History of ballet
American ballet
American Ballet Theatre. America’s national ballet company.
Australian ballet
The Australian Ballet
The largest classical ballet company in Australia.
Australian Ballet Education Programme
The Australian Ballet School, Melbourne.
Australia Dancing
A directory of resources.
Australian ballet history archive.
Australian Ballet Wikipedia entry.
Ballerinas; famous ballerinas
Ballerina Gallery. Photographs of famous ballerinas.
Ballerinas, a list from Wikipedia.
Sylvie Guillem. Wikipedia entry.
Sylvie Guillem. Articles in The Guardian.
Anna Pavlova, Wikipedia entry.
Galina Ulanova, Wikipedia entry.
Margot Fonteyn, Wikipedia entry.
Tamara Rojo on YouTube: ballets and interviews
Nina Ananiashvili, The Complete Ballerina
Ballet dancers, male dancers
Famous ballet dancers. Wikipedia entry.
Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer.
Wikipedia entry.
Nijinsky, Vaslav. Vaslav Nijinsky. Ballets, choreographers.
Stiefel, Ethan. Ethan Stiefel. Wikipedia
Ballet shoes
Wikipedia entry on Pointe shoes.
Ballets
Les biches
Les biches
Les biches (1924) is a ballet by Bronislava Nijinska to music by Francis Poulenc, premiered by the Ballets Russes.
Cinderella
Giselle
Giselle. Reviews of recorded performances.
Nutcracker
Ballet Minnesota’s Nutcracker Timeline
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), Wikipedia entry.
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64, free scores.
Sleeping Beauty
Wikipedia entry on Sleeping Beauty
ABT’s Sleeping Beauty Resources
Swan Lake
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Ballet Russe
Ballets Russes, Wikipedia entry.
RussianBroadway
All Russian ballet tickets in one place. RussianBroadway.com is really useful website for all Ballet aficionados, who are planning their trip to Russia and would like to see The Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle and other masterpieces of Russian ballet in Marinsky (ex-Kirov) Theatre, Mikhailovsky (ex-Mussorgsky) Theatre, Aleksandrinsky Theatre and others by their own eyes. You can book ticket for famous Russian ballet shows in couple of minutes and receive it online or have it delivered to your hotel, cruise-ship or theatre itself right before the show.
Serge Diaghilev, Wikipedia entry.
Vaslav Nijinsky, Wikipedia entry.
Bronislava Nijinska, Wikipedia entry.
Blogs and journals
The Arts Desk dance section.
A website showcasing some of the best specialist arts journalism.
The Ballet Bag
Capsule biographies, ballet fact cards, review roundups and commentary on social media, crossing over with other art forms and cultural references (pop culture, cinema, rock music ). In addition to their own content they use web 2.0 to network with dance fans, companies, dancers, writers, bloggers, etc. sharing what’s good, fun and interesting in the balletsphere.
DanceTabs
DanceTabs is a dance news site, with contributions by writers and critics of experience. They look to cast a sharp eye over what is happening and ‘tell it like it is in happiness or sorrow’, both here and via social media.
j-Pointe
Joffrey Ballet
Pointe Magazine
A bimonthly publication devoted to ballet news, reviews and features.
British ballet
Dancing Times, a leading UK Dance journal.
English National Ballet. England’s touring ballet company
Contemporary dance in the UK from The Place,
The Richard Alston Dance Company.
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
Royal Academy of Ballet, UK (RAD)
The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, London
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Choreographers, ballet choreography
Wikipedia list of choreographers.
Famous choreographers
Ashton, Sir Frederick. Sir Frederick Ashton
The George Balanchine Foundation
Classical ballet, Wikipedia entry.
Wikipedia
Companies
Ballet companies around the world, a list from Wikipedia.
Ballet Companies.com
A gateway to ballet and dance companies present on the internet.
American Ballet Theatre, New York, NY
Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich, Germany
English National Ballet, London
Houston Ballet, Houston, Texas
Kirov (Marinsky) Ballet, St. Petersburg, Russia
Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg
National Ballet of Canada, Toronto
Miami City Ballet, Miami, Florida
National Theatre Ballet, Prague
Netherlands Dance Theater, The Hague
Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Moscow
Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, WA
Opera National de Paris Ballet
The Royal Ballet Covent Garden
Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Manitoba
Competitions
Genee International Ballet Competition
Helsinki International Ballet Competition
Japan International Ballet Competition
International Ballet Competition, Luxembourg
New York International Ballet Competition
USA-International Ballet Competition
Varna International Ballet Competition
Composers
Ballet composers, a list from Wikipedia.
Criticaldance.com. A forum for dancers.
D
Dance Magazine
An internet ballet magazine.
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, terms
Wikipedia glossary of ballet terms.
R
European ballet
Wikipedia entry on ballet.
European ballet companies
F
Fokine, Michel
Michel Fokine
Papers in the Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library.
Michel Fokine, Wikipedia entry.
Forums
Forum for dancers. Criticaldance.com
A forum for dancers, with reviews, articles and interviews.
French ballet
Ballet dancers. Wikipedia entries on French ballet dancers.
Ballet companies in France. Wikipedia
Wikipedia entry on French ballet.
H
Hamburg Ballett / Hamburg Ballet
History of ballet
The history of ballet.
Wikipedia
The History of Ballet, History Things
The Distinct Periods of Ballet History. Cennarium
History of Ballet: Timeline & Facts. Study.com