Vaganova Ballet Academy students Alexandra Khiteeva and Kirill Sokolovsky. Photoshoot for Like An Art.
John Lowe, age 91, took up ballet at age 79.
Grandfather to 11, John Lowe, of Witchford, Cambs, took up dancing having watched his daughter Alison become a professional dancer. The retired teacher said: “It’s a wonderful thing to do and I can’t understand why more men don’t do it.”Pirouettes have been perfected in daily practice at home ahead of Mr Lowe’s performance in Prokofiev’s The Stone Flower at The Maltings.
“I went to a dance school in the high street in Ely and asked if I could do tap and ballet and they said ‘well of course you can’ and I’ve been doing it ever since,” Mr Lowe said.
“I’ve got a rope at home that I use to pull my leg up higher. I’m lucky that I don’t have any problem with the routines but that’s because I exercise.
“There’s nothing effeminate about it - you have to be incredibly fit to dance.
Valerie Taylor, Thekla Russell and Margaret Sear in the Corps de Ballet Dressing Room of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1951. Photo by Roger Wood.
Yesterday Vaganova Ballet Academy students gave a performance for families of children with disabilities at the Hermitage Theatre. The performance was part of a concert organised by “Big Bear” Association to mark the 2018 International Volunteer Day.
Photos by Andrew Lush.
Vaganova Ballet Academy graduates Maria Khoreva and Maria Bulanova rehearsing with Diana Vishneva at Diana’s Context Pro studio in St Petersburg.
Graduate of Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Bolshoi dancer, Tatiana Osipova. Photos by Alisa Aslanova.
Maria Alexandrova warming up on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre (photo by James Hill)
¡alza la bandera!
I stood in line and got my tickets yesterday! 7 hours of waiting but it was worth it - we were all making dark jokes about how the line reminded us of post-hurricane María life. Luckily, this wait wasn’t for water, food or gas.
I still can’t believe I get to see Hamilton with Lin Manuel, in my country, in the theater of my University. My heart is full of joy. 🇵🇷♥️🇵🇷
I’d also like to say there is a lot of misinformation out there about the tickets - the online sale only lasted an hour, but residents were buying tickets all day and well into the night. That is to say, tickets for outsiders were very limited, but most people who went to the sales points in Puerto Rico got tickets. Only the very very last didn’t, once they truly ran out. I know of people getting tickets at 8pm and later.
My latest Q&A is up at melmoth.co
Ervin Zagidullin graduated from Vaganova Ballet Academy in July, having trained under Fethon Miozzi, and has since joined the crème de la crème of St Petersburg ballet in the Mariinsky Theatre’s corps de ballet. During his academic career, Ervin made something of a splash at several major ballet competitions. Most notably, he won third place at the 2016 Vaganova-PRIX and made it into the finals of this year’s Prix de Lausanne. Ervin’s key to success? Hard work and an unrelentingly positive attitude!
Photos by Anastasia Livun.
