Royal Ballet of Flanders in The Low Countries
April, 2010 - Royal Ballet of Flanders is featured in The Low Countries, a book about art and society in Flanders and The Netherlands.
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Concertnieuws.be reviews Grands Egards en Kylián - Fonte - Pickett
April, 2010 - Bert Hertogs (Concertnieuws.be) reviews the recent shows of Grands Egards and Kylián - Fonte - Pickett.
Read the full Kylián - Fonte - Pickett review (Dutch)
Read the full Grands Egards review (Dutch)
Reviews by Dance Europe and Dancing Times of Grands Egards
March, 2010 - Maggie Foyer of Dance Europe and Marc Haegeman of Dancing Times review Royal Ballet of Flanderss recent performances of Grands Egards. Click on the images below to read the full review.
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Outstanding review by the New York Times of Artifact in Ludwigshafen
November 24, 2009 - Roslyn Sulcas reviews Royal Ballet of Flanders recent performances of Artifact in Ludwigshafen, Germany - Read the full review at NYTimes.com
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Kathryn Bennetts with the Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award for the Royal Ballet Of Flanders, that impressed with their shows of Impressing The Czar in Sadler's Wells - photo Zak Hussein/PA |
Royal Ballet of Flanders Wins Prestigious Laurence Olivier Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Dance"
March, 2009 - The Royal Ballet of Flanders has won the coveted Laurence Olivier Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Dance" for its successful series of performances of "Impressing the Czar" at Sadler's Wells in London. The piece had also been nominated in the "Best New Dance Production" category by a jury composed of experts, selected for their knowledge and professional experience, as well as members of the audience.
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Chantal Pauwels (l) and Kathryn Bennetts with the |
The Royal Ballet of Flanders is delighted and honoured to have received this important award, which it regards as a token of recognition and a crowning moment for the entire company.
Further information: Kathryn Bennetts : 0498 16 37 57
Chantal Pauwels: 0478 29 90 77
The next major production by the Royal Ballet of Flanders is William Forsythe's Artifact, which will premiere on 22 May 2009 at Antwerp Opera House.
Royal Ballet of Flanders | Swan Lake | Antwerp
A motionless figure stands barely visible behind the gauze tapestry. As the curtain lifts and illuminates a dank
green cave, the half-human, half-reptile flickers his fingers and undulates his rubbery arms. His head jerks, eyes glitter...
Royal Ballet of Flanders Receives Two Nominations for Laurence Olivier Awards
ANTWERP – It’s another feather in the cap of the Royal Ballet of Flanders as the dance company is nominated twice
for the prestigious Laurence Olivier Awards. The winners are to be announced on Sunday 8 March 2009 at
Grosvenor House in London.
This is the first time that the Royal Ballet of Flanders is among the nominees for the Laurence Olivier Awards,
the most coveted theatre awards in the UK. The company earned a nomination for ‘Best New Dance Production’ for William Forsythe’s absolute masterpiece Impressing the Czar.
The Ballet of Flanders’ impressive classical and modern ballet productions have filled theatres in Belgium and abroad. Audiences around the world have been dazzled by the company’s talent and enthusiasm. In November 2008,
its exhilarating performances at Sadler’s Wells in London received rapturous praise, resulting in a nomination for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Dance’. Other nominees in this category are the Royal Ballet Company (Infra), and
Savion Glover, Marshall Davis Jr. and Maurice Chestnut (Bare Soundz).
The Laurence Olivier Awards are presented by the Society of London Theatre. The jury is composed of experts,
selected for their knowledge and professional experience, as well as theatregoers.
Later in the season, the Royal Ballet of Flanders’ Impressing the Czar will be travelling to Moscow and to Paris.
For further information:
Chantal Pauwels : 0478 29 90 77
Maureen Vandeputte: 0496 59 78 62
Reviews Swanlake
Swans Seize Stage
On the face of it, Marcia Haydée’s Swan Lake is a traditional interpretation of this classic ballet. But appearances can be deceptive, for Haydée, a ballet icon, reverses the traditional role patterns as the swans seize the stage in an unexpected coup. Swans, she explains, are snappy birds: they can attack in a flash...
De Standaard | 26/1/2009
Classic Goes Disney
How should a choreographer today approach a classic ballet that has, over the past 130 years, all but reached perfection? Perhaps by confronting the piece with a modern icon like Disney, as Marcia Haydée and the Royal Ballet of Flanders have done.
Gazet van Antwerpen |23/1/2009
Heyday for a classic
The Royal Ballet of Flanders adds an impressive feather to its cap: a new Swan Lake choreographed expressly for them,
by a living legend...
The Bulletin |Luisa Moffett | 05/02/2009
Impressing the Czar in Frankfurt
Goldene Kirschen
Frankfurter Algemeine |7/6/2008 | Eva-Maria Magel
Vor 20 Jahren zeigte das Ballett Frankfurt William Forsythes “Impressing the Czar” im Schauspiel Frankfurt. Die Wiederkehr in der Einstudierung des Koningelijk Ballet van Vlaanderen wurde nun zum Triumph.
Das, sagt der Herr eine Reihe weiter hinten, laut vernehmlich trotz des ohrenbetäubenden Jubels, sei ja wohl als Backpfeife für die Politik zu verstehen: Wie sie den nur haben gehen lassen können? “Der” steht zwischen knapp vier Dutzend Tänzern, das Publikum hat sich von den Sitzen erhoben, um William Forsythe minutenlang zu applaudieren. Dabei ist es nicht sein einstiges Ballett Frankfurt, sondern das Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen, das “Impressing the Czar” wieder nach Frankfurt bringt. Im Schauspiel sitzen einige der “Czar”-Tänzer von einst, viele Zuschauer, die das Ballett schon 1988 gesehen haben - und ebenso viele meist jüngere Leute, denen sich durch das Gastspiel eine Lücke schliesst. Begeistert sind alle…
Der Zar ist beeindruckt
Frankfurter Neue Presse | 7/6/2008
Read more...Aufruhr in der Tanzschule.
Forsythes Impressing the Czar beeindruckt zum "Steps-Start".
Stephan Reuter | Bazkulturmagazin |12/04/08
"God save the dance" gab Basels Ballettdirektor Richard Wherlock dem Tanzfestival "Steps" zum Eröffnung in Basel mit auf dem Weg. Und es kam gut. Irrwitzig gut. Dank William Forsythe und dem Royal Ballet of Flanders...
Begegnung der dritten Art.
Das Tanzfestival feierte im Theater Basel eine fulminante Eröffnung - mit einem Stück Tanzgeschichte, das noch heute staunen lässt: Forsythes "Impressing the Czar".
Jana Ulman | Mittelland Zeitung 12/04/08
Das Auge, weiss nicht woran sich festhalten in diesem überbordenden Gewimmel von Tänzerinnen und Tanzern auf der Bühne des Theaters Basel.
Ein Ballettpanoptikum für den Zaren.
Ein Forsythe-Klassiker eröffnet des Festival Steps in Basel
Martina Wohlthat | Neue Zucher Zitung 12/04/08
Das hat sich Vaclav Nijinski nicht träumen lassen, dass sien Faun einmal, von goldenen Pfeilen durchbohrt, als heiliger Sebastian auf der Ballettbühne schmachten würde.
Ein Feuerwerk der Formenvielfalt.
Mit "Impressing the Czar" hatte das Royal Ballet of Flandres" in Basel das Tanzfestival Steps eröffnet. Sein Programm "Triple Bill" mit zwei Forsythe-Choreografien zeigte es jetzt mit grossem Erfolg im Theater Winterthur.
Ursula Pellaton | Der Landbote | 21/04/08
Zwei Choreografien von William Forsythe und dazu Jorma Elos "Lost by Last" fügten sich zum attraktiven Tanzabend.
La danseuse Aki Saito
Gael |Jan. 2008
Aki Saito 33 ans, est une étoile du Ballet van Vlaanderen. Impossible d'atteindre ce niveau sans une discipline de fer et un entrainenment très exigeant...
Bouquets and daggers.
Dance critics from around the world recall last season's outstanding performances and award their bouquets and daggers... | Dance Europe 10/07
Ali Mahbouba | Dance Europe
Outstanding male dancer: Mikel Jauregui (RBF) for his fluid strength and serenity in Dawson's A sweet spell of oblivion.
Best classical premiere: David Dawson's A sweet spell of oblivion for the RBf was an absolute delight.
Donald Hutera | Dance Now, Time Out, The Times, Dance Europe
Best performance (not a premiere): William Forsythe's Bongo Bongo Nageela and Mr. Pnut Goes to the Big Top
(part of Impressing the Czar by RBF at the 2007 Edinburgh International Festival.
Judith Delme | Dance Europe
Outstanding female dancer: Eva Dewaele (RBF) who manages to wring the essence out of every piece she dances, in particular the Queen in Christian Spuck's The Return of Ulysses (Nov.06); Aki Saito (RBF), flawlessly classical in The Sleeping Beauty (June 07) and the ultimate dancing machine in In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (June 07).
Outstanding male dancer: Alain Honorez (RBF) in David Dawson's A sweet spell of Oblivion (April 07)
Outstanding partnership: Aki Saito and Wim Vanlessen (RBF), two dancers totally attuned to one another, physically and musically.
Best classical premiere: David Dawson's A Sweet Spell of Oblivion - so poetic, a modern Les Sylphides; Christian Spuck's full-length ballet The Return of Ulysses.
Bouquets to: Kathryn Bennetts of RBF, who, in a short period of time, has rejuvenated this rather tired, lacklustre company
and made it exciting and stimulating.
Mary Brennan | The Herald, Scotland/Dance Now
Best classical premiere: Impressing the Czar: William Forsythe, stuningly well done by RBF with Aki Saito in memorable form in In the Middle, somewhat Elevated.
