Estonian National Ballet: Black and White, Double Bill
Estonia Opera House Tallinn 26th March Stuart Sweeney Ukrainian Serge Lifar is recognised as one of the finest male dancers of the 20th C and…
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Estonian National Ballet: Korsaar (Le Corsaire / The Corsair)
Estonian Opera House Tallinn 4th December 2022 Stuart Sweeney In the theatre and on film, I have seen several versions of Korsaar and, to confess, …
Estonian National Ballet: Twilight Houses
Tallinn Estonia 24th April 2022 Stuart Sweeney Tiit Härm’s love for the music of Gustav Mahler formed the inspiration for his new ballet Twilight H…
Estonian National Ballet: La Bayadère
Estonia Opera House Tallinn April 21st 2022 Stuart Sweeney Tragic ballets, such as Swan Lake and Giselle have an emotional resonance which make a d…
Estonian National Ballet: Teet Kask’s Louis XIV – the Sun King
Estonia Opera House Tallinn 21st and 24th November Stuart Sweeney Louis XIV was extraordinary: King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715, …
Estonian National Ballet: A Streetcar Named Desire by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Nancy Meckler
26th November 2017 Estonia Opera House Tallinn by Stuart Sweeney To make a ballet from Tennessee Williams famous play and film, Ashley Page, then t…
Estonian National Ballet – End of 2017 Round-up
Estonia Opera House Tallinn Stuart Sweeney Ballet evening – dance miniatures and Othello (29th Nov 2017) provided an intriguing mix. The first half…
Estonian National Ballet: Giselle
Estonia Opera House Tallinn April, 2017 Stuart Sweeney I’ve been visiting Estonia for 15 years and this is the first time during that period that G…
Estonian National Ballet, “Silent Monologues” and “Song of the Earth”
Estonia Opera House Tallinn 6th November 2016 Stuart Sweeney Estonian National Ballet’s new double bill featured Toomas Edur’s Silent Monologues …