About This Site

1. Mission,
2. RULES AND POLICIES,
3. All Members,
4. Before You Register,
5. Before You Post for the First Time,
6. How the Site Works,
7. Amazon.com Link Options,
8. Blogs!

Welcome

Newcomers, please introduce yourself here!

Links

Read links to reviews and articles about ballet. Most links expire within 14 days.

Ballet News & Issues

1. Ballet Obituaries,
2. Press Releases and Season Announcements

For discussing official news: e.g., a new Artistic Director has been named, etc. and to expand on topics raised in Links

Heads up!

1. Tickets and Ticket Offers

To announce ballet-related events, such as TV and radio broadcasts. tours, guest appearances, book signings, master classes, tours, new websites and updates.

Recent Ballet Performances

Review live ballet performances you've seen here!

Dancers

1. Dancer Websites, Blogs, Twitters

Talk about your favorite (or not) dancers here.

Discovering the Art

New to ballet? Have questions or issues you'd like to bring up? THIS is the place to post your question!

Aesthetic Issues

Choreography, provocative opinions, other artistic matters.

Ballets and Choreographers

1. La Bayadere -- in detail,
2. Cinderella video -- Royal Ballet 1969,
3. Cinderella (General),
4. Coppelia,
5. Le Corsaire,
6. Giselle,
7. Nutcracker,
8. Raymonda,
9. Sleeping Beauty,
10. Swan Lake,
11. Ashton Centennial,
12. Balanchine Centennial

For discussion of ballets and ballet choreographers, past and present.

Ballet History and Music

Ask questions, share information, discuss scores.

Links to rg's Photos!

Rare historical photos and postcards, promotional photos, posters, and programs, and other photos of interest to all balletomanes.

Ballet Videos, Films, Broadcast Performances, Photos, and Interviews

NO TAPE TRADING

Writings on Ballet

Discuss books, magazines, commentary, and blogs by authors and critics.

Everything Else Ballet

For miscellaneous topics from the audience point of view. If you don't know where to post a topic, post it here, and if there's a better spot, we'll move it for you.

Beyond Ashton and Balanchine: Ballet in the 20th Century

1. 1. A Sense of Place,
2. 2. Choreographers,
3. 3. In the room with. . .,
4. 4. Companies,
5. 5. Tying it all together,
6. 6. Further Discussion and Resources

A Ballet Talk Special Discussion

Ballets Russes Celebrations

Presentations, film, discussions, and exhibits surrounding the Ballets Russes.

Galas, Competitions, Festivals, Symposia, and Commemorations

To discuss events that are not specific to companies

Performing Arts Centers

American Ballet Companies

1. New York City Ballet,
2. American Ballet Theatre,
3. San Francisco Ballet,
4. Pacific Northwest Ballet,
5. Pennsylvania Ballet,
6. Boston Ballet,
7. Suzanne Farrell Ballet,
8. Miami City Ballet,
9. Washington Ballet,
10. Joffrey Ballet,
11. Oregon Ballet Theatre,
12. Houston Ballet,
13. Colorado Ballet,
14. Ballet Arizona,
15. Ballet Met,
16. Ballet West,
17. Ballet Austin,
18. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre,
19. Morphoses,
20. Los Angeles Ballet,
21. Kansas City Ballet,
22. Texas Ballet Theater,
23. Atlanta Ballet,
24. Orlando Ballet,
25. Cincinnati Ballet,
26. Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami,
27. Tulsa Ballet,
28. New York Theatre Ballet,
29. Ballet Chicago,
30. Ballet San Jose,
31. Milwaukee Ballet,
32. Oakland Ballet,
33. Carolina Ballet,
34. Sarasota Ballet,
35. North Carolina Dance Theatre,
36. Other American ballet companies,
37. Inactive companies

For news, reviews, and discussion of what's going on in your favorite ballet company. (Separate forums for ABT, NYCB, SFB, PNB, MCB, BB and lots of other Bs :) )

European Ballet Companies

1. Kirov-Mariinsky Ballet,
2. Royal Ballet,
3. Paris Opera Ballet,
4. Bolshoi Ballet,
5. Royal Danish Ballet,
6. Stuttgart Ballet,
7. Dutch National Ballet,
8. Royal Ballet of Flanders,
9. Corella Ballet Castilla León,
10. Munich Ballet,
11. Eifman Ballet,
12. Hamburg Ballet,
13. Birmingham Royal Ballet,
14. State Ballet of Georgia,
15. La Scala Ballet,
16. Ballet National de Marseilles,
17. Almaty State Ballet,
18. English National Ballet,
19. Royal Swedish Ballet,
20. Ballet de Bordeaux,
21. Finnish National Ballet,
22. Northern Ballet,
23. Vienna Opera Ballet,
24. Ballet de Toulouse,
25. Paris Conservatoire,
26. Berlin Ballet,
27. Kiev Ballet,
28. St. Petersburg Ballet,
29. Other European companies

News, reviews and discussion of European companies. Separate forums for: the Bolshoi, Kirov, Paris Opera, Royal, Royal Danish Ballets; Munich, Stuttgart , Finland, Sweden, and more.

Canadian, Australian, Asian Companies, etc.

1. Asian companies,
2. Australian Ballet,
3. National Ballet of Canada,
4. National Ballet of Cuba,
5. Other companies

If it's not in Europe or the U.S., it goes here :)

Multiple Company Reviews and Events

Take the Grand Tour? See a mixed-company season? Post it here!

Modern and Other Dance

Discuss Modern, Jazz, Folk, Ballroom, Show Dancing, etc. Performances, Issues, History, Music.

Other Performing & Fine Arts: Performances, Exhibits, Films, and Events

Have you been to an opera, play, concert, art exhibit, or film? Talk about it here.

General Reading and Literature

Talk about books other than dance books here.

From Past Years

1. 2002 -- Looking Back,
2. Ballet Competitions,
3. Classicism,
4. Goodbye to 2003,
5. Q&A!,
6. Closed Polls