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Subforums:

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!

• 19 August 2010 - 08:18 AM
• In: 2010-2011 Calendar is up!
• By: Helene 

Welcome

Newcomers, please introduce yourself here!

• 27 August 2010 - 03:05 PM
• In: Hi everyone
• By: carbro 

Links

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

• Today, 04:34 AM
• In: Thursday, September 2
• By: dirac 

Ballet News & Issues

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

Subforums:

1. Obituaries
2. Press Releases and Season Announcements

• Today, 04:48 AM
• In: New Choreographer in Reside...
• By: Raylene 

Heads up!

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

Subforums:

1. Tickets and Ticket Offers

• 30 August 2010 - 08:21 PM
• In: Un été de danse: Les Grands...
• By: volcanohunter 

Recent Ballet Performances

Review live ballet performances you've seen here!

• 16 August 2010 - 02:29 AM
• In: Royal Ballet's Japan tour
• By: sarah123 

Dancers

Talk about your favorite (or not) dancers here.

Subforums:

1. Dancer Websites, Blogs, Twitters

• 29 August 2010 - 07:22 PM
• In: Viengsay Valdes, love'e...
• By: cubanmiamiboy 

Discovering the Art

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

• 31 August 2010 - 04:14 PM
• In: Preserving a New Ballet
• By: Mel Johnson 

Aesthetic Issues

Choreography, provocative opinions, other artistic matters.

• 23 August 2010 - 06:23 PM
• In: virtuosity
• By: kfw 

Ballets and Choreographers

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

Subforums:

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

• Today, 08:22 AM
• In: Snow Queen Pas de Deux
• By: pmeja 

Ballet History and Music

Ask questions, share information, discuss scores.

• 30 August 2010 - 12:45 PM
• In: AN EVENING WITH THE ROYAL B...
• By: rg 

Links to rg's Photos!

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

• 28 March 2010 - 04:23 AM
• In: What are you favorite INDIV...
• By: kfw 

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

NO TAPE TRADING

• Today, 09:13 AM
• In: Miami City Ballet to be on ...
• By: richard53dog 

Writings on Ballet

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

• Yesterday, 08:34 AM
• In: An interview with Alastair ...
• By: bart 

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.

• 28 August 2010 - 08:06 PM
• In: Which ballet is this from?
• By: carbro 

Beyond Ashton and Balanchine: Ballet in the 20th Century

A Ballet Talk Special Discussion

Subforums:

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

• 07 August 2009 - 05:39 PM
• In: Walter Gore
• By: duffster 

Ballets Russes Celebrations

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

• 28 August 2010 - 01:10 PM
• In: Anyone planning to see the ...
• By: ViolinConcerto 

Galas, Competitions, Festivals, Symposia, and Commemorations

To discuss events that are not specific to companies

• Yesterday, 08:46 AM
• In: White House Dance Series
• By: cinnamonswirl 

Performing Arts Centers

• 19 June 2010 - 05:40 PM
• In: OCPAC Dance Season 2010-2011
• By: iczerman 

American Ballet 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 :) )

Subforums:

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

• 30 August 2010 - 01:04 PM
• In: Philip Neal Farewell 6/13/2010
• By: bart 

European Ballet 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.

Subforums:

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 Theatre
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

• Today, 07:37 AM
• In: A bit of fun from Stuttgart...
• By: DanceActress 

Canadian, Australian, Asian Companies, etc.

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

Subforums:

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

• 19 August 2010 - 12:25 AM
• In: swan lake revisits water cu...
• By: CM 

Multiple Company Reviews and Events

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

• 22 June 2010 - 10:04 AM
• In: Ballet Across America II at...
• By: ami1436 

Modern and Other Dance

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

• Today, 09:29 AM
• In: Dancing With the Stars
• By: richard53dog 

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.

• 31 August 2010 - 07:59 AM
• In: Callas Assoluta
• By: dirac 

General Reading and Literature

Talk about books other than dance books here.

• Today, 04:45 AM
• In: Cats in Charge
• By: perky 

From Past Years

Subforums:

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

• 01 June 2009 - 07:59 PM
• In: List of Asian Ballet Schools
• By: carbro