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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!

• Yesterday, 03:34 PM
• In: Annual Fundraiser
• By: Mel Johnson 

Welcome

Newcomers, please introduce yourself here!

• 15 July 2010 - 02:09 PM
• In: New to Ballet Talk
• By: carbro 

Links

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

• Today, 05:16 AM
• In: Friday, July 30
• 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, 11:45 AM
• In: Raymond Serrano
• By: Alexandra 

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

• 20 July 2010 - 04:41 PM
• In: Julie Kent, Marcelo Gomes, ...
• By: vrsfanatic 

Recent Ballet Performances

Review live ballet performances you've seen here!

• 28 July 2010 - 08:42 PM
• In: Connecticut Ballet
• By: Amy Reusch 

Dancers

Talk about your favorite (or not) dancers here.

Subforums:

1. Dancer Websites, Blogs, Twitters

• 20 July 2010 - 12:59 PM
• In: Rasta Thomas
• By: Mary Lynn Slayden 

Discovering the Art

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

• Today, 02:36 AM
• In: Having Confidence in Conduc...
• By: hunterman0953 

Aesthetic Issues

Choreography, provocative opinions, other artistic matters.

• 26 July 2010 - 10:29 AM
• In: Legacies
• By: Helene 

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. Raymonda
7. Sleeping Beauty
8. Swan Lake
9. Ashton Centennial
10. Balanchine Centennial

• 28 July 2010 - 06:52 PM
• In: Marius Petipa
• By: rg 

Ballet History and Music

Ask questions, share information, discuss scores.

• Yesterday, 09:35 AM
• In: Fonteyn and Helpmann
• 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

• Yesterday, 01:59 PM
• In: Goldilocks
• By: danceforall 

Writings on Ballet

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

• 27 July 2010 - 02:22 PM
• In: Dance Critics Association A...
• By: dirac 

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.

• Today, 12:26 PM
• In: Ballet and Poetry. Le Corsa...
• By: cubanmiamiboy 

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.

• 07 June 2010 - 01:19 PM
• In: Ballets Ruses the documentary
• By: carbro 

Galas, Competitions, Festivals, Symposia, and Commemorations

To discuss events that are not specific to companies

• 28 July 2010 - 03:43 PM
• In: Varna Ballet Competition 2010
• By: bingham 

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

• Today, 11:35 AM
• In: Julie Kent, Marcelo Gomes, ...
• By: Ambonnay 

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, 01:09 AM
• In: Bolshoi in London 2010
• By: chiapuris 

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

• 28 June 2010 - 03:00 AM
• In: Yoel Carreno and Yolanda Co...
• By: bart 

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.

• 06 July 2010 - 11:51 AM
• In: Merce Cunningham's Roar...
• By: kfw 

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.

• Yesterday, 05:31 PM
• In: Classic Hollywood/Hollywood...
• By: miliosr 

General Reading and Literature

Talk about books other than dance books here.

• Today, 11:41 AM
• In: What are you reading?
• By: Alexandra 

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