covent garden

for the love of ballet

October 19, 2021Uncategorizedballet, black and white photography, covent garden, Pentax, photography, Royal Opera House, World Ballet DayAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

For World Ballet Day today I thought I would share these photos that I took fifty years ago during rehearsal at the Royal Opera House, Covenant Garden. Happily the negatives are as pristine today as they were all those years ago when I took the film from my trusty Pentax Spotmatic SLR and headed for the dark room.

I posted the first photo in 2015 under the title Peeping Beauty.

be moved too

June 13, 2020ArtArt, Art studio, ballet, black lives matter, covent garden, watercolorAndrew Seal One comment

After the sublime performance at the Royal Opera House today of the world premier of a new work choreographed by Wayne McGregor to Strauss’ Morgan danced by Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales, the company all took a knee in support of Black Lives Matter; a powerful and moving moment. Watch it on YouTube for the next 14 days and be moved too.