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Vasiliev is still a jeune homme… be careful Ivan!
Ivan Vasiliev and Nicoletta Manni in Le jeune homme et la mort, La Scala, 2014Ivan Vasiliev is a powerful performer, both physically and emotionally. His prowess in ballet pyrotechnics — the leaps, the...
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Polunin, Zelensky and Schaufuss settle out of court
Sergei Polunin and Igor Zelensky on the Midnight Express posterThe Dancing Times reports that Sergei Polunin and Igor Zelensky have settled out of court after walking out of Peter Schaufuss’ production...
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Jack Devant, ballet photographer: freezing the beauty
There are thousands, millions, of dance photos scattered around the net, and most of the best come from just a handful of photographers. We know their copyright watermarks, we know their style, we read...
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Angel Corella to retire, close his company and leave Spain
Publicity for A+A in BarcelonaAfter ten years of hitting his head against a brick wall, Spanish ballet dancer Angel Corella has said that enough is enough and is closing his Barcelona Ballet company —...
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Help Julian, a 16-year-old American dancer, represent the Bolshoi in Sochi
This blog has often championed a good cause: young composers getting their first project off the ground… established composers getting a new project off the ground! Here is a very worthy cause,and an...
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Bolle’s Back: the 2014 tour and being boss at La Scala
Roberto Bolle and Friends, Verona 2012The Roberto Bolle and Friends road show gets under way again this summer, from 18 July, with a date at the Verona Arena on the 22nd, and finishing at the end of...
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Rothko in Rome: an interview with Carolyn Carlson
Dialogue with Rothko — Carolyn Carlson — photo © Yoshi Omori“It’s very difficult to tour now in Italy with its money problems,” Carolyn Carlson tells me, which makes producer Daniele Cipriani a brave...
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Peace is made, Bartoli’s back, and La Scala’s new season is announced
Well finally the Expo-season 2014–2015 at La Scala has been announced, with Alexander Pereira sitting chummily next to the smiling Milan mayor, Giuliano Pisapia. After the intrigue around the...
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La Scala complete Ballet casts and dates: 2014 — 2015
17 December (Preview for young people) 18, 19 (2 perfs), 28, 30, 31 December 2014 4, 10, 16, 18 January 2015Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Choreography: Nacho Duato Conductor: Vladimir...
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New York City Ballet’s Wendy Whelan brings new work to London for European...
Restless Creature with Wendy Whelan — photo by Christopher DugganNew York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan, who recently announced her retirement as a classical ballerina to focus on...
View ArticleOsipova is missing Hallberg, but hopes to return to the Bolshoi
The applause that greeted Natalia Osipova’s return to the Bolshoi stage was enthusiastic.Laura Cappelle wrote in her Financial Times review:The tour marks the Russian superstar’s first performances on...
View ArticleZakharova, Guérin and Legris in new works by Patrick de Bana for China
Svetlana Zakharova is to dance two modern pieces in the Gala Baiser Volé which closes the season at Shanghai’s Grand Theatre on 9 August. It will be the first time that the Russian ballerina dances in...
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The Ballett am Rhein triumphs in Schlaepfer’s monumental German Requiem
Choreographing to Brahms' A German Requiem may seem audacious, or even an affront, but that is what Martin Schlaepfer has done for the Ballet am Rhein and it works... wonderfully. Schlaepfer has...
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Paris Étoile Abbagnato welcomes Millepied and is glad to see Lefèvre go
He impressed us with his simple yet incisive approach during the rehearsals. He is a man who has a life outside dance; this is his true strength. Paris Opera Ballet Étoile Eleonora Abbagnato was...
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Partner-swapping at La Scala: Osipova/Sarafanov, Rojo/Vasiliev —...
Intriguing casting changes at La Scala.In September, Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote was to have have four guest artists: Svetlana Zakharova paired with Denis Matvienko and Natalia Osipova with Ivan...
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Darcey Bussell wants to get Britain dancing: You don’t need your leg around...
Do dancers 'need' to dance? Well, most of them do, yes. It was needing to dance as a child that made them into a professional dancer, and the term can come to define who you are. If you no longer...
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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui creates a semi-new piece for Osipova and Vasiliev
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev summer ballet-fest, Solo for Two, has a slight alteration in the programme.The evening’s opening is now to be a new piece by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, drawing on two...
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Young American at the Bolshoi: Julian MacKay wins Sochi and Istanbul medals
The (other) American at the Bolshoi, 16-year-old Julian MacKay, has been winning medals at the international ballet competitions at Sochi and Istanbul. Of course there are lots of ballet competitions...
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Deloitte Ignite 2014: The Royal Ballet’s month-long festival of dance, music...
The month-long contemporary arts festival Deloitte Ignite 2014 is based on the theme of myth and this year is curated by The Royal Ballet and The National Gallery’s Dr Minna Moore Ede, who said,At the...
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Carla Fracci for Expo 2015: Milan, Capital of the World
The Milanese ballerina, Carla Fracci, has become an Ambassador for the Milan Expo 2015.The theme of the World Expo is Feed the planet, Energy for Life and in the clip below she talks about her love for...
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