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Ten years of interviewing Royal Ballet dancers, designers, choreographers, ballet masters and its director
A list of the interviews with the with dancers, designers, ballet masters, choreographers, and the director of The Royal Ballet over the past decade.
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Rome Opera Ballet to visit Paris, Dubai, Barcelona and Liège in tours beginning this month
Paris in April, Dubai in May, Barcelona in July and Liège in November – these are the four destinations for Rome Opera Ballet scheduled for 2024.
[Interview] “It is possible!” – The Royal Ballet's Emerging Choreographer Joseph Toonga on piqués and popping
Interview with Joseph Toonga, The Royal Ballet's first Emerging Choreographer, who is bringing the world of hip hop into The Royal Opera House.
The Stuttgart Ballet mourns the passing of Dieter Graefe at 84
Dieter Graefe, former Administrator of the Stuttgart Ballet and holder of the rights to John Cranko's ballets, died in Stuttgart on Saturday 20 April.
[Review] Elixir Festival – Charlotta Öfverholm's In a Cage of Light / Susan Kempster's Mother
The Elixir Festival continued with a double bill with a surreal portrait of an aging performer and concluding with an intimate, intergenerational duet.
[Review] Hung Dance presents Birdy for London's Taiwan Festival
Matthew Paluch sees Hung Dance's Birdy: “their talent and commitment are indisputable, even though this piece didn't work for me.”
[Review] Hofesh Shechter's From England with Love – highlighting the pros and cons of Shechter's canon
Matt Paluch sees Hofesh Shechter's From England with Love – “lip-synching, shaking, werking, sashaying, shooting, facial contorting, flailing… you catch the drift.”
La Scala names its new rehearsal studio the Carla Fracci Sala
On the eve of the third edition of the Fracci Gala, La Scala names its newly built rehearsal studio ‘Sala Carla Fracci'.
Nominations for the 24th National Dance Awards – #NDA24
The Dance Section of the UK Critics' Circle announces its short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA24).
Tamara Rojo announces San Francisco Ballet's 2024–2025 Season
San Francisco Ballet's new season includes “high-drama story ballets, inventive contemporary voices, and works rarely seen by US audiences”.
Lynne Charles becomes new Artistic Director of English National Ballet School
English National Ballet School has announced that dancer, teacher, and creator of 4Pointe, Lynne Charles will become its new Artistic Director.
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[Review] Elixir Festival – Germaine Acogny & Malou Airaudo / Louise Lecavalier / Ben Duke
Elixir Festival expresses how older bodies can still dance with purpose and vitality.
Benesh Movement Notation to train young dancers in Frederick Ashton's repertoire
The Royal Academy of Dance's Benesh International has collaborated with The Frederick Ashton Foundation and Royal Ballet School to teach choreography using BMN.
Interview with choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra: dance is an inherently queer art
Paul Arrowsmith talks to choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra, who creates work exploring gender, cultural and sexual identity, as he prepares for Edward II.
Northern Ballet announces triple-bill, Three Short Works for Leeds and London
Northern Ballet's Three Short Ballets: two world premières by Mthuthuzeli November and Kristen McNally and Rudi van Dantzig's Four Last Songs.
[Review] IV by SERAFINE1369 at The Place – a conundrum
Matthew Paluch sees IV by SERAFINE1369 in London – “I was taken to all manner of places, ranging from boredom to intrigue and back again.”
New York Premiere of Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works highlights American Ballet Theatre's Summer Season
ABT's Summer Season – from 18 June until 20 July 2024 – features New York Premiere of Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works.
[Review] Wendy Houstoun's Watch It! at the Soho Theatre: punchy and full of wit
Graham Watts sees Wendy Houstoun's Watch It!: “There are so few entertainers of Houston's calibre that one can only hope that she goes on (and on).”
The Royal Ballet's International Draft Works 2024 – championing emerging choreographic talent
International Draft Works, The Royal Ballet's programme celebrating fledgling choreographic talent, returns to the Royal Opera House from 10-13 April 2024.
New York City Ballet presents its 75th Anniversary Spring Season with Tzigane renamed
Suzanne Farrell remounts Tzigane for New York City Ballet's six-week Spring Season… now renamed Errante.
[Review] Rome Opera Ballet perform de Bana, Forsythe and ‘Women' a new work by Juliano Nunes
A contemporary triple bill at Rome Opera saw Patrick de Bana and William Forsythe sharing the bill, with a new work from Brazilian choreographer Juliano Nunes.
Wayne McGregor presents Venice's Biennale Danza 2024 – We Humans
Wayne McGregor, Director of the Dance Department of La Biennale di Venezia which runs from 18 July until 3 August 2024, presents “We Humans”
For Carlo Fuortes it's been quite a week – appointed head of Florence's opera house and given a prison sentence
Carlo Fuortes – formerly head of Rome Opera – was nominated as the new Intendent of Florence's opera house days before being given a prison sentence.
Royal Ballet announces casting for Ashton Celebrated
The Royal Ballet has announced the casting for its Ashton Celebrated programmes (June 2024) with choreography by Frederick Ashton.
[Review] Mark Bruce Company in Frankenstein and Liberation Day
Matthew Paluch sees the Mark Bruce Company's double bill in London – Frankenstein and Liberation Day.
[Review] Phoenix Dance Theatre presents a triple bill, Belonging: Loss. Legacy. Love.
Matthew Paluch sees Phoenix Dance Theatre's Belonging: Loss. Legacy. Love. with Requiem, Cloudburst and Terms of Agreement
Maurizio Pollini: 1942-2024 – La Scala mourns one of its most important artists
La Scala's tribute to pianist Maurizio Pollini who has died at 82. From 1958 to his last recital in February 2023, Pollini performed at La Scala 168 times.