Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala

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May 052013
 

401531 329186797125924 562326088 n 328x500 Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala21-year-old , who fam­ously stepped in at the last minute to replace Ivan Vasiliev, has been named primo ballerino (prin­cipal) after yesterday’s per­form­ance as Albrecht in Gis­elle.

Born in Potenza, Cov­i­ello received his bal­let train­ing at the school of the and was quickly snapped up by the com­pany at ’s La Scala in 2010.

He was awar­ded Danza & Danza’s Best New Artist in 2011, and pro­moted to soloist at La Scala just last year.

Two months ago, after hav­ing played Quasimodo in Roland Petit’s Notre-Dame de Paris for the after­noon mat­inée, he found him­self onstage again a couple of hours later to sub­sti­tute Vasiliev who was injured half an hour before cur­tain up. Cov­i­ello rose to the occa­sion mag­ni­fi­cently, and the groans from the audi­ence when Vasiliev’s can­cel­la­tion was announced soon turned into cheers for the young Coviello.

In bocca al lupo Claudio!

Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala
Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala
Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala
Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala
Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala
Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala
Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala
Claudio Coviello is promoted to primo ballerino at La Scala
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Eleonora Abbagnato is named “étoile” of the Paris Opera Ballet

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Mar 282013
 

Lefevre Abbagnato Eleonora Abbagnato is named étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet has been named “étoile” of the . Finally, one might add, and indeed the former dir­ector of the dance school of the Paris Opera, Claude Bessy, said just that. She was in the theatre with Abbagnato’s hus­band, foot­baller Fed­erico Balzar­etti, full­back at AS Roma, and many other mem­bers of the dancer’s fam­ily, except her one-year-old daughter.

The 34-year-old baller­ina, was pro­moted to the top rank after a per­form­ance of ’s Car­men by the dir­ector of the Opera Bal­let,  Bri­gitte Lefèvre, and Nic­olas Joel, dir­ector of the Opéra National de Paris. Abbag­nato joined the corps de bal­let at the Paris Opera in 1996, and became prima baller­ina in 2001, and although she has con­sist­ently danced lead­ing roles with the com­pany, the final pro­mo­tion has been a long time com­ing.… [con­tinue reading]

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Ivan Vasiliev drives Milan wild in his La Scala début

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Mar 062013
 

BBdW xPCAAATp h 333x500 Ivan Vasiliev drives Milan wild in his La Scala début’s sched­uled début with the bal­let com­pany at ’s , and also in the role of Quasimodo in ’s bal­let , was delayed from Sat­urday due to a last minute injury. Yes­ter­day, how­ever, he went on and scored a suc­cess that a log­gionista described as one of the supreme bal­let even­ings in the last forty years at Milan’s opera house. She com­pared the pres­ence of Vasiliev with that of Nureyev: per­son­al­it­ies that draw atten­tion towards them, even when they are not dan­cing and the inten­ded focus of the cho­reo­graphy. Such artists are indeed rare.

Italian blog­ger and bal­letomane Marino Palles­chi commented,

At 24 years of age, is it pos­sible to have under­stood all of Roman­ti­cism?… [con­tinue reading]

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Ivan Vasiliev’s injury gives unknown Claudio Coviello a chance to shine

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Mar 022013
 

Claudio Coviello 500x375 Ivan Vasilievs injury gives unknown Claudio Coviello a chance to shineWhile it wasn’t exactly a case of ‘A Star is Born’, 21-year-old was cer­tainly given a golden oppor­tun­ity when couldn’t go on at La Scala last night.

Cov­i­ello had learnt the role of Quasimodo in Roland Petit’s Notre-Dame de Paris for just a single mat­inée per­form­ance. The even­ing spots were taken by Roberto Bolle, and Ivan Vasiliev. Except for Murru this was début time for everybody.

Vasiliev, made-up and ready to take on the role for the first time, as well as mak­ing his first appear­ance at ’s famed opera house, was limber­ing up on stage half an hour before the cur­tain. Land­ing after a jump he felt pain in his back, and after quick con­sulta­tions with spe­cial­ists, it was decided that he couldn’t go on.… [con­tinue reading]

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Ivan Vasiliev is forced to cancel début at the last minute

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Mar 012013
 

Claudio CorvielloCarla FracciPetra Conti 500x375 Ivan Vasiliev is forced to cancel début at the last minuteIvan Vasiliev, who has been suf­fer­ing from back pains for a few days, was forced to bow out of his début at Teatro alla Scala in at the last minute. He was already in make-up for his role as the Hunch­back in Roland Petit’s Notre-Dame de Paris, when half-an-hour before cur­tain up he real­ised he couldn’t go on.

21-year-old who had danced the role at the mat­inée per­form­ance stepped in. As the announce­ment was made in the theatre wails arrived from all parts of the house with cries of “No!”. It is to young Coviello’s credit that the cries turned to cheers by the end of his first solo. His Esmer­alda was rising young Italian star Petra Conti, who danced the role superbly, and her real life part­ner, Eris Nezha, played her stage suitor in apt heroic fash­ion.… [con­tinue reading]

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Triumph in Milan for Natalia Osipova and Roberto Bolle in Notre-Dame de Paris

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Feb 172013
 

P2160066 500x375 Triumph in Milan for Natalia Osipova and Roberto Bolle in Notre Dame de ParisThe main curi­os­ity sur­round­ing the return to La Scala of ’s bal­let  was how cover-boy-ballerino could handle the role of the hunch­back Quasimodo; as he said him­self “it’s the first time I haven’t played il bello”.

Well, he comes out of it very well, maybe he’s not a dancer-actor like a Nic­olas Le Riche, but he is con­vin­cing and executes the cho­reo­graphy superbly. But he was only one of four superb inter­pret­ers, and the dan­cer who stirred most curi­os­ity amongst bal­let fans was .

In this theatre she has only been seen in the role of Kitri, and the back­stage buzz has been why a vir­tu­oso like Osipova has been chosen this sea­son to play both Esmer­alda and Manon.… [con­tinue reading]

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Igor Yebra answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

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Oct 172012
 

Igor Yebra Igor Yebra answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition

Q&A

When did you start dan­cing?
When I was 13 years old.

Why did you start dan­cing?
Because I liked it and in my house it was some­thing nor­mal to see bal­let; although first I wanted to be a foot­ball or bas­ket­ball player!

Which dan­cer inspired you most as a child?
, Ant­o­nio Gades and Vladi­mir Vasiliev.

Which dan­cer do you most admire?
Fred Astaire.

What’s your favour­ite role?
Those where I have to think and make the pub­lic think.

What role have you never played but would like to?
Leonardo in Bodas de San­gre [based on Lorca’s play Blood Wed­ding] cho­reo­graphed by Ant­o­nio Gades.

What’s your favour­ite bal­let to watch?
At the moment The Merry Widow because I’m work­ing on it, and at this time of crisis in the world what could be bet­ter!… [con­tinue reading]

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