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Lausanne 2023

Prix de Lausanne 2023 winners announced

4 February 2023

The Prix de Lausanne 2023 names Millán de Benito from Spain and Fabrizzio Ulloa Cornejo from Mexico joint winners.

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22 finalists for the Prix de Lausanne competition streaming live today

4 February 2023

22 dancers have been chosen to participate in the Prix de Lausanne final which will be streamed live today.

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Ed Watson: A Different Dance – a lavish new book on the Royal Ballet dancer

2 February 2023

The new, glossy volume, “Ed Watson: A Different Dance” has illustrated essays focussing on distinct aspects of his career at The Royal Ballet.

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Remanso ROBERTO BOLLE MATTIA SEMPERBONI, photo by Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala

First look at the Dawson/Duato/Kratz/Kylián contemporary programme at La Scala

30 January 2023

Dawson/Duato/Kratz/Kylián is a new mixed programme at La Scala which opens on 4 February. First peek with 50 rehearsal photos.

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Critics round-up and photo album of English National Ballet’s Swan Lake

29 January 2023

The London critics on the latest outing of Derek Deane’s Swan Lake with English National Ballet and a gallery of Dasa Wharton’s photos.

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[Interview] In conversation with Italian tenor Piero Pretti as he returns to La Scala for another debut

28 January 2023

I talk to Italian tenor Piero Pretti as he makes another role debut at La Scala. He sings Arrigo in I Vespri Siciliani and chats about the opera, food, and being Sardinian.

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[Review] Awakening the Beauty. Two Royal Ballet Auroras: Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Mayara Magri

27 January 2023

Two Auroras: Anna Rose O’Sullivan (quick, light, and bright) and Mayara Magri in her debut (ravishing, thrilling, glorious).

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Eleanor Perry & Daniel Hay-Gordon in Queen Have & Miss Haven't, photo by Rosie Powell-01

[Review] Thick & Tight presents “Tits and Teeth – a retrospective of a dazzling career”

Matthew Paluch sees Thick & Tight’s ‘Tits and Teeth – a retrospective of a dazzling career’ – “They’re one of a kind… It’s really something to behold.” 

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[Review] Acosta Danza’s Spectrum – endless commitment, and energy for eternity

Acosta Danza brings its Spectrum programme to the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre – some weak choreography but exceptional dancers.

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Birmingham Royal Ballet announces launch of BRB2, its new touring company

BRB2 is a new initiative where Birmingham Royal Ballet seeks out some of the best young ballet graduates from around the world to join a two-year performance programme.

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[Review] Brooklyn Mack in Swan Lake, dancing with understated charisma, nobility and grace

Jonathan Gray sees “the wonderful guest artist Brooklyn Mack, who was making his London debut as Prince Siegfried” in ENB’s Swan Lake.

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Everyone Keeps Me, The Royal Ballet, photo by Bill Cooper ROH

Pam Tanowitz’s Secret Things, her second world premiere for The Royal Ballet this season

Pam Tanowitz’s second world premiere for The Royal Ballet this Season is part of a special programme in the Linbury Theatre.

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[Review] Julie Cunningham & Company’s “how did we get here?”

Matthew Paluch raves about Julie Cunningham’s must-see show ‘how did we get here?’ – “With work of this calibre, I get greedy. I want to see it all the time.”

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Prix de Lausanne 2023 – the full lineup

The Prix de Lausanne 2023 50th anniversary complete programme, and the lineup for the Gala of the Stars

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[Review] Through the Grapevine – voyeurism at full pelt

Not Standing’s ‘Through the Grapevine’: “as the work develops their ongoing proximity and related intimacy starts to feel like a necessary choice.”

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Franco Zeffirelli – The La Scala Years: an exhibition in Milan

Franco Zeffirelli was born in 1923. La Scala anticipates the celebration of his centenary with the exhibition “Franco Zeffirelli – The La Scala Years”.

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[Review] Back by the lake: English National Ballet’s Swan Lake in London

Jonathan Gray sees Derek Deane’s “straight-forward version of the ballet” lacking in lyrical fluency for English National Ballet.

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Maria Kowroski and Jared Angle in Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy photo by Paul Kolnik

Principal dancer Jared Angle to give final performance with NYCB

New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Jared Angle will give his final performance with New York City Ballet on 4 February 2023.

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Kunstkamer - Artists Of TAB, TAB Sydney, photo by Daniel Boud (1)

The Australian Ballet will tour to the Royal Opera House in August 2023

After 35 years, The Australian Ballet returns to the Royal Opera House in London in August 2023 as part of its 60th-anniversary celebrations.

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The Dancing Times on when a dance critic is a critic no longer

A delightful extract from The Dancing Times from 1960 on an incident at the premiere of Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal Gardée.

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Anna Rose O'Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé in Romeo and Juliet - photo by Helen Maybanks, ROH 2019

Les Étoiles – the starry Rome gala at the end of January, now with two programmes

On 28 and 29 January 2023 in Rome the latest edition of the annual Les Étoiles gala will offer two programmes for the first time.

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[Review] Manni and Andrijashenko lead a sparkling cast in Nureyev’s Nutcracker

Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko lead an excellent cast in Nureyev’s Nutcracker at La Scala.

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Alexei Ratmansky in rehearsal with New York City Ballet. Photo credit Erin Baiano

Alexei Ratmansky joins New York City Ballet as Artist in Residence

Alexei Ratmansky will join the New York City Ballet in August 2023 as Artist in Residence.

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Ballet dancer Denis Vieira dies in Cyprus at 31

Denis Vieira passed away on 29 December 2022 in Nicosia, Cyprus, following an accident at home when he fell and hit his head. He was 31 years old.

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The lonely father – Jonathan Gray reviews a new biography of the choreographer John Cranko

It is written with love for John Cranko but does not shy away from noting his insecurities, nor from stating that not all his ballets were works of genius.

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Bruno Vescovo, former principal dancer with the La Scala Ballet, has died at 73

Bruno was a dancer of modest height with a fast dynamic, a physical quality that matched his personality.

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In Memoriam 2022: Singers, Dancers, Actors, Writers, Directors

In memoriam 2022: a personal list of some of the artists the world lost in 2022

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GRAHAM SPICER

Writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano’) about dance, opera, music and photography for people who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like. I was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. My scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times. I write the ‘Danza in Italia’ column for Dancing Times magazine.

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