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La Scala welcomes back its stars – season opening 7 December
Despite coronavirus restrictions, La Scala will celebrate the opening of its season 2020-2021 – however long or short it may be – on 7 December, the feast of Saint Ambrose, Milan’s saint’s day.
The starry evening, A riveder le stelle (Seeing the Stars Again), will be broadcast live by Rai Cultura on Italian television’s Rai 1 at 5pm. Riccardo Chailly will conduct, and the director Davide Livermore will use actors and projections to create a context for the starry cast of 24 singers together with La Scala’s dancers.
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Marion Tait to step down as Assistant Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet
Marion Tait will step down from her role as Assistant Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet on 31 December 2020. She will continue working, part time, with Birmingham Royal Ballet family from January, rehearsing and coaching the company dancers.
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Coppélia – a tale of illness, premature death, amputation, and war
The story around the creation of one of the most joyous ballets, Coppélia, involves a heart attack, injury, smallpox, amputation, the Franco-Prussian War, and the death of its star Giuseppina Bozzacchi who died on her 17th birthday just a few months after the premiere.
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All about English National Ballet’s Digital Season: 23 Nov – 21 Dec
All the programming for English National Ballet’s world premieres for its digital season, a series of five original dance films that will be made available to rent via Ballet on Demand, part of the company’s new video platform, ENB at Home.
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American Repertory Ballet names Ethan Stiefel as its new Artistic Director
American Repertory Ballet (ARB) has announced that Ethan Stiefel will become its new Artistic Director beginning in July 2021.
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Yasmine Naghdi answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Royal Ballet principal dancer Yasmine Naghdi talks about loves and dislikes from Spritz to Manon, Tokyo to Puglia, her grandmother’s table to Covent Garden.
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Pierina Legnani – more than 32 fouettés
Pierina Legnani was born in Milan on 30 September 1868 and died 90 years ago today 15 November 1930. Here is a short summary of her extraordinary career.
[Photo Album] The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage – tonight and for 30 days
A special live-streamed performance tonight, Friday 13 November at 7.30pm GMT of the gala The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage, will be available through The Royal Opera House site for the next 30 days.
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Plácido Domingo cancels Italian dates for health problems
Plácido Domingo has cancelled his Italian commitments in November due to a health problem that have arisen in the last few hours.
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Royal Opera House announces live performance broadcasts during November lockdown
The Royal Opera House has announced a series of live performance broadcasts, together with some repertory favourites from both The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, throughout the November lockdown period.
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National Ballet of Canada cancels remainder of the 2020/21 season
Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, has announced that the remaining 2020/21 season will be cancelled due to the ongoing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Eleonora Abbagnato shines in Four Seasons, created for strange times
Eleonora Abbagnato and Cuban dancer Javier Rojas Hernandez star in a reworked version of Giuliano Peparini’s 4 stagioni (Four Seasons), a Covid-safe dance work originally created for Rome Opera Ballet.
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La Scala cancels its famous opening night of the opera season
The Board of Directors of Teatro alla Scala met today and, due to the current epidemiological situation and the continually tightening regulatory framework, has decided to cancel the planned opening of the 2020-2021 season at the opera house.
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English National Ballet launches on-demand video platform
English National Ballet’s on-demand video platform, ENB at Home, launches today. It offers two services, Ballet on Demand which features world-class ballet productions available to rent for 72 hour periods; and BalletActive, which offers a variety of ballet-based classes, available by subscription.
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Interviews with 3 Royal Ballet principals: Nuñez, Cuthbertson, Naghdi
Interviews with 3 Royal Ballet principals: Nuñez, Cuthbertson, Naghdi. While in lockdown I talked to these three jewels in The Royal Ballet’s crown. Using the luxury of not having print column inches to respect, we were able to chat, and chat… and chat.
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Sergio Bernal on his new Dance Company “This is not just a show, it is the new Sergio”
How were dancer Sergio Bernal and choreographer Ricardo Cué to know that their plans to form a new company would coincide with a global pandemic. A company based in Madrid too, one of the world’s coronavirus hotspots.
The idea of a Sergio Bernal Dance Company began to form last year, and Bernal left his position as principal dancer with the Spanish National Ballet. In August during the summer festival at the Teatro Auditorio San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Madrid
#WorldBalletDay 2020: The Royal Ballet, Bolshoi and Australian Ballet itineraries for 29 October
World Ballet Day 2020 on 29 October, will be the biggest ever celebration of global dance with 40 dance companies participating in this year’s live streamed event.
Italian theatre closures: an appeal from Riccardo Muti
Dear President Conte,
While I understand your difficult responsibilities in this long and tragic period for our country, and with the paramount necessity to safeguard the health of our fellow citizens, I feel the need to make a heartfelt appeal to you.
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Theatres to close in Italy from tomorrow
The Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, has announced that from tomorrow until (at least) the 24 November all theatres and concert halls will close. This is due to the rapidly escalating numbers of coronavirus cases in the country.