The Prix de Lausanne 2017 will run from 29 January to 5 February 2017, and those who wish to take part need to start filling in forms and making videos to submit for consideration.
For the 45th edition all the contemporary variations are from the John Neumeier canon. Ferly Films Production, created by Deborah Bull and John-Martin White, recorded on location in New York, London and Hamburg each of the variations with dancers from the American Ballet Theater, Bavarian State Ballet Munich, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Hamburg Ballet – John Neumeier, The Royal Ballet, and Zurich Ballet. The videos and the music for these variations can be downloaded from the Prix de Lausanne website.
Classical variations include the usual splattering of Swan Lake, Bayadère, Sleeping Beauty, Paquita and Don Q. The music to be used can also be found on the website.
There are four phases to the competition: medical record evaluation, video selection and phases three and four are in Lausanne (selection, 5 days; finals, 1 day). The deadline for the first phase is 30 September 2016 by which each candidate must submit their complete medical record which can be uploaded using the online registration form.
Information for the candidates can be found here.
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
One of my favourite choreographers.