Announcing ‘Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival’ 2025 in London
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival returns to London with 10 premieres, 15 productions, 38 performances and more than 350 dancers.
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Ballet Icons Gala 2025 arrives at the London Coliseum in March
On 9 March 2025, the Ballet Icons Gala will fulfil its annual promise of presenting dancers from across the world to the London public.
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The Royal Ballet promotes Melissa Hamilton to Principal Dancer
Melissa Hamilton has been promoted to Principal Dancer, the highest rank in The Royal Ballet, taking effect from 1 January 2025.
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Ballets cancelled at the Paris Opera due to dancers’ strike action
Five performances Paquita and Alexander Ekman’s long sold-out Play at the Paris Opera have been cancelled due to the dancers’ strike.
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Gillian Murphy to give farewell performance with American Ballet Theatre
Gillian Murphy will conclude a 29-year career with a final performance as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake with American Ballet Theatre.
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Ballet pianist Massimiliano Greco composes for murdered student
Massimiliano Greco – music director of the Princess Grace dance academy – has composed a piece for ballet class in remembrance of murdered student.
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Here & Now: McNicol Ballet Collective celebrates its first 5 years
The McNicol Ballet Collective will tour Here & Now, a new mixed bill, to celebrate its fifth anniversary.
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Striking musicians cancel Netrebko and Kaufmann’s Puccini anniversary concert at La Scala
The concert to mark the centenary of Puccini’s death at La Scala was cancelled at the last minute because of strike action.
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The National Ballet of Japan Makes European Debut at The Royal Opera House
The National Ballet of Japan comes to Covent Garden in the summer of 2025, making its Royal Opera House debut.
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Osipova / Linbury – an evening of dance with Natalia Osipova in London
The Royal Ballet and Natalia Osipova present Osipova / Linbury – an evening of dance with Natalia Osipova in March 2025.
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news | dance | photography
Choreographer Hans van Manen donates his photos of dancers and male nudes to Rijksmuseum
Choreographer Hans van Manen has donated his photographic oeuvre – 86 photographs of portraits of dancers and male nudes – to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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news | dance | obituaries
Russian dancer Vladimir Shklyarov has died at 39
The talented Russian dancer Vladimir Shklyarov, principal dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre, has died. He was 39 years old.
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Paris Opera Ballet’s 160-year-old promotion competition is suspended
Union representatives of the Paris Opera Ballet are calling for the abolition of the internal promotion competition for dancers.
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Youth Grand Prix Europe (YGPE) finds a new Italian base in Vicenza, Italy
The semi-finals of the Youth Grand Prix Europe (European leg of the YAGP) will be held from 12 to 15 November 2024 at the Teatro Comunale, Vicenza.
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news | dance | recordings
Two ballets by Jerome Robbins to be live-streamed from La Scala on 12 November
Jerome Robbins’ ballets Dances at a Gathering and The Concert will be live-streamed from La Scala.
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The Chinese music box that inspired Puccini’s Turandot has been found
The Chinese music box that inspired some of Puccini’s score for his last, unfinished opera, Turandot, has been tracked down in Turin.
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Italy’s Les Étoiles galas arrive in Milan for the first time – from the moon to the stars
Italian producer Daniele Cipriani brings his Les Étoiles gala format to Milan for the first time, at the Arcimboldi Theatre.
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news | dance | music & opera
The Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille to be closed for renovation
The Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera and Paris Opera Ballet, will close from mid-2027 for a two-year renovation.
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Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell returns in 2025
New Adventures has announced that Matthew Bourne’s award-winning show The Midnight Bell will be returning in 2025.
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news | museums | music & opera
The multimedia exhibition ‘Puccini – Opera Meets New Media’ arrives at La Scala for the Puccini centenary
The multimedia exhibition Puccini – Opera Meets New Media, recounts the disruptive impact that recorded music and film had on the entertainment industry, culture and society.
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Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black returns to the Royal Opera House
In its 22nd year, Ballet Black returns to London in November with new work, Ballet Black: HEROES, from choreographers Mthuthuzeli November and Sophie Laplane.
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Studio Wayne McGregor announces its 2024-25 programme
Studio Wayne McGregor announces its 2024-25 programme with an exhibition at Somerset House, a choreographic installation and global premieres, tours and revivals.
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news | dance | television
Live stream – Roberto Bolle and Nicoletta Manni in La Dame aux camélias at La Scala
La Scala’s video channel will stream John Neumeier’s Dame aux camélias live with Roberto Bolle and Nicoletta Manni.
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Reece Clarke to debut as Guest Artist with American Ballet Theatre during 2024 Fall Season
Reece Clarke to debut as Guest Artist with American Ballet Theatre during 2024 Fall Season
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Natasha Kaplinsky announced as Chair of The Royal Ballet School
The Royal Ballet School has appointed Natasha Kaplinsky as its new Chair, effective from 1 October. Kaplinsky is the third high-level appointment in a year.
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Review: Astana Ballet Theatre and Mosaic del Arte’s Blind Forgiveness in Athens
Astana Ballet Theatre in Blind Forgiveness in Athens – Julian Mackay and Natalia Fernandes Menes “a combination that was mesmerising in its absorbing and romantic impact”.
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45 years on… Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof reunites original cast from 1978
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch to tour a major new encounter with Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof which reunites the original cast from the 1978 production.
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Royal Ballet Principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson becomes Principal Guest Artist
Lauren Cuthbertson Principal becomes Principal Guest Artist with The Royal Ballet after over two decades performing with the Company.
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news | dance | obituaries
Ballerina Michaela DePrince dies at 29
Michaela DePrince dies at 29 – Sierra Leonean ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince was born Mabinty Bangura on 6 January 1995 during the civil war.
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Juan Diego Flórez releases first album on Florez Records: “Zarzuela”
Juan Diego Flórez releases the first album on his new label. ‘Zarzuela’ sees the Peruvian tenor returning to the music through which he approached opera.
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