Interview with Svetlana Zakharova: I was afraid of gaining weight
Interview with Svetlana Zakharova on touring, lockdown, her family, and her love of Italy.
More than toes and fingers: Zakharova and her boys in Italy
An entertaining programme from Svetlana Zakharova and violinist Vadim Repin – Pas de deux for Toes and Fingers – brought a sold-out festival crowd to…
A captivating dance tribute to Stravinsky at Italy's Nervi Festival
A captivating programme of dance dedicated to Igor Stravinsky on the 50th anniversary of his death launched the dance season at this year's Nervi Music…
La Scala's enthralling Contemporary Evening is a triumph
Contemporary Evening was very good indeed, with seven works: a contemporary ‘classic', some lesser-known pieces, and a new creation.
Davide Dato stars in the Italian premiere of Uwe Scholz's The Rite of Spring
Uwe Scholz's Rite of Spring will be danced by Davide Dato, principal at Vienna State Ballet, and staged by the work's original dancer Giovanni di…
A new John Neumeier work brings two Italian dancers back home
Jacopo Bellussi and Alessandro Frola perform Neumeier's Peter and Igor in Stravinsky's Love, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Stravinsky's death.
[Interview] Baryshnikov on the Venice Biennale, death and laying himself bare
Mikhail Baryshnikov will open this year's Biennale di Venezia in the world premiere of Not Once, an ‘art installation with film' by Jan Fabre.
António Casalinho – Introducing the 17-year-old Portuguese Dancer
António Casalinho (winner of this year's Prix de Lausanne, as well as Varna and YAGP) talks about becoming a dancer, his teachers and his parents…
[Interview] The Royal Ballet's Yasmine Naghdi: a time to reflect
I've interviewed The Royal Ballet's principal ballerina Yasmine Naghdi several times over the past five years. The first time, she was a soloist and preparing…
In conversation with Marianela Nuñez
The Royal Ballet's Argentinian principal dancer, Marianela Nuñez, is in lockdown in Buenos Aires. She went there to be near her family and partner, because…
