Review: Covent Garden Dance’s Ballet Under the Stars at Hatch House
Graham Watts sees Ballet Under the Stars in the beautiful Dutch Garden at Hatch House, where starlight ballet said adieu on a high.
Angelin Preljocaj
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Interview: Hugo Marchand on bringing French flair to ballet in LA
Ann Haskins spoke with Paris Opera Ballet Étoile Hugo Marchand about bringing ballet to Los Angeles’ Disney Hall.
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(A few) International Dance Day events – 29 April 2026
Emails about many initiatives have arrived in gramilano’s inbox over the last few days for International Dance Day – 29 April 2026. Here is a selection.
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Les Étoiles 2026 in Milan 11-12 April with 2 new guests: Natalia Osipova and Aurélie Dupont
Les Étoiles, the well-known gala format seen across Italy, returns to the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan this weekend – on 11 April at 9 pm and on 12 April at 5 pm.
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Review: ODEC, One Dance European City – a celebration of dance in two countries, one city
Graham Spicer sees ODEC, One Dance European City in two countries, but one city – Gorizia in Italy and Nova Gorica in Slovenia.
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Laurent Hilaire announces the Bayerisches Staatsballett’s 2025-2026 season
Laurent Hilaire has presented the Bayerisches Staatsballett’s 2025-2026 season, which sees three new mixed bills, world premieres, and house debuts.
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Review: Alice Marini and Roberto Bolle in a new Carmen in ‘Kratz / Preljocaj / De Bana’, La Scala’s contemporary triple bill
Graham Spicer sees works by Philippe Kratz, Angelin Preljocaj, and Patrick de Bana in an uneven triple bill.
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Review: Les Étoiles gala in Milan – 21 dancers, 17 pieces, 3 hours of starry dance
Graham Spicer sees the Les Étoiles galas in Milan with ballet stars in thrilling pas de deux and seductive modern repertoire.
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Review: 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Programme B
Matthew Paluch sees the Programme B gala at the 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo with 33 of the world’s top dancers.
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Review: 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Programme A
Matthew Paluch sees the Programme A gala at the 17th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo with 33 of the world’s top dancers.
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Review and Photos: Les Étoiles gala at Ravenna Festival – international ballet stars in a rarefied programme
Italian producer Daniele Cipriani’s Les Étoiles gala for the Ravenna Festival featured a varied programme with a first-rate cast.
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La Scala Ballet’s 2024-2025 Season is announced
Director of La Scala’s ballet company, Manuel Legris, has announced the 2024-2025 Season.
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Rome Opera Ballet to visit Paris, Dubai, Barcelona and Liège in tours beginning this month
Paris in April, Dubai in May, Barcelona in July and Liège in November – these are the four destinations for Rome Opera Ballet scheduled for 2024.
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[Review] Mosaic International Dance Festival, Dubai
Mosaic International Dance Festival, the “preamble” to a much bigger festival in November 2024 – the ambition is to make Dubai a go-to city for dance.
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Paris Opera Ballet at the Hollywood Bowl – complete programme
The Paris Opera Ballet returns to international touring, performing two performances at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
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Free stream of Les Étoiles ballet gala in Rome from Friday 29 April
A free streaming of the Les Étoiles gala from Rome, filmed earlier this year, will be available from tomorrow, 29 April, on ITsART.
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Dancing Times, February 2022, out now
February’s edition of Dancing Times looks at two new productions (ENB’s Raymonda and La Scala’s La Bayadère) as well as other reviews, articles and interviews.
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[Review and Photos] La Scala Ballet Gala sees dance return to its stage, with Ferri, Bonelli, Zakharova and Bolle
On 23 September, La Scala opened its doors for dance for the first time since February. It was a gala which had four showings, the last being yesterday.
The gala was mixed – lockdown has not treated everyone kindly, and some showed that months of home stretching can’t make up for daily classes, rehearsals and performances.
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Eleonora Abbagnato will say adieux to the Paris Opera Ballet with a gala and défilé on 18 May
Eleonora Abbagnato‘s planned soirée d’adieux to the Paris Opera Ballet on 23 December with a performance of Angelin Preljocaj‘s Le Parc was postponed due to the ongoing strike by the ballet company, protesting against planned changes to their pension scheme. Abbagnato has opted instead for a ‘carte blanche’ evening for her farewell, dipping her toes…
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Eleonora Abbagnato: Rome Opera Ballet is at an international level through my enthusiasm and dedication
Of course, it was not a simple path and fraught with difficulties, which put everyone to the test, but which allowed the theatre to achieve undeniable results. After the surprising accusations from the unions representing the dancers at the Rome Opera Ballet about Eleonora Abbagnato‘s bad behaviour, she has decided that it is time to…
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Dancing Times, May edition – including Gramilano’s Danza in Italia column reviewing world premieres of Winterreise and Carmen
Dancing Times’ May issue is out now, with a glorious cover featuring Margot Fonteyn – the only dancer to be given the title prima ballerina assoluta by The Royal Ballet – who was born 100 years ago on 18 May. The magazine celebrates the centenary of Fonteyn’s birth with articles by The Royal Ballet’s director…
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Winterreise at La Scala rejoices in Angelin Preljocaj’s sublimely melodic choreography
Winterreise is Angelin Preljocaj‘s latest creation, danced to the complete Schubert cycle of Lieder. I stand by my arguments that a large theatre like La Scala is not the right theatre for a piece with just 13 dancers and two musicians, but let’s leave that aside — Winterreise is a beautifully crafted gem of dance…
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Photo Album: first look at Preljocaj’s new piece Winterreise for La Scala
Winterreise by Angelin Preljocaj New commission from Teatro alla Scala in Milan – runs from 24 January to 9 March 2019 Winterreise Franz Schubert Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company World Premiere Choreography Angelin Preljocaj Sets Constance Guisset Lights Eric Soyer Costumes Angelin Preljocaj MUSICIANS Bass-baritone Thomas Tatzl Piano James Vaughan DANCERS Antonella Albano, Alessandra Vassallo,…
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Winterreise: Angelin Preljocaj’s new work for La Scala, with rehearsal photos
Schubert’s Winterreise is the basis of Angelin Preljocaj‘s new work commissioned by La Scala. It continues the series of ballets at the theatre using chamber music and a smaller group of dancers than for standard repertory works, which haven’t been huge successes in the past – enough to say that no piece has returned after…
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La Scala Ballet Season 2018-2019 announced
The new ballet season at La Scala sees seven programmes, including three pieces being presented at the theatre for the first time, including a newly commissioned work. George Balanchine‘s The Nutcracker will open the season on 16 December and it will be the first time that his version has been presented in Italy. A Midsummer…
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Emerging young talent at La Scala excel in Petit, Béjart and Preljocaj
The Ballet School of La Scala‘s Academy have just finished a short run of their “end of year” show. For many, it will be their last appearance as students. An effective défilé by the school (and La Scala Ballet Company) director Frédéric Olivieri set to the march from Tannhäuser was followed by Roland Petit‘s Gymnopédie….
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Nicolas Le Riche announces the Royal Swedish Opera Ballet Season 2018/19
Paving the way for pioneering alliances and unparalleled masterpieces Nicolas Le Riche, the newly appointed Director of the Swedish Royal Ballet, today announced the 2018/19 season featuring classics and new works by international talents and dance icons such as Jiří Kylián, Serge Lifar and Angelin Preljocaj. The season offers more than 60 performances, 4 of…
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Robbins-Preljocaj-Ekman with Eleonora Abbagnato and the Rome Opera Ballet
Eleonora Abbagnato, who became director of the Rome Opera Ballet two years ago (while retaining her position as Étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet, and commitments such as a panel judge for the reality show Amici) has brought several works to the Italian capital that she has danced in the French capital. So it was…
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Xander Parish on life with the Mariinsky Ballet
You were recently promoted to First Soloist at the Mariinsky Ballet. Happy? Yes, I was promoted after a show of Giselle back in January and it was quite out of the blue! Leaving the corps Xander Parish joined the Mariinsky as a Coryphée in 2010 after twiddling his thumbs for five years at The Royal…
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Diana Vishneva celebrates her 15 years on stage with a ballet gala and exhibition in St Petersburg
Diana Vishneva will celebrate the 15th anniversary of her dancing career later this week with an exhibition and a ballet gala. The exhibition, featuring photography and video material of Vishneva’s dancing, opens at the Museum of Theatre and Music Arts in St Petersburg tomorrow, June 22. The gala, with a program built around several contemporary…
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