Navrin Turnbull is appointed Principal Dancer at Teatro alla Scala
After last night’s performance of Sleeping Beauty at La Scala, soloist Navrin Turnbull was promoted to the role of Principal Dancer in the company.
Bavarian State Ballet
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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: The Nutcracker with Rome Opera Ballet showing choreographer Paul Chalmer’s “wisdom, passion and finesse”
Donatella Bertozzi sees The Nutcracker in Rome and finds in Paul Chalmer “a strong narrator and an expert dance maker”.
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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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Prisca Zeisel – from Germany to Russia
Prisca Zeisel, formerly a principal dancer with the Bavarian State Ballet, has moved to Russia and is now performing with the Mikhailovsky Theatre.
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[Review] An avalanche of debuts in Onegin at La Scala
Many debuts in Onegin at La Scala saw some exciting and many promising performances, even if many of the dancers lack the magic spark.
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Igor Zelensky and Putin’s daughter
An investigation reveals Igor Zelensky’s relationship with Putin’s daughter, their child, and the reason he left the Bavarian State Ballet.
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Igor Zelensky leaves as director of the Bavarian State Ballet
Igor Zelensky is stepping down as director of the Bavarian State Ballet (Bayerisches Staatsballett) from today for private family reasons.
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The Seven Sins – Gauthier Dance shines a spotlight on vice
Seven major choreographers come together to create pieces for Gauthier Dance’s The Seven Sins, which will also be broadcast.
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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.
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Two ballet dancers on returning to the stage and dancers’ mental health
Dancers are emerging after lockdown: some are lucky to have performed, many haven’t, and questions about dancers’ mental health have become paramount.
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Bavarian State Ballet offers 9 days of online programming
As the theatres in Bavaria remain closed the Bavarian State Ballet offers 9 days of programming (including a world premiere) on staatsoper.tv.
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Virna Toppi answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Virna Toppi, Principal Dancer at La Scala, answers questions about life, loves, and dance… and being a natural blonde.
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Ballet treats to view online during the holidays
Dance programming for the festive period from companies all over the world are many: free, subscription and pay-per-view. Here are some that have caught my eye.
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Bavarian State Ballet in quarantine and Swan Lake cancelled
Yesterday the Bayerische Staatsoper announced multiple members of the ballet company testing positive for the coronavirus. Their announcement said,
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New Wayne McGregor premiere in Munich: Bavarian State Ballet presents Sunyata, with Kairos and Borderlands
The commitment of this company is what impresses, a sense of collaboration and dedication. The Bavarian State Ballet‘s triple bill, Portrait of Wayne McGregor, was an ideal showcase for their talents. The three half-hour works featured two recent pieces – Kairos created for the Zurich Ballet in 2014 and Borderlands for San Francisco Ballet in…
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Meeting Davide Dato, the Italian ballet star who’s finally hitting the headlines in his homeland
Salsa, merengue and mambo… that’s how I started dancing. So says Davide Dato, Principal Dancer at the Vienna State Ballet. Many classical dancers began in their living room imitating Michael Jackson’s moonwalk, but the Caribbean dances for Dato were not just a phase. I started when I was very young, with my sister Greta. Our…
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BALLET2000’s Special New Year Issue… in English, Italian and French Editions
BALLET2000’s Special New Year Issue, is on the newsstands now. It looks back on a year in dance with, says editor Alfio Agostini, …the best shows, trendiest dancers, most significant companies and most creative choreographers. The bi-monthly dance magazine, uniquely, comes out in three separate editions: Édition FRANCE, ENGLISH Edition and Edizione ITALIA. Each year it produces…
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To Carla Fracci, on your 80th Birthday, from your colleagues and friends
Today is the 80th birthday of the Italian ballerina, Carla Fracci. She was born in Milan on 20 August 1936. To celebrate we asked fellow ballerinas, as well as actresses and designers she has worked with, for messages and best wishes on a very special day. with thanks to Merrill Ashley – Aurora Benelli – Rebecca Bianchi…
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All John Neumeier contemporary variations for Prix de Lausanne 2017
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,…
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Nominees of Benois de la Danse 2015
CHOREOGRAPHERS: ALEXANDER EKMAN – A Swan Lake, Mikael Karlsson. The Norwegian National Ballet. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT – The Taming of the Shrew, Dmitry Shostakovich. Bolshoi Ballet. DWIGHT RHODEN – Verse Us, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nils Frahm, Claude Debussy, Philip Glass, Sven Helbig, Kristian Jarvi. Ballet Nice Mediterrannee. MARTIN SCHLÄPFER – Deep Field, Adriana Holzsky. Ballet am…
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Maria Eichwald answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 9 years old. Why did you start dancing? I saw in TV the ballet Swan Lake I wanted to be a ballerina. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Maya Plisetskaya, Galina Ulanova and Ekaterina Maxsimova. Which dancer do you most admire? I don’t admire…
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Petra Conti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? 1988 Why did you start dancing? It was natural and spontaneous. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Baryshnikov. Which dancer do you most admire? Those who give their heart and soul on stage. What’s your favourite role? All the Romantic ones. What role have you never played…
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Being groomed for stardom: Italian ballerina Petra Conti
23 year-old Petra Conti is a dancer at La Scala in Milan, who is being slowly brought before the public by director (ex-director of the Mariinsky) Makhar Vaziev. He first saw her when she spent a year in St Petersburg at the Mariinsky to polish her technique. After the 2008-2009 season with the Bavarian State…
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