Review: National Ballet of Brno’s new production of Giselle with Ksenia Ovsyanick and Alejandro Virelles
Graham Watts sees Rodolfo Castellanos’ Giselle with the National Ballet of Brno – a production that stands among the very best.
Cynthia Harvey
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English National Ballet announces its 2026-2027 season – A Season to ‘Feel More’
English National Ballet’s 2026-2027 season “opens up the possibilities of ballet, offering more ways to discover, feel and engage with ballet, on stage and beyond”.
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Prix de Lausanne 2026 from 2 – 8 February, also online
Prix de Lausanne 2026: the 54th edition of the Prix runs from 2 to 8 February 2026 – the competition can be viewed via GRAMILANO.
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The Royal Swedish Ballet search for a new Artistic Director
The Royal Swedish Ballet invites applications from experienced and creative leaders to serve as the next Artistic Director.
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English National Ballet promotions and joiners for the 2023/2024 season
Aaron S Watkin, Artistic Director Designate of English National Ballet has announced promotions together with joiners for the 2023/2024 season.
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Cynthia Harvey to leave the American Ballet Theatre School
Cynthia Harvey has led ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School since 2016 and will leave her role at the end of the school year in May 2022.
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Julio Bocca talks about his emotional 50th Birthday Gala in New York this Friday
Youth America Grand Prix celebrates Julio Bocca on his 50th Birthday, as part of its Legends in Dance series, this Friday, 14 April. An exciting programme sees Luciana Paris and Marcelo Gomes in My Way from Twyla Tharp‘s Sinatra Suite, and Maria Noel Riccetto (who now dances with Bocca’s Ballet Nacional SODRE in Uruguay) who…
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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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Alexander Campbell answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? I started dancing aged 5. Why did you start dancing? My Grandmother was teaching at a ballet school at the time and apparently I showed an interest after watching an end of year performance given by the students. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Mikhail Baryshnikov. I…
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Viktorina Kapitonova answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? I was dancing at home the whole time as a young child, my mum sent me with my sister to the house of the arts, where children could audition to study all arts, like drawing, clay modelling, dancing and singing. The singing teacher would not take me as I…
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Dance injuries from the ballet dancer’s point of view: top stars share their experiences
To get an insider’s view of dance-related injuries, some leading dancers talked to Gramilano about their experiences – how they coped both physically and mentally – and gave advice to help keep a dancer injury-free. Principal dancers from the world’s top companies took time out to share some unpleasant memories in the hope that their…
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Cynthia Harvey to become the new director of ABT’s JKO School
American Ballet Theatre‘s Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie has announced that from September 2016, Cynthia Harvey will become the new Artistic Director of the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. Harvey is most well-known for her years as an ABT Principal, a company she joined in 1974, and with it she danced almost every role in…
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Yasmine Naghdi – the birth of a ballerina
Yasmine Naghdi was born on 25 March 1992 in London: Everyone I meet says, ‘Where are you from?’, and I say, ‘I’m from London’, and they say, ‘No, where are you really from?’.
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Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya dies at 89
Maya Plisetskaya died of a heart attack today in Munich. She was 89. The director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Vladimir Urin, said, She died of a severe heart attack. The doctors tried everything, but there was nothing they could do. Mikhail Shvydkoi, former Russian Minister of Culture, said, I always thought that Plisetskaya would live forever….
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En Avant’s next ballet projects include a special encounter with Marcelo Gomes
The En Avant Foundation will present specialised coaching master classes for advanced pre-professional and professional dancers in San Francisco and in New York in April 2015. The Foundation’s inaugural event last June in New York was a resounding success and En Avant’s Artistic Director Cynthia Harvey and her team are continuing to aim high. Isabelle…
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Julian Mackay on entering and winning the Prix de Lausanne 2015
Seventeen-year-old Julian Mackay is one of the six winners of this year’s Prix de Lausanne. He is part of the extraordinary Khan-MacKay family which boasts four ballet dancers; something this blog has covered before. Julian however is flying high during his last year at the Bolshoi Academy before his graduation in June, having already won…
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Maria Riccetto answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 6. Why did you start dancing? My mother thought it would be great for me, and my parents needed to find something for me to do after school. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? I remember watching Cynthia Harvey and Misha’s Don Q a…
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En Avant with quality, integrity, musicality and artistic meaning in classical ballet
En Avant is a “New Non-Profit Foundation for Specialised Ballet Coaching, Mentoring and the Awarding of Scholarships”. The Foundation is new, but what is it offering that’s new? After all the world is full of dance master classes, workshops and scholarships. En Avant is different because it aims to put all these together to provide a…
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Julio Bocca answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 4 my mother started to teach me dance; my grandfather, as all good Italians, was a lover of art, opera and ballet, so in my family there was always an artistic atmosphere. At 8 I told my mother I wanted to start studying ballet, and so…
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Daria Klimentova answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 10 I went to ballet school in Prague, learning the Vaganova technique for 8 years. It was a bit boring for the first few years after doing gymnastics, but then I realized that yes, I wanted to become ballet dancer. Why did you start dancing? While…
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David Howard, much loved ballet teacher ‘to the stars’, dies at 76
Ballet master David Howard, affectionately known in the media as “Teacher of Stars”, has died at 76. Howard trained at what is now the Arts Educational) School and the Royal Academy of Dance, eventually becoming a soloist with the Royal Ballet, then leaving after seven years to join the National Ballet of Canada. He also…
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Cynthia Harvey answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? At age 8. A short time ago. Why did you start dancing? Apparently I preferred it to walking; actually I still do. Music was frequently played at home. My mother loved musicals and I think she secretly would have wished me to be in musical theatre. BUT, I saw…
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