Interview: talking to Melissa Hamilton, The Royal Ballet’s new principal dancer
Royal Ballet principal dancer Melissa Hamilton talks about her unique path to the top of her profession, her production company, and her colleagues.
Jiří Bubeníček
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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: a Carmen in dialogue with Mérimée with Rome Opera Ballet
Marta Mele sees Rome Opera Ballet in Jiří Bubeníček’s Carmen – “An indomitable woman exploring her sensuality and power of attraction over men.”
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Sergei Polunin: 700 years of inferno, purgatory and paradise
Interview with Sergei Polunin, dancer and choreographer of Dante Metànoia at the Ravenna Festival.
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[Photos and review] La Scala celebrates with its Four Choreographers Evening
Alexei Ratmansky, Jiří Bubeníček, András Lukács and La Scala’s ballet director Manuel Legris give the theatre something to celebrate.
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Dance, concerts and opera from La Scala – May-July 2021
Programming from 17 May: a concert by Daniel Harding, a recital by Marianne Crebassa, an evening of dance, a recital by Maurizio Pollini, and two operas.
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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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Ramasar and Salvi shine in Jiří Bubeníček’s new version of Carmen in Rome
Another Carmen? Well, yes, but there is a slightly different slant to this new production for the Rome Opera Ballet because Jiří Bubeníček has used Prosper Mérimée’s novella as his starting point, not Bizet’s opera. The ballet does, however, use Bizet’s music for the main part, which instantly removes originality from the score. Apart from…
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Jiří Bubeníček’s Carmen to debut at Rome Opera Ballet with Amar Ramasar as guest
Carmen, a new work for Rome Opera Ballet by Jiří Bubeníček will receive its world premiere this Saturday, 2 February, and runs until 10 February. The company’s director, Eleonora Abbagnato, said, It’s an honour for me to have a great artist, and fabulous dancer and now a young and successful choreographer like Bubeníček, to present…
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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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Introducing Michele Esposito… winner of the Prix de Lausanne 2017
Michele Esposito has won the Prix de Lausanne 2017. The first prize, sponsored by the Swiss investment firm Adveq, was not his only award as he also won the Best Swiss Candidate Prize as well as the Contemporary Dance Prize for his interpretation of an extract from John Neumeier‘s ballet Nijinsky. The 17-year-old comes from…
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