2019/20 Season: Karen Kain’s 50th AnniversaryNew Swan Lake by Karen KainThree World Premieres and Three Company PremieresTour to Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.New Choreographic AssociateKaren Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, has announced that she will direct and stage a new Swan Lake for the 2019/20 season in celebration of her 50th … [Read more...] about Karen Kain’s 50th Anniversary at National Ballet of Canada
Jiří Kylián
The National Ballet of Canada’s first performance in Russia to be livestreamed
The National Ballet of Canada's first performance in Moscow will be livestreamed across Russia on Yandex.The free livestream will take place on 15 October 2018 from The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre in Moscow where the National Ballet will perform a mixed programme as part of Diana Vishneva’s Context festival.The free livestream is part … [Read more...] about The National Ballet of Canada’s first performance in Russia to be livestreamed
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 Night’s Dream and Jewels are already in the … [Read more...] about La Scala Ballet Season 2018-2019 announced
Photo Album: First look at tonight’s triple bill at La Scala with Roberto Bolle in Bolero and Aszure Barton’s Mahler 10
Two weeks ago, we published rehearsal photos of La Scala's new triple-bill which opens tonight.Now here are the first photos of Roberto Bolle on Béjart's red table in Bolero, the return of Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, and the word premiere of Aszure Barton's Mahler 10.Mahler 10Petite MortBolero … [Read more...] about Photo Album: First look at tonight’s triple bill at La Scala with Roberto Bolle in Bolero and Aszure Barton’s Mahler 10
Béjart’s Boléro returns to La Scala with Roberto Bolle and others debuting on the red table
Maurice Béjart’s Boléro returns to La Scala in March, with Roberto Bolle dancing the La Mélodie for the first time. The 15-minute work was last seen in the theatre in 2003 when Sylvie Guillem danced the central role.Béjart Ballet Lausanne’s ‘experts’ Elisabet Ros and Julien Favreau will be featured too, as well as three young dancers from La Scala’s company: Martina Arduino, … [Read more...] about Béjart’s Boléro returns to La Scala with Roberto Bolle and others debuting on the red table