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Free stream of Les Étoiles ballet gala in Rome from Friday 29 April

28 April 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

LES ÉTOILES 2022 - Daniil Simkin and Maia Makhateli in Don Quixote © Graham Spicer - 4597

A free streaming of the Les Étoiles gala from Rome, filmed earlier this year, will be available from tomorrow, 29 April, on ITsART – the streaming platform for Italian art and culture. ITsART … [Read more...] about Free stream of Les Étoiles ballet gala in Rome from Friday 29 April

Les Étoiles ballet gala in Rome at the end of January, now booking

8 January 2022 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Calvin Royal III and João Menegussi

After the doom and gloom with the many announcements of theatre events being cancelled or postponed, here is some good news from Rome. The annual Les Étoiles ballet gala evening in Rome which was … [Read more...] about Les Étoiles ballet gala in Rome at the end of January, now booking

World premiere of The Creatures of Prometheus/The Creatures of Capucci at the Spoleto Festival in Italy

4 July 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Fitting for Roberto Capucci's costumes for Les Étoiles © Cristiano Castaldi 13

Beethoven and haute couture – not the first pairing that comes to mind. Le Creature di Prometeo/Le creature di Capucci (The Creatures of Prometheus/The Creatures of Capucci) celebrates this … [Read more...] about World premiere of The Creatures of Prometheus/The Creatures of Capucci at the Spoleto Festival in Italy

Costume fitting: Roberto Capucci’s costumes for Sergio Bernal and Young Gyu Choi for Les Étoiles

24 January 2020 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Fitting for Roberto Capucci's costumes for Les Étoiles © Cristiano Castaldi 15

Roberto Capucci, the creator of the most exquisite gowns, now at the age of 90, has designed costumes for the dancers Sergio Bernal and Young Gyu Choi. They will go on stage for three galas, Les … [Read more...] about Costume fitting: Roberto Capucci’s costumes for Sergio Bernal and Young Gyu Choi for Les Étoiles

Bolshoi dancer, a descendant of the Tsar’s ballerina lover, to dance in Rome

16 January 2020 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Eleonora Sevenard in Coppelia photo Mikhail Logvinov

Eleonora Sevenard, the young promising new Bolshoi soloist (she danced both Phrygia and Kitri at Covent Garden during the company's latest tour) will be dancing with her boyfriend, Bolshoi principal … [Read more...] about Bolshoi dancer, a descendant of the Tsar’s ballerina lover, to dance in Rome

Les Étoiles Gala in Rome 2020 features the ballet world’s starriest names with some surprises

8 January 2020 by Gramilano 4 Comments

Oleg Ivenko © Dilius Gimadeyev

The annual appointment with Les Étoiles in Rome is certainly a chance to enjoy a thrilling ballet gala, but the producer Daniele Cipriani also finds interesting twists to make each edition unique, so … [Read more...] about Les Étoiles Gala in Rome 2020 features the ballet world’s starriest names with some surprises

Photo album: Gala Les Étoiles at Ravenna Festival with international ballet stars

26 July 2019 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Diamonds (from Balanchine's Jewels) with Alena Kovaleva and Jacopo Tissi © Graham Spicer, Daniele Cipriani Entertainment 6

Dorothée Gilbert and Hugo Marchand (Paris Opera Ballet), Jacopo Tissi and Alena Kovaleva (Bolshoi Ballet), Bakhtiyar Adamzhan (Astana Opera, Kazakhstan), Tatiana Melnik (Hungarian National Ballet), … [Read more...] about Photo album: Gala Les Étoiles at Ravenna Festival with international ballet stars

Les Étoiles dance gala closes the 2019 Ravenna Festival

15 July 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Hugo Marchand © James Bort

The Ravenna Festival was founded in 1990 by Cristina Mazzavillani Muti, with a rich programme which includes symphonic and chamber music, opera, drama, dance, ballet, musical theatre, jazz, and ethnic … [Read more...] about Les Étoiles dance gala closes the 2019 Ravenna Festival

Les Étoiles in Rome – Nuñez, Muntagirov, Novikova, Sarafanov, Alexandrova, Lantratov, Semionova…

14 February 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov, Sylvia, photo by Graham Spicer

Les Étoiles in Rome - Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Olesya Novikova, Leonid Sarafanov, Maria Alexandrova, Vladislav Lantratov, Polina Semionova, Dmitry Semionov, Tatiana Melnik, Bakhtiyar … [Read more...] about Les Étoiles in Rome – Nuñez, Muntagirov, Novikova, Sarafanov, Alexandrova, Lantratov, Semionova…

Antipasto to the annual Les Étoiles gala in Rome with Russian and Italian ballet stars

25 January 2019 by Gramilano Leave a Comment

photo Ripari Young Group

As an antipasto to the annual Les Étoiles gala in Rome — this year a sold out two days, next year there will be three — in the luxurious setting of the Hotel de Russie near the Spanish Steps, there … [Read more...] about Antipasto to the annual Les Étoiles gala in Rome with Russian and Italian ballet stars

The world’s ballet Étoiles army arrives in Rome, conquering with its art

7 January 2019 by Gramilano 3 Comments

La Bayadère by Alexei Ratmansky withPolina Semionova, photo by Yan Revazov, Staatsballett Berlin

It’s become an annual event in Rome – after the Christmas holidays and the last bite of panettone, comes the Daniele Cipriani Entertainment dance gala with some of the best and biggest names in ballet … [Read more...] about The world’s ballet Étoiles army arrives in Rome, conquering with its art

The stars will come out in Rome tonight – Cipriani ballet gala

23 January 2016 by Gramilano 6 Comments

Repeating the success of last year’s ballet gala, Daniele Cipriani once again presents a Les Étoiles evening in Rome. Tonight and tomorrow night – 23 and 24 January – there is the opportunity to catch … [Read more...] about The stars will come out in Rome tonight – Cipriani ballet gala

Les Étoiles in Rome: Zakharova, Nuñez, Lopatin, Soares…

12 January 2015 by Gramilano 5 Comments

Svetlana Zakharova © Gramilano

A good old-fashioned ballet gala: Nutcracker, Don Q, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire… it’s sometimes just what the doctor ordered. Daniele Cipriani’s Les Étoiles injected the audience in Rome with a generous … [Read more...] about Les Étoiles in Rome: Zakharova, Nuñez, Lopatin, Soares…

Zakharova, Nuñez, Lopatin, Soares… starry lineup for Rome Gala

14 December 2014 by Gramilano 1 Comment

Christmas, New Year and then the Epiphany - the day of the Befana, a sort of female Santa Claus who delivers presents to Italian children for the Twelfth day of Christmas - and Daniele Cipriani … [Read more...] about Zakharova, Nuñez, Lopatin, Soares… starry lineup for Rome Gala

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