A Covid-free La Scala to stream its gala ‘A Tribute to Nureyev’
After Covid delayed the filming of La Scala’s Tribute to Nureyev gala, it has been filmed and will be streamed on 28 March. (The post contains a gallery of photos from the gala)
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Patrick Dupond, much-loved ballet star, dies at 61
Patrick Dupond has died after a “devastating illness” – he was 61. His collaborator Leïla Da Rocha said, “Patrick Dupond flew away this morning to dance with the stars.”
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Tribute to Nureyev – free ballet gala streaming from La Scala
A Tribute to Rudolf Nureyev from La Scala in Milan can be seen on Sunday 28 February at 20.00 CET
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Online: Carla Fracci gives two Giselle masterclasses from La Scala
Carla Fracci works with La Scala’s dancers on Thursday 28 January and Friday 29 January in streaming.
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Carla Fracci and Manuel Legris’ Giselle masterclass from La Scala online
La Scala will stream a new recording of Giselle on 30 January. Carla Fracci will join Manuel Legris in working with the company dancers.
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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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La Scala’s festive programming with televised and streamed events
After the international success of the theatre’s gala opening, “…a riveder le stelle”, La Scala continues its television and streaming events while waiting for signs that it will be possible to reopen the opera house.
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December’s Dancing Times features Manuel Legris, Eleonora Abbagnato, and other delights
The latest issue of Dancing Times is now on sale. My Danza in Italia column features Eleonora Abbagnato and a new socially distanced dance piece, and in a separate article I interview La Scala’s new director, Manuel Legris.
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La Scala welcomes back its stars – season opening 7 December
Despite coronavirus restrictions, La Scala will celebrate the opening of its season 2020-2021 – however long or short it may be – on 7 December, the feast of Saint Ambrose, Milan’s saint’s day.
The starry evening, A riveder le stelle (Seeing the Stars Again), will be broadcast live by Rai Cultura on Italian television’s Rai 1 at 5pm. Riccardo Chailly will conduct, and the director Davide Livermore will use actors and projections to create a context for the starry cast of 24 singers together with La Scala’s dancers.
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[Interview] Meet Nikisha Fogo, San Francisco Ballet’s new Principal Dancer
Swedish ballerina Nikisha Fogo will soon take up a new position in a new company when she becomes a principal dancer at San Francisco Ballet. After seven years with the Vienna State Ballet, passing through the ranks from the corps de ballet to first soloist, director Manuel Legris’ decision to leave the company after ten years (he will take over at La Scala in December 2020) was a stimulus for her to move on.
When the Opera House in Vienna cancelled its performances from the 11 March, Fogo stayed in Vienna, not knowing whether it would be possible to finish the season, not being able to go home to Sweden, or on to San Francisco to find an apartment and settle in
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Manuel Legris to take over as head of La Scala’s ballet company
The whispering in the corridors of La Scala has come to an end as, finally, it has been confirmed that Manuel Legris will take over from Frédéric Olivieri as Ballet Director. Legris, currently in the same position in Vienna, will assume the role in Milan at the end of this year. He already knows the…
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Danza&Danza Awards 2019 announced
The critics of the Italian magazine Danza&Danza (which also has an edition in English) huddle together at the beginning of each year to decided the ‘best’ of the previous year in Italian dance and dance seen in Italy. The jury, since 1987, has always underlined its objectivity and honesty in its selection of interpreters, productions…
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Manuel Legris’ Sylvia shows La Scala’s dancers on top form
Sylvia opened the 2019-2020 ballet season at La Scala. It is a co-production with the Wiener Staatsballett where it opened in November 2018. There have been no changes to Luisa Spinatelli‘s sets and costumes or Manuel Legris‘ choreography, which suggests that everyone was pleased with how it turned out in Vienna. However, while the overall…
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Photo Album: First Night at La Scala with “Sylvia” in a New Production
Sylvia Photos of the opening night of Sylvia, with choreography by Manuel Legris, starring Martina Arduino, Claudio Coviello, Nicola Del Freo, Christian Fagetti, Maria Celeste Losa and company. Choreography Manuel Legris from Louis Mérante and others Dramaturgy and libretto Manuel Legris and Jean-François Vazelle from Jules Barbier and baron Jacques de Reinach Conductor Kevin Rhodes…
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La Scala Ballet Season 2019 – 2020
This morning, Frédéric Olivieri, director of La Scala‘s ballet company, announced the theatre’s 2019-2020 season: Sylvia 14 December 2019 – 14 January 2020 Music: Léo Delibes Choreography: Manuel Legris based on Louis Mérante and others Story and libretto: Manuel Legris and Jean-François Vazelle based on Jules Barbier and Jacques de Reinach Sets and costumes: Luisa…
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Bella Ratchinskaia and Manuel Legris talk about the abuse allegations at Vienna State Opera’s Ballet Academy
Accusations of abuse at Vienna State Opera’s Ballet Academy quickly travelled the world, from The Guardian to the New York Times which began its article with, The Vienna State Opera‘s ballet academy vowed to reform its practices after former students and staff said dancers as young as 11 were kicked, scratched and handled roughly in…
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Exciting celebration of Rudolf Nureyev’s life with world ballet stars at Spoleto, tonight 28 July
2018 marks 80 years since Rudolf Nureyev was born and 25 since he died. La Scala in Milan have marked the occasion with a series of Gala celebrations and performances of his Don Quixote, Manuel Legris organised a celebration with the Vienna State Ballet, and many more tributes have been staged to doff a hat…
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Luisa Spinatelli – celebrating the life of the Milanese opera and ballet designer
Luisa Spinatelli… taking tasteful to a higher dimension The Amici della Scala (Friends of La Scala), run by the indefatigable Anna Crespi, gathered together at the association’s spectacular headquarters, a short walk from La Scala, to celebrate one of Italy’s most important theatre designers. Luisa Spinatelli is one of a tight-knit core of Milanese artists,…
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Benois de la Danse winners 2017 – Pite, Pagliero, Riccetto, Haydée, Rodkin, Marchand
Last night, on the Bolshoi’s Historical Stage, the recipients of the Benois de la Danse prizes for 2017 were announced. Crystal Pite won the prize for Best Choreographer for The Seasons’ Canon, commissioned by the Paris Opera Ballet. Of the six nominated ballerinas, Ludmila Pagliero was awarded for her performance in Jerome Robbins‘ Other Dances…
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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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István Simon on the Semperoper Ballett dancing William Forsythe at the Palais Garnier, Paris
William Forsythe‘s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated was created for the Paris Opera Ballet who have performed it at home and abroad since 1987. The piece entered the repertoire of Dresden’s Semperoper Ballett in 2006 and now they are about to invade the Palais Garnier and perform it on the stage it was created for;…
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Zakharova, Guérin and Legris in new works by Patrick de Bana for China
Svetlana Zakharova is to dance two modern pieces in the Gala Baiser Volé which closes the season at Shanghai’s Grand Theatre on 9 August. It will be the first time that the Russian ballerina dances in China. Revelation is a work that she has performed many times in such events over the last eight years since Japanese choreographer…
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New on YouTube: Bournonville’s Napoli Divertissements with the Paris Opera Ballet, 1985
After having seen the La Scala Ballet School‘s ‘end of year’ performance of the Bournonville’s Napoli Divertissements, I went digging around to find other versions to watch, and found that on YouTube there are surprising few clips. One is of the Ballet Rambert’s end of year show. Digging around in the old VHS tapes that are (very)…
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Mick Zeni answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
versione in italiano Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 7 at a local dance school, and at 15 I started at the Dance Academy at La Scala. Why did you start dancing? It was thanks to my parents. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Nureyev. Which dancers do you most…
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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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Eleonora Abbagnato is named “étoile” of the Paris Opera Ballet
Eleonora Abbagnato has been named “étoile” of the Paris Opera Ballet. Finally, one might add, and indeed the former director of the dance school of the Paris Opera, Claude Bessy, said just that. She was in the theatre with Abbagnato’s husband, footballer Federico Balzaretti, a fullback at AS Roma, and many other members of the dancer’s family, except…
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Record first French season at Vienna Opera and Ballet
The French reign at Vienna‘s venerable State Opera has kicked off with a bang, bringing in record revenues and attendance numbers in its very first season. With 331 opera, ballet and children’s performances over the past 10 months, the Staatsoper saw an impressive attendance average of 98.33 percent, it announced Friday. For opera performances alone, this…
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Manuel Legris’ Nureyev tribute ends the Vienna Ballet season
A tribute to Rudolf Nureyev topped off a hit season for Manuel Legris‘s Vienna Ballet with the former French star providing two of the highlights. The Nureyev Gala, due to become an annual event, marked the end of Legris’s first season as director of the Vienna ensemble, which has seen a renaissance on his watch. The dancer…
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