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 […]
Nikolaj Hübbe
Royal Danish Ballet break tradition with homoerotic La Sylphide
Nikolaj Hübbe seems to be intent on upsetting some of the Royal Danish Ballet’s most faithful admirers with his new version of the Royal Danish Ballet’s almost sacred La Sylphide. The company have been performing it, more or less in its original form, since August Bournonville created it in 1836, but now Hübbe is going to break […]
Royal Danish Theatre releases ballet cocaine report
After weeks of pressure from the media the Royal Danish Theatre released on Tuesday a controversial report alleging that cocaine abuse is rampant among members of its ballet company. In early July news was leaked to the press of a secret internal study of workplace conditions at the Royal Danish Ballet, which alleged that artistic […]
