The Porselli ballet boutique next to La Scala closes after 55 years
The historic Porselli shop on Via Filodrammatici, opposite La Scala’s artists’ entrance, has closed after 55 years.
Serge Lifar
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Walter Venditti, former primo ballerino at La Scala, dies at 95
Walter Venditti, a well-loved figure in Italy’s ballet world, died yesterday morning. He was 95. Here are photos and tributes.
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La Scala and Manuel Legris remember Pierre Lacotte
The Teatro alla Scala’s ballet company and its director Manuel Legris join the dance world in mourning Pierre Lacotte, who died yesterday, 10 April 2023.
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[Review] Men in Motion: the male dance spectacular still delivers, ten years on
Ivan Putrov’s Men in Motion celebrates its tenth anniversary at the London Coliseum with an international cast of male dancers.
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Male ballet stars line up for Men in Motion’s 10th anniversary show
This autumn, Men in Motion celebrates its 10th anniversary with a one-off performance at the London Coliseum on Sunday 6 November.
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Paris Opera Ballet at the Hollywood Bowl – complete programme
The Paris Opera Ballet returns to international touring, performing two performances at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
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Stravinsky celebrated in music and dance at Nervi, Ravenna and Rome festivals
Nervi Music Ballet Festival 2021 celebrates the 50th anniversary of Stravinsky’s death in a programme of music and dance.
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Luciana Novaro, Italian ballerina who danced with Massine and Lifar, dies at 98
Luciana Novaro, a hugely important figure in Italian ballet, died on 26 May at 98. She was a principal dancer at La Scala, its director, and a choreographer.
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Rome Opera Ballet announces 2019-2020 season
Five different programmes make up Rome Opera Ballet’s new season, 2019-2020. Benjamin Pech’s successful Swan Lake will be remounted to open the season. This will be followed by an evening dedicated to Jerome Robbins; a new work by José Carlos Martínez telling the tale of Lord Byron’s Il Corsaro (The Corsair); a triple bill featuring…
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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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Igor Yebra answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 13 years old. Why did you start dancing? Because I liked it and in my house it was something normal to see ballet; although first I wanted to be a football or basketball player! Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Fred Astaire, Antonio Gades and Vladimir…
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Lifar’s Suite en Blanc “a clever, intriguing and intricately patterned work”
Well you can’t blame them for trying. “Black & White: featuring the Black Swan pas de deux” was the cringe-making publicity for the English National Ballet‘s mixed programme. It didn’t however draw the critics’ attention away from the real gem of the evening: Suite en Blanc is a little-seen ballet by Serge Lifar, the last star…
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The Paris Opera Ballet dances at the Bolshoi for the first time since the fall of communism
This week the Bolshoi Theatre‘s ‘New Stage’ will host the Paris Opera Ballet for a mixed programme, and next week they will present Preljocaj’s Le Parc. It is the first time the company has been in Moscow since the fall of communism. Lifar’s Suite en Blanc, Petit’s L’Arlesienne and Béjart’s Bolero form the triple bill. “Over the…
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