BALLET2000’s Special New Year Issue, is on the newsstands now. It looks back on a year in dance with, says editor Alfio Agostini, …the best shows, trendiest dancers, most significant companies and most creative choreographers. The bi-monthly dance magazine, uniquely, comes out in three separate editions: Édition FRANCE, ENGLISH Edition and Edizione ITALIA. Each year it … [Read more...]
Dutch National Ballet’s Marijn Rademaker on injury and recovery
'Being injured is part of our job, it happens, we will get back stronger!' That’s what we say when we try to sweet talk ourselves and make it ok. But it always hurts.Being injured means dealing with letting go what you love. Its sounds really dramatic, I know... but it is. Of course, one time can be more dramatic than another time. Maybe one time you can’t enjoy the summer … [Read more...]
Cecilia Bartoli to sing Maria in West Side Story
At next year's Salzburg Whitsun Festival, Cecilia Bartoli will sing Maria in West Side Story! The exclamation mark is my surprise at the announcement, though I have no doubt that hers will be a lively and touching performance.And talking of lively... Gustavo Dudamel will be conducting the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. (No exclamation mark.) Norman Reinhardt … [Read more...]
Royal Ballet Onegin casting 2015: débuts for Osipova, Golding and Muntagirov
John Cranko's masterpiece, Onegin, returns to the Royal Opera House at the end of this month. Created for the Stuttgart Ballet in 1965, the Royal Ballet first performed this production in 2001 and have since made it a staple of the repertory.The upcoming performances feature role débuts from Principal dancer Natalia Osipova and First Soloist Itziar Mendizabal as Tatiana and … [Read more...]
Casting for Royal Ballet triple bill in March and La fille mal gardée in April
THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS / NEW HOFESH SHECHTER / SONG OF THE EARTH George Balanchine / NEW Hofesh Shechter / Kenneth MacMillan Music: Paul Hindemith / Koen Kessels / Gustav Mahler27, 30 March, 8, 10, 14 April at 7.30pmA world première from much sought-after Israeli choreographer and composer Hofesh Shechter is the centrepiece of the Royal Ballet's contemporary mixed … [Read more...]