Review: Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty at La Scala – thrilling in its eccentricity
Graham Spicer sees Rudolf Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty at La Scala with an electrifying Martina Arduino as Aurora.
Viviana Durante
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Lynne Charles becomes new Artistic Director of English National Ballet School
English National Ballet School has announced that dancer, teacher, and creator of 4Pointe, Lynne Charles will become its new Artistic Director.
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Viviana Durante steps down as Artistic Director of English National Ballet School
English National Ballet School has announced that its Artistic Director, Viviana Durante, has decided to step down from her post after 5 years with the school.
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Matthew Paluch considers ballet dreams vs reality
Matthew Paluch considers ballet dreams vs reality as another ballet school comes under fire for its unacceptable teaching methods.
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Ballet schools worldwide commit to a collective future with aDvANCE conference
The aDvANCE conference at The Royal Ballet School focused on understanding today’s students’ experience to facilitate nurturing studio environments.
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[Review] English National Ballet School 2023 Summer Performances
English National Ballet School’s 35th Anniversary performance is a mixed bill covering a wide range of styles from the mid-19th century to today.
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[Interview] The Collected Mr McNicol – talking to choreographer Andrew McNicol
Choreographer Andrew McNicol talks about his McNicol Ballet Collective UK tour and his flourishing career.
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Dance 2022 – Our critic looks at a year of dance in London
Guest author Matthew Paluch looks at some highlights of dance 2022 in London
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[Review] Rudolf Nureyev’s Nutcracker at La Scala – lacking fizz
The return to La Scala of Rudolf Nureyev’s Nutcracker after 16 years gives back a well-loved production, but it needs work.
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[Review] The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration – the importance of the past, present, and future
Guest author Matthew Paluch looks at celebrating 60 years of The Friends of Covent Garden in a varied programme for The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration.
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How MacMillan shapes Rudolf’s women – The Royal Ballet in Mayerling
Guest author Matthew Paluch looks at the six main female characters who surround Crown Prince Rudolf in Macmillan’s ballet Mayerling, now in cinemas worldwide.
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UK’s top dance schools Unite for Ukraine
Six top dance schools will support young people affected by the war in Ukraine with a gala performance, Unite for Ukraine, at London’s Sadler’s Wells.
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Prix de Lausanne 2022 in-person possible with a Covid Certificate
With the implementation of the vaccine and the Covid Certificate, the Prix de Lausanne can run its competition in person from 31 January to 6 February 2022.
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UK’s National Dance Awards announced
This year’s National Dance Awards were announced yesterday at a streamed event from Cervantes Theatre in London.
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Nominees for the UK’s National Dance Awards 2021 are announced
The nominees for the 21st National Dance Awards have been announced by the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle.
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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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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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English National Ballet School’s Winter Showcase available worldwide
English National Ballet School has announced that its Winter Showcase will premiere online (via its website, YouTube and Facebook channels) from Monday 21 December at 7.30pm GMT and be available for 30 days after that.
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A look at the English National Ballet School’s Summer Performance 2020
Courageously, the English National Ballet School has worked with its students to produce new works – marvellously put together with some impressive editing by BalletBoyz and Manilla Productions – to create an end of year show, showcase, and celebration. The resulting film is given a bonus lift by Alessandra Ferri wishing the students good luck for their futures and adding some positive words that they can carry with them – indeed, that we can all carry – in this odd time.
Each of the three years of the school(16 to 19-year-old students) has worked with a different choreographer via Zoom. Then each student has
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Interview with The Royal Ballet’s Lauren Cuthbertson – so much passion
On 14 March 2020, The Royal Ballet’s principal dancer Lauren Cuthbertson was dancing Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre… two days later a message arrived: The Royal Opera House was closing.
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Viviana Durante, Meow Meow and Laura Morera recreate MacMillan’s Seven Deadly Sins
Wilton’s Music Hall’s summer programming includes Kenneth MacMillan‘s version of Kurt Weill-Bertolt Brecht’s Seven Deadly Sins. It is produced and mounted by former Royal Ballet principal dancer Viviana Durante with Meow Meow and Laura Morera among the cast. Wilton’s Music Hall in London is the oldest grand music hall in the world and in 2015…
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Interview with Joseph Caley, English National Ballet’s new Principal Dancer
After more than a decade with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Principal Dancer Joseph Caley has packed his bags and headed south to join Tamara Rojo and English National Ballet. In July, when his move was announced, he said, “The diversity of repertoire that Tamara has brought to the Company is really interesting and I can’t wait…
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Introducing Michele Esposito… winner of the Prix de Lausanne 2017
Michele Esposito has won the Prix de Lausanne 2017. The first prize, sponsored by the Swiss investment firm Adveq, was not his only award as he also won the Best Swiss Candidate Prize as well as the Contemporary Dance Prize for his interpretation of an extract from John Neumeier‘s ballet Nijinsky. The 17-year-old comes from…
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Royal Ballet Autumn Season 2016 – 2017 – full dates and casts
The Royal Ballet has released the casting for their Autumn Season, from September 2016 until January 2017. Roberta Marquez will return as Guest Artist to dance two farewell performances in one of her signature roles as the wayward daughter Lise in La fille mal gardée. LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE 27 and 30 September at 7.30pm…
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ENB’s Emerging Dancer competition to be streamed live on 17 May
The English National Ballet‘s Emerging Dancer competition at the London Palladium, now in its seventh year, will this year be live streamed for the first time. The broadcast will be in partnership with ArtStreamingTV on Tuesday 17 May 2016. It will be possible to watch the full programme of performances, as well as interviews from…
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THE ROYAL BALLET SEASON 2016 – 2017: theatre and cinema
All the details of the 2016-2017 Ballet Season at London’s Royal Opera House: skip to section: ROYAL BALLET 2016-2017 SEASON – IN BRIEF THE ROYAL OPERA 2016-2017 SEASON THE ROYAL OPERA SEASON 2016-2017 – IN FULL ROYAL BALLET 2016-2017 SEASON – IN BRIEF Four World Premieres New one-act ballet from Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor to a…
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Royal Ballet stalwart Derek Rencher dies at 82
Derek Rencher, one of the longest serving members of The Royal Ballet, has died at 82. Rencher was born in Birmingham on 6 June 1932. He joined the Sadler’s Wells Ballet in 1953 and was promoted to soloist in 1957, the year after the company was granted its Royal Charter, becoming The Royal Ballet, and…
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The dance drain: who will save ballet in Italy?
Italians are great dancers, but they don’t get much opportunity to demonstrate that in their homeland. The history of ballet is adorned with Italian talent: Giuseppina Bozzacchi was the first Swanhilda in Coppélia; three dazzling stars, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito, and Marie Taglioni (also the first Sylphide) were celebrated by Perrot in his Pas de Quattre; Pierina Legnani was named Prima Ballerina Assoluta by Petipa…
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