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Royal Ballet News | Sergei Polunin resigns A statement from The Royal Ballet Dame Monica Mason announced this afternoon that Principal Sergei Polunin has resigned from The Royal Ballet with immediate effect. Born in the Ukraine, Sergei joined The Royal Ballet in 2007 from The Royal Ballet School. He rose rapidly through the ranks and [...]

Ballet San Jose | A ballet company losing it’s direction Dennis Nahat Photograph : John Gerbetz Ballet San Jose (BSJ), a well-respected non-profit charity and the second largest ballet company in California, performs three or more repertory programmes per season (October-May) as well as Artistic Director Dennis Nahat’s The Nutcracker which has a run of only ten [...]

DENIS MATVIENKO AND VADIM MUNTAGIROV TO APPEAR AS GUEST ARTISTS WITH AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE FOR 2012 Denis Matvienko, a principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet, and Vadim Muntagirov, a principal dancer with English National Ballet, will debut as guest artists in upcoming performances with American Ballet Theatre. The announcement was made today by Artistic Director [...]

Ballet Gala – Ashanti Development The programme for Sunday’s Ballet Gala in aid of Ashanti Developoment is : Welcome by William Carslake Carnaval de Venise Pas de deux – Venus Villa & Fernando Montano                                 Still Moving Pas de Deux by Simon Rice – Hubert Essakow & Paul Liburd             Violin & Piano – Saint-Saens Havanaise                                                                      Frozen  Vanessa [...]

Birmingham Royal Ballet announces new Soloist – Max Westwell In addition to Birmingham Royal Ballet’s leavers, joiners and promotions announced at the end of the summer season, Birmingham Royal Ballet is pleased to announce that Max Westwell is joining the Company as Soloist. Max joins Birmingham Royal Ballet direct from English National Ballet. His roles [...]

Ivan Vasiliev to dance with English National Ballet in Roland Petit’s Jeune Homme et la Mort Bolshoi ballet supremo Ivan Vasiliev will dance with English National Ballet First Artist Jia Zhang in Jeune Homme et la Mort on Friday 22 July as his personal tribute to Roland Petit. Following Roland Petit’s death on 9 July, [...]

CHASE FINLAY AND ANTHONY HUXLEY PROMOTED TO SOLOIST AT NEW YORK CITY BALLET New York City Ballet announced today that Chase Finlay and Anthony Huxley have been promoted to Soloist.  Peter Martins, NYCB’s Ballet Master in Chief, made the promotions at the end of the Company’s annual summer residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center [...]

BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET ANNOUNCEMENTS JULY 2011 At the end of the 2010/2011 Season, Birmingham Royal Ballet announces the following: Marion Tait is appointed Assistant Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet.  Following a celebrated and award-winning career as Principal dancer with Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet, Tait became the company’s Ballet Mistress in 1995. [...]

French ballet choreographer Roland Petit dies at 87 Pushing ballet boundaries French choreographer and dancer Roland Petit, who created over 100 ballets during his career,has died in Geneva at the age of 87. The dance company he helped to set up in 1945, Les Ballets des Champs-Elysees, is said to have been responsible for choreography that pushed [...]

National Ballet of Canada | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Breaks Box Office Record June 28, 2011… The National Ballet of Canada today announced that Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is the highest grossing main season production in the company’s history. A total of 27,180 people attended 13 performances for an overall capacity of 98% [...]