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Telstra Ballet in the Bowl returns to Melbourne in 2013 The Australian Ballet presents a FREE performance under a canopy of stars Photo by William Hall The Australian Ballet kicks off its 2013 Melbourne season with  the return of Telstra Ballet in the Bowl. It’s the first time in five years the event has been staged in [...]

South African Mzansi Ballet announces plans for 2013 The founding of a new ballet company is a historic event and with the establishment in 2012 of the South African Mzansi Ballet (SAMB) this has been a landmark year for the entire SA ballet community. Highlight of 2012 was the first SA production of the classic, [...]

Cupcakes and Conversation with Yosvani Ramos, Principal, The Australian Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? I make myself a double espresso coffee every morning as soon as I wake up. Couldn’t function without it! Why ballet ? There’s nothing else I’d rather do. Who would you most like to dance [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Sarah Kora Dayanova, Sujet, Paris Opera Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? Everything seems possible within a very few minutes when I am going to the Opera, the class will begin : I do like to go to the barre to prepare my body to work [...]

Candice Adea, winner of the Helsinki International Ballet Competition joins The Hong Kong Ballet <Hong Kong – 26 October 2012> Madeleine Onne, Artistic Director of The Hong Kong Ballet, announces that Candice Adea, winner of the Helsinki International Ballet Competition 2012, joins the Company as a Soloist. Candice joins The Hong Kong Ballet from BalletPhilippines [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Sasha De Sola, Soloist, San Francisco Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? My husband Josh! He is always there to love and encourage me and I am so grateful for that. I am also motivated by the prospect of working on any of the ballets that [...]

Royal New Zealand Ballet celebrates 60 years with 2013’s stunning line-up Award-winning international and local choreographers, an icon of New Zealand dance, a collaboration with Te Radar, a tour of heartland NZ, and a five city tour to China make up the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2013 programme: a year-long celebration of the RNZB’s 60th [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Fanny Gorse, Coryphée, Opéra national de Paris What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? Monday morning, I need a latte and some music on my way to the Opéra. Then I find my best friend Allister at the same place at the barre and the week can start! [...]

Paris Opera Ballet join The Australian Ballet’s gala line-up! The Australian Ballet are delighted to announce even more sparkling international guest artists for its 50th anniversary gala, which opens on October 31 at Arts Centre Melbourne for five performances only. The company’s actual 50th birthday is on Friday 2 November. The world-renowned Paris Opera Ballet will be [...]

Mikhailovsky Theatre’s 180th Season Opened on 13 September This season is dedicated to the build-up to a landmark date: the 180 year anniversary of the founding of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. This date will be celebrated in a year’s time, in autumn 2013. Vladimir Kekhman, the Mikhailovsky Theatre’s General Director, has been talking about the Theatre’s [...]

Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote released on DVD Warner Classics has restored and remastered in high-definition from the original film, Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote, with The Australian Ballet. There’s a rare chance to see Gailene Stock – now Director of The Royal Ballet School - dancing as one of Kitri’s Girlfriends, and a bonus section which contains, among [...]

The Australian Ballet celebrates Masterpieces in 2013 The company looks beyond 50 for ballet’s next moves The Australian Ballet is presenting a season of ballet masterpieces in 2013, alongside a suite of exciting and innovative offstage projects. Launching the season in Melbourne today, Artistic Director David McAllister announced the 2013 repertoire and a number of initiatives [...]

BALLET SAN JOSE ANNOUNCES 2013 REPERTORY SEASON AND NEW 2012 PRODUCTION OF THE NUTCRACKER   REPERTORY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A WORLD PREMIERE FROM JESSICA LANG, THE COMPANY PREMIERES OF DON QUIXOTE AND WORKS BY MERCE CUNNINGHAM, JORMA ELO, KURT JOOSS, AND SIR FREDERICK ASHTON   NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR ENGAGED   COMPANY ALSO ANNOUNCES [...]

The Mikhailovsky Ballet | London Tour announced   The Mikhailovsky Ballet will be touring to London next Spring. The company boasts an impressive roster of dancers including Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev. Between March and April 2013 they will present a two week tour, with a programme including Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Multiplicity. Forms of [...]

THE WASHINGTON BALLET ANNOUNCES 2012.2013 SEASON: SEDUCTION   THE WASHINGTON BALLET SEASON OVERVIEW   Dracula (1996) – October 24 – November 4, 2012 (Company Premiere) One of the entertainment events of the year, The Washington Ballet presents Michael Pink’s chilling blockbuster Dracula. This wildly theatrical and voluptuous ballet is a breathtaking story of passion, yearning, [...]

Ballet Books | Anna Pavlova | Twentieth Century Ballerina Beautifully put together, the covetable coffee-table book Anna Pavlova, Twentieth Century Ballerina is a treasure. “It was Anna Pavlova, and no one else, who opened the world to ballet.” Written by Jane Pritchard (Curator of dance at the V&A) with Caroline Hamilton (dance and costume historian) and [...]

San Francisco Ballet | FREQUENT SF BALLET COLLABORATOR AND TONY AWARD WINNING DESIGNER MARTIN PAKLEDINAZ HAS DIED   SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Monday, July 9, 2012–Frequent SF Ballet collaborator and celebrated costume designer Martin Pakledinaz died on Sunday, July 8, at the age of 58, after a long illness. Pakledinaz, known for his work on Tony [...]

From Student to Star : Jessica Cohen, Northern Ballet From Student to Star is an interview series featuring Graduates from vocational ballet school as they begin their professional careers. Ballet News will be following them periodically to keep you up to date with their progress and whether the reality of ballet life lives up to their high expectations. [...]

Cupcakes & Conversation with Andile Ndlovu, The Washington Ballet What motivates you at 8am on a Monday morning ? Nothing really motivates me on a Monday.  I do not like Mondays as it is the first day of the week. Why ballet ? I do ballet because it is not a stereotypical activity that people [...]

The National Ballet of Canada’s Outreach Programme YOU dance Visits Thunder Bay and North Bay April 10, 2012… The National Ballet of Canada’s outreach programme YOU dance visits Thunder Bay, April 17 – 19, 2012 and North Bay, May 7 – 11, 2012. YOU dance is the National Ballet’s highly successful outreach programme that introduces [...]