Ashley Bouder, Carla Fracci, Lucia Lacarra, Claudio Coviello and Vittoria Valerio
For more than twenty years the Benois Prize has been recognising talent with the most starry juries imaginable. The first year it consisted of Yury Grigorovich as its president, with Galina Ulanova (Russia), Carla Fracci (Italy), Kirsten Ralov (Denmark), Yvette Chauviré (France), Rudolf Nureyev (world citizen?) and John Neumeier (Germany). This year one of these, La Fracci, returned as part of an all-female jury, except for Grigorovich, who is the president each year. Interestingly Ana Laguna was also one of its members this year, as her Giselle for Mats Ek is a constant presence on the DVD shelf in stores throughout the world, as is Fracci’s version with the American Ballet Theatre.… [continue reading]
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