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Partner-swapping at La Scala: Osipova/Sarafanov, Rojo/Vasiliev —...
Intriguing casting changes at La Scala.In September, Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote was to have have four guest artists: Svetlana Zakharova paired with Denis Matvienko and Natalia Osipova with Ivan...
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Darcey Bussell wants to get Britain dancing: You don’t need your leg around...
Do dancers 'need' to dance? Well, most of them do, yes. It was needing to dance as a child that made them into a professional dancer, and the term can come to define who you are. If you no longer...
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Virginia Woolf: Major London exhibition opens 10 July
A major exhibition exploring the life and achievements of Virginia Woolf opens at the National Portrait Gallery tomorrow, 10 July 2014. Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision, which is on display until...
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Prima Donnas: Deborah Voigt and Rufus Wainwright take on Aspen
Deborah Voigt and Rufus Wainwright will be appearing together at this year's Aspen Music Festival.Voigt will make two appearances in collaboration with Wainwright who, according to the press release,...
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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui creates a semi-new piece for Osipova and Vasiliev
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev summer ballet-fest, Solo for Two, has a slight alteration in the programme.The evening’s opening is now to be a new piece by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, drawing on two...
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Young American at the Bolshoi: Julian MacKay wins Sochi and Istanbul medals
The (other) American at the Bolshoi, 16-year-old Julian MacKay, has been winning medals at the international ballet competitions at Sochi and Istanbul. Of course there are lots of ballet competitions...
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Opera snobs won’t stop us going back to La Bohème
By Peter Franklin, University of OxfordThe Royal Opera House’s restaging of La Bohème will get the same responses as any other production of the Puccini opera. The savvy enthusiast hedges cautiously,...
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Luis Ortigoza answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
When did you start dancing? When I was 5 years old.Why did you start dancing? I saw a ballet class and enjoyed watching it, so I said to my mother, "That's what I want to do!"Which dancer inspired you...
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$50,000 tickets to hear Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli brings Celebrity Fight Night to Italy.Bocelli has been involved with Muhammad Ali's charity for years, but this will be the first time that the event has been seen outside America. For...
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Callas Remastered: as you’ve never heard her before on 69 cds
Warner Classics now holds the key to the Maria Callas official recordings treasure chest. Recently that key was taken out, and the original masters were carefully removed and transferred to computers...
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Deloitte Ignite 2014: The Royal Ballet’s month-long festival of dance, music...
The month-long contemporary arts festival Deloitte Ignite 2014 is based on the theme of myth and this year is curated by The Royal Ballet and The National Gallery’s Dr Minna Moore Ede, who said,At the...
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Carla Fracci for Expo 2015: Milan, Capital of the World
The Milanese ballerina, Carla Fracci, has become an Ambassador for the Milan Expo 2015.The theme of the World Expo is Feed the planet, Energy for Life and in the clip below she talks about her love for...
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Roberto Bolle & Friends arrives in Verona: not drunk and not vulgar!
Roberto Bolle and Friends is up and running with two dates in Genoa already ticked off the list. Tomorrow comes the Verona date at that biggest of all dance venues, the 15,000-seater Roman...
View ArticleÁngel Corella to become next Director of the Pennsylvania Ballet
After announcing the closure of his Spanish company and saying that he had little choice but to leave Spain if he was to continue working, Ángel Corella has done just that and in September he will...
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Dancers from the Royal Ballet and ENB reopen the glorious Teatro Colón in Bogotá
Teatro Colón in Bogotá reopens tomorrow night after a six-year restoration.Ten dancers from the Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet will help to get the celebrations off to a good start. Among...
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More dancers decide to leave Italy… most never come back
Italy's Got Talent. Lots of it. Sometimes that talent finds it difficult to emerge - it's not always what you know but who you know - and sometimes there's not enough room for everyone to show what...
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Carmen Medea Cassandra – Il processo: tonight and on tour
Carmen, Medea and Cassandra... just imagine all three around a dinner table... a diplomatic nightmare. For Italian choreographer Luciano Cannito they have provided him with inspiration for a new pièce:...
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Great tenor Carlo Bergonzi dies at 90
Carlo Bergonzi, one of the greatest tenors of the 20th Century, died last night in Milan's Auxologico Institute, just two weeks after celebrating his 90th birthday on 13 July.Bergonzi was born in...
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Leo Nucci on the Rome Opera crisis: closure could be a good opportunity
I was born a labourer, before I was a singer I was a blacksmith and a mechanic. My father was a miner. I was in the chorus. Obviously I understand the trade unions. But this is another story...
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Starry names coach future ballet stars at En Avant’s first event
The En Avant Foundation - "for Specialised Ballet Coaching, Mentoring and the Awarding of Scholarships" - has had its first ever event in New York City at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.Young...
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