And three! The ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris has just acquired a third star by naming Guillaume Diop as étoile after a performance of Giselle in Seoul on Saturday 11 March 2023. This distinction follows shortly after those of Hannah O’Neill and Marc Moreau during the performance of Balanchine at the Palais Garnier. The […]
Ballet
A sad anniversary on 6 January 2023, as it is exactly 30 years since the great choreographer Rudolf Nureyev died at the age of 54. His choreographies are still celebrated all over the world and are still relevant today. This season, his Don Quixote will be performed in Vienna, Swan Lake at the Teatro alla […]
José Martinez, 53, former director of the Spanish National Dance Company and danseur Etoile of the Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, has been appointed Director of Dance of the Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris. He will replace Aurélie Dupont, who left her position on 31 July 2022, and will take up his post on 5 […]
The Vienna Volksoper opens its new season with a show that combines opera and ballet, starting on 9 October 2022. Tchaikovsky’s Iolantha and The Nutcracker are the perfect double bill for the other Viennese stage, which brings together choreographer Andrey Kaydanovskiy and, above all, the two new heads of the Volksoper, Director Lotte de Beer […]