Audrey Hepburn, the unforgettable performer of My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Funny Face and Charade, Sabrina and many others, loved Paris and Paris continues to pay her tribute. In a show entitled Dans les yeux d’Audrey, choreographer François Mauduit pays tribute to her with a ballet freely inspired by her life when she dreamed […]

The brilliant choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has added another string to his bow by also directing opera. His arrival at the helm of the Grand Théâtre de Genève ballet in 2022 naturally led him to propose a new production in which all the performing arts will be brought together. From 21 February to 2 March […]

The great prima ballerina assoluta Alessandra Ferri has just been appointed the new director of the Vienna Opera Ballet. From 1 September 2025, she will succeed Martin Schläpfer, who has decided not to renew his contract. The Etoile will take over the artistic direction of the ballet company (and also that of the Wiener Staatsoper […]

Rudolf Nureyev remains the greatest dancer of the twentieth century and forever a major figure in international ballet, thanks to the many revivals of his work in Paris, London, Vienna, Milan and elsewhere. Journalist Patricia Boccadoro, who knew him well (in fact, it was he who encouraged her to write in the 1980s), has just […]

For eleven seasons now, Christian Spuck has presided over the destiny of Ballett Zürich as director and chief choreographer. After shaping Switzerland’s largest company, he is now leaving to become artistic director of the Staatsballett Berlin. For his farewell to the Ballett Zürich, several events are being organised at the Opernhaus, such as the recording […]

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 […]

One of the most talked about and talented French dancers has just been appointed Danseur Etoile of the Opéra national de Paris. After ten triumphant performances of Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère, Aurélie Dupont and Alexander Neef took to the stage of the Opéra Bastille on Saturday 23 April 2022 to honour François Alu, Danseur étoile. […]

After detecting some cases of Covid within the corps de ballet, La Scala in Milan has been forced to postpone the opening of its dance season by a few days. The performances of La Bayadère that should have taken place on 15 and 17 December 2021 have been postponed to 12 and 13 January 2022. […]

Currently scheduled at the Paris wonderful Palais Garnier, Les Étoiles et Premiers Danseurs du Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris offers an anthology of solos and duets, partly accompanied by Ophélie Gaillard‘s cello. The artist in duet with the star dancers Sae Eun Park and Hugo Marchand performs La Mort du cygne and A Suite […]

Created at the Théâtre de Caen (France) in November 2017, Le Ballet royal de la nuit (a reconstitution of the ballet danced by His Majesty Louis XIV at the age of 15) was so successful that a new tour is being organised. Directed by Francesca Lattuada, Sébastien Daucé directs his ensemble Correspondances at the Théâtre […]