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News and Updates
Announcements compilation: Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Carlos Acosta, Skylar Brandt, Christine Shevchenko, Finnish National Ballet, DTH, Ballet Black
There are so many announcements across the ballet world I compiled them in one place.
Ikuko
Sep 2, 20252 min read
News clipping: Alessandra Ferri and Nikisha Fogo in Pointe, reviews of Mary, Queen of Scots, Fortnite sued (again)
Some media articles which caught my eye in the past few weeks.
Ikuko
Sep 2, 20253 min read
Stuttgart Ballet announces a promotion
Abigail Willson-Heisel has been promoted to a Soloist. Mackenzie Brown has become a Guest Principal Dancer.
Ikuko
Sep 1, 20251 min read
Boston Ballet announces roster, Madoka Sugai joins
Madoka Sugai, who left the Hamburg Ballett, is among the five joiners.
Ikuko
Sep 1, 20251 min read
Ikuko
Aug 29, 20252 min read
Dutch National Ballet soloist publishes a book
Nina Tonoli's book is titled Dagboek van een ballerina, or Diary of an ballerina.
Ikuko
Aug 27, 20251 min read
Kennedy Center names Stephen Nakagawa as new Director of Dance Programming
The ex-Washington Ballet dancer is not happy about “radical leftist ideologies in ballet" and concerned about the "rise of the 'woke' culture" in the company and others.
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Ikuko
Aug 26, 20252 min read
Kennedy Center fires dance programming team - The Washington Post, The New York Times
The dismissal followed the meeting between the centre's president and the team.
Ikuko
Aug 25, 20252 min read
American ballerina Yana Peneva leaves Stuttgart Ballet to join Mariinsky
Yana is the second American dancer to join the Russian company for the new season.
Ikuko
Aug 22, 20251 min read
ABT Studio Company announces 2025-2026 dancers
The studio company also announced the Fall 2025 ABT Apprentice Program dancers.
Ikuko
Aug 19, 20251 min read
Eighteen-year-old Mississippi boy to join Mariinsky as Soloist
Alexei Orohovsky has just graduated from John Cranko Schule.
Ikuko
Aug 19, 20251 min read
World Ballet Day: no update yet for 2025
The official website has not been updated. Beware the seemingly-bogus Instagram account.
Ikuko
Aug 17, 20251 min read
English National Ballet announces principal casting for autumn-winter
It is nice to see many role debuts.
Ikuko
Aug 15, 20251 min read
Valentino Zucchetti is creating new Nutcracker
The Royal Ballet First Soloist is working on the well-loved Christmas ballet for New English Ballet Theatre.
Ikuko
Aug 14, 20251 min read
Northern Ballet introduces new dancer ranks, promotes George Liang
The company is also hiring.
Ikuko
Aug 13, 20251 min read
Ashley Bouder joins ballet school as executive director
Congratulations!
Ikuko
Aug 12, 20251 min read
Dutch National Ballet: Riho Sakamoto returns, promotions and joiners
Welcome back and congratulations!
Ikuko
Aug 11, 20251 min read
Ikuko
Aug 6, 20251 min read
Promotion: Dutch National Ballet Lore Zonderman
Lore joined the Dutch National Ballet in 2020.
Ikuko
Aug 5, 20251 min read
Gender defying Leroy Mokgatle and Long Zhou nominated for German Theatre Award
Leroy and Long are both phenomenal.
Ikuko
Aug 1, 20251 min read
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