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News and Updates
Announcement compilation: Birmingham Royal Ballet, ABT, Twyla Tharp, Sacrament Ballet, The Royal Ballet School & Freed
BRB hosted a fundraising gala.
Ikuko
4 days ago1 min read
Natalia Osipova to guest at ABT in Susan Jaffe's new Don Quixote
Principal Cory Stearns will bid farewell.
Ikuko
Mar 261 min read
Retirement: Scottish Ballet, Béjart Ballet Lausanne, San Francisco Ballet
Scottish Ballet Principal Evan Loudon, Béjart Ballet's dancers Kathleen Thielhelm and Valerija Frank, and San Francisco Ballet Principal Character Dancer Val Caniparoli.
Ikuko
Mar 211 min read
Promotions, joiners, leavers, appointments, retirement
To catch up with people moves!
Ikuko
Jan 102 min read
Year in recap: top 10 most read posts in 2025
Guess who has claimed the throne. Undisputable, kind of.
Ikuko
Dec 30, 20251 min read
Joiners, leavers, retirement, dancers exchange
English National Ballet, Northern Ballet, The Royal New Zealand Ballet, The Australian Ballet, The Finnish National Ballet and Semperoper Ballett.
Ikuko
Dec 22, 20251 min read
The Royal Ballet's Gary Avis retires - media
Avis' dance career spanned 36 years.
Ikuko
Nov 26, 20252 min read
Ikuko
Nov 22, 20251 min read
Joiners and retirement: Boston Ballet, Semperoper Ballet apprentice, National Ballet of Canada
Toi toi toi!
Ikuko
Nov 1, 20251 min read
News clipping: Ballet is always diverse, Ansel Elgort pro dance debut in Quadrophenia, Bracewell-Monaghan garden tour, Megan Fairchild on boycott, more on Misty's legacy
Recent news articles which caught my eye.
Ikuko
Oct 20, 20252 min read
Misty Copeland's farewell to be free live-streamed to another Lincoln Center theatre
"Hundreds of complimentary tickets will be distributed on the day of the event."
Ikuko
Oct 11, 20251 min read
Semperoper Ballett announces joiners, retirement
Congratulations!
Ikuko
Oct 9, 20251 min read
Retirement: Scottish Ballet's Javier Andreu, National Ballet of Portugal's Luís d'Albergaria
Toi toi toi!
Ikuko
Sep 13, 20251 min read
Hamburg Ballett's stage manager, Staatsballett Berlin's pianist retire after four decades
Toi toi toi!
Ikuko
Jul 29, 20251 min read
Gillian Murphy bids farewell after 29 years
The world won't be the same.
Ikuko
Jul 20, 20252 min read
Alvin Ailey joiners, Les Ballets des Monte Carlo retirement, Académie Princesse Grace graduate to join Paris Opera Ballet
New chapters for everyone.
Ikuko
Jul 9, 20251 min read
Retirement: Itziar Mendizabal, Caroline Roca, Olga Konosenko, Guillaume Côté, Patryk Walczak
They have danced more than 20 years on stage.
Ikuko
Jun 27, 20251 min read
Ikuko
May 29, 20251 min read
National Ballet of Canada welcomes new principals, Adieu, new season
The company also published the 2025-2026 season.
Ikuko
May 20, 20251 min read
ABT: Ethan Stiefel appointed Senior Faculty of JKO School, Gillian Murphy's swan song
Super couple. Ethan sounds genuinely happy with the appointment.
Ikuko
Apr 30, 20251 min read
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