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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
World Ballet Day 2025 date announced!
The theme is Access becomes Art: World Ballet Day 2025.
Ikuko
Oct 18, 20252 min read
Semperoper Ballett announces joiners, retirement
Congratulations!
Ikuko
Oct 9, 20251 min read
Liudmila Konovalova becomes guest artist with Vienna State Ballet
Konovalova joined the Vienna State Ballet in 2010 as a Soloist and was prompted to a Principal Dancer in the following year.
Ikuko
Sep 21, 20251 min read
Vienna State Ballet announces joiners and promotions
Congratulations!
Ikuko Kurahone
Sep 12, 20251 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
Hamburg Ballett announces departure of four Principals
Alessandro Frola will join the Vienna State Ballet.
Ikuko
Jul 15, 20251 min read
Artistic directors updates: Martin Schläpfer, Nicolas Le Riche, Xin Peng Wan to leave, Gonzalo Garcia to join Miami City Ballet
Leaving artistic directors and a new artistic director.
Ikuko
Jun 27, 20251 min read
News clipping: Cassandra Trenary interview, black dance as activism and healing, Fumi and Vadim, Hannah O'Neill in Paris, Étoile cancelled
Some of the interesting news of the month.
Ikuko
Jun 27, 20253 min read
Maria Yakovleva named Étoile of Hungarian National Ballet
The news came as a surprise to Yakovleva. Congratulations!
Ikuko
Jun 27, 20251 min read
Ikuko
Apr 18, 20251 min read
Ferri headhunts Madison Young, António Casalinho, Margarita Fernandes to Vienna State Ballet
Madison Young, António Casalinho, and Margarita Fernandes will leave Bayerisches Staatsballett.
Ikuko
Apr 13, 20251 min read
Alessandra Ferri attracts more talents to Vienna State Ballet: Kentaro Mitsumori and Marcelo Gomes
At least one more name may follow. The Vienna State Ballet also announced the 2025-2026 season.
Ikuko
Apr 12, 20252 min read
Victor Caixeta to join Vienna State Ballet
Alessandra Ferri is collecting mega starts.
Ikuko
Apr 12, 20251 min read
ABT Principal Cassandra Trenary to join Ferri’s Vienna State Ballet
Trenary will join the Vienna State Ballet as Alessandra Ferri becomes the artistic director.
Ikuko
Apr 11, 20251 min read
John Cranko School, Vienna State Opera Ballet School name new directors
Elisa Carrillo Cabrera and Patrick Armand.
Ikuko
Mar 1, 20251 min read
Auditions: Ballet de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux, Vienna State Ballet Youth Co, TANZ_KASSEL, The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre
France, Austria, Germany and Czech Republic.
Ikuko
Feb 10, 20252 min read
Nikisha Fogo Day: Mayor honoured the first female black principal with SFB
Congratulations Nikisha! Breaking down barriers is never easy.
Ikuko
Nov 16, 20241 min read
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