Year in recap: top 10 most read posts in 2025

Who said ballet is boring? The ballet and dance world have been a full of excitements in 2025. Here is the recap of the year in a form of the top 10 most read news and blog posts that are published this year. Guess show has claimed the throne, indisputably. (Dates in parenthesis are publication dates)

1. Alessandra Ferri attracts more talents to Vienna State Ballet: Kentaro Mitsumori and Marcelo Gomes (12 April)

   
   

2. American ballerina Yana Peneva leaves Stuttgart Ballet to join Mariinsky (22 August)

   
   

3. Olga Smirnova to guest dance in ABT summer season (22 February)

   
   

4. NYCB principal Megan Fairchild announces retirement (22 February)

   
   

5. Auditions: Ballet de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux, Vienna State Ballet Youth Co, TANZ_KASSEL, The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre (February 10) Auditions are updated under this link.

   
   

6. Paris Opera Ballet announces 2025-2026 season (7 April)

   
   

7. San Francisco Ballet: Patricio Revé to join, 2025-2026 season, promotions (4 May) Please note: SFB updated its company roster later to omit Revé. Click here.

   
   

8. Kennedy Center names Stephen Nakagawa as new Director of Dance Programming (26 August)

   
   

9. What is your pointe shoe secret? Episode 6: Julia Roscoe (25th July)

   
   

10. Elisabeth Tonev, Violetta Keller to join Bayerisches Staatsballett as Principals (18 April) and Paris Opera Ballet announces promotions after internal competition in "new format (5 November)

I am looking forward to seeing what 2026 brings to the ballet and dance world. Wishing you a very happy new year!

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Updated on 31 December 2025 to correct a wrong link.