“The new school, which became official at the start of 2025, now hosts a commercial dance department as well as a concert dance department, and students have the opportunity to earn their BFA in dance with a concentration in ballet, jazz, modern dance, or — for the first time — hip hop.” - Dance Teacher
The company danced at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in the 1990s but hasn't been back since. But starting next month, following a $5.3 million renovation, Richmond Ballet will be performing its Moving Art series of classical and contemporary work at the VMFA's Leslie Cheek Theater. - WRIC (Richmond, VA)
"'You are welcome,' beams a neon sign above the biscuity brick entrance. Theatres, like vampires, gravitate to dark spaces, but inside the impression is of light: high ceilings, generous windows, terraces overlooking the Olympic Park. … There’s even a window behind the auditorium, so technicians don’t beaver in the shadows." - The Standard (London)
Thirty-four dancers performed The Nelken Line, a piece by choreographer Pina Bausch that pays homage to the seasons. It's been performed widely since Bausch created it in 1982. There's even a tutorial. In the piece, dancers walk in a single-file line and make synchronized movements. - NPR
She weighed just 60 pounds (27.3 kilograms) – about the same size as a 9-year-old. Last month her parents, an Australian couple in their mid-40s, were sentenced to prison in Perth’s District Court of Western Australia for neglecting their only child, even as they ferried her to and from piano and ballet lessons. - CNN
The advisory circle, formed in 2018, was intended to make Canada's oldest ballet company "a more equitable, diverse and inclusive organization," the ballet's website says. But that goal was at odds with the advisory circle's experience with the ballet's management and board of directors, said Morrison, the advisory circle's co-founder. - CBC
Frédéric Olivieri will begin his latest term as Director of La Scala’s ballet company on March 1. He first led the company 2002-2007, after having been chief ballet master. He then spent 10 years at the helm of the company's school before serving as the company's director 2017-2020. - Gramilano (Milan)
"The company announced on Friday that it would leave its offices in the West Village of Manhattan and relocate to a 30,000-square-foot space in Times Square, more than doubling its footprint.” - The New York Times
"Lopez, 66, who joined the company in 2012, was originally scheduled to leave at the end of the 2026-27 season. (Her) departure ... came as a surprise to Miami City Ballet’s dancers, staff and some board members." - The New York Times
"The findings reveal an overwhelming dominance of male choreographers, particularly in the Largest 50 ballet companies, despite some growth in opportunities for female choreographers in mid-sized and smaller companies." - Dance Data Project
"The transition ... involves more than just hanging up their (sometimes-proverbial) shoes. It can come with a new perspective on movement, a new relationship to their bodies, and a new way of making dances. And what that shift looks like can vary widely from artist to artist." - Dance Magazine
He had just finished law school when his mother suddenly died in 2009. Within two weeks, he was heading the Pina Bausch Foundation, where he oversees licensing of her works to her own company and others and is assembling a freely available online archive documenting all of her creations. - The Observer (UK)
The new biennial competition with a £40,000 bounty for the victor is initially guaranteed to run for 10 editions, by which time it hopes to be on a par with the Booker or Turner prizes, boosting dance’s profile accordingly. - The Guardian
“She was committed to keeping the project alive, so she rented a shipping container and used it as a rehearsal space, continuing to improve her work despite the limitations. ... Black Ballerina was performed via live stream, reaching audiences remotely” - including artistic directors. - Globe and Mail
"From day one I said: 'This has to be a company of virtuosos,'" says the former Royal Ballet star and current director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. "I want personalities, 'Look at me!' – that’s how I like it." - The Guardian
