Invited by Gustavo Dudamel to participate in the 100th anniversary season of the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the Paris Opera Ballet, directed by Aurélie Dupont,will perform for the first time in this amphitheater on July 21 and 22, 2022. On the huge open-air stage and accompanied by the LA Phil under the baton of […]
FERGUS – Every day as she walks into the studio, Fergus resident Veronica Higgins is reminded of how lucky she is to pursue a career doing what she loves: ballet. The internationally recognized dancer began studying ballet later than most. It was not until the age of 15 that Higgins began formal ballet training. Now […]
Six years ago, Benjamin Millepied surprised many in the world of ballet when he resigned from his post as director of dance at the auguste Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, a little over a year later. his entry into office. Now, in another surprising move – and on unusually short notice – Aurélie Dupont, his […]
New season premieres Friday, June 17, 2022 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 and Saturday, June 18 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand with PBS Video App KPBS/Artswith host BJ Robinson, returns June 17. The arts magazine’s weekly show, showcasing the best works by artists and performers from San Diego and America, […]
A British ballet star who fled her role as principal dancer of the prestigious St Petersburg Mariinsky Ballet when war broke out has revealed he has finally performed again. Xander Parish, 36, from North Ferriby in East Yorkshire, quit his role in a production of Giselle at the historic dance company and left for Estonia […]
A Arizona Grand Jury charged a man accused of shooting and killing his wife – a professional ballet dancer – when she ‘scared’ him in the middle of the night, according to law enforcement documents. A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Hoopes, 36, for second degree murder and unlawful release of a weapon in connection […]
Mikhail Baryshnikov, one of the world’s most famous ballet dancers who left the Soviet Union for the West in 1976, said true Russian values will endure despite Putin Mikhail Baryshnikov, the ballet dancer who left the Soviet Union for the West, said Putin’s Russia “will die of its fears” in an open letter to the […]