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Peter Quanz Preimeres New Ballet With Pennsylvania Ballet

Peter Quanz, the talented and acclaimed young choreographer, will premiere a new ballet "Jupiter Symphony" on Friday June 6th for the Pennsylvania Ballet (Roy Kaiser, Artistic Director) at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Also on the program will be Chris Wheeldon's Carnival of the Animals (John Lithgow will narrate for Carnival) and a new work by Matthew Neenan.

Ballet San Jose Features World Premieres

Ballet San Jose’s four main offerings of the 23rd season in Silicon Valley will feature a story ballet by August Bournonville that is unique to Ballet San Jose’s repertory, the re-staging of one of Dennis Nahat’s most popular comedic ballets, three Company premieres by dance legends and five world premiere ballets by members of the Company.

Another ballet feast for Beijing in August

Royal Danish Ballet, one of the oldest major ballet companies, will be performing in the National Centre for the Performing Arts during the Olympic Performing Season, bringing another art feast for audience in Beijing, following the performances of other great ballet troupes.

Bodrum readies for sixth ballet festival

The Bodrum International Ballet Festival, Turkey’s only festival devoted entirely to ballet, will present its sixth edition from Aug. 15-29, with a program that focuses more on modern choreography than world classical ballet repertoire.

Galas: Ideas Puts Ballet Gala Soles on Ice

When San Francisco-based Ideas Event Decor & Production opted not to bid on the San Francisco Ballet's 2008 opening night gala — an event the company had designed for the past two years — company founder J. Riccardo Benavides knew he was taking a risk. “From a business perspective, it's a scary approach,� he admits. Instead, the company put all its energy into a bid for the ballet's high-profile opening night dinner celebrating its 75th anniversary “New Works� festival. Fortunately for Ideas, the risk paid off. After winning over the ballet committee with its creative “ice as diamonds� design, the company executed a truly cool affair.

Master Marius Petip Comes To Australian Ballet

This June at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, The Australian Ballet pays homage to the splendour of Russian Imperial ballet and its father, Marius Petipa, alongside George Balanchine's magnificent tribute to the Russian tradition, Ballet Imperial.

Festival Ballet, Royal Opera House, London

Ballet is falling prey to recession, too. This year, English National Ballet have managed to squeeze only one mixed bill among the Nutcrackers and Sleeping Beauties that are its box-office bread and butter, and a wistful programme note from director Wayne Eagling points out that the funding for this triple bill had only been raised thanks to a special syndicate of sponsors.

Ballet Mosaic at Artscape Opera House

Cape Town City Ballet is joined by the Dance For All Youth Company and the Cape Junior Ballet in their winter offering.

- English National Ballet launches group e-newsletter

English National Ballet has introduced a new online group newsletter. GTOs can now subscribe to the quarterly e-newsletter by emailing groups@ballet.co.uk. It aims to keep organisers informed about the latest offers and discounts from the company as well as details of performances.

Creativity: Ballet Offers Monstrously Good Costumes To Public

For the first time ever, costumes from the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s wardrobe department are for sale. this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to view or secure a piece of ballet history. More >>

Taipei Royal Ballet to stage 'Le Corsaire'

The Taipei Royal Ballet will stage a slightly modified "Le Corsaire" complete with sets at the Metropolitan Hall in Taipei at 7:30 p.m. on August 2 and 3. The presentation of the full-length ballet rich in bravura dancing will be unprecedented in Taiwan.

Houston Ballet: Five Tangos

Hans van Manen’s Five Tangos - a unique mix of the power and sensuality of tango and the cool abstraction of classical ballet - rounds out a program debuting at Houston Ballet May 22.

English National Ballet - 2-4-1 Offer On Best Seats

Get two top price £50 tickets for the price of one for English National Ballet’s Festival Ballet, 2 – 5 July only.

Enchanting evening of ballet

ALL HAIL the Cascade Festival Ballet for an evening of sheer enchantment in the Queen’s Hall on Saturday June 7! For two hours the dancers held the audience spellbound as they performed excerpts from classical ballet - and three exciting, modern pieces.

Champlin dancer selected for elite ballet academy

A passion for ballet, hard work, perseverance and talent has won 18-year-old Brittane Hughes a place at the BalletMet Dance Academy summer program in Columbus, Ohio this month. Brittane will train for five weeks in the Pre-Professional division. Her goal is to become a professional ballet dancer.

New York ballet season ends on a classical note

NEW YORK - She's a good two decades older than many of her fellow dancers, a mother and director of her own ballet company. But Nina Ananiashvili was so light on her feet, so delicate as American Ballet Theatre's fragile young Giselle that she could have been a teenager.

Kennedy Center: America's Ballet Spirit

Nine renowned American companies explore our nation’s magnificent ballet spirit when Ballet Across America comes to the Kennedy Center June 10–15.

Cubans Impact in World Ballet Feast

Caracas, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) A memorable Black Swan pas de deux by National Ballet of Cuba First Dancers Viengsay Valdes and Romel Frometa closed Ballet World Fiesta in Caracas.

A witty Carnival of the Animals from PA ballet

Six months later, it's premiered another ballet that resembles a much shorter, but equally whimsical "Nutcracker." "Carnival of the Animals" first danced Friday night at the Academy of Music, is a delightfully witty ballet choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, and set to a story written by actor John Lithgow, who appeared on stage and narrated the first three performances.

International guests return for acclaimed ballet

SHE’S worked with the likes of Kylie Minogue, Christina Aguilera and Johnny Depp and now former Royal New Zealand Ballet dancer Amy Hollingsworth returns to New Zealand to star in the hit ballet Romeo and Juliet.

Ballet "Swan Lake" debuts in Hohhot

The classical ballet "Swan Lake" debuted in Hohhot, capital city of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. [Photo: cnr.cn]

Ballet will pay tribute to legendary Nureyev

STARS of the Ballet Moscow – paying tribute to the legendary partnership of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev – will give two performances at the Port Elizabeth Opera House at the end of this month.

Ballet On Lights

Sydney: Chinese acrobats perform ‘Ballet On Lights’ during the final dress rehearsal of Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Dralion’. afp

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