by Hannah Foster | Aug 10, 2016 | Company Life
The Fountain of Youth might be in Italy. Alessandra Ferri may be defying all preconceived notions about the length of ballet careers, but she isn’t the first Italian to do so. Carla Fracci, a former prima ballerina at La Scala Ballet and international guest...
by Hannah Foster | Feb 7, 2016 | Company Life
From Paris to Washington, D.C., there seems to be something in the air affecting ballet directors. On the heels of Benjamin Millepied’s startling resignation announcement last week, The Washington Ballet has disclosed the impending departure of Septime Webre;...
by Hannah Foster | Oct 25, 2015 | Company Life
Makhar Vaziev with La Scala Ballet dancer Claudio Coviello on tour in Japan. Photo courtesy of Teatro alla Scala on Twitter From Russia to Italy and home again: Makhar Vaziev, former director (and principal dancer) of the Mariinsky Ballet and current director...