by Suzannah Friscia | Oct 13, 2016 | Company Life
Recently, Europe has seen its fair share of ballet-related drama. From Benjamin Millepied’s sudden departure from Paris Opéra Ballet to the turbulent shift in directors at Staatsballett Berlin, several companies have undergone big changes this year. Now,...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Oct 5, 2016 | Company Life
Paintings infrequently inspire ballets. Notable exceptions include Yuri Possokhov’s Magrittomania, based on the works of surrealist painter René Magritte, and Christopher Wheeldon’s recent Strapless, centered on the woman in John Singer Sargent’s...
by Hannah Chang 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;...