by Amy Brandt | May 21, 2026 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
In 2023, Nicoletta Manni became La Scala Ballet’s first company woman to be promoted to étoile in 37 years. The Italian ballerina, who recently sat down for an interview with Pointe during a trip to New York City, talks about performing alongside her husband, the role...
by Kyra Laubacher | Dec 7, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of dancer career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s ballet roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments On November 8, Teatro alla Scala’s Nicoletta Manni was...
by Marina Harss | May 11, 2022 | The Latest
In 2016, a few years after David Hallberg’s famous move to the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, the Italian dancer Jacopo Tissi took a similar step. A product of the Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala, he had been quickly singled out for principal roles at La Scala,...