by Julia Guiheen | Aug 16, 2017 | Profiles, TBT
Sir Frederick Ashton first choreographed the Voices of Spring pas de deux on Royal Ballet stars Merle Park and Wayne Eagling in 1977 for a ball scene in Johann Strauss II’s operetta Die Fledermaus. The lively duet is a favorite in galas and mixed bills these...
by Caroline Seymour | Jun 22, 2016 | Company Life
June 23 is finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited! Tonight, internationally acclaimed ballerina Alessandra Ferri, 53, returns to American Ballet Theatre to reprise the role of Juliet alongside Herman Cornejo in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and...
by Laura Cappelle | Sep 28, 2010 | Company Life
Watching English National Ballet’s corps de ballet glide through the second act of Giselle, it’s hard to imagine the company’s very existence was in jeopardy five years ago. Two artistic directors had resigned in rapid succession, citing insufficient funding among...