Ballet choreographers

The Greek National Opera Ballet is set to stage a 'sensitive and minimalist' new take on Leo Delibes' comic ballet 'Coppelia,' in a production choreographed by the multi-award-winning Edward Clug and with additional music by Milko Lazar that opens on May 12.

The great international artist made a confession of the soul at the 26th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - "Twice in my life I had to answer positively to something, because I would regret it on my deathbed: The first is the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and the other is Pina Bausch, these are death sentences"

Rock music and Mozart come together in a production by Le Presbyter - Ballet for Life - Bejart Ballet Lausanne at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr).

He conquered the New York stage, married a Hollywood star and directed a daring new film version of "Carmen." But Benjamin Millepied says he had to give up the American dream to return to France.

Millepied is best-known to tabloid gossip fans as the husband of actress Natalie Portman, whom he met while working as choreographer on the Oscar-winning film "Black Swan."

Russia's Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights, its director said Wednesday.

The 71st Ljubljana Festival, the largest summer festival in the country, will bring an eclectic mix of performances from 20 June to 3 September. Ballet, opera and classical music remain the mainstay, but they will be interspersed with music for fans of fantasy, rock and musicals.

Director and choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot's reinterpretation of Shakespeare's timeless piece "Romeo and Juliet" will be on stage in Istanbul in February next year.

A former Turkish head ballet dancer from the Ankara State Opera and Ballet (ADOB) is training dancers in North Macedonia.

Bahri Gürcan said that he established a dancing school in the Turkish capital Ankara in 2007 and discovered talented children. His decision to open a school came after dancing abroad for years.

It has been reported that the 28th International Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival, organized by the General Directorate of State Opera and Ballet in the southern province of Antalya, has welcomed the highest number of people this year.

Ljubljana – The SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, a leading national opera and ballet theatre, has produced a diverse 2021/2022 season headlined Long Live Opera and Ballet, the opera’s artistic director Marko Hribernik says. It brings music by Russian greats Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, Italian composers Donizetti and Bellini and France’s Gounod.