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PERFORMANCES
Due to the current situation, companies's schedules are constantly changing but we will endeavour to post the changes as they are announced. Contact: media@danceeurope.net
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AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN DANCE THEATRE
Director: Amy Hollingsworth
Aftermath Brisbane 12-14 February
Supernature Adelaide 12 - 14 March
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET
Director: David Hallberg
New York Dialects: Serenade/The Four Temperaments/New work ch: Pam Tanowitz
Sydney 6 - 24 April;
Melbourne 3 - 12 June.
Counterpoint:
Artifact Suite/Raymonda Act III
Sydney 25 April - 15 May.
Anna Karenina ch: Possokhov
https://youtu.be/eosb5uUVXPY
Melbourne 18 - 29 June;
Adelaide 9 - 15 July.
As One: Ballet in the Quarry
5 - 27 February.
AUSTRIA
LOCKDOWN EXTENDED TO 28 FEBRUARY
Daily streams on play.wiener.staatsoper.at during lockdown
Giselle
2, 5, 8, 9, 11 March; 3, 10, 14 April
BELGIUM
OPERA BALLET VLAANDEREN
Director: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
www.operaballet.be
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen has produced fourteen small-scale world premieres under the heading of Imagination is Alive. Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, Krystian Lada, Drew Jacoby and others.
YouTube PLAYLIST
COMPAGNIE MICHÈLE NOIRET
Director: Michèle Noiret
www.michele-noiret.be
Les Chant des Ruines
3, 4, 5 March - Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse, Paris
16 March - DSN - Dieppe Scène Nationale
19 March - Théâtre des Quatre Saisons, Gradignan
23 March - L'Estive, Scène Nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège
CANADA
CHINA
Hong Kong Ballet
Director: Septime Webre
www.hkballet.com
ENGLAND
BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET
Director: Carlos Acosta
www.brb.org.uk
Cinderella
The Lowry, Salford
3 - 6 March
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
10 - 13 March
PROTEIN DANCE
Director: Luca Silvestrini
https://proteindance.co.uk
May Contain Food
ONLINE
kingsplace.co.uk
12 - 21 February
THE ROYAL BALLET
Director: Kevin O'Hare
www.roh.org.uk
Streams:
La Fille mal gardée
https://stream.roh.org.uk
premieres on 29 January
Raymonda Act III
12 February - 13 March
https://stream.roh.org.uk
NORTHERN BALLET
Director: David Nixon
www.northernballet.com
Swan Lake - Leeds Grand Theatre
13 - 22 May
Dangerous Liaisons - Sheffield Lyceum Theatre
15 - 19 June
ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Director: Craig Hassall
www.royalalberthall.com
Polunin Ink
Romeo and Juliet ch: Johan Kobborg
6 May
New Adventures
Matthew Bourne's The Car Man
17 - 27 June
ESTONIA
Giselle 11 March;
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
12 February, 14 March;
Coppélia 5, 7, 27 March;
Ravel: Ravel 26, 31 mat March;
Alice in Wonderland 31 March.
FINLAND
FINNISH NATIONAL BALLET
Director: Madeleine Onne
www.operafin.fi
Swan Lake new production by David McAllister
29 February - 27 May.
FRANCE
MALANDAIN BALLET BIARRITZ
Director: Thierry Malandain
www.malandainballet.com
All performances cancelled
PARIS OPERA
Director: Aurélie Dupont
ONLINE
Paris Opera - Gala d'ouverture: Grand défilé, Grand pas Classique ch: Gsovsky, In the Night ch: Robbins and The vertiginous thrill of exactitude ch: Forsythe
https://chezsoi.operadeparis.fr/ballet/videos/gala-d-ouverture
GERMANY
Semperoper
Swan Lake
16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 28 February & 2, 4, 12, 14 March.
AALTO BALLETT ESSEN
Director: Ben Van Cauwenbergh
Theatre closed until mid- January
BAYERISCHES STAATSBALLETT
Director: Igor Zelensky
ALL PERFORMANCES IN BAVARIA CANCELLED UNTIL 31 JANUARY
Paradigma
4 January
staatsoper.tv
Swan Lake
on demand until 26 January
GREECE
GREEK NATIONAL OPERA BALLET
Director: Giorgos Koumendakis
Don Quixote
world premiere by Thiago Bordin
14, 15, 16, 18, 19 May
HUNGARY
HUNGARIAN NATIONAL BALLET
Director: Tamás Solymosi
www.opera.hu
ONLINE STREAM
Flames of Paris
pr: Mikhail Messerer
6 February
LINK
ITALY
JAPAN
16th World Ballet Festival
13 - 22 August 2021, in Tokyo
www.nbs.or.jp
Program A
Friday 13 August 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Saturday 14 August 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Sunday 15 August 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Monday 16 August 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Program B
Thursday 19 August 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Friday 20 August 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Sunday 22 August 2021, 14:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo
Dancers announced at 18 February (subject to change):
Amandine Albisson, Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris
Maria Alexandrova, The Bolshoi Ballet
Elisa Badenes, The Stuttgart Ballet
Alessandra Ferri, The Royal Ballet / American Ballet Theatre
Mathieu Ganio, Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris
Dorothée Gilbert, Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris
Marcelo Gomes, Semperoper Ballett
David Hallberg, The Australian Ballet
Mathias Heymann, Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris
Kimin Kim, Mariinsky Ballet
Sarah Lamb, The Royal Ballet
Vladislav Lantratov, The Bolshoi Ballet
Hugo Marchand, Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris
Vadim Muntagirov, The Royal Ballet
Marianela Núñez, The Royal Ballet
Hannah O'Neill, Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris
Gil Roman, Béjart Ballet Lausanne
Daniil Simkin, American Ballet Theatre / Staatsballett Berlin
Madoka Sugai, Hamburg Ballet
Alexandr Trusch, Hamburg Ballet
Diana Vishneva, Mariinsky Ballet
Friedemann Vogel, The Stuttgart Ballet
Giselle
26, 27, 28 February
The Sleeping Beauty
20, 21, 23 February.
K BALLET
Director: Tetsuya Kumakawa
Swan Lake
24 - 28 March - Bunkamura
MONACO
LES BALLETS DE MONTE-CARLO
Director: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Interactive video platform
https://www.bmcstream.com
NETHERLANDS
Live stream Christmas Gala
19 December operaballet.nl/online
NEW ZEALAND
Tutus on tour 26 February - 16 March
NORWAY
POLAND
POLISH NATIONAL BALLET
Director: Krzysztof Pastor
http://www.polskibaletnarodowy.pl
Romeo and Juliet
25, 26, 27, 28 February (50% capacity audience)
The Lady of the Camellias
11, 12, 13, 14 March
Creations 13 - online broadcast
27 March
Mayerling
ch: MacMillian
Company premiere 21, 22, 23 May
RUSSIA
Historic Stage
Le Corsaire 3, 4, 5, 6 February
Don Quixote 10, 11 February
Giselle 13, 14 February
New Stage
Coppélia 16, 17 February
La Sylphide 19, 20, 21 February
The Bright Stream 24, 25 February
Four Characters in Search of a Plot: The Ninth Wave/Just/Fading/Silentium 26, 27, 28 February
Mariinsky Theatre
La Bayadère 11, 12, 13, 14 February
La Sylphide 16 February
Swan Lake 17, 19 February
Le Corsaire 22 February
Petrouchka/The Firebird 25 February
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai 27 February
Giselle 28 February
Mariinsky II
Romeo and Juliet 18, 20, 21 February
The Nutcracker 23 February
The Four Seasons 26 February
Mikhailovsky Theatre
Romeo and Juliet 11 February
The Nutcracker 13, 14 February; 28, 29, 30 April
The Sleeping Beauty 18, 19 February
Le Corsaire 21 February;10 April
La Bayadère 22, 23 February; 7, 8 April
Spartacus 25, 26, 27 February; 31 March; 1, 2 April
Cipollino 28 February
Don Quixote 3, 4 March; 23, 24 April
La Fille mal gardée 7, 8 March
Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness 12, 13 March
Giselle, ou Les wilis 14 March
The Sleeping Beauty 18, 19 March
Coppélia 20, 21 March; 17 April
Swan Lake 24 March; 21, 22 April
La Sylphide 25 March
Cinderella 27, 28 March
The Flames of Paris 4 April
Na Floresta/Prelude/White Darkness 11, 13 April
Laurencia 15, 16 April
SCOTLAND
SCOTTISH BALLET
Director: Christopher Hampson
Online: The Secret Theatre
21 - 24 December.
SLOVENIA
LJUBLJANA BALLET
Director: Petar Dorcevski
Excerpts and Miniatures
29, 30 December on
Ljubljana YouTube
SPAIN
Madrid - Teatro de la Zarzuela
WP Giselle by Joaquín De Luz 9 - 22 December
BALLET NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA
Director Rubén Olmo
http://balletnacional.mcu.es/
Centre Cultural Terrassa
12, 13, 14 February
SWEDEN
ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET
Director: Nicolas Le Riche
www.operan.se/en
All performances cancelled throughout December.
Three Preludes/Suite en Blanc
2, 8, 12, 14 January
Shift/Cacti
5, 11, 15, 18, 19 January.
SWITZERLAND
Performances cancelled until 2 January
Balcão de Amor 1
6, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31 January & 5 February.
USA
ABT Studio Theatre Company
Two-night virtual showcase of filmed performances by 14 dancers of ABT Studio Company, will take place on Tuesday, February 9 and Wednesday, February 10 at 7pm EST, streaming for free on ABT’s YouTube channel. The evenings will be hosted by ABT Studio Company alumni Isabella Boylston and Calvin Royal III, Principal Dancers with American Ballet Theatre.
ABT has cancelled it season at the Met planned for June & July 2021.
HOUSTON BALLET
Director: Stanton Welch
La MaMa Moves!
www.lamama.org
Dance Festival Online
January 19–20 and January 26–27, 2021
Curated and hosted by Nicky Paraiso, the festival will feature digital premieres by five artists who bring bold perspectives and approaches to their diverse movement practices: Kevin Augustine (US), Kari Hoaas (Norway), Anabella Lenzu (Argentina/Italy/US), and Tamar Rogoff (US) with Mei Yamanaka (Japan).
Season 2020- 21 cancelled. Company plans to return to the stage in September 2021 with six world premieres by Sidra Bell, Silas Farley, Andrea Miller, Justin Peck, Jamar Roberts, and Pam Tanowitz
The Nutcracker iwill be available from 11 December - 3 Januaryon Marquee TV. marquee.tv/nycbnutcracker
Digital season:
A Midsummer Night's Dream 21 January - 10 February
tickets are available now as single stream tickets for $29, or within the Premium Plus Digital Package, which offers access to all seven programs in the 2021 Digital Season, in addition to exclusive bonus content, for $289. Tickets and packages may be purchased online at www.sfballet.org.
Digital Program 02 11 February - 3 March.
THE WASHINGTON BALLET
Director: Julie Kent
Programmes to view on Marquee TV
www.marquee.tv/series/thewashingtonballet
WALES
BALLET CYMRU
Director: Darius James
welshballet.co.uk