Roland Petit's Coppelia a holiday week treat in Japan

Créé en 1965, le ballet fait un retour fructueux à Bastille, avec ses couleurs chatoyantes, ses scènes de foule qui sollicitent particulièrement le corps de ballet et un excellent quatuor de personnages principaux.

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National Ballet of Japan: Petit’s Coppélia charms its live audience

Naomi Mori, 24th February

National Ballet of Japan performed Roland Petit’s Coppélia in front of a live audience for the first time, showing the company to be in great form.

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La Scala's home-made tribute celebrates Carla Fracci's legacy

Silvia Poletti, 9th April

The first Fracci Gala at the Teatro alla Scala celebrates the memory and the stature of a child of the house, who not always considered so in life.

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À Garnier, le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris rend hommage à Roland Petit

Laurine Mortha, 6th June

Dix ans après la disparition du chorégraphe français Roland Petit, formé à l’école de danse de l’Opéra de Paris, l’institution lui rend hommage dans un programme en trois parties.

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Musicians and dancers unite for Ravenna’s reimagined dance event

Sarah Kirkup, 18th July

Beatrice Rana and Mario Brunello provide live music for seven internationally renowned dancers, including Paris Opéra Ballet’s Hugo Marchand and Spanish flamenco whizz Sergio Bernal, at the 15th-century Rocca Brancaleone.

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Naomi Mori

Naomi is a blogger living in Tokyo and travels frequently to see ballet. She is a law graduate of Waseda University and a former film publicist, film critic and IT business researcher/strategist. She blogs at La Dolce Vita in Japanese. She tweets about ballet as @naomip_86. and takes ballet class regularly