Rising stars in dance and choreography: 10 to watch in 2024–25

Ivana Bueno, first soloist, English National Ballet

Daniel Mateo in Horizon – The Light Inside by Moss Te Ururangi Patterson and Deborah Brown

Kyra Coco in Alexei Ratmansky's The Seasons pas de deux with ABT Studio Company

Lilla Harvey, The Australian Ballet

Viola Pantuso, The Royal Ballet, in Christopher Wheeldon's ‘The Winter's Tale’

Aishwarya Raut, Rambert

Marco Masciari, first artist with The Royal Ballet, in The Dante Project

Victor Abreu in George Balanchine's Haieff Divertimento, New York City Ballet

Joshua Junker in rehearsal for Ashton's Cinderella, The Royal Ballet

James Pett and Travis Clausen-Knight in IMAGO

By Deborah Weiss, 19 August 2024

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Deborah Weiss

Deb joined Bachtrack in 2022 and commissions reviews and writing on ballet and dance. She was Royal Ballet School-trained and is a former principal dancer for companies including London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet) and Bayerisches Staatsballett. She has been writing for more than 30 years – publications have included Dancing Times, DanceTabs, Dance for You and Dance Europe. She also interviews for Voices of British Ballet, an oral archive of people who have worked in the industry in the UK. In addition to her writing, since 2016 she has been facilitating programmes that support victims of domestic abuse. Deb is passionate about her rescue dog, Bruce, and daughters (not in that order), swims a mile at least five days a week and is an avid reader.