A transformation: 100 years of Ballet Teatro Colón

Marianela Núñez in Don Quixote with Ballet Teatro Colón

Julio Bocca and Silvia Bazilis in Coppélia, Ballet Teatro Colón in 1986

Bronislava Nijinska with the dancers of Ballet Teatro Colón in 1927

Julio Bocca, Artistic Director Ballet Teatro Colón and Gerardo Grieco, General Director Teatro Colón

Marianela Núñez and Patricio Revé in Don Quixote with Ballet Teatro Colón

Patricio Revé and Marianela Núñez in Don Quixote

Ciro Tamayo in the Gopak, Taras Bulba for the 100th Anniversary Gala

Silvia Bazilis and Julio Bocca in rehearsal, Ballet Teatro Colón

Ballet Teatro Colon in 1928

By Fátima Nollén, 17 October 2025

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Fátima Nollén

Fátima is an Argentine TV and radio journalist who has worked in Argentina, Brazil, the US and the UK. She graduated as a dance teacher and started to write about ballet and dance while developing her journalistic career covering politics and international relations. Fátima is an Emmy Award winner (Telemundo-NBC), is the winner of a scholarship by Argentina’s Fondo Nacional de las Artes and served as a jury member in numerous dance contests. She has written for Dancing times, BalletinDance, Danza Hoy En Español and continues to do so for La Nación newspaper (Argentina) and The Tablet (UK). She is a member of the UK Critics’ Circle and chairwoman of the Anglo-Argentine Society.

A transformation: Julio Bocca on 100 years of Ballet Teatro Colón