World Ballet Day on October 5, 2017 live streams a day in the life of artists at the world’s top ballet companies including the Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and other companies.
Ballet is an Italian court dance that was developed in France. The world’s great ballet companies have amazing Latin dancers from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, France, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Romania, Spain, Venezuela, and more. We can dance!
World Ballet Day Principal Companies
Australian Ballet
David McAllister AM, Artistic Director
Arts Centre Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
www.australianballet.com.au
Bolshoi Ballet
Morning class, rehearsals, and behind the scenes
Makhar Vaziev, Ballet Director
Bolshoi Theatre
Moscow, Russia
www.bolshoi.ru/en
National Ballet of Canada
Karen Kain, Artistic Director
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Toronto, Canada
www.national.ballet.ca
Royal Ballet
Kevin O’Hare, Director
Royal Opera House
London, UK
www.roh.org.uk/about/the-royal-ballet
Royal Ballet Latin Principals
- Roberto Bolle (Italian)
- Federico Bonelli (Italian)
- Laura Morera (Spanish)
- Marianela Nuñez (Argentine)
- Thiago Soares (Brazilian)
San Francisco Ballet
Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director
War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco, California
www.sfballet.org
San Francisco Ballet Latin Principals
- Dores André (Spanish)
- Carlo Di Lanno (Italian)
- Jaime Garcia Castilla (Spanish)
- Angelo Greco (Italian)
- Vitor Luiz (Brazilian)
- Ana Sophia Scheller (Argentine)
Additional World Ballet Day Participants
The National Ballet of Japan
Noriko Ohara, Artistic Director
New National Theatre
Tokyo, Japan
www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english
Singapore Dance Theatre
Janek Schergen, Artistic Director
Esplanade Theatre
Marina Bay, Singapore
www.singaporedancetheatre.com
The National Ballet of China
Feng Ying (冯英), Director
Tianqiao Theater
Beijing, China
en.ballet.org.cn
Ballets de Monte Carlo
Jean-Christophe Maillot, Director Choreography
Place du Casino
Monte Carlo
www.balletsdemontecarlo.com
Ballets de Monte Carlo Latin Principals
- Cristian Assis (Brazilian)
- Anjara Ballesteros (Spanish)
- Edoardo Boriani (Italian)
- Stephan Bourgond (French-Canadian)
- Anissa Bruley (French)
- Edgar Castillo (Paraguayan)
- Daniele Delvecchio (Italian)
- Debora Di Giovanni (Italian)
- Asier Edeso (Spanish)
- Julien Guerin (French)
- Francesco Mariottini (Italian)
- Elena Marzano (Italian)
- Alexis Oliveira (Brazilian)
- George Oliveira (Brazilian)
- Alvaro Prieto (Spanish)
- Gaëlle Riou (French)
- Maude Sabourin (French-Canadian)
- Anne-Laure Seillan (French)
- Alessandra Tognoloni (Italian)
- Simone Tribuna (Italian)
Birmingham Royal Ballet
David Bintley, Director
Birmingham Hippodrome
Birmingham, UK
www.brb.org.uk
Birmingham Royal Ballet Latin Principals
- César Morales (Chile)
- Céline Gittens (Trinidad)
English National Ballet
Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director (Spanish)
Markova House
London, England
www.ballet.org.uk
English National Ballet Latin Principals
- Alina Cojocaru (Romanian)
- Isaac Hernández (Mexican)
- Fernanda Oliveira (Brazilian)
- Begoña Cao (Spanish-British)
- Cesar Corrales (Cuban-Mexican-French Canadian)
Scottish Ballet
Christopher Hampson, Artistic Director
Theatre Royal
Glasgow, Scotland
www.scottishballet.co.uk
Scottish Ballet Latin Principals
- Constance Devernay (French)
- Sophie Martin (French)
Northern Ballet
David Nixon OBE, Artistic Director
Phoenix Dance Theatre
Leeds, UK
www.northernballet.com
Northern Ballet Premier Latin Dancers
Javier Torres (Cuban)
Houston Ballet
Stanton Welch, Artistic Director
Wortham Theater Center
Houston, Texas
www.houstonballet.org
Houston Ballet Latin Principals
- Karina Gonzalez (Venezuelan)
Ballet West
Adam Sklute, Artistic Director
Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre
Salt Lake City, Utah
www.balletwest.org
For more information, visit www.worldballetday.com