The year 2004 is the centenary of Sir Frederick Ashton.
On January 2 the BBC transmits his "Cinderella" starring Cojocaru, Kobborg, Dowell and Sleep.

December 22, 2003

Ce soir au Métropole à Lausanne soirée de gala avec la participation de Laurent Hilaire et Manuel Legris, tous deux étoiles de l'Opéra de Paris.
C'est à ces deux artistes exceptionnels qu'il appartiendra de redonner vie à "Chant du compagnon errant" de Maurice Béjart.

December 1, 2003

20 years ago on the 3rd of December in Stuttgart was premiered "A streetcar named desire", ballet in two parts by John Neumeier based on the play by Tennessee Williams.
A revival is scheduled on January 10, 2004.

November 17, 2003

Mercredi 19 novembre diffusion sur France 3 du documentaire d'Attilio Cossu "Sur les pas de Noureev", avec entre autres les témoignages de Charles Jude, Elisabeth Platel, et Kader Belarbi.

November 3, 2003

The Prix de Lausanne organises a Gala Evening on Friday at the Grand Theatre in Geneva when many former winners take part.
Among them are Carlos Acosta, José Martinez, Benjamin Millepied and Natalia Sologub.
Agnès Letestu, Manuel Legris and Gil Roman are also scheduled to dance.

October 20, 2003

On Thursday the Semper Opera House presents John Neumeiers version of the “Swan Lake´s” myth. In year 2000 the Ballet Dresden was the first company allowed to show John Neumeier´s choreography after he created it in 1976 for his ballet company in Hamburg.

September 29, 2003

A l'occasion du 100ème anniversaire de la naissance de George Balanchine, le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris rend hommage à cet immense chorégraphe du XXe siècle.
La saison s'ouvre jeudi par une représentation exceptionnelle: le Défilé du Ballet et Tchaikovski-pas de deux précéderont cette première soirée consacrée au chorégraphe, disparu il y a 20 ans.

September 22, 2003

23 years ago on the 23rd of September La Scala Ballet performed for the first time Nureyev's "Don Quixote". Next November the production will be presented at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi as closing act marking the 10th anniversary of Nureyev's death.

September 15, 2003

Johan Kobborg, principal dancer with RB, can be seen at Queen Elizabeth Hall from Wednesday to Saturday.
The devised programme presents short classical ballets by the Danish choreographers Bournonville, Lander, Brandstrup and Flindt.

September 1, 2003

From Tuesday to Sunday NYCB brings "Balanchine 100: The Centennial Celebration" to Copenhagen, Denmark.
It spans Balanchine's vision of a new ballet repertory, which he built at NYCB from 1948 until his death in 1983.

July 28, 2003

On Wednesday NYCB brings "Balanchine 100: The Centennial Celebration" to audiences in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The most extensive celebration of its kind, it has been conceived by NYCB Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins as an exhibition-style approach to Balanchine's life and work that will span his classical heritage and his vision of a new ballet repertory.

July 14, 2003

Carlos Acosta makes his choreographic debut on Tuesday with "Tocororo a Cuban tale" at Sadler's Wells. It tells the story of a young boy and his journey from the countryside to Havana.

July 7, 2003

Michael Corder's new piece for ENB, 'Melody on the Move', is unvelied on Tuesday at Sadler's Wells. Set to music from the heyday of British 'light' music from the BBC Home Service in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, it is a celebration in dance of a bygone era.

June 30, 2003

Companies touring abroad are: La Scala Ballet performing Balanchine's "Midsummer night's dream" in Baden Baden from Friday to Sunday, the Paris Opera Ballet performing Lacotte's "Paquita" in Palermo from Friday to Sunday, the Wiener Staatsoper Ballett performing Zanella's "Wlfgang Amadé" in Verona from Thursday to Sunday.

June 23, 2003

On Sunday a ballet gala closes the season in Dresden.
Very famous guests are Simona Noja and Giuseppe Picone, Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur, Gil Roman, Lucia Lacarra and Cyril Pierre, Evelyn Hart and Rex Harrington, Gregor Hatala and Irena Veterova, José Martinez and Isabella Ciaravola, Anna Polikarpova and Lloyd Riggins.

June 9, 2003

Aurélie Dupont, qui dansa le rôle de Manon lors de la reprise du ballet à Paris en 1998, jeudi compose l’héroïne, faisant son retour sur scène un an après sa dernière apparition.

June 2, 2003
After 17 years Alessandra Ferri is returning with RB to dance Juliet in Kenneth MacMillan’s "Romeo and Juliet" on  June 4, partnered by Roberto Bolle.

May 26, 2003

St Petersburg celebrates the tercentenary of its founding by Peter The Great in 1703. President Putin hosts an evening of performances of Russian ballet by the Kirov.
The Gala Performance will be broadcasted by ZDF on Friday and by BBC2 on Saturday.

May 19, 2003

From Thursday to Saturday the Rome Opera Ballet is performing for the first time at the Bolshoi.
Besides Fokine' "Shéhérazade", two Nijinsky's choreographies, "Jeux" and "Le sacre du printemps", make a much awaited comeback in Moscow 90 years after the creation.

May 12, 2003

En raison de la grève nationale du mardi 13 mai, la première représentation du spectacle de ballets de Maurice Béjart à l'Opéra Bastille aura lieu mercredi.
Aux reprises de "L'Oiseau de feu" et de "Webern opus V", s'ajoutent l'entrée au répertoire du "Mandarin merveilleux" et une création mondiale sur musique de Pierre Henri.

May 5, 2003

Raymonda's new production by the Finnish National Ballet, realized by Anna-Marie Holmes and Kevin McKenzie, director of the ABT, will be premiered on May 10.
After its performances in Finland, it will be re-premiered by the ABT in New York one year later.

April 28, 2003

20 years ago on the 30th of April George Balanchine died. In his will he had left Suzanne Farrell "Tzigane" and "Don Quixote".
"Tzigane" will be danced by La Scala Ballet next June.

April 14, 2003

The Limpid Stream, the third ballet by Dmitry Shostakovich, dating from 1934-1935, will be premiered in a new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky on April 18 at the Bolshoi.

March 31, 2003

Balanchine’s "Apollo" was first danced by Nureyev at the ROH on 23 June 1971 with Svetlana Beriosova, Vergie Derman and Georgina Parkinson as his muses.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the death of this truly remarkable dancer, choreographer and ballet director, from Saturday the RB will open its tribute with "Apollo".

March 24, 2003

"Napoli" was first performed in Copenhagen 161 years ago on the 29th March, with the choreography of August Bournonville.
The most popular of Danish ballets will be danced again by the Royal Danish Ballet from the 11th April.

March 17, 2003

This evening at the Grimaldi Forum in Montecarlo numerous dancers responded to Marika Besobrasova's invitation for a tribute to Rudolf Nureyev: Manuel Legris, Christine Camillo, Carla Fracci, Laurent Hilaire, Charles Jude, Monique Loudières, Agnès Letestu, Jean-Guillaume Bart.

March 10, 2003

On Wednesday at the International ballet festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington Adam Cooper and dancers from the English National Ballet revive a rare Kenneth MacMillan work, "Sea of Troubles", a contemplation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

March 3, 2003

Evénement sur la TSR: du 3 au 7 mars, le coeur de Zig Zag Café palpitera au rythme des répétions du prochain spectacle de Maurice Béjart basé sur La Flûte Enchantée.

February 10, 2003

On Tuesday double event at the Teatro S. Carlo in Naples.
For the first time MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet" will be performed in that town and Giuseppe Picone will be back on the same stage where he hasn't been dancing since he was 11.

February 3, 2003

Une semaine pour Rudolf Noureev du 4 au 9 février au Palais des Sports de Bordeaux, a été conçue par Charles Jude.
A cette occasion le Ballet National de l'Opéra de Bordeaux se produira dans deux programmes avec le NDT, le Béjart Ballet Lausanne, le Hamburg Ballett, le Stuttgart Ballet et les danseurs Irek Mukhamedov, Tamara Rojo, Igor Yebra et Carla Fracci.

January 27, 2003

On Sunday February 2nd, final competition in Lausanne for the dancers trained by Monique Loudières.
In the Jury, whose President is Gailene Stock, there will be also Altinay Assilmuratova, Dominique Khalfouni, Reid Anderson and Mikko Nissinen.

January 20, 2003

Tonight in Paris will be held a gala in honour of Rudolf Nureyev who died on January 6th, 1993.
The Défilé of the Paris Opera Ballet and Paris Opera Dance School will be followed by extracts of his ballets and those he danced by the dancers he formed and inspired.

January 13, 2003

Balanchine's "Midsummer night's dream" was first performed in New York 41 years ago on the 17th January. 
A new production will be staged in Milan next May by La Scala Ballet, first European company ever dancing this choreography.

January 6, 2003

On Tuesday and Thursday the Nureyev Gala honoring both the dancer and the choreographer takes place in Vienna.
Extraits from his "Raymonda" and his "Swan lake" will be danced by the Vienna Opera Ballet and guests coming from Paris Opéra Ballet: Elisabeth Platel, Laetitia Pujol, Manuel Legris, Yann Saïz.