On Wednesday at the Théâtre de Beaulieu the Béjart Ballet Lausanne is presenting the new Béjart's ballet "Zarathoustra, le Chant de la Danse ".

December 5, 2005

On Tuesday the director of the Conservatoire of the 7th Arrondissement of Paris will open
a dance studio in the name of Bournonville, and later, Danish officials will unveil a plaque
in the 1st arrondissement to mark the hotel where Bournonville resided in 1838.

November 14, 2005

This evening in Milan world premiere of "Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala", a film directed by Dino and Claudio Risi.

November 7, 2005

Manuel Legris, the reigning étoile of the POB, has long dreamed of dancing Cranko's "Onegin".
On Tuesday he's finally getting a chance to interpret this role, and the Japanese audience has the unique pleasure of witnessing this exciting collaboration.

October 30, 2005

Evgenia Obraztsova and Giuseppe Picone are dancing in Carla Fracci's "Cinderella" which opens on Thursday at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome.

September 19, 2005

On Sunday Mezzo shows the documentary "SERGE LIFAR – Musagète UNRELEASED".
Dominique Delouche managed to collect documents and testimonies in order to celebrate the birth centenary of the “Prince of dance”.

September 12, 2005

On Friday and Saturday POB performs in Peking three French masterpieces: "L'Arlesienne", a sentimental ballet by Petit, "Suite en Blanc", a display of technical virtuosity by Lifar and "Bolero", an erotic piece by Béjart.

September 5, 2005

Tamara Rojo, Jose Martinez and Angel Corella are dancing in the Spanish Gala organised by the Spanish Pavilion in the World Expo-Aichi in Japan on Thursday and Friday.

August 1, 2005

From Tuesday to Thursday in Dartford RB dancer Ernst Meisner has put together a programme of 21st Century choreography and invited dancers from RB, Stuttgart Ballet and Kirov Ballet.
The programme includes two world premieres, the British premiere of Eagling's Duet, as well as works by MacMillan, Page and Tuckett. Also performed will be Ratmansky's Middle Duet, Delcroix's Sans Reponse and Forsythe's The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude.

July 11, 2005

This season marks Alessandra Ferri’s 20th Anniversary with ABT.
On Friday the Company pays a special on-stage tribute to her immediately following the performance.

July 4, 2005

On Tuesday the RB Principal Zenaida Yanowsky performs in Acqui Terme the Black Swan pdd partnered by Roberto Bolle, who is awarded on this same evening the Acqui Danza Prize.

June 6, 2005

On Tuesday at the Studio Bastille the AROP and the Cinémathèque de la Danse are presenting
SERGE LIFAR MUSAGETE, a celebration for his 100th anniversary filmed by Dominique Delouche.

May 30, 2005

2005 is the 200th birthday of August Bournonville, the dancer, choreographer and ballet master who gave the Royal Danish Ballet its distinctive profile. To mark the occasion, the company has organized the 3rd Bournonville Festival, which takes place in Copenhagen, starting from Friday. All of the Bournonville ballets that are still danced today will be performed on the stage of the Royal Theatre.

May 23, 2005

Helsinki is inviting young talented dancers from all over the world to participate for the fifth time in the Helsinki International Ballet Competition to be held 25 May - 3 June 2005.
This Competition belongs to the cycle of International Ballet Competitions held under the auspices of the International Theatre Institute ITI (UNESCO) in Jackson, Moscow, New York and Varna.

April 25, 2005

On international Dance Day, April 29, the eyes of the dance world will turn to Helsinki as the new ballet "Tchaikovsky" by Patrice Bart is premiered at the Finnish National Opera.

April 18, 2005

On Tuesday Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle are the leading couple in "Giselle" at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari with the State Ballet of the Novosibirsk Opera.

April 11, 2005

The Royal Danish Ballet celebrates the Andersen bicentenary on Friday with an entirely new choreography by John Neumeier, a modern rendition of the classic fairytale of The Little Mermaid.

April 4, 2005

On Thursday the Stuttgart Ballet presents DANCE VIEWS III, a Mixed Repertory Evening with World Premieres by Wayne McGregor, Nicolo Fonte and Christian Spuck.

March 21, 2005

From Friday to Sunday Hong Kong Ballet presents a new production of "Spartacus" in choreography by Irek Mukhamedov.

March 14, 2005

ENB's Spring tour of Mary Skeaping's "Giselle", restaged by Dame Beryl Grey and dedicated to the memory of Dame Alicia Markova opens in Southampton on Tuesday.

February 21, 2005

On Friday at the Bolshoi Theatre is scheduled the premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "The Bolt", in a new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky.

February 14, 2005

Eleonora Abbagnato and Alessio Carbone (Principal Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet) dance pdds from Martinez's "Delibes Suite" and Petit's "L'Arlesienne" on Monday in NY at the Gala "Stars of the 21st century".

January 17, 2005

Svetlana Zakharova and Andrej Uvarov (Principal Dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet) make guest appearances in the roles of Nikiya and Solor on Monday and Wednesday in Hamburg for Makarova's "Bayadère" revival.

January 10, 2005

Nureyev's "Romeo and Juliet", a colourful fresco, mid-way between Shakespearian England and Renaissance Italy, which was created for ENB in 1977, can be seen at the London Coliseum from Tuesday to Saturday.