By Veronica Posth Berlin had been dealing quite well with the COVID-19 pandemic — theatres that were closed during summer reopened in September, though with necessary restrictions regarding performances. Then, from the beginning of November, due to a quickly increasing number of infections, the lockdown started again, condemning theatres to close once more, for at
By Marisa C. Hayes The global pandemic, which has closed French theatres indefinitely, delivers an additional economic blow to the Paris Opera Ballet, as it arrives on the heels of the company’s unprecedented winter strike in response to government-proposed retirement reforms. Concurrent performances of Angelin Preljocaj’s Le Parc and Rudolf Nureyev’s Raymonda, as well as