By Gabriela Estrada Last June, Héctor Zaraspe missed his 90th birthday celebration due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Earlier, he also missed the presentation of the annual choreography prize named after him by the Juilliard School, where he taught for 35 years. Maestro Zaraspe has also coached some of the greatest ballet and Spanish dancers of
It was a long wait but worth it. Almost 11 years after Crystal Pite astonished the National Ballet of Canada’s hometown Toronto audience with her first large-ensemble work, Emergence, the now internationally renowned choreographer returned to the Four Seasons Centre with a new ballet for the company, which premiered February 29. It proved an even
by Silvia Poletti The formula “… and Friends” for ballet stars producing their own mixed bills, which was started in the 1970s by Rudolf Nureyev, has now become a strong strategy for those dancers whose popularity rivals that of pop stars. Every summer, Roberto Bolle and Friends tours in arenas and open-air venues, drawing an