Florence’s Opera House To Shut Down Ballet Company

“Addio to MaggioDanza, the ballet company formed in 1967 under the auspices of Florence’s Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. A financial crisis has resulted in the decision to axe the ballet company … [which] had already been streamlined to 16 elements over the last few years, and after Vladimir Derevianko left the direction of the company in 2010 it has been on shaky ground.”