Tag: 04.10.01

For his final production, outgoing English National Ballet director Derek Deane had planned a provocative new Romeo and Juliet in which the main dancers ended up nude onstage. But then allegations that Deane had harassed a junior soloist surfaced and now the original production has been canceled. Sunday Times (London)

“Emil De Cou, the San Francisco Ballet’s acting music director and conductor since 1998, will leave the company after the Paris tour next month…The San Francisco Ballet has been without a permanent music director since the late Denis de Coteau retired in 1999.” San Francisco Chronicle

“No one begrudges dancers their moment in the media spotlight, or indeed the additional income they can earn in what is a relatively poorly-paid profession.” But some of British ballet’s biggest stars seem more intent on fame than their art… The Times (London)