Ballet Position visits Annarella Sanchez’s outstanding dance conservatoire and talks to the Cuban woman who has reinvigorated ballet in Portugal There’s a contagious buzz of excitement in the corridors and studios of Conservatório Annarella, or to give it its full…
The young Portuguese dance prodigies António Casalinho and Margarita Fernandes discuss their first year as demi-soloists with Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich António Casalinho and Margarita Fernandes are back in Leiria, the mid-sized town just north of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, where…
Fresh from winning the Gold Medal at Prix de Lausanne 2021, the Portuguese dancer António Casalinho talks to Ballet Position There are times when superlatives fall short of the reality they’re trying to describe. That is certainly the case with…
Just a few days before starting her first engagement as a professional dancer, 18-year-old Matilde Rodrigues speaks to Ballet Position Portugal hasn’t much of a tradition in classical ballet. It’s true that more and more Portuguese dancers are are good…
Maina Gielgud talks about her career, a gift from Maurice Béjart, and ballet’s need to rediscover the joy of movement Few dance careers can have been more diverse than that of British ballerina Maina Gielgud. Ballet de Roland Petit… Sadler’s…