Roberto Bolle and Jacopo Tissi, the great dancer ‘escaped’ from Putin’s Russia, are among the stars of the new ballet season at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. After Onegin and Variazioni di Bellezza, in these days at the Arcimboldi Theater, which closes the ballet season 21-22, the ensemble directed by Manuel Legris restarts in December with the most Christmas of ballets, ‘Nutcracker’, in Nureyev’s version , on the thirtieth anniversary of his death, which will be followed in February by the evening Dawson- Duato- Kratz- Kylian with Anima Animus, Remanso, Solitude Sometimes, Bella Figura, creations composed on pieces by Ezio Bosso, Enrique Granados, Thom Yorke and Radiohead, Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Alessandro Marcello.
The debut of ‘Corsaire’ is also expected in February, in May an evening-event dedicated to William Forsythe (Blake Works I and Blake Works V), while on the 7th the II edition of the Gala Fracci will be on the bill. The summer season (June) opens under the banner of Romeo and Juliet in the version of Sir Kenneth McMillan and ends (September) with Swan Lake in the choreographic reinterpretation of Rudolf Nureyev. And for the first time at La Scala (October) Aspects of Nijinsky show signed by John Neumeir and including Petruska, L’Après-midi d’un faune, Le Pavillon d’Armide born on the musical scores of Stravisnkij, Debussy and Tcherepnin.