News from the dance world dancers, choreographers, companies

Companies: Luxurius ballet in Copenhagen: The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, directed by Nikolaj Hübbe performs "Ballet de Luxe": the programme features a reworking of Bournonville by Hübbe and Danish repertory specialist Dinna Bjorn; "Sylvia" ballet in the choreographic version of Manuel Legris: from the Opera House in Vienna to La Scala, Milan; Tribute to the vertiginous 70-year-old William Forsythe; A trío to Lyon: The Lyon Opera Ballet; The BBL and La Ville Lumière: Béjart Ballet Lausanne; Lucinda Childs in the Théâtre de la Ville, Paris with a tribute to 9/11; New Year by the lake: The Rome Opera Ballet celebrates New Year's Eve with a performance of Swan Lake, created by Benjamin Pech; Raymonda and Giselle, two heroines at the Opéra Garnier Theatre by Paris Opéra Ballet; The return of Pina Bausch's Bluebeard; ENB, English National Ballet at 70; Lar Lubovitch's Fandango by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Winter in New York: New York City Ballet are presenting their "Winter Season" at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center; Ida Rubinstein, the forgotten diva: The Playground Theatre, London, presents Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act with Naomi Sorkin recounting Ida's dramatic life; Scotland's Queen: Scottish Ballet premieres The Snow Queen by Christopher Hampson and Lez Brotherston; Russian starts at ENB English National Ballet's; Purr...fect dancing: Tom Hooper's fantasy film Cats features Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward as Victoria the White Cat and Steven McRae as Skimbleshanks.

Dancers: Alina Cojocaru's turn: Sadler's Wells Theatre; Julio Bocca in Havana: rehearsing "The Nutcracker" with Chanell Cabrera and Yankiel Vázquez at the National Ballet of Cuba, Havana; Prix de Lausanne (Switzerland), a unique competition; Neumeier's ballet-plays; Hans van Manen and Roland Petit: the odd couple; Alessandra Ferri as Eleonora Duse in Teatro La Fenice,Venice; Alexei Ratmansky, ABT's American TBallet Theatre's resident choreographer, from Moscow to New York; "Between Dogs and Wolves" out springs , Swedish choreographer, Pontus Lidberg; "La Bayadère", yesterday, today and tomorrow; Marie-Agnès Gillot, until june 2020 Gillot will be performing at the Seine Musicale de Paris; Christopher Wheeldon, an Englishman in Paris "An American in Paris" created at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in 2014; Her shoes are still red: Matthew Bourne's "The Red Shoes"; The Little Prince reaches Yerevan: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, has been the inspiration for armenian dancer Arsen Mehrabyan, with dancers from the Yerevan Opera House.

Obituary: Valerie Taylor-Barnes, former soloist with the Royal Ballet of London. She had trained with Sadler's Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet). One of her favourite roles had been the Miller's Wife in Leonide Massine's Le Tricorne and she also danced in the premières of Frederick Ashton's Cinderella and The Two Pigeons.