By Elaine Gaertner The Noverre Society — Friends of Ballet, founded in 1958 by ballet enthusiast Fritz Höver, was named to honour 18th-century dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre, whose treatise, Lettres sur la dance and sur les ballets, revolutionized the art of ballet. In 1961, Höver joined forces with Stuttgart Ballet director John Cranko and
By Fredrik Rütter On March 10, 2020, at 6.35 pm, the audience was mingling in the foyer of Oslo’s opera house, waiting for the doors to the great hall of the theatre to open. The upcoming production by the Norwegian National Ballet was titled A Night of Dance x 12, referring to the 12 ballets,
By Kaija Pepper The woman coming toward me moves to the edge of the sidewalk, right up against the garden running alongside. I step onto the grass boulevard bordering the sidewalk’s opposite edge. It’s far enough to make for close to the prescribed two metres between us, roughly two arm-length’s apart. Since a smile would