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Laura Cappelle
Laura Cappelle is a dance writer and sociologist based in Paris. She contributes regularly to the Financial Times, Pointe, Dance Magazine, Dancing Times and Dance Europe. She researches the creation process in ballet companies.
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Laura Cappelle
Feb 09, 2021

The Paris Opéra's Diversity Report Proposes Steps Towards a More Inclusive Company

Laura Cappelle
Nov 12, 2020

Tess Voelker Is Only 23, but She’s About to Premiere Her First Work for the Paris Opéra Ballet

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Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Has Been Choreographing Up a Storm on Zoom and Learning How to Create Dance on Film

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Jul 31, 2020
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Bolshoi Ballet Star Olga Smirnova on Training in Isolation, and the Mysterious Alchemy of Success

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Jul 24, 2020
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Royal Ballet Principal Marianela Nuñez on Her Signature Role: Don Quixote's Kitri

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May 19, 2020
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Our Very First Cover Star: Catching Up With April Ball Two Decades Later

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Apr 01, 2020

Standout Performances of 2019: Ballet Black in "The Suit"

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Dec 28, 2019

Ballet Prodigy Li Cunxin Was a Stockbroker Before He Became Queensland Ballet’s Artistic Director

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Sep 19, 2019

Dancing Down Under: 6 American Dancers on Life at Royal New Zealand Ballet

Laura Cappelle
Aug 05, 2019
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Laura Cappelle
Mar 28, 2019

Marcelino Sambé: The Royal Ballet's Princely Powerhouse

Laura Cappelle
Dec 22, 2018

The Standouts of 2018: Mariinsky Ballet's Olesya Novikova in "The Sleeping Beauty"

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Brit-Born Mariinsky Ballet Principal Xander Parish Shares His Most Embarrassing Onstage Moment

Laura Cappelle
Nov 07, 2018
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Alban Lendorf on Being Part of The Royal Danish Ballet & American Ballet Theatre (Plus, His Favorite Role at ABT)

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May 09, 2018
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Mikhail Messerer's Formula for Making the Mikhailovsky Ballet Stand Out

Laura Cappelle
Feb 20, 2018
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The Standouts of 2017: Kirsten McNally in Crystal Pite's "Flight Pattern" at The Royal Ballet

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Jan 11, 2018
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Grace Under Pressure: The Bolshoi Ballet's Alena Kovaleva

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Nov 28, 2017

Hail Cesar: English National Ballet's Cesar Corrales

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Oct 02, 2017

From Dancer to Director: Norwegian National Ballet's Ingrid Lorentzen

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Sep 26, 2017