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Philadelphia Ballet has announced the details of its 2022/2023 season with 65 performances across six productions. Beginning in October 2022 and running through spring 2023, the season features a diverse and varied program of classic ballets, iconic modern works, and world premieres from major international voices in contemporary ballet.

Today, Texas Ballet Theater (TBT) announced its 2022-2023 season, including an additional production, a world premiere, and classic favorites. The nonprofit ballet company will open the season with Cirque du Ballet, a world premiere production featuring an array of characters and choreography from the world’s most popular ballets.

Texas Ballet Theater will present George Balanchine's Serenade and two world premiere ballets in A Tchaikovsky Evening at Wyly Theatre in Dallas February 11-13, 2022, and at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth February 18-20, 2022.

Sarah Lane, former principal dancer of American Ballet Theatre, and Simon Wexler, former principal dancer of Texas Ballet Theater, will appear as guest artists in the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker on December 11 and 12, 2021 at the Riverview Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana.

After a 19-month hiatus, Texas Ballet Theater (TBT) will return to its resident venues to present The Nutcracker at Winspear Opera House on the AT&T Performing Arts Center Campus November 26-December 5 and at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth December 10-26.

Following the announcement of the 2022 season, Queensland Ballet has announced its Company line up for next year.

After a 19-month hiatus, Texas Ballet Theater will return to its resident venues to present The Nutcracker at Winspear Opera House on the AT&T Performing Arts Center Campus November 26-December 5 and at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth December 10-26.

Manhattan contemporary ballet company Neville Dance Theatre will celebrate sixteen years of performing and producing dance in New York City, with a return to the stage in a special production comprised of the World Premiere of 'Beethoven Suite' and a revival of repertory work 'Children's Corner', entitled 'Beethoven and Ballet'.

As it returns to live performances, Smuin Contemporary Ballet announces the addition of four new dancers: Stéphano Candreva, Marc LaPierre, Yuri Rogers, and Claire Buehler, who is an apprentice this season.

Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces the 2021–2022 season roster. After successfully employing the full Company of dancers during the 2020–2021 virtual season, this season a total of 63 dancers comprise the Company roster, with 51 in the main company and 12 in Boston Ballet II (BBII), Boston Ballet's second company. 

Betsy McBride, Simon Wexler, and Daniel Saez, will be members of the faculty for the Shreveport Dance Academy’s Summer Intensive which will be taking place from July 26 – August 6, 2021.

The Board of Directors of The National Ballet of Canada today announced that following a two-year international search, Hope Muir has been appointed Artistic Director of the company effective January 1, 2022.

Texas Ballet Theater will return to its resident performance venues in the 2021-2022 season, starting with the holiday favorite The Nutcracker. The nonprofit ballet company will open its season with The Nutcracker, choreographed by TBT Artistic Director Ben Stevenson, O.B.E., at Winspear Opera House in Dallas November 26.

Texas Ballet Theater will present Ballet al Fresco, a showcase of classic and contemporary ballet, May 14-16 at Strauss Square on the AT&T Performing Arts Center campus.

The Southbank Centre today announces a four-month reopening programme, Summer Reunion - providing opportunities for people to reconnect, reunite and enjoy a colourful, joyful celebration of art, culture and entertainment.

Three decades after retiring Mary Li will return to the stage in June in Queensland Ballet's production of The Sleeping Beauty.

Texas Ballet Theater has announced the appointment of Elise and Rhodes Elliott, retired Houston Ballet dancers, to faculty and staff positions within Texas Ballet Theater School. Elise Elliott will join TBT as School Business Manager and Rhodes Elliott will be the new Advanced and Professional Training Division Instructor.

Texas Ballet Theater will digitally present four world premiere ballets this spring, all choreographed by company dancers. The nonprofit ballet company previously announced a shift to digital programming to replace its originally scheduled in-person mixed repertoire performances.

Texas Ballet Theater will present a filmed production of Artistic Director Ben Stevenson, O.B.E.'s The Nutcracker online December 14-26, 2020, to keep the holiday spirit alive amid COVID-19.

New York City Ballet today announced that it will be unable to perform at the David H. Koch Theater during the winter and spring of 2021 due to continuing health concerns and mandatory New York State and New York City regulations prohibiting large-scale, live indoor gatherings which are required for both NYCB's rehearsals and performances.