A Meeting of Minds: Cecchetti and Bournonville together in the studio, Florence and Bologna, October 2025

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The author wishes to express grateful thanks to the Directors of Hamlyn: Nicoletta Santoro, Alessandra Alberti and Elisa Corsini,  accompanying pianist Maria Korableva, and to Pier Paolo Gobbo, Director of Almadanza.   ‘It is the mission of art in general, and the theatre in particular, to intensify thought, elevate the mind and vivify the senses.’ …

Artists sketching in the Sculpture hall at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Lille, France

The Eight Directions of the Body in the Cecchetti Method

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The consequences of false positions are fatal. Simplicity in any style demands the greatest perfection.   Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), Lettres sur la danse et les ballets     What are Cecchetti’s Eight Directions of the Body? And why should they be studied?   First, a “declaration of interest”. The author is Cecchetti-trained and teaches Cecchetti…