Xander Parish to Lead Nouveaux Ballets Russes with Belle Époque Swan Lake
Xander Parish, the first British principal dancer at Russia's Mariinsky Ballet, left the company in 2022. He is set to introduce the Nouveaux Ballets Russes in Florence on March 14, showcasing a reimagined version of "Swan Lake" in Belle Époque Paris, utilizing innovative projection and hologram technology. In Chicago, Lookingglass Theatre has appointed David Schwimmer as producing director and named two new artistic directors, with plans for annual collaborations with New York. Meanwhile, the Whitney Museum union is pushing for a $34 hourly wage ahead of a planned strike on October 5. Additionally, the Nashville Symphony is suspending its season due to a substantial $10 million deficit.
Key facts
- Xander Parish, the first British principal of Russia's Mariinsky Ballet, left in 2022.
- Parish will open the Nouveaux Ballets Russes in Florence on March 14 with a Swan Lake set in Belle Époque Paris.
- The production is directed by an opera stager and uses projection mapping and holograms.
- Lookingglass, the Chicago ensemble theatre, named two artistic directors and made David Schwimmer producing director.
- England's national museums will stay free to overseas visitors; Baroness Hodge's review had pointed to New Zealand and Singapore as models for charging.
- The Whitney union seeks a $34-an-hour floor; its chair, Derrick Charles, earns $24; a strike is set for October 5, three days before previews of the Roy Lichtenstein retrospective.
- The Nashville Symphony suspended its season effective October 18 and furloughed all 77 musicians; new CEO Mark Cantrell blamed a $10 million deficit and years of reliance on one donor.
- Deniz Göktaş, a 32-year-old Turkish stand-up, received 19 months for insulting religious values and President Erdoğan in a special with 9.5 million views; he is free pending appeal.
Entities
Artists
- Xander Parish
- Mary Zimmerman
- David Schwimmer
- Derrick Charles
- Mark Cantrell
- Deniz Göktaş
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Baroness Hodge
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Institutions
- Mariinsky Ballet
- Nouveaux Ballets Russes
- Lookingglass Theatre Company
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Nashville Symphony
- The Independent
- ARTnews
- The Tennessean
- AP
- Chicago Tribune
- Pointe
Locations
- Florence
- Italy
- Paris
- France
- Chicago
- United States
- England
- United Kingdom
- New Zealand
- Singapore
- Nashville
- Turkey