Listed below are the most recent promotions, appointments, and departures, in addition to notable awards and accomplishments, from February 2025.
Comings & Goings
Lourdes Lopez will step down as creative director of Miami Metropolis Ballet on the conclusion of the present season in Might.
Sofiane Sylve resigned from her submit as creative director of Ballet San Antonio. She has been succeeded by Rafael Ferreras.
Boris Charmatz will step down as director of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch on the conclusion of the present season. Deputy director Dr. Daniel Siekhaus will oversee the corporate’s operations till a successor is discovered.
Ivan Gil-Ortega has been appointed creative director of Queensland Ballet.
Frédéric Olivieri will succeed Manuel Legris as director of La Scala Ballet originally of March. Olivieri will proceed to guide the corporate’s official college.
Emily Waters has been named govt director of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham. She succeeded Sydnie Liggett-Dennis on February 17.
Omar Ingram has been named govt director of the Worldwide Affiliation of Blacks in Dance, starting March 1. Dr. Natasha R. Moreland Spears, who had served as co-executive director alongside Ingram since July 2023, has stepped down.
Brooklyn Academy of Music president Gina Duncan will step down in June.
The contract of Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts president Deborah F. Rutter, who deliberate to step down on the finish of 2025, was terminated. She has been changed by interim president Richard Grenell.
David Dawson has been appointed resident choreographer at Nationwide Ballet of Canada.
At Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Colin McCaslin has been promoted to principal, David O’Matz to soloist.
Stephen Petronio Firm will stop operations after ultimate performances slated for July 23–27 at Jacob’s Pillow.
Awards & Honors
Recipients of Basis for Modern Arts’ Grants to Artists awards, which embrace $45,000 unrestricted grants, embrace Lisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein, Jennifer Harge, Shayla-Vie Jenkins (Viola Farber Award), Jon Kinzel, Jennifer Lafferty (Viola Farber Award), and Peggy Piacenza (Merce Cunningham Award).
Hettie Barnhill, Emily Gunter, Chia-Ying Kao, Danielle Russo, Yebel Gallegos, Courtney Moreno, Barkha Patel, Huiwang Zhang, Ethan Beckwith-Cohen, Nanako Horikawa Mandrino, Stacy VanBlarcom, and Christina Vega-Westhoff are the 2025 New York State Choreographers Initiative awardees. Every will obtain a $2,500 stipend, mentorship entry, and assist for 20 hours of inventive time.
Charlotte Mclean was among the many 2025 fellowship recipients of The Arts Basis’s Futures Awards. The fellowship features a £20,000 prize.
Christos Papadopoulos received Sadler’s Wells’ inaugural Rose Worldwide Dance Prize, which features a £40,000 award, for Larsen C. Stav Struz Boutrous acquired the Bloom Prize, which features a £15,000 award.
Ben Vereen will obtain the Lifetime Achievement Award on the Chita Rivera Awards in Might.
Obie Award winners within the class of Directing included choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles (for Cats: The Jellicle Ball, alongside administrators Zhailon Levingston and Invoice Rauch) and director and choreographer nicHi douglas (for (pray)). Particular citations have been awarded to the ensemble of Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Raja Feather Kelly and the ensemble of The Fires at SoHo Rep.
