Dancers on the move … 2024 into 2025

[FionaM]

A number of principal dancers are leaving current companies / countries to move elsewhere … with unannounced destinations:  
 

Xander Parish and his wife Anastasia Demidova are leaving Norway according to her lovely video and words of thanks:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEBMyUENlTK/?igsh=MXI3a2s4OWk3aGk0Zw==

 

Jurgita Dronina has performed for the last time with National Ballet of Canada to return to Europe, where she announces her last European dance performances will be in Lithuania in January 2025

https://www.instagram.com/p/DC7iwQjskKq/?igsh=aTV5Y3l3Y3BwcHM5

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDUZRA_sKn0/?igsh=bWlxNzd5bnMzdXB2

 

Victor Caixeta has been guesting in Europe, Asia and South America since leaving Dutch National Ballet earlier this quarter.  A recent review by Gramilano announced he will soon be taking up a new and exciting position with another major European company.

https://www.gramilano.com/2024/12/review-les-etoiles-gala-milan/

 

Sergei Polunin announced he and his growing family will be leaving Russia for an unknown path and destination, unknown even to himself.  He’s not left yet. There are performances in Moscow on 30 December (his ‘last’ show featuring ballets created by his company), and a combined ballet and ice dance show in January with multiple ice skating champions including his wife Elena Ilinykh, Alexandra Trusova and Evgeny Plushenko. https://www.instagram.com/p/DD2qLsgxoA3/?igsh=cmJzMjRrN25iNWl2

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDbx6lRofwK/?igsh=NWJ2M2J6bTg0NXVx

 

Others ? 🤔 

[Estreiiita]

Also, the principal soloist of the RDB, 30-y.o. Astrid Elbo, said on Instagram :"Auf Wiedersehen Copenhagen and Royal Danish Ballet, at the end of this month I'll finish my season with RRB as It'm moving to Berlin..."

  It looks like it's some of her own projects, maybe in association with this Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD9e3ubpAXP/?igsh=M2M5eTB2dzMwbGJv .

[FionaM]

Yuka Ebihara principal of Polish National Ballet retired from the stage in a performance of Neumeier’s La Dame Aux Camelias on 22.12.2024
 

Do watch this lovely send off by the theatre, company, orchestra and audience 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DD5_4_ao7aR/?igsh=MTlxdmtyMHZub3lzaQ==

Edited December 26, 2024 by FionaM
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