Addio to MaggioDanza, the ballet company formed in 1967 under the auspices of the Florence’s Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
A financial crisis has resulted in the decision to axe the ballet company, and cut the number of technical and administrative staff, taking the number of wage packets from 346 to 273. Chorus and orchestra are saved however, with the chorus losing two members who are retiring, and the orchestra gaining three members taking its number to 96. The creative workshops will be closed and future productions will be made off site or hired in. The running costs of 18 million euros each year to pay the staff cannot be sustained.
The ballet company had already been streamlined to 16 elements over the last few years, and after Vladimir Derevianko left the direction of the company in 2010 it has been on shaky ground.… [continue reading]
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