Book your seat for The Fonteyn 2025!
Join our live audience for the semi-finals and final of our flagship competition, The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, to be held at the iconic Auditório Ibirapuera in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil. The semi-finals will take place on 16-17 October 2025, with the final taking place on the evening of 19 October 2025.
You can now book your tickets for day one and two of the semi-finals and for the final. Don't miss out on the chance to secure the best seats at The Fonteyn.
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Share the magic of ballet with friends, family, or colleagues and create lasting memories together. Save 10% on each ticket when buying 10 or more. Please contact concierge@ingresse.com to book your group tickets.
This is your chance to witness performances from ballet's stars of the future.
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Guest performances at The Fonteyn final
We are excited to present not one, but two guest performances that will take place at The Fonteyn final this year. Celebrating the best talent Brazil has to offer, the Dalal Achcar Ballet Company will be performing the Pas de Deux, Melodia Sentimental from Floresta Amazônica. Carolina Pegurelli and Yoshi Suzuki from São Paulo Dance Company will be performing the White Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake Act II.
Photo: Mario Veloso
Floresta Amazônica
Pas de deux, Melodia Sentimental, by Dalal Achcar.
Dancers: Gabriela Sisto and Fernando Mendonça
Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos
It was in London that I was first enchanted by the music that Heitor Villa-Lobos created for the movie Green Mansions.
Moved by the complex interplay between orchestra and voices, and the unforgettable voice of Bidu Sayão singing the poems of Dora Vasconcellos, I began to conceive the Amazon Forest choreography.
In 1975, the first version of Floresta Amazônica, with the collaboration of Frederick Ashton, made its debut at Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, starring Margot Fonteyn and David Wall. It returned to the stage several times over the years, and twenty-five years after its premiere, it opened the 2000 season of the Ballet of Theatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro, in celebration of Brazil's 500th centenary. We staged a production specially for the occasion, with new sets and costumes and moments of lyricism and drama, celebrating the beauty and mystery of one of our greatest symbols.
We now celebrate the first 50 years of the ballet, as well as marking 65 years since Villa-Lobos's death, with this performance - the best way to honour our greatest composer who, through his beautiful music, fought so much to instill in all of us the feeling of 'Brazilianess'.
Dalal Achcar
Swan Lake Act II, White Swan Pas De Deux
Mario Galizzi's restage under the direction of Inês Bogéa
Dancers: Carolina Pegurelli and Yoshi Suzuki
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake was first performed by the Bolshoi Ballet in 1877. It tells the story of Prince Siegfried, who falls in love with Odette, a princess cursed by the sorcerer Rothbart to live as a swan by day. The prince vows to break the curse, but Rothbart deceives him with Odile, Odette’s evil lookalike.
The White Swan pas de deux, between Odette and Siegfried, is from Act II of the ballet where Prince Siegfried comes upon Odette by a moonlit lake. This famous duet shows Odette's initial fear of the prince disappears as he promises his undying love to break her curse. The dance is full of symbolism of Odette's vulnerability and dreams, and we see the contrast between her swan-like movements and her human form as Siegfried's strength supports her, literally, and emotionally.
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Top photo: Charles Lima
Bottom photo: Guilherme Herrera
Guest performances at the semi-finals
We are delighted to have guest performances by Brazilian dancers from Grade 3 to Advanced 2 level, who have achieved a mark of Distinction or High Distinction for their examinations.
The first piece will performed by 47 students and will be choreographed by Ana Maria Campos. They
are students from a variety of dance schools from across the country. The piece was designed to showcase their love for dance and joy in working together.
The second piece will performed by 30 students and will be choreographed by Binho Pacheco, a much celebrated young choreographer in Brazil who started dancing in his native Salvador, Bahia at Ebateca, a school with a long affiliation with the RAD. The students are from a variety of dance schools from across the country. The piece was inspired by Brazilian art and culture.
What's on during The Fonteyn
Alongside the competition, the Royal Academy of Dance is running a series of wrap-around events in São Paulo, Brazil. Learn more about the events below and book your spot to join us!
The 'Introduction to Rambert Grades Contemporary Dance', 'Inside the Exam - Focus on Graded Examinations', and 'Insights Into Solo Seal with Jennifer Hale' events also carry 1.5 hours of Time-Valued CPD.
The wrap-around events will be in English, however, there will be a Portuguese translator present where necessary.
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Watch the final via livestream from around the world
Can't make it to Brazil in person? Tune into our livestream and watch the final from the comfort of your home. For the third consecutive year, medici.tv brings the emotions of the night right to your screen, letting you enjoy the performers' artistry wherever you are.
And the best part? You can enjoy the recording for free for seven days after the final. It will then be available on a pay-per-view basis. Follow the link below and create a free account.
Corporate Partners
The Dame Margot Fonteyn Scholarship Fund
Supporters
Victor and Lilian Hochhauser Foundation