Ethan Stiefel, the former Dean of the UNCSA School of Dance who left Winston-Salem in 2011 to become Royal New Zealand Ballet’s artistic director, is not renewing his contract Down Under, citing family and friends for his decision – it’s just too remote in Kiwiland (or so he says). For more, see http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/9789347/Ballet-boss-quits-for-home.
