http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/arts/dance/the-director-of-la-scala-ballet-resigns-after-eight-months.html 2016-10-13 00:08:05 The Director of La Scala Ballet Resigns After Eight Months Mauro Bigonzetti has left the company, citing health problems, after an increasing public rift with the dancers. === “That didn’t take long,” Ballet world Mr. Bigonzetti, an Italian choreographer with an international reputation, succeeded Makhar Vasiev, who left after eight years at La Scala to become the director of the Bolshoi Ballet. During his tenure, Mr. Vasiev raised the profile of the company and expanded its repertory, and the choice of Mr. Bigonzetti was seen as a departure from the largely classical idiom that Mr. Vasiev espoused. In an article in La Repubblica, published at the time of Mr. Bigonzetti’s appointment, dancers In an email message, a La Scala press representative, Paolo Besana, said the opera house was “willing to continue the collaborations with Mr. Bigonzetti, and we hope that he will recover on time for his ‘Progetto Händel’ scheduled in May.” Mr. Besana added that a new director is likely to be appointed before March 2017.