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[drb]

Did anyone see this Gala in Paris over the weekend?  Originally it seems Part/Gomes were scheduled, but the following (with Irina/Max instead) may be the actual casting (the automated translation into English is fun):
PROGRAM

Sleeping Beauty Not of Two
Choreography: Marius Petipa/
Music: Piotr Ilytch Tchaïkovsky
Alicia Amatriain and Jason Reilly/Ballet of Stuttgart

Palladio Not of Two
Choreography: Mihai Babuska/
Music: Karl Jenkins
Corina Dumitrescu and
Ovidiu Matei Iancu/National Ballet of the Opera of Bucharest

Sylvia Not of Two
Choreography: Frederick Ashton/
Music: Léo Delibes
Zenaïda Yanowsky and
Federico Bonelli/Royal Ballet of London

Lambarena
Choreography: Valley Caniparoli/
Music: African JS Bach and songs
Lorena Feijoo and Joan Boada/San Francisco Ballet

Paquita Not of Two
Choreography: Marius Petipa/
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky
American Ballet Success

Thais Not of Two
Choreography: Small Roland/
Music: Jules Massenet
Lucia Lacarra and Cyril Pierre/Ballet of the Opera of Munich
  

ENTRACTE

Tchaïkovsky Not of Two
Choreography: George Balanchine/
Music: Piotr Ilytch Tchaïkovsky
Zenaïda Yanowsky and Federico Bonelli/
Royal Ballet of London

Bayadère Not of Two (Shades)
Choreography: Marius Petipa/
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Corina Dumitrescu and Ovidiu Matei Iancu/
National ballet of the Opera of Bucharest

The Corsair (Not of Two of the room)
Chorégraphie:A.M. Holmes according to Marius Petipa/
Music: Riccardo Drigo
Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky
American Ballet Success

The Great Step of Two
Choreography: Christian Spuck/
Music: Gioacchino Rossini
Alicia Amatriain and Jason Reilly/Ballet of Stuttgart

Captive the Step of two
Choreography: Small Roland/
Music: Holy Camille Saens
Lucia Lacarra and Cyril Pierre/Ballet of the Opera of Munich

Gift Quichotte Not of Two
Choreography: Marius Petipa/
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Lorena Feijoo and Joan Boada/San Francisco Ballet

Procession Choreography: Nadia Veselova-Tencer
All Dancers

One assumes Small Roland is Roland Petit.

[carbro]

Doncha love translation software?  This is a hoot!  Thanks, drb.

[BalletNut]

drb, on Sep 19 2005, 04:21 PM, said:

One assumes Small Roland is Roland Petit.

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And Holy Camille Saens is Camille Saint-Saens?  

(PS: I've moved this topic from Anything Goes, as it is more appropriate for this forum. --BN)

[drb]

Sure, the translation is cool, but I did learn something: a PDD is not of two, which certainly helps explain the Corsaire PDD when you see it in the context of the whole ballet.  More seriously, the program really looked interesting and I hope someone who attended will give a report.  
From surfing French sites I have the sense that Luccia Lacarra dominated, especially in the Thais.  They also loved her in Prisonniere ("Captive"), which she'd performed at the Valentine's Day Gala in NYC, but her Thais brought comparisons to Fonteyn!  The two other most cited performances were the Royal's Sylvia by Yanowsky/Bonelli, and Irina and Max in Paquita.  Dvorovenko and Beloserkovsky were variously complimented for their technical perfection and for Irina's beauty.  This bodes well for the City Center season, especially if she has more to do than the single PDD that is listed so far.
Hopefully a DVD of the performance, since it was recorded for a broadcast circa Christmas (Arte).