PeggyR Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Here's the cast listing (sorry, I'm at work and don't have time to make it pretty). CastingOpening Night Gala Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 8pm Opening Night Gala Opening Night Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 8pm TARANTELLA Conductor: Martin West Piano: Michael McGraw Frances Chung*, Daniel Deivison* PAS DE DEUX from POLYPHONIA Piano: Michael McGraw Katita Waldo, Ivan Popov* TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX Conductor: Martin West Tina LeBlanc, Isaac Hernandez CONFIDENCIAS Piano: Roy Bogas Lorena Feijoo* EXCERPT from GISELLE, ACT II Conductor: Martin West Yuan Yuan Tan, Ivan Popov EXCERPTS from DOUBLE EVIL Music: Tape Elana Altman, Pauli Magierek, Dores Andre, Maria Kochetkova Anthony Spaulding, James Sofranko, Pascal Molat, Garen Scribner INTERMISSION RAYMONDA PAS DE DEUX Conductor: Martin West Maria Kochetkova*, Joan Boada* PAS DE DEUX from IN THE MIDDLE, SOMEWHAT ELEVATED Music: Tape Sofiane Sylve*, Pierre-François Vilanoba PAS DE DEUX from LE CORSAIRE Conductor: Martin West Vanessa Zahorian, Taras Domitro MEN'S REGIMENT and FINALE from STARS AND STRIPES Conductor: Martin West Pascal Molat* Rachel Viselli*, Hansuke Yamamoto* Elizabeth Miner* Lily Rogers* * Designates premiere in a role. Casting subject to change. Link to comment
sf_herminator Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I attended last night's gala performance and will try to post more details later, but a few thoughts: Tina LeBlanc was especially lovely last night. She will definitely be missed Loved Raymonda with Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada. They are a wonderful pair. Very impressed with Taras Domitro (Le Corsaire with Vanessa Zahorian) and Isaac Hernandez (with Tina). Looking forward to what they will do this season. Opening with Tarantella and closing with Stars and Stripes were especially fun. Link to comment
Quiggin Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I agree with sf_herminator's thoughts on the Gala. Raymonda with Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada was especially lovely, with lots of special inner detail. Taras Domitro and Isaac Hernandez were great presences, even their the's and a's are fascinating. Taras seems to partner well with Vanessa, especially in last month's Nutcracker--where they struck a wonderful jumble of very pure 30 and 60 degree extended angles--as K & Q of the Snow. (Their faces ended up plastered with snowflakes, over her smile and he had a white set of extra eyebrows above his regular ones.) At the Gala Tina LeBlanc somehow reminded me of Kyra Nichols, nuanced in a similar way, and though she was very good in Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, I wished she had picked something been a bit more autumnal, maybe not Liebeslieder, but something more in that direction. Stars and Stripes looked great on the Company. I always forget how full of invention it is. Link to comment
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