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[PeggyR]

trieste, on 11 September 2012 - 06:39 PM, said:

...hope to have a chance to see Kochetkova some day, either live or in a live-in-cinema situation.

If you can beg or borrow a copy of the SFB DVD of the Nutcracker that came out a few years ago, she dances the GPdD.  She is lovely.

[puppytreats]

Quiggin, on 10 September 2012 - 11:13 PM, said:

"vulnerability, playfulness, rebellion; characteristics repressed daily by the requirements of her trade."


Those characteristics didn't seem terribly repressed when MK danced in Giselle, Emeralds and Rubies.

vulnerability - any of the dying or tragic heroes -Swan Queen, Giselle, R&J, Tatiana, Marguerite...
playfulness - Sylphide, Giselle before madness, Manon ...
rebelliousness - Rubies, R&J, Siegfried ...

[lion]

Opening at the  Merchant Archiv  
vintage store in London tomorrow, The Romance of Perfection   
is a stunning atmospheric photography exibition of San Francisco Ballet principal dancer  Maria Kochetkova
from artist James Ostrer. Ostrer has been photographing the Moscow-born dancer for 10 years after being inspired by her obsession with perfection and quirky passion for fashion

http://think-work-pl...n-james-ostrer/

...runs alongside her appearance with San Francisco Ballet at Sadler’s Wells from 14-23 September.

Edited by lion, 12 September 2012 - 07:57 PM.

[lion]

Classical Symphony
San Francisco Ballet - Programme C
photo - © Dave Morgan
Courtesy of San Francisco Ballet
Maria Kochetkova & Hansuke Yamamoto in Classical Symphony
http://www.flickr.co...57631577147581/
This photo was taken on september 19, 2012

[lion]

Welcome to the John Ross Ballet Gallery - all photographs © John Ross
San Francisco Ballet - Programme A - SWT - September 2012
San Francisco Ballet - Divertimento No. 15 - Symphonic Dances - Number nine

http://www.johnrossb...a_luiz_1000.jpg
Maria Kochetkova and Vitor Luiz in Symphonic Dances

[lion]

September 23, 2012 8:21 pm
San Francisco Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, London

By Clement Crisp

The succeeding Classical Symphony is set to eponymous Prokofiev by the former Bolshoi dancer Yury Possokhov. It is buoyant, playfully snook-cocking, despatched with brightest verve by a cast led by the splendid Hansuke Yamamoto and Maria Kochetkova, and the choreography sits happily, saucily in its music, given with almost tangible delight by its cast.
http://www.ft.com/in...l#axzz27Mgebw1j

[lion]

There is a sweepingly lyrical pas de deux for Maria Kochetkova and Vitor Luiz, full of complex lifts that accent Ms. Kochetkova’s gorgeously pliant back and beautifully articulate arms.
By ROSLYN SULCAS
   Published: September 25, 2012
The New York Times
DANCE REVIEW
Insouciant Elegance and Nonchalant Fireworks, Fueled by Ballet Power

http://www.nytimes.c...l?smid=fb-share

[lion]

«Kremlin Gala» Stars of the 21st Century is an annual International Ballet Gala.
https://twitter.com/...2FQg8OgCkUQz%2F

[pherank]

lion, on 08 October 2012 - 11:13 PM, said:

Ballet Stars of the 21st Century Gala last night at the Kremlin in Moscow.

Thank you very much for these videos links. Maria just radiates FUN. A wonderful personality, and a technical marvel.

[lion]

Trio ch: Helgi Tomasson - San Francisco Ballet

Maria Kochetkova in Trio ch: Helgi Tomasson. Photo: Dance Europe

http://www.danceeuro...rancisco-ballet



Number Nine ch: Christopher Wheeldon - San Francisco Ballet

Maria Kochetkova in Number Nine ch: Christopher Wheeldon. Photo: Dance Europe

http://www.danceeuro...rancisco-ballet

[lion]

A Free Soul
Bolshoi-trained Maria Kochetkova soars at San Francisco Ballet.
By  Mary Ellen Hunt
Published in the  April/May 2010 issue.
http://www.pointemag...-2010/free-soul

[lion]

Maria Kochetkova & Joan Boada‎ will  dance "Romeo & Juliet" and 'Voices of Spring' next week at the Kennedy Center!

Washington, D.C. Tour
November 13-18, 2012
San Francisco Ballet will perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., November 13-18, 2012. The week-long engagement will feature Helgi Tomasson's critically acclaimed Romeo & Juliet, and one mixed-bill program including Tomasson’s elegant Trio, SF Ballet Choreographer in Residence Yuri Possokhov’s thrilling RAkU, Sir Frederick Ashton's Voices of Spring, and Christopher Wheeldon’s breathtaking Number Nine. The Company’s last engagement in Washington, D.C. was part of its 75th Anniversary American Tour in 2008.
Visit The Kennedy Center's website for tickets and information.

[lion]

Maria Kochetkova take a part in Gala "INTENSIO" in Tokyo Japan nov. 22-25

Daniil Simkin's Gala "INTENSIO" program
- U-port hall(Tokyo), Nov.22-25 2012


Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music: Olafur Arnalds
Daniil Simkin (ABT)

The Leaves Are Fading
Choreography: Antony Tudor
Music: Antonín Dvořák
Julie Kent (ABT), Cory Stearns (ABT)

Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Peter I.Tchaikovsky
Isabella Boylston (ABT), Joaquín De Luz(NYCB)

Grand Adagio from Swan Lake
Choreography: Lev Ivanov
Music: Peter I.Tchaikovsky
Irina Kolesnikova(St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre), Vladimir Shishov(Wiener Staatsballett)

La Dame aux camelias Act 3 Pas de Deux
Choreography: John Neumeier
Music: Frédéric Chopin
Julie Kent (ABT), Roberto Bolle(ABT,La Scala Theatre)

Le Corsaire Pas de Deux
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Riccardo Drigo
Maria Kochetkova(SFB), Daniil Simkin (ABT)

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INTERMISSION
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La Pluie
Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music: J.S. Bach
Isabella Boylston(ABT), Daniil Simkin(ABT)

Giselle Pas de Deux
Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot
Music: Adolphe Adam
Maria Kochetkova(SFB), Joaquín De Luz(NYCB)

Cruel World
Choreography: James Kudelka
Music: Peter I.Tchaikovsky
Julie Kent(ABT), Cory Stearns(ABT)

Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Peter I.Tchaikovsky
Irina Kolesnikova(St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre), , Vladimir Shishov(Wiener Staatsballett)

Romeo and Juliet
Choreography: Sir Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Miyako Yoshida(free,ex-the Royal ballet Principal), Roberto Bolle(ABT,La Scala Theatre)(

Les Bourgeois
Choreography: Ben Van Cauwenbergh
Music: Jacques Brel
Daniil Simkin (ABT)

[lion]

The honorable mention list for our "standout performances of 2012" article includes some very familiar names:
http://bit.ly/VmuhDR(San Francisco Ballet's Maria Kochetkova in "Onegin" - photo by Erik Tomasson)

Maria Kochetkova of San Francisco Ballet in John Cranko’s Onegin

[lion]

Maria Kochetkova (@balletrusse) will guest in January  at the Mariinsky in Giselle Giselle at Mariinsky Theatre
January 3, 2013 at 7:00pm
Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia

http://www.mariinsky...013/1/3/1_1900/