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[AlbanyGirl]

Good morning, All,

We have a lovely Thanksgiving Day shaping up here in upstate New York - warm enough to comfortably celebrate outside a bit.

I was on the ABT website yesterday for Nutcracker performances to find that Herman Cornejo (dancing with Xiomara Reyes) has been replaced with Eric Tamm.  For my part, I am so disappointed because I really love his dancing and I was looking forward to seeing Xiomara and Herman dance together. They seem like a perfect ballet partnership and complement each other.   I've never seen them dance together except in the Swan Lake DVD.

Does anyone know?  Was Herman injured?  I hope not.  

-Karen

[California]

Cornejo was injured during his last performance of the new Ratmansky at City Center in October. His scheduled performance in Barcelona was cancelled, along with the Nutcracker. This has been discussed on several forums here. Nobody seems to have seen any published reports about the seriousness of the injury, and he doesn't seen to use Twitter, so we are in the dark on this.

[kbarber]

On November 4 he posted to his facebook page a pic of him on crutches and the comment:
"Dancing to the extreme has consequences.... a prove that we are humans
Keeping positive. Three more weeks and back to the air!!"



https://www.facebook...&type=1

[AlbanyGirl]

Thank you.  I should have checked to see if this had been discussed before starting the same type of thread.....

[kbarber]

The injury was a torn calf muscle, according to this interview with him by Marina Harss for Dance Tabs. Torn calf muscles are incapacitating, but not uncommon, and dancers recover well from them.
http://dancetabs.com...atre-principal/

[kbarber]

Herman has just announced on his new website as follows:

• 
  Herman Cornejo returns to dance in Buenos Aires
  12/22/2012
  
  
  Herman Cornejo to perform The Nutcracker Prince with Eleonora Cassano for her retirement at the Obelisco Porteño.
  For more information please visit: www.eleonoracassano.com or www.grupomaipo.com.ar

[ksk04]

kbarber, on 26 November 2012 - 05:25 AM, said:

The injury was a torn calf muscle, according to this interview with him by Marina Harss for Dance Tabs. Torn calf muscles are incapacitating, but not uncommon, and dancers recover well from them.
http://dancetabs.com...atre-principal/

Very very interesting interview. Thank you for posting. His comments about the company's turnover in corps dancers and also "tricks" on stage are...interesting.