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[abatt]

I was just listening to the live stream season announcement for the Kennedy Center for 2013-2014.  Mariinsky is bringing a week of Swan Lake.  (The Bolshoi is also coming, but no mention in the conference of what ballet they will be doing.)

I'm clearing my schedule.

[California]

abatt, on 05 March 2013 - 08:18 AM, said:

I was just listening to the live stream season announcement for the Kennedy Center for 2013-2014.  Mariinsky is bringing a week of Swan Lake.  (The Bolshoi is also coming, but no mention in the conference of what ballet they will be doing.)

I'm clearing my schedule.

I found the page listing the companies. Has anyone found more information, most especially, dates?
http://www.kennedy-c.../newseason/#DBC

[abatt]

Mariinsky is at the KC Jan 28-Feb 2, 2014

(Bolshoi dates are May 20-25, 2014)

[Waelsung]

Wonderful, wonderful news! All we need now is the right casting.

[California]

abatt, on 05 March 2013 - 08:18 AM, said:

(The Bolshoi is also coming, but no mention in the conference of what ballet they will be doing.)

A word of caution on the Bolshoi: when they came to the Orange County Performing Arts Center (now Segerstrom) in spring 2010, they announced they would be doing La Bayadere for the entire week. Late in the game (although before single tickets went on sale), they switched that to Don Quixote - probably a better choice for that audience, although they never gave any explanation for the change.

[ksk04]

Hope they bring a better batch than what we got in October. Though seeing Big Red was worth it all, I guess!

[Natalia]

Waelsung, on 05 March 2013 - 05:26 PM, said:

Wonderful, wonderful news! All we need now is the right casting.

Finally, once again, a full-length Petipa-era classic!

Best-case scenario:  Terioshkina and Kondaurova as Odette-Odiles...and - if we're really lucky - 'miraculous' appearances by Lopatkina and Pavlenko as O/O.

Worst case:  'The SSK' - Somova, Skorik and/or Kampa. I wouldn't be surprised if, by the time January 2014 rolls around, Fateev will have given Kampa the role...so prepare yourselves. Heck, I'll even bet that Skorik and Kampa may be gifted 'principal' status before the tour, not necessarily due to talent and abilities.

[abatt]

Given that the Olympics in Russia will take place  starting Feb 7, would it be fair to conclude that some of the Mariinsky's top stars may be taking part in special events and may therefore skip a trip to the US around the same time?

I hope that the Mariinsky will rent the Koch during Jan 2014 and swing by NYC (when NYCB is on hiatus), but I'm not holding my breath.

[angelica]

abatt, on 05 March 2013 - 01:57 PM, said:

Mariinsky is at the KC Jan 28-Feb 2, 2014

(Bolshoi dates are May 20-25, 2014)

Do we know whether either or both of these companies are coming to New York as well?

Do we know whether a foreign ballet company is coming to the Lincoln Center Festival this summer (2013?)

[Natalia]

abatt, on 06 March 2013 - 06:31 AM, said:

Given that the Olympics in Russia will take place  starting Feb 7, would it be fair to conclude that some of the Mariinsky's top stars may be taking part in special events and may therefore skip a trip to the US around the same time?
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Good point, abatt. Well, there goes Lopatkina, who is part of the official 'VIP crew' that regularly promotes the Sochi Olympics. She has been interviewed about participation in the opening ceremonies. Even though the KennCenter run ends Feb 2 and the Oly Opening Cerems are five days later, there are many days of rehearsals and prep for the ceremonies.

It will be interesting to see if Bolshoi AD Sergei Filin will be well enough to attend by then. Speaking of Bolshoi, they will be in Paris sometime in Jan/Feb 2014 timeframe (in Ratmansky's Lost Illusions), possibly overlapping with the Olympics. I'm betting that they will also tour Lost Illusions to DC, based on past 'touring patterns' - what goes to Paris or London, later goes to DC.

[Cygnet]

Natalia wrote:

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...Terioshkina and Kondaurova as Odette-Odiles...and - if we're really lucky - 'miraculous' appearances by Lopatkina and Pavlenko as O/O.

I'm ITA with you.  

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Worst case:   'The SSK' - Somova, Skorik and/or Kampa. I wouldn't be surprised if, by the time January 2014 rolls around, Fateev will have given Kampa the role...so prepare yourselves. Heck, I'll even bet that Skorik and Kampa may be gifted 'principal' status before the tour, not necessarily due to talent and abilities.

Re Skoryk, IMO there's an 80 - 100% chance this could happen - to her and Timur Askerov.

[abatt]

The problem is that SL sells really well regardless of who is performing, so these performances will sell very well even if we get mostly second tier (or worse) dancers in the lead roles.

[YID]

we may need to start a petion to both Kennedy and Mariinsky management, kindly asking them to bring the cast we like ;-)) Lopatkina, Tereshkina, Kondaurova - PLEASE