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[volcanohunter]

The Bolshoi's 2013/14 cinema season has been announced. There will be four live cinemacasts instead of five, and the McGregor/Ek bill has not been rescheduled at this point. (This as the Royal Ballet is increasing its live broadcasts from three to five.) With the broadcast of La Bayadère the Bolshoi has run out of its existing 19th-century repertoire, so I suppose the appearance of more Grigorovich ballets was inevitable, though I am disappointed surprised to see two of his ballets in one season. I'm more surprised by the absence of Lacotte's Marco Spada, which the Bolshoi is supposed to acquire next fall, and Cranko's Onegin, premiering this July, but getting any sort of Cranko on video seems to be nearly impossible.

Bolshoi Ballet
October 20 - Spartacus
November 17 - Le Corsaire (repeat)
December 22 - The Sleeping Beauty (repeat)
January 19 - Jewels
February 2 - Lost Illusions
March 30 - The Golden Age
http://www.pathelive.com/fr/news

Royal Ballet
October 16 - Don Quixote
December 12 - The Nutcracker
January 27 - Giselle
March 19 - The Sleeping Beauty
April 28 - The Winter's Tale
http://www.roh.org.u...eason-announced

[abatt]

I saw the Bolshoi's Spartacus live at the Kennedy Center when Ivan Vasiliev was still with that company.  He was thrilling.  Second cast w. Pavel D.  was adequate but not terribly impressive, IMHO.  Unless Vasiliev is planning a return guest stint, who would be dancing the lead in this?   (Assuming that Pavel D. is tied up with other matters, like his trial, or fired.)

Since they are doing Jewels, which requires numerous lead dancers, maybe we will get to see some dancers other than Zaharova and Alexandrova, who have dominated these broadcasts.  Perhaps some Obratsova or Smirnova?

[volcanohunter]

Mikhail Lobukhin?

These are some of the possible Bolshoi casts, though the lists also include guest artists and dancers who have since retired or left.
Spartacus
Jewels
Lost Illusions
The Golden Age

[Dale]

Does the Mariinsky still do live transmitted performances? I thought it was possibly another company that does them but that they did.

Good lineup. I'll skip some of the "dram-ballet" but Jewels, Don Q, the new Wheeldon...not bad.

[volcanohunter]

I don't think the Mariinsky has ever gone live into movie theaters. Their performances, whether 2D or 3D, tend to be pre-recorded, and they appear very sporadically.

[sandik]

Thanks for posting this -- right now the local theaters aren't showing these programs, but I can perhaps use this information to nudge them in the right direction!

[BalletPerfection1]

Does anyone know what the Paris Opera Ballet will show in the cinema?

[cinnamonswirl]

POB hasn't announced anything yet.

[volcanohunter]

There was a preliminary Facebook posting today showing that next season the POB would be showing The Sleeping Beauty (December) and the double bill of Balanchine's Le Palais de Cristal (costumes by Christian Lacroix) and Benjamin Millepied's Daphnis and Chloe (May/June).

That's not very much.

https://www.facebook.com/UGCvivalopera

[volcanohunter]

Dates for the POB are Monday, December 16, for Sleeping Beauty and Tuesday, June 3, for Balanchine/Millepied.

http://www.fraprod.f...nema.php?prog=2

[Dale]

I hope Balanchine's Le Palais de Cristal is shown first on the bill ;)

[volcanohunter]

Me too!