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[bart]

KLEBER REBELLO and RENAN CERDEIRO have  been promoted to Principal, according to MCB's Facebook page.  Also promoted were Christina Spigner and Sarah McCahill, to Corps de Ballet.  Congratulations to all.

On a sadder note, Principal YANN TRIVIDIC is retiring after 13 years with MCB (interrupted by a few years back in France to earn a medical degree).  Trvidic -- with his long, lean torso, arms, and legs -- is. always one of the most visually captivating dancers on the stage, one of the few who are hard to take your eyes from.  His Romeo, danced with Patricia Delgado in Cranko's version a couple of seasons back, was marvelous.

Also:  Facebook has an intriguing hint about MCB's travel plans for the future -- 3 photos of Patricia Delgado ...

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[Helene]

Congratulations to all of the promoted dancers

[cubanmiamiboy]

bart, on 16 May 2013 - 12:12 AM, said:

On a sadder note, Principal YANN TRIVIDIC is retiring after 13 years with MCB (interrupted by a few years back in France to earn a medical degree).  Trvidic -- with his long, lean torso, arms, and legs -- is. always one of the most visually captivating dancers on the stage, one of the few who are hard to take your eyes from.  His Romeo, danced with Patricia Delgado in Cranko's version a couple of seasons back, was marvelous.

bart...Trividic was barely used-(at least ever since I started following the company).  He always looked particularly taller than the average short height of Villella's dancers, and as memory serves, never danced the leading role in any of the classical/romantic repertoire works staged by the company-(Giselle, Coppelia, Swan Lake white acts, DQ, Aurora's Wedding or even Nutcracker, although I might be wrong).  My French friend always complained about this-(he really wanted to see his fellow countryman onstage).  What I remember the most about him was his "Faune.." with Patricia Delgado.  It was really very lyrical and beautiful.

[bart]

Thanks for reminding me of his Faun, Cristian.  He did dance Drosselmeier (and very good he was), but I agree with you on the rest.  I liked the Trividic/P. Delgado chemistry.  Based on the Facebook post, it sems that Cerdeiro may being groomed to replace him in that partnership.  It will be interesting to see how he develops.

[cubanmiamiboy]

In another note, the other day I was laying on the beach almost next to Rebello..

Congrats to the Brazilians!

[bart]

Your image of lying on th beach made me think of the opening of Afternoon of a Faun.  It occurred to me that this would be a great role for Rebello, who has a langorous quality both in repose and in adagio. Even in allegro, his ability to toss of perfectly formed jumps and turns make things look so  .... EASY.   And, quite amazingly, he seems to lack that show-off quality that many young dancers bring to technical bravura.

For the past two seasons, Rebello has been cast in a variety of roles' and seems to be growing in all of them.  He is even learning how to engage better with those around him on stage. Rebello 's definitely the kind of young dancer who makes me excited about sticking around to see what he does next.  

I am having a harder time thinking about what Cerdeiro will become, despite his obvious talent.

Cristian and others who have followed MCB over the past couple of years, I would very much appreciate knowing your thoughts about both dancers ... and what you hope from each.

[Birdsall]

My personal opinion is that Rebello seemed terrific from the start and destined to rise up the ranks. Cerdeiro has a much more lanky, lean (boyish maybe or coltish) look that took time for me to get used to, but last season I thought he had grown tremendously as an artist. For me it was like he transitioned from boy to man (professionally) this past season. Maybe because he just seemed more confident than ever. I don't know why.