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[Sonja]

Hi Kevin (and the rest),
"Jewels" seem not to sell too well in advance in Munich - but probably for several reasons:
a) big confusion about start of ticket sales (published was 20 August, then 12 July, then 14 July)
B) about 60-70% of seats in a 1000 seats theatre are at top price level (180 DM) - which is a lot for a lesser known ballet in Germany

Personally, I believe that at the end, performances will sell out since Kirov is such a big name - but good chances if anyone wants to come over! I'll be at 3 of 4 performances (at least! but on the cheaper seats...) - so if anyone is there, how about meeting???

Ticket information also on www.bayerisches-staatsballett.de  - just in case...  

[Sonja]

Hi Kevin (and the rest),
"Jewels" seem not to sell too well in advance in Munich - but probably for several reasons:
a) big confusion about start of ticket sales (published was 20 August, then 12 July, then 14 July)
B) about 60-70% of seats in a 1000 seats theatre are at top price level (180 DM) - which is a lot for a lesser known ballet in Germany

Personally, I believe that at the end, performances will sell out since Kirov is such a big name - but good chances if anyone wants to come over! I'll be at 3 of 4 performances (at least! but on the cheaper seats...) - so if anyone is there, how about meeting???

Ticket information also on www.bayerisches-staatsballett.de  - just in case...  

[Kevin Ng]

A.M., thanks for another moving review on the Kirov.  I would have liked to have seen Anton Korsakov and Irina Zhelonkina in Harlequinade, as well as Alexei Ratmansky's "Middle Duo".  I find it strange that the coaches and teachers again didn't appear on the stage after the final performance, just like at Covent Garden a fortnight ago.

Sonja, if I miss the Kirov so much later on in the year that I decide to travel to Munich to see them, I'll definitely like to meet up with you.

[Marc Haegeman]

A.M. thanks for the impressions of the last night. However, you weren't lucky to see Gumerova in the final Corsaire pas de deux, as you actually saw Svetlana Zakharova  . I wouldn't call her performance "nice", but that's only personal. At least it was danced with much more authority than Gumerova in the previous performances, and if you warm for Zakharova's crooked shapes and mannerisms, than you might have had some pleasure watching her.

I agree about Semionov, he is a fine soloist, but his partnering is shaking all over and there is absolutely no trace of any personality on stage. (But then again, I guess, what more can you expect from somebody of his age?) And you're right, basically he is miscast in this role.

Zhelonkina was magnificent in Harlequinade and Korsakov did some good jumps. Also a great moment thanks to Lopatkina whose Black Swan became a Dying Swan .

The Kirov Ballet will be guesting for three weeks at the Chatelet in Paris next year.

[Estelle]

Marc, do you know when the Kirov will dance at the Theatre du Chatelet next season (there's nothing about it on their web page), and what programs they will dance?

[Estelle]

Marc, do you know when the Kirov will dance at the Theatre du Chatelet next season (there's nothing about it on their web page), and what programs they will dance?

[Kevin Ng]

Estelle, I just found out that it's not next season 2001/2, but the following season 2002/3.  The provisional date is Nov. 2002. I don't know however what programmes they will bring to the Chatelet.

[NO7]

Meanwhile, for those who can't wait that long may consider traveling to Brazil (don't count me in!). The Kirov will go to Sao Paulo (and Rio?)to perform:
14-16 August 2001  Manon
19&26 August       Gala Performances
23-25 August       Le Corsaire
30-1 September     Swan Lake
Casts announced included Zelensky, Kuznetsov, Vishneva, Dumchenko, and Baranov
The rest are still uncertain.

[Kevin Ng]

NO7, thanks for your news ahout the Brazil tour.  Actually next week the Kirov will give three performances of Swan Lake in Greece as well.  (Gumerova and Korsuntsev will be one of the casts.)  A Kirov tour to China in Sept. 2002 is also on the cards, though not yet finalised.  It certainly requires a lot of energy to follow the Kirov round the world!

But I am glad to see that the dancers' workload in Brazil is not as heavy as in London, as the number of performances in Brazil seems to be relatively less.

[ 07-21-2001: Message edited by: Kevin Ng ]