Birdsall Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 27 minutes ago, Mashinka said: Those three should indeed be principals, they are the neglected Three Graces of the company. Glad others feel the same way! They seem like the work horses of the company. I think I like Novikova's dancing the best of the three, but I have a soft spot for Kolegova because of her incredible beauty. Link to comment
mnacenani Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Spasiba Balshoy Birdsall and Mashinka ! Your inputs have sort of strengthened my resolve to concentrate more on Mariinsky in the new year. One thing I forgot to mention in my previous posts as a plus point for the Marii : one can see two different ballets over two nights quite frequently while this is never the case at the Balshoy as they usually stage a single ballet over five days Wed to Sun. This year is a special case at Balshoy as it is Grigarovich jubilee year and they are staging all his works in 2-3 night episodes with repeats couple of months apart. Still one cannot see two ballets over two nights. Have checked my "CV" above and I have seen Kolegova as Medora last year but must confess I cannot single her out, only recall that it was an excellent performance overall. Was the first time I ever set foot at the Marii and I was sort of preoccupied with seeing Lapatkina as Nikiya the next evening, the second time I would be seeing her live after 20 years. I had no great interest in ballet when I had seen her first time as Odette/Odile in London in 1997. Link to comment
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