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naomikage

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  • Birthday 01/01/1909

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  • Connection to/interest in ballet** (Please describe. Examples: fan, teacher, dancer, writer, avid balletgoer)
    journalist on dance as well as being a fan
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    Tokyo
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    Japan

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  1. Korean/Canadian dancer Dong Hyun Seo, who danced at the National Ballet of Canada 2000-2007 and also Houston Ballet 2007-2009, Universal Ballet 2009-2011 has passed away, the National Ballet of Canada’s instagram and Facebook has announced. All of us at The National Ballet of Canada are deeply saddened to hear the heartbreaking news that former dancer Dong Hyun Seo has passed away. Dong danced with the company from 2000 – 2007 and formed many enduring friendships here. We offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends for this devastating loss. https://www.instagram.com/p/C2fRhRBREkp/?igsh=MWc3emRveWc0N2M2Yg== Dong Hyun Seo has been living in Japan since 2012 and had his ballet school in Akita. Last summer, in collaboration with his former schoolmate Nehemiah Kish, he held gala concerts in Sapporo and Akita called Royal Stars Gala, with stars such as Francesca Hayward, Yasmine Naghdi, Sarah Lamb, William Bracewell, Akane Takada and Ryoichi Hirano. Nehemiah Kish has also posted his condolences. It is heartbreaking as Hyun Seo is still young and leaves a 2 year old daughter behind. https://www.instagram.com/p/C2dCgIlLhY7/?igsh=MWV6eTlzcTc3enF6Yg==
  2. Gergiev Will Not, Apparently, Take on Leadership of Bolshoi in Addition to Mariinsky. https://symphony.org/update-gergiev-will-not-apparently-take-on-leadership-of-bolshoi-in-addition-to-mariinsky/
  3. The girl in the halter neck olive or dark blue leotard wearing ballet slippers while giving fouettés (at the right of the screen, 1:20:46) is Kanon Kimura. https://www.abt.org/people/kanon-kimura/?type=performer Kotomi Yamada (in a pale green leotard, left side of the screen) does the fouettés later and she is also a very good turner and got applauded at the very end.
  4. As I have noted in the Vienna State Ballet topic, Alessandra Ferri will be taking over the role of Artistic Director there so if ABT will be doing Woolf Works at the MET in 2024, this might be one of the last chances to see her perform live. (I am not sure whether she will be performing in it or not) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyxp4ejo8yi/?img_index=1
  5. New release in German https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/die-staatsoper/medien/detail/news/alessandra-ferri-wird-naechste-direktorin-des-wiener-staatsballetts/ On Instagram (in English) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyxp4ejo8yi/?img_index=1 Alessandra Ferri to lead the Vienna State Ballet from September 2025! Today announced by director of @wienerstaatsoper Bogdan Roščić and Lotte de Beer, director of @volksoper , the internationally acclaimed artist and prima ballerina assoluta will succeed Martin Schläpfer from 1st September 2025. With Alessandra Ferri, one of the most influential personalities of the international ballet world of our time will take over the artistic direction of the company and will also serve as artistic director of the Ballet Academy. Born in Milan in 1963, Alessandra Ferri looks back on an unique career: As a dancer, she has worked with the world‘s most important choreographers who have also created numerous works especially for her. She was Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet and at the American Ballet Theatre, is prima ballerina assoluta of La Scala in Milan and has made guest appearances at all the major houses and companies worldwide. From 2008 to 2014, she also successfully directed the dance programming of the renowned Spoleto Festival, acted as a producer of international touring productions and has recently devoted herself to teaching and staging at the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet or American Ballet Theatre, among others.
  6. A source study of two ballets and a divertissement by Marius Petipa Douglas Frederick Fullington is available online, and is a valuable writing of 464 pages. (thanks to a post on the ballet.co forum by Sebastian) https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/49092/Fullington_washington_0250E_24377.pdf?sequence=1 His book Five Ballets from Paris and St. Petersburg: Giselle | Paquita | Le Corsaire | La Bayadère | Raymonda will be published and will be available for purchase in November. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Ballets-Paris-St-Petersburg/dp/0190944501/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35QDKE359Z1FY&keywords=Doug+Fullington&qid=1696489635&sprefix=doug+fullington%2Caps%2C91&sr=8-1
  7. Stuttgart Ballet's Taming of the Shrew (which made it way to DVD) was broadcasted in Japan so I have seen it, and it was a fine performance. However, I wished that this ballet should have been recorded 10 years ago when Jason Reilly was at his best and was phenomenal in this ballet.
  8. Also a fabulous performance of Diana and Acteon by Takumi Miyake, new apprentice at ABT. He was awarded the Ninette de Valois Prize at Royal Ballet School for the most outstanding male graduate of the year but was unable to be auditioned for Royal Ballet because he was injured then.
  9. Evgenie Neff, former principal at Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet and former ballet master at Universal Ballet in Korea has passed away. He was 69. Obituary on Mariinsky official site. https://www.mariinsky.ru/news1/2023/7_2023/11_3/ and Universal Ballet's instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cul0NSPvTwp/ Many might remember him as Conrad on the filmed performance of Mariinsky's Le Corsaire opposite Asylmuratova and Ruzimatov A beautiful elegant dancer, and too young to be gone.
  10. I am not sure how long this will be available, but this recording is lovely. Giselle - Valeria Isaeva Albert - Rustam Iskhakov Myrta - Angelina Nigmatulina, debut Hans - Artyom Dobrokhvalov Batilde - Irina Chiong Wilfrid - Danila Alekseev Berta - Natalya Kruger Graf - Jan Valeev Orchestra of the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater. Conductor - Marat Akhmet-Zaripov.
  11. Aya Okumura has already joined Czech National Ballet as a soloist but already promoted First Soloist (which is the highest rank there) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqe7zxooxxG/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
  12. And here is Froustey’s post. She says she will leave SFB and return to France.(I think she was from Bordeaux) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr1X1N2vd-2/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
  13. Here is the official announcement, Mathilde Froustey joins Bordeaux Opera Ballet as Etoile. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr01wtIIwwn/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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