bingham Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 The current season is almost over(unbelievable) and pretty successful(IMO). Many of the full-lenghts did quite well in the boxoffice and offered outstanding dramatic performances. . So far,a new Nutcracker and ABT premieres of Bright Stream and Duo Concertante has been announced. What is in your wish list? I'll start w/ A Month in the Country and revivals of La Fille Mal Gardee and Onegin. Link to comment
richard53dog Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 The Tudor Romeo and the Ashton Les Patineurs Link to comment
Ceeszi Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I would love to see Raymonda. I don't think they have done it since 2005. Link to comment
bingham Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 I would love to see Raymonda. I don't think they have done it since 2005. I would love a new Raymonda( not the AM Holmes staging). Maybe, a new staging by A Ratmansky. Link to comment
DanceActress Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 More Ashton! Along with a revival of Fille, what about "Ondine"? I think Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes would be very interesting in it. I could also see Stella Abrera as the title character. Link to comment
nysusan Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I have other Ashton wishes - I'd love to see ABT do The Two Pigeons and Rhapsody. And please bring back Symphonic Variations. Would also love to see Raymonda again. It's very unlikely that they'd commission a new production so soon after the last one, and I thought the Holmes version was ok. Didn't love the costumes, but the dance text itself was fine, I'd gladly go see it again! And Giselle, of course! Link to comment
mimsyb Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 More Ashton! Along with a revival of Fille, what about "Ondine"? I think Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes would be very interesting in it. I could also see Stella Abrera as the title character. What about Cojocuru in" Ondine? " I'd love to see her also in "La Fille". Absolutely more Ashton!...Or on another note, I'd love to see this company do a full length "Jewels", or "Symphony in C". Give these wonderful dancers something to dance! Link to comment
atm711 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Let Ratmansky 'do something' with Sleeping Beauty. Link to comment
Colleen Boresta Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I agree with what everyone has said so far. I would like to see as much Ashton as possible (unfortunately I've seen so little), especially La Fille, A Month in the Country and Les Patineurs. And though ABT will probably never bring back the David Blair Swan Lake, I wish Act IV could be lengthened, the handsome von Rothbart done away with, and that ridiculous prologue also gotten rid of. And I think ABT has a tendency to do the Balanchine works that are wrong for the company. I would love to see them do Stars and Stripes, maybe even Union Jack. Link to comment
mussel Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I agree with more Ashton and more Ashton. My number 1 wish list is Ashton's Cinderella, ABT needs to get rid of its third-rated Canadian import. How difficult to obtain the rights? Rhapsody would be a great vehicle for Cornejo and Simkin. Monotones II is also on my wish list. I think Joffrey has the most Ashton in North America, if not outside of UK. But ABT has more means and clout to spread the gospel of Ashton across America. With 2 new full length productions in the works, I don't think we'll get any further full length productions until 2012 at the earliest. Further down the line, I wish ABT could take on the reconstruction of Swan Lake, a project that Mariinsky abandoned. May be a co-production with the Mariisky. Does Harvard have all the necessary materials to mount the reconstruction? If ABT aspires to be one of the top companies in the world, it needs to take on project like this. And Ratmansky should be more than capable to mount the reconstruction. In the mean time, ABT needs to get rid of its SL prologue and restore the Act IV. And how about Paquitta? Speak of Raymonda, I wish NYCB could use Balanchine's Pas de Dix, Rayomonda Variations, and Cortege Hongrois, and may be some Petipa original materials to fill in the missing pieces in between to mount a full length production. Link to comment
Dale Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Tudor's Echoing of Trumpets. This is a strong bet. The Tudor foundation is having a ballet master learn the ballet for the purpose of revival. Link to comment
ksk04 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 So far,a new Nutcracker and ABT premieres of Bright Stream and Duo Concertante has been announced. What is in your wish list? I'll start w/ A Month in the Country and revivals of La Fille Mal Gardee and Onegin. Onegin coming back seems like a decent possibility as Kevin McKenzie probably wants to give Julie Kent some good vehicles at this point in her career. However, with Lady of the Camillas back next year it may go into the rotation the year after. Link to comment
abatt Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Onegin coming back seems like a decent possibility as Kevin McKenzie probably wants to give Julie Kent some good vehicles at this point in her career. However, with Lady of the Camillas back next year it may go into the rotation the year after. Is there confirmation that Camellias is coming back next year? I had not heard that before. Also, I'm sure that Duo Concertante is designed to to give Kent work. This has become a go-to ballet for aging dancers. It's also cheap, since the costumes are practice leotards. Link to comment
bingham Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 Onegin coming back seems like a decent possibility as Kevin McKenzie probably wants to give Julie Kent some good vehicles at this point in her career. However, with Lady of the Camillas back next year it may go into the rotation the year after. Is there confirmation that Camellias is coming back next year? I had not heard that before. Also, I'm sure that Duo Concertante is designed to to give Kent work. This has become a go-to ballet for aging dancers. It's also cheap, since the costumes are practice leotards. D Vishneva had mentioned it in her website. Link to comment
ksk04 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Onegin coming back seems like a decent possibility as Kevin McKenzie probably wants to give Julie Kent some good vehicles at this point in her career. However, with Lady of the Camillas back next year it may go into the rotation the year after. Is there confirmation that Camellias is coming back next year? I had not heard that before. Also, I'm sure that Duo Concertante is designed to to give Kent work. This has become a go-to ballet for aging dancers. It's also cheap, since the costumes are practice leotards. D Vishneva had mentioned it in her website. Yep. She's usually fairly reliable with what she posts. Link to comment
bingham Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 So far,a new Nutcracker and ABT premieres of Bright Stream and Duo Concertante has been announced. What is in your wish list? I'll start w/ A Month in the Country and revivals of La Fille Mal Gardee and Onegin. Onegin coming back seems like a decent possibility as Kevin McKenzie probably wants to give Julie Kent some good vehicles at this point in her career. However, with Lady of the Camillas back next year it may go into the rotation the year after. Julie danced Tatiana in the Onegin premiere but i would like to see what Diana would do with this role( w/ M Gomes as Onegin) Link to comment
abatt Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 ABT has posted info on its website regarding the ballets it will perform at the Kennedy Center in Jan 2011. They include Lilac Garden and Theme & Variations, as well as Bright Stream. They have also posted the ballets they will perform in London in 2011, which includes Tharps's Know By Heart, Seven Sonatas, Millipied's Everything Doesn't Happen All At Once (why does he give these absurd, verbose titles to his ballets?!), Lilac G., T&V, Duo Concertante, and Company B. I hope we in NY get Lilac Garden and T&V next season. Anybody have any inside info on whether we will be getting those ballets next season? Link to comment
Helene Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Inside info, not here. But official news, always. The Kennedy Center programs look fantastic. (Maybe my cousins will be back in DC by then, too...) Link to comment
mimsyb Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 ABT has posted info on its website regarding the ballets it will perform at the Kennedy Center in Jan 2011. They include Lilac Garden and Theme & Variations, as well as Bright Stream. They have also posted the ballets they will perform in London in 2011, which includes Tharps's Know By Heart, Seven Sonatas, Millipied's Everything Doesn't Happen All At Once (why does he give these absurd, verbose titles to his ballets?!), Lilac G., T&V, Duo Concertante, and Company B. I hope we in NY get Lilac Garden and T&V next season. Anybody have any inside info on whether we will be getting those ballets next season? All of the above mentioned ballets would be awesome to see here in NYC! Seven Sonatas and the MIllepied piece would be spectacular at the Met. And I would go down on my hands and knees to see Tharp's "Known By Heart" again. Great ballet and one the current crop of dancers would excel in! Yes, please! And I would love to see "Manon" done next season also. Link to comment
abatt Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I think Seven Sonatas is a small chamber work that would be swallowed up on the gigantic MET stage. In my opinion, the best part of Known by Heart is the "Junk Man" pdd. I remember Ethan Steifel and Susan Jaffe were excellent in this when it premiered. I recall seeing Irina and Max perform the Junk Man pdd at a gala a few years ago. It looked like a completely different ballet (and I don't mean in a good way). I think it's likely we will get Manon next year because they always put in a full length MacMillan, and they've done R&J two consecutive years. Link to comment
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