mussel Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Hallberg is listed in World Ballet Festival in Tokyo starting this weekend: http://www.nbs.or.jp/english/contents/schedule/world-ballet-festival-2015/ So I assume he's recovered enough to participate, and health may not be the reason not being in the fall season. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 naomikage pointed out on another thread that Hallberg has withdrawn from his Japanese appearances--two weeks ago, apparently--although the English-language version of the NBS site has not been updated accordingly. http://www.nbs.or.jp/blog/news/contents/topmenu/post-554.html Link to comment
nysusan Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Putting Company B on fifty percent of the programs is a big negative for me. So far I have avoided purchasing any tickets to programs with that work as part of the bill. They are overloading the season with Company Bt and to a lesser extent, the Green Table. In contrast, why so few performances of Valse Fantasie and Piano Concerto.I agree with abatt and fondoffouettes - way too much Company B & Green Table. I love them both (though I also WAY prefer Taylor's company in Company B) but I don't want to see either of them more than once in a 2 week span.Problem is that even without casting, I want to see as many performances of Monotones as possible. So far I've bought tickets to 4 performances, which he means I'm forced to sit through multiple performances of Co B & GT. Link to comment
nysusan Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Monotones II is one of my favorite Ashton ballets. I love it's other worldly serenity, it's minimalism and those long, fluid phrases. I feel like it's usually cast tall, and I'd love to see Part & Abrera alternate in the sole female role with some combination of Gomes/Stearns/Foster/ and another tall man. Mantei or Gray Davis would be interesting but unlikely casting for ABT - Whiteside or Hammoudi would be much more likely and they'll probably cast Seo in all the performances. I also like Monotones I. I don't think its in the same league as II, but it's a good ballet and I love the two of them together. I've only seen this cast short, and ABT certainly has plenty of short dancers now to fill those roles. I can see Paris & Copeland or Brandt & Trenary or Kochetkova & Lane with Cornejo, Simkin, Gorak, Lendorf, Cirio or Scott. Figures the one I'm most looking forward to is one of the few they haven't released casting for... Link to comment
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