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RUKen

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  1. I attended the dress rehearsal on Tuesday. I've seen a couple of DRs each of the past 12 or 13 years, and I cannot remember a previous one that had so many corrections called out by the rehearsal director (not Kevin McKenzie) sitting in the orchestra seats.  Most of these were directed at the corps (and also the supers); a couple of times she made them repeat a sequence.  In the last act, with about twenty minutes remaining in the rehearsal, she asked the conductor to stop and repeat a piece of music so that another performer (in the Gamzatti role, I believe) could do the dance.  The conductor began to argue with the director; she told him to just follow the instructions.  After exclaiming that they would run out of time, he gave in (and the third act was completed before 5:00).  All in all, I perceived more tension among the performers than usual, and some of the wobbles that have been commented on from the early performances were also noticeable in the rehearsal.  The spring schedule this year is like it always is, with one big story ballet after another, but this week in particular (so far) the company seems a bit under-rehearsed.

  2. 15 minutes ago, nanushka said:

    Yeah, I'm not sure we have enough info yet to assert that Pereira will be debuting as Swanilda. It's possible, but Bouder doesn't say that. The story is just Pereira doing some steps, messing around in a rehearsal room, with a caption that says, "Ladies and Gentlemen...the newest Coppelia."

    "Coppelia" is the doll's name.  That's a different (and much smaller) role.

  3. 2 hours ago, abatt said:

    The web design is poor because you have to put your cursor over every performance to see the cast.  The old web design was superior because it allowed you to see all the casting for each performance easily at a glance.

    Just below the calendar is a link that reads:  Download the Spring Season performance calendar with full casting.

    If you click on that, you'll see the casting for all of the performances.

  4. 13 hours ago, Jayne said:

    It might work for ABT have a fall season in Orange County with all their works.  Then spend Jan - June in NYC.  

    ABT has to fit its NYC schedule into the available time at the Metropolitan Opera House and the formerly-known-as State Theatre.  The Met is occupied from late September through mid-May by the Metropolitan Opera Company.  There are a couple of open weeks in the fall at the State, so ABT has a fall season there.

  5. 8 hours ago, California said:

    Like many others, I suspect, I just got a membership renewal form in the mail. I remember complaints a couple of years ago that they had raised their Friends prices without noticeably increasing benefits. So it's interesting that they've dropped prices this time around, mainly in the four lowest categories.

     

    For Dancers Circle: from $100 to $90; from $240 to $180; from $480 to $360; from $750 to $600.  Those are pretty substantial cuts. Perhaps they  hope to win some people back. 

    The thresholds for the donor levels have not been lowered; they are currently the same as last year's.  They are going to be increased in 2018 to the substantially higher levels--they are trying to entice you to renew now rather than wait until next year.

  6. On ‎10‎/‎18‎/‎2017 at 11:20 AM, RUKen said:

    The ABT site shows Boylston/Shayer dancing the Ratmansky premiere (Songs of Bukovina) on October 20th and 21st.  Lendorf is still (as of this minute) scheduled for Other Dances on the 27th and Plato on the 29th.

    Cory Stearns is now scheduled to perform Other Dances with Isabela Boylston on the 27th.  Lendorf has also been replaced in Plato on the 29th, though I'm uncertain which dancer is taking his place.

  7. 51 minutes ago, fondoffouettes said:

    Gorak has replaced Lendorf in his performances of Symphonic Variations. Hammoudi replaces Lendorf in tomorrow evening's Symposium. And on the Koch's website, it shows Shevchenko/Royal dancing all performances of the Ratmansky premiere, replacing Lendorf/Boylston. Also, the Koch website shows Hammoudi replacing Lendorf in ALL performances of Symposium.

    The ABT site shows Boylston/Shayer dancing the Ratmansky premiere (Songs of Bukovina) on October 20th and 21st.  Lendorf is still (as of this minute) scheduled for Other Dances on the 27th and Plato on the 29th.

  8. Artistic Director Douglas Martin has choreographed and created the libretto for Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, which was premiered on April 21st and 22nd in Princeton, NJ, by his company, American Repertory Ballet.  Links to three reviews of this ballet are below:

    http://criticaldance.org/first_impression/american-repertory-ballet-pride-and-prejudice/

    http://www.princetoninfo.com/index.php/component/us1more/?Itemid=6&key=4-26-17arb

    http://www.njarts.net/dance/elizabeth-darcy-dance-pride-prejudice-debuts-ballet/

  9. 20 minutes ago, Drew said:

    The man touching Novikova on the shoulder was the company director Vaziev. Once I was okay with--friendly gesture I guess--twice I thought he should just keep himself out if the frame if he is not being interviewed. My own experience with male colleagues who feel licensed to touch me in a 'friendly' manner may have influenced my negative reaction.

    When it happened during the intermission, I recall that Novikova interrupted her monologue to say "spasibo" (thank you) to Vaziev, which suggests that the shoulder touch was a signal that she was expecting.

  10. 2 hours ago, CTballetfan said:

    I seek your advice. As part of my membership in ABT I signed up for the dress rehearsal for Giselle. I've never been to a dress rehearsal before. What is it like? How does it work? Do you see multiple casts? Does the director frequently stop the flow? Would I get enough of the performance so that I don't need to buy a ticket for another performance of Giselle? I have seen ABT's Giselle many, many times over the years and love it. Thank you for your input.

    There are a lot of variables.  Sometimes all of the lead dancers will rehearse as if performing, and sometimes one or more will just mark their dances (especially if coming back from an injury or if they are in the performance that night).  Sometimes there are people on stage in warmup clothing instead of costumes (presumably because their costumes are being repaired or altered).  Sometimes a stagehand will wander onto the stage to move a prop.  Sometimes (actually, often) you will hear instructions from a rehearsal director being given to the performers onstage, while they continue to perform (and you may see a brief acknowledgement of the correction from the dancers).  Usually (as stated above), the different acts are performed by different casts, and sometimes after an act has been completed a pas de deux will be danced by a pair who are not otherwise in the rehearsal. 

     

    If you are not too picky about seat selection, your best option may be to watch the rehearsal and then decide if you want to see more of one of the casts that has just rehearsed or if you'd rather see the whole thing performed by a different cast.  You can go right to the box office after the rehearsal has ended.

  11. On ‎3‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 8:48 AM, miliosr said:

     New York Theatre Ballet performed recently in New York and, unless I missed it, there was never a review.

     

    I've just started a new thread with a review of the New York Theatre Ballet performance by Jerry Hochman.

  12. 8 hours ago, volcanohunter said:

    I'm not entirely sure what NYCB will be performing. Presumably it will be taking turns at Emeralds, too.

    According to the New York Times article published November 30th about these performances, only POB will dance Emeralds, and the Bolshoi and NYCB will alternate between Rubies and Diamonds.

  13. Any news about the casting? If any of you have seen this production, is it worth the trip?

    Casting has been posted: http://national.ballet.ca/Productions/2016-17-Season/Winters-Tale-Lincoln-Center-2016

    The link is a bit problematic (though you can get to it by clicking through the NBC website), so here is the list:

    Casting

    Leontes

    Piotr Stanczyk (July 28, 30 at 8:00 pm)

    Evan McKie (July 29 at 8:00 pm)

    Guillaume Côté* (July 30 at 2:00 pm)

    McGee Maddox (July 31 at 2:00 pm)

    Hermione

    Hannah Fischer (July 28, 30 at 8:00 pm)

    Jurgita Dronina (July 29 at 8:00 pm)

    Sonia Rodriguez* (July 30 at 2:00 pm)

    Heather Ogden (July 31 at 2:00 pm)

    Perdita

    Jillian Vanstone (July 28, 30 at 8:00 pm)

    Elena Lobsanova (July 29 at 8:00 pm, 31 at 2:00 pm)

    Rui Huang (July 30 at 2:00 pm)

    Florizel

    Naoya Ebe (July 28, 30 at 8:00 pm)

    Francesco Gabriele Frola (July 29 at 8:00 pm, 31 at 2:00 pm)

    Skylar Campbell (July 30 at 2:00 pm)

    Polixenes

    Harrison James (July 28, 30 at 8:00 pm)

    Brendan Saye (July 29 at 8:00 pm, 31 at 2:00 pm)

    Félix Paquet (July 30 at 2:00 pm)

    Paulina

    Xiao Nan Yu (July 28, 30 at 8:00 pm)

    Svetlana Lunkina (July 29 at 8:00pm, 30 at 2:00 pm)

    Tanya Howard (July 31 at 2:00 pm)

    *Debut

  14. Natalia is absolutely correct. The company that performed in the Mariinsky Theatre that was named for the Czar's wife Maria, was known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, (or) the Imperial Ballet. This was the case until 1918 a year after the Revolution. After that, it was named the State Academic Ballet of Petrograd by the communists during the Russian Civil War years in the 1920s. Following the death of Lenin when the city was renamed Leningrad, Sergei Kirov was the Party leader of the city. After Sergei Kirov's hit was ordered by Stalin, (which began the purges of the 1930s), the Theatre was re-named, the Sergei Mironovich Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, and the opera and ballet companies that performed in it were known by the name "Kirov." This name lasted until the early 2000s when the ballet company itself reverted back to it's original name. The Theatre reclaimed it's original name "Mariinsky" in the 1990s, when the city reclaimed it's original name, St. Petersburg. If Macaulay's verbs were past tense,

    perhaps he should have waited to publish his review before posting the rough draft off his airline napkin.

    Natalia is correct regarding the proper name for the company in 1895 and throughout the 20th Century; Macaulay, however, uses "Mariinsky" as the name for the company that performed Swan Lake in 1895 in St. Petersburg. There is no evidence that the writer is referring to the post-Soviet company when the review mentions the "first Mariinsky version" and the "vast resources" of the Mariinsky. The error is Macaulay's use of the name, not aurora's interpretation of his intent.

  15. This program will be screened again in a limited (and shrinking!) number of U.S. cinemas in early January.

    January 3: Frank Theatres, Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY

    January 3 & 6: Dairy Arts Centre in Boulder, CO, Limelight Cinema in Bellingham, WA

    January 4: Showcase Cinemas

    January 6: Symphony Space in New York City, Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC, Cinemas Palme D'Or in Palm Desert, CA,

    January 6 & 9: City Lights Cinemas in Florence, OR

    January 9: Rialto Elmwood in Berkeley, CA

    Also, January 10: Garden Theater, Princeton, NJ (http://princetongardentheatre.org/films/ballet-carmen-viscera-afternoon-of-faun-pas-de-deux )

  16. It was eerily similar to the fall that Osipova took in Giselle at the Met last May - which gave Stella her NY debut in Giselle.

    i just wanted to offer a correction to this comment--Stella Abrera's Giselle performance at the Met was on May 23rd; Natalia Osipova's performance was on May 28th. Abrera was replacing a different injured dancer (Polina Semionova?), not Osipova.

  17. I do believe that guest artists are hired in somewhat later in the game. Last year all the Russians that went into "La Bayadere" were announced only a few months before the season started. Also, guest artists have been brought in to replace injured principals. The casting for the Met 2015 season changed a lot late in the game and throughout the season due to guest artist additions/subtractions and the injuries effecting Hallberg, Semionova and Osipova.

    The October 16, 2014, announcement of the 2015 spring season for ABT included the following: Guest Artists for the season include Semyon Chudin, principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, Maria Kochetkova, principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet, Denys Nedak, soloist with the National Ballet of Ukraine, Marianela Nuñez, principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, Evgenia Obraztsova, principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, Natalia Osipova, principal dancer with The Royal Ballet and Olga Smirnova, leading soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet.

    So having Ms. Ferri as the only guest artist on the schedule at this point is a big change from last year, even if the situation is subject to change.

  18. Looks like they are charging more for the subscription which contains the Ferri Cornejo R&J than for other weeknight subscriptions containing the same number of performances.

    This is a new pricing dynamic. They have charged more in the past for the farewell performances, but they have never automatically charged a higher price at the outset for a guest artist appearance before any dynamic pricing went into effect. This is a disturbing trend.

    The partnership of the inimitable Ferri and The Great Cornejo is in a class by itself, and isn't what I would call "guest artists." This evening will sell out the house, even at the higher price. I will help it along.

    You may not think of Ferri as a guest artist, but ABT does. She is classified as a guest artist in the ABT press release that announced her Juliet performance. How about alumna guest artist.

    Ms. Ferri's special status with ABT suggests that the pricing for this event may not be a trend that will be followed for all guest artists. (...And so far, they have not scheduled other guest artists.)

  19. Did anyone save the casting on their computer by chance?

    Sylvia

    Mon, May 9

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Léo Delibes

    Sylvia

    Murphy, Gomes, Whiteside

    Tue, May 10

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Léo Delibes

    Sylvia

    Semionov, Bolle, Stearns

    Wed, May 11

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Léo Delibes

    Sylvia

    Boylston, Lendorf, Simkin

    7:30 pm

    Léo Delibes

    Sylvia

    Seo, TBA, Hammoudi

    Thu, May 12

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Léo Delibes

    Sylvia

    Murphy, Gomes, Whiteside

    Fri, May 13

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Léo Delibes

    Sylvia

    Kochetkova, Cornejo, Simkin

    Sat, May 14

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Léo Delibes

    Sylvia

    Semionova, Bolle, Stearns

    8:00 pm

    Léo Delibes

    Sylvia

    Boylston, Lendorf, Simkin

    Mixed bills

    Mon, May 16

    On Stage

    6:30 pm

    ABT Gala

    Tue, May 17

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich Trilogy

    Cornejo, Gomes, Semionova, TBA, Kochetkova, Simkin, Murphy, Stearns

    Wed, May 18

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Composers Multiple

    World Premiere/7 Sonatas/Fireb

    Company, Part, Cornejo, Gorak, Lane, Hoven, Seo, Copeland, Lendorf, TBA, Abrera

    7:30 pm

    Composers Multiple

    World Premiere/7 Sonatas/Fireb

    Company, Abrera, Paris, Scott, Royal, TBA, Shevchenko, Boylston, Gomes, Zhurbin, Part

    Thu, May 19

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Composers Multiple

    World Premiere/7 Sonatas/Fireb

    Company, Part, Cornejo, Gorak, Lane, Hoven, Seo, Copeland, Lendorf, TBA, Abrera

    Fri, May 20

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich Trilogy

    Bolle, Cirio, Part, Whiteside, Royal, Shayer, Shevchenko

    Sat, May 21

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Composers Multiple

    World Premiere/7 Sonatas/Fireb

    Company, Abrera, Paris, Scott, Royal, TBA, Shevchenko, Boylston, Gomes, Zhurbin, Part

    8:00 pm

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich Trilogy

    Cornejo, Gomes, Semionova, TBA, Kochetkova, Simkin, Murphy, Stearns

    Mon, May 23

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich Trilogy

    Bolle, Cirio, Part, Whiteside, Brandt, Shayer, Royal, Shevchenko

    La Fille mal Gardee

    Tue, May 24

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Ferdinand Hérold

    La Fille Mal Gardee

    Boylston, Lendorf

    Wed, May 25

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Ferdinand Hérold

    La Fille Mal Gardee

    Murphy, Stearns

    7:30 pm

    Ferdinand Hérold

    La Fille Mal Gardee

    Copeland, Cornejo

    Thu, May 26

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Ferdinand Hérold

    La Fille Mal Gardee

    Abrera, TBA

    Fri, May 27

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Ferdinand Hérold

    La Fille Mal Gardee

    Boylston, Lendorf

    Sat, May 28

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Ferdinand Hérold

    La Fille Mal Gardee

    Copeland, Cornejo

    8:00 pm

    Ferdinand Hérold

    La Fille Mal Gardee

    Murphy, Stearns

    Mon, May 30

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Ferdinand Hérold

    La Fille Mal Gardee

    Abrera, TBA

    Le Corsaire

    Tue, May 31

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Leo Delibes

    Le Corsaire

    Kochetkova, Cornejo, Lane, Cirio, Simkin

    Wed, Jun 1

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Leo Delibes

    Le Corsaire

    Part, Stearns, Teuscher, Whiteside, Ahn

    7:30 pm

    Leo Delibes

    Le Corsaire

    Murphy, Lendorf, Abrera, Simkin, Shayer

    Thu, Jun 2

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Leo Delibes

    Le Corsaire

    Kochetkova, Cornejo, Lane, Cirio, Simkin

    Fri, Jun 3

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Leo Delibes

    Le Corsaire

    Seo, Whiteside, Copeland, TBA, Lendorf

    Sat, Jun 4

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Leo Delibes

    Le Corsaire

    Murphy, Lendorf, Abrera, Simkin, Shayer

    8:00 pm

    Leo Delibes

    Le Corsaire

    Part, Stearns, Teuscher, Whiteside, Ahn

    The Golden Cockerel

    Mon, Jun 6

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel

    Part, Brandt

    Tue, Jun 7

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel

    Abrera, Trenary

    Wed, Jun 8

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel

    Seo, Lane

    7:30 pm

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel

    Copeland, Kochetkova

    Thu, Jun 9

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel

    Part, Brandt

    Fri, Jun 10

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel

    Abrera, Trenary

    Sat, Jun 11

    On Stage

    11:30 am

    ABT KIDS

    2:00 pm

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel

    Copeland, Kochetkova

    8:00 pm

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Golden Cockerel

    Seo, Lane

    Swan Lake

    Mon, Jun 13

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Semionova, Gomes

    Tue, Jun 14

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Boylston, Lendorf

    Wed, Jun 15

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Copeland, Simkin

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Part, Whiteside

    Thu, Jun 16

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Seo, Bolle

    Fri, Jun 17

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Murphy, Stearns

    Sat, Jun 18

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Semionova, Gomes

    8:00 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Kochetkova, Cornejo

    Romeo & Juliet

    Mon, Jun 20

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet

    Seo, Stearns

    Tue, Jun 21

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet

    Vishneva, Gomes

    Wed, Jun 22

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet

    Boylston, TBA

    7:30 pm

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet

    Murphy, TBA

    Thu, Jun 23

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet

    Ferri, Cornejo

    Fri, Jun 24

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet

    Semionova, Bolle

    Sat, Jun 25

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet

    Copeland, TBA

    8:00 pm

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet

    Vishneva, Gomes

    The Sleeping Beauty

    Mon, Jun 27

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty

    Boylston, Gorak

    Tue, Jun 28

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty

    Murphy, Stearns

    Wed, Jun 29

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty

    Trenary, Whiteside

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty

    Seo, TBA

    Thu, Jun 30

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty

    Abrera, Gomes

    Fri, Jul 1

    On Stage

    7:30 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty

    Lane, Cornejo

    Sat, Jul 2

    On Stage

    2:00 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty

    Boylston, Gorak

    8:00 pm

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty

    Seo, TBA

  20. The website of the Metropolitan Opera now has the performance dates (but not the casting) for ABT's spring season: http://www.metopera.org/calendar#/on-stage?year=2016&month=4

    Sylvia May 9-14

    ABT Gala May 16

    Shostakovich Trilogy May 17, 20, 21, 23

    World Premiere / 7 Sonatas / Firebird May 18, 19, 21

    La Fille Mal Gardee May 24-30

    Le Corsaire May 31 - June 4

    The Golden Cockerel June 6-11

    Swan Lake June 13-18

    Romeo & Juliet June 20-25

    The Sleeping Beauty June 27 - July 2

  21. Why would she? She was supposed to have retired with a "Sleeping Beauty". The schedule was set. The fact that SHE decided not to perform in "Beauty" and dance something else probably meant that ABT had to do some very quick juggling. I find it remarkable that ABT was able to give her a slot and in a ballet she preferred. OK, so it was a matinee, but I think they did the best they could, given the circumstances. I can't speak to any thing else regarding her retirement, but her final bow was lovely and well earned. If she was unhappy about the circumstances it certainly didn't show.

    It's really not that remarkable. Paloma was scheduled to appear in the matinee performance of Giselle all along--you can check out the advance schedule in post #2 (dated October 16, 2014, from Dale) of the ABT 2015 Met Season thread. Her performance in The Sleeping Beauty was canceled and her scheduled performance in Giselle became her farewell. Usually, long-time principal dancers are given their own choice for their farewell performance, but it appears that TSB was assigned to Paloma, until she put her foot down.

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