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Eleonora Abbagnato has announced on her INSTAGRAM May 18th as the new date for her farewell . It will be a special evening including the Défilé and pieces by her favorite choreographers (Robbins, Petit, Neumeier, Preljocaj)  

well it's even worse for POB dancers because they are obliged to retire at 42 .  Mr Philippe already made an exception for police forces so the whole idea that this new system is great is a lie since it's already not good enough for police.

While this is true that this government is not interested in arts (whatever art form) I'm not sure they are that stupid. What they probbly aim at is to suppress the pension at 42 leaving dancers to jump in another job and to get a "normal"pension at 62-4 .

Première danseuse Muriel Zusperreguy who has a duet with Alessio Carbone in Body and Soul will retire as well on November 23rd.

I had a look at the Gala programme but this is not specified, just that it is orchestrated by Tony Aubin.

Franceso Mura and Pablo Legasa to Premiers Danseurs

From POB official release

Hohyun Kang, Célia Drouy and Clémence Gross promoted to Coryphées

Letizia Galloni, Caroline Osmont and Naïs Duboscq promoted to Sujets

Sylvia Saint-Martin promoted to Première danseuse

tickets go on sale September 10th

yes, from the official brochure, it's December 15, 21 and 22 at 10:30 and 14:30

1 hour ago, volcanohunter said:

Oh God, please, no. The Nureyev productions will never go away.

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Same as for Iolanta 😉... There is a Sol Leon-Paul Lightfoot/Hans Van Manen new triple bill at the same time so it's fair enough ...

From a Parisian perspective, the season looks far better than the previous years... Le Parc is a favorite of both dancers and audience.

Balanchine Quatre Temperaments and Concerto Barocco haven't been danced for years : 2003 for Concerto Brocco, 2008 for 4 Temperaments, so it's not bad to give them a chance for the new principals and  dancers...

Mayerling is a dream for male Etoiles, For me the obvious one is  Stéphane Bullion who was so great in the last run of La Dame aux camélias last December and in Onegin last year... These story ballets were also given i the past to the dancers who can act, I can see Premier Danseur Audric Bezard in it... Well, we'll see...

I think Iolanta/Casse Noisette was the baby of Stéphane Lissner and it was fully booked a few days after the sales this season... It might be the same for Play although it's during the least favorable month of the season But, yes, the dancers have nothing to dance, so it's probably to please the audience.

it was not specified in the official release. it just talked about the values supported by the institution. 

Virginia Gris is now chief stage manager at POB but this would be an interesting move...

Only the 3d act was streamed on the 31rd  but the whole ballet will be streamed later as well as in the cinemas

8 hours ago, FPF said:

 I don't get to see the Paris Opera Ballet very often, but I road-tripped up to Montreal a few years ago  when they were doing Pierre Lacotte's Paquita there. Karl Paquette was Lucien in that performance, which I very much enjoyed.  In an interview at Danses avec la Plume (https://www.dansesaveclaplume.com/pas-de-deux/1044946-karl-paquette-jai-25-ans-dopera-de-paris-et-25-ans-de-bonheur/), he said that he was/would be teaching--hopefully he will be passing on his knowledge of partnering, etc.  It was also interesting to me that even though he seemed to have a fairly slow rise through the ranks, he was very much in favor of the Concours.  

He was not slow in his rise regarding the Concours. He was Premier danseur at 25 I think, which is fair enough. So in a way, he had no problem rising through the Concours. But he was only named Etoile at 33. To become Etoile is the sole decision of the Paris Opera Director. So it took more time to rise to Etoile than to rise to Premier Danseur

Yes I think the "director cut"  was the main complain about this production as the choreographers had no word to say about the whole scenario. Everything was written by Tcherniakov, (even the costumes were imposed) and the choreographers had just to fill the spaces indicated. Cherkaoui had the easiest part with the pas de deux, I would not blame Lock or Pita. Pita, up to me is the less interesting because Lock at least could impose his movements that I personally like a lot...

Yes, Swan Lake is in Opéra Bastille. it works well there.

In Nureyev Swan Lake, Rothbart is a very important character and quite often the most interesting of the evening. In any case, it's important that the 2 male dancers are matching well....

Usually the casting for these 3 main roles are known about at least one month before, albeit injuries among the selected dancers but it will come after the winter break... Considering it starts mid-February, the dancers will start rehearsing in December so perhaps we will know it tentatively earlier or at the last minute 😉

The Tribute to Jerome Robbins has been filmed for cinema and TV broadcast with the following cast:

Fancy Free
Eleonora Abbagnato, Alice Renavand, Aurélia Bellet
Stéphane Bullion, Karl Paquette, François Alu
Alexandre Carniato

A Suite of Dances
Paul Marque

Afternoon of a Faun
Hugo Marchand/Amandine Albisson

Glass Pieces
Sae Eun Park/Florian Magnenet

It is available on culturebox though it may be only available in France? Tribute to Jerome Robbins

2 hours ago, Colette said:

Absolutely not true, at most farewells some retired Étoiles plus other guests stay on stage. 

You must understand that it was not a farewell, it was just the Défilé and Josua Hoffalt was kindly awarded the right to have this last walk on stage. When you leave the ballet the way he did, you are not entitled to have a farewell and that's why he didn't participate to the Défilé the day before. And that's why it was kept silent to the public and that just the current Etoiles were surrounding him.

39 minutes ago, Colette said:

No stop! She was the first to go back to the wings, where she remained for the rest of the evening while everyone else was hugging Hoffalt. Dupont does not strike me as the most compassionate A.D of all time. 

Well, you first said she stayed in the wings which is not true and then now you said, ok, she came but she didn't stay center stage. Why would she have done it? She's just the AD, she's not anymore a dancer of the company. Only dancers are on stage the day of the défilé. No one stayed by Josua but the other Etoiles.

13 hours ago, Colette said:

Unfortunately, yes, the amazing Étoile Josua Hoffalt has decided to retire -aged only 34. It is extremely sad to loose a dancer like him, aged only 34! I wish him the very very best. 

Aurelie Dupont's behaviour was deplorable, she stood in the wings, never going center stage, never showing compassion or appreciation for Hoffalt (who always declared himself a fan of Dupont). Deplorable. And awful for the company to loose one of its few true classicists. Btw now Dupont has no excuses to not promote Alu. 

A VERY sad night for classical ballet. 😭😢

Hum, full stop!  I was there last night and Aurélie Dupont did come with flowers and kissed Josua Hoffalt. She was the first to come onstage after the défilé.

well in fact, the reason mentioned for POB administrative action is the usurpation of unionist position. It should be easy to dismiss if it's wrong.

Yes but it has been organised in emergency after the cancellation of the US tour... These pieces are easy to travel with little or no stage set...

Yes, lifetime contract + POB lacks male soloists and plenty of needs next year (Cinderella and Lady of the Camellias, both  in December, Swan Lake (2 Etoile roles), Robbins bill, etc. ) Lorieux  comes back with  experience so he may be needed…