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Osipova named Principal at Royal B while staying with Mikhailovsky
California replied to Mashinka's topic in Royal Ballet
Lincoln Center Festival has hosted major international companies in previous summers (alas, not this year) and could plausibly sponsor a visit by Royal in future years. The issue will be the fine print in Osipova's non-compete clause with ABT. The Mikhailovsky wanted to play the State Theater during the final weeks of the ABT season in 2012. If Royal came in late July, would ABT permit her to perform with them? Stay tuned... -
Osipova named Principal at Royal B while staying with Mikhailovsky
California replied to Mashinka's topic in Royal Ballet
The Arts Desk just sent out more details: She will not be dancing in the Royal's Don Q (due to other commitments, unnamed). That is scheduled from September 30 - November 6. Vasiliev was not offered a contract. http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/ex-bolshoi-star-natalia-osipova-joins-royal-ballet -
Osipova named Principal at Royal B while staying with Mikhailovsky
California replied to Mashinka's topic in Royal Ballet
She's still listed for the spring season at the Met. The ROH news release says her next performances with Royal will be in R&J. Those are scheduled from October 19 - December 7, but no casting is listed for those as yet. I'll be very surprised if she dances in the fall ABT season at Lincoln Center, but the high-profile guests never seem to dance in the fall season anyway. -
Osipova named Principal at Royal B while staying with Mikhailovsky
California replied to Mashinka's topic in Royal Ballet
The Opera House just sent this link out on Twitter: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/natalia-osipova-to-join-the-royal-ballet-as-a-principal-dancer Note that they refer to her as "principal dancer," not "guest." -
2013 Met Season--Pre-Season and General Info
California replied to mussel's topic in American Ballet Theatre
It appears that ABT's "dynamic pricing" has been put into effect today. They warned long ago that this could happen as early as April 8 for the most popular programs. I didn't check everything, but programs headlined by Osipova-Vasiliev are seeing a big price increase. For their Don Qs on May 25 and 28, there is a $20 price increase for remaining seats in the Grand Tier, e.g. Same thing for their Corsaire June 4. -
2013 Met Season--Pre-Season and General Info
California replied to mussel's topic in American Ballet Theatre
Others probably just received the same e-mail from ABT with a link to a new "micro-site" on Onegin: http://www.abt.org/onegin2013/ -
2013 Met Season--Pre-Season and General Info
California replied to mussel's topic in American Ballet Theatre
Follow the link to Facebook. https://www.facebook...475849139138467 Seems odd that the ROH site (where you buy the tickets) hasn't filled in those dates. I don't know the recent casting practices at Bolshoi, but when they visited Orange county/Segerstrom in spring 2010, the casting changed regularly in the weeks before they arrived. They even changed out the entire ballet (from Bayadere to Don Q) a few months before the engagement. -
2013 Met Season--Pre-Season and General Info
California replied to mussel's topic in American Ballet Theatre
No, it appears that the list is more or less complete. The only one missing is the August 15 performance of Swan Lake, which had previously been announced to star Olga Smirnova and Semyon Chudin. I'm confused -- I'm not seeing any cast for SB on August 7 or 9 -- is it posted somewhere else? That's one of his roles with them. http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-sleeping-beauty-by-yuri-grigorovic -
2013 Met Season--Pre-Season and General Info
California replied to mussel's topic in American Ballet Theatre
Casting for the Bolshoi London season was posted on the Facebook page of its presenter today, and no appearances by Hallberg are scheduled. https://www.facebook...475849139138467 But do note that casting is missing from several performance. Isn't this Hallberg in the photo for Sleeping Beauty? http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-sleeping-beauty-by-yuri-grigorovic -
2013 Met Season--Pre-Season and General Info
California replied to mussel's topic in American Ballet Theatre
David Hallberg sent out a puzzling Twitter yesterday: If you look at casting on the ABT site, this might explain what it was about: TBAs have appeared for his Don Q's and Corsaire. He's still listed for several other things. Puzzling... http://www.abt.org/calendar.aspx?startdate=5/1/2013 -
The schedule has now appeared on their web site: http://www.sfballet.org/tickets/2014_season_announcement?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru
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So impressive! I hope they find a way to release that new documentary film commercially: The catalog is available for pre-order with a nice discount on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Diaghilev-Golden-Ballets-Russes-1909-1929/dp/1851777490/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364908595&sr=8-1&keywords=diaghilev+and+the+ballets+russes
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If you'll be in Helsinki for a few days, do take a walking tour of the historic architecture, especially around the University. The architects also worked in St. Petersburg and they look strikingly similar. Those areas were often used for location shots to stand in for Russia when it was difficult to film in the Soviet Union (e.g., Warren Beatty's "Reds"). The Sibelius memorial park and gorgeous performing arts center are worth seeing. Great public tram system, so it's easy to get around. Also worthwhile: the daytrip to Tallinn, Estonia. It's an easy ferry ride (which is an international duty-free zone, with plenty of shops on-board) to see the best-preserved medieval city in northern Europe.
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I saw this at the City Center premiere last October. It's spectacular and worth seeing several times -- innovative, clever, funny. The other two new Ratmansky's on that program will premiere at the Met in late May. I didn't realize ABT had this partnership for the new work with SFB, but it makes sense. Also makes one wonder if it won't be shown during ABT's visit to the LA Music Center, to avoid the competition.
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Question about Saratogian journalism
California replied to Amy Reusch's topic in New York City Ballet
I don't know. As a non-profit organization, their financial records are supposed to be publically available, but I don't know if that means they're online. The Audited Financial reports for NYCB for 2010 and 2011 are posted on their web site. Can others more conversant in this type of reporting tell us if they see problems? http://www.nycballet.com/About/Annual-Reports.aspx -
Question about Saratogian journalism
California replied to Amy Reusch's topic in New York City Ballet
There has been quite a bit of public discussion of NYCB's financial deficits overall in recent years. I don't know where they stand right now. Their financial reports (as recently as 2011) are on their web site, but I'm not sure how much you can figure out from those. Perhaps others can. http://www.nycballet.com/About/Annual-Reports.aspx -
It was only in 2006 that Congress designated ABT as "America's National Ballet Company": http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?News_ID=160 I'd love to know the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to this designation, rather than NYCB. I thought ABT added the "American" long ago to clarify their status before they went on tours during the Cold War, but that is different from the "National Ballet Company" designation and I don't see any explanation on the company's web site: http://www.abt.org/insideabt/history.asp
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New Play on Balanchine (and others) set for Broadway in May
California replied to bart's topic in Ballet News & Issues
The complete cast is on their web site: http://www.lct.org/showWhosWho.htm?id=216 Natalia Alonso will play Tallchief and Michael Rosen will play Magallanes. -
My First Trip to the Washington Ballet
California replied to YouOverThere's topic in Washington Ballet
Thanks for the link! I see we can blame those problems on The Book of Mormon. The same thing happened last year when tickets went on sale in Denver. The web site and phone were disasters and they still sold out in five hours! And it's not just the Book of Mormon. The Met site for ABT Sunday was a disaster - constantly crashing, making it impossible to check-out, etc. (but fine on Monday morning). And I noticed that the Royal Ballet apologized that their site wasn't working for several days because their credit card processor was overwhelmed. Apparently, many theaters are overwhelmed by on-line sales to popular events. -
2012/2013 Mariinsky Ballet Season: General News, etc.
California replied to Natalia's topic in Kirov-Mariinsky Ballet
Add to the long list of well-regarded dancers who have fallen on-stage: Sara Mearns, who fell twice as Dew Drop on opening night: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/arts/dance/31sara.html?_r=0 And didn't she fall in Swan Lake just this January? Ashley Bouder says she is "famous for falling": http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/black_swan_dive_Z7fDiW1ybCG8MQoaxUaNSI