Josette

It's been such a pleasure to watch all the video clips and read the comments. Thank you, all, for this. I was especially impressed with Nina Kaptsova and Ruslan Skvortsov. Many years ago, my mom took me to the Stuttgart Ballet to see Onegin with Marcia Haydee, Heinz Claus, Egon Madsen, and Suzanne Hanke, who were the originators of the production when Cranko revised it (I think that Ray Barra originated the title role). I still remember parts of it vividly. Haydee was unforgettable, and I recall Madsen's anguish as Lensky. The lead roles are coveted by dancers.

Did anyone get to see Part/Forster??? I heard that it went very smoothly and they made an excellent looking partnership.

I saw both the stage rehearsal earlier in the day and the performance. Tom Forster did a wonderful job. He was ardently attentive and chivalrous in his partnering of Ms. Part, and gave us elegant, unrushed, and precise dancing in the fourth movement. It was a pleasure seeing this tall, 6'3" dancer in the final movement -- a true danseur noble. Eric Tamm in the first movement was also excellent in every way.

As a former dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, thank you, kbarber, for the previous email!

I've read several of Macauley's reviews where he praises Vanessa Zahorian and Sarah Van Patten, and it is wonderful to see both of these beautiful, uniquely gifted ballerinas singled out!

I remember the first time i saw Thomas Forster, when he first joined ABT: he did a saute (sorry, no accent on the e) in arabesque from the upstage left wing onto the stage in The Sleeping Beauty vision scene; and I have been following him ever since. He is a wonderful, well-trained dancer, excellent partner, always fully invested in what he is doing, is natural on stage, and is tall and has beautiful feet. I have been waiting for years to see him given the opportunities his talent and work merits.