Josette
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I am going to the four shows this weekend. Jasmine should be lovely with Angelo, but I’m looking forward to seeing everyone. That same email also states that YY Tan created the role of Juliet. I love that she’s closing the season with Aaron Robison.
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12 hours ago, meunier fan said:
I am heartsick, Now that I've finally reached retirement age I was planning to come to all three seasons and see my favourite company in the world - NYCB - really the ONLY thing I truly miss about NYC from the 19.5 years that I lived there. I came to ALL of the 2023 winter season performances - each and every single one of the them. I also contributed as a Member in order to go to multitudinous rehearsals. When I saw the 2023/24 season I was overjoyed and started to plan my life around attending. The only catch is I live in London.
Sorry, folks. Whinge is NOW over. Gonna spend my time moving on in as positive a light as I can.
meunier fan, I saw announced on the British forum that NYCB will be performing at Sadler's Wells Theatre next season as part of celebrating NYCB's 75th season. The dates have not yet been made known.
"Touring Engagements at the Harris Theater in Chicago, Illinois, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Upstate New York, and Sadler’s Wells in London." (Emphasis added.)
The Harris Theater engagement is March 21-23, 2024, according to the Harris Theater website.
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I keep hoping for next season's announcement and then I saw that last year, this 2022-2023 season was announced on May 17, 2022. Wasn't that later than in previous years?
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13 hours ago, Mashinka said:
...and it would be a wonderful opportunity for rising star Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha to claim the international mega stardom she deserves.
Yes, indeed!
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PeggyTulle - That is certainly intriguing. I just checked the casting and there was no change. I would like to see Max Cauthorn as Romeo.
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I saw all casts in Orange County two weeks ago and found that Teuscher gave the most detailed, thought-out, and nuanced performance of the three Titas, and her willowy, graceful dancing was a plus. Consequently, I thought she was amazing and watched her throughout and did not watch Ahn all that much. From the standpoint of the two leads, the Park/Carmago pairing was the most satisfying of the three, mainly because of Carmago's fully-engaged, emotional acting and superb dancing, and Park was lovely and her character developed in each act with great genuineness. Their final pas de deux was superb. Trenary's dancing was technically impressive but she does not have a pliable or expressive back, which, for me, greatly hampered her characterization; I was not affected emotionally by her performance and found myself evaluating why I was not affected (and figured it out). She mostly used her face for her characterization and not much else happened except for her executing the choreography more than capably from her neck down - which is not what I've seen from the other five dancers who have danced Tita. I was disappointed.
I love the character of Dr. John Brown and was particularly taken with Calvin Royal III's compassion and warmth in the role; both he and Tom Forster danced their too-short solo in the opening of Act II beautifully and with great breadth of movement. (I saw Matthew Ball dance it in London three times and all he had to do was come on stage and I was distressed to tears about what Dr. John was going to suffer.) I preferred Skylar Brandt (warm personality and depth) to K. Hurlin (superficial and cute, but entertaining, given the role) as Gertrudis. As the oldest sister, Rosaura, both Hee Seo and Betsy McBride were excellent; in particular, McBride's characterization with her gorgeous smile was unlike anything I would have expected in this role and changed the dynamics of the ballet. I felt that Chloe Misseldine was miscast, given the talent in the company: she was stiff in her acting and in her dancing (another unexpressive back like a block of wood with appendages attached - at least at this point in her career) and she made the mistake of smiling out at the audience instead of at all times communicating with the other persons on stage.
Christine Shevchenko and Zhong-Jing Fang were both excellent as Mama Elena. I preferred Shevchenko's brilliant and nuanced performance the three times I saw her, and she is the more beautiful dancer of the two, but Zhong-Jing Fang's Elena is definitely worth seeing.
There seemed to be a few production changes from when I saw the ballet last June in London, but I haven't had time to compare it to The Royal Ballet's version which is streaming through the ROH.
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pherank, did Max Cauthorn tell you that he "thought about [leaving the ballet world]for some time," as you say? Where did you get this information?
Marston would have worked with Dores Andre in Marston's work, Mrs. Robinson, as Dores danced the role last year. Ballet Zurich has not hidden that it is looking for dancers, as quite a number are leaving at the end of this season.
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18 minutes ago, California said:
Ironically, perhaps, Ratmansky's reconstruction of Swan Lake was originally a co-production of Ballet Zurich and La Scala. (2016)
https://www.gramilano.com/2016/06/ratmanskys-swan-lake-arrives-bigger-better-la-scala/
Looks like the only company still performing it is Miami City Ballet!
I would have liked to have seen the Ratmansky Swan Lake in performance.
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It does look like a big change in repertoire for them, suited to Dores André, who was so good in Marston’s Mrs. Robinson for SFB.
I looked at Ballet Zurich’s 2023-2024 season and there are none of the “typical” classical ballets, which Max Cauthorn is so good in. ( He’s wonderful in all he dances.) Ben Freemantle left at the end of last season and now Max Cauthorn.
Among the works for Ballet Zürich next season, Marston is premiering the ballet Atonement and there will also be her excellent work, The Cellist, which was created on The Royal Ballet and premiered in February of 2020. I saw it two weeks before the pandemic lockdown, paired with Dances at a Gathering.
Wishing them both great success and fulfillment at Ballet Zürich!
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SFB just announced that principal dancers Dores Andre and Max Cauthorn are leaving SFB at the end of this season to join Zurich Ballet, directed by Cathy Marston.
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I attended the Tuesday night performance with Misa Kuranega and Isaac Hernandez and will see Isabella De Vivo and Joseph Walsh tonight. I found the whole production delightful and particularly loved that Esteban Hernandez was cast as Benjamin, and so we had the two Hernandez brothers onstage and interacting with each other. And what a beautiful dancer Misa is! I also greatly appreciated Steven Morse as Cinderella’s Father, giving a warm and detailed characterization that enriched the entire ballet.
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If I were not going to be out of the country, I would fly up from LA to see the performance with YY, and all the more because she’s dancing with Aaron Robison. Every time she dances, it is a special occasion.
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Wow! Yuan Yuan Tan as Juliet.
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silvermash, thank you so much for the list with dates.
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Always good to hear from you, Doug.
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Ashton's Cinderella is beautiful. I am seeing three performances of the revived production in five weeks.
Did the dancer who rolled his/her eyes ever see it?
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Thanks so much, volcanohunter and Xiaoyi, for your replies!
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Can anyone who has seen the company this season tell us how about the current level of principal male dancers? I was stunned to see that Evan McKie was no longer with the company.
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Helene: Yes, yes, yes, yes.
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1 hour ago, maps said:
Zhurbin [no Whiteside] is listed on Segerstrom digital program as a principal on the tour so maybe he's pairing with a Hurlin Gertrudis.
I can't see Zhurbin as Juan Alejandrez as it's such an intense dancing role, but those of you who regularly see ABT in NY have a better idea than I of Zhurbin's virtuoso dance capabilitites, which are required for Juan Alejandrez. He may be cast as Pedro's father, which was created by the beloved, great character dance-actor Gary Avis in London. Having seen the ballet in London, the casting looks pretty good to me (in particular casting Trenary, and it was obvious that Cornejo would be Pedro, and that Stearns and Forrester should be cast in the wonderful role of Dr. John), though I personally would prefer seeing Zimmi Coker as Gertrudis instead of Brandt in the role. I am not surprised and actually relieved that certain principals were not cast. The dancers should love rehearsing and performing this ballet.
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That video of her in the Act Ii pas de deux with Cornejo is beautiful. Trenary is so expressive.
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Interesting that the Los Angeles Music Center would be offering discount tickets to Orange County's Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts, but maybe it's the Rachel Moore connection. I am a supporter and subscriber of both Centers, but did not receive the email blast.
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Isn't this her third child, pherank? She looks so happy.
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As shown in the clip with Brandt, Aran Bell is cast as Juan Alejandrez, as was suggested as a possibility by maps above on March 3. The brilliant Cesar Corrales created that role in London and set the stage on fire, as he always does. Corrales then was the second night lead with Yasmine Naghdi in London. Good call, maps!
2023-2024 Rep Season Announcement
in San Francisco Ballet
Posted · Edited by Josette
At last!
And we will undoubtedly have Yuan Yuan Tan as Marguerite! (Rojo was a noteworthy Marguerite.) I am thrilled about Song of the Earth, a ballet I love.
No problems with the Lacroix costumes for Midsummer.
Is Tiit Helimets returning in Madcap, as he should?
Broken Wings will be interesting to compare with the Dutch National's full-length Frida being performed at the L.A. Music Center in mid-July 2023, which I am attending, as Broken Wings (premiered by ENB in 2016 with Rojo in the lead) was the springboard for the full-length work (2020).
With Carmen, Broken Wings, Swan Lake, Marguerite and Armand, and The Song of the Earth, does it seems that Rojo is programming ballets she danced or would like to have danced (e.g., Carmen)? It is interesting that there is only one major classical ballet, Swan Lake, for the principal dancers for next year, unless the April Encore Program turns into a full-length work, which seems doubtful.
I am looking forward to seeing all the new works.