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Whoa! That's a big change.

Looking at the lead casting for the three regular season full-lengths, I pulled this together. Men Aaron Robison: Albrecht, Romeo (2) Angelo Greco: Albrecht, Romeo (2) Esteban Hernandez: Albrecht (1) Isaac Hernandez: Guilaume, Romeo (2) Joe Walsh: Guilaume, Romeo (2) Luke Ingham: Guilaume (1) Max Cauthorn: Guilaume (1) Wei Wang: Albrecht (1) Women Dores Andre: Cindy, Juliet (2) Isabella DeVivo (soloist): Cindy (1) Jasmine Jimison (soloist): Giselle, Juliet (2) Misa Kuranaga: Giselle, Cindy, Juliet (3) Nikisha Fogo: Juliet (1) Sasha De Sola: Giselle, Cindy (2) Wona Park: Giselle (1) Yuan Yuan Tan: Juliet (1) Principals with no full-length lead roles: Jennifer Stahl, Frances Chung (maternity leave), Mathilde Froustey (visa issues most of the season, now back and rehabbing), Wanting Zhao (performed earlier in the season, recently had ACL surgery per IG) Principals with only one full-length lead role: Wona Park, Nikisha Fogo, Yuan Yuan Tan, Wei Wang, Max Cauthorn, Esteban Hernandez, Luke Ingham

YY's final-performance Juliet has me speculating about the big R.

Boston Ballet announced a bunch of promotions today including Chisako Oga to principal. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cp5p2WQpBnw/?igshid=OGRjNzg3M2Y=

Glad to hear about Wona's successful debut! Too bad she didn't get her second performance (aka swapped with Jasmine's upcoming now third performance).

I believe Luke is in his late 30s, maybe early 40s. Many websites default to 1990 of an actual date isn't specified.

From today https://instagram.com/stories/lapetitefrench_/3038187259451430084?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Her recent IG stories

Dani Rowe was just announced as Oregon Ballet Theatre's new AD. Makes me wonder if this is Luke Ingham's fiinal year with SFB.

Dani Rowe is the new AD! What a get for OBT. https://www.instagram.com/reel/ConTHVZALMg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Mathilde has also posted being back in SF and taking class at SFB (either a rehab or non-performing dancers class, I believe). Curious that neither she nor Yuan Yuan have posted anything about Tiit's retirement.

Maria is expecting! https://www.instagram.com/p/CoXY2ixoKZL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

IIRC, she didn't dance in Nutcracker this season.

Excellent question... I saw the casting and thought, whoa, it's the Hernandez brothers show.

Mathilde posted awhile back in her IG stories about finally getting her visa (I think). But it looks like she's still in France. Has she posted anything about coming back to SF soon? If so, I'd love to see her dance this season.

Natasha hasn't posted anything ballet-related in quite some time. Makes me wonder if she's injured.

I don't think this has been posted yet, but Kerry Nichols (https://www.ballet.org.uk/people/kerry-nicholls-2/) is now listed as Associate Artistic Director of SFB. https://www.sfballet.org/discover/staff/

Looks like Tia Wenkman has joined Sarasota Ballet's studio company after graduating from The Royal Ballet School. https://www.sarasotaballet.org/sarasota-ballet-studio-company

Looks like Val Caniparoli has been added to the next@90 festival. https://www.instagram.com/p/ChpRndcMnL4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

A missed opportunity, I think, for a cameo by Yuan Yuan Tan.

Agreed!

I'm kind of stunned by the Katherine Barkman hire. She doesn't really fill a void, and while she's well known... I never find her mannerisms or presentation genuine. If you're going to hire a soloist, why her? Several corps members stepped into soloist roles this season and killed it. I'm bummed none of them were promoted (e.g.Thamires Chuvas or Ludmila Bizalion) or a BIPOC dancer wasn't hired.

It's not clear if she meant permanently or guesting! But I would think the latter would be very, very doable.

Did anyone catch Maria Kochetkova's shows?

Looks like BB is double casting Odette and Odille for a few shows... https://www.bostonballet.org/Home/The-Company/Dancers/2021-2022-Season-Casting/Swan-Lake-Casting Swan Lake Principal Casting May 26–June 5, 2022* Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 7:30 pm Odette/Odile: Viktorina Kapitonova Prince Siegfried: Lasha Khozashvili Von Rothbart: Tigran Mkrtchyan Pas de Trois: Ji Young Chae, Derek Dunn, Chisako Oga Lead Neapolitan: Jasmine Jimison and Daniel Durrett Lead Czardas: Chyrstyn Fentroy and John Lam Friday, May 27, 2022 at 7:30 pm Odette/Odile: Ji Young Chae Prince Siegfried: Paulo Arrais Von Rothbart: John Lam Pas de Trois: Daniel Durrett, Jasmine Jimison, Chisako Oga Lead Neapolitan: Nina Matiashvili and Lawrence Rines Lead Czardas: Seo Hye Han and Paul Craig Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 1:30 pm Odette/Odile: Lia Cirio Prince Siegfried: Patrick Yocum Von Rothbart: Tyson Clark Pas de Trois: Daniel Durrett, Chyrstyn Fentroy, Jasmine Jimison Lead Neapolitan: Chisako Oga and Sun Woo Lee Lead Czardas: Addie Tapp and Paul Craig Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 7:30 pm Odette/Odile: Viktorina Kapitonova Prince Siegfried: Lasha Khozashvili Von Rothbart: Tigran Mkrtchyan Pas de Trois: Ji Young Chae, Derek Dunn, Chisako Oga Lead Neapolitan: Jasmine Jimison and Daniel Durrett Lead Czardas: Chyrstyn Fentroy and John Lam Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 1:30 pm Odette/Odile: Ji Young Chae Prince Siegfried: Paulo Arrais Von Rothbart: Paul Craig Pas de Trois: Sun Woo Lee, Nina Matiashvili, Ao Wang Lead Neapolitan: Michaela DePrince and Benji Pearson Lead Czardas: Seo Hye Han and Isaac Akiba Wednesday, June 1 at 7:30 pm Odette/Odile: Viktorina Kapitonova/Addie Tapp Prince Siegfried: Lasha Khozashvili Von Rothbart: Tigran Mkrtchyan Pas de Trois: Daniel Durrett, Jasmine Jimison, Chisako Oga Lead Czardas: Chyrstyn Fentroy and John Lam Lead Neapolitan: Michaela DePrince and Lawrence Rines Thursday, June 2 at 7:30 pm Odette/Odile: Ji Young Chae Prince Siegfried: Jeffrey Cirio+ Von Rothbart: Lasha Khozashvili Pas de Trois: Louise Hautefeuille, Jasmine Jimison, Patric Palkens Lead Czardas: Isaac Akiba and Seo Hye Han Lead Neapolitan: Ao Wang and Benji Pearson Friday, June 3 at 7:30 pm Odette/Odile: Lia Cirio/Chyrstyn Fentroy Prince Siegfried: Patrick Yocum Von Rothbart: Tyson Clark Pas de Trois: Ji Young Chae, Derek Dunn, Nina Matiashvili Lead Czardas: Addie Tapp and Paul Craig Lead Neapolitan: Ao Wang and Benji Pearson Saturday, June 4 at 1:30 pm Odette/Odile: Chisako Oga Prince Siegfried: Derek Dunn Von Rothbart: Paul Craig Pas de Trois: Sun Woo Lee, Nina Matiashvili, Ao Wang Lead Czardas: Seo Hye Han and Isaac Akiba Lead Neapolitan: Jasmine Jimison and Daniel Durrett Saturday, June 4 at 7:30 pm Odette/Odile: Ji Young Chae Prince Siegfried: Jeffrey Cirio+ Von Rothbart: John Lam Pas de Trois: Patric Palkens, Chyrstyn Fentroy, Jasmine Jimison Lead Czardas: Seo Hye Han and Paul Craig Lead Neapolitan: Nina Matiashvili and Lawrence Rines Sunday, June 5 at 1:30 pm Odette/Odile: Lia Cirio Prince Siegfried: Patrick Yocum Von Rothbart: Lasha Khozashvili Pas de Trois: Ji Young Chae, Derek Dunn, Chisako Oga Lead Czardas: Chyrstyn Fentroy and John Lam Lead Neapolitan: Chisako Oga and Sun Woo Lee +Guest artist *Casting is subject to change. Copyright 2018 Boston Ballet Privacy Policy Boston Ballet