mrmax

At Friends dress rehearsal of Act 2 this afternoon, leads were listed as Gorak and Boylston. I guess I don't know all the dancers well, but it looked like Stearns. Ratmansky himself was there, especially coaching Boylston. Kolpakova coached Seo in the sugar plum fairy variation, although she's not scheduled until next week.

Gorak is no longer listed to dance opposite Boylston on the ABT calendar. It now says Stearns.

[Cue wishful thinking] However, if the delay is due to contractual negotiations, I've heard there's this gal named Dorothée Gilbert who has danced the balcony pas de deux with Gomes before...

Luciana Paris has also performed the balcony pas de deux with Gomes in the past.

I have been hoping for Cojocaru to be the replacement for Osipova, ever since the rumour of the cast change began.