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Thank you volcanohunter. By coincidence I have received a private message from an American expert in the history of ballet design who makes the same connection but says this is evidence of a designer having got confused. In any case he suggests not taking the ABT costumes for this production too seriously.

Hello from London Drew, thank you so much. Maybe someone on BalletAlert has contact with Zack and can ask? In my experience designers are often delighted to be asked about details of their work, as audiences so often miss things. In any case everyone I have spoken to here thinks the costume is gorgeous!

PS Just out of tonight’s performance. During the interval I overheard someone say they thought the design was reminiscent of a swan’s beak.

(Posting from London and apologies for having asked this elsewhere) We have the exciting Chloe Misseldine in town this week, guesting as Odette-Odile in a production of Swan Lake by the State Ballet of Georgia. I saw her London debut on Thursday and will be going back for her second performance tonight. Might I ask a question about ABT’s costumes for Swan Lake? I understand Ms Misseldine is wearing an ABT tutu for her Odette with the Georgian company. This costume (apparently a style worn by all ABT Odettes) has an intriguing small red splash at the centre of the torso. I would be most interested in the history and symbolism of this innovation, if indeed it is an innovation. A reminder of her bleeding heart, perhaps? It can be glimpsed here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3whxo8Aesy/?igsh=MWc5MnVyZzVsOG54Mg==

(Posting from London) We have the exciting Chloe Misseldine with us this week, guesting as Odette-Odile in a production of Swan Lake by the State Ballet of Georgia. I saw her London debut and will be going back for her other performance tonight. Might I ask a question about ABT’s costumes for Swan Lake? I understand Ms Misseldine is wearing an ABT tutu for her Odette with the Georgian company. This costume (apparently a style worn by all ABT Odettes) has an intriguing small red splash at the centre of the torso. I would be most interested in the history and symbolism of this innovation, if indeed it is an innovation. It can be glimpsed here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3whxo8Aesy/?igsh=MWc5MnVyZzVsOG54Mg==

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According to the publisher’s website, this is now two volumes, available from January 2025: https://anthempress.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Noverre

Marvellous news!

Apparently it‘s now set for March next year: https://anthempress.com/the-petersburg-noverre-marius-petipa-in-russia-hb

Did Amazon take your money, by any chance?

Did you ever get clarity from Amazon about the odd information - or did a copy of the book turn up?!

Thanks Joseph. So do you now have the book?!

And now, a new date of August: https://www.amazon.com/Petersburg-Noverre-Marius-Petipa-Russia/dp/1839984163

The publishers appear to have put back publication again. This time to June: https://anthempress.com/the-petersburg-noverre-marius-petipa-in-russia-hb

At the risk of seeming to repeat myself, this same link now shows that publication has been put back again, this time to March 2023 (Amazon suggests release on March 7th).