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ECat

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  1. WOW! This is fantastic news! Very well deserved. Shakirova is quite versatile and has proven herself to be a well-rounded and technical artist.
  2. Indeed! Also several recent Vaganova grads have gone to Bolshoi and are already getting important debuts. For example, Maria Koshkaryova just joined Bolshoi as a soloist and debuted Gamzatti.
  3. Agreed Danielle! They have a wealth of talent at the second soloist level, many of whom are ripe for promotion. Not sure why they hired from outside.
  4. Hello fellow Ballet Lovers! The Mariinsky ballet website has a new dancer listed as a first soloist. https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/ballet/soloists/ Elena Svinko has joined and previously danced with the Mikhailovsky Ballet as a soloist and the Krasnoyarsk Ballet. https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/ballet/soloists/first_soloists/dancers1/svinko_elena1/ After watching a few Youtube videos of Elena, I see that she is a very talented dancer who has won numerous awards. While I do not want to detract from her excellent abilities, I wonder why management chose to hire her rather than promote from within. I have no doubt she will make an excellent addition, but there are several second soloists deserving of a promotion. Perhaps more promotions will be made soon.
  5. Agreed! In fact Susan Jaffe was promoted after only a year or two in the company.
  6. @Danielle Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful interview!
  7. Thank you for the heads up that the casting has been posted. Here is a link: https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/ballet/2022-2023/new-york-city-ballet/ I'll be flying to Maryland to visit my mother and we are going to the June 11 matinee performance. I am thrilled that Megan Fairchild is dancing Donizetti Variations with Joseph Gordon.
  8. Whoops! For some reason I was thinking of Alexei Timofeyev when Sergeyev was mentioned as being promoted. But I do still believe that Stepin deserves principal status and Timofeyev deserves First Soloist status.
  9. Congratulations to all of the newly promoted dancers! I'm especially pleased for Alexander Sergeev who has long been deserbving of this promotion. I would love to see Philipp Stepin promoted to principal.
  10. Eleanora is now listed as a principal ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet! I wish her a huge congratulations! https://2011.bolshoi.ru/en/persons/ballet/soloist/
  11. This is wonderful news! Congratulations to them both!
  12. On the Bolshoi Ballet website, Ksenia is no longer listed and I'm wondering if anyone knows more about this. I've always been a fan of hers and enjoyed hearing about how her career has progressed. Although I wish she would get cast more regularly in leading roles. Klim Efimov, who I believe is her husband, is still listed as a soloist.
  13. I am wishing a big congratulations to all of these beautiful dancers!
  14. Congratulations to Jose Martinez! My guess is that he will be a very fine director.
  15. @Buddy I agree with everything you posted. It is very exciting to see the up and coming dancers in both the Mariinsky and Bolshoi. They are all so different from one another and brins such diverse talents.
  16. Yes I agree! As I was watching the video of her as Princess Florine, I wondered where she'd been hidden. What a glorious young ballerina!
  17. @Buddy I had the same thought about these two beauties. I love reading your posts and often need the proper time to gather my thoughts to reply. Your avid appreciation for ballet is delightful to me. Both Shakirova and Kokoreva are spitfires with similar gifts. It will be exciting to watch their careers grow and flourish as I am hopeful that they will both become principals. Kokoreva could easily step into Krysanova's repertoire, although I believe Ms. Krysanova has many more dancing years ahead of her.
  18. @silvermash Thank for for sharing that. I did not know and I now I feel it was that much more special.
  19. It was a magical evening at the Hollywood Bowl last night. The weather was perfect, the music was fantastic, and the dancing was sublime! It was a pleasant surprise to arrive early and be graced with the dancers taking class on stage for all to see. The first pas de deus was Grand Pas Classique danced by Valentina Colasante and Marc Moreau. It was beautifully performed. While Colasante had a couple of bobbles, unnoticeable by the untrained eye, she presented the regal technique that the French are known for. In her variation, especially, she shown. Moreau's variation was textbook perfect and elegant. Second was Le Parc with Laura Hecquet and Germain Louvet. This seems to be a better ballet performed in a smaller venue, but the crowd was very appreciative. The "flying kiss", my favorite part, was breathtaking. Jean-Yves Thibaudet deserves mention as he played the piano beautifully throughout the evening. Up next was Swan Lake Act II Pas with See Eun Park and Paul Marque. Park absolutely deserves her etoile title and made a lovely, vulnerable swan. Her swan arms were so smooth making full use of her arms during the bouree entrance facing upstage. While I am used to a higher arabesque and extension from watching so much Russian Ballet, it did not bother me that her legs did not reach her ear. She used what she had with the dreamy unfurling of her legs. It was another demonstration of the clean, elegant Parisian style of Ballet. Faunes, to Debussy and choreographed by Sharon Eyal, also would have been better in a different venue. Paris Opera Ballet always has cutting edge contemporary works and this was one of them. A group of nine dancers, both male and female, gyrated and contorted their bodies to embody that of a faun. After Intermission was Dorothee Gilbert in The Dying Swan. This is not a favorite ballet of mine, but Dorothee is and she was so mesmerizing that I have a new outlook on this ballet. Perhaps my favorite of the evening was Trois Gnossiennes by Hans van Manen with the lovely Ludmilla Pagliero and her handsome partner Florian Magnenet. Pagliero is another favorite of mine. This choreography to this haunting music was a beautiful feast for my eyes, as well as those who were with me. Nest to last was Clair de lune danced by Germain Louvet. It was a solo variation showing off Louvet's gracefulness and technique. It was a little repetitive, but enjoyable. Last, but absolutely not least was my second favorite, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude with the colorful flat tutus and purple costumes for the men. GP Classique and this were the perfect bookends. This is a really fun, high energy ballet showing off 5 dancers. Colasante was back in the lead role. She is a great technician but I could not keep my eyes off of Hannah O'Neill. Her legs, her feet, her pretty face, oh my! All in all, it was a satisfying evening of ballet and I'd love to hear from anyone who attends tonight.
  20. If that were the case, one might ask why Hannah Marshall has not been promoted. Her mother is Cheryl Yeager, former ABT principal who danced while McKenzie was a principal.
  21. @BuddyI always enjoy reading your thoughts on all things ballet! The two times I saw Batoeva, Rubies and Gamzatti, she almost stole the show. She sparkled and captivated in both. She is quite versatile and, in my opinion, is capable of dancing all of the roles that Tereshinka has danced. Indeed, this current crop of upcoming dancers at Mariinsky is steeped in talent and versatility. I am also a big fan of Philipp Stepin and hope that he becomes a principal soon. There is a huge pool of talented men in the second soloist division as well. Yes, "Queen" Kondaurova is supremely beautiful - both as a dancer and as a woman. In addition to the classics, she excels in the contemporary choreography. If La Dame Aux Camelias is ever performed at eh Mariinsky, I would love to see her as Marguerite. Tereshinka as well!
  22. Of course, in Russia, there are a slew of tall ballet dancers who have performed Aurora and projected a youthful quality such as Alina Somova of the Mariinsky.
  23. Oh how heartbreaking for her. Well it looks like she as able to at least get through part of Act 2. I wish her so much success and health in her next endeavor.
  24. Thank you for the clarification. In fact, I seem to remember Moore in Pillar of Fire.
  25. Most of Victor Barbee's roles with ABT as a principal were lead character roles. I may be incorrect, but I think Kathleen Moore was also more of a character dancer.
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