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Roberta

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  1. According to City Life magazine, Ratmansky's new ballet for NYCB (Feb 15) will be set to two movements from Mahler symphonies (the March from Symph 1 and the Adagietto from Symph 5). Slow march and a sad farewell, perhaps dealing with Ukraine? City Life Org - New York City Ballet Presents 2024 Winter Season (thecitylife.org)
  2. The full Tchai Suite no. 3 was performed at the Kennedy Center-DC in March 2013, as part of an All-Tchaikovsky program. I'm assuming that it also was performed in NYC during that season. At the Kennedy Center I saw the following cast leads: I. Elegie - Krohn/Catazaro II. Valse Melancholique - A. Stafford/J. Peck III. Scherzo - Scheller/Carmena IV. Tema con Variazioni - Bouder/Garcia
  3. Seo and Stearns are dancing Arpino's Sea Shadow in the Sept 23/24 Arpino Centennial Gala in Chicago (page down): News/Events - The Arpino Foundation
  4. The Board may be looking for a modern demographic. Just guessing. They want to be extra careful to find the right AD.
  5. I noticed this happy news on the company's website. Trinidad Vives | The Washington Ballet They're still searching for a permanent A.D.
  6. Also, the full DVD and Blu-Ray of the RB's LWFC can be purchased via Ebay, via the Movie Mars shop (and an Australian distributor): LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE) 809478013662 | eBay
  7. Buddy, there are a number of "short" FB films of Khoreva dancing passages of P.D. Go to the @irabara address to see her dancing two solos from the Huntress' scene. There are also some great short clips of Kimin Kim by @kiminkim_fans. The best is he & Terioshkina dancing the coda of the Pas des Cymbals in A3...where dancers wear little metal disks in their hands. Kim jumps like a nut there - so high!
  8. Buddy, we're also proud of our Imperial Court composers, such as Cesare Pugni (Pharaoh's Daughter, Esmeralda, etc.) Not to forget another one who I love the most - Riccardo Drigo. There's lots of Italy in the Imperial Ballet's history. Perhaps that's why Italy does not turn its back on old friendships.
  9. You're close, Buddy! It's also a favorite of mine. According to Roland John Wiley's A Century of Russian Ballet (p. 226, Scenario of the ballet), it's termed the Grand Pas d'Action finale. I've also seen it termed, in other sources, as the Finale of the Caryatids. The various groups going in circles, in different stages/opposite directions, reminds me of the finale of Mark Morris' Sandpaper Ballet, amazingly. Little did Mark Morris know!
  10. Isn't Ratmansky's Contract with ABT ending this spring? Spring 2023, I think. That may explain why his works may not be performed into the Met season. Just a guess. American Ballet Theatre (abt.org)
  11. Checking in from our new/old home in Rome. Very sorry to read about Kent's upcoming departure but it's not a surprise. She & her husband have been traditionalists in nature - at least, what we saw in the 2/3 years before the pandemic and the various social changes that came with the George Floyd fall-out. I hope that they will be excellent in Houston, which is a mostly-traditional sphere, even with Welch still acting as the main AD. I especially loved TWB's traditional The Sleeping Beauty, which will be revived next spring. Lucky Washington, to see it again. Best wishes!
  12. Link to this year's edition of the Vail Festival: Schedule at a Glance | Vail Dance Festival NYCB's Roman Mejia and freelance chor'r Caili Quan (formerly Ballet X) are 2022 Artists-in-Residence, joined by a lot of our favorite usual suspects: Tiler Peck, Lil' Buck, Lauren Lovette, Michelle Dorrance, Calvin Royal III, et al. Limon Company, NYCB MOVES, etc. Lots of additional guests in the two Int'l Evenings of Dance of 5-6 August (Cornejo, Fairchild, Furlan, Kochetkova, Mearns, Nadon, Teuscher & Stearns). New works from Jusin Peck, Pam Tanowitz, etc. In a "Conversations on Dance" interview previewing the Festival, A.D. Damien Woetzel mentioned that several Ukrainian dancers will be special guests throughout the two weeks. Vail Dance Festival 2022 Preview with Artistic Director, Damian Woetzel (conversationsondancepod.com)
  13. The Ailey Company performed the full The River in Washington, DC, in 2007 starring Alicia Graf. No pointe shoes...this was the soft-slipper edition but was very well done, that I recall.
  14. And I thought that the Kennedy Center's 22/23 Ballet-Dance season was skimpy. At least the Kenn Cen has three true classical offerings: ABT, NYCB and Kansas City's Nutcracker. The Monte Carlo, China and Scottish companies are bringing modern pieces. All three are holdovers from previous seasons that were cancelled due to COVID. We did not renew our family's subscription but will try to get single-performance tickets for the two NYCB triple bill programs...as we're not big Romeo & Juliet fans (the only ABT offering). We almost always pass on Nutcracker. So two performances of NYCB -- and all-Balanchine and a modern mix -- is it for us next season + a couple of Washington Ballet shows. Very slim pickings for pure-classical-ballet lovers in Wash, DC, in 2022/23! We feel your pain, Segerstrom/OC area fans.
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