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The highlights of the season are the Ashton mixed bills, otherwise, a rather boring season. I don't usually go to ballet cinema but I may go for the Ashton mixed bill. Last time I went was Hallberg's debut with Bolshoi in Sleeping Beauty.

There are many covers, so I don't which one will end up on newsstands: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/04/16/bradley-cooper-kanye-west-among-this-years-time-100/25839513/ The one with Misty:

Craig Hall has danced Apollo at NYCB as part of Dancers' Choice program about 2 years ago.

RB just announced 2015/16, Scarlett's new full length Frankenstein is co-production with SFB, it'll premier on 5/4/16, so I assume it'll be part of 2017 season: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/frankenstein-by-liam-scarlett I also think the new POB ballet will be either Neumeier or Forsythe. But Lacotte's Laquita fit the description too.

6/5 Bayadere originally Smirnova/Chudin/Seo is now TBA/TBA/Seo, although Met site is still listing the original casts.

A detail breakdown of the current season: 10: Études (Lander)/Woundwork1 (Forsythe)/Pas.-Parts (Forsythe) 1:51 13: Rains (Keersmaeker) 1:10 21: Nutcracker (Nureyev) 2:10 23: La Source (Bart) 2:15 9: Réplique (Paul)/Salut (Rigal)/Together Alone (Millepied)/Andréauria (Lock) 1:47 14: The Song of the Earth (Neumeier) 1:30 14: Swan Lake (Nereyev) 2:43 12: Manon (MacMilian) 2:35 10: Paquita (Lacotte) 2:05 + 5 Montreal tour 9: La Enfants du Paradis (Martinez) 2:24 11: La Fille Mal Gardée (Ashton) 2:00 8: L'Anantomie de la Sensation (McGregor) 1:10 159 performances, 154 at home and 5 on tour. As a comparison 178 performances for NYCB, 172 at homes and 6 on DC tour during the same period. Some of the programs were real short, just a little over an hour, don't know why POB didn't add another piece to make the programs longer.

All the choreographers announced for the new Nutcracker are contemporary or modern, so I am not too hopeful the direction they're going to take. If Cinderella needs to be replaced, let it be an Ashton. As for Raymonda, let's order a new set, why not?

Link to the NBC4 interview: http://www.nbcwashington.com/multimedia/Misty-Copeland-is-Breaking-Ballet-Barriers_Washington-DC-299120721.html More on NBC4 FB: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153257329628606&set=vb.35277543605&type=2&theater Natalia, can't wait to hear your report.

There will be a new Nutcracker next season, so 4 full-lengths. If Nutcracker is counted ABT has 8 full-lengths a year.

2015-16 season announced: https://www.brb.org.uk/whats-on Swan Lake 28 September 6 October 2015 Variations triple bill: Theme and Variations / Kin. / Enigma Variations 8 10 October 2015 The Nutcracker 27 November 13 December 2015 Ashton double bill: The Dream / A Month in the Country 17 20 February 2016 Romeo and Juliet 24 27 February 2016 The Taming of the Shrew 16 18 June 2016 Shakespeare triple bill: The Sonnets / The Moors Pavane / The Shakespeare Suite 22 25 June 2016 Throughout the year, Birmingham Royal Ballets 60 full-time dancers from across the world will be accompanied by Britains busiest ballet orchestra, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, under the musical directorship of Koen Kessels. We will also be joined by members of the Colin Towns' Mask Orchestra, for Duke Ellington's Shakespeare Suite.

If POB performs 7 full-length classic each season, like ABT does, that may not be such a shame.

One famous native of Vladiostok is Ivan Vasiliev. The details are very lacking. Is Mariinsky going to send dancers, coaches, productions there. Japan is a huge ballet market and Vladiostok is only a short hop away.

I've heard the company had second thought what they'd bring to CA, we'll find out soon enough as OCPAC should announce the new season anytime soon.

New to corps or apprentice : Lauren Bonfiglio, Kathyrn Boren, Scout Forysthe, Raphael Spyker, Courtlyn Hanson, Emily Hayes, Connor Holloway, Rachel Richardson, Marshall Whiteley, Jin Zhang. No longer on roster: Kelly Boyd, Jessica Saund, and as previously reported Eric Tamm, Nicola Curry, Luis Ribagorda. All but one of 2014 apprentices joined the corps. Total head count 92: 16 principals, 9 soloists, 61 corps, 6 apprentices.

It's available for pre-order at Amazon now: http://www.amazon.com/Corsaire-English-National-Ballet/dp/B00U2MTKIO/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1427764331&sr=8-13&keywords=corsaire

Dynamic pricing is at work, price increases for some performances already.

May 5-7, 2016 http://www.grandsballets.com/en/performance/don-quixote/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2015-2016+abonnement_EN_tous&utm_content=2015-2016+abonnement_EN_tous+CID_5c30e6ef634624e1fb12c24488701da9&utm_source=NEWSLETTER&utm_term=DON%20QUIXOTE%20-%20BALLET%20NACIONAL%20DE%20CUBA

I suspected it wouldn't be a recon., hope Ratmansky save the recon for ABT, but I doubt KM would let go of his SL. Which company Petersen is staging the 1895 SL for?

https://web.tututix.com/client/abtcompany/

When the director came out and made a speech, the dancers and audience got to know some major announcement's about to happen.

Zurich Ballet will premier Ratmansky Swan Lake (p.44-5) on Feb 6, 2016. Don't know if it will be a reconstruction of the 1895 production. http://issuu.com/opernhauszuerich/docs/opernhaus_sb_ih_low/1

Congrats! Did Millepied come on stage to announce the promotion? I hope videos of the announcement will emerge soon.

Please tell me it ain't so. Or may be I'll be pleasantly surprised that Scarlett is brushing up Stepanov notation. Per forum rule I can't post the link but it's in today's Guardian.

When the Met box office opens at 9am, will the website allow me to pick my own seats? I usually buy all my tickets well before with create-your-own subs. but this year's many changes blindsided me.

It seems the archived live stream is up until the next live stream, albeit missing Legend of Love.