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http://mariinsky.tv/n/e March 19. 2015 19:30 St. Pete Time, 12:30pm EDT, 9:30am PDT I. The Legend of Love (Act II) Music by Arif Melikov Libretto by Nazim Khikmet Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich (1961) Set, costume and lighting design: Simon Virsaladze Shyrin: Alina Somova Ferkhad: Kimin Kim Mekhmeneh Bahnu: Viktoria Tereshkina The Vizier: Yuri Smekalov II. Schéhérazade (choreographic drama in one act) Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scenario by Léon Bakst and Michel Fokine after Arabian Nights fairytales Choreography by Michel Fokine (1910) Reconstruction by Isabelle Fokine, Andris Liepa Set and costume design by Anna Nezhnaya, Anatoly Nezhny after original sketches: Léon Bakst Shahriar: Vladimir Ponomarev Zobeide: Viktoria Tereshkina Zobeides Slave: Danila Korsuntsev The Odalisques: Olga Belik, Viktoria Brilyova, Anastasia Zaklinskaya III. Paquita Grand pas Music by Ludwig Minkus Choreography by Marius Petipa (1881) Revival consultants: Pyotr Gusev, Lidia Tiuntina, Georgy Konishchev Set design by Gennady Sotnikov Costume design by Irina Press Soloists: Viktoria Tereshkina and Vladimir Shklyarov

That's great until another visiting company is scheduled post-NYCB forcing us to make difficult choices again. Or NYCB starts early to make room for ABT in case Met residency contract talk didn't pan out?

It probably depends on the carrier, Rogers Cable carries WNED Buffalo PBS on ch. 61 last time I was in Toronto.

More detail from NYCB site:

The 2016 tour is confirmed by a Russian newspaper, via Google translate, scroll to the last sentence: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://izvestia.ru/news/579840&usg=ALkJrhhpwC6gQHKZG_Sy1sSiMUWF8QqoTQ

The dates are very odd. 10/30/16 is Sunday and 11/15/16 is Tue., tours usually start during the week or at the beginning of a weekend, and end on Sat. or Sun. Also the dates coincide with ABT fall season, assuming it's the State Theater, does that mean ABT & State Theater are not renewing their 3-year contract which expires after 2015 fall season?

Looks like a "Black Swan" trailer. Any differences between the NYCB and the old RDB Peter Martins version? I am looking forward to your reports.

Here's the slow motion clip of Vishneva & Gomes rehearsing the fish dive: https://instagram.com/p/zjSM45wWwv/?modal=true

I hope they'll bring back Flames of Paris, and no Nacho Duato.

Did anyone notice if anything was cut?

The question is why was she cast with anyone other than Gomes in the first place.

Premiere slide show: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-abt-sleeping-beauty-review-20150305-story.html#lightbox=82975904&slide=1 Cross-pond coverage: http://www.theguardian.com/stage/dance-blog/2015/mar/03/alexei-ratmansky-sleeping-beauty-american-ballet-theatre

Any companies still do Square Dance with a caller?

Too bad Geffen insisted on no sunset clause. I have to give prop to Koch for such a provision when he donated the same amount to the State Theater.

Thanks ksk, Josette and Andre for your wonderful reports. I felt joy just reading them. ABT finally has a production it can be proud of. May is such a distant future, I am not sure how I'll survive the wait. So Cabinet des fées characters that actually dance the variations are Cat & Puss, Florine & Blue Bird, Red Hood & Wolf, Cinderella & Prince Fortune, Ogre/Ogress and Hop-O-My-Thumb in addition to the Precious Stones. While Bluebeard & Ariana, Porcelain Princesses, Mandarin, Scheherazade, Shah & bros. are walk-through characters. Correct? This production has more act 3 variations and walk-thru characters than RB's, which many considered as the Western production the closest to the original one.

Premier starts in less than 3 hours. It's killing me I am here but not there. I'll be waiting with bated breath for members' reviews.

So news about extending the KennCen season was just talk, not that I am complaining, still great news that they're bringing Raymonda.

Hudson interview re costume design for the new Beauty: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/costumes-652786-bakst-production.html Another new Beauty article: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/beauty-652775-sleeping-ratmansky.html

ABT also posted the old costumes with a mischievous Disney hashtag: https://instagram.com/p/zA_RPPyJc6/?modal=true

So there will be Puss in Boots and Big Bad Wolf Diamond & Princess Florine Aurora PdD Vishneva & Gomes in their coronation costumes: https://instagram.com/p/zs5eB4wW6P/?modal=true

Vision costume Queen at christening King Canary Fairy Lilac's costumes appear to have 2 different lengths

Yes, Richard Hudson is the same costume designer for ABT's Nut and new Beauty. More costume sketches: Hummingbird Fairy Lilac Prince Charming? Another picture of the set from Library of Congress, looks different from the one posted earlier on FB:

According to La Scala, the length is 3 hours with one 15-minute intermission, when the 1999 Vikharev reconstruction was presented at Met, it's 3:45 with three 20-minute intermissions. So the 2 versions are of the same length. And the complete SB score CD by Mariinsky Orchestra is 2'41" http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Beauty-Pyotr-Ilyich-Tchaikovsky/dp/B00000415B/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1425061702&sr=8-4&keywords=sleeping+beauty+kirov I assume nothing is cut in Ratmansky's reconstruction.

This LA Times article confirms the steps are reconstruction of the 1890 Beauty based on the Stepanov notation at Harvard: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-american-ballet-theatre-sleeping-beauty-20150301-story.html#page=2 And Hudson mentioned the tutus won't be as long as the Bakst's design.

Posted by Vishneva on her Instagram: She also posted a video in slow motion of rehearsing the fish dive with Gomes: https://instagram.com/p/zjSM45wWwv/?modal=true Gomes rehearsing Carabosse: https://instagram.com/p/zJRfDnCuTc/?modal=true