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mussel

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  1. There's a possibility that there will be cuts, at least for the evening performances.  Because of a law prohibiting children performing after 8pm.  I am not sure whether such a law is local or national.  So if it's true, Ogre and Hop-o'-my-Thumb will definitely be cut, may be the Garland Waltz will be affected too.  Does anyone remember any POB productions featuring children after 8pm?

  2. It has been known for more than year that ABT will bring Beauty to Paris as Paris Opera's guest company. It's official when POB announced 2016/17 season several months ago. And many ABT dancers have been Instagraming and Facebooking the tour since the official announcement.

  3. Great reps! Especially happy on the return of Monotones I & II. I believe D&C was originally staged for POB, it got great reviews, I am surprised it can be staged for another company so soon.

    If Lendorf and Hallberg can make it to the fall season, it'll be even more fantastic. I am doubtful on Hallberg but hopeful on Lendorf.

  4. I do wonder if this may be the reason of a recent post from Royal I read from another thread...something about his "next chapter"? Maybe he knew this was coming? I too am in agreement that we don't loose him as we just did with Baca! Also, I don't think it was an ultimatum but maybe in Cirio's contract before he joined? Just my own theory but happy for Hoven :flowers:

    People read between the lines too much. Royal is not leaving the company, he's just having an extraordinarily busy summer with tours to LA, Wolf Trap, and Paris plus debut in Vail Dance Festival. I too am a bit disappointed he wasn't promoted this time.

  5. Another way to interpret "national" is that a national company represents the country on world stage, to tour and establish goodwill and reputation internationally. So the whole country benefits not from actually seeing the company at some local theatres but from international prestige.

  6. I have a question unrelated to this subject-didn't ABT perform Jewels many many years ago? It's not on my wishlist because I'm happy with NYCB's performace but I just want to know whether my memory is correct... I am pretty sure that ABT performed it about 8 yrs ago or something... or not. Maybe I'm mistaken!

    ABT hasn't done Jewels, it's not in their repertory archive. however, some ABT dancers may have done Jewels with other companies. I remember Herrera did Rubies with another company.

    Selling out the Met (3,300ish seats) requires big stars of an international caliber, so ABT needs to get on board with developing talent.

    The Met has 4,000 seats, 3800 seats and 200 standing rooms to be exact. It's more than twice the capacity of many major European opera houses.

  7. I'm wondering if the Silicon valley geniuses know anything about the fall 2016 season - or at least when it will be announced. I have been asking the volunteers at the Friends table at the Met and reportedly the season will open October 19 at Koch, but that's all anybody seems to know. I'm hoping there are no plans for a revival of The Tempest, probably the worst Ratmansky I've ever seen! But I wouldn't mind seeing Bright Stream again.

    The fall season is impossible to predict as there's no clear pattern. There's little or no overlap from one season to the next.

    Bear in mind, this is only a prediction from an app. However, we tested it by "predicting" the 2016 Met season using the rep data from 1977 to 2015 while disabling the internet scanning function, the result is pretty amazing. The app cannot predict whether a rep is a new production.

    P.S. If there's enough interest as a historical reference, I'd be happy to post the 1977-2015 Met season reps.

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