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Radetsky named director ABT/NYU Master's Degree program
mussel replied to Dale's topic in American Ballet Theatre
Great news for both Sascha, ABT and NYU. -
I predict 2 programs will be part of 2016-17 season, ABT's Beauty this September and Wayne McGregor's Tree of Codes. Tree of Codes had its US premiere last September at Park Ave. Armory, POB is one of the co-producers: http://www.armoryonpark.org/programs_events/detail/tree_of_codes
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NYCB @ Théâtre du Châtelet Paris 6/28-7/16/16
mussel replied to mussel's topic in New York City Ballet
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Agreed. SL must have a tragic ending. And ABT's has the most dramatic tragic ending. If Kevin restores the 4th act, it could be the most definitive of all current productions. All current productions have major flaws, let's see if Ratmansky's SL for Zurich and La Scala will end the drought.
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Best: Ratmansky's reconstructed Sleeping Beauty NYCB the company as a whole in general, particularly Tiler Peck. Probably the worst marketing.
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Potential major snow storm Friday evening into Sat., up to 2 feet of snow, keep a close eye on weather forecast and be prepared to exchange tickets on Thur.: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/us/a-snowstorm-is-expected-on-the-east-coast.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=wide&state=standard&contentPlacement=1&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F01%2F20%2Fus%2Fa-snowstorm-is-expected-on-the-east-coast.html&eventName=Watching-article-click&_r=0
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New Ratmansky Swan Lake to premier at Zurich
mussel replied to mussel's topic in Other European Companies
I saw the live stream Paquita on my 46" screen, I also liked the costumes a lot and didn't find them polyester-y or cheap. -
When's the premiere of the new Nutcracker? The one with several contemporary choreographers. It seems Millepied just carries on Lefevre's vision. Let's see next season programs to confirm this trend. If a guest company is to bring a classical work like Beauty, does POB feel less compelled to schedule more classical works? Since the guest company fulfills some of the classical quotas. Is there any precedent where POB dancers guested with a guest company at their own home theater?
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If Misty is cast as Aurora in the September Paris tour (as POB guest company) next year, let's see her box office draw will extend across the pond. Does Paris Opera have dynamic pricing? I assume the pricing policy in Paris will be up to the Opera.
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Mariinsky's Raymonda To the KC in Feb 2016
mussel replied to abatt's topic in Kirov-Mariinsky Ballet
We can't rule out Shklyarov from the Kennedy Center tour just because he has 2/21 R&J. He and Tereshkina arrived in NY the same morning of their scheduled Swan Lake at BAM. -
State Theater starts releasing unsold ADA seats few days before performances.
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Not according to a Milan newspaper: http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/11/14/news/polemiche_e_proteste_dopo_la_cancellazione_di_manon_ma_la_cgil_esulta_sciopero_riuscito-127303732/ Last paragraph of the article via Google Translate: "But the fish to fry for the number one scaligero not end there. Natalia Osipova, star of the Royal Ballet in London, engaged in the performances of Manon 18 and 20, does not want to dance with the Scala Claudio Coviello. He proposed to replace it with Sergei Polunin (which by the way is her boyfriend), but for the theater it would pay another étoile guest. Nothing is decided yet if she will jump or Coviello. In short, bad luck hit hard Manon, and deportation to the United States, as in the story of the Abbot Prévost shot by Massenet and Puccini, it would be almost a relief." David Hallberg was originally scheduled to dance Manon with her. Very strange wording from La Scala why she pulled out of Manon: "With great regret we inform you that, for reasons not attributable to the artist, Natalia Osipova will not take part in the performances of 18 and 20 November. In the role of Manon will be Sarah Lamb, Principal of the Royal Ballet, for the first time at La Scala."
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I am glad everything turns out ok.
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The spring schedule is now gone from the Met site.
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Oh wow, this is grueling. Only 4 days after the Paris season ends, then the Saratoga season begins.
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Don't know if the first tweak will make it to DC this January: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204989309437268&set=a.1133754148868.2020465.1377723438&type=3&theater
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L to R: Garcia, Davis, Generosa, Tiler Peck, Anthony Huxley, Doug, Claire Von Enck.
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Met Opera Considers Selling Naming Rights to Building
mussel replied to Helene's topic in American Ballet Theatre
New York State Theater naming rights cost $100 million in 2008 with a sunset clause. That amount was spend to renovate the theater. Met naming rights probably costs at least 2-3 times more, considering the Met is a stronger brand. And it'll cost much more than $100 millions to expand the lobby and renovate the house. Several NYC apartments already broke the $100 millions mark, with one rumored to cost over $200 millons: http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/09/18/nycs_most_expensive_condo_will_measure_18000_square_feet.php So several hundred millions are just pocket changes for many billionaires.