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Cargill, In the ABT website-calendar, H Cornejo is cast in Petroucka and in Jeu de carte .The casting for the Met season is almost complete.

Jared Angle was promoted as principal dancer after performing Thou Swell in Copenhagen .Congratulations! Joe

Did anyone see ZJ Fang in Kaleidoscope last Tuesday? Please report.Thanks. Joe

Dale, Petrouchka,Apollo and Cranko's Jeu de Cartes are in the All Stravinsky Program.Joe

Giselle05/Nysusan, On reviewing the brochure this morning,i was horrified for making a mistake in my report.A Ferri is not in the schedule for Giselle.Julio is dancing Giselle with Xiomara on June 18.Alessandra is scheduled to dance Manon and Juliet.Julio is also doing Petrouchka. Sorry for the mistake. Marcelo is back in the schedule. Joe

Giselle05, Julio is scheduled to dance w/A Ferri in Manon and ,i think,Giselle. JM Careno is dancing Romeo w/ Alessandra.He is also doing a Giselle w/Xiomara. joe

NY Susan,/Giselle 05. Don't worry,A Ferri is schedule to dance Manon,R and J and Giselle. Joe

Dale, There are no other one-act ballets in the schedule.The casting is also very incomplete.There are very many TBAs in Manon,Giselle,R and J.Hoping one of the younger dancers will have a chance in these roles.How about ZJ Fang or S Lane as Juliet or Giselle? Joe

Dale' No, Green table and Afternoon.. are not in the schedule.DianaV. is the only guest mentioned in the brochure. C Acosta is absent. Joe

Dale, The other full lenght ballets are Kudelka's Cinderella(w/Murphy,Wiles and Kent on different nights) and Le corsaire. Pethrouska and Cranko's Jeu De Cartes with Apollo completes the Stravinsky program. V. Part dances with David H. in Apollo Joe

Just received the ABT spring season brochure in the mail.D Vishneva is cast as Manon, giselle, juliet and in Swan lake. D Hallberg has the lead in Apollo,R and J, Sylvia and Swan lake.Can a promotion be far behind ? Joe

Are there many American dancers in the Stuttgart ballet?Just curious. Joe

In Gene Schiavone Gallery, there are pictures of ABT dancers rehearsing Apollo including David and Irina(although they are not scheduled at the city center season) Is the scheduling of the Paquita PDD during the city center season a preparation for a future Paquita?.They have not done it for a while. Joe

Additional casting are posted in the ABT website for the citycenter season including D Halberg in the green table. Joe

In Danny's website(press section), there is an article from a Bermuda newspaper stating that Danny was in Bermuda as"the youngest ABT ballet instructor"teaching in a ballet intensive course w/ other abt dance teacherlast week. Joe

According to theNYT "New season preview", "Manon" is being revived. V Part would be gorgeous as Manon if M Gomes is healthy to partner her.I imagine D Vishneva doing the role(if she comes back next season). Joe

The ABT roster seems to have been updated but no new promotions are noted except for new apprentices, Hee Seo and Nicola Curry. Joe

Fang as Zulma!!!!I'm so sorry to miss that.Happy to hear that E Cornejo is back and dancing very well. Who was her partner?I can't wait to see her again in Rodeo. Joe

Hans, The "trouble" with Maria is that she is so good(probably, the best) in dancing the character roles in the divertissement.I'm afraid she will get typecast in these roles(not that there is anything wrong in these roles). IMO,she was the best among the 3 casts( in Le Corsaire) of the Odalisques. Maybe, this will be her breakthrough role. I hope. Joe

Carbro, How about Fang and Halberg in Afternoon of the Faun? Joe

To Atm711 Was it Maximiliano Zomosa? I remembered Christian Holder dancing the role odf death. Joe

drb, Zhong jing as Juliet .............YES!!!! Joe

Congratulations to Michele.She deserved this promotion after her Raymonda-Sylvia performances!!! Are there any other promotions coming? from the corps? Joe

I just noted that T Zolymosi's name is gone from the cast of Le Corsaire and Swan Lake. Anybody knows why? Joe

I was at last Monday's Fokine program. I was pleasantly surpised to see a big crowd considering it was a Monday night and not a full lenght ballet. Maybe, this proves that w/ good programing and casting, triple bills can bring people to the Met. I especially enjoyed Les Sylphides which was beautifully danced by S Abrera(replacing G murphy), Y Kajiya and especially by ZJ Fang. She was just breathtaking during the Prelude.I agree w/ Carbro and Zerbinetta, who were able to describe her dancing better than me,that she will be someone to watch for the next few seasons. Maybe, there will be a Giselle or La Sylphide in her future. Joe