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If Christine hits a home run with Mozartiana , her promotion would be sooner than later.

9 minutes ago, angelica said:

 

These two should definitely be promoted. And Thomas Forster should be given more prominent roles to groom him for promotion to principal in the next year or two.

Zhong jing Fang, Paulina Waski and April Giangeruso for soloist. More principal parts for T Forster and soloist parts for Grey Davis.

53 minutes ago, abatt said:

Thanks for the video. Who were the two men on the far right in the video?

      The man in gray with a camera looks like Keith Roberts .

49 minutes ago, Natalia said:

 

Exactly my point. Thank you, Mazurka. Why did ABT drop the Jurgen Rose designs?

I think this production is borrowed/rented from the National Ballet of Canada and it was redesigned by Santo Loquasto a few seasons ago.

6 hours ago, mimsyb said:

Love Gray Davis....even before his "subway save".   He certainly deserves a shot at more roles.

    Was hoping that his "subway save" would bring him to the attention of the ballet staff and director.

3 hours ago, clrtt said:

I think that there is a corps member who is quite suited to partner Part... Gray Davis. I understand that she rehearses with him quite often by request, and in fact has performed with him outside of ABT. He was injured a couple of years back and hasn't seemed to gain momentum yet again, but given the chance I think he would more than rise to the occasion.

   Gray has the height,technique and good looks of a lead dancer. All he needs is a chance for an important leading role. If i remember correctly, he was an early Grand Prix winner at YAGP.

10 minutes ago, Natalia said:

Lighten up. Keep Corsaire!

 

Dump The Times Are Racing!!! OK, that one is NYCB but you get my point. 

I agree with Natalia. Keep it.

15 minutes ago, abatt said:

I'm counting on it!  I suspect Teuscher and Hee Seo might get additional SL assignments next week.Wondering if they will debut a new O/O.   Fingers and toes crossed for a Lane or Abrera debut.

      Maybe, Sarah was not given a Medora as she is preparing O/O.

 There are several ladies in the corps that should be in the promotion list especially ZFang, PWaski ,AGiangeruso and KWilliams

2 hours ago, abatt said:

My what a turn of events.  So happy for Sarah.  Kochetkova  had a lot of problems at Don Q during week one, so I'm not surprised to hear that she is withdrawing from Giselle. 

 

Not to wish anything bad on Kochetkova, but it's time to start praying for a Sarah Lane debut in Swan Lake in June.

 

Best wishes to Murphy for a speedy recovery.

  Didn't she danced Swan Lake before with A. Corella'a Barcelona Ballet? 

1 hour ago, abatt said:

I must give credit where it is due. Hee Seo successfully completed all of her Italian fouettes tonight.  Lendorf was better tonight than on Wed afternoon.  Shevchenko showed no signs of fatigue.  In fact, she was even more relaxed and into the performance than at her debut.

   It would have been  better if KevinMc came out during the curtain calls and announced Christine's promotion to principal dancer. Just a wish...

4 hours ago, Batsuchan said:

I went to the matinee with Shevchenko/Lendorf as the leads and Teuscher/Hoven as Mercedes/Espada.  Shevchenko was fantastic!!  Gorgeous extension, really nice balances and lovely adagio dancing in Act II, and fouettes to die for (complete with opening/closing the fan) in Act III.  I was also very impressed with her characterization.  In the past, she hasn't struck me as having the biggest personality, but she really sold the character of Kitri this afternoon and had some nice chemistry with Lendorf.

 

There were a few bobbles in the performance--some small partnering difficulties, and at the beginning of the Act III variation, she dropped her fan--but it some ways, it was more impressive than a perfect performance, because Shevchenko didn't let these little mishaps faze her at all.  If she was nervous, I couldn't tell.  As my friend said, it looked like she'd danced the role several times.

 

I will write more later, but I also want to mention that Teuscher made a killer Mercedes and Queen of the Dryads.  I have never been so relaxed while watching Italian fouettes; it looked like Teuscher could've easily done another set of eight.  Rachel Richardson was an extremely charming Amour, and Zhiyao Zhang was a spectacular lead gypsy.  I hope to see him dance Don Q one day!

 Thanks for the report of today's matinee. Wish i could have seen it. Regarding Z Zhang, i'm sure, you meant his dancing of Basilio instead of Don Q in the future.

15 hours ago, its the mom said:

http://benois.theatre.ru/english/massmedia/news/

 

Too bad, Stella can't be there. She is scheduled to dance Giselle at the Met.

13 minutes ago, Josette said:

Do you know where I can find the whole list of nominees?  My search didn't come up with anything.

 In the FB of Prix Benois de la Danse.

    Stella Abrera , Jeffrey Cirio and Alexei Ratmansky  are among the nominees of the 2017 Prix de Benois. Congratulations to all.

23 hours ago, mimsyb said:

Perhaps you are right.  Going a day or so later also means one doesn't have to stand in line.  I walked right up and was done in less than ten minutes.  I think there may be some "hype" as to tickets selling out, etc.   I have never found that to be true.   Sometimes it's better to wait because then those tickets that are "exchanged" become available.  I'm sure someone was thrilled to get my exchanged ticket for Misty Copeland's "Don Q".

Why? Is Misty's Don Q a sold-out already?Just curios.

KMck ,  Please take take note.

Oh no! The NBTLH section was the heart-breaking part of the Balanchine version.

On January 28, 2017 at 1:30 AM, maps said:

We always enjoy Stearns-Seo  and Forster.  WP review: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_danc/ballerina-thrills-as-both-odette-and-odile/2017/01/26/a4c7247e-e3f2-11e6-879b-356663383f1b_story.html?hpid=hp_regional-hp-cards_rhp-card-arts%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.e2273a947821#comments

This run is my first Mackenzie ABT SL.  The PR role is brilliant sinister seduction:   entrance at top of stairs, interplay bewitching the queen drawing her off  the dais, kissing hands, bounds to throne, later leans on wall, and princesses-1 lured towards him specifically, special effects [smoke and explosion] when he leaves and morphs into Lakeside. In white SL sequence of alabesque lifts-arms faster on up and softly down.  None gave the impression of beating him with the wings.  There's 2 or 3 turns with support where she does an extra movement [not in Mariinsky] with the head and upper body-multiple arches in the same turns-smoothly executed.

 

I love the costumes, Maypole [ending with 2 guys shoulder lifting the prince], sets.  I do not miss the jester but wish it ended with a lift as the sun rises after a forced leap of LR.   In Mariinsky  O/S are still alive and they do the lift from the  swan corps double diagonal, move downstage, chase Rothbart.  ABT does a lift in the double diagonal formation, go upstage, then along the front swan diagonal after changing to arabesque. 

 

A star was born from the moment at open rehearsal when Teuscher entered with PR Lendorf at the top of the stairs and sous soused.  

 

Wow! I don't remember the WP dance critic ever raving on a particular dancer.

7 hours ago, its the mom said:

The biggest problem with ABT's Nutcracker is their lack of time in rehearsal.  They have a full month of lay-off after their fall rep program.  They did not come back to start rehearsing Nutcracker until November 29.  This basically gave them one week to rehearse the show prior to leaving for Orange County.  This is just not enough time to put this show up and to do it well.  Additionally, while many of them have performed their roles before and have that advantage, there are new people who must be inserted into the corps.  

That has been ABT's problem for as long  as i remember. Surely, some of their donors could sponsor longer rehearsal period.

5 hours ago, ABT Fan said:

I'm surprised there was no announcement on Semionova.

 

That does free up some possible opportunities for others though and I can't help speculating. If they do SL and Giselle, they normally do 8 performances of each. And there are currently 6 women who perform O/O and 5 who perform Giselle, leaving potentially 2 and 3 debuts, respectively, for each (assuming no one gets a second show).

 

Current O/O's: Boylston, Copeland, Kochetkova, Murphy, Part, Seo

Potential O/O debuts: Abrera (the only principal left), Lane (doubtful, but I can dream), Trenary, Teuscher, Shevchenko (she'd be gorgeous), Hurlin (major wild card, but doubtful this year)

 

Current Giselle's: Abrera, Boylston, Kocketkova, Seo, Vishneva (though I think Vishneva is only doing Onegin for her last season, according to the press release, so if that holds true, there are only 4)

Potential Giselle debuts: Copeland (likely), Murphy and Part (I'm only listing them as potentials since they're principals, but I think it's highly unlikely; they're pigeonholed as Myrtha at this point, yet wonderful in that role), Trenary (likely), Lane (doubtful, but I'd love to see it), Shevchenko (unlikely IMO, but I see her debuting as Myrtha though)

 

I do think it's very unlikely to have 3 debuts in a major ballet, even 2 is pushing it, but they've surprised me before with casting. Of course, all of my speculating could be blown out of the water as soon as they announce their list of guest artists. But, maybe that'll be a short list like this past year.

Another potential Gisele, is Paulina Waski. She did a very creditable Gisele in a Xiomara Reyes-staged Gisele in Conn last year.

How can the dancers dance in those costumes( if the sketches shown will be the actual costumes) ?

I think the last 3 shows were sold out after the mostly favorable reviews.Too bad ,it was a bit late.

4 hours ago, Helene said:

I realize that La Fosse and Stiefel have large fan bases, but Karin Averty!

 

I'm always tickled when I see Harriet Clark's name, because she did a splendid job covering for Martine van Hamel in "Bourree Fantasque" in the performance where van Hamel mangled her foot in the opening moments of "Jardin aux lilacs" earlier in the program.

Although not as well known as Sylvie Guillem and Isabelle Guerin, Karin Averty had a distinguished career at the POB ,dancing all the major ballerina roles in the POB repertoire. She was also a Varna IBC Gold medallist.

As always, your reviews makes us feel like we are there. Thank you.