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Peter Boal promised during last season's post-performance Q&A's that there would be a promotions announcement at the Gala, like last year, when Korbes and Herd were made Principal Dancers.

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But the scene in which she flees (to Belgium?) would make interesting cinema.

I haven't seen Valmont, but now I will. I was so disappointed in Dangerous Liaisons, primarily, because in order to be a convincing Valmont, at least from my reading of the book, he has to have some semblance of self-control and of never being rushed, and he can't be indistinguishable from a snarly little ferret.

Thank you so much for the news, cygneblanc! It's a great program, and they'll have plenty of company among the terrific contigent of French dancers in the Company: Blanc, Molat, and Vilanoba, and maybe they'll get a sighting of Muriel Maffre. Off-topic, but I never realized that Merola, after whom the young singers program at San Francisco Opera was names, was the founder of the San Francisco Ballet and the School:

I just received an email from the Kennedy Center with reminders for the following Suzanne Farrell Ballet events: Wednesday, September 5, 6pm, Terrace Theater: Screening of restored film of Don Quixote with Farrell and Balanchine. (Please note that this will be screened in NYC on September 19 at Lincoln Center. Saturday, September 8, three performances in the afternoon: Free preview at Kennedy Center's "Open House Arts Festival." "Excerpts from three works by Balanchine: Chaconne, Bugaku, and Pas Classique Espagnol. " excerpts from three works by Balanchine: Chaconne, Bugaku, and Pas Classique Espagnol. More details are available on the Kennedy Center website.

This is exactly the right place to post this, ngitanjali! In fact, this forum is where you can start any ballet-related topic, and we're very happy to move it for you. No need to apologize. As for your question, I would answer "Not Evita." You'll be able to see "Evita" some other time. I would definitely see the Perlman/de Silva concert. According to these links, Bocca is starring in Boccatango: http://www.mondaviarts.org/events/event.cfm?event_id=153 http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/presents/...ld_stage/ba.php It will be a chance to see Bocca dance, but it's not quite authentic tango. It's got some show dancing mixed in. He has a remarkable eye for young talent, if his old small touring group is any indication. Does anyone know what the standards of the Moiseyev are now? Back in the day, it certainly was an exciting company. My uncle used to take us to see Ballet Folklorio de Mexico every three years or so. I remember a very colorful presentation, with many different kinds of dancing. I also remember the music being terrific. Mashinka posted this on a thread, speaking highly of the company's reputation in the UK. This thread mentions the company in a discussion about the leading ballerina in the company, Irina Kolesnikova, who is still dancing with the Company, according to its website. Here's a promo blurb about the company.

There is some critical consensus in almost any period, and judgement made by those who choose young dancers for the top-level ballet academies and Artistic Directors who choose company members, on what body types are needed for different kinds of ballet -- classical, neoclassical, and contemporary. Proportion is included in their assessment of the proper body type needed for a company or a role within a company: whether the dancer is a Prince/Princess or Jester/White Cat, or whether a dancer is a lead in Rubies vs. Diamonds. I prefer dancers -- male and female -- with flesh, muscles, and wide shoulders, but that doesn't make them perfectly proportioned in the classical sense.

National Ballet of Canada is performing Rooster next March, in a program with Soliders' Mass and 24 Preludes.