Françoise

Me too, more easy to find, and more easy to read. To see lyric cast you must click each time on distribution. Before you had immediatly the cast. More deceiving ballet season with at bastille : Bayadère, Flamenco, Le Parc (Prejolcaj), Don Quixote. At Garnier : Notre Dame de Paris, Fokine/Nijinski/Robbins/Li (tribute to russian ballet with Petrushka, two versions of Afternoon of a faun, Sheherazade creation by Li) Scala Ballet : Excelsior Clavigo (Petit) Hurlevent (World creation by Kader Belarbi about Wuthering Heights - music asked to Philippe Hersant) Coppélia (Bart) Ballet School (Western symphony - Fille mal gardée) Dunn/Balanchine/Bausch ; Pulcinella, Violin concerto and Rite of Spring Le Concours (Béjart). Very sad season with only reprise, no many classical ballet just two (Bayadère and Don Quixote at Bastille !!!!)

Must someone see Pierre-François Vilanoba in Desiré part, I'm waiting for information about him. He was at POB before join SFB and I would want to know how he dances now. I hope see him in SFB tour in next april especially in Otello. If someone could make me a review of him, I thank for it.

Just two corrections for you Estelle, The director was Raymond Franchetti (father of Jean Pierre) who nominated etoile his son, and Legris is born in 1964 not in 1962. Nureyev raise up POB level but now it fall completely. It was shocking when Nureyev was in the backstage, corps de ballet was perfect, when he wasn't here, corps de ballet didn't care and was good, but it was not the true line, they was not together. I think Nureyev choosed the more important etoile who will stay in Dance History book except Pontois or Thesmar. He gave a luck to all the young dancer, and now it's impossible. Nureyev made the POB what is it today. [This message has been edited by Françoise (edited March 19, 2001).]

You must see that in POB now, premier danseurs must dance as etoile, must be able to replace etoile at every moment, they must be partner they are etoile without title elsewhere the true name of Etoile is Premier danseur Etoile which prove the imbrication of the both category. A premier danseur must be a partner it's not the case of Emmanuel Thibault. He dances very well, it's sure but not too to be premier danseur. You could compare it to Quilleré, but Quilleré is a good partner and his career with Miami City ballet prove it. In a other company as POB, he will be soloist but I can't believe he will be etoile, he couldn't dance all the important rules as Siegfried, Albrecht, he can just dance little pdd as bluebird, peasants pdd, scottisch pdd in Sylphide. POB is very different in their hierarchy and the employment of dancer. Sujet is the equivalent of Solist in other troup. All the premier danseur will be étoiles in other troup. For me POB ballet lovers, it's not a shame that Thibault was not promoted. It's more a shame that Paquette go up he was young and could wait some years, and never we saw him in big rule, we just know it's a good partner. For Bélingard, the case is different, considering that other things than dance could be promote dancer in POB as well as in other companies but a few too much this year. It's sure that they promoted premiers danseurs who are most caractère than noble but as Kevin said Paquette could be a noble not as in the good old time but he could dance the prince' rule. Pech too even his physical is a few typed. POB has rules and laws for each category, quadrille make simple "corps de ballet", coryphée begin to have semi-solist rolls (they replace sujets) or caracter rolls as Father, and so on, rolls who just necessit play. The sujet dance all the variation and make the "Big" corps de ballet as Aurora's friends, and could sometime have premier danseur or etoile rolls in contemporary ballet. Premier danseur replace completely etoiles now, they dance the same rolls just less than them. And now since Nureyev isn't alive, they gave all the parts of soloist as Henriette and Clemence (Raymonda), Cinderella sisters, Midsummer night dream's Helena, Hermia and so on to the premier danseur instead of Danseurs etoiles which creates the rolls. Concerning Bart, Jean-Guillaume is an excellent dancer, it's the best dancer in the POB company now and his Des Grieux, was absolutely wonderful, he just not dancing, he plays too, evidently not for the amphitheâtre but his dance and his playing is wonderful. His partenership with Aurelie Dupont was brilliant. And I think he dance the rule as Dowell or Legris. I'm not the lonely person to think that, someone else compare him to Dowell.

I saw Pontois as Giselle with Jude after her retirement and she was absolutely wonderful. It's the ballerina who made me discover dance. She was the perfect one. I'm interesting by your video of Pontois and Baryshnikov, could you contact me at my email address to trade for it : cschemm@ifrance.com. I had a video of her in Raymonda with Nureyev, Guizerix, Vulpian, Loudières. I had also Etudes with Bart and Atanassof, Sylvia too with Atanassoff and Fille mal gardée. If you could send me a mail I will be happy to trade. It was the biggest etoile in the seventies and they pass often ballet on TV with her.

Terry, send me a mail at cschemm@ifrance.com

Contact me at cschemm@ifrance.com. I have many things able to interess you.

Why don't imagine a cast by POB dancer Scarlett: Aurélie Dupont or the première danseuse : Marie-Agnès Gillot Rhett : Kader Belarbi or Laurent Hilaire Ashley : Manuel Legris or Jean-Guillaume Bart Mélanie : Elisabeth Maurin is not a good choice she seems for me like Bette Davis. I will see more Delphine Moussin. I don't know very well foreigner dancer to may an international cast. I think unless Belarbi could be a perfect Rhett Butler, he must make a coreogragy about Wuthering Heights for POB the next year. I don't know if he must dance in but I saw completely him as Heatcliff. New temptation of casting ????