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Some dancers in Mariinsky (and Bolshoi, Mikhailovsky, Stanmus) who are from outside of Russia are leaving the country. I am not sure when they will come back, or ever come back. Such as Victor Caixeta, Arron Osawa Horowitz of Mariinsky, Jacopo Tissi and David Motta Soares of Bolshoi, Laura Fernandez of Stanmus.

K-Ballet Company will steam Tetsuya Kumakawa's Clarimonde - La Morte Amoureuse” for free but limited on March 5th 0:00-24:00 Japan time. Sena Hidaka, former principal at Tulsa Ballet is in the title role. Based on Theophile Gautier's poem, it was quite an enjoyable gothic love story ballet about an hour long.

Not a full performance, but a fairly long footage of the Ballet Muses Gala in Tokyo. ≪Dancers≫ Alyona Kovalyova (Bolshoi Ballet) Denis Dmitriev (Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre Ballet) Eleonora Sevenard (Bolshoi Ballet) Denis Rodkin (Bolshoi Ballet) Angelina Vorontsova (Mikhailovsky Ballet) Nikita Tchetverikov (Mikhailovsky Ballet) Misa Kuranaga (San Francisco Ballet) Angelo Greco (San Francisco Ballet) Natascha Mair (English National Ballet) Jakob Feyferlik (Dutch National Ballet)

I am not sure this is the right palace to post but a newly filmed Swan Lake by National Ballet of Ukraine is now available for free. It has been filmed for the Japanese audience as their tour in December was canceled, but of course everyone can watch. The Japanese promoter will collect donations for the theatre which is of course in great danger. cast Odette/Odile:Anna MUROMTSEVA Siegfried:Mykyta SUKHORUKOV Rothbart:Vitalii NETRUNENKO Mother Queen:Liudmyla MELNYK Prince's mentor:Mykhailo ZAGREBA Pas de Trois:Kateryna DIDENKO,Oleksandra PANCHENKO,Andrii GAVRYSHKIV Small swans:Tetiana SOKOLOVA,Ievgenia KORSHUNOVA,Inna CHORNA,Kateryna CHUPINA Big swans:Tetiana MAZNIAK,Oleksandra PANCHENKO,Ielizaveta GOGIDZE,Kseniia STETSENKO SpanishDance:Inna BUZYLO,Natalia IAKUSHKINA,Sergii KLIACHIN,Dmytro ALEXANDROV Neapolitan Dance：Oleksandr SKULKIN HungarianDance：Ksenia Ivanenko,Volodymyr Kutuzov Brides：Iryna BORYSOVA,Ielizaveta GOGIDZE, Tetiana MAZNIAK, Oleksandra PANCHENKO Conductor：Oleksii Baklan National Opera Theatre of Ukraine Orchestra

Not Vaziev, but Vladimir Urin, director of the Bolshoi Theatre, has signed an appeal opposing to war against Ukraine. http://oteatre.info/teatralnye-deyateli-mir/?fbclid=IwAR1FVT_5TPcwwaI4gw8xkR7splWZ8Eu1OPT5x7XNu8M-ghKqQLO10MMJURc

Daniel Camargo is fabulous, he has a very strong classical technique (a medalist at YAGP) and also excels in dramatic roles which he has been performing at Stuttgart Ballet. He is still young (in his 20's), very good looking and is currently a freelancer.

ABT Studio Company dancers perform masterworks of the classical and neoclassical canons, alongside contemporary and newly created works. Streams January 28, 2022 from 6:00 pm until January 30 at 11:59 pm. http://www.luckmanarts.org/events/american-ballet-theatre.html PROGRAM GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE Choreography after Victor Gsovsky Staged by Sascha Radetsky Music by Daniel-Francois Auber Dancers: SunMi Park, Andrew Robare LORA Choreography by Yannick Lebrun Music by Mpho Sebina (“Lora”) Costume by Jermaine Terry Dancer: Aleisha Walker CHILDREN’S SONGS DANCE Choreography by Jessica Lang Music by Chick Corea (selections from “Children’s Songs”) Creative Associate: Kanji Segawa Costumes styled by Isabella Boylston, dancewear by Elevé Dancewear Dancers: Tristan Brosnan, Cy Doherty, Tillie Glatz, Elwince Magbitang, SunMi Park, Andrew Robare, Yoon Jung Seo Children’s Songs Dance was commissioned with leadership support from The Rockefeller Brothers Fund. It was created in a residency at The Pocantico Center in Tarrytown, NY. STARS AND STRIPES (Pas de Deux) Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Staged by Victoria Simon Music by John Philip Sousa, orchestrated by Hershy Kay ("El Capitan," "Liberty Bell”) Performed by Jake Roxander and Kotomi Yamada The performance of Stars and Stripes, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique®. Service standards established and provided by the Trust. SEVEN SONATAS (Excerpt) Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Staged by Stella Abrera Music by Domenico Scarlatti (“Sonata in F Minor, K. 481”), performed by Michael Scales, sound editing by Thomas Kikta Costumes by Holly Hynes, courtesy of American Ballet Theatre Dancers: Cy Doherty, SunMi Park FOR WHAT IS IT ALL WORTH? Choreography by Hope Boykin Music by Stephen Stills (“For What It’s Worth”), performed by Bill Laurance, Voices of East Harlem, and Billy Porter Text and voiceover by Hope Boykin Costumes styled by Hope Boykin Dancers: Elisabeth Beyer, Tristan Brosnan, Finnian Carmeci (solo), Cy Doherty, Teresa D’Ortone, Tillie Glatz, Elwince Magbitang, Andrew Robare, Jake Roxander, Yoon Jung Seo, Olivia Tweedy, Aleisha Walker, Kotomi Yamada

Tatiana Legat has passed away at the age of 88. https://www.facebook.com/academyvaganova/posts/4648946345204614 Tatiana Legat most recently répétiteur at the Mikhailovsky Theatre, had taught Sarah Lamb at Boston Ballet and also known as the widow of Yuri Soloviev.

What a pity. I agree with volcanohunter’s views on Sergeyenkova. I would be shocked to see this level of Odette and Odile on the Bolshoi stage, it is blasphemy. Shame.

I am very late to this conversation, but as a Japanese living in Japan, I can assure that Balanchine's Bugaku has not been performed by a Japanese company and also doubt that NYCB has ever performed in Japan (it is a work inspired by Japanese Gagaku dance which was performed in NY in 1959 and the NYCB 1958 Japan tour). This work is simply not known here even though the composer Toshiro Mayuzumi is Japanese. (By the way, Mr. Mayuzumi was known to be a ultra right-winger here) Bejart's Bugaku is known more and has been performed here as it was commissioned by the Tokyo Ballet and is in their repertoire, their most recent performance was last summer. I have seen it live and there was some giggling in the audience as some movements are quite comical, but Bejart understands Japanese culture quite well and he does pay a lot of respect. It is true that only a few works of Balanchine are danced by Japanese companies, National Ballet of Japan will perform Theme and Variations this weekend (I hope the performances will go on as the Omicron variant is spreading fast and some performances of other companies are getting canceled) and they have Symphony in C, Serenade, Apollo, Symphony in Three Movements, Tarantella in their repertoire. (They were expecting Concerto Barrocco thie spring but because of travel restrictions the coaches are unable to travel so it was canceled, same with Tokyo City Ballet that intended to do Allegro Brillante as a new production) Star Dancers Ballet is a company that frequently performs 20th century choreography and they perform Serenade, Walpurgisnacht and Western Symphony,

Dutch National Ballet's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Wayne Eagling is currently streamed for free. Featuring Maia Makhateli and Jakob Feyferlik. https://www.npostart.nl/notenkraker-muizenkoning/02-01-2022/VPWON_1338753

Igor Tsvirko also has been promoted to principal.

Jacopo Tissi has been promoted principal at Bolshoi Ballet.

This link seems to be still available.

Perm Opera Theatre has started an online streaming platform based on Vimeo with some of their opera and ballet contents could be streamed at a low price of about a little more than a dollar for a week. https://online.permopera.ru/ Swan Lake, Nutcracker are among their offerings and they are fabulous productions. and on November 3rd and 4th, with the NIGHT OF ARTS campaign in Russia, you can watch them for free with the promo code ARTNIGHT, this Tweet says.

Jillian Vanstone is retiring in March https://national.ballet.ca/Ballet-News-Plus/Most-Recent/QA-Jillian-Vanstone and also as mentioned in a different thread, Sonia Rodriguez is retiring so the principal roster has become rather thin.

Opera Vision is streaming several opera productions such as Carmen by New National Theatre Tokyo, Alex Olie's version Royal Opera's Jenufa Royal Swedish Opera's Iolanta

Anastasia Smirnova, who had danced many leading roles at Mikhailovsky and a Vaganova recent graduate, has moved to Mariinsky as Corps de ballet. Her debut will be Push Comes to Shove. https://www.instagram.com/stories/anastasiia_smirnova_/2669758998475130569/?hl=ja https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/playbill/playbill/2021/10/8/1_1931/

Vienna State Ballet will stream their triple bill of Balanchine's Symphony in Three Movements, Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and Martin Schläpfer's Shostakovich !5th Symphony on their platform from September 21st 19:00 CET for 72 hours. https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/event/e62c821d-3bb7-454a-85ba-93152b4a6209

Sonia Rodriguez retires after a 32 year career. Her last performance will be in March 2022, John Neumeier's A Streetcar Named Desire. https://national.ballet.ca/Ballet-News-Plus/Most-Recent/Sonia-Rodriguez-Retires

Boston Ballet announces its roster for 2021-22 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/07/arts/boston-ballet-announces-its-roster-2021-22/ This season’s arrivals include a new soloist, Ángel García Molinero, and a new second soloist, Michaela DePrince.

ABT’s Summer Celebration is available to watch here.

And also promotions, 4 dancers becoming principals. https://national.ballet.ca/Ballet-News-Plus/Most-Recent/2021-22-Promotions

And May Nagahisa has been promoted to First Soloist. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQaqVSMjnnS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Christian Spuck, currently of Zurich Ballet will take over Staatsballett Berlin, and Cathy Marston will be AD of Zurich Ballet https://www.instagram.com/p/CQIztOSNv_k/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link