mom2

The National Ballet of Canada performed this in the spring of 2008; it was part of a mixed program. I was really looking forward to it, and it had been advertised widely....in the end, it was not my favourite piece of the evening....for me, it was a bit too much like musical theatre - which I can go elsewhere to see. Just my personal opinion......... m2

We had a conversation over the course of the event over on the sister site, Ballet Talk for dancers...so, a few of us also watched! mom2

It was a wonderful show indeed volcanohunter, thank you so much for the heads up!! mom2

Marga, Do you know if they are planning something in Toronto this year? I always enjoy going, so will cross my fingers. m2

Just saw the show - thanks again to volcanohunter for the reminder! I enjoyed it very much - quite a few bits of history that I didn't know, and some wonderful archival footage. m2

Thanks for this volcanohunter! I have heard that this documentary is quite well done, so will look forward to watching! m2

Amazing links - thank you so much! What talented boys, and what an amazing opportunity!! m2

Muchas gracias CarolinaM, It was a wonderful article!!! m2

Thank you for starting this thread. I realized the other day that the competition was this week, there didn't seem to be anything on the Varna IBC website - hopefully we'll hear some news shortly! m2

thanks for reminding me. Haven't gotten tickets yet, but would really love to attend. m2

Congratulations to the dancers from Canada!!! (ok, well to all the new dancers, but as I live in Canada, a special congratulations!!!) m2

WHAT a roster! This will be a fantastic company!! (even without Carlos Lopez, who I saw recently in Toronto and loved!) I can't tell you how nice it is to finally see these names in print!! Now, I will just need to plan a trip to Spain! Muchas Gracias, CarolinaM!!

I remember seeing a list of countries that dancers hail from, but I don't think I ever saw a list of dancers names. Hopefully it won't be long now - I've been patient, but it's been such a long time now since those auditions! m2

yes, there was a link to the ABT announcement last week or so, I believe. I was lucky enough to see Daniil Simkin last night in the Stars of the 21st Century Gala in Toronto. All I can say about Mr Simkin is...........WOW!!!!

Thank you so much!! Will try to be patient for the formal announcement! m2

Thank you for the report! Any word on the competition results? m2

Finished the book this weekend. Would NOT recommend it as a travel partner - much too heavy, too big to fit in briefcase with computer! I did enjoy the book, yet I probably know so little about ballet compared to the rest of you. It was a good education and history lesson for me! As for the discussions re sexuality, perhaps they are pertinent given the cause of his death, and the period of time his diagnosis came - it was (according to the book) very eary days in the awareness and treatment of HIV. Regarding more practical matters such as readability (if that is in fact a word), as others have noted there is a incredible amount of detail. At times this was quite fascinating, at others frustrating as dates or times of year get fuzzy in some portions of the book. Trying to keep track of it all is a bit exhausting even with the best of intentions. Since I live in Canada, I had hoped for a little more detail in the portions of the book relating to RN's association with the NBOC - no such luck. Clearly the impact of that association was greater for the Canadians than for RN and the trajectory of his life.

I will be in Montreal this weekend - NOT one of the chosen venues.

I could never find the women's Long Program here - I too was frustrated with the TV coverage and (lack of) announcements about what little coverage there was. On Friday night they showed the same thing two or three times - would have preferred a bit of variety. In fact, I never did see the free dance of the Canadian silver medalists, although I'm quite proud of their accomplishments. Seems like it's been a pretty good year for Canada! Back to the coverage - we did have great announcers here in Canada - Tracy Wilson (former ice dancer) and Kurt Browning. m2

I have just read the article from yesterday's National Post (a Canadian news daily): http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=370338 It was posted here on links, but I didn't see any comments about it. Sounds like there may be some financial difficulties in Boston? The other news, almost tucked away at the end of the article, is regarding the National Ballet of Canada's beloved Guillaume Cote. (whispering that he may leave NBOC to be a freelance artist) Sorry, it's really two bits of news in one, but it was all in the one article! Anyone else read this? mom2

thanks! This wasn't exactly the website I had been checking. m2

Being a certifiably curious person, I have already checked his website. Didn't see any news that would explain the Vienna website.

Perhaps I had too much time on my hands this weekend, was searching around various websites (I started off trying to find out who will be dancing in the Toronto version of Stars of the 21st Century). At any rate, I did go to the Vienna StatsoperBallet website - assuming I did in fact go to the correct place - and Simkin was not listed. Anyone have news? Perhaps I did not go to the correct website? mom2 (p.s. Daniil if you are reading this, I hope we DO have the opportunity to see you in Toronto!!)

I googled Sofiane Sylvie, and came up with this link to the NYCB website: http://www.nycballet.com/company/personnel...stic/sylve.html It has the black and white background of the new site, so it's quite perplexing indeed. When you look at the list of dancers she does not appear, but going through google gets you different results.

Darn! I missed all the excitement! (I live very close to the Canadian town where they were performing). I also missed the show! Here is a link to a brief article from that paper: http://www.thespec.com/article/297671 (this one is perhaps the same as the Miami Herald article) http://www.thespec.com/article/297949 (this one is a bit longer, with photos of the dancers and is authored by a writer from the Hamilton Spectator) m2