Joseph

What the heck? There must be some atomic secrets or something truly revelatory? 

Gosh, let's see but $250 each seems sort of drastic! 🙈

Ridiculous. What could be taking so long? 

Oh my gosh now it's not until December 5, 2023!

No! Not yet, I don't think anyhow! So that's good. 

Nothing! Book didn't show up nor did I get an update from Amazon, very odd indeed!

Just checked. Sadly it did not arrive even though on Amazon it says it was shipped and should have arrived by 10PM last night. I wonder what is taking so long?!

Very interesting - so on my order on Amazon it says it shipped and should have arrived yesterday by 10PM. I will check again today but it seems regrettably another delay is on the horizon! 

So far so good, seems still on target! Here's hoping! 🙂

Thanks Sebastian, I wonder what is up - alright let's see how June goes then 😀

I almost wrote on this too! I was so hoping for it to be here before the holidays! I wonder what is going on?! 🧐

Now pushed back to March 7 2023! W

This is awesome - super excited to get your book! Many thanks and congrats in advance!

11 hours ago, Sebastian said:

Awesome - got it. I thought it might be from Writings on Ballet and Music... I will order it soon! Appreciate your insight and work Sebastian, thanks! 

Hi Joseph. Ballet Master and the Score is an essay, not a whole book. If you are looking for an English translation, the review below has all details of a book in which one appears.

 

 

Incidentally, Fedor Lopukhov was three years old when The Sleeping Beauty was first rehearsed and performed.

On 7/24/2020 at 3:01 PM, Quiggin said:

Might it also be tweeked to be an awakening to something other than a repressive regime?  Both France and Russia had in common anti-semitic campaigns going on in the 1880s and 1890s. What was happening in the streets impacts in some way what is happening on stage, so "The Sleeping Beauty" may have been a dream of a return to a past where complicated social questions disappeared.

Fyodor Lopukhov in the "Ballet Master and the Score" criticizes some of the cuts Petipa made to Tchaikovsky's score for "The Sleeping Beauty," as if he were a lesser composer like Minkus or Pugni. And that for rehearsals Petipa was relying on a reduction for two violins which emphasized the melody but none of the full dynamic compexity of the score.

On a happier though off-topic note (which is often the case with happiness these days), I recently came across this letter of Anton Chekhov:

According to the letters' editor, Avrahm Yarmolinksy, Chekhov and Tchaikovsky were planning to collaborate on an opera version of "A Hero of Our Time." In a subsequent letter Chekhov tells Modest Tchaikovsky that he is dedicating his latest book to his brother titled, characteristically, "Gloomy People."

Hi! Is Ballet Master and the Score a book? Just tried to look for it but to no results. 

👍looks great!

I think Vaganova Academy staged and performed an excerpt of Petipa's ballet for opera choreography ("Dance of the Hours") from Ponchielli's La Gioconda as part of its 2018 graduation performance - agreed these could be some rare gems to see. 

Mine is supposed to be here today! Very much looking forward to reading this!

52 minutes ago, Natalia said:

 

No problem.  I suspect that the only associated performances may be by the Vaganova students &/or the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, which is a co-sponsor. (The Conservatory is the big building across the Mariinsky.) But one never knows if there may be more. Just going to the conference and seeing a couple of performances of complete ballets would be great.

 

Oh...I also asked if the sessions will be webcasted or made available in some other form, as they did in Bordeaux.

This is great - I will stay very much tuned and appreciate all of this!

2 hours ago, Natalia said:

 

Not yet. I've asked about that and about possible plans for associated performances. Ideally, I'd love to see a week of international companies in StP, presenting their recons one after another (ABT Beauty, La Scala with Raymonda, Zurich with Swan Lake, Bolshoi w/ Coppelia, Esmeralda, and Corsaire, Mariinsky's Giselle (or PNB?), Munich Paquita, Ekaterinburg w/ Fille Mal Gardee)...and all will be commercially recorded! There's no cost in dreaming, is there?

Exactly! Ok - I'll stay abreast on this!! Thank you so much for passing the information over! 

35 minutes ago, Natalia said:

 

The Vaganova Academy will host a three-day Petipa Bicentennial Conference ("Homage to Petipa - Petipa Bridge") on March 10-12, 2018. The dates include Petipa's actual birthdate, March 11! They're inviting researchers/ scholars to submit papers for presentation by Sept. 15, 2017. Details in this FB notice, which contains a link to further details on  the event (translation available):

 

https://m.facebook.com/academyvaganova/photos/a.699768383455783.1073741827.699758070123481/1313885005377448/?type=3&source=48

 

The additional info, within the notice, including main topics of the "Petipa Bridge":

 

http://vaganovaacademy.ru/index.php?id=1288

 

Nikolai Tsiskaridze heads the impressive conference committee. Elizabeth Souritz also involved. No word yet on any performances at the Mariinsky or other ballet theaters across the city...or if any of the planned shows may be reconstructions...a very controversial topic among coaches who grew up in the Soviet era..but not necessarily Tsiskaridze.

 

Thanks Natalia! I translated it and it looks like some will be in English. Do you know if there is a fee to participate? 

Any word on the conference? 

So this is not the reconstruction? 

Does anyone know who is hosting this event in Marseilles? It is odd that it is not announced yet?

Yes eagerly awaiting word on when the conference in Marseilles will be!!

6 hours ago, Amy said:

There's supposed to be another conference next year in Marseille, but I still haven't heard any further details.

Great, thanks Amy for letting me know! I guess we will stay tuned...