First week's casting

[Alexandra]

Note that there are some changes from the previous announcement:

Opening night:

SERENADE: Sofiane Sylve will replace Maria Kowroski

SYMPHONY IN C: Maria Kowroski will replace Wendy Whelan

"George Balanchine's The Nutcracker"

Sofiane Sylve will debut as DEWDROP on Friday, November 28, replacing Jennie

Somogyi.

PRINCIPAL CASTING FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 25 – NOV. 30, 2003

OPENING NIGHT BENEFIT

Balanchine 100: The Centennial Celebration

TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 7:00 P.M.

(Conductors: Fiorato, Quinn)

SERENADE: Nichols, Borree, Sylve (replaces Kowroski), Neal, Fayatte [F]

BUGAKU: Kistler, Soto [F]

SYMPHONY IN C: First Movement: Somogyi, Tewsley; Second Movement: Kowroski (replaces Whelan), Askegard;

Third Movement: Taylor, Millepied; Fourth Movement: van Kipnis, Evans [Q]

GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER™

FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 8:00 P.M.

(Conductor: Quinn)

SUGARPLUM: Kowroski; CAVALIER: Askegard; DEWDROP: *Sylve (replaces Somogyi); MARZIPAN: Riggins;

HOT CHOCOLATE: Rutherford, Higgins; COFFEE: Hanson; TEA: Ulbricht; CANDY CANE: Gold;

MOTHER GINGER: J. Stafford; FLOWERS: van Kipnis, Tinsley; DOLLS: Dronova, Labean; SOLDIER: Carmena;

MOUSE KING: Seth; HERR DROSSELMEIER: La Fosse**; HOSTESS: Abergel; HOST: *Hanna

SATURDAY MATINEE, NOVEMBER 29, 2:00 P.M.

(Conductor: Fiorato)

SUGARPLUM: Weese; CAVALIER: Martins; DEWDROP: Somogyi (replaces Sylve); MARZIPAN: Bouder;

HOT CHOCOLATE: Golbin, Hanna; COFFEE: Abergel; TEA: Carmena; CANDY CANE: Suozzi;

MOTHER GINGER: Ramasar; FLOWERS: Bar, Krohn; DOLLS: Fairchild, *Flynn; SOLDIER: Severini;

MOUSE KING: Orza; HERR DROSSELMEIER: Fayette; HOSTESS: Beskow; HOST: Fowler

SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 8:00 P.M.

(Conductor: Moredock)

SUGARPLUM: Borree; CAVALIER: Boal; DEWDROP: Ansanelli; MARZIPAN: Edge;

HOT CHOCOLATE: Beskow, Fowler; COFFEE: McBrearty; TEA: *De Luz; CANDY CANE: Hendrickson;

MOTHER GINGER: *Danchig-Waring; FLOWERS: Taylor, A. Stafford; DOLLS: *Hyltin, *Pazcoguin;

SOLDIER: *Suozzi; MOUSE KING: *Ramasar; HERR DROSSELMEIER: Kramarevsky; HOSTESS: Bar; HOST: *la Cour

SUNDAY MATINEE, NOVEMBER 30, 1:00 P.M.

(Conductor: Fiorato)

SUGARPLUM: Kowroski; CAVALIER: Askegard; DEWDROP: Somogyi; MARZIPAN: Riggins;

HOT CHOCOLATE: Rutherford, Higgins; COFFEE: Hanson; TEA: Ulbricht; CANDY CANE: Gold;

MOTHER GINGER: J. Stafford; FLOWERS: van Kipnis, Tinsley; DOLLS: Dronova, Labean; SOLDIER: Carmena;

MOUSE KING: Seth; HERR DROSSELMEIER: La Fosse**; HOSTESS: Abergel; HOST: Hanna

SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 5:00 P.M.

(Conductor: Quinn)

SUGARPLUM: Weese; CAVALIER: Martins; DEWDROP: Sylve; MARZIPAN: Bouder;

HOT CHOCOLATE: Golbin, Hanna; COFFEE: Abergel; TEA: Carmena; CANDY CANE: Suozzi;

MOTHER GINGER: Ramasar; FLOWERS: Taylor, A. Stafford; DOLLS: Fairchild, Flynn; SOLDIER: Severini;

MOUSE KING: Orza; HERR DROSSELMEIER: Fayette; HOSTESS: Beskow; HOST: Fowler

* First Time in Role

** Guest Artist

[underdog]

Well Oberon, it looks likes you lost your most memorable matchup for Sympony in C. Hopefully this isn't due to an injury.

[underdog]

Wendy and Nilas

Speaking of Wendy, here's an uncommon site, no? How often were these two paired up in NYCB?

Edited November 23, 2003 by underdog

[Mel Johnson]

You may want to check that URL again; I just got an error message when I tried it.

[dancer04]

Whelan stepping out is due to injury. She was to come and dance in Nutcracker as she has for the past 7 years. She is very close to my teachers and she called last week to notify them that she was in Moscow dancing with Soto and broke something in her foot. She is in a cast for at least 4 weeks.

[Dale]

We will try to confirm Whelan's injury. Until then, let's hold off on any speculation. Thanks

[Helene]

In the 1 December issue of The New Yorker on page 19 in the "DANCE" section, the first entry was for "NEW YORK CITY BALLET" and the listing was for The Nutcracker. Here's a quote:

Best bets: the Friday-night [28 Nov]  and Sunday matinee [30 Nov] performances at which Maria Kowroski and Charles Askegard are the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier, Jennie Somogyi is Dewdrop, and Robert La Fosse is Drosselmeyer.

I don't see this quartet together on the cast list from 1 December through the 14 December performances.

[Dale]

That was the casting for those nights, but Sylve replaced Somogyi and Somgyi went to other nights. I guess the New Yorker did the listings before the cast changes.

[dancer04]

Here is a link to a newspaper that confirms Whelan's injury. Whelan- last paragraph