chiapuris Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 For the record: In Post #47 I neglected to mention that in the Third Junior round, Vorontsova also danced a pdd, Nutcracker Act II, with a non-competing partner. Congratulations to all of them! Link to post
Natalia Posted June 29, 2005 Author Share Posted June 29, 2005 Thanks, chiapuris. We look forward to your report on the seniors/round 3. Do you know if the choreography prizes will be announced concurrently with those of the senior dancers? Natalia Link to post
Daniil Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Thank you so much for the reports and fast information ! Congratulation to everybody taking part in this competition and especially to the winners Ivan Vasiliev and Zherlin Ndudi Link to post
chiapuris Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Round 3 Senior Division, 6-29-05 The results for the Senior division were to be announced at the theatre around 12:30 am, about half an hour ago. We were having dinner, so I don't know the results. My choices as top contenders are: Ekaterina Krysanova Eugenia Obraztsova Natalia Osipova Anastasia Matvienko Irina Kolesnikova Sun Xin Natalia Domrayeva Ekaterina Borchenko Denis Matvienko Yaroslav Salenko Victor Ischuk Tabyldy Doszhan Ivan Koslov Zhiwei Wang The biggest, longest applause of the evening belonged to Denis and Anastasia Matvienko in the Corsaire Act II pas de deux. The adagio was gorgeous, with beautiful supported pirouettes. Their variations were outstanding- they had it all. The applause for his variation was thunderous. Obraztsova danced the Bournonville 'Festival…' variation to no great applause, but her Sleeping Beauty Act III variation was well applauded. I thought she danced both of them beautifully. Osipova in the DQ pdd , made of the variation a very exciting dance. In the coda she started out with a series of double fouettes and then a series of singles with a perfect finish. Just before the end of the coda she came way off balance in an arabesque but it wasn't clear whether it was an error of the partner or not. Krysanova also finished the evening's program with a DQ pdd. She danced with great zest and a beautiful clarity of line. Her non-competing partner did not always give her the best support. Yaroslav Salenko seem to 'nail' his Corsaire variation; in his first variation, DQ, he performed double tours ending in arabesque, but alternating sides: one right, the next left, the next right… Outstanding dancing. Domrayeva and Ischuk were another couple who were sensational in a DQ pdd. Tomorrow the first gala. Link to post
Renata Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Chiapuris, Thank you for the splendid review of the seniors. It made me feel as if I was watching along with you. Renata Link to post
Paul Parish Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 My thanks, too, Chiapuris-- you make it present, I'm quite excited.... I'm pulling fr Krysanova, but the Matvienko duo seems to have had God on their side that night...... It's wonderful when BOTH dancers are really on. Wish I'd seen that, it sounds so fully realized. Link to post
Mikhail Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Here are the results for the seniors as they were reported that night at http://forum.balet.ru/viewtopic.php?p=10213#10213 . Grand prix – Denis Matvienko (Ukraine) Women Duets 1. Matvienko Anastasia (Ukraine) 2. Domracheva Natalia (Russia, works in Kiev) and Krysanova Ekaterina (Russia, Bolshoi) 3. Osipova Natalia (Russia, Bolshoi) Soloists 1. Obraztsova Evgenia (Russia, Mariinsky) 2. Dronina Jourghita (Lithuania) 3. Matsak Natalia (Ukraine) Men Duets 1. Ishchuk Victor (Ukraine) 2. Kozlov Ivan (Ukraine) and Wang Zhiwei (China) 3. not attributed Soloists 1. Salenko Yaroslav (Ukraine) 2. Tabyldy Doszhan (Kazakhstan) 3. no candidates Andrei Pisarev from Ukraine who danced in the group of men soloists was injured at the rehearsal 15 minutes before the beginning of the competition and did not participate. Link to post
Helene Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Many thanks, Mikhail, for posting the results. Link to post
Terry Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Does anyone know which troupe/school Christina Shevchenko is a part of? I wonder where Anastasia Matvienko performs -- is she Denis's wife or sister? Thanks. Link to post
chezdancer Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Christine is a ballet student and will be 17 in September. She mainly takes private lessons with a number of teachers (mostly of Russian background) and also takes class at the Rock School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as well as at a number of other schools in the Philadelphia area. Link to post
Natalia Posted June 30, 2005 Author Share Posted June 30, 2005 Thank you for the results & link, Mikhail! A GRAND DAY FOR THE KIROV-MARIINSKY!!! Gorgeous Evgenia Obrastsova won the sr. ladies GOLD medal!!! Welcome to Washington, DC, next week, Evgenia! Natalia Link to post
carbro Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Thank you for that information, chezdancer, and welcome to BalletTalk! This link will take you to our Welcome Page. Please stop by and tell us a bit about yourself and your involvement with ballet. Link to post
chiapuris Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Gala performance of Laureates 6/30/05 [small stage Bolshoi] Program Variation 'Esmeralda' Choreo. N. Beriosov Maria Vinogradova Variation 'Flames of Paris' Choreo. V. Vainonen Zherlin Ndudi Variation 'Festival..' Choreo. A. Bournonville Natalia Vorontsova Variation 'Don Quixote' Choreo. A. Gorsky Christina Shevchenko Variation 'Esmeralda' Choreo. A. Vaganova Ivan Vasiliev Grand Pas Classique pdd Choreo. V. Gsovsky Chinara Alizade [Abdul Karim] Variation Choreo. P.Lacotte Jourgita Dromina Variation 'Giselle' Choreo. M. Petipa Ivan Kozlov Contemporary pdd Choreo. Sun Xin & Ron Tao [sun Xin] Zhiwei Wang Variation 'Bayadere' Choreo. M Petipa Doszhan Tabyldy Contemporary pdd Choreo. A. Melanbin Ekaterina Krysanova [Andrei Melanbin] 'Tarantella' pdd Choreo. G. Balanchine Natalia Domrayeva & Victor Ischuk Variation 'Tchaikovsky pdd' Choreo. G. Balanchine Evgenia Obraztsova Contemporary variation Choreo. S. Bondour Yaroslav Salenko 'Corsaire' pdd Choreo. M. Petipa Anastasia Matvienko & Denis Matvienko The gala opened with all the dancers of the third round plus others who received special awards, the jury, other presenters of special prizes, onstage to receive their medals as well as for the non-medalists to receive their diplomas. Natalia Osipova, received a large number of special awards or prizes. Before the end of the ceremonies, George Zoritch, a dancer of some time ago, (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ballet Marquis de Cuevas, among other companies), was brought onstage to make some comments to the young dancers. He spoke in Russian, so I can't report on what he said. The gala was a solid confirmation of the merits and abilities of the medalists, and since not all of them danced, tomorrow's gala on the large stage, seems like a welcome continuation of tonight's program. Link to post
chiapuris Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Competition Gala at the Bolshoi Theatre, 7-01-05 Tonight's final night of the Xth Int'l Ballet Competition was also the final night for performances at the big theater before it is closed for renovations, for at least three years. Performances will continue in the New Hall, a smaller stage on the one side of the Bolshoi, where the ballet competitions were held. The evening repeated yesterday's program at the New Hall with additional medalists who did not perform in the first gala. The added medalists tonight were Natalia Osipova, Anna Tikhomirova, Marina Bourtseva, Matthias Dingman, and Isaac Hernandez. The Matvienkos, moreover, added their 2nd round contemporary dance, called Radio and Juliet. Osipova also danced her contemporary piece, called Liturgy; it was well received. Hernandez, too, performed his contemporary dance. Bourtseva and Dingman danced their classical variations: pas de trois variation from Swan Lake for her, Coppelia variation for him. Anna Tikhomirova danced DQ variation. The best received pieces were Chinara Alizade's Grand Pas with Karim Abdullin, Domrayeva's and Ischuk's Tarantella, and Krysanova's dancing with Bolshoi soloist Alexander Vorobiev (in her first contemporary duet to a Piazzolla tango). I believe she received the warmest applause from the audience. Of course, other than that given to the Matvienkos. The evening was theirs. The theater was chockful of cameramen recording every minute of the gala. All medalists were called to the stage for a final bow and to end a glorious evening of dance. Link to post
Renata Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Chiapuris Thank you for your wonderful detailed coverage of the galas. It was exciting just to read along. Link to post
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