California Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 The Boston Ballet's 2010-11 season has been announced: http://www.bostonballet.org/tickets/2010-2011.html The press release has more detail about the mixed bills: http://www.bostonballet.org/Press_Releases..._THE_STAGE.html Night of Stars – ONE NIGHT ONLY October 30, 2010, 7:00pm La Bayadère – COMPANY PREMIERE November 4 – 14, 2010 Music: Ludwig Minkus Choreography: Florence Clerc after Marius Petipa The Nutcracker November 26 – December 31, 2010 Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Mikko Nissinen Elo Experience March 24 – April 3, 2011 Music: Various Choreography: Jorma Elo A Midsummer Night’s Dream April 7 – 17, 2011 Music: Felix Mendelssohn Choreography: George Balanchine Bella Figura April 28 – May 8, 2011 The Second Detail – COMPANY PREMIERE Music: Thom Willems Choreography: William Forsythe Pärt I, II and III – FEATURING WORLD PREMIERE WORKS Music: Arvo Pärt Choreography: Helen Pickett Bella Figura – COMPANY PREMIERE Music: Lukas Foss, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Allessandro Marcello, Antonio Vivaldi, and Giuseppe Torelli Choreography: Jiří Kylián Balanchine/Robbins May 12 – 22, 2011 Divertimento No. 15 Music: Wolfgang Mozart Choreography: George Balanchine Afternoon of a Faun – COMPANY PREMIERE Music: Claude Debussy Choreography: Jerome Robbins Antique Epigraphs – COMPANY PREMIERE Music: Claude Debussy Choreography: Jerome Robbins Symphony in Three Movements Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreography: George Balanchine Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 That's odd, it may not be the same production but they've done Bayadere before. Link to comment
California Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 That's odd, it may not be the same production but they've done Bayadere before. The press release is describing it as a "company premiere": "Boston Ballet will present the Florence Clerc staging with vivid, new costumes and the enchanting scenery that are cornerstones of this classic." http://www.bostonballet.org/Press_Releases..._THE_STAGE.html She was a principal with Paris Opera Ballet, so we might wonder if she performed in Nureyev's Bayadere: http://www.cmi.univ-mrs.fr/~esouche/dance/POBetoiles.html Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 A review from Anna Kisselgoff from 2000: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/28/arts/dan...ml?pagewanted=1 Perhaps calling it a premiere is because they have not presented a production by Florence Clerc before. I found reference to her having retired in 1991, so she wouldn't have danced in Nureyev's Bayadere, I suppose. Link to comment
Estelle Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 A review from Anna Kisselgoff from 2000:http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/28/arts/dan...ml?pagewanted=1 Perhaps calling it a premiere is because they have not presented a production by Florence Clerc before. I found reference to her having retired in 1991, so she wouldn't have danced in Nureyev's Bayadere, I suppose. Indeed, Florence Clerc had retired before Nureyev staged his full version of "La Bayadère" for the POB in 1992. She might have performed in his production of Act III (which he had staged for the POB in the 1970s). However, as far as I know, Florence Clerc was quite close to Nureyev: she and her ex-husband, former POB principal dancer Charles Jude, had performed in many of Nureyev's production and were very close friends of his (for example, they had accompanied him during one of his latest travels, to the island of Saint-Barthelemy, shortly before his death), and also she taught at the Paris Opera for a while, so I guess she must be very familiar with Nureyev's productions. Link to comment
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