Paul Parish Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Teri McCollum has posted this on her website Odette's Ordeal: BIG (Bolshoi!) Ballet News: Most of us will be able to see David Hallberg's debut with the Bolshoi on Sunday 11/20 simulcast LIVE and in HD! As the 1st U.S. dancer to join the Bolshoi as a Principal dancer, David's debut in 'The Sleeping Beauty' will be aired in select cinemas nationwide as part of Emerging Pictures' 'Ballet in Cinema' series! 100's of screens have been added to the nearly 300 screens that are already part of the Emerging Pictures Network. Mark your calendars! Here's the Press Release: http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/PR.aspx?newsID=2551 ttp://www.facebook.com/insights/?sk=po_158238107542677&ref=pdem#!/pages/Odettes-Ordeal/158238107542677) www.odettesordeal.com Odette's Ordeal-A Site for Sore Swans & Serious Ballet Fans in San Francisco Link to comment
Natalia Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 The Bolshoi website now shows detailed casting for that November 20th performance. Kapsova & Ovcharenko in Bluebird pdd sounds fantastic. We even get Olga Smirnova as one of Aurora's maids of honor...but not her Lilac Fairy, which debuts a couple of days later. Characters 20.11.2011 19:00 Main Stage King Florestan XIV Andrei Sitnikov The Queen Kristina Karasyova Princess Aurora Svetlana Zakharova Prince Desire David Hallberg Catalabutte Alexei Loparevich Foreign Princes seeking Aurora's hand in marriage Karim Abdullin Pavel Dmitrichenko Vladislav Lantratov Maids of Honour Daria Bochkova Yulia Grebenshchikova Yulia Lunkina Olga Marchenkova Svetlana Pavlova Maria Prorvich Olga Smirnova Angelina Vlashinets Pages of Lilac Fairy's Suite Batyr Annadurdyev Maxim Oppengeym Denis Rodkin Alexander Vodopetov Klim Yefimov Dmitry Yefremov Duchess Olga Suvorova Galifron, the tutor Yegor Simachev Peasant Dance Anna Antropova Alexander Vodopetov Evil Fairy Carabosse Denis Savin Lilac Fairy Maria Allash Fairies of Kindness: Tenderness (Candid) Daria Khokhlova Carelessness (Fleur-de-farine) Chinara Alizade Generosity (Breadcrumb scattering Fairy) Xenia Kern Playfulness (Twittering canary) Anastasia Stashkevich Audacity (Violent) Yelena Andrienko Fairy of Jewels: of Diamonds Anna Leonova of Sapphires Yanina Parienko of Gold Maria Vinogradova of Silver Anna Tikhomirova Fairy Tales Characters: White Pussycat Yulia Lunkina Puss in Boots Igor Tsvirko Princess Florine Nina Kaptsova Blue Bird Artem Ovcharenko Little Red Riding Hood Anastasia Stashkevich Grey Wolf Alexei Koryagin Cinderella Daria Khokhlova Prince Fortune Karim Abdullin Link to comment
EricHG31 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Great news--I'm excited to see this, I do like some aspects of Grigorovich's production a lot (and love that they include the Cinderella number), and Virsaladze's designs have badly dated (I prefer his for the old Kirov production much more than the more abstract Bolshoi ones)--so I'm curious to see the new design. Though it's too bad they didn't decide to get the oMariinsky reconstruction... Link to comment
Jayne Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 they need more fairies. 11 is not nearly enough. (she types, tongue firmly in cheek) Link to comment
Natalia Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 ...so I'm curious to see the new design. ... Hey, Eric, I'll let you in on a little secret. You most likely HAVE seen the so-called 'new' Bolshoi designs already. They are simply the POB's rococco-ish designs from the late 1990s! The same designs that La Scala borrowed in 2000. They are lovely but they are not new. Link to comment
Natalia Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Reminder that: 1 - this production premieres today at the Bolshoi (!) w/ Zakharova/Hallberg (YouTubes and/or forum reports will undoubtedly pop up in a few hours...I give about 6 hrs from now...which would be midnight Moscow time) 2 - the same cast will repeat on Sunday for the Live-in-Cinemas performance around the globe (10am EST in Eastern US) Link to comment
Natalia Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 The early post-premiere 'chatter' on the Russian-lang fora especially praise Hallberg. As we await YouTubes of tonight's performance, here are clips from the dress rehearsal two days ago: Prologue Fairies' entree: Aurora's A1 Entree and Rose Adagio (having a baby didn't hurt those extensions!): I'm not quite lovin' that floor covering of navy & gold. Maybe it will look 'toned down' with actual performance lighting. Link to comment
Dale Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I was psyched to find that there is a theater near me doing this. Bought my ticket. Link to comment
Cygnet Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I'm not quite lovin' that floor covering of navy & gold. Maybe it will look 'toned down' with actual performance lighting. Hopefully, the lighing will be better. This production design is very, very lush and at the same time it's very busy. IMO the floor should be blank, so that the patterns and pointe work of the choreography can be clearly seen. This "floor plan" might be problematic for audience members who are seated in the tiers. Fortunately, it's something that can be corrected - if there's a demand for it. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 User Dolchev has many performance clips and this user posted a lengthy clip of bows: Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Edited: Double post Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Prologue Fairies' entree: Where's that iconic step of the fairies when they take a pose lining up front semi-seated on the floor with one leg extended to the front at unison, torso slightly bended to the back...? That seems to be untouched in every staging of SB I've seen, but it's gone here...Instead they do a triple sequence of tour jetes and then a little pose standing up. Also not crazy about the floor pattern at all and all the feathers business. It looks too much Rio-Carnaval like. Then, what's up with baby Aurora's nurses....? Are they supposed to be nurses of courtiers...? Why are they seated...? They usually stand up, hence telling us about their position as royal servants, but not here either. Link to comment
Barbara Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I'm glad to know the dancers will be wearing wigs otherwise I would have been a little taken aback when viewing tomorrow. Can't say I'm a fan of the wig look - it always looks to me as if their heads are covered with whipped cream. Is this a particularly Russian style - or maybe European? Link to comment
Jayne Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 I think they're going for a 17th century royal french court look - and wigs would be de rigeur in that era of the court. Link to comment
Natalia Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 [snipped - moved to the main comments thread: http://balletalert.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/34762-new-yorker-at-the-bolshoi-ballet/page__st__15 ] Link to comment
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