Natalia Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 A friend from Paris just Skyped me with the happy news that Myriam Ould Braham was named Etoile following tonight's performance of Ashton's Fille Mal Gardee! The POB roster has not yet caught up to this news. Here is her bio, as it stands (still showing her as Premiere Danseuse): http://www.operadepa...Ould_Braham.php Just like Kondaurova and Obraztsova in Russia, this promo has been long-hoped by balletomanes around the globe. Congratulations on this well-deserved promo...and just in time for the USA tour! Link to comment
Natalia Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 p.s. - It didn't take long for it to get on YouTube! Link to comment
Helene Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Thank you so much for the news and video -- she looked so surprised! I loved her dancing when I saw her in Paris a few years ago. Congratulations, to Ms. Ould Braham Link to comment
cinnamonswirl Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 So exciting! Féliciations, Mlle Ould-Braham! 2012 has been a great year for long-over due promotions. Now if POB would just promote Thibault ... Link to comment
Cygnet Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Congratulations Mlle. Ould-Braham!! ITA re Emmanuel; hopefully he's next in line for Etoile . Link to comment
Mashinka Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Another vote for Thibault here and how about a promotion for Osmolkina as well. More than happy about Ould-Braham though, thoroughly deserved. Link to comment
mussel Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Official video from Paris Opera: http://www.operadepa...iam-Ould-Braham However, she's not casted in the NYC tour. Link to comment
cinnamonswirl Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 She'll be in Paris dancing Fille for most of the US tour. Link to comment
miliosr Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Justice for Thibault, indeed. Sigh. Is the casting for the US tour available aywhere? Link to comment
Natalia Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Too bad. I just checked the casting for the DC leg of the tour and Ould-Braham is not listed there either. I could swear that she was originally cast for at least one Peasant pdd before the latest casting went up...but, of course, now that she's Etoile, she would be a Giselle, rather than do Peasant pdd. DC casting: http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=BMBSH Link to comment
abatt Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Justice for Thibault, indeed. Sigh. Is the casting for the US tour available aywhere? The casting for the NY portion of the tour is available on the LIncoln Center website: http://lincolncenterfestival.org/index.php/2012-paris-opera-ballet-mixed-program You can click on the link for each of the 3 programs they are presenting to get the casting for every performance. Link to comment
Natalia Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Link to info on the run in Chicago (Harris Theater): Opening Gala/1st Giselle: http://www.harristheaterchicago.org/events/2011-2012-season/paris-opera-ballet-g Subsequent Giselles: http://www.harristheaterchicago.org/events/2011-2012-season/paris-opera-ballet Mixed Bills: http://www.harristheaterchicago.org/events/2011-2012-season/paris-opera-ballet-mixed-repertoire Link to comment
miliosr Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Thanks abatt and Natalia. I'm going to the evening mixed bill on Saturday the 30th. Link to comment
angelica Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I saw Marie-Agnes Gillot dance the role of Myrtha in Paris about three years ago, and she tore out of the wings and flew over the stage like the proverbial bat out of hell, a wili on the warpath if there ever was one. If you have the opportunity to see her in this role, I highly recommend that you do so. She will also be dancing Bolero in New York, and I'm going to see her in that as well. One can never get enough of her. Link to comment
Nanarina Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Great News ! Félicitations ! This promotion is well deserved, she is lovely, I saw her dance in La Source, last October at The Garnier. Link to comment
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