California Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Was Cynthia Harvey at that time?Here's a 1981 article about Harvey's rise in the company in the Baryshnikov era: http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20078370,00.html She was Baryshnikov's partner in the 1983 Don Quixote, broadcast "Live from Lincoln Center" and still available on DVD. Link to comment
bad feet Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 The only American principals who are coming to mind during the time frame at issue are McKerrow, Jaffe, Steifel, Hallberg, Wiles, Roberts, Tuttle (briefly). Any Americans I've forgotten? Cory Stearns Link to comment
Jayne Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 This overlaps with my thoughts on Ms Lunkina and NBoC. The common thread of dancer criticism of ABT is the lack of coaching. The common thread of the guests, is that they arrive already beautifully coached. Dancing for ABT seems to be a feather in the cap for guests in their career resumes. That said, they rarely ever want to tour with ABT - either abroad or in the US. Even sunny Los Angeles is not a draw (god bless the dancers who do go, however!) Wouldn' it be fantastic if ABT mandated guest exchanges for all visiting artists? Imagine if, in return for Stephen McRae, James Whiteside was offered the opportunity of several months of coaching with RB in the Ashton style. Or if Svetlana Lunkina could dance for ABT in return for sending Simone Messmer to the Bolshoi for additional 1 on 1 coaching? Link to comment
bingham Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 This overlaps with my thoughts on Ms Lunkina and NBoC. The common thread of dancer criticism of ABT is the lack of coaching. The common thread of the guests, is that they arrive already beautifully coached. Dancing for ABT seems to be a feather in the cap for guests in their career resumes. That said, they rarely ever want to tour with ABT - either abroad or in the US. Even sunny Los Angeles is not a draw (god bless the dancers who do go, however!) Wouldn' it be fantastic if ABT mandated guest exchanges for all visiting artists? Imagine if, in return for Stephen McRae, James Whiteside was offered the opportunity of several months of coaching with RB in the Ashton style. Or if Svetlana Lunkina could dance for ABT in return for sending Simone Messmer to the Bolshoi for additional 1 on 1 coaching? Cory Stearns is going to the RB in December( as exchange with S Mcrae) I hope he gets coaching( from Jonathan Cope or A Dowell) for his coming Manon debut. Isabella B. is going to RDB ( in exchange with A Lendorf) in December too Link to comment
onxmyxtoes Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Back to corps promotions: I'm rooting for Joey Gorak and Arron Scott. I think both of those dancers, with a little bit more coaching (hopefully the soloist title would give a little more attn!), would florish with a soloist-level work load! Link to comment
abatt Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I'm not sure if guesting is a feather in the cap or a gigantic paycheck in the bank. Probably a little of both. Link to comment
Meliss Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 (edited) On 6/26/2013 at 11:14 PM, Drew said: (Baryshnikov also got rid of Godunov; Kirkland was a special case and doesn't exactly fit this discussion.) I wonder why he got rid of him. Edited June 15 by Meliss Link to comment
California Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 1 hour ago, Meliss said: I wonder why he got rid of him. The reasons why Godunov was fired were never clear. Endless rationalizations at the time - nothing to perform, too expensive to keep, bad feelings... https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/06/09/godunovs-fury/d0c89c40-026b-4001-8875-d83dafd25f0c/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/06/11/Godunov-hurt-that-Misha-didnt-break-news-of-ABT-firing/3458392616000/ Link to comment
Meliss Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 1 hour ago, California said: The reasons why Godunov was fired were never clear. Endless rationalizations at the time - nothing to perform, too expensive to keep, bad feelings... https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/06/09/godunovs-fury/d0c89c40-026b-4001-8875-d83dafd25f0c/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/06/11/Godunov-hurt-that-Misha-didnt-break-news-of-ABT-firing/3458392616000/ Thank you very much. It is really a very strange reason: " ABT is dropping "Giselle" and "Swan Lake" from its repertoire next season". Why should they? Link to comment
California Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Some ancient clips on YouTube of Gregory and Godunov. In one, she sounds really pleased to have him as a partner. They were rehearsing for Swan Lake in 1982, when he was fired. I don't know if they performed it first before he was fired. Anybody remember? Link to comment
Meliss Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 (edited) 2 hours ago, California said: Some ancient clips on YouTube of Gregory and Godunov. Thank you very much. It's a pity we can't see any videos of Godunov's performances with ABT now but the very first one pas de deux from Don Quixote with Makarova and Raimonda with van Hamel. I wonder if any others exist at all. The Moor's Pavane or Jiselle, for example. And Afternoon of a Faun! Edited June 15 by Meliss Link to comment
Meliss Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 On 6/15/2024 at 9:05 PM, California said: Some ancient clips on YouTube of Gregory and Godunov. In one, she sounds really pleased to have him as a partner. They were rehearsing for Swan Lake in 1982, when he was fired. I don't know if they performed it first before he was fired. Anybody remember? They did. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/28/arts/ballet-cynthia-gregory-s-swan.html Link to comment
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