Drew Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I am in NY this weekend for NYCB and went to box office to buy an additional series directly AND ask as innocently as possible about other tickets. The person at the box office was perfectly polite but entirely strict about buying "packages" only. I am pretty frustrated -- but I would be much less so if I could at least believe everyone was being treated the same... I expect Spartacus to sell out or nearly so--for many people it IS the Bolshoi. But though I'm throwing all of my post January Ballet budget at the company (though I plan to skip Spartacus), I could very much wish they had decided to include at least one "riskier" item--Lost Illusions or Esmerelda. With Obraztsova and Hallberg I would even have been thrilled to see Marco Spada. It's especially puzzling since the Bolshoi is surely never a hard sell and in the wake of recent scandals will presumably be less of a hard sell than ever. Link to comment
Drew Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Wanted to add postscript to my last post to say of course, I'm very thrilled that (barring unexpected occurences) I will have the chance to see the Bolshoi at all! Link to comment
Swanilda8 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I understand your feelings, Drew. I too think they have a very wide-ranging and interesting repertory that they are not bringing over. I'd love to see Marco Spado or Lost Illusions. And I saw Flames of Paris last summer and thought it was great (though they've been touring with that recently - have they brought it to the US already?). But I'm so excited about Spartacus! I'm writing a chapter on it right now, so seeing it in person this summer will be delightful. Link to comment
naomikage Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Casting for Bolshoi Ballet's Japan tour this November~December has been announced Swan Lake 11/20 19:00 Zakharova, Hallberg, Lantratov 11/24 17：00 Zakharova, Hallberg, Lantratov 11/26日13：00 Smirnova, Volchkov, Belyakov 11/26日19：00 Nikulina, Skvortsov, Lantratov La Bayadere 12/3 18：30 Zakharova, Lantratov, Alexandrova 12/4 12：00 Nikulina, Lobukhin, Krysanova 12/418：30 Smirnova, Volchkov, Shipulina Don Quixote 12月6日（土）12：30 Alexandrova,Lantratov 12月6日（土）18：30 Krysanova, Chudin 12月7日（日）14：00 Shipulina, Lobukhin http://www.japanarts.co.jp/blog/blog.php?id=820 Link to comment
yudi Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Casting for Bolshoi Ballet's Japan tour this November~December has been announced Any info about Casting for Bolshoi Ballet's NY tour in July - August of 2014? Link to comment
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