volcanohunter Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Yulia Stepanova has joined the Bolshoi as a soloist. http://www.bolshoi.ru/persons/ballet/2881/ Link to comment
Helene Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Wow, and without knowing who her boss will be in six months. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Incidentally, that announcement does not seem to have been made today at the Bolshoi's season-opening assembly. It has been pushed back to the end of September. Link to comment
Drew Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Best of good fortune to her... Link to comment
Amour Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 How about her husband, Kamil? Did he join the Bolshoi as well? At this point, a good percentage of Bolshoi dancers are Vaganova trained and fleeing the Mariinsky:( Link to comment
Plisskin Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 So glad she joined the Bolshoi. They recognize talent. Like Zakharova, Obraztsova, and countless others, the Mariinsky will regret letting her go. The Vaganova trains such great dancers. But the Bolshoi usually gets them while the Mariinsky loves dancers like Somova and Skorik... I kind of wish Novikova would leave for the Bolshoi but I guess she's happy at the Mariinsky. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 How about her husband, Kamil? Did he join the Bolshoi as well? Apparently not. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 So glad she joined the Bolshoi. They recognize talent. Not always equally. For example, Chinara Alizade grew tired of dancing a stream of peasant pas de deux and Swan Lake pas de trois year after year and this season suddenly took leave to work as a soloist with the Polish National Ballet. http://teatrwielki.pl/en/ludzie/chinara-alizade/ Link to comment
Helene Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Absolutely: it depends on the dancer. Some are recognized and others are ignored. Same as it ever was. Link to comment
Drew Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Interesting news about Alizade --she always caught my eye. I hope she does well in her new company. Link to comment
Amour Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Yulia Stepanova has joined the Bolshoi as a soloist.http://www.bolshoi.ru/persons/ballet/2881/ I must be blind because I scoured the website and did not see Yulia. There was one girl's picture without a name attached but it wasn't Yulia. BTW, to my surprise, David Hallberg is still listed as a principal. Link to comment
Helene Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Her bio is not yet listed on/linked from the artists pages in English and Russian. Link to comment
MadameP Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Here is the link to the Russian side of the site, that lists Yulia's bio in full, although, as Helene says, the English side does not show it yet. The updating is overdue for several weeks now. http://www.bolshoi.ru/persons/ballet/2881/ Her husband, Kamil Yangurazov, has been employed in the Actors/Extras ensemble of the Bolshoi Opera. Link to comment
Helene Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 She's now on the Russian page that links, but not on the English page, where her bio is blank. Link to comment
Birdsall Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 What's strange is that her name used to be listed next to her pic on the English version but it was not a link (so no bio) but now her name isn't even listed. Now just her pic. That is so weird. She seems to have a lot of bad luck. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 The English side of the Bolshoi site is woefully out of date. Some prinicpals haven't had their bios updated for five years or longer, so I'm not surprised that a recent recruit doesn't have a functioning page. Link to comment
Birdsall Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I am not so surprised at the lack of a bio, but I am surprised that the name was there and now it is not. Someone had to take the name off. And now there is a pic with no name. Link to comment
artsong Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Yulia makes her debut this week, dancing two nights in succession in Russian Seasons, but it appears she has decided to dance from now on under her husband's name: http://www.bolshoi.ru/persons/ballet/2881/. An odd choice given she does have a certain following under her maiden name? Link to comment
Drew Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Yulia makes her debut this week, dancing two nights in succession in Russian Seasons, but it appears she has decided to dance from now on under her husband's name: http://www.bolshoi.ru/persons/ballet/2881/. An odd choice given she does have a certain following under her maiden name? I was delighed to hear this news about her Bolshoi debut and would enjoy a chance to see her in Ratmansky's ballet. As for taking her husband's name--maybe it's a personal choice, and maybe she would like to get a bit of distance from all the controversy surrounding her earlier career. I would have no trouble believing either explanation. Link to comment
macnellie Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 She is also dancing two different parts--the bride (yellow/white) and the next night girl in dark red. Link to comment
MadameP Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Yulia will dance the Hungarian Bride in Swan Lake on 22nd November. Link to comment
Natalia Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Yulia will dance the Hungarian Bride in Swan Lake on 22nd November. The perfect role for her. I can see her developing into a fine soloist in character or 'national' dances. Link to comment
Natalia Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I've seen both her Hungarian Dance and O/O in the MT production. She impressed me very much in Hungarian lead in Toronto. Not at all as O/O in London...a performance most memorable for Xander Parish's Siegfried. Yangurazova (Stepanova) is too mannered and of imperfect proportions for classical leads, for my taste. Her big hands, noble chest, aloof aristocratic face, etc, look perfect in Peripa-style character dances. I bet she'll be fabulous in the Grigorovich Arabian dance (Nutcracker). Different strokes for different folks. Link to comment
artsong Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 It appears that in the end Yulia only danced once in Russian Seasons and it was the girl in green; not yellow/white and not dark red! She has posted a picture to her instagram. Link to comment
maps Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Stepanova has been cast as Queen of Dryads Dulcinea in the Bolshoi DQ: http://www.bolshoi.ru/performances/912/roles/#20160204190000 Link to comment
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