mussel Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Now it's semi-official, Mik will tour CA & NY this Nov. according to Ardani, the company's agent: http://www.ardani.com/projects-mikhailovsky.php Link to comment
Amy Reusch Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I hope they bring Laurencia! I believe this is Angelina Vorontsova. I would rather like to see her, despite all the things said about her during the recent Bolshoi tragedy, because in this video she looks quite lovely and deserving of an audience. Link to comment
Birdsall Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Laurencia is a very nice ballet, although very Soviet-like, in my personal opinion. It is a bit much at the end when they behead the commander and then break into joyous dance! LOL It actually made me laugh out loud! Subtle it is not!!!! But it is a lot of fun. The Mikhailovsky's Flames of Paris is also GREAT! I personally think it is MUCH better than the Bolshoi's version. Much more exciting. Link to comment
yudi Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Did they say : North or South California? Very glad to have opportunity to see the new ballet stars at Mikhailovsky Ballet: Kristina Shapran, Angelina Vorontsova, Oksana Bondareva and others. See? She is indeed very talented. I feel happy for her to get out from cocoon with chance of flying and shining. Link to comment
mussel Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Probably So Cal since Ardani has a long established relationship with OCPAC. When does OCPAC usually announce its new season? Link to comment
ksk04 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Probably So Cal since Ardani has a long established relationship with OCPAC. When does OCPAC usually announce its new season? Should be soon--I don't remember them ever announcing after the beginning of March, but I suppose it depends on signing the dotted lines for the contracts. I am assuming it's SCFTA/ex-OCPAC as well due to the Ardani connection. Usually the Mariinsky (Ardani also runs their tours) goes to Berkeley as well on their West Coast runs, so maybe the Mik will do the same, though they may not have quite the drawing power. Link to comment
ksk04 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Announced yesterday, they will be at SCFTA in November 2014--I think 11-28-11/30--with Flames of Paris. Whether or not that means Flames for NYC, I don't know. I'm just glad it's not Don Quixote (though I would like to see Laurencia too)!!! Link to comment
California Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Here's the LA Times story, with the rest of the season at Segerstrom: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-segerstrom-center-season-ballet-broadway-abt-eifman-20140220,0,7054190.story#axzz2uTG3pWiz Nov. 28-30 is Thanksgiving weekend, an odd time for a major show like Mikhailovsky. Given the airport chaos that weekend, it won't be encouraging for out-of-towners. The rest of the season: *ABT: March 3-8, 2015 - The Sleeping Beauty (Ratmansky) *National Ballet of Spain: April 24-26, 2015 *Eifman Ballet: June 5-7, 2015 The Times story notes that the Koch gift of $2.5 million for SB is a matching grant. I don't recall that his previous gifts were matching gifts that would require a huge fund-raising effort by ABT in addition to their regular fund-raising. Link to comment
sandik Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Alas, the LA Times article is subscription-only access -- did they mention anything about repertory for these events? Link to comment
California Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Alas, the LA Times article is subscription-only access -- did they mention anything about repertory for these events? That's odd -- I'm not a subscriber. You might try again. Eifman: West Coast premiere of an American story, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender Is the Night,” choreographed by artistic director Boris Eifman Mikhailovsky: Flames of Paris (but the original, not the Ratmansky version) Spain: no information Link to comment
tutu Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Very glad to have opportunity to see the new ballet stars at Mikhailovsky Ballet: Kristina Shapran, Angelina Vorontsova, Oksana Bondareva and others. Is Shapran at Mikhailovsky now? I thought she went to the Stanislavsky (Polunin's new home) after graduating from VBA Link to comment
yudi Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Is Shapran at Mikhailovsky now? I thought she went to the Stanislavsky (Polunin's new home) after graduating from VBA Yes, she moved to St. Petersburg to join Mikhailovsky. She is with Altynay Asylmuratova now. Link to comment
abatt Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/mikhailovsky-ballet-to-make-american-debut-at-koch-theater/?ref=dance The Mik is bringing Giselle, Don Q, Flames and a mixed bill to the Koch in Nov. Supposedly Osipova and Vasiliev are on the roster. Link to comment
mussel Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Since the Mik engagement is immediately after ABT's fall season, I hope there's no non-compete clause to prevent Vasiliev from performing with the Mik. Link to comment
California Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Casting has been announced already! http://davidhkochtheater.com/moreinfoMB.html I'm not sure I would bet the farm on those Don Qs with Osipova and Vasiliev! Link to comment
mussel Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 O & V are also casted together in the mixed bills. Any ideas when the box office opens? Link to comment
California Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 O & V are also casted together in the mixed bills. Any ideas when the box office opens? It says they will both appear November 18 & 19, the evenings with three short ballets. But it's not clear they will be appearing in the same ballet(s)! When the box office opens, I hope somebody posts here quickly. After the rave reviews of Osipova's Giselle with Royal, I would guess those will sell fast. Link to comment
mussel Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Box office opens on March 17 10am. Link to comment
canbelto Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Based on recent comments O&V have made about each other in the press, I'd proceed with caution about buying tickets that have joint appearances. Link to comment
ABT Fan Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Based on recent comments O&V have made about each other in the press, I'd proceed with caution about buying tickets that have joint appearances. Can you post a link or two? I haven't heard this. Link to comment
canbelto Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2551693/Ballets-new-boy-wonder.html This has the effect of making me so nervous that the interview seems to be going from bad to worse. Particularly when I stumble across the news that Ivan and his main dancing partner and fiancée Natalia Osipova (now principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, currently wowing audiences in Giselle) are no longer an item, by making the innocent mistake of asking him if the couple have ‘named a day’ for their wedding. ‘No’, he says bluntly, rolling his eyes. Is it difficult, I persist, finding time together now that Natalia is based in London while he has remained as principal dancer with the American Theatre Ballet (a position that allows him to ‘guest’ with other companies, such as the Bolshoi, the world over)? ‘No,’ he repeats. At least, I point out, they will be together when Ivan is in London performing as the youngest member of the critically acclaimed Kings of the Dance (more of which later) in March. Surely, I trill, it will be good to be dancing in the same city? ‘No! It’s not good question,’ he says. It falls to Sergei to explain that the couple – who were first teamed when Ivan joined the Bolshoi aged just 17 and would go on to become international stars of the company before famously defecting to the smaller rival Mikhailovsky company in St Petersburg in 2011, and subsequently, a year later, joining the American Theatre Ballet – are no longer romantically involved. Link to comment
Helene Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I haven't seen them say anything bad about the other in the legitimate press, but Vasiliev recently made it clear they are no longer a couple. From February 8, 2014 links: http://balletalert.invisionzone.com/index.php?/topic/38409-saturday-february-8/?p=332886 In "Giselle" she's paired with Sarafanov and he with Vorontsova, and in "The Flames of Paris," only he is cast, with Vorontsova and Bondareva. Link to comment
sandik Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 In "Giselle" she's paired with Sarafanov Is that the dancer she performed with in that 3D film a couple years ago? Link to comment
meunier fan Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 In "Giselle" she's paired with Sarafanov Is that the dancer she performed with in that 3D film a couple years ago? It is indeed. He was then with the Mariinsky as is currently his much undervalued wife. Link to comment
Fleurdelis Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Sarafanov's wife is Olesya Novikova. But I hardly find her undervalued, as she stars with the Mariinsky, Mikhailovsky and La Scala, and has quite a fame internationally. Link to comment
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