yudi Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Ave MayaGala in Honor of 90th Anniversary of Maya PlisetskayaHistoric stage20 & 21 November, 7 pmPART IPyotr TchaikovskyIntroduction to the Sleeping BeautyMikhail GlinkaJota AragonesaChoreography by Igor MoiseyevIgor Moiseyev State Academic Ensemble of Popular DanceBoris AsafievZarema’s variation of from The Fountain of BakhchisaraiChoreography by Rostislav ZakharovYulia Yangurazova (Stepanova) (Bolshoi Theatre)Ludwig MinkusKitri’s variation from the 1st act of the ballet Don QuixoteChoreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander GorskyMaria Alexandrova (the Bolshoi Theatre)Ludwig MinkusKitri’s variation from the 3rd act of the ballet Don QuixoteChoreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander GorskyEkaterina Krysanova (Bolshoi Theatre)Solo on harp: Elizaveta SimonenkoAlexander KreinLaurencia’s variation from the 2nd act of the ballet LaurenciaChoreography by Vakhtang ChabukianiAngelina Vorontsova (Mikhailovsky Theatre)Pyotr Tchaikovsky Odile’s variation of from the 3rd act of the ballet Swan LakeChoreography by Marius PetipaOlga Smirnova (Bolshoi Theatre)Alexander GlazunovRaymonda’s variation from the 1st act of the ballet RaymondaChoreography by Marius PetipaEkaterina Shipulina (Bolshoi Theatre)Alexander GlazunovRaymonda’s variation from the 2nd act of the ballet RaymondaChoreography by Marius PetipaMaria Allash (Bolshoi Theatre)Solo on French horn: Alexei RaevPyotr TchaikovskyAurora’s variation from the 3rd act of the ballet The Sleeping BeautyChoreography by Marius PetipaNina Kaptsova (Bolshoi Theatre)Solo on violin: Vladimir SklyarevskyPyotr TchaikovskyMarie’s variation from the 2nd act of the ballet NutcrackerChoreography by Vasily VainonenEvgenia Obraztsova (Bolshoi Theatre)Solo on celesta: Vladimir ChukhnovExtracts from Maya Plisetskaya’s diaryNarrator: Anna KamenkovaPART IITo music by Gustav MahlerLa rose maladeChoreography by Roland PetitCostume Designer: Yves St LaurentUliana LopatkinaAndrey Ermakov (Mariinsky Theatre)Johann Sebastian Bach – Charles Gounod – Rodion ShchedrinAve MariaCello: Boris LifanovskyHarp: Elizaveta SimonenkoExtracts from Maya Plisetskaya’s diaryNarrator: Anna KamenkovaTo music by Maurice RavelBoleroChoreography by Maurice BéjartSet and Costume Designer: Maurice BéjartLighting Designer: Dominique RomanDiana Vishneva (the Mariinsky Theatre)Gabriel Arenas Ruiz, Connor Barlow, Francisco Javier Casado Suarez, Michelangelo Chelucci, Mattia Galiotto, Fabrice Gallarrague, Kwinten Guilliams, Juan Jimenez Sanchez, Ergys Lalaj, Kevin Lila, Anthony Maestre Benitez, Federico Matetich, Theophile Onana Essomba, Masayoshi Onuki, Vito Pansini, Laurence Rigg, Denovane Victoire, Oscar Chacon Ramirez, Felipe Ferreira Rocha Pinto, Jiayong Sun (Béjart Ballet Lausanne)Bolshoi Theatre Corps de BalletPART IIIGeorges Bizet – Rodion ShchedrinCarmen SuiteChoreography by Alberto AlonsoSet and Costume Designer: Boris MessererCarmen - Svetlana ZakharovaJose - Denis RodkinTorero - Mikhail LobukhinCorregidor - Vitaly BiktimirovFate - Yulia Yangurazova (Stepanova)Tobacco Girls - Olga Kishneva, Tatiana Lazareva, Viktoria YakushevaFlamenco dancers - Alexey Gaynutdinov, Anton Gaynutdinov, Dmitry Dorokhov, Vladislav Kozlov, Kirill Kireev, Anton Kondratov, Victor Meshcherekov, Apollinary Proskurnin, Erick Swolkin, Kirill SobolevSolo on percussion: Sergei Soloviev, Mikhail Dunaev, Igor Prokopov, Evgeny Romanov, Vasily MoiseevConductors – Tugan Sokhiev, Pavel SorokinDirector – Andris LiepaLighting Designer – Mikhail SokolovVideo – Nikita Tikhonovhttp://www.bolshoi.ru/en/performances/927/ Link to comment
Drew Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thank you for posting this. (As a side note: I'm intrigued that Stepanova (Yanguroza) has two featured roles even though she just joined the Bolshoi this year...) Link to comment
Cygnet Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Pardon me, but how is it that Stepanova-Yangurazova and Vorontsova are on the programme at all given the backstory of both? The former is an extremely new hire. The latter( (was) a controversial figure re the recent history of the Bolshoi Theatre. Secondly, how is it that Evgenia Obraztsova wasn't given one of the two Kitris, or the Aurora Act 3 variation, but Masha? Apparently, her's is not to reason why, her's ... well you know the rest. Link to comment
Birdsall Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Andris Lipea, Zakharova, and her coach Semenyaka are very impressed with Yulia Stepanova. Link to comment
MadameP Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Andris Lipea, Zakharova, and her coach Semenyaka are very impressed with Yulia Stepanova. Yes, my Russian friend told me she had seen a programme on TV where those three were interviewed and all said favorable things about Yulia Stepanova. This Gala should be wonderful, with so many great ballerinas taking part and a lovely selection of pieces. Personally, I think all the ballerinas are dancing entirely appropriate roles. It will be an amazing tribute to Maya Plisetskaya and I just hope that if it is shown on Russian TV, some of it will be available somewhere for us to enjoy! I can't wait to see it! Link to comment
Birdsall Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Pardon me, but how is it that Stepanova-Yangurazova and Vorontsova are on the programme at all given the backstory of both? The former is an extremely new hire. The latter( (was) a controversial figure re the recent history of the Bolshoi Theatre. Secondly, how is it that Evgenia Obraztsova wasn't given one of the two Kitris, or the Aurora Act 3 variation, but Masha? Apparently, her's is not to reason why, her's ... well you know the rest. The new commercial for La Dame aux Camellias makes it look like Obraztsova is scheduled to star in the Bolshoi's cinema showing, so she might be busy rehearsing that. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Svetlana Zakharova's site makes clear that she will be the one dancing The Lady of the Camellias on film, but she doesn't spend a whole lot of time in Moscow, so presumably was not available to film any trailers. The gala casting appears to have been practically driven. Perhaps Stepanova-Yangurazova already knows Zarema's variation; there's no reason to suppose any other Bolshoi dancer would know it. Obraztsova has the greatest familiarity with Vainonen's Nutcracker. I agree that the inclusion of Vorontsova is the most surprising, given her very dramatic, if unwitting, role in recent Bolshoi history. Perhaps the Bolshoi would have liked to have had Osipiova dance an excerpt from Laurencia, but she was unavailable, so the choice fell to another Mikhailovsky dancer. But why Vorontsova rather than Borchenko or Perren is a question for the Bolshoi. Link to comment
yudi Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Bolshoi has published an Announcement - Ave Maya 20.11.2015. It says: And now in memory of her and of her plans for celebrating her 90th birthday - how once again she aspired to astonish and delight her fans - the Bolshoi Theatre is ready to give its all to rise to the occasion. She both approved and blessed the PROGRAMME for her evening, she wrote it out in her own hand and we have reproduced this in facsimile in the very unusual theatre programs for the Gala. And, of course, she will be visibly present – alas, not on stage, but on the screen... See: http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/about/press/articles/announce/ave-maya/ A huge (3501 × 2551) photo image of Maya Plisetskaya is available for downloading on pagehttp://www.bolshoi.ru/en/about/press/photo/maya/. Link to comment
Cygnet Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Here's Yulia Yangurazova (Stepanova) as Zarema and Evgenia Obraztsova as Masha (Vainonen) at last night's gala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt24zsuGhsU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhD9TRdfNnM Link to comment
Drew Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Here's Yulia Yangurazova (Stepanova) as Zarema and Evgenia Obraztsova as Masha (Vainonen) at last night's gala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt24zsuGhsU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhD9TRdfNnM Thank you very much! Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I watched the telecast online--it was geo-blocked, so evidently the program is not intended for international consumption--and came away happiest with the performances of Vorontsova and Kaptsova in their brief variations. Vorontsova really flew and devoured space, and the response she received was very positive. The audience-reation shot showed pretty much everyone applauding, which wasn't the case after most of the variations. Kaptsova was notable for her characterization, because she wasn't a generic ballet princess, nor was she the Aurora of Act 1 or Act 2, but seemed to project many of the qualities of her mother (as she's usually portrayed). Definitely the queen-designate. The worst element was the Stomp-esque number that concluded the first part of the program, while shots of Plisetskaya as cosmic fashion plate were projected as part of an absurdly cheesy light show. Link to comment
yudi Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Last night I clicked around YouTube and found someone's posting of Гала-концерт "Аве Майя". Часть 1 https://youtu.be/3SeccGfWDlQFollowing the Часть 1, I saw Часть 2, Часть 3, ..., Часть 8. Those are recording of Russian tv programs. Although the videos are not in HD, I can still feel the warm and moving atmosphere over theater that Maya is in everybody's heart.I could not see Diana Vishneva's performance of Bolero in those clips. It might be cut off for some reason? Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 The person who posted these clips had also posted Bolero, but was asked to take it down. There are other links to it online, but I am reluctant to post them, so as not to shorten their life span, too. Link to comment
Drew Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Lopatkina & Yermakov: Plisetskaya gala performance of La Rose Malade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAhwnaLKhyc Link to comment
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