Kathleen O'Connell Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 3 hours ago, canbelto said: Senior corps members Faye Arthurs and Alina Dronova have left the company. Oh, I will miss them both! I got a chance to see Dronova dance in a number of ballets last season, and she looked terrific in everything: she was much more than a reliable corps stalwart. Alas, I didn't get to see Arthurs in much since her return from maternity leave, but I'd certainly hoped to see more of her. Link to comment
canbelto Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Yeah Dronova was very good in Russian Seasons this year. Also I guess apprentice Jennifer Hackbarth did not move up to corps. Link to comment
Kathleen O'Connell Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, canbelto said: Yeah Dronova was very good in Russian Seasons this year. Also I guess apprentice Jennifer Hackbarth did not move up to corps. Hackbarth has joined Semperoper Dresden. If I'm not mistaken, she studied at the Cranko School in Stuttgart for a time. Link to comment
canbelto Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Good to know that she's dancing at another company now. I always get sad when apprentices are not renewed for a corps contract. Link to comment
vagansmom Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) I am very happy for Emma von Enck; she sparkles at every role she's been given, making it her own! Actually, both sisters do. Edited August 20, 2017 by vagansmom Link to comment
cobweb Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I will miss Dronova and especially Faye Arthurs. Is Hackbarth the one who is extremely short? Link to comment
canbelto Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Just now, cobweb said: I will miss Dronova and especially Faye Arthurs. Is Hackbarth the one who is extremely short? No Hackbarth I think was tall. Emma von Enck is like her sister Claire -- very petite. Link to comment
Kathleen O'Connell Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, canbelto said: Good to know that she's dancing at another company now. I always get sad when apprentices are not renewed for a corps contract. It may have been Hackbarth's choice. New York and NYCB isn't for everyone and she might have discovered that during her apprenticeship. Since she has already studied in Germany, going back might have had some appeal to her. Or she might have liked Semperoper's more eclectic repertory, or the opportunity to dance in a smaller company with more opportunities, etc, etc, etc. I think we naturally assume that NYCB is the end goal of every SAB student & apprentice, but it must sometimes happen that other opportunities have more appeal. PS - I wish her well! I saw her in a couple of things and thought she had a genuine and lovely stage presence. Edited August 20, 2017 by Kathleen O'Connell Link to comment
wonderwall Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) I wasn't aware, but it seems like Eliza Blutt is the daughter of former NYCB dancer Margo Krody. I'm sad about Faye Arthurs! Who is the most senior Corps member now that Dronova and Arthurs are gone? Off the top of my head, I am thinking possibly Likolani Brown? Edited August 21, 2017 by wonderwall Link to comment
canbelto Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Likolaini Brown and Marika Anderson are the most senior members of the corps now. Link to comment
londoner Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Including Brown and Anderson, I count 11 corps members with 10+ years in the company: the others are Daniel Applebaum and Giovanni Villalobos (July 2005), Jenelle Manzi and Gretchen Smith (February 2006), Andrew Scordato (July 2006), Mary Elizabeth Sell (September 2006), Ralph Ippolito and Devin Alberda (October 2006), and Meagan Mann (spring 2007). Since I was looking, the most senior principal women after Maria (promoted spring 1999) are Bouder and Fairchild (both January 2005), and the senior principal men are de Luz (January 2005) followed by Jared Angle (November 2005). The longest-serving soloists are Lowery (December 2007) and Suozzi (May 2007). Link to comment
abatt Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 We don't know how old Ask LaCour is because he didn't have his entire career at NYCB. However, I think LaCour may be older or at least the same age as Jared Angle. I think DeLuz, who danced with several other companies prior to NYCB, is around 40 or 41. Link to comment
FauxPas Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 In a NY Times article written in 2006, Ask la Cour is listed as being 24 years old. So he is currently about 35 years old. Jared Angle per this article would be about 36 now. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/arts/dance/20milz.html?mcubz=3 Link to comment
Helene Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Tweeted by Dance Magazine: Link to comment
sunsteph Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Does anyone know where Clara Ruf-Maldonado is dancing now? I know she was a Wien award winner, an NYCB apprentice and thought she had made it into the corps. But I no longer see her name in the roster. And I agree about Rebecca Krohn - she is a lovely dancer. Glad she will be teaching others. Link to comment
balletforme Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I believe that Clara Ruf-M. .was injured in her first year of apprenticeship, given a second year and then not offered a position in the company. I was her in Slaughter in a corps role and thought she was fine. I hope that she has moved on. Link to comment
pirouetta27 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Clara Ruf-Maldonado is currently in the Professional Division at PNB. She graced the stage in the corps of "Emeralds" during the company's recent run of Jewels, Link to comment
sunsteph Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Good to hear, happy she is still dancing. PNB is a wonderful company! Thanks for the information. Link to comment
Helene Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 She also danced in Rubies corps. She was listed in last year's Pacific Northwest Ballet School graduation program as one of three apprentices at PNB, along with Genevieve Waldorf and Christopher D'Ariano as apprentices, but only he has been listed in the roster as an apprentice, and both Waldorf and Ruf Maldonado are marked as members of the Professional Division in the "Jewels" programs. Link to comment
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