mnacenani Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 M-A Gillot is due to take her last bows on 31st March at the end of "Orphée et Eurydice" by Pina Bausch. Karl Paquette is due to bow out in December and has chosen Cinderella for his farewell
miliosr Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 Marie-Agnes Gillot's new commercial for Estee Lauder (w/ Vincent Chaillet): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKo_MRk_d5c
Mashinka Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 Such a beautiful woman, perhaps modelling could become a career move for her.
volcanohunter Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 A few photos and reflections from Marie-Agnès Gillot as she prepares to retire from the POB on March 31. I can barely bring myself to write that. https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/magazine/marie-agnes-gillot-bids-farewell-to-the-stage
Drew Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) Wonderful videos....thank you. Sadly, POB remains very unfamiliar to me. I saw them a handful of times in the pre-Nureyev days, and perhaps twice after he became director. And that is pretty much it...though I also saw Letestu and Martinez dance in a gala in New York when she was more or less in her prime. Some of the company's repertory choices are baffling to me. But they have had any number of great dancers whose careers I entirely missed getting even a glimpse of on tour. Gillot is one of them. Edited March 8, 2018 by Drew typo
volcanohunter Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 When the POB visited the United States in 2012 it hadn't toured the country in some 20 years. Obviously American audiences missed the careers of many French dancers as a result. But on that tour Gillot danced Myrtha, Béjart's Bolero and Bausch's Eurydice, and she was sensational in all those roles.
Drew Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, volcanohunter said: When the POB visited the United States in 2012 it hadn't toured the country in some 20 years. Obviously American audiences missed the careers of many French dancers as a result. But on that tour Gillot danced Myrtha, Béjart's Bolero and Bausch's Eurydice, and she was sensational in all those roles. I was disappointed to miss out on that tour. I was deciding whether to come up to New York for their planned summer 2018 tour when it was cancelled.
miliosr Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 From the casting for Sasha Waltz's Romeo and Juliet at the POB Web site, I noticed that Herve Moreau is not listed. Has he decided to retire quietly without a farewell performance?
ricaineballet Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, miliosr said: From the casting for Sasha Waltz's Romeo and Juliet at the POB Web site, I noticed that Herve Moreau is not listed. Has he decided to retire quietly without a farewell performance? That is correct, though he has battled with injuries for the last few years. That may be why.
Mashinka Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 The Royal Ballet has similar problems with injuries, perhaps if they just performed the classical rep there wouldn't be such a strain on their bodies.
pherank Posted April 3, 2018 Posted April 3, 2018 Mathilde Froustey posted this footage of Marie-Agnes and Aurelie Dupont's improvised dance at the retirement ceremony:
mnacenani Posted April 4, 2018 Author Posted April 4, 2018 Orphée et Eurydice, Palais Garnier, Paris — charisma and vulnerability. A fitting farewell for Marie-Agnès Gillot, one of Paris Opera Ballet’s all-time greats. Laura Cappelle / FT https://www.ft.com/content/ac54c18e-373d-11e8-b161-65936015ebc3 Seems unrestricted but if you encounter a paywall just copy and google the subject (in bold print above)
atm711 Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 Just this week I saw (on youtube) a peformance of Gillot as Myrtha (with Pujol and LeRiche). Her grand jetes were astonishing!
miliosr Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Has Josua Hoffalt also taken his last bow at the Opera?
Colette Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 Unfortunately, yes, the amazing Étoile Josua Hoffalt has decided to retire -aged only 34. It is extremely sad to loose a dancer like him, aged only 34! I wish him the very very best. Aurelie Dupont's behaviour was deplorable, she stood in the wings, never going center stage, never showing compassion or appreciation for Hoffalt (who always declared himself a fan of Dupont). Deplorable. And awful for the company to loose one of its few true classicists. Btw now Dupont has no excuses to not promote Alu. A VERY sad night for classical ballet. 😭😢
canbelto Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 That's a shame. I remember Hoffalt dancing with Dupont (beautifully) in an HD of La Bayadere a few years ago. You think she'd respect his time as a colleague and his service to the company. Did she not present him with any flowers or anything?
Colette Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) Nope, she stood on the wings and did not present any flowers to him. His fellow Étoiles did show much love to him. These photos are sooo beautiful❤ Edited October 31, 2018 by Colette
Colette Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) I was present when he was nominated, seems like it was yesterday. Hoffalt as Colas As Solor + Hoffalt's video from that series of videos Millepied did on all the Étoiles Edited October 31, 2018 by Colette
miliosr Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 Thanks for confirming Colette! Hoffalt retiring this week and Karl Paquette retiring in December leaves the ranks of the male etoiles in a depleted state: Mathieu Ganio Mathias Heymann Stephane Bullion Germain Louvet Hugo Marchand I would imagine that Francois Alu and Paul Marque are the two likeliest candidates for being made etoiles but who really knows with Alu? He has such an up-and-down relationship with management. 8 hours ago, Colette said: Btw now Dupont has no excuses to not promote Alu. Justice for Alu!
Colette Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) This truly heartbreaking turn of events (Hoffalt's premature retirement) means that the company's #1 Virtuoso aka Alu must be promoted, but one never knows with this company. The Étoile ranks are in such sad conditions, Hoffalt was the only other true Danseur Noble besides Ganio, now all we have is Ganio- who is a true Ballet God but doesn't seem to be a fave of Dupont, Heymann is amazing but he's not a danseur noble, Bullion is not a classicist, but rather an amazing dramatic figure and he's almost 40, Marchand can not dance a classic to save his life but he is very good in Balanchine and does very well what Dupont seems to value the most: Pose for magazines. I will not even say what I think about Louvet. This company has amazing classicists fading away in the lower ranks, another danseur noble needs to be promoted and my vote would go to Magnenet and Loup-Quer, it would be ideal to have Alu and Magnenet as new Étoiles and Loup-Quer as premier danseur but that is very unlikely, I HATE to say it but I believe Paul Marque or Pablo Legasa will be promoted, which would be awful but then again, the world's oldest ballet company does not care about classical ballet. Edited October 31, 2018 by Colette
silvermash Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 13 hours ago, Colette said: Unfortunately, yes, the amazing Étoile Josua Hoffalt has decided to retire -aged only 34. It is extremely sad to loose a dancer like him, aged only 34! I wish him the very very best. Aurelie Dupont's behaviour was deplorable, she stood in the wings, never going center stage, never showing compassion or appreciation for Hoffalt (who always declared himself a fan of Dupont). Deplorable. And awful for the company to loose one of its few true classicists. Btw now Dupont has no excuses to not promote Alu. A VERY sad night for classical ballet. 😭😢 Hum, full stop! I was there last night and Aurélie Dupont did come with flowers and kissed Josua Hoffalt. She was the first to come onstage after the défilé.
Colette Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 No stop! She was the first to go back to the wings, where she remained for the rest of the evening while everyone else was hugging Hoffalt. Dupont does not strike me as the most compassionate A.D of all time.
silvermash Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 39 minutes ago, Colette said: No stop! She was the first to go back to the wings, where she remained for the rest of the evening while everyone else was hugging Hoffalt. Dupont does not strike me as the most compassionate A.D of all time. Well, you first said she stayed in the wings which is not true and then now you said, ok, she came but she didn't stay center stage. Why would she have done it? She's just the AD, she's not anymore a dancer of the company. Only dancers are on stage the day of the défilé. No one stayed by Josua but the other Etoiles.
Helene Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Colette said: No stop! She was the first to go back to the wings, where she remained for the rest of the evening while everyone else was hugging Hoffalt. Dupont does not strike me as the most compassionate A.D of all time. Your original post was misleading and inflammatory. Do not do this again.
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