Colette Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 1 hour ago, silvermash said: 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. Absolutely not true, at most farewells some retired Étoiles plus other guests stay on stage. Link to comment
silvermash Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Colette said: Absolutely not true, at most farewells some retired Étoiles plus other guests stay on stage. You must understand that it was not a farewell, it was just the Défilé and Josua Hoffalt was kindly awarded the right to have this last walk on stage. When you leave the ballet the way he did, you are not entitled to have a farewell and that's why he didn't participate to the Défilé the day before. And that's why it was kept silent to the public and that just the current Etoiles were surrounding him. Link to comment
canbelto Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 And to be fair to Dupont, perhaps she stayed away because she respected his space and knew that her presence wasn't welcome? I was at a farewell where the AD came out and gave the ballerina flowers and it was clear from the frosty body language that his flowers and presence was neither welcomed nor appreciated. It was very awkward. Link to comment
Helene Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 28 minutes ago, canbelto said: And to be fair to Dupont, perhaps she stayed away because she respected his space and knew that her presence wasn't welcome? I was at a farewell where the AD came out and gave the ballerina flowers and it was clear from the frosty body language that his flowers and presence was neither welcomed nor appreciated. It was very awkward. There are expected rituals with leaving, and if that AD had not come out and presented flowers, it would have violated the rule of the ritual. If you agree to a farewell, you agree to at least the barebones ritual. Especially in a formal organization like Paris Opera Ballet, there are rules and distinctions -- it doesn't get more formal than a defile -- and that is what silvermash has been describing. Whether Dupont's presence was welcome would only have been an appropriate input where it was an optional action. Link to comment
miliosr Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Allister Madin is leaving as well? I like the first photo of Josua Hoffalt in the following link: https://www.dansesaveclaplume.com/en-coulisse/1019424-adieux-a-la-scene-de-josua-hoffalt/ With the hair and the beard, he looks the part of Conrad in Le Corsaire. Link to comment
Helene Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 A reminder: All reasons for leaving a company posted here must have a citation from an official news source, which includes the person's public-facing social media. Link to comment
Colette Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 On 10/31/2018 at 6:44 PM, miliosr said: Allister Madin is leaving as well? Yes. On 11/1/2018 at 7:44 PM, Jayne said: Let ABT hire Huffalt! Yessss! Link to comment
miliosr Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Allister Madin has announced that he's heading to Royal New Zealand Ballet as a principal: Interesting reading about the Rudyard Kipling poem "If" and how Madin felt he was living it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If— Link to comment
miliosr Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Allister Madin discusses his plans with Le Figaro: http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2018/12/06/03004-20181206ARTFIG00001-de-paris-a-wellington-le-grand-saut-du-danseur-allister-madin.php He mentions Alexander Ekman's Play: "À ce moment-là, je dansais Play d'Ekmanque, je vivais mal l'impression d'être au service d'une mise en scène, expérience dont il ne me resterait rien." Which Google translates -- nonsensically -- as: "At that moment, I danced Play of Ekmanque, I did not live the impression of being in the service of a staging, experience of which I would not have anything left." Can any of our French correspondents provide a better sense of his meaning? Link to comment
miliosr Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Farewell videos with Karl Paquette, who retires tomorrow night: Link to comment
canbelto Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 It'll be hard to imagine the company going forward as their classicists keep retiring. Does anyone know when Ganio will reach retirement age? Link to comment
Helene Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 His Wikipedia article says he was born in 1984: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_Ganio Link to comment
Colette Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 It will be extremely difficult to image the company without Paquette devoted to his company like no other, tremendous actor and what partnering skills! 15 hours ago, canbelto said: Does anyone know when Ganio will reach retirement age? Mathieu Ganio is only 34 years old, thankfully, so he has 8 years ahead of him before mandatory retirement. Link to comment
miliosr Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Colette said: It will be extremely difficult to image the company without Paquette devoted to his company like no other, tremendous actor and what partnering skills! Mathieu Ganio is only 34 years old, thankfully, so he has 8 years ahead of him before mandatory retirement. I think it was recently-named etoile, Valentine Colasante, who referred to Paquette as the gold standard of partners. I always think Ganio should be nearing retirement age and then I realize that he's not that old. Madame Lefevre nominated him as etoile when he was 20! Edited January 1, 2019 by miliosr Link to comment
FPF Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Colette said: It will be extremely difficult to image the company without Paquette devoted to his company like no other, tremendous actor and what partnering skills! Mathieu Ganio is only 34 years old, thankfully, so he has 8 years ahead of him before mandatory retirement. I don't get to see the Paris Opera Ballet very often, but I road-tripped up to Montreal a few years ago when they were doing Pierre Lacotte's Paquita there. Karl Paquette was Lucien in that performance, which I very much enjoyed. In an interview at Danses avec la Plume (https://www.dansesaveclaplume.com/pas-de-deux/1044946-karl-paquette-jai-25-ans-dopera-de-paris-et-25-ans-de-bonheur/), he said that he was/would be teaching--hopefully he will be passing on his knowledge of partnering, etc. It was also interesting to me that even though he seemed to have a fairly slow rise through the ranks, he was very much in favor of the Concours. Link to comment
silvermash Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 8 hours ago, FPF said: I don't get to see the Paris Opera Ballet very often, but I road-tripped up to Montreal a few years ago when they were doing Pierre Lacotte's Paquita there. Karl Paquette was Lucien in that performance, which I very much enjoyed. In an interview at Danses avec la Plume (https://www.dansesaveclaplume.com/pas-de-deux/1044946-karl-paquette-jai-25-ans-dopera-de-paris-et-25-ans-de-bonheur/), he said that he was/would be teaching--hopefully he will be passing on his knowledge of partnering, etc. It was also interesting to me that even though he seemed to have a fairly slow rise through the ranks, he was very much in favor of the Concours. He was not slow in his rise regarding the Concours. He was Premier danseur at 25 I think, which is fair enough. So in a way, he had no problem rising through the Concours. But he was only named Etoile at 33. To become Etoile is the sole decision of the Paris Opera Director. So it took more time to rise to Etoile than to rise to Premier Danseur Link to comment
canbelto Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Paquette's farewell was streamed on arte, and there is a YT video of the farewell. Looks like he got the send-off he deserved. Link to comment
silvermash Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Only the 3d act was streamed on the 31rd but the whole ballet will be streamed later as well as in the cinemas Link to comment
miliosr Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Josua Hoffalt posted this on his Instagram feed two days ago (translated from the original French): "Hello to all, I have had the chance to dance great classical repertoire roles and to work with great contemporary choreographers. Today I feel like passing on what I have been taught. I now propose private lessons in Paris and in the Parisian region for all levels, as well as the possibility of preparing for contests and auditions. For more information, please contact me via email. See you soon" Link to comment
silvermash Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 and Karl Paquette is now teacher at POB school Link to comment
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