vrsfanatic Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Jeannie, we are having a discussion in the teacher's forum about raked stages. If you have a way to find out if the new Mariinsky stage will be raked it could be of interest to us! Thank you ever so much! Link to comment
Natalia Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 I will ask around, tonight!! Right now, the site on which the new theater will be built (opposite the old Mariinsky, across the Kryukov Canal) is occupied by a bowling alley. Bowling -- especially something called çosmic bowling'with laser lights - is all the rage here. No, I have not tried it. ;) I'm sure that the new theater will be an improvement on whatever goes on there. Link to comment
Odette Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 What is happening to the old theatre, how sad if it is being replaced before I have had a chance to go! Link to comment
Natalia Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Don't worry, Odette. This is not a replacement but, rather, an additional theater, across the canal. Same as they did in Moscow - an additional stage right next-door to the old Bolshoi. Think of it this way: more venues means more nights of ballet (ballet and opera can play simultaneously)! Link to comment
Petra Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 I recently read an article in an Israeli daily which reported that the plans for the new theatre were frozen as a result of public uproar at the plans and that there would be a new tender - although they would try and decide a winner before the end of 2003. Wouldn't this also impact the internal design of the theatre? Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 I've been sort of following this one from a distance, and the objection isn't to the internal floor plan of the proposed new house, but the exterior elevations, which are, IMHO, execrable, have put things on hold. Link to comment
vrsfanatic Posted February 26, 2003 Author Share Posted February 26, 2003 Oh major Mel, I like this word! EXECRABLE...wretched! I had to look it up, but it was worth it. I agree! Thanks Jeannie for the interest at least to find out. Maybe they will build a stage like PO, where I hear it moves up and down, using the rake when needed. Evidently the POB does not dance on a rake. Link to comment
Odette Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Thanks for the reassurance!! I would hate to think of such a lovely and very important thatre being abandoned! Link to comment
Marc Haegeman Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 New posters may find it interesting to go back a few months when this issue was already discussed: http://www.balletalert.com/forum/showthrea...=&threadid=7942 Link to comment
Odette Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Thanks! Not sure how I missed this one! Link to comment
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