toursenlair Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Svetlana Lunkina is currently in Toronto. Signs suggest she may be planning to stay here: http://toursenlair.b...na-lunkina.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aruna S Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 "Reports on twitter state that the 33-year-old ballerina has left Russia following threats and hacking of her facebook and email accounts." Oh no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/02/01/ballerina-lunkina-canada-bolshoi.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 MACLEANS.CO published a long and quite comprehensive interview with Svetlana Lunkina: http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/star-in-the-wings/ “The question is left begging: who will be smart enough to get her on stage first?” It is so obvious how she longs to dance. What a waste of her sublime talent at the time when she is in her prime. MacGregor admired her work in ‘Chroma’ so much that he gave her 2 leading parts there, which she alterated at different performances. ‘The Right of Spring’ was intended for her. And the Bolshoi acquired Cranko's Onegin where she would have been a lovely poetic Tatiana. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Well, if she went to the NBoC she would still have Chroma ... and Oneign ... AND Ratmansky's R&J ... and a lot lest anxiety it seems .... This could, perhaps, only reinforce the glory of her dancing ... and perhaps allow her to guest even more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 NEWS from Princeton University: "Ballet and Politics in Russia, A Conversation with Svetlana Lunkina, Prima Ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater Ballet.” Organized by the Lewis Center for the Arts, the Department of Music, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies. Event Date: Monday, March 11, 2013 - 4:30pm http://slavic.princeton.edu/news-and-events/“ballet-and-politics-russia-conversation-svetlana-lunkina-prima-ballerina-bolshoi Hopefully, there will be some reporting in the press following this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Svetlana Lunkina visits Princeton. From Facebook taken at Princeton University, with pictures of her masterclass: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151593911955774.1073741826.18058830773&type=1&buffer_share=8f8f8&utm_source=buffer It looks less and less probable that we will see her in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Bayadere and Diamonds this summer. What an unfortunate and sad loss, definitely for me! Just want to beg: Svetlana, please come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 “Famed Ballerina From the Bolshoi Ballet Still Has “Wonderment” in Her Dancing” http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2013/04/24/famed-ballerina-from-the-bolshoi-ballet-still-has-wonderment-in-her-dancing/ So sad to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Lukina (listed as 'former' Bolshoi Ballet principal) is dancing in NBoC gala programme .... http://national.ballet.ca/gala/madhot/index.htm#repertoire Could this be a sign of things to come? Fingers crossed ... she would find herself in fine company as we recently were privileged to see in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Could this be a sign of things to come? Fingers crossed ... she would find herself in fine company as we recently were privileged to see in London. A wonderful news at last - Svetlana Lunkina is listed as the Principal Guest Artist with the NBoC: http://national.ballet.ca/uploadedFiles/The_Company/Roster_2013-14.pdf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENBlover Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Hope she finds peace in Canada. Best of luck to Svetlana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 From her Facebook page, she is absolutely delighted. I'm sure she will be very happy there, and what a great boost for NBoC too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 The two worlds of Svetlana Lunkina The Bolshoi ballerina, dancing this season with the National Ballet, explains what she’s doing with an unused return ticket to Moscow by John Fraser on Thursday, August 22, 2013 4 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/08/22/star-in-the-wings/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) Sorry for the wrong posting of an old link in my previous message. I meant to post this: A new article appeared in the Russian magazine'Monolit Digest' about Svetlana Lunkina by a ballet critic Alexander Firer. It is the most exalted rhapsodic celebration, or even hymning, of a Russian dancer I have ever read, apart from some descriptions of Ulanova. What is important, in my view, is that this kind of article is written now. The author did not mention any macabre events at the Bolshoi so 'loved' by other journalists and didn't write a word about Lunkina's present situation. He mentioned neither the gradual settling of her dancing career in the West nor her problems with returning to Russia in the near future. He just wrote about her as the Bolshoi's glorious ballerina and looked forward to seeing her 'new achievements and revelations'. As if he intentionally dismissed all controversies and political implications and stated clearly that this ballerina is a great treasure, a unique precious gem, irreplaceable in her own theatre and her return to her native Moscow and the Bolshoi should be most welcome and inevitable. This is how I understood that article which is an excellent analysis of the ballerina's roles and at the same time an outburst of love and admiration for her unique qualities. I personally felt Svetlana's absence during the Bolshoi's recent tour in London. Unfortunately, the link to 'Monilit Digest' doesn't work but the Russian text of this article with beautiful photographs of Svetlana Lunkina can be seen on another site: http://forum.balletfriends.ru/viewtopic.php?t=5717&start=60 Edited for typo. Edited September 1, 2013 by Amelia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 At last something new is being done for Svetlana Lunkina now. Inside the Studio: Robert Binet with Svetlana Lunkina and Piotr Stanczyk in rehearsal for "Unearth": http://nationalballet.tumblr.com/post/63463382167/inside-the-studio-robert-binet-with-svetlana If anyone in Canada will see her performances on November 22 to 28, please tell here about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 When the curtain rises Friday night on Innovation, the highly-anticipated program of new work commissioned by the National Ballet of Canada, the forward-leaning choreography won’t be the only attention-grabber. Dancing in two of the four pieces will be Bolshoi ballerina Svetlana Lunkina, making her debut with the National Ballet as a principal guest artist. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/ballerina-svetlana-lunkina-from-russia-with-star-power/article15535936/ Good luck to Svetllana! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audsjcanuck Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 My daughter is at tonight's performance (due to end soon). I will get her critique for you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audsjcanuck Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 So dd's review.... She was sitting in 5th ring therefore said she could not view well enough to critique Svetlana's performance but said both pieces were well danced and her extensions were awesome. She gave more a critique on the choreography but this thread is about Svetlana. Perhaps we will see her dance in the Nutcracker next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 I also saw her in the Innovation program, and fortunately was not in the 5th ring but in 3rd row of the orchestra (stalls)! She seems to have absolute control of her body, ie a choreographer could ask her to do ANYTHING and she would accomplish it with style. Definitely star quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Thank you, audsjcanuck and toursenlair, for your messages. I dream to see her Giselle again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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