John Mallinson Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 The Royal Ballet sets off on tour tomorrow, first stop Moscow. Here's a Bolshoi promotional video (complete with busbies): Here's their full schedule. The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, June 17-22TETRACTYS17, 18 June - Federico Bonelli, Lauren Cuthbertson, Nicol Edmonds, Paul Kay, Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae, Marianela Nuñez, Natalia Osipova, Thiago Soares, Akane Takada, Eric Underwood, Edward WatsonRHAPSODY17 June - Laura Morera, Steven McRae18 June - Yuhui Choe, Valentino ZucchettiDGV: DANSE À GRANDE VITESSE17 June - Zenaida Yanowsky, Natalia Osipova, Marianela Nuñez, Natalia Osipova, Thiago Soares, Akane Takada, Eric Underwood, Edward Watson18 June - Tierney Heap, Akane Takada, Melissa Hamilton, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Ryoichi Hirano, Tristan Dyer, Matthew Golding, Valentino Zucchetti MANON20 June - Manon, Marianela Nuñez; Des Grieux, Federico Bonelli21 June (mat) - Lauren Cuthbertson & Matthew Golding21 June - Sarah Lamb & Steven McRae22 June - Natalia Osipova & Carlos Acosta National Theatre, Taipei, June 27-29 ROMEO AND JULIET27 June - Romeo, Federico Bonelli; Juliet, Lauren Cuthbertson28 June - Thiago Soares & Marianela Nuñez29 June (mat) - Edward Watson & Melissa Hamilton29 June - Valeri Hristov & Sarah Lamb Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai, July 3-5DON QUIXOTE3, 5 July - Basilio, Thiago Soares; Kitri, Marianela Nuñez4 July - Federico Bonelli & Sarah Lamb5 July (mat) - Matthew Golding & Akane TakadaROH press release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) Is Cuthbertson going having been injured for the last week of the London season.... Edited June 15, 2014 by John Mallinson Edited to remove reduplication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Further proof that the RB is a bastion of tradition? I was charmed to see one of the Corps, Kevin Emerton, put a picture of his personal bits-and-pieces 'Tour Box' out on Twitter last night, for it looks as if the Company is still using identical boxes to the two in our garage used by my wife from the Australia/NZ tour in 1958/59 and later. I find it all very reassuring that the design and manufacture established way back then is still, as we now say, 'fit for purpose.' I'm not sure that the photo link will work here, but let's see: @Kevinemerton: What to pack in my tour box?? Shoes, make up, hydration sachets and definitely some treats! @TheRoyalBallet http://t.co/3mtnGfoVGi (However, I don't suppose that personal trunks still have to be packed weeks in advance and sent to Harrods' Repository for onwards transmission by sea..... and not just because that distinctive building is now a block of flats.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 The Royal Ballet sets off on tour tomorrow, first stop Moscow. Here's a Bolshoi promotional video (complete with busbies): Not that I'm ever one for pedantry, but those are bearskins not busbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coated Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Heh, loved the 'All Gone To Bolshoy', though I'm pretty sure there are still a few opera singers in the house.... Hope they'll have a wonderfully successful (and sold out) tour, and then return hale and healthy to a stage near me in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Yes, Lauren is going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Not that I'm ever one for pedantry, but those are bearskins not busbies. I feel deeply ashamed, and me a native born Englishman too… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 And they're off: balletboy09 Here we go! #RBTour14 @TheRoyalBallet @RoyalOperaHouse http://t.co/tRVdijiDT915/6/2014 07:50 am 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Should be able to follow them on Twitter… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 As a matter of interest, can anyone say whether they tour using scheduled flights or special charter these days? It appears that for what I believe was the first visit to the Far East (Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Manila), in April 1961, they used a chartered KLM DC-7 aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 ...and Facebook. Looks like they arrived safe and sound, going on the pics starting to populate Facebook (and Twitter i assume) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mijosh Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 If James Wilkie's posting on facebook is to be believed the company flew to Moscow on Aeroflot. Happily we know they arrived safely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 As a matter of interest, can anyone say whether they tour using scheduled flights or special charter these days? It appears that for what I believe was the first visit to the Far East (Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Manila), in April 1961, they used a chartered KLM DC-7 aircraft. They use scheduled flights. I think I also heard they split the company over a couple of flights. Horrid to contemplate why you would do this but very sensible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 If James Wilkie's posting on facebook is to be believed the company flew to Moscow on Aeroflot. Happily we know they arrived safely. No need to worry about the RB flying Aeroflot. I flew east to west across Russia for 9 nine hours on that airline last year and its accommodation and service were superior to that of many others. But, whichever airline they use, it is good to learn that the entire Company does not travel on one plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I once flew Aeroflot to Moscow. As we were coming into land the overhead locker burst open and my bag landed on a Babushka below. She smiled and shrugged, as if it happened all the time. No wonder Russians all clap the pilot when a plane successfully lands! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Well, at least Aeroflot got some good PR as they have delivered The Royal Ballet dancers safely in Moscow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coated Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Glad to see the St Petersburg crowd has excellent taste https://twitter.com/alexbeardroh/status/479043208090251264 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 And the Muscovites too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 http://tvkultura.ru/video/show/brand_id/19725/episode_id/996613/video_id/1012551 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coated Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Hmm, I clearly shouldn't post after midnight since I seem to be playing loose with Russian geography.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Royal Ballet on the historical stage of the Bolshoi theatre, after class ! — with Kevin Emerton, Yuhui Choe, Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani, Annette Buvoli, Camille Bracher, David Donnelly, Steven McRae, Helen Crawford, Matthew Ball, Lara Turk, Alexander Campbell, Federico Bonelli and Matt Golding at Bolshoi Theatre. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=319683928195544&set=a.112863705544235.22409.110186705811935&type=1&theater 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Osipova and Watson speak during a rehearsal on the Bolshoi’s stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EuofV1MZdE&app=desktop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Des Grieux Act II solo (Matthew Golding, with Lauren Cuthbertson) http://youtu.be/6NYyykis4nc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) And another clip with the same cast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO8LTV3aLSM and the curtain call for good measure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWDOsh-QNlo Edited June 22, 2014 by Bruce Wall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) The triple bill has been acclaimed by the Russian critics and got a great welcome from the audience. On the opening night, there were ovations after each ballet. The "Vedomosty” newspaper wrote: “The Royal Ballet brought only two programmes to Moscow but they are able to instil an inferiority complex into the dancers of all other world theatres.” “Rossiiskaya Gazeta” wrote: “The fact that the Royal Ballet as an apostle of traditions succeeds in training such dancers within its own company excites sighs, contemplation and envy. This feeling is not productive, so it is better just to admire them.” And the usually most acrid of all critics wrote in the “Kommersant” newspaper that “the Royal company has confirmed its high status” and she especially praised “the resplendent Steven McRae, a rightful successor of Baryshnikov, who being imponderable as air, precise as a chronometer and impeccable as a textbook for highest artistry was racing around the Bolshoi’s vast stage as a mythical Ariel.” Edited for typo. Edited June 22, 2014 by Amelia 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 She's right about Steven McRae 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Osipova/Acosta/Manon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Although this piece of the News is in Russian but it is interesting to watch Osipova & Acosta's rehearsal at the Bolshoi. Natasha talks about her love for this role and it looks that at the end she even wants to cry: http://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/112941 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Nina and Amelia, thanks so much for those wonderful clips. What great quality the YouTube one is, unusually! I guess people must just be allowed to film in the Bolshoi Theatre? I've seen many clips from in there! I notice that in the jail scene they leave out the more disturbing aspects of the choreography. Is this because a Russian audience would find it shocking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonik1965 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Nina and Amelia, thanks so much for those wonderful clips. What great quality the YouTube one is, unusually! I guess people must just be allowed to film in the Bolshoi Theatre? I've seen many clips from in there! I notice that in the jail scene they leave out the more disturbing aspects of the choreography. Is this because a Russian audience would find it shocking? seems a bit odd that would let people just film in the Bolshoi Theatre would thay not have the same rules as the roh ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 seems a bit odd that would let people just film in the Bolshoi Theatre would thay not have the same rules as the roh ????? Clearly not. I was very surprised too that someone in the audience there has filmed an hours worth of "Manon"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulff Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Judging by the amount of ballet clips on youtube that have obviously been shot by a member of the audience it would seem that in Russia there are not the same restrictions on photography/filming that there are in the UK. I also remember that when I first saw the Kirov ballet in the Palais des Congrès in Paris, much to my surprise there were people taking flash photos all the time during the performance. With advances in technology these days it is no longer necessary to have a video camera to shoot high quality video. Many mid to high range DSLRs have a built-in video facility which is capable of giving excellent results and with the minimum amount of disturbance to the subjects or bystanders - no flash, no whirring motor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Rave review by the Russian Ballet critic Maiya Krylova http://www.ismeneb.com/Blog/Entries/2014/6/24_Rave_for_the_Royal__the_mixed_bill.html Edited June 24, 2014 by Nina G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now