alison Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Someone else indeed! Sarah Lamb (with Valeri Hristov). Oh, was it? I have absolutely no memory of it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I'd love to get tickets for 18 Oct but being a weekend it's probably going to sell out really quickly. Wonder if we can finally plan a trip to the UK to coincide with the Royal Ballet being in residence and performing. A whole evening of Ashton would be so wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Oh, was it? I have absolutely no memory of it ... see - http://www.ballet.co.uk/gallery/dm_royal_ballet_scenes-de-ballet_3bill_roh_0511/dm_scenes_de_ballet_3354 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 So, Marquez out of Symphonic. Looks to be a thin season for her so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 see - http://www.ballet.co.uk/gallery/dm_royal_ballet_scenes-de-ballet_3bill_roh_0511/dm_scenes_de_ballet_3354 Photographic evidence, eh ? I still have no memory of seeing it, although I'd have thought I would have gone for all casts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Those tutus really show the ballerinas' pants (I mean when the ballerinas are upright), don't they? I noticed this in the Fonteyn era Sleeping Beauty on television as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Has Hamilton done much Ashton? I don't think I have seen her in any, but it could be that I have just seen other casts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Has Hamilton done much Ashton? . I remember she did the Summer Fairy in Cinderella but can't think of anything else. Can anyone remember another Ashton role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A frog Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I'm too lazy to look up my cast sheets, but nothing springs to mind for Hamilton/Ashton. Given that she's still in some ways being tested across the company repertoire, it might be a first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I've just checked her bio in the Sleeping Beauty programme, and there's no indication of anything in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) According to my cast sheets, Melissa Hamilton was Hermia in The Dream in 2012 and one of Syvia's attendents in 2010. Edited to say I don't have that many to look through, so this is all I could come up with! Edited April 16, 2014 by Jacqueline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrischris Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Harrod & McRae are expecting a baby (congratulations to them) so obviously she will most likely be out of the 2014/15 season. I also understand Sabina Westcombe is leaving too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Yes, congratulations to them. I was thinking I hadn't spotted her dancing recently. Due in December, I see from his Twitter account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 My ROH Magazine has just arrived. Here is the casting for the Ashton Bill: Scènes de Ballet Lamb/McRae October 18, 28 November 4 and 11 Choe/Zucchetti October 22, November 5 and 12 Symphonic Variations Nuñez/Golding October 18, November 4, 5 , 11 and 12 Hamilton/Muntagirov October 22 and 28 Month in the Country: Yanowsky/Pennefather October 18, November 5 and 11 TBC/Bonelli October 22 and 28, November 4 and 12 5 Brahms Waltzes on all dates: TBC The TBCs are now on the ROH website. Lauren Cuthbertson is doing all performances of 5 Brahms Waltzes and Natalia Osipova will be Federico Bonelli's partner in Month in the Country: http://www.roh.org.uk/mixed-programmes/scenes-de-ballet-five-brahms-waltzes-in-the-manner-of-isadora-duncan-symphonic-variations-a-month-in-the-country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Here's the casting for the other mixed bill. Hope there are no typos this time! Ceremony of Innocence TBC/Watson/Sambé November 7, 8 (eve), 14 and 17 TBC Nov 8 (mat) and 13 Aeternum Nuñez/Bonelli/Kish Nov 7, 8 (eve) 14 and 17 Calvert/Hirano/Underwood November 8 (mat) and 13 Age of Anxiety TBC Some casting has also been announced for Age of Anxiety. Laura Morera and Steven McRae are doing November 7, 8 (eve) 14 and 17. Other dates still TBC http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-age-of-anxiety-by-liam-scarlett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Ceremony of Innocence TBC/Watson/Sambé November 7, 8 (eve), 14 and 17 Who was the TBC in the original cast, please? Someone who's since retired? Galeazzi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Thanks, Jane. I was sure you'd know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrischris Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Only two Symphonic Variations for Hamilton and Muntagirov but five for Nunez and Golding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josephine Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 The ROH website also confirms that Lauren Cuthbertson is cast in Ondiviela's Cassandra: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/cassandra-by-ludovic-ondiviela 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Interesting. I don't believe that was the original intention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyn Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 The ROH website also confirms that Lauren Cuthbertson is cast in Ondiviela's Cassandra: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/cassandra-by-ludovic-ondiviela fantastic! bought it without knowing and now i'm glad i lucked out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Steven McRae has confirmed that his Kitri will again be Iana Salenko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Here's the cast for Don Quixote http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/don-quixote-by-carlos-acosta Fingers crossed for Fumi! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) Vis a vis the Don Q, in a way it appears odd to me that they are bringing Salenko back in to dance with McRae. (If there were clear commercial incentives for such I would certainly be understanding.) I would have thought after their success in MND that RB principal Morera might have been given a try. To my eyes the latter two looked very good together and I certainly believe that Morera has the toolkit required for this specific production. Edited June 19, 2014 by Bruce Wall 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josephine Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Interesting. I don't believe that was the original intention. At a London Ballet Circle interview last year Mara Galeazzi said that she had been cast to dance Ludovic Ondiviela's Cassandra at the Linbury, although scheduled for post-retirement from RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 I think that it's odd that Hamilton and Muntagirov are only getting two performances in Symphonic Variations whereas Osipova and Golding are getting five. It's possible that Muntagirov has a guest performance elsewhere which he committed himself to before he joined the RB. I wonder whether he will guest as much now that he has joined the RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Aileen, I think you meant Nunez and Golding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 Oh, yes. I should have said Nunez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Vadim Muntagirov will be guesting in National Ballet of Japan's new Sleeping Beauty (by Wayne Eagling) in early November so that might be a reason he doesn't appear much in Symphonic Variations. He will also be guesting in NBJ's La Bayadere and Swan Lake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 Oh, thanks for this information, Naomi. He was outstanding in the RB's recent Sleeping Beauty and he has danced Siegfried (excellently) many times. I can't comment on his Solor as he's never danced it in the UK. Although he can do all the 'tricks' he is not flashy. I hope that the Japanese audience will appreciate his beautiful classical technique and courteous partnering. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrischris Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 He doesn't strike me asthe most obvious choice for Don Q, so it will be interesting to see what he is like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Chrischris, Muntagirov will have the power and technical ability for the role and I don't suppose that he'll have trouble with the partnering as he's very experienced in negotiating spectacular and tricky lifts. The only question will be be whether he can convince as a cheeky chappy. I'm not a fan of Laura Morera in the traditional romantic and classical ballets, but I simply can't understand why she hasn't been cast as Kitri in Don Q. Having seen her Mercedes, which was so much better than everyone else's, I think that she'd be perfect as Kitri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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