Sim Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 OH NO!!! Not again.....what a huge, huge disappointment for all of us who were so excited to see her finally dance with Vadim, amongst other things. Gosh....I don't know what to say. A speedy recovery to her. http://www.roh.org.uk/news/cast-changes-autumn-2015-performances-of-romeo-and-juliet-connectome-tchaikovsky-pas-de-deux-and-Carmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Sad news, but good to have the information out this far in advance. I thought buying tickets for her first and last Juliet would mean she couldn't be injured for all of them, but obviously I was wrong Best wishes to her for a full (and speedy if possible) recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 It is a real pity....she seems to be beset by injury problems. I also bought tickets to all her perfomances, just in case....but even covering all bases doesn't always work. On the positive side, Sarah and Vadim were fantastic together in Manon so I really hope that can be emulated in R&J. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) On the positive side, Sarah and Vadim were fantastic together in Manon so I really hope that can be emulated in R&J. A big 'yes, please' to that sentiment. And....Laura Morera gets to dance Carmen. Hurrah! Edited to say how much I feel for Osipova in this. A dancer exists to dance and she has had so much injury time out recently. Edited September 17, 2015 by capybara 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Very sad for all of us who have spent money on tickets to see her. Seems rather serious to me if she has to pull out for the whole of the Autumn Season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 And the official press release: Due to injury, Natalia Osipova will not dance her scheduled performances for the Autumn period. Replacement casting is announced as follows ROMEO & JULIET – Sarah Lamb, Principal Saturday 26 September Thursday 1 October (eve) Wednesday 11 November CONNECTOME – Lauren Cuthbertson, Principal Tuesday 6 October Saturday 10 October (Mat) Tuesday 20 October Thursday 22 October TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX – Iana Salenko, Guest Artist Monday 26 October Friday 6 November Thursday 12 November CARMEN – Laura Morera, Principal Wednesday 28 October Saturday 31 October (Mat) Monday 2 November 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I can only echo earlier comments, I too had hoped to see her dance with Vadim in R & J and Steven in the Tchaikovsky. When was she injured and what is the injury, does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrylights Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Poor Natalia, wishing her a very speedy recovery and looking forward to seeing her when she is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Very sad for all of us who have spent money on tickets to see her. Seems rather serious to me if she has to pull out for the whole of the Autumn Season. More sad for Ms Osipova as she is injured, presumably quite seriously to be out for the whole of the Autumn Season. Best wishes to her for a speedy recovery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Of course Janet, very sad for her too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Such a pity - poor girl...she really has been unlucky of late, feel really sad for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 When was she injured and what is the injury, does anyone know? I was allowed to say that it is an old injury (foot), which required serious attention for a few years. It became more acute now. Best wishes to Natasha for getting the best possible treatment and coming back to us. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I am very sorry to hear this news and wish Ms Osipova a swift recovery. I do remember reading somewhere (can't remember where now) about the injury to the foot and that it really needed an operation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coated Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 It must be horrible for her. I'll miss seeing her on stage, but I hope she takes as much time as needed for decent treatment even if it means she's out for more than one season. Maybe it's time to choreograph an upper body only role for recovering ballerinas 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 What a shame. Osipova does indeed seem beset by injury. She does a lot of guesting at other companies too (eg due at La Scala in Manon in November) so maybe she should take it a bit easier. I shall really be sorry not to see her in the Tchaikovsky pdd as that was a thrilling 10minutes with McRae when I saw it at the recent gala. I wish her a speedy recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasdedeux Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 From what I hear, Natalia's old foot injury (she recently described herself as 'disabled') has worsened quite a bit. I'm guessing she'll undergo surgery on it soon, wishing her a speedy recovery! A little placated by having seen Lamb and Muntagirov's sublime Manon last season, but my Connectome ticket has definitely got to go... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Even before I got this news it had crossed my mind that she was spreading herself rather thin. I wish her all the best. Was so pleased to have got R&J tickets to see her. Wish I had gone for Naghdi and Ball now. And to cap it all, Sarah Lamb is my least favourite Principal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I am sure people will think I am being harsh here, but if Osipova had/has such a serious foot problem, should she been allowed to join as a Principal of the RB in the first place? Especially as the company demands a great deal from its dancers in terms of the variety of styles they are expected to cope with? Should they at least have made sure that whatever the problem is was sorted out first? Or do they just expect dancers to be injured frequently, and assume that the public won't really mind the fact that one of the star names seems to spend more time off the stage than on it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENBlover Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Yes, I think RB made a right decision. And I hope Natalia recovers soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Fonty...it's frustrating I agree. I booked her Don Q and she fell in the first act and that was her finished for the first part of the year. Think her body is telling her something.... IMHO she needs to slow down she's not the teenager she once was and yet still literally throws herself into the dance, maybe time to moderate it bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavycapers Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) Even before I got this news it had crossed my mind that she was spreading herself rather thin. I wish her all the best. Was so pleased to have got R&J tickets to see her. Wish I had gone for Naghdi and Ball now. And to cap it all, Sarah Lamb is my least favourite Principal. Me too Penelope! Though I would probably have gone for Hayward. Imagine her performance will be lovely and fresh. But take consolation in the fact that you will see the divine Muntagirov still Edited September 18, 2015 by cavycapers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I do like Lamb, but how I wish they had put in Hayward as a replacement. Ironically she had been rehearsing with Muntagirov owing to Golding's visa issues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Perhaps they felt it might be too much for Hayward given it's her debut this time, and after all it would be another three performances for her - although I admit I would like to see it. Having said that, I saw Lamb/Muntagirov together in Manon and thought they were wonderful together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Wishing Osipova a proper and full recovery and am really disappointed to be missing her R and J In a way I'm not surprised by her injury as she always seems to dance all out and then some whatever she is doing but perhaps she does need to "watch it" a bit more now as Don Q said as repeated injury to the same part of the body can end a dancers career and I don't want her career ending just yet!! She is such a wonderful dancer love her to bits but I'd rather she took a longer recovery time now if needed so she can be with us for longer! So hope there is not too much pressure on her to come back too soon etc. I nearly decided to change tickets for the Hayward Golding performance when I heard this news but have never seen Muntagirov as Romeo so will keep ticket and hope Lamb surprises as Juliet.....I somehow think she will! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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