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  1. 6 hours ago, Emeralds said:

    I know some etoiles like Elisabeth Platel, Aurelie Dupont, Nicolas Le Riche etc  continued dancing elsewhere after their official Paris Opera retirement, but I don't know if Myriam Ould-Braham has announced any plans either way. 


    Myriam Ould Braham said in a Japanese interview that she will not dance after her retirement, only a few summer galas that had already been scheduled 

     

    https://madamefigaro.jp/series/ballet/240203-myriam-ould-braham.html

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  2. 17 hours ago, MildConcern said:

    I remember a funny interview with Watson where he said he once danced Nutcracker in Japan (guest appearance offering a lot of money) and hated every second

     

    And I saw that very rare Nutcracker Prince at Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre Tokyo, where Watson was a totally fine, beautiful Prince. He also danced Des Grieux in Manon there, before debuting in that role at RB. 
    (btw Noriko Kobayashi Ballet does a fairly amount of MacMillan, Ashton and De Valois works, they have done The Invitation, Gloria, Anastasia, The Two Pigeons, The Rake’s Progress and Checkmate.) 

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  3. I was at the press conference today at the National Ballet of Japan. 

     

    This tour to the Royal Opera House is not as a guest of the ROH, the company is responsible for the tour. But of course this came possible as Miyako Yoshida was former principal at the Royal Ballet and also partnered Kevin O'Hare at BRB, this relationship helped to make this tour happen. 

     

    Here is a clip from the 1st act Giselle solo by Ayako Ono, one of their best ballerinas. (another great ballerina who should be doing Giselle is Yui Yonezawa)

    https://youtu.be/enZHFYf0qGI?si=scguws561xwEm0F1

     

    The designs by Dick Bird are also very impressive, quite a beautiful one especially at the second act. 

     

    Another news clip

    https://youtu.be/rmbQm7P-JCw?si=6bjIYwJ-2oRFTrt0

     

    My review on Bachtrack.

    https://bachtrack.com/review-giselle-marriott-ono-okumura-national-ballet-japan-tokyo-october-2022

     

     

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  4. 19 hours ago, FionaM said:

    ASUKA duet - the dancing was nice, though I wasn’t sure what the piece was about.  No doubt thanks are due to the Asami Maki Ballet company in Tokyo for supporting this event financially and sending their dancers to participate.  I don’t know this company, although I see that Nela and Vadim guested in their Sleeping Beauty in December 2023.

     

    Here are experts from the full length ballet "Asuka". This is a footage taken when Svetlana Lunkina and Ruslan Skvolzov guested at Asami Maki Ballet. 

    This is a ballet based on an ancient Japanese myth, with a girl who is betrothed to a dragon god but cannot forget her childhood sweetheart. 

     

     

    Asami Maki was an important figure of ballet in the Japanese ballet scene, she studied from Alexandra Danilova and not only formed her company but also formed ballet schools, and was artistic director of National Ballet of Japan. She passed away on 2021. 

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  5. Just in case, here is the official announcement from Queensland Ballet. 

     

    Such wonderful news!

     

    https://www.queenslandballet.com.au/news/queensland-ballet-announces-new-artistic-director

     

    Queensland Ballet has announced Leanne Benjamin AM OBE as its new Artistic Director.

    Named Australian of the Year in the UK 2023, this is a homecoming for Ms Benjamin, a Queenslander who has been a vibrant voice in ballet, vocational development, advocacy, and governance on the world stage for many years.

    Ms Benjamin will be the sixth Artistic Director to take the helm at Queensland Ballet and the first female to assume the role. In a natural balance to her international accomplishments, she started life in Rockhampton, so Queensland runs through her, strong and vibrant.

     

    it says that Kevin O'Hare was on the selection committee. 

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  6.  

    Opéra National de Bordeaux will be streaming their new production of Giselle live on December 19th 20:00 CET and it will be available until June 19th 2024 on Opera Vision.

     

    Choreography Eric Quilleré after Jules Perrot & Jean Coralli

     

    Giselle
    Marini Da Silva

    Albrecht
    Riku Ota

    Myrtha
    Ahyun Shin

    The Mother
    Pascaline Di Fazio

    Hilarion
    Riccardo Zuddas

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  7. 14 hours ago, TSR101 said:

    Do any of our much travelled forum members know anything of the dancers in the company? I noticed the much travelled Maria Kochetkova is in the company as a principal but other than that I know nothing of them. 

     

    Swan Lake undoubtedly more saleable but agree with all the others above, La Bayadere would have been my choice too!

     

    There are several outstanding dancers, such as Laura Fernandez (formerly of Mariinsky Ballet, Prix de Lausanne awardee). There are also some Japanese dancers in the company. The company had toured Japan several times and I had seen them then, not as great as the great Russian Companies but quite good, both in classical pieces and also in Balanchine. 

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  8. 16 hours ago, Dawnstar said:

     

    I think that's an excellent idea & wish all Manons would do the same, as I have yet to see a dancer who looks good in Manon's final wig in curtain call photos. Likewise I thought it was a great pity Laura Morera had to do her farewell curtain calls in the very similar & equally unflattering Anastasia Act III wig.

    Diana Vishneva also took off her wig at the curtain call of Manon at her 10th anniversary at ABT.

    https://balletfocus.com/diana-vishneva-marcelo-gomes-manon/
     

     

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  9. 2 hours ago, FionaM said:

     

    I see Takumi Miyake, top graduate from RBS in 2022 is getting many guesting opportunities with YAGP and Natalia Osipova’s own shows alongside performing newly created works and the usual gala fare on tour with ABT Studio company.   

     

    I read in a Japanese article that Takumi Miyake's dream was to join RB but unfortunately he got seriously injured at the time of the audition (ligament damage) and could not apply, which was devastating for him. He auditioned at ABT Studio Company after his recovery and got accepted. 

    https://www.ohk.co.jp/data/20090/pages/ 

    https://news.ksb.co.jp/article/14703805

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  10. On 05/09/2023 at 05:11, Jan McNulty said:

    Sydney Opera House is streaming a number of items including some dance to celebrate 50 years.  You need to check the date of streamings:

     

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/04/best-sydney-opera-house-show-concerts-streaming-free

     

    Australian Ballet’s Paquita from 2013 is currently steamed via Sydney Opéra House till November 16th.

    https://stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/videos/the-australian-ballet-pacquita-2013
     

    Leads are Lana Jones and Kevin Jackson, with Amy Harris, Juliet Burnett Ako Kondo and Miwako Kubota in the variations. 

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