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I recently ran my spellchecker over a course I was preparing about the Ballets Russes (or the Ballets Wusses, as the spellchecker would have preferred). For the hilarious results, please see my blog post.

Broadcasting live from Company rehearsal! Tune in at 12.30pm tomorrow (Wednesday 26 September) when we will be broadcasting live from the Peter Darrell Studio. Join us for a sneaky peek of 5 Tangos, a brand new addition to Scottish Ballet's repertoire and one third of the Autumn Season 2012 triple bill. Scottish Ballet's new Artistic Director Christopher Hampson will lead us through the rehearsal, giving an insight into 5 Tangos. This will be followed by a Q&A session in which you will have the opportunity to put your questions to our Artistic Director - don't miss this exclusive opportunity to quiz Christopher on Scottish Ballet's Autumn Season. Get in early - you can send us your questions NOW via Facebook and Twitter #SBAutumnSeason. Click here tomorrow to watch Scottish Ballet's dancers in action!

In addition to the National Ballet of Canada, Toronto has a small touring company, Ballet Jorgen, which has been around for 25 years now. They take live ballet to the smaller stages and towns that can't host Canada's bigger companies. I recently attended their 25th anniversary launch and posted about it to my blog. http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2012/09/ballet-jorgen-canada-swan-lake_24.html

Well, if you do end up "having" to see Cote and Konvalina together in Wayfarer, you certainly won't regret it! But I understand what you mean about giving roles to one's home dancers instead of guests.

apparently it's been determined that Lauren Anderson of Houston Ballet did it a while back.But Celine would be the first in the UK

I would like to clarify for any balletcoforumers reading Janet's comment that of course she was thinking of me while enjoying Swan Lake because of my impeccable balletic technique and suitability for Odette or Cio-Cio San. indeed I am expecting Bintley and Nixon to call me up any moment In fact, I was hoping to be in England this very weekend to see the two companies, but alas not.

I have posted to my blog my thoughts about this year's choreo lab, which I saw last night: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2012/09/national-ballet-of-canada-choreographic_23.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/21/world/europe/svetlana-zakharova-bolshoi-ballet-dancer/index.html

I deduce that the fact the press release says "Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancer with the Mikhailovsky Ballet," means that he is staying with the Mikhailovsky too, but will have more of a presence with ABT than he would as just a guest artist, which he has been in the past. Rather like Roberto Bolle's situation vis a vis La Scala and ABT. I am just speculating though.

Latest in my series of ballet term etymologies: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2012/09/history-of-word-ballotte.html

ABT just announced as follows: Ivan Vasiliev Named Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre by American Ballet Theatre on Monday, September 17, 2012 at 3:59pm · 9/17/2012 - Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancer with the Mikhailovsky Ballet, has been named a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, effective immediately, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. He is scheduled to perform during the 2013 Metropolitan Opera House season and on ABT's national and international tours. Born in Vladivostok, Russia, Vasiliev studied at the Dnepropetrovsk Ballet School in Ukraine and later at the Belarusian State Choreographic College in Minsk, graduating in 2006. In 2006 he was invited to join the Bolshoi Ballet as a soloist, making his debut with the company as Basilio in Don Quixote. He was promoted to the rank of principal dancer in May 2010. Vasiliev's repertoire with the Bolshoi includes the title role in Spartacus, the Nutcracker-Prince in The Nutcracker, Colas in Sir Frederick Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardée, Solor and The Golden Idol in La Bayadère, Conrad and the pas d'esclaves in Le Corsaire, Philippe in Alexei Ratmansky's The Flames of Paris, Acteon in Yuri Burlaka's La Esmeralda, The Young Man in Roland Petit's Le Jeune Homme et la Mort and featured roles in Christopher Wheeldon's Misericordes and Asaf Messerer's Class Concert. Vasiliev has appeared as a guest artist with the International Rudolf Nureyev Festival in Kazan and the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater. Since 2009 he has been a member of the cast of Kings of the Dance. In December 2011 he joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet as a principal dancer. His awards include the Bronze medal at the Varna International Ballet Competition (2004), the Gold medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition (2005), the Gold medal at the Arabesque-96 Ballet Competition in Perm (2006), and the Grand Prix - Varna International Ballet Competition (2006). He is also the winner of the Triumph Youth prize (2006), British Critics' Circle National Dance Awards in the category 'Spotlight' (2008) and as Best Male Dancer (2010), and the Benois de la Danse prize for his performance in Le Corsaire and The Flames of Paris (2009). In 2011 he received Grand Prix at the International Dance Open Festival. Vasiliev first appeared as a Guest Artist with American Ballet Theatre in 2011. His repertoire with ABT includes Solor in La Bayadère, Pyotr in The Bright Stream, Franz in Coppélia, Ali, the Slave in Le Corsaire and the Flames of Paris pas de deux. Ivan Vasiliev in "La Bayadère." Photo by Rosalie O'Connor.

stunning photos, especially Yuan Yuan and Vito. Thank you!

"odd" would be the operative word!

the latest in my series. Goats are involved. http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2012/09/history-of-word-cabriole.html

Oh lucky you! Matthew is great (also looks amazingly like Brad Pitt, which will please the ladies on balletcoforum). He's from Saskatchewan (Canada) originally, trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School then at the Kirov Academy in Washington DC. A YAGP first prize winner. Was with ABT's junior company, then I think Angel Corella's company before joining DNB. Has had quite a meteoric career and can be seen on both DNB's Don Q and Nutcracker DVDs. A beautiful turner. Enjoy!

Alys Shee is from the Toronto area. She trained with Nadia Veselova Tencer (who with her husband Solomon Tencer produces the Stars of the 21st Century galas) at the Academy of Ballet and Jazz in Richmond Hill (suburb of Toronto). Alys also received a lot of coaching from Evelyn Hart. She won the gold medal in the junior women's category at this year's Helsinki competition.

I agree this is a good idea, but there is a danger in it. When arts organizations start raising money from other sources, the government funders do have a tendency, instead of saying, "Bravo, we'll match that", to say "well, you're getting money elsewhere, so now we'll cut back", so the arts organizations don't find themselves any further ahead.

Sylph Ekaterina Krysanova James Vyacheslav Lopatin Madge, witch Irina Zibrova Effie, James' fiancee Anna Rebetskaya Gurn Denis Savin Anna, James' mother Irina Semirechenskaya Two Friends Alexander Vorobiyov Alexander Voytyuk Pas de six Ivan Alexeyev Xenia Kern Maria Prorvich Anna Proskurnina Igor Tsvirko Klim Yefimov Old Musician Andrei Sitnikov The First Sylph Anna Tikhomirova Two Sylphs Olga Kishnyova Victoria Yakusheva sorry this didn't come out in nice columns. You can see it in a tidier format here: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2012/09/bolshoi-live-broadcast-la-sylphide_5.html

The next in my series of ballet term etymologies: http://toursenlair.blogspot.ca/2012/09/history-of-word-bourree.html

intriguing! I'd love to see the "Tantrum Fairy"!

I loved them all, Anjuli!

I wish!!! but unfortunately haven't been able to persuade anyone to go to England with me to see it. I thought it would make a nice February break with RB's all Ashton and Apollo/Wheeldon/Ratmansky programs in February.

I saw a video of Aladdin in the archives of the New National Theatre of Japan last summer and really enjoyed it, especially the "Aladdin's Cave" divertissements.

ok it's insisting on embedding it! paste this into the YT search window: Fantastik! Super! 2012Year 1-Part ballet.Ekz.7-A.Class Vaganova.

Anjuli, try this youtube link: