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  1. mijosh
    As I posted elsewhere,I was informed yesterday by a senior member of the company that the General rehearsal at noon on Friday will be Cuthbertson and Bonelli.
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    Stop Press: Have just been informed that the General cast on Friday has been changed to Cuthbertson and Bonelli.
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    My 'spies' tell me that "The Winter's Tale" casts will be headed by Nunez/Soares, Cuthbertson/Bonelli and Lamb/McRae. No info yet on when who dances which performances. I'm also told that next Friday's General rehearsal cast of "Giselle" will be Morera/Bonelli
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    So Ricardo loses out yet again in the casting of Oberon. :-(
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    Beriosova & Macleary; Seymour & Gable;McBride & Villella and,possibly the ultimate partnership, Maximova & Vasiliev.
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    All I can remember is the hideous set,like plums in custard,and yet another example of Dowell's disastrous taste in design. Think Rhapsody,Les Rendezvous,Swan Lake as well as Rubies (or Capriccio as it was called. I think it was Louise Levine who said that she'd hate to go wallpaper shopping with Sir Anthony.
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    He does dance Apollo so we can but hope.
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    Cory Stearns was originally scheduled to partner Lauren Cuthbertson in Romeo & Juliet. My guess is that, having been off injured for such a lengthy period, Lauren was nervous/reluctant to make her return to the stage in a major role with a new and untried partner. She would obviously feel more secure being partnered by Federico,her previous Romeo. Since this exchange of dancers with ABT had already been contracted,something else had to be found for Cory Stearns to appear in which wouldn't require either lengthy rehearsal or undue stress. So a well practiced 10 minute pas de deux as opposed to a complex and demanding 3 act ballet was deemed to be the solution. Having seen and admired the elegant and personable Mr Stearns in action, I would like to think that we will be allowed to see more of him with the Royal Ballet in some capacity. It is worth noting that he does have an English wife......!!
  9. mijosh
    I hugely enjoyed both programmes. For me Mark Morris is one of the most musically joyous and inventive and,yes,lovable of all current choreographers. He lifts the spirits as few other practioners do and always makes me smile and feel better about the world. How many ballets are there that make you roar with laughter as his "A Wooden Tree" did last night? I too was surprised at how few ROH regulars I spotted at the Wells,and scarcely any RB dancers either. The performances only clashed with R & J once during the week,which of course couldn't be missed because it was Marianela and thus,at least for me, mandatory. Still.it was gratifying to see the place deservedly packed on both evenings, so one can only commiserate with those who,for whatever reason, didn't make the effort to avail themselves of one of the highlights of the dance year. Please come back soon Mark Morris with your wonderful barefooted exhilarating and life enhancing artists.
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    I too loved Putrov's Romeo,much to my surprise. I feel it was one of the best roles he ever danced,and I regret that he is not still around to dance it.
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    No chrischris,it is not Hristov's debut as Romeo. He danced it once about eight or nine years ago when we had a flurry of new Romeos (including Putrov). It was not very successful which is no doubt why we haven't seen it again until now. As for Osipova last night..........sensational. She reminded me so much of one of the greatest Juliets,Gelsey Kirkland. A totally captivating RB debut.
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    Far too long and suffering by following the far superior "Chroma" which I discover I have seen all 16 of it's previous performances. It remains endlessly fascinating,superbly danced (the all new second cast are pretty hot too!) and the only MacGregor that I truly love,and this being it's first revival since Alice was premiered I was so aware of the similarity of so much of the music. Like Dave I was driven to distraction by all the pointless running round the stage in the gloom In Dawson's work, which is just about saved by the brilliant dancing of all concerned. I seriously doubt that I will be watching this piece for every one of it's performances.
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    Don Q,according to Marianela,will be on TV at Christmas.
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    According to last night's hastily scrapped and replaced giveaway programme, Alexander Campbell WAS playing Romeo. I hope he managed to grab a copy for his memory book before they were put in the bin.
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    McRae's lift on Friday was particularly egregious and egocentric.It became ludicrous and sadly very typical of his tendancy to show off.
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    One of the greatest dancers of the last century (or any century come to that),who could never be regarded as a "brilliant techician",was Lynn Seymour. But,my goodness me,what a glorious and thrilling artist. I would gladly swap most of today's ballerinas to see her dance again.
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    So,my assumption was right,even to who the mole might be. But I,unlike you,did not name names I can't help wondering why Kobborg would trouble to look at this site unless he had been steered,advised even, to do so. Should he trouble to read here further - with or without your encouragement - he may care to know that while I deeply respect and greatly admire him as brilliant dancer and man of the theatre,my opinion of him as a person is far less charitable. A feeling, I would add, which is shared by any number of his former colleagues in the Royal Ballet. As a footnote,I recall a conversation of about 20 minutes I had with Kobborg out on the terrace of the ROH not too long after MM's first season as Director of the company. I expressed,inter alia, my admiration for her as a person and for what she had achieved in her new role. His response was chilly and guardedly hostile to say the least,even that far back.
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    It would appear that there is a mole on this site and this thread (or parts of it) are now all over Kobborg's facebook posting. He finds it hilarious.
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    Forgive my cynicism,but I smell "Svengali" Kobborg's fingers all over that interview.
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    With three major female roles in The Winter's Tale I will be very surprised if Marianela Nunez is not cast as Hermione.Based on my experience of the play it is a pity that Mara Galeazzi is no longer around to dance Paulina.
  21. mijosh
    The Dryad Queen at the General was Melissa Hamilton as a last minute replacement for an injured Yuhui Choe. Amore (cupid) was an enchanting Anna Rose O'Sullivan. I'm guessing that the alternate will be Frankie Hayward.
  22. mijosh
    I have to say I was hoping for, and would rather have, either Cory Stearnes or Guillaume Coty. Both have guested with the RB and were possibly considered - asked even - but declined the invitation. I too was far from enamoured by Mr Golding,but beggars (and the RB is in an unenviable position male principal wise at the present time) can't be choosers. Maybe he'll suprise us.
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    I guess she photographed older,Sim. The camera can be a cruel master. Since I've used my name-dropping quota for the day,I'll have to save my visit To Sondheim's house in Turtle Bay for another occasion. Ooops!
  24. mijosh
    There are a couple of clips of Chita (who incidentally is only 1 year younger than Moreno) on youtube. One of her dancing part of "America" (but not as in the show) at the age of 55,and another when she was 72. I had the pleasure of meeting her briefly once when we were both visiting a mutual friend in a New York hospital and we exchanged chat across his sick bed. As I was leaving,Liza Minnelli arrived. And that is my name-dropping quota for the day. :-)
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    Thanks Sim, but for me Rita Moreno will always be the hilarious Googie Gomez in "The Ritz", and NOT Chita Rivera, who was considered "too old" for the movie version,but on stage in 1959 was electrifying and incomparable.
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