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  1. Jeannette
    The Odessa Opera/Ballet Theatre is still too close-for-comfort to the action. Relatively speaking…even though that city no longer appears to be in the Russian priority list for take-over. We usually see only the lovely facade in photos but the back opens up to a hill and park overlooking the Black Sea. The famous staircase in the Eisenstein film, Battleship Potemkin, is but a few steps away. I don’t know what’s happened to the main opera/ballet theater in Donetsk…the big theatre with a ballet troupe in Donbas. 😢
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    Emotional for me too! Seeing those corps ladies in their Dance of the Hours tutus…the tiers of empty boxes in the background. Nothing short of miraculous. May the Higher Powers protect them all!
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    From Odessa, Ukraine, a very recent (12 June 2022) gala of classical works, with soloists and corps de ballet…on the stage of their gorgeous theatre…still standing, in all of its glory! 🇺🇦 🎉 👏 “Ballet Extravaganza” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W6g8P24Fj8Q
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    Not a livestream but a recent performance (15 April 2022) of the famous Bashkir-Tatar ballet Song of the Cranes, courtesy of the Bashkir Theater of Opera and Ballet in Ufa…Nureyev’s home town! Most balletomanes know the acrobatic pas de deux that occasionally turns up in galas; here’s the full ballet: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=27gDXXy9z5w Up until ??? Music by Lev Stepanov & Zagir Ismagilov Choreo by Nina Anissimova & Haliafa Safyullina Cast Leads Zaitungil - Gulsina Mavlyukasova Yumagul - Rustam Ishakov Leader of the Cranes - Lilia Zainigabdinova I read somewhere that Nureyev’s mom took him to this ballet…and the rest was history.
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    This Saturday, 11 June at 20:00 (Zurich local time) there will be a livestream of Zurich Ballet in Spuck’s Sleeping Beauty: https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/stream/ Some preview events will begin two hours before the performance. My understanding is that none of this will be repeated, so one must attend the livestream.
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    Thanks for this thread. It’s wonderful to see that a number of western nations are participating in the competition (Japan, Italy, Brazil, Korea, among others). This is so decent & refreshing, compared to the witch-hunt tactics going on in figure skating, aiming to isolate Russian athletes and coaches because of the actions (however deplorable) of political and military leaders. Interesting to note that, concurrently, the Helsinki IBC is happening, with several USA dancers participating. Some countries, like Italy, are participating in both contests. Awards to be announced this evening. https://ibchelsinki.fi/news/archive/the-competitors-performing-in-the-finals/
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    Thank you, Silke. I love the conductor’s suit, inspired by mariachi outfits…great idea!
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    Best news: It’s the Macmillan Requiem with music by Faure from the late-1970s, rather than his late-1980s edition for ABT, to Lloyd-Weber. Hallelujah! Thanks for the tip on pre-ordering tix, which is normally done via this form: https://www.staatstheater-stuttgart.com/tickets_service/booking-information/ticket-reservation/?Event=5311 As a patron from outside the EU, I couldn’t use the online form but, instead, was directed to send the request via email. tickets@staatstheater-stuttgart.de So now I patiently - happily - wait for their response for one of the Initials/Requiem shows. I’ll deal with airline & hotel later! 🙏
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    You’ve made my day, Angela! 🎉 My biggest post-COVID dream may come true: to see INITIALS R.B.M.E. live!!! 🥳 👏 🤩 🔥 🌟 🎊 Oh, 401K Plan, don’t let me down!
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    So sorry about that, oncnp. Not the rosiest of times now for anyone. I try to hang on to life in the DC area, close to independent cinemas, but it’s all becoming very expensive. Even here, things are closing down or quality of everything, in general, is going downhill while prices go up.
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    Maybe. I’m not so sure that Vaziyev will easily leave the Bolshoi…but Fateev leaving his job at the Mariinsky? Maybe. Fateev has forever been the “interim” A.D., after all. Imagine history repeating itself: Russia’s family-in-power occupying the Tsar’s Box again…the Putins instead of Romanovs! (Shudders)
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    This is a great line-up of ballets. Wonderful! I hope that they’ll all be offered in US cinemas too. Also, I wouldn’t mind purchasing the DVDs/Blu-Rays after the cinema airings. 💕
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    OH MY G**!!!!!!!! 😮 This sort of thing cannot be made up. So we thought that Olga Smirnova was the most famous ballet figure in this sad Russia-Ukraine Operation (war) saga.
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    That was decades ago…but the historic Folies-Bergere Theatre continues as a popular concert venue. https://www.foliesbergere.com/uk
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    No Ratmansky, Balanchine, Robbins…no full-length (or any length) Petipa/classical tutu ballet…no ballet from the Ballet Russes heritage (Diaghilev era or ‘30s/‘40s B.R.). I almost wrote “a big shunning of Russia” but I see two full-length Prokofiev scores. Big meh, sorry.
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    Jaffe inherits economic challenges. How will she balance a tight budget? Can ABT afford guest stars from overseas?…although we know that they won’t be coming directly from Russia any time soon…bad news for Kimin Kim fans, as he’s chosen to remain at the Mariinsky. The $64-million question related to the tight budget is: Will/Can Alexei Ratmansky’s current contract as artist-in-residence be renewed next year?
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    Every change in management results in some staffing turnover - in every industry. I am extremely relieved with Jaffe’s appointment. 😅 She’s just completing her first (and, as we now know, last) full post-COVID season as A.D. in Pittsburgh. Wonderful balanced programming…I loved the first mixed bill in October - Diamonds, G-P Classique, Helen Pickett’s masterpiece Petal! What’s more telling is her 8-year tenure as Dean of the Dance Faculty at North Carolina School for the Arts, in which she upheld classical training over all. No pandering to wokeism or ticking boxes…just cultivating talent in a natural manner, allowing the very best to move to the top. p.s. My secret wish is that she somehow find a way to bring the late Clark Tippett’s masterwork - Bruch Violin Concerto - back to the ABT repertoire….as there was some sort of squabble about that particular ballet between the Tippett heirs & the current ABT leadership.
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    Maybe Ratmansky will return to London during the 2023/2024 season to revise Preludes? Unless a geopolitical miracle happens, his planned works for the Bolshoi & Mariinsky are off his schedule, opening up time for the rest of the world.
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    Speaking about Vienna’s 2022/23 season announcement…. I’m thrilled that they’ll be presenting Ratmansky’s 24 Preludes (to Chopin) at the Volksoper during May/June 2023, as part of their “Begegnungen” triple bill. This is the work that AR created for the Royal Ballet which was to have been revived in London in June 2020 but was cancelled due to COVID. I was saddened when it didn’t appear in the Royal’s 22/23 schedule…but Vienna steps up! 🎉 Dates & details on the 3ple bill: https://www.volksoper.at/production/begegnungen-2022.en.html
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    Indeed. I’m guessing lots and lots of projections (films). How I miss the crafting of true 3-D sets. Sigh.
  21. Jeannette
    Wow! If only New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre could do the same here. (Ha ha…impossible, I know, due to funding patterns, union rules, etc. We can dream.) The Royal Ballet and Vienna Staatsballett are my hero companies of the 2021/2022 season with honorable mention to Stuttgart and a few others that I’m undoubtedly forgetting.
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    This is spectacular news! I’m so happy for John Neumeier. Wouldn’t it be great to have similar museums for, say, Ashton or Balanchine? There is a fabulous collection dedicated to Jerome Robbins at the NY Public Library’s Lincoln Center site. I’ve visited it many a time. 😉
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    June 9 too…same cast at both filmings (Hayward/Sambe/Morera/Ball)…so it appears that a streaming &/or DVD is in the works. Hurrah!
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    Apologies if this is already being discussed elsewhere (JNC and Alison mention above)… It looks like the June 4, 7:30pm, performance is being filmed for a future showing…live (or later) stream? DVD/blue ray? https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/like-water-for-chocolate-by-christopher-wheeldon-details
  25. Jeannette
    I’m so looking forward to today’s livestream from Vienna…premiere of a ballet to The Seasons cantata by Haydn, choreographed by Martin Schlapfer. Following the live premiere, it will be available for 72 hrs. https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/event/60463333-2ccc-4628-9942-8e15f9e393d1
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