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1 hour ago, Emeralds said:

I had no idea Margarita Fernandes was that young- after a bit of researching (I’ve missed a lot of Dance Links posted before I joined and when I was away) I see that she is the daughter of Annarella Sanchez, who opened and leads the ballet conservatoire in Portugal that they both trained at. Sanchez is from Cuba and trained in the Cuban method, and the school also follows the Cuban method. Maina Gielgud, former London Festival Ballet star, SWRB (now BRB) principal dancer, popular freelance guest star, Australian Ballet artistic director, Royal Danish Ballet artistic director and now guest repetiteur and coach at ENB, SFB and many other companies, was invited to stage various ballets (such as Giselle, which they both danced in) for the school, and worked with them to hone their technique and interpretation. 

 

Margarita had only gone to Munich with Antonio for his audition so that he would have a partner for his pas de deux. She assumed he would get offered a job but was stunned to get offered one herself ...

So far they’ve danced the Rubies lead roles (the pas de deux couple),

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Kitri and Basilio in Don Quixote, Swanilda and Franz in Petit’s version of Coppelia, (for Margarita) Cygnets in Swan Lake and (for Antonio) Puck in Neumeier’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Some remarks/corrections:

How they both got the job in Munich was actually not by chance, but I'm not going into detail here. Antonio has a very good technique, no surprise he was a Prix de Lausanne Prize Winner.

So far, they did not dance and are still not casted in the solo Rubies couple in Munich (Carollina Bastos and Shale Wagman debuted and danced it several times, next time is March 3rd). A&M debuted in Emeralds PdT and will dance it on March 3rd again alongside Bianca Teixeira.

They also did not dance Basilio and Kitri in DonQ in Munich (or any professional staging, but in their school or maybe for a gala).

1 hour ago, Jan McNulty said:

 

But what a wonderful rabbit hole we have gone down!  Another reason to love the Forum.

Isn't here a forum "Not Dance"? 😉

@Emeralds lol. All flowers to Silver Capricorn!💐💐❤️

From @Silver Capricorn's Instagram post.❤️

I assume Daniil Simkin will be singing. Because the website says he is from Berlin State Opera, whereas Evelina Godunova, Iana Salenko and David Soares are from Berlin State Ballet. 🤣

Well Gustav is an old doggie, I hope all the best for him, especially right now❤️❤️

 @The Sitter In Of course, his profession does not protect him from punishment, who doubts it?
There will be legal consequences, but we should not speculate about them here. 

@Angelaamen to what you said. I think part of the explanation is that in classical ballet, there is always a story to be told. People tend to ask "what does it mean", I am no exception. However, I have learned to let the question drop when music and choreography capture me, and when I can admire a dancer "just" for their artistry, musicality, flexibility, dedication etc. I also think that in contemporary dance, the atmosphere of a piece really needs the live experience in a theatre, rather watching it on a small screen. At least this is what I feel. E.g. watching Sharon Eyal's pieces LIVE is sooo much more impressive, they literally suck you in, even when the movements look monotone/repetitive. They are, but the darkness in the theatre, the music, light, movement onstage, this is something which adds indispensable to the entire experience. A Black Swan PDD on the contrary works always by its sheer bravado, even when extracted for a gala. 

Ahhh I missed it😥

For those who can access instagram: do yourself a favor and check this out and find the cutest Puck Valentine ever

https://www.instagram.com/p/CovM7NyLQKa/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

(Link to Shale Wagman's account)

@LinMM deal😀

36 minutes ago, Ian Macmillan said:

But do be aware that to travel into Europe now that the UK is a 'Third Country,' and regardless of your passport's Expiry Date, you will not be permitted to travel if its Issue Date is more than 10 years ago.  A friend's weekend plans in Austria unravelled at the gate over exactly this last Friday.

Passport expires for Germans (older than 24 years old) after 10 years. What about the UK?

6 hours ago, LinMM said:

For some reason Sabine I missed your post yesterday about the Hungarian Dance Piece so thanks for the more info on that. 
How wonderful for Shale and the other dancer Masuda that the piece was especially choreographed for them and of course they are both amazing in it. 
It could be that Goecke had chosen this music to deliberately go against its flowing sweep ….so the movement directly contrasts the music. 

But to me it appears as if the music is sort of on in the background and is somewhat irrelevant!  A bit like yoga to music classes…. They are never “to”

the music ….just doing yoga with a bit of background music on……🙄

I particularly like the no. 1 Dance (though all these particular Dances have a special association for me ..no.5 the other one I did choreography for) so was not happy to see the music seemingly sort of made irrelevant. Perhaps Goecke saw this as Life flowing by ( as the music does) against the  individuals suffering ….. I don’t know. 
Perhaps you could ask Shale when you next see him Sabine what was actually said by Goecke when creating this Piece for him and Masuda. 

 

I asked Shale last year about it, and he said it's "for the art", so no story behind. Which is what I assumed.

Linda, we should probably watch it together and you tell me where you see "yoga".😁 There are so many movements spot on the music...ah well I just love it, and I do see some meaning/content. E.g. the "stop talking to me" scene (Shale), can you figure out which pose/scene I mean? 

7 hours ago, oncnp said:

 

So he gets a free behavioral pass because of what he might do as a result of his own actions? Unlike Scarlett which was never (publicly) proved

Where did I say that?? I am "just" concerned about his well-being (as is his former employer, when you read her statement), that's all. And I stand by it. We all know how Liam Scarlett ended up...I do not wish that for Marco Goecke.

I really like this statement. Laura Berman had a tough job to do, and she found the appropriate words, imo.

8 hours ago, Lizbie1 said:

Well - all I can say is that next to this, the Adolphe Binder saga at Wuppertal and the revelations about Igor Zelensky and Putin's daughter, the British dance scene seems very tame!

I hope I never read news like about Liam Scarlett again. It came to my mind re the sensitive Goecke, to be honest. 

19 minutes ago, OnePigeon said:

Are there not any bins around in that area?  I don’t know how anyone could put a bag of excrement in their pocket.  It’s just all so gross.

"Mein alter Dackel hatte ein Häufchen gemacht und ich hatte das dann in eine Tüte gepackt und wollte das draußen entsorgen."
 

Translation:
My old dachshund had made a dump and I had then put that in a bag and was going to dispose it outside.

Source:
https://www.ndr.de/kultur/buehne/Marco-Goecke-bitte-um-Verzeihung-Schaendliche-Handlung-im-Affekt,goecke114.html

Newly confirmed dancers:

Xander Parish (currently with Norwegian National Ballet Oslo)

Dorian Plasse (Stuttgart, PdL prize winner 2022)

15 minutes ago, LinMM said:

Sounds like you two had a great time! 
And Shale must appreciate you both travelling the distances to see him! 

I tend to go as often as possible to Munich. It's in my country, and as long as he is here...I don't have to travel very far! St. Petersburg made me "pray" that he would not stay there. 😉

A short but very sweet stay in Munich, finally reunited with Mandy Kent after almost 4 years! Back then, we were in St. Petersburg, watching Shale Wagman in La Sylphide with the Mariinsky Ballet. Who knows when a trip to this beautiful theatre will be possible again...we agreed last night that it is always good to take changes, as long as you can. As it was the case yesterday again.

Great review Mandy! I fully agree with it and will add just some things.

I too loved the very elegant moves in The Dream, and the very sparse decoration (by the amazing legendary Jürgen Rose): greenish sparkling, illuminated trees, (sometimes the fairies were hiding in), and the foggy floor added to the fairyworld illusion in a beautiful way.

As for the actual reason for our travels to Munich: OMG. Shale Wagman was phenomenal. He owns this Puck character, not only for the brilliant dancing with his amazing flexibility and high jumps, but for the mischevious acting as well. Every detail, from rolling his eyes when annoyed, being scared of Oberon, struggling with the sudden blurry view through glasses, feeling confused when he mixed the couples who were supposed to fall in love, to the innocent joy as this hobgoblin it's just so much FUN to watch. And the nice natural amount of black curls on Shale's head added enormously to the mischevious and cute appearance of Puck. 

I too loved the PDD's between Madison Young and Jinhao Zhang!! 

Overall, you could see the fun the dancers had onstage. Raphael Vedra had his debut as Lysander, alongside the beautiful Carollina Bastos (partnering Shale Wagman in Rubies Solo couple, next performance is on March 3rd, btw).

THANK YOU Bayerisches Staatsballett, and Mr. Puck in particular 😀, for a fun Valentine's night.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

"Germany’s journalists’ union responded by saying: “An artist must endure criticism, even if it may seem excessive. Anyone who reacts to criticism with violence is not acceptable.”
From here:
https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/hannover-ballet-director-dog-excrement-critic-face/

Violence is a no go of course. But this is my question: how long must an artist ensure excessive (and demeanoring) criticism? It's being said that journalists shall cultivate a sort of self-control - my impression is that this doesn't work for Mrs. Huester.

2 hours ago, LinMM said:

I’d love to know what you think of Hungarian Dance no. 1 …if you come across it Geoff …..think it was around 2018. 

Marco Goecke created this piece on Shale Wagman and Jun Masuda for their graduation from Académie Princess Grace in 2018.

Here is the link to Shale's post on his Facebook account:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02iMgXJfKUVdEPyh7Jwsd9L6kSvMB1QaWXzVnjaiCF2hysDR9z8cNQaUtk8Li4dkEMl&id=100002039269803

I like it very much. Yes, a) because it shows the artistry of these young students, 

b) also it seems to be created "against the music", as @LinMMhas stated, to me, it isn't. It's just not a nice smooth choreo, as you would expect.

Here is the link:

https://donyc.com/events/2023/4/11/stars-of-today-meet-the-stars-of-tomorrow-tickets

Cast (*YAGP alumni):

Constantine Allen (Dutch National Ballet) *
* Antonio Casalinho (Bavarian State Ballet) *
* Derek Dunn (Boston Ballet) *
* Vsevolod Mayevskyi (Ukrainian artist, Dresden Semperoper Ballet) *
* Chloe Misseldine (American Ballet Theatre) 
* Ana Sophia Scheller (International guest artist)
* Christine Shevchenko (American Ballet Theatre) *
* Jacopo Tissi (La Scala Ballet)
* Shale Wagman (Bavarian State Ballet) *

This gives maybe the opportunity to see the Dying Swans by Juliano Nunes (as Shale Wagman and Derek Dunn are present).

🙈🙈🙈

46 minutes ago, lollylamb1 said:

Another: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64630181

It wasn't just because of this one review, as the article states. She has been smearing his works in a personally derogatory manner for years. This is not an excuse for what he did, but it is an explanation that he blew a fuse.