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317 Paloma Livellara Vidart (from Argentina, Académie Princesse Grace!) is a prize winner or I'm blind.🤘

I just chime in from work watching a bit the selection day. Oy, some junior boys struggled with finishing their classical variation. 2 sat down, 2 screwed it as well. The nerves🙈

I already watched a little bit today. For those of us watching, here is the link to the list of candidates with their respective number: https://www.prixdelausanne.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-candidates-prog52.pdf

Speaking of German public Transport... Quote from Magazine "Tanz": "If anyone is trying to see some ballet and dance in Germany next weekend: Maybe you should overthink your plans. German public transport is on strike from wednesday to sunday, so there won't be any trains between the alps and the coastline - as long as the company Deutsche Bahn and the union GDL don't manage to get along. .."

🙈🙈 yes you are right. And I was at the talk with him and Marcia...I go to my room now😳😃

I'm happy that you enjoyed the shows in Munich! My guess was that Lauretta Summerscales is a great Tatjana. I hope to in April. The costumes are made by the one and only Jürgen Rose, whatever he touched turns "gold". See in Berlin the "Sleeping Beauty" costumes and setting. A legend, 86 years now and I hope he has/had a lot of apprentices over the years🙏🙏🙏

Maybe I read this wrong but Lucia Lacarra is not with Bavarian State Ballet anymore since a couple years, and James Pett is not a dancer at Staatsballett Berlin. You can call me picky, ok. 😃

I've seen Onegin twice in Berlin, where Tatjana and Onegin were danced by couples in real life: Iana Salenko/Marian Walter and Elisa Cabrera/Mikhail Kaniskin, and the latter couple broke my heart. So I'm looking forward to see Onegin in Munich, I would love to see Lauretta Summerscales as Tatjana and Shale Wagman as Lensky, but I'm not sure about a good Onegin in Munich. Aside from this, I'm excited for the upcoming Forsythe evening (Approximate Sonata 2016, One Flat Thing, reproduced and Blake Works 1) and the evening with "Angel's Atlas" and "Overture" by Marcos Moreau resp. Crystal Pite. On July 7, we will have a Birthday Gala for 20 years Staatsballett Berlin. Before and after the Gala, we will see Giselle and Messa da Requiem. A sad note: Giselle and Sleeping Beauty are the only classical ballets still danced here. I fear for the next season...🤔

I was also very touched by the dancer/choreographer support on social media. After all, it is a relative small community and they stick together when in need❤️. There is an ongoing police investigation, so maybe details follow later. Anyway: she is alive!❤️

Yeah I read that from Wei Wang, dancer with Staatsballett Berlin, saying she is healthy. I hope she is okay.❤️

Yes, I'm very worried...it's been more than 3 days now...🙏🙏🙏

It was originally posted by Matias Oberlin, principal dancer with Hamburg Ballet. Dancers, choreographers, dance companies are sharing this right now on their Instagram Accounts. JUST in case...if you're reading this and have info on her whereabouts, please call police in Hamburg 040/428654110

I don't know if it's appropriate to post here, but I'll do it anyway. I saw this posted on Alina Cojocaru's Instagram Story, so it's serious. It has been shared by other dancers (e.g. Johan Kobborg). Maybe sharing this here helps, who knows...Lin is a corps member of Hamburg Ballet and a previous prize winner of Prix de Lausanne. My favorite Giselle! I hope she is found soon🙏🙏

Until 10 am today (CET).🤞

This confused me a bit. On instagram someone asked about cast and performance date for this VOD, and the ig team for Bavarian State Ballet answered "from 2nd and 3rd performance after the premiere". Well the bows were obviously from the premiere night. Prisca Zeisel and Matteo Dilaghi were King and Queen, Bianca Teixeira was Ophelia, if I'm right.

Shale Wagman was just PERFECT for this role. His artistry is just shown in every single movement and facial expression. I was very sceptical about the combination of Opera singers and a ballet dancer onstage, I thought the singers would distract from the dancing. But no, of course Mr. Wagman owns the stage, and singers and dancer complemented each other. The beautiful music did the "rest". Little Antonio Casalinho was a whirlwind. I also liked Osiel Gouneo as Hamlet, although he seemed to have lost a bit stamina in the end, just like Yonah Acosta. I cannot say much about Julian Mackay, he didn't have much solo time and the choreo made it difficult to see the main roles of R&J stand out. Altogether I found the choreography a bit repetitive in movements, and although the host in the introduction said that it isn't a narrative ballet, the stories did show up, or were altered. Which was a bit strange imo. I have to see this live!

It's not a narrative ballet, but consists of some pieces. The "Tchaikovsky spirit" I mentioned (danced by Shale Wagman) is the "bracket" around the pieces. Even 2 Opera singers appear and accompany Tchaikovsky - or is it vice versa? I look forward to the stream. I had a ticket for last October but fell I'll.. Here's more info, also, if you scroll down you'll see some rehearsal videos: https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productions/tchaikovsky-overtures

You're very welcome! Here is a trailer, beginning with "Tchaikovsky's spirit":

The link is in my post, here it is: www.staatsoper.de/tv Enjoy!

Reminder for VOD TSCHAIKOVSKY OUVERTURES Munich Staatsballett Video-on-demand Tchaikovsky Ouvertures Chor.: Alexey Ratmansky From Sunday, January 7 2024, 10 am C.E.T., available for 24 hours for free Bayerisches Staatsballett München Link: www.staatsoper.de/tv Cast: Shale Wagman Osiel Gouneo Julian Mckay Jinhao Zhang Antonio Casalinho Maria Baranova Madison Young

I wish everyone here a Happy and Healthy New Year! Thank you so much to the Moderators for another year of intense work for this forum!!

Onegin cast for January 2024 in Munich: https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productions/onegin

Great idea, I am sure you will enjoy your trip to Germany! Cast list for Onegin is out in Munich, but not the February dates yet, sorry. https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productions/onegin As for Berlin: there's also a Snackbar inside Deutsche Oper of course. You can order a table and food/beverages the day before your visit. Also, if you need more information regarding getting around in Berlin or Munich, sightseeing recommendations etc, send me a PM. I would love to send recommendations.

Merry Christmas to all here! Be safe.🎄❤️

@Darnedshoes thank you for your report, I really appreciate it to read about this performance. As for your last paragraph: I'm so tired of all the artificial political correctness for classical ballet. Nobody can re-write history. And a fairytale (e.g. Bayadere, dropped by our company administration in Berlin) is a fairytale. Ballet audience is usually not stupid and knows historical context, also for Onegin!