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Here's the link to the beginning of the discussion. You'll need to scroll down past the comments on the Emerging Dancer http://www.forum-dansomanie.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3172&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=285

The tickets for Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Festival Hall don't go on sale till next week, June 21 for Friends of ENB and June 22 for general public booking. Tomorrow's booking date is only for Friends of ENB to book events and also to purchase tickets for My First Cinderella in venues other than the Peacock Theatre.

Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød

The ROH website lists the casts in the order of their roles in the piece. I've attempted to reproduce the listings side by side below. eg Ed Watson has the same role as Nicol Edmonds and so on down the list: Edward Watson Nicol Edmonds Ryoichi Hirano Reece Clarke Alexander Campbell James Hay Luca Acri Sander Blommaert Tristan Dyer Fernando Montaño Paul Kay Marcelino Sambé Eric Underwood David Donnelly Matthew Ball Benjamin Ella Calvin Richardson Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød

*****CASTIING***** Full casting is now on the Bolshoi website: http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/performances/921/ A few of the names had not yet been transliterated from cyrillic. I've attempted to do so myself. Maybe a Russian speaker could confirm? Don Quixote 25 July, 7.30 pm Kitri: Olga Smirnova Basilio: Denis Rodkin A Street Dancer: Anna Tikhomirova Espada: Ruslan Skvortsov The Queen of the Dryads: Yulia Stepanova Don Quixote: Alexei Loparevich Sancho Pansa: Roman Simachev 26 July, 7.30 pm Kitri: Maria Alexandrova Basilio: Vladislav Lantratov A Street Dancer: Anna Okuneva Espada: Vitaly Biktimirov The Queen of the Dryads: Yulia Stepanova Don Quixote: Alexei Loparevich Sancho Pansa: Roman Simachev 27 July, 7.30 pm Kitri: Ekaterina Krysanova Basilio: Semyon Chudin A Street Dancer: Anna Tikhomirova Espada: Ruslan Skvortsov The Queen of the Dryads: Anna Nikulina Don Quixote: Alexei Loparevich Sancho Pansa: Georgy Gusev 28 July, 7.30 pm Kitri: Margarita Shrainer (debut) Basilio: Artem Ovcharenko A Street Dancer: Angelina Karpova Espada: Vitaly Biktimirov The Queen of the Dryads: Anna Nikulina Don Quixote: Alexei Loparevich Sancho Pansa: Georgy Gusev Swan Lake 29 July, 7.30 pm Odette-Odile: Olga Smirnova Prince Siegfried: Denis Rodkin The Evil Genius: Artemy Belyakov Friends to the Prince: Nina Kaptsova, Kristina Kretova The Fool: Vyacheslav Lopatin 30 July, 2.00 pm Odette-Odile: Anna Nikulina Prince Siegfried: Ruslan Skvortsov The Evil Genius: Mikhail Kryuchkov (debut) Friends to the Prince: Kristina Kretova, Дарья Хохлова (Daria Khokhlova?) The Fool: Denis Medvedev 30 July, 7.30 pm Odette-Odile: Ekaterina Krysanova Prince Siegfried: Semyon Chudin The Evil Genius: Igor Tsvirko Friends to the Prince: Nina Kaptsova, Kristina Kretova The Fool: Georgy Gusev 1 August, 7.30 pm Odette-Odile: Olga Smirnova Prince Siegfried: Vladislav Lantratov The Evil Genius: Artemy Belyakov Friends to the Prince: Kristina Kretova, Дарья Хохлова (Daria Khokhlova?) The Fool: Vyacheslav Lopatin 2 August, 7.30 pm Odette-Odile: Yulia Stepanova (debut with the Bolshoi Ballet Company) Prince Siegfried: Artem Ovcharenko The Evil Genius: Igor Tsvirko Friends to the Prince: Anna Okuneva, Ana Turazashvili The Fool: Georgy Gusev 8 August, 7.30 pm Odette-Odile: Svetlana Zakharova Prince Siegfried: Denis Rodkin The Evil Genius: Artemy Belyakov Friends to the Prince: Anna Okuneva, Ana Turazashvili The Fool: Vyacheslav Lopatin 9 August, 7.30 pm Odette-Odile: Olga Smirnova Prince Siegfried: Semyon Chudin The Evil Genius: Mikhail Kryuchkov Friends to the Prince: Nina Kaptsova, Kristina Kretova The Fool: Denis Medvedev 10 August, 7.30 pm Odette-Odile: Svetlana Zakharova Prince Siegfried: Denis Rodkin The Evil Genius: Artemy Belyakov Friends to the Prince: Anna Okuneva, Ana Turazashvili The Fool: Vyacheslav Lopatin The Taming of the Shrew 3 August, 7.30 pm Katharina: Ekaterina Krysanova Petruchio: Vladislav Lantratov Bianca: Olga Smirnova Lucentio: Semyon Chudin Hortensio: Igor Tsvirko Gremio: Vyacheslav Lopatin The Widow: Юлия Гребенщикова (Yulia Grebenshchikov?) Baptista: Artemy Belyakov The Housekeeper: Anna Tikhomirova Grumio: Georgy Gusev 4 August, 7.30 pm Katharina: Kristina Kretova Petruchio: Denis Savin Bianca: Nina Kaptsova Lucentio: Artem Ovcharenko Hortensio: Alexander Smoliyaninov Gremio: Denis Medvedev The Widow: Анна Балукова (Anna Balukova?) Baptista: Karim Abdullin The Housekeeper: Yanina Parienko Grumio: Georgy Gusev The Flames of Paris 5 August, 7.30 pm Jeanne: Ekaterina Krysanova Philippe: Igor Tsvirko Adeline: Nina Kaptsova Jerome: Vyacheslav Lopatin Mireille de Poitiers: Yulia Stepanova Antoine Mistral: Denis Rodkin 6 August, 2.00 pm Jeanne: Kristina Kretova Philippe: Mikhail Lobukhin Adeline: Anna Nikulina Jerome: Denis Savin Mireille de Poitiers: Anna Tikhomirova Antoine Mistral: Artem Ovcharenko 6 August, 7.30 pm Jeanne: Maria Alexandrova Philippe: Vladislav Lantratov Adeline: Nina Kaptsova Jerome: Alexander Smoliyaninov Mireille de Poitiers: Yulia Stepanova Antoine Mistral: Denis Rodkin Le Corsaire 11 August, 7.30 pm Medora: Maria Alexandrova Conrad: Vladislav Lantratov Gulnare: Anna Tikhomirova Birbanto: Denis Savin Pas d'esclaves: Nina Kaptsova, Vyacheslav Lopatin 12 August, 7.30 pm Medora: Anna Nikulina Conrad: Mikhail Lobukhin Gulnare: Nina Kaptsova Birbanto: Vitaly Biktimirov Pas d'esclaves: Kristina Kretova, Igor Tsvirko 13 August, 2.00 pm Medora: Yulia Stepanova (debut) Conrad: Denis Rodkin Gulnare: Kristina Kretova Birbanto: Vitaly Biktimirov Pas d'esclaves: Margarita Shrainer, Alexander Smoliyaninov 13 August, 7.30 pm Medora: Ekaterina Krysanova Conrad: Igor Tsvirko Gulnare: Anna Tikhomirova Birbanto: Denis Savin Pas d'esclaves: Nina Kaptsova, Vyacheslav Lopatin Seyd, the Pacha: Alexei Loparevich (all the performances) Isaac Lanquedem: Yegor Simachev (all the performances)

It didn't have its own thread. That's possibly why you missed it. Here's the initial posting (the mistake in Fille casting was later corrected) http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/12179-royal-ballet-201617-season/?p=169683

Tierney Heap has danced a principal role this season. She was cast as Carmen in the Acosta production. This season, as well as Hermione, Claire Calvert has danced the Gypsy Girl in Two Pigeons. She has also done a number of major roles in previous seasons. She has danced Gamzatti in Bayadère, Lilac Fairy in Beauty, Mistress in Manon, Mercedes in Don Q as well as the principal role in Aeternum. http://www.roh.org.uk/people/claire-calvert

http://www.roh.org.uk/news/promotions-and-joiners-at-the-royal-ballet-for-201617 "Promotions and joiners have been announced for the 2016/17 Season. Director Kevin O’Hare has made the following promotions for the forthcoming Season: Alexander Campbell, Francesca Hayward, Ryoichi Hirano and Akane Takada have been promoted to Principal, the Company’s highest rank. Claire Calvert, Yasmine Naghdi and Beatriz Stix-Brunell are promoted to First Soloists.Matthew Ball and Mayara Magri are promoted to Soloists. Tierney Heap was promoted to First Artist mid-season and is also now promoted to Soloist. Reece Clarke, David Donnelly, Benjamin Ella, Isabella Gasparini, Anna Rose O’Sullivanand Demelza Parish are promoted to First Artist. Joining the Company at the start of the Season will be Joseph Sissens from The Royal Ballet School. All the 2015/16 Aud Jebsen Young Dancers - Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød, Harry Churches, Leo Dixon, Isabel Lubach and Julia Roscoe - will join the Company from The Royal Ballet School on permanent contracts as Artists. The Royal Ballet welcomes seven dancers to the Company for the 2016/17 Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme. The programme provides an opportunity for recently graduated dancers to receive a year’s contract to work alongside the corps de ballet of The Royal Ballet. In addition the dancers are offered mentoring and coaching and have the opportunity to perform with the Company. Next Season’s Aud Jebsen Young Dancers are Joseph Aumeer, Estelle Bovay, Maria Luisa Castillo Yoshida, Arianna Maldini, Giacomo Rovero, Francisco Serrano and Charlotte Tonkinson, all from The Royal Ballet School. Vincenzo Di Primo joins the Company as Prix de Lausanne dancer. Charlotte Edmonds will continue with The Royal Ballet for the 2016/17 Season for a second year on The Royal Ballet Young Choreographer Programme mentored by Kevin O’Hare and Wayne McGregor. The Young Choreographer Programme is a position for an emerging choreographer to shadow Royal Ballet and visiting choreographers and utilize the Company resources to create work." Very well deserved promotions. Congratulations to them all!

In the performances I saw last week, she and Begoña Cao (also a Principal) were in the pas de douze in Act 1 and were lead swans in the white acts but they were not in the general corps. ENB has often used principals in these roles, especially for Swan Lake in the round since the numbers needed are often multiplied by as many as four (eg in this version, the pas de trois becomes a pas de douze)

I've found that, if you select e-tickets but don't download them, you can then go to the box office and they will print all the tickets for you. You definitely don't need to wait for the day of the performance to have them printed.

The performance database to the rescue again: http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/production.aspx?production=12205&row=1 In 1996 the other husband was played by Irek Mukhamedov. Edited to say that it's a great pity that this database only goes up to 2012.

If the weather stays warm, people will need to look for us on the other part of the terrace. All the tables in front of the restaurant are currently being used for outdoor dining.

Les Biches was last revived eleven years ago (2005) http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/production.aspx?production=1749&row=0

The Royal Ballet has also gained a new Artist, Mica Bradbury. She graduated from the Royal Ballet School in 2014, went initially to the Royal Ballet of Flanders and joined the Royal Ballet earlier this month. http://www.roh.org.uk/people/mica-bradbury

http://www.evening-kazan.ru/articles/vladimir-shklyarov-v-mariinskom-teatre-ya-uzhe-stanceval-vse-chto-hotel.html If I've understood correctly, according to the google translation of the above link, Vladimir Shklyarov and Maria Shirinkina are taking a year's sabbatical from the Mariinsky to guest with the Bayerisches Staatsballett during the 2016/17 season. edited to correct link

Whatever one’s personal opinion of Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein, I think we have to take account of the fact that audiences have absolutely loved it. Last night, at the Ballet Association, Kevin O’Hare referred to the standing ovations it has been receiving in the Opera House. In addition, going by the numerous positive comments on the ‘your reaction’ page on the ROH website, the cinema screening was clearly a huge success http://www.roh.org.uk/news/your-reaction-frankenstein-live-in-cinemas-and-on-bp-big-screens

It looks like it will be streamed here: http://emerging-dancer.ballet.org.uk/

Can anyone explain why references to the winner of ENB’s Emerging Dancer 2014 are always limited to the name of Junor Souza who was actually the “joint winner” alongside Alison McWhinney. (scroll down in the above announcement to find the names of past winners) Here is the DanceTabs announcement of the 2014 result: http://dancetabs.com/2014/05/english-national-ballet-emerging-dancer-competition-2014-winners-announced/ Even the ENB official website only lists Alison’s 2013 nomination for the award and ignores the fact that she was the 2014 joint winner. http://www.ballet.org.uk/the-company/dancers/alison-mcwhinney/ I find this very puzzling.

Last year there was some discussion of an announcement that Natalia Osipova would be returning to the Bolshoi as a guest artist. http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/10984-natalia-osipova-to-return-to-the-bolshoi-as-guest-artist/ Maybe that's what is meant?

Sadly they're not performing at High Wycombe this year. Edited to say what a pity this is for those of us who live within travelling distance of High Wycombe and to encourage them to include The Swan in next season's tour.

Here's the interview mentioned by Jacqueline: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/arts/dance/18osipova.html

They've started to load it: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-fille-mal-gardee-by-frederick-ashton http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/anastasia-by-kenneth-macmillan Edit: just noticed opening night of Fille is Morera/Muntagirov but thereafter she dances with Zucchetti and he dances with Nuñez - possible typo? Other casting not loaded yet but here are the links for when it's done: http://www.roh.org.uk/mixed-programmes/chroma-new-wayne-mcgregor-carbon-life http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-nutcracker-by-peter-wright

Details here http://www.dominiontheatre.com/theatre/american-paris/ and tickets are already on sale. March performances are previews.

Just noticed that casting has been announced for the Australian Ballet performances at the London Coliseum in July: SWAN LAKE: LONDON Wednesday 13 July, 7.30pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Odette: Amber Scott Prince Siegfried: Adam Bull Baroness: Dimity Azoury Thursday 14 July, 2pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Odette: Lana Jones Prince Siegfried: Rudy Hawkes Baroness: Amy Harris Thursday 14 July, 7.30pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Odette: Leanne Stojmenov Prince Siegfried: Kevin Jackson Baroness: Ako Kondo Friday 15 July, 7.30pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Odette: Amber Scott Prince Siegfried: Adam Bull Baroness: Dimity Azoury Saturday 16 July, 2pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Odette: Leanne Stojmenov Prince Siegfried: Kevin Jackson Baroness: Ako Kondo Saturday 16 July, 7.30pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Odette: Lana Jones Prince Siegfried: Rudy Hawkes Baroness: Amy Harris CINDERELLA: LONDON Wednesday 20 July, 7.30pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Cinderella: Leanne Stojmenov Prince: Kevin Jackson Thursday 21 July, 2pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Cinderella: Ako Kondo Prince: Chengwu Guo Thursday 21 July, 7.30pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Cinderella: Amber Scott Prince: Ty King-Wall Friday 22 July, 7.30pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Cinderella: Lana Jones Prince: Adam Bull Saturday 23 July, 2pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Cinderella: Leanne Stojmenov Prince: Kevin Jackson Saturday 23 July, 7.30pm Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon Cinderella: Ako Kondo Prince: Chengwu Guo https://australianballet.com.au/swan-lake-london-casting https://australianballet.com.au/cinderella-london-casting

I imagine we will have to have the casting before May 3 as that's when Patrons can book.