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I see that the International Ballet Galas in Japan have resumed, I guess Vadim Muntagirov might have picked up another Rudolf here in London had he not been engaged there. Anyway, I was shocked and disappointed to see the name of "Svetlana Zakharova, Principal of the Bolshoi Theatre" among the invited guests. https://www.t-bunka.jp/en/stage/16562/ Her smiling happy face on this Instagram post from Manuel Legris ........ https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZvUGpS88D/ How can she be given an artistic platform as if nothing is wrong - as Olga Smirnova said in the Dance Europe interview released yesterday, explaining why she left the Bolshoi and Russia "if you represent the Bolshoi Theatre, you represent the country"

I can't find an announcement but Dance Europe have posted this video on their YT channel.

Just bumping this up in hope.

There is a cast change on the RoH website for tomorrow evening - Yasmine Naghdi replaces Laura Morera.

There is a cast change on the RoH website for tomorrow evening - Yasmine Naghdi replaces Laura Morera.

Ah thanks for asking. It's a first I think, the usual standing were available for the Swan Lake gala.

Did anyone get SCS for the gala ?

From this on YT I think the original order was Stiefel, Kobborg, Corella, and Tsiskaridze - and not the order of the names in the YT title. Interesting given that Corrales was originally cast in the "Danish" role.

Ticket spoken for.

D47 £13 message me if interested.

Looking for one stalls circle standing for this performance if anyone has a spare please message me. Thank you

Did you go to the live performance Sabine ?

Corrales was originally scheduled to dance Albrecht in Giselle in Rome with Osipova last week but I noticed that Tissi danced instead.

Me neither, just links to the companies youtube channels. The Bayerische in Munich doesn't work for me - does anyone know if the company actually took part ?

Sorry mods please delete I didn't see Angela's post further down.

I thought David Soares was a very elegant dancer when I saw him at the Bolshoi (not live, just via youtube) so will be interested to read your reports if you go to see him Sabine.

Returned to BO.

B5 £12 and B6 £19 Message me if interested. Anna

returned to the BO

Why are you posting this ? These dancers chose to leave Munich and go to Russia after the invasion of Ukraine .......

Tickets now spoken for.

I don't know where you got the idea from that Macaulay confines himself solely to liking pretty, idealised versions of ballet ? And to suggest that he hated Rojo's Raymonda (a pretty, sanitised depiction of war if you ask me) because it reminded him "that not everyone lives a privileged, comfortable and lucky life" just doesn't make sense. This is an interesting look back on his years in New York as the New York Times chief dance critic. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/arts/dance/alastair-macaulay-dance-farewell.html Just in case you're wondering, I'm not a friend of his, I've never met him and I dislike the sometimes barbed tone in his reviews but he's been a dance critic for 40 years and is hugely knowledgeable and I think it's unnecessarily derogative to make such unsubstantiated comments.

He does like new work though and work by women choreographers, I remember him eulogising Pam Tanowitz's Four Quartets a few years ago.

Bumping this up tickets still available.

I don't think the review is any of those things. He didn't like it (neither did I) and he tells us why. I think his reviews tend not to be generous towards the RB but then IMO other reviewers are over generous.