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Do you mean Trzensimiech? I didn't remember he was one of them...I would expect them to be more demi-carachter type dancers, so clearly not his case: maybe it was just a gap to fill. I remember somebody (Kobborg?) saying that in RDB, in Napoli, a dancer starts as a child on the bridge and ends decades later as a on old citizen, dancing every role in the between: maybe The Dream is the RB version of that

I know, Janet. But still Alison post is not clear to me.

Who and what are you referring to?

Romanian National Ballet has announced the cast for DSCH/The Dream mixed bill: on the 5th of December Titania and Oberon will be danced by Alina Cojocaru and Dawid Trzensimiech; on the 6th of December Oberon will be the 2914 Royal Ballett graduated Barnaby Bishop. http://www.operanb.ro/spectacol/dsch-the-dream-stagiunea2015-2016/2015-12-05

Since many years, every time he dances people says he has improved. It must be something like the Continental Drift :-D The real similarity between Bolle and Coviello stops to acting skills (or lack of). Coviello is a "fine" ( ;-) ) solo dancer (I generally prefer him to Bolle) but is not a good partner, is small and with some unfortunate physical proportions. Bolle is tall, handsome and (usually) a technically secure partner.

Osipova scheduled partner was Hallberg, NOT Coviello. She has already danced with Coviello and maybe she doesn't want to repeat the "experience", we don't know, even if as already said I'd agree with this decision.

If only I could agree. Sarah Lamb was actually more than "fine" and did her best to give life to Manon, with success IMO. She even managed to make the pdd almost looking good. Unfortunately the company (with the exception of Massimo Garon) was really below the standard they used to be in Manon: I've never seen the main carachters so poorly developed and such a lack of intention and meaning in the dancing. Better to avoid comparison with the Royal Ballet. This for the first and the second act: I had to leave before the third and maybe the positive reviews are dramatically influenced by that one...

It's not necessary to know how tall Osipova is, or Coviello: if you Google Osipova and Coviello, you can see a number of photos of the two together and make your own idea on how they look when dancing.

It was announced to the audience a few weeks ago. I saw Osipova with Coviello a couple of years ago in Swan Lake and he looked very young and promising. Then I saw them in Manon and it was an acceptable but not great show, but they had like 10 days of rehearsal and that's is really too little for a double debut. When I saw them in Romeo and Juliet, the partnership really didn't work, at least for the standard I expect from a great dancer as Osipova is: she seemed to dance on her own. He was quite insignificant. Later I saw him as Albrecht (his second season in the role) with Maria Eichwald: she was a wonderful Giselle, he didn't exist on stage (even if he has a quite strong individual technique). He did quite well with Rojo in Don Quixote, but you don't need to act that much when dancing Basil. His Manon pdd with Hamilton in the Etoile Gala is something to forget. IMO he is an excellent and elegant dancer, but is shortish (too short for Hamilton or Osipova), not physically strong and not a great partner; he is quite bland on stage, without a great personality and modest acting skills: think to a young Bolle without his mass. Why should Osipova accept to dance with him, after a few not exciting performances, when she was actually hired to dance with her favorite partner, Hallberg? It could be that the discussion went on for a while, we just know that the result was announced yesterday (and just with a quite hidden note on La Scala website), not when the decision was taken. I wish that every great artist will consider who she/he is dancing with when accepting a guest appearance: nothing is so depressing as watching a relevant artist perform under the expected level due to an unfortunate partnership. Dancing machines are always the same, but those who have something to say, need somebody to talk to.

Yes, it was Hallberg. If she signed a contract to dance with Hallberg and ended up with Coviello, I cannot blame her for not accepting that. Not just for safety: firt of all, an artist has artistry to deliver.

The other link I posted earlier put it in a less "diplomatic" way, in its last paragraph "Ma le gatte da pelare per il numero uno scaligero non finiscono qui. Natalia Osipova, star del Royal Ballet di Londra, impegnata nelle recite di Manon del 18 e 20, non vuole ballare con lo scaligero Claudio Coviello. Ha proposto di sostituirlo con Sergei Polunin (che tra l'altro è il suo fidanzato), ma per il teatro si tratterebbe di pagare un'altra étoile ospite. Nulla ancora è deciso, se salterà lei o Coviello. Insomma, la sfortuna ha colpito duramente Manon, e la deportazione negli Stati Uniti, come accade nella storia dell'Abate Prévost ripresa da Massenet e Puccini, sarebbe quasi una liberazione." http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/11/14/news/polemiche_e_proteste_dopo_la_cancellazione_di_manon_ma_la_cgil_esulta_sciopero_riuscito-127303732/

Do you mean Cojocaru? :-) Anyway,no.

http://www.teatroallascala.org/en/season/opera-ballet/2014-2015/histoire-de-manon.html Natalia Osipova is not dancing Manon in La Scala anymore. She is replaced by Sarah Lamb. In the link the statement of the theatre, quite ambiguous IMO.

Not just strike in La Scala: now it's possible Osipova will cancel because she doesn't want to dance with Coviello and asks to dance with Polunin. I would not be happy to dance with Civiello too (I found him very promising a couple of years ago, but I don't fnd him interesting anymore: he was quite bad in the gala as Des Grieux and his "emptiness" was really depressing when he danced Albrecht with Eichwald, my last two views of him), but I hope it's not a "Polunin or nothing" thing (even if I agree with Osipova and Sergei would be my foirst choice ). http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/11/14/news/polemiche_e_proteste_dopo_la_cancellazione_di_manon_ma_la_cgil_esulta_sciopero_riuscito-127303732/

If I remember well, Osipova is supposed to dance on the 18th and 20th only.

or maybe it has something to do with her boyfriend...

...but unfortunately he didn't dance it due to illness.:-( More sensible (and professional?) even if Kobborg made just a few little additions and changes to a consolidate masterpiece: in any case there is a whole production to keep under control. Imagine with a brand new ballet...

Thinking of major ballet companies and not one man bands, is it common for a choreographer (in Carmen particular case also not very experienced) to cast himself in the first night shows? And to cast himself in two different leading roles? Reading your comments and the professional review, it's hard to not think of an excess of superficiality and (self)indulgence both from Acosta and Royal Ballet management. Buying a ticket for new ballets, we take a risk and we cannot regret too much the wasted money; but, considering Jennings observations about funds, I hope that you have not paid it twice with also your taxes.

Unfortunately the stage view wasn't more exciting. At the link provided above this morning was still available the recording: maybe you can watch it.

The above comment clearly belongs to another thread! Sorry

Isn't this from the Bright Stream? He danced it with ABT

Isn't this from the Bright Stream? He danced it with ABT

Your opinion is close to the ones of several "star dancers" (I'd rather call them "artists" :-) ) who felt the need to leave from that company...

I read it wrongly, is it possible to delete both my useless messages???