Andy Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Something really going on behind "the doors" The main Russian news agency today announced the news - Osipova returning to the Bolshoi as a guest artist, contract has been signed for (enormous) amount of performances, starting with December's Giselles, then - Don Quixote (renewal on the main stage), then La Sylphide, then La Bayadere, then Le Corsaire and Onegin. Impressive? That is not all, Mr Urin announced that Natalia Osipova will participate in the Bolshoi tour to London in summer 2016 The ROH will remain silent? Link to the big news, in Russian (translator could be helpful) http://tass.ru/kultura/2403155 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 The plot thickens...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Hmmm...interesting indeed. I wonder if the 'enormous amount' of performances will be done alongside the RB ones? Andy, when does this contract start please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I've run the page through google translate: translation 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 contract has been signed for (enormous) amount of performances, I see no indication of an "enormous" number of performances from the Tass report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 It seems to me that this news is in itself sufficiently significant to deserve a new thread, so here we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I see no indication of an "enormous" number of performances from the Tass report? But there are clearly going to be a lot of them! Perhaps she is 'going home'. Or maybe just eager to dance everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamicro Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 But there are clearly going to be a lot of them! Perhaps she is 'going home'. Or maybe just eager to dance everywhere. or maybe it has something to do with her boyfriend... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 I see no indication of an "enormous" number of performances from the Tass report? Yes, the choice of the word was mine, sorry about that May I explain my point? Even if Osipova will do just one performance of each title, however we know for sure that there are 2 Giselles, for me it looks like too many of the titles (performances) for the dancer who has to go to another stage, hasn’t she? Let’s skip Giselles and December, what do we see? 5 big and serious roles in a short period of time, isn’t that Rehearsal time plus travelling, so will be there the time to rest and dance (in London?)? As we know that Osipova has a problem with her feet and after such a quick return to the stage in Milan, Moscow then Novosibirsk allows (me) to think that she did not have any operation, so the workload should be, shall I say, “more safe”? Shall I mention that Giselles are “back to back” - 1 and 2 December. Maybe I am wrong but can not get rid of the thought that just after the recovering the workload looks a bit... let’s say - strange The Bolshoi has a year’s book, according to that Don Quixote (Premiere, renewal & transfer to the main stage) - February 2016 (7 performances) then April 2016 (4) La Baydere April 2016 (5) Le Corsaire April 2016 (4) Onegin April 2016 (3) La Sylphide March (3) and June (4) 2016 According to the above - it is why I wrote “enormous” How many times will people see Osipova on stage in London? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENBlover Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Natalia is not scheduled to dance anything after her Giselle on March 29. This makes it 10 performances between January 20 - March 29. She wasn't supposed to dance here this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I guess the good news is that we can be sure she will be fulfilling her Giselle obligations here in London as she is obviously completely recovered from her complicated foot operation...being able to dance all these ballets starting with Manon at the end of November means that the recovery is already complete. Whatever has happened/is happening, I can't wait to see her Giselle again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENBlover Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I would agree. I feel that inasmuch as this is big news, there is nothing remotely "strange" about it. Bolshoi has been long trying to get Natalia to guest there so this is a logical conclusion for both parties. Good for Natalia to be able to return to the stage that must mean so much to her. I've missed seeing her on stage. January couldn't come soon enough. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 or maybe it has something to do with her boyfriend... That's what I think too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisypop84 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I think it has something to do with her boyfriend as well. He seems to only want to dance primarily in Russia. ( although this Sadlers Wells thing is interesting) How long is she under contract with RB? Also, does anyone really think they are being kept from dancing with each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hello Daisypop84 and welcome to the Forum. No-one knows the answer to your questions except for Ms Osipova and her employers with whom she has a permanent or guest contract. There's already been much speculation and I don't think it has got us any further forward. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I'm surprised no one has worked it out. New AD effective from March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) I'm surprised no one has worked it out. New AD effective from March. ? To what are you referring MAB? Edited November 20, 2015 by SwissBalletFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 See Links, 27 October - Mr Vaziev due to take over from Mr Filin at the Bolshoi next March. I assume that's the reference. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) See Links, 27 October - Mr Vaziev due to take over from Mr Filin at the Bolshoi next March. I assume that's the reference. Thank you Ian. I was aware of Vaziev going to the Bolshoi, but I was asking the effect that MAB thought this has on Osipova or the scheduling. I am surprised if MAB would think that there is a huge connection and/or 'no one had worked it out'. (No offence meant at all MAB) I thought that maybe there was some second-order of connection to it, so I asked. Vaziev is going to the Bolshoi, so Osipova is now appearing there as a guest, and in London. She will also be taking over Zakharova's Don Q in March at La Scala. However Vaziev denied Osipova's wish of dancing with Polunin for Manon, neither is she dancing with him for Don Q, even though it would of course be a delightful event for (Polipova/ Ospinunin) There must be some Brangelina shortening now for this amazing, inspirational, notorious partnership. It seems a bit of give and take, in terms of scheduling rather than special treatment for her, to me at least. Unless I am missing something, which is very much usually the case. Edited November 20, 2015 by SwissBalletFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENBlover Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Just for the record, Osipova is dancing her Giselles at the Bolshoi with Rodkin rather than Polunin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrylights Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Thank you Ian. I was aware of Vaziev going to the Bolshoi, but I was asking the effect that MAB thought this has on Osipova or the scheduling. I am surprised if MAB would think that there is a huge connection and/or 'no one had worked it out'. (No offence meant at all MAB) I thought that maybe there was some second-order of connection to it, so I asked. Vaziev is going to the Bolshoi, so Osipova is now appearing there as a guest, and in London. She will also be taking over Zakharova's Don Q in March at La Scala. However Vaziev denied Osipova's wish of dancing with Polunin for Manon, neither is she dancing with him for Don Q, even though it would of course be a delightful event for (Polipova/ Ospinunin) There must be some Brangelina shortening now for this amazing, inspirational, notorious partnership. It seems a bit of give and take, in terms of scheduling rather than special treatment for her, to me at least. Unless I am missing something, which is very much usually the case. Posipova? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLOSS Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) Vaziev started out with a strong hand. He does not need the Moscow job. He has improved the standing of La Scala's ballet company and his own reputation by his repertory choices and involvement in a number of important reconstructions particularly the Sleeping Beauty and next year's Swan Lake. If the Bolshoi arrangements are not to his liking he will be able to say that he is going back to work in the West.I think that he would not be without employment if he did decide to leave the Bolshoi and the powers that be must know that. He has further strengthened his hand. He has brought Osipova back into the Bolshoi fold as a guest artist and has achieved what many Russian ballet goers wanted. By refusing to agree to Osipova's casting proposals at La Scala he has, no doubt, made that company happy. In demonstrating that he is master at La Scala he has, I think, given notice to the Bolshoi company about how things will be run when he gets to Moscow. His actions in Milan may even have given notice to Grigorovitch's supporters that he is not going to take any nonsense from them either.He has established that he is not the one who will blink first in a confrontation and displayed that he posses the most significant asset that anyone running the Bolshoi can have, an iron fist in a velvet glove. That he appears to have done this without upsetting any of the factions at the Bolshoi is quite masterly.He has played this with the mastery of a great chess player. I am sure that Vaziev is fully aware that everything that he has done and will do at La Scala will be subject to analysis and debate in Moscow. A reputation as a strong manager when it comes to satisfying the wishes of star dancers will, I suspect, come in very useful. It will be interesting to see whether he faces any trouble when he gets to Moscow or whether those who would otherwise oppose him play the long game and wait for him to make his own mistakes. As far as the Osipova affair at La Scala is concerned the timing is so beneficial for him it could almost be a put up job. Edited November 21, 2015 by FLOSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 His actions in Milan may even have given notice to Grigorovitch's supporters that he is not going to take any nonsense from them either. What on earth is that supposed to mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 The plot thickens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilian88 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 "Her boyfriend", ie Sergei Polunin, has repeatedly expressed his intention to work as a freelance, because is that what fit better with his artistic needs, so apart from an obvious predilection for Stasik - seen his excellent relationship with Igor Zelensky, its implied his willingness to work anywhere. Also, for the record, he has already worked with Maliphant and in general, in projects of contemporary dance, saying that despite finding it very interesting, he prefers ballet and classical roles; moreover, as he very modestly and generously said during the press conference of Sadler, the pieces that they will dance in June were meant for her and he hopes to be just a "good add-on". All this to say that whatever is happening, it's much more likely depends on Osipova and not Polunin. I cannot express myself about his girlfriends, her past as "Vasipova" and her current intentions, but I know that, chivalry aside, Polunin's statements about dancing together are perfectly in line with what he has always said about the freedom of expression of the dancers and their right to having a say on issues that directly affect their art, as in fact, the choice of partners; so nothing to do with nonsense from tabloid but a topic far more worthy to be considered and discussed, in my humble opinion 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just to mention that Osipova & Polunin are no longer scheduled to dance Don Q at the Bolshoi this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just to mention that Osipova & Polunin are no longer scheduled to dance Don Q at the Bolshoi this weekend. That's interesting, good to see that Alexandrova and Lantratov are dancing the premiere tonight, I hope they will dance the first night at the ROH too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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