Royal Ballet dancers competed for Golden Masque in Moscow.

[Amelia]

Royal Ballet dancers in Sergey Danilyan project competed for Golden Masque in Moscow. In “Zeitgeist” Edward Watson danced with Loren Cuthbertson who replaced Natalia Osipova. There are many photos here:

http://mayorovphoto.livejournal.com/376778.html

The other piece is “Mozart & Salieri” with Ivan Vasiliev & Vladimir Varnava.

 

Photos from the reception after the performance:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.985267734854995.1073742129.177755282272915&type=3

 

Edited: added the last 2 lines.

Edited March 28, 2016 by Amelia

[Jan McNulty]

Thanks Amelia.  Fabulous photographs.

[alison]

In “Zeitgeist” Edward Watson danced with Loren Cuthbertson who replaced Natalia Osipova.

 

Uh-oh.  When was this, Amelia?

[capybara]

This is puzzling as the dancers in the photos include Donald Thom, who left the RB last year, alongside Marcelino Sambe and Thomas Mock who are still there.

[alison]

Did they bring him over specially?  I think he was one of the ones in the original cast, wasn't he?

[Amelia]

The performance took place on 26 March. Loren learned the part in 10 days and the strictest of ballet critics praised her for being impeccable in all respects.

It is not surprising, capybara, that Donald Thom danced with them - they presented Ardani Artists (Sergey Danilyan's) project. So impresario was free to invite him.

[alison]

Thanks, Amelia.  So we wait with bated breath to see whether this is any reflection of casting tomorrow, or whether Osipova *is* dancing and just dropped out of this to concentrate on rehearsing, for example.

[capybara]

The performance took place on 26 March. Loren learned the part in 10 days and the strictest of ballet critics praised her for being impeccable in all respects.

It is not surprising, capybara, that Donald Thom danced with them - they presented Ardani Artists (Sergey Danilyan's) project. So impresario was free to invite him.

 

Thank you for the explanation, amelia.