Balletfanp Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Came across this do thought I would start a thread. Congratulations to Vadim Muntagirov and John McFarlane for their nominations! <At a press conference in the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, the nominees for the International Ballet Prize Benois de la Dance (Benois de la danse) were announced. 28 artists from Russia, USA, France, Austria and other countries will compete for the victory. Six choreographers claim for the award: Juanho Arques (Birmingham Royal Ballet), Septim Webre (Kansas City Ballet), Manuel Legrey (Vienna State Ballet), Justin Peck (San Francisco Ballet), Fredrik Benke Reedman (Stockholm State Ballet), Christian Shpuk (Zurich Ballet). Anastasia Stashkevich (Bolshoi Theater), Amandine Albison (Paris Opera Ballet), Ashley Bauder (New York City Ballet), Eliza Carrillo Cabrera (Berlin State Ballet), Maya Makhateli (Netherlands National Ballet), Yuan Yuan Tan (San Francisco Ballet), Kaho Yanagisawa (Swedish Royal Ballet). Vyacheslav Lopatin (Bolshoi Theater), Audric Besar (Paris Opera Ballet), Andile Ndlovu (Washington Ballet), Daniel Simkin (American Ballet Theater), Daniel Camargo (Netherlands National Ballet), Vadim Muntagirov (Royal Ballet of Great Britain) will compete for the title of best dancer , Abel Rojo (Malpaso). In the Composers category, Matthew Pierce (The Wizard of Oz, Kansas City Ballet) and Kate Wheatley (Flame, Birmingham Royal Ballet) are nominated. In addition, four artists are applying for the prize: Jerome Kaplan (“Bayadere”, Berlin State Secretariat), John Macfarlane (“Swan Lake”, Royal Ballet of Great Britain), Robert Perdiola (“Harlequinade”, American Ballet Theater), and Michael Rayford and Liz Vandall (The Wizard of Oz, Kansas City Ballet). The award ceremony will take place on 21 May.> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 Oh, and Kate Wheatley - missed her in the list! Nice to see our British companies represented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) Oh, dear .... Think the spelling of some of the nominees' names are a little off the mark (e.g., Manuel Legris, Christian Spuck and Robert Perdziola). All of these gentlemen are significantly senior and well established in the industry. Bit galling if this copy is taken from the official press release as it appears to be. It means the errors will be picked up all over the place unless otherwise checked. Not good. Edited April 13, 2019 by Bruce Wall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Who's on the jury this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 41 minutes ago, Bruce Wall said: Oh, dear .... Think the spelling of some of the nominees' names are a little off the mark (e.g., Manuel Legris, Christian Spuck and Robert Perdziola). All of these gentlemen are significantly senior and well established in the industry. Bit galling if this copy is taken from the official press release as it appears to be. It means the errors will be picked up all over the place unless otherwise checked. Not good. It was actually from the official Benois site but through Google translate, so.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Just now, Balletfanp said: It was actually from the official Benois site but through Google translate, so.... That’s really odd as, when I go to the website (benois.theatre.ru), it comes up in English. The names of the Jury are listed there too, Alison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) The Benois programme page itself also has errors ... I've laid out two (as emboldened) below - The program of the evening includes both classical and neo-classical fragments, as well as works of young modern choreographers. Participants included Maria Kochetkova, Silvia Atszoni and Alexander Ryabko, Anna Laudere and Edwin Revazov, Vadim Muntagirov and Sara Lamb, Victoria Jayani and Timur Suluashvili, and other stars from the ballet world. Edited April 13, 2019 by Bruce Wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Sounds like the familiar problem of Latin alphabet names being transliterated into Cyrillic and back out again - the “English as She is Spoke” effect, if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Bruce Wall said: The Benois programme page itself also has errors ... I've laid out two (as emboldened) below - The program of the evening includes both classical and neo-classical fragments, as well as works of young modern choreographers. Participants included Maria Kochetkova, Silvia Atszoni and Alexander Ryabko, Anna Laudere and Edwin Revazov, Vadim Muntagirov and Sara Lamb, Victoria Jayani and Timur Suluashvili, and other stars from the ballet world. Now the question is................(ref. the recent Russian Icons Gala)..........will any of the above actually appear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Daniil Simkin and Elisa Carillo Cabrera from Berlin State Ballet - yay! not sure why the list says Jerome Kaplan, Berlin State Secretariat😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophoife Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Mr Kaplan is on the list as one of the "four artists...applying for the prize" and they are all designers - he's in the same section as John Macfarlane for the Scarlett Swan Lake. 19 hours ago, Sabine0308 said: not sure why the list says Jerome Kaplan, Berlin State Secretariat😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 NOMINEES 2019, with correct names, works, roles and secretariats 😁 - copied from here CHOREOGRAPHERS JUANJO ARQUÉS –Ignite, Kate Whitley. Birmingham Royal Ballet. MANUEL LEGRIS – Sylvia, Leo Delibes. Vienna State Ballet. JUSTIN PECK – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, M8 (Anthony Gonzalez, Yann Gonzalez, Bradley Laner, Justin Meldal-Johnson). San-Francisco Ballet. FREDRIK BENKE RYDMAN – Duet with an Industrial Robot, Johan Lilje Dal, Karl Johan Rasmusson. State Theatre Stockholm. CHRISTIAN SPUCK – Winterreise, Hans Zender, Franz Schubert. Zurich Ballet. SEPTIME WEBRE – Wizard of OZ, Matthew Pierce. Kansas City Ballet. BALLERINAS AMANDINE ALBISSON – Marguerite Gautier, La Dame aux Camélias, F.Chopin/J.Neumeier. Paris Opera Ballet. ASHLEY BOUDER – Swanilda, Coppelia, L.Delibes/G.Balanchine. New York City Ballet. ELISA CARRILLO CABRERA –Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, S.Prokofiev/N.Duato. State Ballet Berlin. MAIA MAKHATELI – Marguerite Gautier, La Dame aux Camélias, F.Chopin/J.Neumeier. Dutch National Ballet. ANASTASIA STASHKEVICH – Dolly, Anna Karenina, P.Tchaikovsky, A.Shnitke, C.Stevens-Y.Islam/J.Neumeier. Bolshoi Theatre of Russia. YUAN YUAN TAN – Duet Take a Deep Breath, Bound to, K.Henson/Ch.Wheeldon. San Francisco Ballet. KAHO YANAGISAWA – Solo part, Artifact Suite, E.Crossman-Hecht, I.S.Bach/W.Forsythe. Royal Swedish Ballet DANCERS AUDRIC BEZARD – Armand Duval, La Dame aux Camélias, F.Chopin/J.Neumeier. Paris Opera Ballet. DANIEL CAMARGO – Armand Duval, La Dame aux Camélias, F.Chopin/J.Neumeier; Basilio, Don Quichot, L.Minkus/M.Petipa, A.Ratmansky. Dutch National Ballet. VIACHESLAV LOPATIN – Faun, C.Debussy,N.Sawhney/S.L.Cherkaoui. Bolshoi Theatre of Russia. VADIM MUNTAGIROV – Prince Siegfried, Swan Lake,P.Tchaikovsky/L.Scarlett. Royal Ballet London. ANDILE NDLOVU – Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet,S.Prokofiev/J.Cranko. The Washington Ballet. ABEL ROJO – Carrying with My Own Floor,E.Satie/A.Rojo.Malpaso Company. DANIIL SIMKIN – Harlequin, Harlequinade, R.Drigo/M.Petipa, A.Ratmansky. American Ballet Theatre. COMPOSERS MATTHEW PIERCE – Wizard of OZ, choreography by SeptimeWebre, Kansas City Ballet. KATE WHITLEY – Ignite, choreography by JuanjoArques, Birmingham Royal Ballet. DESIGNERS JÉRÔME KAPLAN – La Bayadère, L.Minkus/M.Petipa, A.Ratmansky, State Ballet Berlin. JOHN MACFARLANE – Swan Lake, P.Tchaikovsky/L.Scarlett, Royal Ballet London. ROBERT PERDZIOLA – Harlequinade, R.Drigo/M.Petipa, A.Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre. MICHAEL RAYFORD-LIZ VANDAL – Wizard of OZ, M.Pierce/S.Webre, Kansas City Ballet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 ahhh thanks Angela! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Sophoife said: Mr Kaplan is on the list as one of the "four artists...applying for the prize" and they are all designers - he's in the same section as John Macfarlane for the Scarlett Swan Lake. I was confused about listing him as working for the Berlin State "secretariat"😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Kaho Yanagisawa, currently with the Royal Swedish Ballet, was an outstanding student at the Royal Ballet School. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Two Armands competing against each other. Could be interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophoife Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 3 hours ago, Sabine0308 said: I was confused about listing him as working for the Berlin State "secretariat"😀 Again we'll have to blame the auto-translate! 🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Sometimes Google translate is very funny, Sergei Filin's last name for example sometimes comes back as an owl, and Denys Cherevychko's name (Vienna State Ballet) comes back as slippers, like Tchaikovsky's opera "Cherevichki" 😨 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 To say nothing of Roberto Bolle coming out as Roberto Bubbles..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette H Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 The Jury this year (buried deep in the benois web site) List of the Jury 2019YURI GRIGOROVICH – President;DIRK BADENHORST – CEO of the South African International Ballet Competition, Director of Mzansi Ballet andCuDanSA school;TED BRANDSEN – Director of Het National Ballet;SVETLANA ZAKHAROVA – Primaballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia;ANA LAGUNA – International Star, ballet master and coach;AGNES LETESTU –Etoile of the Paris Opera Ballet, costume designer;VLADIMIR MALAKHOV – International Star, coach, choreographer;RACHEL MOORE – President and CEO of the LosAngeles Music Center. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Sorry to be an 'old cynic' but I think that, within the list of jury members, lie some clues as who will win this year. Just going on past practice............... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 19 minutes ago, capybara said: Sorry to be an 'old cynic' but I think that, within the list of jury members, lie some clues as who will win this year. Just going on past practice............... Agreed, and I find it very hard to take this prize seriously as a result. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 That's why I asked who was on the jury this year OTOH, Muntagirov is nominated ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 I've just spotted on Facebook (via a post congratulating him) that Vadim Muntagirov has won the male dancer award at the Benois. Wow - what a year he's having! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 Wow, huge congratulations to Vadim!! Absolutely deserved! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 John McFarlane too! How wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 On 16/04/2019 at 09:42, Lizbie1 said: Agreed, and I find it very hard to take this prize seriously as a result. 26 minutes ago, Balletfanp said: Wow, huge congratulations to Vadim!! Absolutely deserved! 18 minutes ago, Balletfanp said: John McFarlane too! How wonderful! I take it all back 😉 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) This is Vadim's second win and, this time, there was apparently noone on the jury who is in any way connected with him. I have to withdraw my earlier scepticism and apologise for it. Edited May 21, 2019 by capybara 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Where is the full list of winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 You could try this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 BENOIS DE LA DANSE-2019 LAUREATES FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Jiri Kylian CHOREOGRAPHERS Fredrik Benke Rydman Christian Spuck BALLERINAS Ashley Bouder Elisa Carrillo Cabrera DANCERS Vadim Muntagirov SCENOGRAPHER John Macfarlane THE RUSSIAN-ITALIAN PRIZE BENOIS-MASSINE Anna Laudere Nice to see John Macfarlane up there as well as Vadim. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Agree vis a vis Macfarlane and Muntagirov - Also pleased to see Anna Laudere receive the recognition she certainly deserves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Wow Vadimir Malakhov is looking very sharp these days! Congrats to the winners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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