Mariinsky promotion news - Andrei Yermakov

[annamk]

At long last Andrei Yermakov has been promoted to Principal. Congratulations to him  

[alison]

Thanks for letting us know, Anna.  Was he the most obvious outstanding (as in non-promoted) principal promotion prospect?  I'm afraid I'm not very au fait with who is and who isn't a principal these days.

[Amelia]

https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/ballet/soloists

[now voyager]

4 hours ago, alison said:

Thanks for letting us know, Anna.  Was he the most obvious outstanding (as in non-promoted) principal promotion prospect?  I'm afraid I'm not very au fait with who is and who isn't a principal these days.

Yermakov has, in my opinion, long deserved this promotion, but I think there are others, most notably Stepin among the men and Novikova and Osmolkina among the women, whom I also would have promoted years ago were the decision mine to make.

[Don Q Fan]

I SO agree about Novikova.  

[Angela]

Me too!

[Don Q Fan]

Her Giselle with hubby Sarafanov afew years ago at The Coli was fabulous.

[Bruce Wall]

1 hour ago, Don Q Fan said:

Her Giselle with hubby Sarafanov afew years ago at The Coli was fabulous.

 

I agree.  Sublime.  So sad then that this stunning Mikhailovsky performance was so very poorly attended.  I well remember there was a sea of red about me ... and I was on a complimentary ticket at the time.  In a way - although I wish it was very much otherwise - I'm not surprised they have not returned to London.