Sim Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 BalletcoForum has learned that the choreographer and former Royal Ballet dancer Liam Scarlett has died. We ask that out of respect for Mr Scarlett's family, friends and colleagues that any comments placed here are limited to his work and artistic legacy. This is desperately sad and the BalletcoForum Committee sends their deepest condolences to Mr Scarlett's family and friends. Sim Dixon Chair BalletcoForum Committee - on behalf of the Forum moderators 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Awful news, enjoyed the work that he did. My thoughts are with his family. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Oh no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greypuss Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Very sad and shocking news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Oh no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Terribly sad. My deepest sympathies to all those who mourn him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonbfisher Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Awful news. Deepest sympathy to Liam’s family and friends. He had so much still to give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Heartbroken for him. a taster of his marvellous choreography here https://www.instagram.com/tv/CNv9RgcDWB5/?igshid=1ay6iygfzakiw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 So very tragic, whatever he may or may not have done. A waste of a life and a talent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 A statement has been issued on behalf of Liam's family. It confirms his "tragic, untimely death" and asks for "privacy to enable us to grieve our loss." 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElleC Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 This is truly awful news. Heartbreaking for his family and friends and so sad for those of us who loved his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aruna S Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) Terrible news, he was so brilliant. I loved the bits of Sweet Violets that the RB streamed. and of course his glorious Swan Lake. Edited April 17, 2021 by Aruna S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Oh no! How very sad. This year has already taken so many from us. Still thinking about Helen McRory ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Asphodel Meadows is one of the most beautiful ballets I've ever seen. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalletcoForum Moderators Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Tomorrow evening Münich ballet will be live-streaming FREE their Paradigma triple bill which includes Liam’s ‘With a Chance of Rain’ 7.30pm Münich time on Staatsoper.tv The stream is FREE and one time only, no video-on-demand. It is part of the digital ballet festival week 17-25 April from the Bavarian State Ballet. https://www.staatsoper.de/en/staatsballett/digital-ballet-festival-week-2021.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannette Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Wow...shocker. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Kent Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I am so very sad to read this news. My sympathies to his family and friends. He was very talented and has gone too soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 This is tragic, I'm so sorry for his family and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 May I please refer people to my initial post above. Comments here should be respectful and not speculative. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estreiiita Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 My deepest condolescences to his family, he will be remembered as a very talented choreographer; many danish spectators truly enjoyed his " Queen of Spades" created for the RDB and hoped to see his " Frankenstein" on the stage in Copenhagen the next season (unfortunately that plan was cancelled recently). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Sad news. Thinking of his family and friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 So much promise. What sad news. The beautiful Asphodel Meadows seems such a fitting legacy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Oh this is sad news indeed he was so young. I liked his work I thought he was very talented what a terrible shame. Condolences to family and friends 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li tai po Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 This is deeply distressing news. Liam was never afraid to use masterworks of the concert hall for his ballets - in that respect, he resembled Kenneth MacMillan. I remember with particular pleasure his early ballet Of Mozart, set to one of the most popular Mozart piano concertos, where he was clearly inspired by working with Laura Morera and Ricardo Cervera - and then his "late" work, the glorious Symphonic Dances, whose music has ironic premonitions of the end in the final movement and which was such a wonderful vehicle for Zenaida Yanowsky, as she neared the end of her career. He was only 35. What a loss! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 How desperately sad for Liam's family. Such a tragic loss of a young life and undoubted talent. With deepest condolences to his family and to all who mourn him. May he rest in peace. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Very sad news. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I just read this in my news feed. I was shocked to see it. Very, very sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Sad news indeed. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I will remember him talking about Swan Lake before it opened: he evidently really loved the ballet and everything about it. So much talent, so much love of ballet - gone. A sad and horrible loss in a very black time for ballet indeed. He achieved a lot for one so young. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiari Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Very sad news! He was very young. I'm sorry for his family and friends. May he have peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanR Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Devastated to hear this news. How tragic. He was so young and talented. I feel so sad for Liam & his family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveclassics Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 This is tragic. He was so young, so talented. I feel for his family and loved ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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