tim b Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 After guests from Vienna were called upon at short notice to dance three perfromances of the Nureyev Don Q at the Bastille a week or so ago, this afternoon's scheduled Basilio has been injured so cannot dance - this means that despite her pleas to the management to dance with another Basilio Mathilde Froustey (tipped by the fans as the next etoile - she ought to be too IMHO) will not after all appear as Kitri - all of which means unless there is some other schedule change this season, she may have danced her one and only performance of this role - in which she was reported to have been spectacular earlier this week - most of this news is a summary of the many postings on Twitter on the subject for those who are interested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Thanks for the update Tim. I am going on 30/12 to the matinee and was disappointed that no etoiles were dancing (although the new year's eve triple bill promises plenty of etoiles) - but as is usual the casts change with POB right up to the last minute so you never know. Pity Frousty is "out" from the sound of it. Thanks too for the info about the Viennese dancers - I wondered who the odd names were on the "distribution" cast list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Mathilde Froustey actually dansed Kitri today with Alu, apparently a last minute change she was informed of only this morning (according to Twitter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim b Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hot off the presses, it sounds as tho she was put on to dance this afternoon with another partner unknown to me named Alu - the tweets were most enthusiastic & appreciative You are right about last minute changes specially this time of year - as long as Eurostar don't fail as well!! Hope you enjoy your visit and tell us who you saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim b Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Sorry Marine you had already read & posted the Twitter news while I was still doing my two fingered typing - glad I understood all the French aright anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hi Tim. I've just edited your title to the full "Don Quixote", because I've realised that otherwise the forum search engine won't be able to find it in the future (it doesn't do anything less than 4 letters). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAB Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Some of the casting looks a bit strange to me. Very sad to see Thibault not cast as Basilio, he is very good in the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim b Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 I think I read that he was guesting somewhere but infuriatingly I cannot now remember where or what as hmmm! Btw, has anyone read or heard of the reason Zakharova's scheduled performances were "re-cast"? Have POB made any explanatory announcements on the subject? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Well, one of the French websites says she was ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim b Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Ta much for the info Alison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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