Angela Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 This is an ugly, cynical scene from the New Year's evening show on Russian State TV - does anybody recognize the ballerina in green who is sitting next to Tsiskaridze? Dear Mods: If this is too policital, please delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On 20 December 2022, the pupils of Vaganova Academy performed “The Nutcracker” in Moscow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TtgXdwp08I Masha, aka Clara — Maria Koshkareva Nutcracker Prince — Luka Dobosh /a student from Romania/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I'm so torn. I want to reply on every post (Facebook, Instagram, youtube) "there is a war going on started by your government/army, and you're hopping around happily, aren't you ashamed" or something like this. On the other hand, I see innocent Russian kids, enjoying a ballet. Dancers who just want to perform, their professional life is so short.... it's difficult. 😥 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) @Angela I think it might be Yasmina Aziz … 13yo Vaganova pupil https://www.instagram.com/p/ClrVXRKoYi0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Edited January 3, 2023 by FionaE Name correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Yes, thank you Fiona - though she looks much older in the show, but that seems to be her. She seems to be a big talent, let's hope that she has decent teachers besides Tsiskaridze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElenaF Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Yesterday Ukraine sanctioned a number of Russian cultural figures, with four Russian ballet stars included. And while the inclusion of Svetlana Zakharova on the sanctions list is not unexpected given her close affiliation with Vladimir Putin (I have even heard allegations that she was his mistress at some point), I wonder what have Evgenia Obraztsova, Ekaterina Krysanova or Vlad Lantratov done to be included as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 58 minutes ago, ElenaF said: Yesterday Ukraine sanctioned a number of Russian cultural figures, with four Russian ballet stars included. And while the inclusion of Svetlana Zakharova on the sanctions list is not unexpected given her close affiliation with Vladimir Putin (I have even heard allegations that she was his mistress at some point), I wonder what have Evgenia Obraztsova, Ekaterina Krysanova or Vlad Lantratov done to be included as well. Could you provide a link to this list? On Al-Jazeera and other news sources they mention Netrebko, film artists and others in a new list … the purpose of which is to freeze the assets of these artists in Ukraine .. for 10 years. I haven’t seen any actual lists. This article doesn’t mention dancers (I can’t imagine any dancers have assets in Ukraine, though they may well have family). https://www.rferl.org/amp/ukraine-sanctions-russia-entertainers/32213661.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElenaF Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 hour ago, FionaE said: Could you provide a link to this list? On Al-Jazeera and other news sources they mention Netrebko, film artists and others in a new list … the purpose of which is to freeze the assets of these artists in Ukraine .. for 10 years. I haven’t seen any actual lists. This article doesn’t mention dancers (I can’t imagine any dancers have assets in Ukraine, though they may well have family). https://www.rferl.org/amp/ukraine-sanctions-russia-entertainers/32213661.html Here is the link to the relevant decree by the Ukrainian president on his official site. The list of sanctioned persons is in the attachment at the bottom of that page. It is all in Ukrainian, the English version of the president's site does not provide translations of official documents, so you may need a translation tool or someone who is language-proficient enough to translate. https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/42023-45517 There are over 100 individuals on that list. Netrebko is on it. As for people from the ballet world, I only saw the aforementioned 4 names, maybe I missed someone. In addition to asset freezes, the Ukrainian sanctions law states that the names of sanctioned people are to be provided to the governments of the US, European countries and other countries friendly to Ukraine, with a recommendation that these countries add such sanctioned people to their own sanctions lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 @ElenaFthank you. I use online translation tools multiple times a day … they are sufficient for The gist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 3 hours ago, FionaE said: Could you provide a link to this list? On Al-Jazeera and other news sources they mention Netrebko, film artists and others in a new list … the purpose of which is to freeze the assets of these artists in Ukraine .. for 10 years. I haven’t seen any actual lists. This article doesn’t mention dancers (I can’t imagine any dancers have assets in Ukraine, though they may well have family). https://www.rferl.org/amp/ukraine-sanctions-russia-entertainers/32213661.html It makes me so sick that this list even exists, I cannot check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalletcoForum Moderators Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Hi everyone. Whilst we all have feelings of anger and pain regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, may we PLEASE once again remind all members that this is a forum for the discussion of ballet and dance (performance, history, dancers, etc.), not politics or world events. There are plenty of other fora for those discussions. People can, as individuals, do research and then make informed choices as to which companies or artists they go to see. It is not for any of us to judge them, even if we disagree with them. Furthermore, the general public is not in a position to know what every artist (Russian or otherwise) thinks about their government's actions. Supposition and speculation is not fair on them. There are many reasons why people can't/don't speak out. We will leave this thread locked for now, but once again, let's please stick to discussion of ballet and dance. Thank you for your co-operation. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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