Dawnstar Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I've just spotted this cast sheet photo on Twitter, as Gary Avis retweeted the linked tweet. Very interesting casting for For Four. I know it's changed due to injury but it still must be pretty good that Liam Boswell is cast in a role like that, alongside much higher-ranked dancers, when he's still only an Artist. Surely he must be in line for promotion. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) Some curtain call photos from this afternoon's performance here (thanks to chien en peluche on dansomanie for the link) Edited June 24, 2023 by Jane S 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 And also on the nbs_japan IG page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Dawnstar said: I've just spotted this cast sheet photo on Twitter, as Gary Avis retweeted the linked tweet. Very interesting casting for For Four. I know it's changed due to injury but it still must be pretty good that Liam Boswell is cast in a role like that, alongside much higher-ranked dancers, when he's still only an Artist. Surely he must be in line for promotion. Yes - kudos to Liam Boswell who replaced Luca Acri who had, himself, replaced Marcelino Sambe in the first cast. That second For Four cast ended up being composed of an Artist (Liam), a Soloist (Leo), a First Soloist (Joe) and a Principal (Will). An appropriate reflection of the talent with the RB atm. Nice! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 58 minutes ago, capybara said: Yes - kudos to Liam Boswell who replaced Luca Acri who had, himself, replaced Marcelino Sambe in the first cast. That second For Four cast ended up being composed of an Artist (Liam), a Soloist (Leo), a First Soloist (Joe) and a Principal (Will). An appropriate reflection of the talent with the RB atm. Nice! Quoting myself to atone for the cardinal sin of listing first names only and including shortened ones to boot. Whoops - sorry! In addition to the dancers properly credited, those appearing were Leo Dixon, Joseph Sissens and William Bracewell. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_enthusiast Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 1 hour ago, capybara said: Yes - kudos to Liam Boswell who replaced Luca Acri who had, himself, replaced Marcelino Sambe in the first cast. That second For Four cast ended up being composed of an Artist (Liam), a Soloist (Leo), a First Soloist (Joe) and a Principal (Will). An appropriate reflection of the talent with the RB atm. Nice! I hope Luca is well? I was hoping to catch him and Anna Rose in Corybantic Games, I believe they were only on for the triple bill opening night. Stellar cast for For Four - again, a massive shame nothing is being recorded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 27 minutes ago, art_enthusiast said: I hope Luca is well? Luca Acri joined Matthew Ball, James Hay and Vadim Muntagirov in the other cast. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnzi5 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 1 hour ago, capybara said: Quoting myself to atone for the cardinal sin of listing first names only and including shortened ones to boot. Whoops - sorry! In addition to the dancers properly credited, those appearing were Leo Dixon, Joseph Sissens and William Bracewell. I understood who you meant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, Linnzi5 said: I understood who you meant! 😊 There is a bit of a tradition on here to try to give full names because forum users are not necessarily au fait with the dancers in every company. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 1 hour ago, capybara said: Luca Acri joined Matthew Ball, James Hay and Vadim Muntagirov in the other cast. 新書館ダンスマガジン on Instagram: “【取材中】 いよいよ、ロイヤル・バレエ日本公演が開幕！ ウィールドン振付『FOR FOUR』の稽古場を取材しました。 アクリ瑠嘉、ボール、ムンタギロフ、ヘイ、4人のダンサーが火花を散らす力強い舞は必見！ 「ロイヤル・セレブレーション」は、明日25日まで。 #ロイヤルバレエ…” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 43 minutes ago, oncnp said: 新書館ダンスマガジン on Instagram: “【取材中】 いよいよ、ロイヤル・バレエ日本公演が開幕！ ウィールドン振付『FOR FOUR』の稽古場を取材しました。 アクリ瑠嘉、ボール、ムンタギロフ、ヘイ、4人のダンサーが火花を散らす力強い舞は必見！ 「ロイヤル・セレブレーション」は、明日25日まで。 #ロイヤルバレエ…” Was Luca Acri a replacement for Sambe (as he was the other cast member for For Four last year)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted June 25, 2023 Author Share Posted June 25, 2023 4 hours ago, MJW said: Was Luca Acri a replacement for Sambe (as he was the other cast member for For Four last year)? Yes, Sambe was absent yesterday. (I watched both performances) I hope he is fine and can dance his Romeo. (He has posted on Instagram that he is in Tokyo) Sae Maeda replaced Claire Calvert in Prima. Dancers that seem to be absent in the tour besides the ones who are known to be injured are Melissa Hamilton and Yuhui Choe, Thomas Whitehead. Valentino Zuchetti is here but does not seem to be dancing. There were Miyako Yoshida and David Bintley in the audience. (Bintley is in Japan to coach his works to Star Dancers Ballet) Will report more as I am in my way to see the third performance. 9 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Naomi M said: Yes, Sambe was absent yesterday. (I watched both performances) I hope he is fine and can dance his Romeo. (He has posted on Instagram that he is in Tokyo) Sae Maeda replaced Claire Calvert in Prima. Dancers that seem to be absent in the tour besides the ones who are known to be injured are Melissa Hamilton and Yuhui Choe, Thomas Whitehead. Valentino Zuchetti is here but does not seem to be dancing. There were Miyako Yoshida and David Bintley in the audience. (Bintley is in Japan to coach his works to Star Dancers Ballet) Will report more as I am in my way to see the third performance. Enjoy! I think we are all very jealous 😄 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnzi5 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Naomi M said: Yes, Sambe was absent yesterday. (I watched both performances) I hope he is fine and can dance his Romeo. (He has posted on Instagram that he is in Tokyo) Sae Maeda replaced Claire Calvert in Prima. Dancers that seem to be absent in the tour besides the ones who are known to be injured are Melissa Hamilton and Yuhui Choe, Thomas Whitehead. Valentino Zuchetti is here but does not seem to be dancing. There were Miyako Yoshida and David Bintley in the audience. (Bintley is in Japan to coach his works to Star Dancers Ballet) Will report more as I am in my way to see the third performance. Thank you! I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnstar Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Naomi M said: Dancers that seem to be absent in the tour besides the ones who are known to be injured are Melissa Hamilton She tweeted a few days ago that she was rehearsing for one of Roberto Bolle's Italian shows so perhaps she's been allowed to do that rather than dance in Japan. I guess she wouldn't have been allowed to do Juliet even if she was there, as I understand the Japanese promoters want Principals in the lead roles, so I can imagine dancing in Italy might appeal more than going all the way to Japan to only dance minor roles. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted June 25, 2023 Author Share Posted June 25, 2023 Sorry I forgot to grab the cast list in English for the first 2 performances of Royal Celebration Gala but here is for the third one. I will be attending all performances in Tokyo. 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 So both Vadim and Meaghan had a busy show! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 PLEASE can Month be filmed! Was devastated to miss that cast in London. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Hear, hear. I did see it and am desperate to see it again - once wasn’t enough! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 To say nothing of the fact that there is precious little of Laura on film and that would have been a wonderful memento to end on. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Marvellous though it is for the company to be in Japan, I do sometimes wish they would tour the UK on occasion... 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 15 minutes ago, taxi4ballet said: Marvellous though it is for the company to be in Japan, I do sometimes wish they would tour the UK on occasion... I believe they came to Liverpool in the early 1980s just before I was a ballet-watcher. I saw them in both Manchester and Birmingham in the late 1980s or very early 1990s so it must be just on 30 years since the company ventured (as a whole) out of London and into the provinces. However, there is much ballet to enjoy outside London with BRB, NB, Ballet Black, Scottish Ballet, Ballet Cymru to entertain us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Not all that many of them come within striking distance of us very often either! Milton Keynes and Aylesbury are our 'locals' so to speak, so we do occasionally get to see ENB and Northern, and I think we saw Ballet Cymru in Stevenage once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 On 25/06/2023 at 04:35, Naomi M said: Will report more as I am in my way to see the third performance. @Naomi M It would be lovely if you could let us know how the performance went ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyTaylor Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 On 24/06/2023 at 17:09, Dawnstar said: 've just spotted this cast sheet photo on Twitter, as Gary Avis retweeted the linked tweet. Very interesting casting for For Four. I know it's changed due to injury but it still must be pretty good that Liam Boswell is cast in a role like that, alongside much higher-ranked dancers, when he's still only an Artist. Surely he must be in line for promotion Apparently, this casting of For Four was particularly superb. The 4 dancers styles complemented each other perfectly. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnzi5 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 3 hours ago, JennyTaylor said: Apparently, this casting of For Four was particularly superb. The 4 dancers styles complemented each other perfectly. I would love to have seen that, along with everything else! Lucky Japan and audience! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 10/06/2023 at 09:19, Naomi M said: By the way Mariko Sasaki and Lukas Braensrod will be dancing in a full length Nutcracker outdoors in Japan this July, in a mountain resort called Kiyosato. This is a performance with beautiful nature backdrop accompanied with fireworks and the company Ballet Chambre Ouest is where Mariko studied ballet, her home company in Japan. https://www.fieldballet.com/ Lukas’s message https://www.fieldballet.com/news/佐々木万璃子さんパートナー〉英国ロイヤルバレ/ And also dancing together on a more permanent basis, it seems. Congratulations! https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct_fnRPPLEF/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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