Angela Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 The casting for Hamburg Ballet’s revised version of Neumeier’s Sleeping Beauty: Dec 19. and 21., Jan 6.: Ida Praetorius and Alexandr Trusch Dec 29. and 30., Jan 13. Madoka Sugai and Alessandro Frola Jan 7. and 9. Emilie Mazoń and Jacopo Bellussi Jan 10. and 15. Alina Cojocaru and Alexandr Trusch Principal dancer Hélène Bouchet will give her farewell performances in this production as "The Rose on Dec. 19. and 21. The press release also states that this is Neumeier’s penultimate season as director, no further explanation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamicro Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, Angela said: The press release also states that this is Neumeier’s penultimate season as director, no further explanation. This was already planned: you posted about that in 2018 😊 "John Neumeier will stay Director of the Hamburg Ballet until 2023, when he will be 84 years old." https://www.balletcoforum.com/topic/277-news-from-germany-austria-switzerland/?do=findComment&comment=239196 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Yeah, well, but he kind of took it back afterwards... No plans for a successor, no plans about Lloyd Riggins, nothing. Let's just say Neumeier is not very reliable in announcing his retirement 🙃 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Here's a short portrait of Ida Praetorius, new principal dancer at Hamburg Ballet - it is in German, but with some excerpts of Neumeier's Sleeping Beauty. I hope it's not geoblocked. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 5 hours ago, Angela said: Here's a short portrait of Ida Praetorius, new principal dancer at Hamburg Ballet - it is in German, but with some excerpts of Neumeier's Sleeping Beauty. I hope it's not geoblocked. Ida has left Royal Danish Ballet?? Or is she just having two contracts (like Alina Cojocaru did at Hamburg and Royal Ballet, and Jurgita Dronina did at ENB and National Ballet of Canada)? I’m so out of the loop! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estreiiita Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) It is said that she left the RDB just for one year to be a part of the Hamburg ballet during this period. Her boyfriend Ryan Tomash had recently become a soloist at RDB, so there could be some challenges for both of them. I tried to find some information about the first Ida's performance in Hamburg (I couldn't unfortunately go there myself) and it looks like there was a positive response to the new version of the " Sleeping beauty", for example, this :"Ida Praetorius from the Royal Ballet in Copenhagen starts as the new first soloist in January and took over the leading role in the new version in advance due to an illness. As a filigree Aurora, she made a glamorous debut. Alexandr Trusch, principal soloist with the Hamburg Ballet since 2014, embodies Prince Désiré powerfully elegant, agile and expressive. In addition to the three main roles, Christopher Evans was particularly convincing in the role of the snuggly steward Catalabutte. Again and again, the premiere, which was interspersed with many cabinet pieces, was accompanied by strong applause from the scene, which was by no means limited to the performances of the better-known dancers. The entire ensemble did its job excellently at a high level. Finally, so it can be said, is “Sleeping Beauty” after a sleepy 14 years in which it was not on the schedule of the State Opera stood, back on stage: fully bloomed and more beautiful than ever." Edited December 22, 2021 by Estreiiita 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Staatsballett Berlin has cancelled all performances until January 3rd 2022. Guess why.🙄 I'm so sorry for the dancers in particular, and for audience of course. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 On 22/12/2021 at 18:03, Sabine0308 said: Staatsballett Berlin has cancelled all performances until January 3rd 2022. Guess why.🙄 I'm so sorry for the dancers in particular, and for audience of course. So sorry to hear this, Sabine. In Stuttgart, our luck still holds, for how much longer nobody knows, of course. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 The Stadttheater I know best (in NRW) has steadfastly remained open (it serves two cities so there's extra pressure), although the ballets are special distanced choreographies, made over the last 18 months by the Direktor. They are hanging in there, although the person I know who's in management there says there are issues with some dancers refusing vaccinations, or mask-wearing, and also about UK-based dancers and singers going home in the New Year, given that there's a 14 day quarantine coming back to Germany from the UK. However, apparently the opera singers have thrived in the masked, distanced conditions - hardly any of the usual colds coughs etc over the last 18 months. Long may wearing masks and keeping away from people if you have any sort of cold last! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 Stuttgart Ballet had to cancel its planned tour to Japan with Mayerling (which had already been replaced by Onegin) and Marcia Haydée's Sleeping Beauty in March due to travel restrictions caused by Covid (and possibly the costs to send all the decors and costumes to Japan without really knowing if the performances will go ahead). But a smaller group of dancers will go on tour to show a mixed bill with excerpts from Onegin, Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, with some modern pieces and Maurice Béjart's Bolero, danced by Friedemann Vogel and the Tokyo Ballet. Dancers and programme here: https://www.nbs.or.jp/english/news/the-stuttgart-ballet-gala-2022.html 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 Hamburg Ballet had to postpone four performances of John Neumeier's Sleeping Beauty due to Covid infections in the company. New dates to be announced. The Semperopera at Dresden remains closed until Jan 14th. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 On 08/01/2022 at 11:23, Angela said: Hamburg Ballet had to postpone four performances of John Neumeier's Sleeping Beauty due to Covid infections in the company. New dates to be announced. The Semperopera at Dresden remains closed until Jan 14th. So, this will be a week full of suspense. I've got tickets for the 15th, SB with Alina Cojocaru... that night's performance has not been cancelled yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 Good luck!!! Alina as Aurora will be the best possible consolation in times like these... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 23 hours ago, Christine said: So, this will be a week full of suspense. I've got tickets for the 15th, SB with Alina Cojocaru... that night's performance has not been cancelled yet. on Hamburg website it now shows Emilie Mazon as Aurora for 15th January, with Jacopo Bellussi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 OK, thank you for this info, Fiona, I hadn't seen this yet. Yes, it is a bit of a disappointment, I admit, but in these times we have to be pleased if performances can go ahead at all, I guess. I've never seen Emilie Mazon so I do look forward to her Aurora, too - unless there's going to be another change thanks to the Covid lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Christine said: OK, thank you for this info, Fiona, I hadn't seen this yet. Yes, it is a bit of a disappointment, I admit, but in these times we have to be pleased if performances can go ahead at all, I guess. I've never seen Emilie Mazon so I do look forward to her Aurora, too - unless there's going to be another change thanks to the Covid lottery. I’m sorry it’s not going to be Alina. But agree that I’m grateful for any ballet to actually get on stage at this moment in the pandemic. Casting at RB and ENB is getting changed right up to the last minute … it’s making for some impromptu partnerships and unexpected debuts for younger dancers. Quite exciting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Hamburg Ballet is on stage again, but Munich Ballet had to cancel already one Giselle and now two others. The new date for the revival is the 22nd January. For Stuttgart, the Mayerling casts are online. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Angela said: Hamburg Ballet is on stage again, but Munich Ballet had to cancel already one Giselle and now two others. The new date for the revival is the 22nd January. For Stuttgart, the Mayerling casts are online. Although Mayerling is not my favourite ballet - by some shot - (the brilliant Stuttgart relay did help to up its ante in my eyes certainly) I would LOVE to see Jason Reilly's crack on Rudolf. I have a feeling it will be viscerally exciting. Edited January 14, 2022 by Bruce Wall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 It is!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 14/01/2022 at 18:26, Bruce Wall said: Although Mayerling is not my favourite ballet - by some shot - (the brilliant Stuttgart relay did help to up its ante in my eyes certainly) I would LOVE to see Jason Reilly's crack on Rudolf. I have a feeling it will be viscerally exciting. I too would like to see Reilly’s Mayerling … hoping for a repeat run 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Stuttgart Ballet last night dismissed its music director (via @GWDanceWriter) Just in: Music director is fired halfway through first season - Slipped DiscSlipped Disc | The inside track on classical music and related cultures, by Norman Lebrecht (slippedisc.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, oncnp said: Stuttgart Ballet last night dismissed its music director (via @GWDanceWriter) Just in: Music director is fired halfway through first season - Slipped DiscSlipped Disc | The inside track on classical music and related cultures, by Norman Lebrecht (slippedisc.com) Angela, please enlighten us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Assuming this extract is accurate, it’s completely understandable: ************ Apparently there was an incident last month during a rehearsal of John Cranko’s Onegin. Tamas Detrich, Artistic Director of the Stuttgart Ballet, said: ‘Due to past and current events, I feel compelled to protect my dancers. If dance and music are no longer in harmony, then we miss our goal. I am deeply disappointed.’ ************ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 33 minutes ago, FionaE said: Assuming this extract is accurate, it’s completely understandable: ************ Apparently there was an incident last month during a rehearsal of John Cranko’s Onegin. Tamas Detrich, Artistic Director of the Stuttgart Ballet, said: ‘Due to past and current events, I feel compelled to protect my dancers. If dance and music are no longer in harmony, then we miss our goal. I am deeply disappointed.’ ************ If you follow the "It Appears" link in the article, and translate it, there is a bit more information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 The link in the comments is also interesting. On the face of it, this is very troubling, but I don't know if there's another side to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Lizbie1 said: The link in the comments is also interesting. On the face of it, this is very troubling, but I don't know if there's another side to it. I'm sure there is and would very much like to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Nicely objective report on the matter. NOT. I've just skim-read the whole thing, and am not much the wiser. A difference of opinion about tempi? From what I'd read on page 57, I'd expected something a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Someone in the comments has linked to this, also in German, which may provide a little more clarification: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Verrohung-im-vornehmen-Opernbetrieb-6314657.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) Apparently Mr. Agrest conducted too fast during a rehearsal of Onegin with a new cast, the only stage rehearsal for the revival after the different, long Covid lockdowns. He had never conducted this ballet before, and Reid Anderson, who has coached Cranko ballets since the 1980s, apparently asked him to go slower and care for the dancers. Apparently Agrest said that we don't want to hear funeral music, the orchestra applauded, and after a dubious hand gesture of the conductor, Anderson left the rehearsal. Two days later, Agrest was dismissed by the State Theatre, now the lawyers try to find a financial solution. Agrest made the mistake of going to the press even though the two parties had agreed not to disclose their legal battle. Very clever, he chose a blogger who notoriously hates Stuttgart Ballet. And though hardly any critic ever cares about the orchestra and the conductor in German reviews (your English critics are much more thorough in that regard), we now have a scandal. 🙄 Edited January 21, 2022 by Angela typo 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I read that Detrich said that there were more incidents like this before. They just didn't speak about it. So it's probably about many artistic differences, and then a separation is wise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 From IG...Stuttgart has had to cancel this weekend's "Mayerling" d/t COVID outbreak in the company https://www.instagram.com/p/CZUVw3FKf1V/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 That's most sad, but in this world all too understandable. Hopefully it will make the remaining performances all that very much more special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Hmm, the next Mayerling performance is scheduled for June, so that’s a whole new ballgame. Only a single Mayerling was performed thus far - it must be a crushing disappointment, most of all for the dancers, of course. On the other hand cancellations because of Covid cases in the company are not unusual occurrence these days… and so far we have been rather „lucky“ in Stuttgart in this respect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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