Lynette H Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 From the list in the Linbury performances programme Luca Acri, RB Matthew Ball, RB Annette Buvoli, RB David Donnelly, RB Anna Rose O'Sullivan, RB Marcelino Sambe, RB Yaoqian Shang, BRB Nikita Ruhl, BRB Mariko Sasaki, BRB Daniele Silingardi, ENB Joan Zamora, ENB Evan Loudon, Scottish Ballet Nikisha Fogo, Vienna State Opera Ballet Suzan Opperman, Vienna State Opera Ballet James Stephens, Vienna State Opera Ballet Danielle Muir, Berlin Ballet Matthew Knight, Zurich Ballet 2 Hannah Beach, Hamburg Ballet Alexander Bennett, Bavarian State Ballet 2 Takahiro Tamagawa, Dortmund Ballet Luke Cinque-White, NDT Esteban Hernandez, SFB Lucy Gold, Sarasota Ballet Kevin Hale, Colorado Ballet Lewis Gardner, Singapore Dance Theatre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Wow, is that a record number of contracts with the RB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTL Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Thanks Lynette and well done to them all. It looks as though Kevin O'Hare is spending his money at home and thinking very long-term. Or possibly being held hostage by some of our more militant forum-members. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audsjcanuck Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 YAY David Donelly! Met him at Canada's NBS 2 years ago (summer program) and thought he was the nicest kid. And he performed at this year's AI 13. Well done David! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Congratulations to all! I've often wondered how the list is constructed. Obviously the RB comes first followed by BRB (what is BEB or is it a typo?), & other UK companies. but then is it in perceived order of prestige, or date order for when the contracts were offered. Does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 On ROH website/"Joiners" Matthew Ball is not listed amongst the joiners next season. Did he go somewhere else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Matthew is due to sign his RB contract when he has fully recovered from a recent op. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Wow, is that a record number of contracts with the RB? I thought that at first, until I realised that several of them had already joined this season, so I suppose it's technically split over 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Gosh, 2 to ENB - be interesting to see if any of the ENBS grads get contracts with ENB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette H Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Apologies for typos. BEB should be BRB. And I must learn to spell Singapore correctly..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Certain words drive you mad though like "desperately" or "desparately" some words I have to write down nearly every time just to make sure even though on whole am a good speller ......though having the spell check when on computer is useful these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Not when it persists in giving American spellings despite changing the settings to UK! Seriously though, congratulations to all on their new contracts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaffa Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I thought that at first, until I realised that several of them had already joined this season, so I suppose it's technically split over 2 years. But I believe the ones who joined earlier this season were plucked early out of the same class... and some other companies will be getting exceptional dancers from the same year... Yaffa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Yes they all come from the same Graduate year, but for contract/admin purposes with RB, they start in different seasons. For those who joined mid-year it is the 2012-13 season, and those starting in September it will be 2013-14. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Do you think this has anything to do with the age they actually turn 18? As I suppose when in senior school if the Company think they are ready and they reach 18th birthday there is nothing to stop them being taken on then whereas spring and summer born kids may have to wait till the September. The above could all be just nonsense....just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Forgot to say just posted something on one of these dancers ....Anna Rose O Sullivan on another thread 'So you think you want to dance..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Do you think this has anything to do with the age they actually turn 18? As I suppose when in senior school if the Company think they are ready and they reach 18th birthday there is nothing to stop them being taken on then whereas spring and summer born kids may have to wait till the September. The above could all be just nonsense....just a thought. It has nothing to do with age imo. If they are ready and the RB needs these young graduate dancers, they will join before the end of the RBS school year . For the past few years the RB has taken in graduates around Christmas. I recall reading an interview with Miss Naghdi and she was offered a contract with the RB aged 17. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Not just for the past few years: I seem to remember hearing that Ed Watson and Christina Arestis (and possibly Bennet Gartside, although I'm not sure if he joined slightly later) were taken on at the end of 1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Apologies for typos. BEB should be BRB. And I must learn to spell Singapore correctly..... I've corrected those for you, Lynette. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Thanks Nina and Alison that clarifies the situation then they must all be very talented! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Thanks for posting in the first place Lynette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottokeepworking Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 When compiling the list they list UK companies first, European companies next and then the rest of the world depending on the distance from London! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZee Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 "When compiling the list they list UK companies first, European companies next and then the rest of the world depending on the distance from London!" Regarding the foregoing explanation on the list's order, neither Sarasota, Florida, nor Denver, Colorado, is farther away from London than San Francisco, California. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottokeepworking Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I stand corrected! Ok so it is always UK companies in this order - RB, BRB, ENB then others outside London, European, North America, South America, rest of the world. If anyone had secured a contract in Australia or New Zealand they would have been listed last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Thanks, that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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