Amelia Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) I agree - xander parish will probably have more opportunities in Russia... It looks so. On the 18th of October he will dance Romeo with Victoria Tereshkina as Juliet: http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/playbill/playbill/2013/10/18/2_1900/ Edited September 25, 2013 by Amelia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Competing with the Scousers then, Katherine! calm down, calm down 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 calm down, calm down Well, with our Agents Tamara Rojo (born in Montreal) now in charge at ENB and David Nixon (born in Chatham, Ontario) in charge at Northern B, we now have only to infiltrate Scottish B and BRB and our quest for world domination (which until now whe have managed to conceal under our generally unassuming demeanour) is well on its way. Mwahahahaha 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A frog Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I've never seen Matthew Golding dance so won't judge, I'm happy to get to see a new dancer. But the thing that surprises me most is that I seem to remember that Kevin O'Hare seemed to be saying he wouldn't be looking into importing dancers or having guests. Does anyone know what made him change his mind? Or am I misremembering the particular circumstances or phrasing that make the recent casting decision in line with what he was initially announcing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Didn't Matthew Golding spend some time at The Royal Ballet school though? Or am I muddling him with someone else. If so though not a complete stranger to "Royal" circles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Didn't Matthew Golding spend some time at The Royal Ballet school though? Or am I muddling him with someone else. If so though not a complete stranger to "Royal" circles! Yes he studied a year at RBS on a Prix de Lausanne scholarship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I think another Canadian Principal for the RB would be good, Jason Reilly for Onegin, Rudolf, de Grieux etc. I'm moderately excited about Matthew Golding, he created a huge buzz dancing Solor, an obvious choice for the classics as he combines good partnering with exceptional technique, he won't be too overshadowed by Natalia Osipova. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Reilly is not for sale - Karen Kain tried to lure him away once, he had already signed the contract and then decided to stay at Stuttgart. With his Canadian Ballet director, by the way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I've only seem him live once and I'm not in a rush to see him again (sorry Matthew). I didn't get any emotion from him - I like my men to ooze charisma and he just doesn't imho. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrischris Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I think another Canadian Principal for the RB would be good, Jason Reilly for Onegin, Rudolf, de Grieux etc. I'm moderately excited about Matthew Golding, he created a huge buzz dancing Solor, an obvious choice for the classics as he combines good partnering with exceptional technique, he won't be too overshadowed by Natalia Osipova. So am I right in thinking he is the style of dancer that will be competing with Bonelli, Kish, Pennefather for roles, as opposed to the roles usually performed by Watson and McRae? Sorry, don't know much about him at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I don't know much about him but I imagine that he is in the category of danseur noble. He's also tall (probably over 6 foot). I notice from the DNB website that he first made his mark in Don Quixote and so I assume that he also has a bravura side to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 A reminder that Matthew is guesting as Tamara's partner in ENB's Le Corsaire as follows: Southampton: 23rd and 26th October Oxford: 30th October Bristol: 29th November London Coli: 11th, 16th and 18th January 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Reilly is not for sale - Karen Kain tried to lure him away once, he had already signed the contract and then decided to stay at Stuttgart. With his Canadian Ballet director, by the way And his Canadian colleagues Evan McKie and Miriam Simon etc etc. We really ARE taking over the world. Be afraid. Be very afraid. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 And his Canadian colleagues Evan McKie and Miriam Simon etc etc. We really ARE taking over the world. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Well, rather the Canadians than some other nationalities I could think of ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stucha Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Oh, and which might they be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Probably Scousers Stucha. It's a well known fact that we are always plotting world domination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Oh, and which might they be? Any of the traditional enemies of the U.K. - there are plenty to choose from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I was in Lewes this morning and coming in October to one of the music venues there is a mini folk event with all Canadian singers!! Now what' this thread about...oh yes Matthew Golding coming to RB.....might have to bring a body guard with him unless Kevin O Hare promotes SOMEONE from the ranks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stucha Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I think I know who you mean Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) I have never seen Matthew Golding so I am viewing this as an opportunity to see another dancer from outside RB without having to trek a million miles to wherever to see him. It amazes and saddens me at the same time that people are so quick to castigate dancers without giving them a fair crack at the whip. As ballet fans I think we should be supportive and encouraging, whilst accepting that not everyone is going to be perfect and not everyone is going to be liked, but live and let live. Edited September 26, 2013 by Don Q Fan 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I have never seen Matthew Golding so I am viewing this as an opportunity to see another dancer from outside RB without having to trek a million miles to wherever to see him. It amazes and saddens me at the same time that people are so quick to castigate dancers without giving them a fair crack at the whip. As ballet fans I think we should be supportive and encouraging, whilst accepting that not everyone is going to be perfect and not everyone is going to be liked, but live and let live. When I posted my comment/opinion it was not about "castigating" a dancer, Don Q Fan, I am all for being supportive, encouraging and " live and let live". I do have an informed opinion and it happens to differ from yours and others but it's not because I have a different opinion that I am castigating a dancer. We don't all think alike, we have different tastes and preferences, and that's one of the reasons why Art in its many forms - and the debates that come with it - is so exciting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanR Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I think Matthew Golding is a fine dancer & I am pleased he is joining the Royal Ballet. Some of the comments on this site are rather spiteful. Hope Matthew doesn't read them! Constructive criticism is one thing, spite quite another..... Susan 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 (edited) I too have been rather taken back by some of comments on this board. I prefer to share the optimism expressed by SusanR and DonQfan, while respecting that we are all different. I only enter into this fray (which I was intending to leave aside) as I was interested in a comment made by (currently) the youngest Paris Opera Ballet male etoile, Mathias Heymann, regarding bringing different dancers into a resident company's fold. I thought it was interesting because we hear here from a specific dancer's perspective in a comment such as was brought up by him, himself, and not via a specific question assuming you take the transcription at its face value. (I don't think Heymann has danced in London yet so he may be unknown to those whose ballet watching is strictly limited to UK boundaries. He is I think - at least from what I have seen - a fine talent.) In the interview which was conducted with him on the occasion of the POB's opening at the Bolshoi in Paris he is most generous about the Royal Ballet and, especially about F. Bonnelli to whom he gives abundant credit for helping him during his recent shin injuries. He remarks - and I thought it was both interesting and relevant in light of certain commentaries on this board and in other forum items of a similar ilk elsewhere: "One thing I’m really in favour of is guest artists, like the Bolshoi’s Evgenia Obraztsova in La Sylphide last June. When there are 150 of us being together all the time, it’s easy to get comfortable, and guests do bring diversity. They’re an inspiration both for the audience and for us dancers." (Of course I quote this fully acknowledging the fact that POB has, of course, always been a larger and, indeed, much older company [and school] than the Royal Ballet. That said I would have felt that the sentiment might - at least in some small part - be shared with other dedicated members in larger resident ensembles.) Edited September 28, 2013 by Meunier 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Heymann danced the pdd from Giselle in a gala a few years back, didn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azulynn Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Meunier, since you quoted my interview with Heymann (and thank you for mentioning it), a link to the source could be useful. He did bring up the topic of guest artists himself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judo48 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I saw Matthew Golding dance with Tamara this year in Swan Lake in the Round at RA Hall. He is a wonderful talent, with superb lines, great jumping ability, elegance and great partnering skills. I very much look forward to seeing him again at RB! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Just a footnote to some previous posts....and sorry way off topic.....but just heard that Alice Monroe has won the Nobel prize for Literature....and she is Canadian!! They are definitely a coming!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveclassics Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I've just seen Matthew Golding in Wheeldon's Cinderella (on Sky Arts) and now I understand some of the comments on this thread. Have to say I think he will be a useful addition to the RB's rank of principals - particularly in the classics. I can also see why Bruce thinks we'll need the sunglasses - such dazzling pearly whites! In his defence, Prince Charming is a pretty one-dimensional role with little scope for more complex emotions. He can come to this Cinders rescue anytime he likes. Very easy on the eye, despite being blond which I always think is a disadvantage in male dancers. Re the ballet itself - has anyone else seen it either by the Dutch National Ballet or San Francisco? I enjoyed the production a lot and I hope someone brings it the UK. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrischris Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 He certainly doesn't lack self confidence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I am currently in Berlin and saw Matthew Golding for the first time last night in Malakhov & Friends The Final...I thought he was a creditable dancer up there with the rest of the men and I thought to myself that he will partner Osipova very well in due course...looking forward to seeing him with both Tamara Rojo and Natalia Osipova very soon! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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