Ian Macmillan Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 The 2014-15 Seasons for the Royal Ballet of Flanders and Flemish Opera (Opera Vlaanderen) were announced in Antwerp yesterday. The Ballet company's year will start over here at the end of October, when a group of 11 dancers will come to Sadler's Wells to perform Wayne McGregor's Outlier as part of a programme using music by Thomas Ades: http://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2014/Armitage-McGregor-Pite-Whitley/ The Season continues with two full-length works, Cranko's Onegin and Petipa's original Don Quixote, and a mixed bill including the McGregor piece and a new WW1 commemoration In Flanders Fields. There will also be a Studio session of new choreography. More detail can be found on the Company's English-language page here: http://www.balletvlaanderen.be/?page_id=5075〈=en An earlier Tweet had suggested that announcements on new dancers and promotions would also be made, but no sign of anything so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette H Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I was sent details of casting for Royal Ballet of Flanders Onegin. Press release as follows: Royal Ballet Flanders is happy to announce the cast of Onegin which opens Saturday October 11th at Opera Ghent. The performances on 11th and 17th October (Opera Ghent) and the performances on 15th, 20th and 22nd November (Opera Antwerp) will feature: Tatjana Aki SaitoOnegin Wim VanlessenOlga Nancy OsbaldestonLenski Gabor KapinGremin Ricardo AmaranteLarina Ana Carolina QuaresmaNurse Karin HeyninckMirror image Aiko Tanaka The performances on 12th and 19th October (Opera Ghent) and 21st November (Opera Antwerp) will feature: Tatjana Laura HidalgoOnegin Yevgeniy KolesnikOlga Cristina CasaLenski Laurie McSherry-GrayGremin Alexander KleefLarina Joëlle AuspertNurse Karin HeyninckMirror image Fiona McGee The performance on 16th November (Opera Antwerp) will be danced by: Tatjana Laura HidalgoOnegin Sergio TorradoOlga Anastasia PaschaliLenski David JonathanGremin Alexander KleefLarina Joëlle AuspertNurse Karin HeyninckMirror image Fiona McGee The performances on 19th and 23rd November (Opera Antwerp) will be danced by: Tatjana Sofia MenteguiagaOnegin Sebastien TassinOlga Anastasia PaschaliLenski David JonathanGremin Teun van RoosmalenLarina Joëlle AuspertNurse Karin HeyninckSpiegelbeeld Klaudia Görözdös John Cranko’s 1965 work Onegin is one of the most important and successful ballets of the second half of the twentieth century. Following its success two years ago, Ballet Flanders will stage this ballet once again. John Cranko’s interpretation of Alexander Pushkin’s story in verse comprises some of the most sensitive passages in ballet history. Cranko was a master at transforming the pas de deux into an intimate, danced dialogue. Its typical flowing movements, which never stop and merge symbiotically into one another, reveal the emotional wiring between the lovers. Cranko makes the viewer participate in a meticulous, psychological unravelling of this fateful love story. His dance idiom is crystal clear, but physically very demanding for the dancers. Royal Ballet Flanders presents the much loved classic Onegin from October 11th till November 19th. The Opera Vlaanderen Symphony Orchestra is under the direction of the young British maestro Dominic Grier who will be making his Belgian debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 So, there's another McSherry-Gray around. I didn't know that. Since I don't know the company, I can't comment on the casting, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 So, there's another McSherry-Gray around. I didn't know that. Laurie and Joshua are Royal Ballet School trained identical twins. On graduation they went first to New Zealand Ballet but soon returned from there and have since pursued independent careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 For all Nancy Osbaldeston fans who may want a more far flung holiday: http://bernews.com/2015/06/dd-nancy-osbaldeston-dance-summer-selections/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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