simonbfisher Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 (Dear Moderators - please feel free of course to move this if it is in the wrong place!) A friend drew my attention to this Youtube clip, which shows Acosta and Valdes in rehearsal "in England". I am mystified about when and where this might have been - can anyone help? It's not the ROH and I don't think it's the Coliseum - and I can't identify any of the corps either! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-99i5XyxziY&feature=em-uploademail I'm sure someone out there will know the answer immediately! Thanks in advance, Simon.
Jan McNulty Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 I think it may be Sadler's Wells. BNC did Don Q there in 2006(?) It's not clear enough for me to recognise anyone in the background but I wondered if one of the people on the back RHS may have been Joel Carreno, whom we saw as Basilio.
alison Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 I don't remember that backdrop - and it's pretty distinctive. Did they do something up in Manchester a few years ago? (I don't think it was The Lowry)
Jan McNulty Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 They have appeared in Salford a couple of times at the Lowry but not with Don Q. I can only remember them doing Don Q in London although I do not remember that back cloth. Of course, as it is a rehearsal the back cloth may be out of context.
Pas de Quatre Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfXA1_w8ebg Could it be this tour in UK in 2010? You can see that backdrop behind the matadors in the trailer. 2
Jan McNulty Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 It might be - it may have been included in the Magic of the Dance programme. They did that programme and Swan Lake at the Lowry but IIRC not with an orchestra.
simonbfisher Posted October 10, 2014 Author Posted October 10, 2014 Thank you to everyone for these thoughts so far! Most of the visible corps seem to be Hispanic but the definition is so poor (on my screen, anyway) that I do not even begin to recognise anyone, though I did wonder for a moment if I could see a young Muntagirov with a white towel stage left - but probably not. I also estimated that this might be a Carlos of about 5 years ago. Would he have rehearsed with Valdes during that tour of 2010 - I don't remember him guesting with the BNC at that time?
Jan McNulty Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 I would have said that it is definitely BNC. Don Q is one of their signature works.
simonbfisher Posted October 13, 2014 Author Posted October 13, 2014 Well, thank you again to the above contributors - if I am given the definitive answer in a dream I'll post it here, but we've probably got as near as possible now!
Coated Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Jenning's review from 2010 that mentions Acosta doing the Don Q pdd with Valdes. http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/apr/11/national-ballet-cuba-carlos-acosta
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