Jan McNulty Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Birmingham Royal Ballet have arrived in Japan for a short tour opening on Saturday. The company has started a tour blog. If anyone is seeing the company in Japan I would love to hear about the performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Interesting that they've taken Matthew Golding with them to dance the first night Swan Lake in Tokyo with Jenna Roberts. Casting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I thought that that was a bit odd. Are there a lot of injuries among the men? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 It was announced months ago that Matthew Golding was going to be guesting with BRB in Japan. A Japanese twitter chum told me. Perhaps MG has a big following in Japan. I know the audiences in Japan expect certain things and perhaps his appearance is one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack.b Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Ballet politics Janet ,Matthew Golding IMO is a good dancer but without passion ,why not have Chi Cao dance Swan Lake with Momoko Hirata,BRB should be strong enough to impose their casting 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Maybe the assignment with BRB is just making good use of what would otherwise have been a fallow period for Golding with the RB? Is he well know in Japan does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 It looks to me as though the company are not taking their full roster of principals and probably not all the lower ranks either. As they are so fondly regarded in Japan after being one of the only companies not to cancel in 2011 I do wonder why they need a guest artist, however stellar he may be in Japan. Or perhaps the rest of the company is busy preparing as much in advance as possible for midscale and beyond? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Ballet politics Janet ,Matthew Golding IMO is a good dancer but without passion ,why not have Chi Cao dance Swan Lake with Momoko Hirata,BRB should be strong enough to impose their casting Just saw your post after I'd written mine. I couldn't agree more. Both Chi Cao and Cesar Morales are superlative Seigfrieds. Mind you, Japanese fans are being treated to Celine and Tyrone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I actually think that an exchange of Principals between the two Royal Ballet companies is quite a good idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 But perhaps not on a prestigious tour to Japan when there are so few opportunities for the other leading dancers on this tour? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 But perhaps not on a prestigious tour to Japan when there are so few opportunities for the other leading dancers on this tour? Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I don't think that it's BRB's responsibility to provide work for MG! Is Nao not dancing either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
follycat Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 As far as I am aware, most if not all of the company have gone to Japan, including the lower ranks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) Nao is on maternity leave. Given that they are also without Natasha for they same reason and they are already a girl principal down there should be some chances for some soloists to shine. Knock 'em dead Tyrone and Celine! Edited April 24, 2015 by Two Pigeons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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