bangorballetboy Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I understand that Xander Parish was promoted to First Soloist after his performance as Albrecht yesterday evening. Very much deserved and heartiest congratulations from me. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Fantastic news! Congratulations Xander Parish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretN7 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 And congratulations from me, and from my sister-in-law, Jill Norman, one time Akele of Swanland Cubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Well done Xander!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnross Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Deservedly so, congratulations and best wishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdove Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Well deserved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_skichick Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Congratulations and well deserved!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_New Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Really great news - congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Not wishing to start another Xander thread but here is an interview with him that I hadn't seen: http://www.gramilano.com/2016/11/xander-parish-on-life-with-the-mariinsky-ballet/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Not wishing to start another Xander thread but here is an interview with him that I hadn't seen: http://www.gramilano.com/2016/11/xander-parish-on-life-with-the-mariinsky-ballet/ I won't be seeing his Albrecht with ENB but looking forward to seeing him when they Mariinsky are over next summer. Long may his success continue! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) I won't be seeing his Albrecht with ENB but looking forward to seeing him when they Mariinsky are over next summer. Long may his success continue! Has it been officially announced that the Mariinsky will be visiting the UK next summer, Scheherezade? (If so I must have missed it. How grand if it is true. Do you have dates? Did they announce rep? Did they announce principal participants [e.g., Parish]... but that would be for a separate BcoF listing surely.) That said I would have thought that certain current uncertainties might well make such decisions - certainly as pertains to the UK - more delicate - as in so many other areas. Certainly that is true in my own areas of endeavour. Edited November 5, 2016 by Bruce Wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretN7 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 And don't forget Xander is from Hull, as are some current RB and BRB members, and Hull is City of Culture next year. I suspect/hope there's something brewing there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Northern Ballet have already been announced as doing something. Perhaps something else will be organised too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Has it been officially announced that the Mariinsky will be visiting the UK next summer, Scheherezade? (If so I must have missed it. How grand if it is true. Do you have dates? Did they announce rep? Did they announce principal participants [e.g., Parish]... but that would be for a separate BcoF listing surely.) I'm not sure if it's official, Bruce, but in the Gramilano interview, when the January ENB Giselle was mentioned, Xander Paish said that the 2016/17 season would culminate with the Mariinsky summer London season which he was already looking forward to, so here's hoping! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assoluta Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Has it been officially announced that the Mariinsky will be visiting the UK next summer, Scheherezade? Officially — not, unofficially — yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 And don't forget Xander is from Hull, as are some current RB and BRB members, and Hull is City of Culture next year. I suspect/hope there's something brewing there. And Kevin O'Hare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingboy65 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Kevin O'Hare did a 'talk with' earlier this year in Hull. Chatting with him afterwards (as you do!) he was talking about doing something for Hull2017 and mentioned wanting to bring some of the Royal Ballet to do 'something' with other dancers from the area. DS was ????????. So I guess we wait and see! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBBB Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Xander was promoted to PRINCIPAL on the ROH stage after last night's performance of Swan Lake. Huge congratulations! ?? 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Such fantastic news to wake up to. Congratulations to Xander Parish on his well deserved promotion to principal. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 And it's made the news pages: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hull-star-xander-parish-takes-giant-step-up-at-russian-ballet-q2kl65hph?shareToken=f32a5952bebf231a7e84744c1e4b702e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Did the promotion 'happen' in front of the audience? I do hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I don't think it did, capybara. I was tipped off in the interval by my pet usher, as if she thought that's what was going to happen. But when the full stage curtain calls ended and it still hadn't happened, I decided to go home to bed as it was late. It wasn't until an hour later that news of the promotion started filtering through to me on twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnpw Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 16 minutes ago, capybara said: Did the promotion 'happen' in front of the audience? I do hope so Not in front of the audience. According to comments in social media it seems to have happened on stage in front of "family and friends" (which may have been one of the reasons for doing it in London rather than St P). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 33 minutes ago, Johnpw said: Not in front of the audience. According to comments in social media it seems to have happened on stage in front of "family and friends" (which may have been one of the reasons for doing it in London rather than St P). That is SUCH a pity. Xander should have been able to take the acclaim of the audience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 What wonderful news though so pleased for him and to know that British dancers can make Principal level in Russian companies. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VickyPage Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Congratulations to him! Makes me doubly sad that I have ended up without any tickets to see him during this tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Reading various articles, while Mr Fateyev was very astute in announcing the promotion in London, there is a delicious irony that an ex-RB spear carrier was promoted to principal dancer of the Mariinsky Ballet on the RB stage. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I read this in the paper and wondered if it happened onstage, shame it didn't but many congratulations to Xander Parish, what an achievement, nice gesture to wait until the ROH to do it so all Xander's family and friends could be there, little bit cheeky too 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafaelsmum Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 My apologies for starting another thread. I saw this one. Also that is was dated 2016. I thought it had not been posted yet. I did not realize the new posts were at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 35 minutes ago, rafaelsmum said: My apologies for starting another thread. I saw this one. Also that is was dated 2016. I thought it had not been posted yet. I did not realize the new posts were at the bottom. Don't worry Rafaelsmum - on the thread list it shows when the last post was made. If you click on that "date/time" it takes you to the latest post at the end of the thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafaelsmum Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Thanks so much Jan McNulty !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Congratulations, Xander ! At this year's Marinsky Festival his performance of Diamonds with Yekaterina Chebykina (the best I'd ever seen her) was one of the very best. At 2015's Festival his Marguerite and Armand with Ulyana Lopatkina was perhaps 'The' best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Congratulations to Xander yayy ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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