Rachelm Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Excellent result regarding promotions! Congratulations to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springbourne3 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 10 hours ago, capybara said: Unfortunately, it appears not. OVER THE MOON FOR ALL THE PROMOTEES. CONGRATULATIONS! Strange that there is no mention of him (de Primo) as leaving as previous Prix dancers usually get a mention if they are given a contract or if they move on to other companies etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulff Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Very glad to see that Ben Ella has made it to soloist. He was in the same year in the RBS as Vadim and showed great promise as a student, but his subsequent career has been held back by a series of injuries, so it's great to see that he has at last won through. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Lovely to see this list. I remember seeing Yasmine Naghdi dancing in the Shakespeare Live programme with Matthew Ball, and she looked every inch the principal dancer already. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Delighted to see all the promotions - congratulations to all and so well deserved. Wonderful to see how Kevin O'Hare and all at the Royal Ballet nurture and reward such talent. I would just hope that the new Principal Character Artists will continue to have opportunities to delight audiences in a range of roles - for example I'd love to think that we'll see Benn dance Leontes and I still dream that he may reprise Rudolph having missed his earlier performances. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kameliendame Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Very pleased with this season's promotions!! Just like everyone else im thrilled to see Naghdi in the highest rank, she doesnt deserve anything less. Also very very happy with Sambé as First Soloist. First noticed him about four years ago, and I remember being aboslutey shocked he was still in the corps de ballet, as I thought hed be soloist at least by the look of his dancing! ive been following his career ever since and this promotion to First Soloist is a huge achievement and well deserved! It seems like its over and out for Choe, then. Considering her age I dont think a promotion will be given to her anymore. A pity for us Choe fans, but at least she is properly cast in leading roles! Quick question: does anyone happen to know what happened to Rupert Pennefather? He left a few seasons ago and I havent heared anything from him since. Is he officially retired? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Good to see that the wish list for many has been fulfilled! All richly deserved . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I can't say about other papers, but Yasmine's promotion got a fair splash in today's Times, here. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveclassics Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Yes, and the Evening Standard has a paragraph about her too - mainly that's she the first English principal for a while. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 hour ago, loveclassics said: Yes, and the Evening Standard has a paragraph about her too - mainly that's she the first English principal for a while. Linda Would that be since Francesca Hayward? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 8 hours ago, loveclassics said: Yes, and the Evening Standard has a paragraph about her too - mainly that's she the first English principal for a while. Linda 6 hours ago, penelopesimpson said: Would that be since Francesca Hayward? I think that they are speaking of Yasmine having been born in the UK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 27 minutes ago, capybara said: I think that they are speaking of Yasmine having been born in the UK. The Evening Standard article: "Yasmine is the first Principal dancer from London in more than 25 years" and the article in The Times: " She is the first Londoner to become a Principal dancer at the Royal Ballet since Darcey Bussell in 1989" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Am I missing something here? Is there something special about her being a Londoner? As far as I am concerned, it is far more interesting that we now have two new female principals who have come right the way through the RB school from White Lodge, to join the two existing ones. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 53 minutes ago, Fonty said: Am I missing something here? Is there something special about her being a Londoner? As far as I am concerned, it is far more interesting that we now have two new female principals who have come right the way through the RB school from White Lodge, to join the two existing ones. Hear, hear. Is Francesca not British, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Fonty said: Am I missing something here? Is there something special about her being a Londoner? As far as I am concerned, it is far more interesting that we now have two new female principals who have come right the way through the RB school from White Lodge, to join the two existing ones. I think the point is that this is the London Evening Standard reporting, so they're going to take a London angle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I too was wondering what I might be missing. After all, it's not as if we celebrated Lauren Cuthbertson's being the first Devon-born principal since ... Jonathan Cope? ... or Ed Watson being the first Bromley-born one since, I'd guess, Antoinette Sibley (or Lesley Collier if you stretch a point slightly) - not in the national press, anyway. I also wonder why on earth The Times found it at all necessary to post a picture of her with her boyfriend at all, let alone the one they posted - which looked as though it had been taken from her Facebook account or similar: surely they could have found another professional one somewhere - it's not as if she doesn't have enough of a portfolio already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, penelopesimpson said: Hear, hear. Is Francesca not British, then? She certainly is, she was brought up in Worthing which is as traditionally British as it's possible to be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I think it is just that the Evening Standard is a London newspaper, so they are highlighting the success of a Londoner. Presumably there is still a newspaper in Hull, so no doubt it will have lots of articles about Xander Parish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I would like to think that we can now 'relax' about the newspaper coverage and simply rejoice in, and enjoy, the news of Yasmine's promotion 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colman Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, capybara said: I would like to think that we can now 'relax' about the newspaper coverage and simply rejoice in, and enjoy, the news of Yasmine's promotion I'm sorry, you must be new to the Internet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 21 minutes ago, Pas de Quatre said: I think it is just that the Evening Standard is a London newspaper, so they are highlighting the success of a Londoner. I was referring to The Times' coverage, though. I hadn't expected it to be that parochial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 15 minutes ago, alison said: I was referring to The Times' coverage, though. I hadn't expected it to be that parochial Well I suppose London being the capital city does have a certain national significance too... Though I suspect if she'd come from somewhere else that might also have been used as the angle. They just choose a peg to hang the story on and Londoner is as good as any. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 2 hours ago, bridiem said: Well I suppose London being the capital city does have a certain national significance too... Though I suspect if she'd come from somewhere else that might also have been used as the angle. They just choose a peg to hang the story on and Londoner is as good as any. Obviously Worthing doesn't do it for them! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina G. Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, Fonty said: Am I missing something here? Is there something special about her being a Londoner? As far as I am concerned, it is far more interesting that we now have two new female principals who have come right the way through the RB school from White Lodge, to join the two existing ones. Fonty, I agree with you but I can't imagine Evening Standard readers getting excited about a headline reading: " Former Junior Associate and ex-White Lodger has been promoted to Principal at The Royal Ballet" WE know it is a big achievement for a White Lodger to become a Principal but the ES readers' attention will be grabbed far more easily by "First Londoner in over 25 years to become a Principal at The Royal Ballet" Edited July 11, 2017 by Nina G. spelling 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobR Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, penelopesimpson said: Obviously Worthing doesn't do it for them! I'm confident that the Worthing Herald will run a feature as and when the next Worthing dancer is made an RB principal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Of course, there was another wonderful ballerina from Worthing who should have reached Principal status. Belinda Hatley 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 (edited) For those of you who saw and enjoyed the lovely Nutcracker programme on TV at Christmas about Francesca Hayward's Sugar Plum Fairy debut, Nadia Mullova-Barley who was chosen as a final year student from the RBS Upper School to perform as a Snowflake, Angel, etc. and was featured in the programme, is joining the RB with the Aud Jebsen group. I am so happy for her! Edited July 15, 2017 by Fiona wrong spelling of Jebsen! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Pleased about these. My only slight disappointment Is that Joseph Sissens didn't get promoted. After his excellent performance In Symphonic Variations I hoped he would, but hopefully another season will give him more opportunities. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisiblecircus Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 On 11/07/2017 at 12:43, Fonty said: Am I missing something here? Is there something special about her being a Londoner? As far as I am concerned, it is far more interesting that we now have two new female principals who have come right the way through the RB school from White Lodge, to join the two existing ones. On 11/07/2017 at 13:58, bridiem said: I think the point is that this is the London Evening Standard reporting, so they're going to take a London angle. Yes. Plus, it's a London based company. I don't think it's a big deal that they're taking this angle. On 09/07/2017 at 21:50, Springbourne3 said: Strange that there is no mention of him (de Primo) as leaving as previous Prix dancers usually get a mention if they are given a contract or if they move on to other companies etc. Do they? I don't believe Julian MacKay got a mention when he left, he just kind of disappeared and it was later reported on here where he was heading but the RB didn't say anything. Shame about Di Primo, I was hoping we would see more of him. I had wondered from the start whether his height might be a problem, but in the end it seems there were not many male contracts available this year anyway. I do hope he is successful in getting a contract elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springbourne3 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 4 hours ago, invisiblecircus said: Yes. Plus, it's a London based company. I don't think it's a big deal that they're taking this angle. Do they? I don't believe Julian MacKay got a mention when he left, he just kind of disappeared and it was later reported on here where he was heading but the RB didn't say anything. Shame about Di Primo, I was hoping we would see more of him. I had wondered from the start whether his height might be a problem, but in the end it seems there were not many male contracts available this year anyway. I do hope he is successful in getting a contract elsewhere. 4 hours ago, invisiblecircus said: Yes. Plus, it's a London based company. I don't think it's a big deal that they're taking this angle. Do they? I don't believe Julian MacKay got a mention when he left, he just kind of disappeared and it was later reported on here where he was heading but the RB didn't say anything. Shame about Di Primo, I was hoping we would see more of him. I had wondered from the start whether his height might be a problem, but in the end it seems there were not many male contracts available this year anyway. I do hope he is successful in getting a contract elsewhere. Yes, I was hoping that too - I guess the lack of contracts is most likely the reason as David Yudes's height did not prevent him getting a permanent contract with the RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisiblecircus Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 15 hours ago, Springbourne3 said: Yes, I was hoping that too - I guess the lack of contracts is most likely the reason as David Yudes's height did not prevent him getting a permanent contract with the RB. Yudes is taller! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josephine Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I am very sad to read that Eric Underwood is leaving: http://www.roh.org.uk/news 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Sad news indeed. Very best wishes to Eric Underwood for the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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