Sabine0308 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 9 hours ago, Angela said: Jakob Feyferlik from Bavarian State Ballet will be guesting at his old home company Vienna State Ballet for Nureyev's Swan Lake on June 20. and 23. I hope he has overcome his injury then. Last Saturday he had his debut as Romeo in Munich. 2 days earlier Julian Mackay posted on instagram a cast change for Madrid, pointing out that he would dance Solor. Before, he hadn't been cast to go to Madrid. He is replacing Jakob Feyferlik. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Bayerisches Staatsballett Munich in Madrid, May 30 to June 2nd, 2024 cast sheet as of today: 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 So they get to see Bayadere. Lucky Madrid! What great casts...Casalinho and Wagman as the Golden Idol; wonderful! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 hour ago, Sim said: So they get to see Bayadere. Lucky Madrid! What great casts...Casalinho and Wagman as the Golden Idol; wonderful! wasted as the Golden Idol in my opinion. Both are way more capable. But height. Sigh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 3 hours ago, FionaM said: wasted as the Golden Idol in my opinion. Both are way more capable. But height. Sigh. It's not the height, at least not for Shale Wagman. Bianca Teixeira and Carollina Bastos (Debut Ganzatti) have his partner before and it was totally fine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Also, Lauretta Summerscales was Wagman's beautiful partner in Coppelia. To be honest I did expect him to dance Solor this season, but Hilaire had other plans, so disappointing. With Feyferlik's sudden injury, there would have been a great opportunity for Wagman, so beloved and admired by his Munich audience. I remember vividly his debut as Golden Idol last year, where he got more applause and Bravi than the principals. 😱❤️ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattin Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I was at all five performances in Madrid. If I manage to find the time I'll write a few comments. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Wonderful cast for Onegin in Munich on 19 July: Tatiana - Ksenia Shevtsova Onegin - Osiel Gouneo Olga - Bianca Teixeira Lensky - Shale Wagman This is a debut for Ksenia Shevtsova who joined Munich this season, having previously excelled as Manon and Mary Vetsera (amongst other roles) with the Stanislavsky in Moscow. It is also a debut for Shale Wagman. He’s had a decent run of soloist roles these last few seasons with White Rabbit and Mad Hatter in Alice, Benjamin in Cinderella, Franz in Coppélia, Mercutio in R&J and he had a major role created on him by Ratmansky for his Tchaikovsky Overtures. Bianca has performed Olga before in Munich. Other lead roles she’s performed include Swanilda and Gamzatti. Osiel has performed Onegin already a number of times in Munich and Oslo (maybe elsewhere?) as well as guesting with Paris Opera as Romeo. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 (edited) 17 hours ago, FionaM said: Wonderful cast for Onegin in Munich on 19 July: Tatiana - Ksenia Shevtsova Onegin - Osiel Gouneo Olga - Bianca Teixeira Lensky - Shale Wagman This is a debut for Ksenia Shevtsova who joined Munich this season, having previously excelled as Manon and Mary Vetsera (amongst other roles) with the Stanislavsky in Moscow. It is also a debut for Shale Wagman. He’s had a decent run of soloist roles these last few seasons with White Rabbit and Mad Hatter in Alice, Benjamin in Cinderella, Franz in Coppélia, Mercutio in R&J and he had a major role created on him by Ratmansky for his Tchaikovsky Overtures. Bianca has performed Olga before in Munich. Other lead roles she’s performed include Swanilda and Gamzatti. Osiel has performed Onegin already a number of times in Munich and Oslo (maybe elsewhere?) as well as guesting with Paris Opera as Romeo. I'm so looking forward to this performance. Yes to everything you said about Shale Wagman, @FionaM, and let's not forget his Philostrat/Puck and Lysander in Neumeier’s "Midsummernights Dream ", as well as Solo Couple Rubies (with amazing Carollina Bastos) and the solo part created on him by David Dawson in "Affairs of the heart ". Munich owes him something... Edited June 16 by Sabine0308 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 At Munich National Theatre, the contract of Ballet Director Laurent Hilaire has been extended. Together with Opera Director Serge Dorny, he will continue his work until 2031, Vladimir Jurowski will remain the General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera until 2028. Hilaire said that he is very pleased about the trust that has been placed in him, his wish is to further increase the reputation of the company and attract even more people to this wonderful art form. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 The programm für the big anniversary gala of Staatsballett Berlin on July 7th was published. Founded on January 1st 2004, Berlin State Ballet united the three ballet companies of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Komische Oper. It had 88 dancers, 40 jobs were cancelled at the time. The first director was Vladimir Malakhov. STAATSBALLETT BERLIN 20 Years of Staatsballett Berlin Anniversary Gala Extract from the planned programme in alphabetical order Aria Choreography Douglas Lee Music Michael Gordon Dancers Ksenia Ovsyanick, David Soares Blake Works I, «The Colour in Anything», «I Hope My Life» Choreography William Forsythe Music James Blake Dancers Jan Casier, Gustavo Chalub, Aurora Dickie, Alexei Orlenco, Haruka Sassa, David Soares, Michelle Willems und Ensemble Caravaggio Auszug Choreography Mauro Bigonzetti Music Bruno Moretti nach Claudio Monteverdi Dancers Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Giovanni Princic COME BACK Choreography Samantha Lynch Music Joey McNamara, Antonio Vivaldi, Bobby McFerrin, Luke Howard Dancers Achille De Groeve, Danielle Muir, Anthony Tette, Meiri Maeda, Sarah Hees-Hochster In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated Auszug Choreography William Forsythe Music Thom Willems Dancers Polina Semionova, Martin ten Kortenaar Grand Pas Classique Choreography Victor Gsovsky Music Daniel François Esprit Auber Dancers Haruka Sassa, Martin ten Kortenaar Uraufführung N.N. Choreography Christian Spuck Music Ludwig van Beethoven Dancers Weronika Frodyma, Emma Antrobus, Mark Geilings, Alexandre Cagnat, Cohen Aitchison-Dugas, Loïck Pireaux Les Bourgeois Choreography Ben van Cauwenbergh Music Jacques Brel Dancers Dinu Tamazlacaru (als Gast) Schwanensee Pas de deux «Black Swan» Choreography Patrice Bart nach Marius Petipa Music Peter I. Tschaikowsky Dancers Iana Salenko, Marian Walter (als Gast) Skew-Whiff Choreography Sol León & Paul Lightfoot Music Gioachino Rossini Dancers Matthew Knight, Fiona McGee, Théo Just, Anthony Tette Tschaikowsky-Pas-de-Deux Choreography George Balanchine Music Peter I. Tschaikowsky Dancers Iana Salenko, Murilo de Oliveira Tué Choreography Marco Goecke Music Barbara Dancers Elisa Carrillo Cabrera Musical Direction Maria Seletskaja Moderation Petra Gute, Christian Spuck Dancers of Staatsballett Berlin Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin Performance 07 July 2024, 18.00 Uhr Deutsche Oper Berlin 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Also, principal Elisa Carrillo Cabrero will give her farewell performance at this gala. I will forever cherish her Myrtha and Tatjana. Heartbreaking performances.🙏🙏 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncnp Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 (edited) Heaven, Hell and Purgatory at the Stuttgart Ballet The Place of Choice - In his first one-hour choreography for the Stuttgart Ballet, choreographer Roman Novitzky reflects on our fate. Short video SWR Kultur: Himmel, Hölle und Fegefeuer am Stuttgarter Ballett (ardmediathek.de) Edited June 30 by oncnp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 On 25/06/2024 at 18:59, Sabine0308 said: Also, principal Elisa Carrillo Cabrero will give her farewell performance at this gala. I will forever cherish her Myrtha and Tatjana. Heartbreaking performances.🙏🙏 LAST PERFORMANCE AT THE ANNIVERSARY GALA Elisa Carrillo Cabrera bids farewell to the Staatsballett Berlin Berlin, June 28, 2024 --- Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, longtime Principal Dancer of the Staatsballett Berlin, bids farewell to the company after 17 years as part of the anniversary gala on July 7, 2024. The exceptional artist is the first Latin American dancer to have won the three most important ballet awards in the world and has delighted the Berlin audience with a wide range of classical to contemporary roles. On July 7, 2024 Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, longtime Principal Dancer of the Staatsballett Berlin, will bid farewell to the company after 17 years with the ensemble. As part of the Gala – 20 years of Staatsballett Berlin, she will perform the solo Tué by Marco Goecke and a duet with Giovanni Princic from Caravaggio by Mauro Bigonzetti. The exceptional artist is the first Latin American dancer to have won the three most important ballet awards in the world: the Prix Benois de la Danse, the Soul of Dance Award, and the Award of the International Ballet Festival "Dance Open" in St. Petersburg. Elisa Carrillo Cabrera is looking forward to a new chapter in her career: «After 25 years in fixed ensembles – for which I am very grateful to the Stuttgart Ballet and the Staatsballett Berlin – I am now very excited to not only continue to guest internationally in the coming years but also to focus on projects that are very close to my heart: introducing dance to as wide a population as possible, promoting young talent, and strengthening cultural exchange through dance.» Throughout her career, she portrayed numerous solo roles in works by the most significant choreographers such as Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, August Bournonville, John Cranko, Mikhail Fokin, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Peter Schaufuss, and Uwe Scholz. She brought her experiences at the Stuttgart Ballet with John Cranko's pieces into her interpretations of roles such as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet or Tatiana in Onegin. During her time at the Staatsballett Berlin, she danced the role of Myrtha in Patrice Bart's Giselle and the Lilac Fairy in all three productions of Sleeping Beauty. In personal collaboration, she studied choreographies with Patrice Bart, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Marcia Haydée, Vladimir Malakhov, Hans van Manen, Angelin Preljocaj, Heinz Spoerli, and Víctor Ullate. She was especially involved in creations with choreographers such as Mauro Bigonzetti, David Dawson, Alexander Ekman, Marco Goecke, Douglas Lee, Wayne McGregor, John Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky, Richard Siegal, and Christian Spuck. Elisa Carrillo Cabrera was born in Texcoco, Mexico, and received her training at the National School of Classical Dance in Mexico and as a scholarship student at the National English Ballet School in London. She began dancing with the Stuttgart Ballet in 1999 and transferred as a Demi-Soloist to the Staatsballett Berlin in 2007. Here, she became a Soloist in 2009 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2011 after her title role in Snow White by Angelin Preljocaj. Since then, she has performed a wide repertoire from classical to contemporary and has guested internationally in countries such as France, Japan, China, the USA, Korea, Italy, Cairo, Switzerland, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Luxembourg. The Mexican is a star not only on stage. For her contributions to the promotion of the arts in Mexico, she was awarded the country's highest artistic honor, the Medal of Fine Arts. She is the artistic co-director of the national dance company and a member of the UNESCO International Dance Council. A scholarship program named after her enables ballet students to spend a year studying at renowned schools abroad. Since 2012, she has been hosting the gala "Elisa and Friends" and presenting a program with international ballet stars. In March of this year, she led a ballet class for more than 5,000 participants in the central square Zócalo in Mexico City as part of International Women's Day. In 2024, Forbes Magazine counts her among the 100 most influential women in Mexico. STAATSBALLETT BERLIN Elisa Carrillo Cabrera bids farewell to the Staatsballett Berlin Last performance at Anniversary Gala Gala - 20 Years of Staatsballett Berlin Performances of Elisa Carrillo Cabrera: Caravaggio Auszug Choreography Mauro Bigonzetti Music Bruno Moretti nach Claudio Monteverdi Dancers Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Giovanni Princic Tué Choreography Marco Goecke Music Barbara Dancers Elisa Carrillo Cabrera Musical Direction Maria Seletskaja Moderation Petra Gute, Christian Spuck Dancers of Staatsballett Berlin Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin Performance 07 July 2024, 18.00 Uhr Deutsche Oper Berlin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 I'm very much looking forward to the gala. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanartus Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 42 minutes ago, Sabine0308 said: I'm very much looking forward to the gala. Me too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 38 minutes ago, Vanartus said: Me too! Oh! Let's meet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Ksenia Ovsyanick, ex-ENB ballerina, will also leave Staatsballett Berlin after this season. She will go freelance for a least one season, she said in an article for the Berlin newspaper B.Z., but she will stay in Berlin and train with the Staatsballett. She leaves because the repertoire turns to modern and she would love to dance more classics, she says. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 On 15/06/2024 at 20:28, FionaM said: Wonderful cast for Onegin in Munich on 19 July: Tatiana - Ksenia Shevtsova Onegin - Osiel Gouneo Olga - Bianca Teixeira Lensky - Shale Wagman This is a debut for Ksenia Shevtsova who joined Munich this season, having previously excelled as Manon and Mary Vetsera (amongst other roles) with the Stanislavsky in Moscow. It is also a debut for Shale Wagman. He’s had a decent run of soloist roles these last few seasons with White Rabbit and Mad Hatter in Alice, Benjamin in Cinderella, Franz in Coppélia, Mercutio in R&J and he had a major role created on him by Ratmansky for his Tchaikovsky Overtures. Bianca has performed Olga before in Munich. Other lead roles she’s performed include Swanilda and Gamzatti. Osiel has performed Onegin already a number of times in Munich and Oslo (maybe elsewhere?) as well as guesting with Paris Opera as Romeo. sadly Shale has been taken out of this cast and replaced by Ariel Merkuri. No explanation (he is not injured). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 38 minutes ago, FionaM said: sadly Shale has been taken out of this cast and replaced by Ariel Merkuri. No explanation (he is not injured). I got an email with a cryptic reason🙄, this has never happened before for cast changes in ballet. Quote: "Aus dispositorischen Gründen übernimmt Ariel Merkuri in der Vorstellung von Onegin, am Freitag, 19. Juli 2024, die Rolle des Lenski anstelle von Shale Wagman." Wonky translation: For scheduling reasons, Ariel Merkuri will take on the role of Lenski instead of Shale Wagman in the performance of Onegin on Friday, July 19, 2024. To my knowledge, Shale is not scheduled to perform somewhere else. I hope I can get some answers soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 On 02/07/2024 at 11:24, Angela said: Ksenia Ovsyanick, ex-ENB ballerina, will also leave Staatsballett Berlin after this season. She will go freelance for a least one season, she said in an article for the Berlin newspaper B.Z., but she will stay in Berlin and train with the Staatsballett. She leaves because the repertoire turns to modern and she would love to dance more classics, she says. Her farewell performance will be the final performance of the season on July 11th, she will dance Giselle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCYC Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 6 hours ago, Sabine0308 said: To my knowledge, Shale is not scheduled to perform somewhere else. I hope I can get some answers soon. Danses avec la plume on Twitter (sorry mods, not sure how sharing social media posts work) reports that Shale is joining Paris Opera Ballet after passing the external concours. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncnp Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 52 minutes ago, CCYC said: Danses avec la plume on Twitter (sorry mods, not sure how sharing social media posts work) reports that Shale is joining Paris Opera Ballet after passing the external concours. Paris Opera Ballet 2024 external recruitment competition – Dances with the pen – Dance news (dansesaveclaplume.com) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAX Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 (edited) He is going to start as a quadrille ? Edited July 3 by MAX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 When was the last time Paris hired anyone NOT from their school? (Not counting guests of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophoife Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 (edited) 2 hours ago, MAX said: He is going to start as a quadrille ? 28 minutes ago, FionaM said: When was the last time Paris hired anyone NOT from their school? (Not counting guests of course) Everyone starts as a quadrille, MAX. Promotion to coryphée/sujet/soloist is via an internal competition late in the year. The external recruitment competition takes place every year, Fiona. Lillian Di Piazza, then 31 and a principal at Pennsylvania/Philadelphia Ballet, did it in 2022, the same year Alexander Maryianowski (ex-Boston Ballet) was engaged full-time. Both had had numerous short-term contracts. Manuel Garrido, trained at Vaganova, danced in Czech Republic, Milan, numerous short-term contracts in Paris before full-time in 2022. Neither of the two women engaged full-time this year trained at the POB school. Two of the men engaged in 2023 trained in Italy. Aussie Nikolaus Tudorin started in Queensland and was in Zürich when he won a Prix de Lausanne scholarship, had several short-term contracts, now a sujet. Three current female étoiles (Pagliero, Park, O'Neill) did not train in Paris either. Edited July 4 by Sophoife 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 6 hours ago, FionaM said: When was the last time Paris hired anyone NOT from their school? (Not counting guests of course) Of course it was a rhetorical question, as anyone "knowing you" you would know 😀. Actually I wanted to wait until he posts about it himself, but Gil Isoart, ballet master with POB, posted yesterday about a gala in Lourdes on Monday, mentioning Inès Mcintosh and Shale Wagman as POB members. My Intel says he auditioned on Tuesday among 107 other male dancers, and got the one available slot for a life contract. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 Gabriel Figueredo was promoted to Principal Dancer at Stuttgart Ballet today, after his first Siegfried in Swan Lake. His Odette/Odile, Mizuki Amemiya, was promoted to Soloist. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iolanthe Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 New promotions in Bavarian State Ballet: Ksenia Shevtsova - principal dancer Ariel Merkuri - first soloist Maria Chiara Bono, Zhanna Gubanova, Rhiannon Fairless, Robin Strona - demi-soloists https://www.instagram.com/p/C9oxO7lMDj9/?igsh=OHhuanVqaGR2cWFw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 At Hamburg Ballet, Principal Dancer Karen Azatyan will leave for Zurich Ballet (he was once a student at the Tanzakademie there). Principal Dancer Jacopo Bellussi will leave for the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse and become Danseur Etoile there. Soloists Yun-Su Park and Lizhong Wang will end their career. From the corps de ballet, Priscilla Tselikova, Eliot Worrell, Nicolas Gläsmann, Carolin Inhoffen and Abbey Haller will leave, Lasse Caballero and Pablo Polo will go to Staatsballett Karlsruhe, Alfie McPherson will go to BallettVorpommern. Kallum Morris will go to Belgrad Ballet, Tibor Perthel will go to Cottbus Ballett. At Zurich Ballet, Principal Dancer Giulia Tonelli has left the company. Soloist Daniel Mulligan has ended his career. At the Ballet on the Rhine at Düsseldorf/Duisburg, the dancers Futaba Ishizaki, Charlotte Kragh and Daniele Bonelli will leave for Hamburg Ballet with their director Demis Volpi, they will all be soloists there. Jack Bruce and Joaquin Angelucci will leave for the corps de ballet at Hamburg, Volpi also takes with him ballet master Damiano Pettenella, ballet mistress Natasha Lagunas and dancer Philip Handschin who will work in the management at Hamburg. Mariana Dias will end her stage career and work as ballet mistress at Düsseldorf. Miquel Martínez Pedro leaves for NDT II, also leaving the company are Courtney Skalnik, Evan L’Hirondelle, Marta Andreitsiv, Andrea Tozza, Imogen Walters, Marco Nestola and Yara Araujo de Azevedo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 (edited) I thought Jacopo Bellussi was remaining in Hamburg in addition to his new role in Toulouse? Edited July 21 by FionaM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamicro Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 2 hours ago, Angela said: At Hamburg Ballet, Principal Dancer Karen Azatyan will leave for Zurich Ballet (he was once a student at the Tanzakademie there). Principal Dancer Jacopo Bellussi will leave for the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse and become Danseur Etoile there. Soloists Yun-Su Park and Lizhong Wang will end their career. From the corps de ballet, Priscilla Tselikova, Eliot Worrell, Nicolas Gläsmann, Carolin Inhoffen and Abbey Haller will leave, Lasse Caballero and Pablo Polo will go to Staatsballett Karlsruhe, Alfie McPherson will go to BallettVorpommern. Kallum Morris will go to Belgrad Ballet, Tibor Perthel will go to Cottbus Ballett. At Zurich Ballet, Principal Dancer Giulia Tonelli has left the company. Soloist Daniel Mulligan has ended his career. At the Ballet on the Rhine at Düsseldorf/Duisburg, the dancers Futaba Ishizaki, Charlotte Kragh and Daniele Bonelli will leave for Hamburg Ballet with their director Demis Volpi, they will all be soloists there. Jack Bruce and Joaquin Angelucci will leave for the corps de ballet at Hamburg, Volpi also takes with him ballet master Damiano Pettenella, ballet mistress Natasha Lagunas and dancer Philip Handschin who will work in the management at Hamburg. Mariana Dias will end her stage career and work as ballet mistress at Düsseldorf. Miquel Martínez Pedro leaves for NDT II, also leaving the company are Courtney Skalnik, Evan L’Hirondelle, Marta Andreitsiv, Andrea Tozza, Imogen Walters, Marco Nestola and Yara Araujo de Azevedo. Bellussi is not leaving from Hamburg: he has a shared commitment and will move to Toulouse for few months 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 Sorry, my French source did not mention that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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