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Finally!

#ballet #mariinsky ballet #russian ballet #maria bulanova #it’s about damn time #don quixote

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Apparently heard a rumor that Primorsky (attached to Mariinsky) is going to North Korea before Bolshoi and the main Mariinsky theatre. (Is it bad that I want to make jokes about Kim Jong Un potentially being in the audience??)

I’m surprised both theatres haven’t been to Latin American countries like Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, all three countries have socialist regimes that have supported Russia in the past.

I thought they had already gone. I suspect this is why S. Korea recently canceled some gala / guest performances by Zakharova and a couple others.

#ballet #mariinsky ballet #russian ballet

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I thought cancelling Khoreva was understandable but Kim and Nagahisa?? Unhinged. They've won the event before, they have personal ties to YAGP, it was in part YAGP which got them to the company they're currently trying to shun. Regardless of that it's so strange to invite them only to ban them from performing at the last second.

Technically, they were banned by the directors of Lincoln Center (the Koch Theater), which is run by a quasi-government agency. The Ukrainian Embassy and the Ukrainian diaspora in NYC threatened a mass protest outside during the event, so the theater refused to let them perform. The organizers of the YAGP could have moved forward but didt want to burn a bridge. It was such a dumb move. If they had not invited Khoreva, I think it would have been fine. But I think her participation was the tipping point.

I both 100% support Ukraine, but think this was handled very poorly.

#ballet #mariinsky ballet #russian ballet #yagp #war is hell #ukraine

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Sounds like it was an utter shit show this year, cancelling Khoreva, Kim, and Nagahisa at the last minute. Did it not occur to the (Russian) organizers of YAGP that they were bringing persona non-gratas into what is essentially Ratmansky’s home turf? What a dumb-$&#% move. If they had scheduled the event basically ANYWHERE else, it would probably have been fine.

Sigh. YAGP. Sigh. Let’s see how many turns you can all fit in a minute long variation.

#what were they thinking #ballet

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Breathtaking….

Valeria Kuznetsova & Even Capitaine in the White Swan Pas de Deux. She’s only in her first year at the Mariinsky, but she already looks like a mature artist. Her swan arms are exquisite, and the musical phrasing is perfection. I have high hopes for her.

#ballet #mariinsky ballet #baby ballerinas #valeria kuznetsova #even capitaine #white swan #prima ballerina #prima vibes #Youtube

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Svetlana Savelieva, a fan favorite at the Mariinsky, is competing in the Arabesque Ballet completion on April 20 @ 12PM Perm Time!

She’s dancing variations from Don Quixote & Swan Lake. Wishing her the best!!!

Vaganova Ballet Academy graduate (class of 2019) and Mariinsky dancer, Svetlana Savelieva, photographed by Maria Novinskaya.

#mariinsky #ballet #svetlana savelieva #ballerina

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Did you watch the video of Valeria Kuznetsova’s Phrygia debut? Such an impressive performance especially for a young fresh graduate, I got teary eyed towards the end of the video. Can’t wait to see what the future holds for her.

Yes!!! Someone posted about 20 minutes online and I was completely drawn in. I don’t want to get carried away, but I’m excited about her. I think it’s especially wise that she was given such a dramatic role as a debut, rather than one of the classical ballerina roles given to young talents, like Prince’s Friends, Queen of the Dryads, Florine, etc. It suggests that management perceives a deeper artistry. I’m excited to see what comes next. I saw her White Swan PDD from last summer and was very intrigued.

#ballet #mariinsky ballet #russian ballet #baby ballerinas #valeria kuznetsova

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When it comes to the fairies, the first guide I saw to them was on the SF Ballet's website!

https://www.sfballet.org/discover/backstage/whos-who-in-the-sleeping-beauty-2/

Do you have any thoughts on this guide?

Helpful — and very clever! But I still feel like I need a spread sheet every time! 🤣

I think my baseline knowledge derives from watching old Kirov Sleeping Beauty Productions, so that is my North Star — and all the other versions need to be explained. I’m looking at you, Royal Ballet!

#sleeping beauty #fairies #fairy of brain fog #ballet

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Saw Camargo recently jn Ashton’s The Dream at ABT. He is very dreamy indeed!

Daniel Camargo | Ye Feifei | Hong Kong Ballet

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Do you know if the yt channel 'Ma Iru', the tg channel 'Clara Arson', and the ig page 'Catherine Pollak' are the same person?

I don’t think so….but I cannot be 100% sure. The reason I don’t think they are the same is that Pollack has very clear preferences (Skorik, Tereshkina, Nagahisa) and the ‘Ma Iru’ yt uploads a wider variety of videos. Also, Pollack has an inactive tg channel called ‘academic dance’ that was almost exclusively Skorik.

If you know of any really good tg channels for Mariinsky ballet videos, please share! I am always searching and often striking out.

#ballet #russian ballet #mariinsky ballet #bootleg ballet #anon

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Mariinsky putting up the May playbill in early April and having a preliminary playbill for June (as per Irina)? It's an Easter miracle!

What a gift! Bonus if people shoot videos of said performances and share them online!!

#ballet #mariinsky ballet #russian ballet #anon #thanks anon!

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Consider me a hardcore member of the Sarah Lamb fan club. 💖

Sarah Lamb photo by Bill Cooper

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Ratmansky's staging of Swan Lake at MCB

Has anyone seen this version of Swan Lake at the MCB? I'm thinking about heading to Miami for this one and wondered if it was worth the cost of travel. I'm extremely curious about this staging and from the snippets that I saw of the La Scala version, I think it could be very interesting but wanted to get thoughts and opinions before I drop $$ on this. The trailer is wonderful...

#ballet #swan lake #alexei ratmansky #miami city ballet #swan princess #Youtube

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I also find Karamysheva underwhelming. She's beautiful but I think it's just an unfortunate side effect of the documentary/social media hype since she was a first-year, you sometimes end up expecting too much. Recently I liked her a lot at Moscow IBC, but ultimately agreed with her placement behind all her classmates plus the 1 junior, Sultangareeva. And when she started getting solo roles at the Mariinsky, I felt like I understood why she wasn't given any solo parts at the graduation performance. Maybe it was just nerves but I just couldn't see any soloist qualities in her, which I understand she isn't a soloist but you'd think she would need some level of that to receive a solo role. Some of her performances have seemed as premature as some of Koshkareva's, imo. She looks very sweet onstage but I cannot comprehend why she is receiving solo roles over dancers like Savelieva who are stuck in the corps. Even Ionova doesn't seem to be up to much nowadays.

I would love to be proven wrong by Karamysheva though, she does seem sweet with a very cheerful presence onstage, and I have nothing against her, I just always find it surprising the way people see her on this site.

I haven't closely watched her performances, but from what I've seen, they appeared technically clean, nor did the roles compare in difficulty to what Koshkaryeva danced. But if management thinks she's capable of dancing Prince's Friends of the Bridesmaid variation, I'm here for it. Also, what we see in tiny IG or YouTube videos is a weak facsimile to to what the audience experiences. Some dancers step on stage and their charisma is palpable, so I try to reserve judgement unless someone turns in a noticeably weak, underwhelming performance — and Koshkaryeva's straight out of the gate soloist roles were subpar by any measure — and I just haven't seen that with this young dancer. I'd give her time since she's still adjusting to theater life.

#ballet #mariinsky ballet #russian ballet #Karamysheva #maria koshkaryova #maria koshkareva #baby ballerina #anon

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Grand Ballet's New Star

The competition series, Bolshoi Ballet, is still unfolding and I didn't pay much attention because I assumed that the fix was in. Surely, Maria Iliushkina and Even Capitaine were going to win it — they're Mariinsky soloists. No brainer. But the 19-year-old Daniil Potapsev, a recent graduate of the Eifman School now dancing lead roles at the Bolshoi, looks incredible.

#ballet #youtube #bolshoi ballet #daniil potaptsev #russian ballet #Youtube

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so ELEONORA SEVENARD is performing here with IVAN VASILIEV and they just never mentioned her 😭😭 I don't think the media people know what a big star she is, they named a lot of people before her

it doesn't matter much to me because they're performing the day before my finals unfortunately, but WOW

(i'm in singapore. I also missed May Nagahisa performing here one random day because it wasn't advertised at all)

NO WAY! That's crazy, but what an opportunity. I hope that you will get more of these kinds of experiences soon! I wish that I could take over this marketing. Le Sigh….. By the way, a little gossip. Ivan's only been separated/divorced from Vinogradova for less than a year — and he's already engaged again.

#prima ballerina #eleanor sevenard #stealth tour #Ivan Vasiliev #scansal

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@patricedumonde - are you talking about the first lift? If so, I only noticed one you mentioned it, and now I cannot unsee it! I guess it went by me so quickly that I my mind simply glossed it over. I've never heard it called the jerk and clean, but now it makes sense.

And then this happened in cinemas across the world….Olga Smirnova & Jacopo Tissi were amazing.

I may have read this somewhere and just repeating it, but Olga seemed born for Act 2 of Giselle. She is otherworldly.

#weight lifting #ballet #Dutch national ballet #Giselle