Haglund is going to pencil-in on his calendar the November 16, 2011 world premiere in Toronto of Alexei Ratmansky's Romeo and Juliet for The National Ballet of Canada which is marking its 60th anniversary this year. Richard Hudson and Jennifer Tipton, who collaborated with Ratmansky on The Nutcracker for ABT, will be part of the production team which will have use of the company's brand new $4.4 milllion (Canadian) 59,000 square foot production center. The music will be Prokofiev's score.
Here's the NBC's press release. Haglund will keep a close watch on this event and bring you the details as they evolve.
hummm...ABT got James Kudelka and is now returning the favor with Alexei Ratmansky? I know it doesn't really work that way, but still ABT seems to have gotten the short end of the stick.
Posted by: yjtsui | February 08, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Hi yjtsui!
I don't think there's reason to be alarmed. Ratmansky will continue his very productive work with ABT. However – since there are so many great stories in the world that have yet to be told in ballets, why invest your creative energy in re-telling a story that already has had and continues to have major successes as a ballet? Does every choreographer have to do his own Swan Lake, Don Q, R&J, and Giselle? Why not tell a new story or two? It would be good practice.
Posted by: Haglund | February 08, 2011 at 01:09 PM