Int'l Ballet Festival of Havana - ABT casting

The ABT casting just posted for the two repertory nights in Havana is sure to make the locals go crazy!  The first night will include the Le Corsaire PdT with Jose Manuel Carreno, Paloma Herrera and Marcelo Gomes.  The second night will include Carreno and Xiomara Reyes in the Diana and Acteon PdD.  Carreno in that Acteon costume could start a Cuban riot.

Also of note:  Isabella Boylston will perform in Theme and Variations on the second night with David Hallberg.

What Haglund wouldn't give to go to Cuba to cover this event. This is an opportunity of a lifetime.  Hopefully, NYC's media local yokels will go down there so that we'll get reports of the week's events from several different angles.

Still looking for info on the Gala programing on Nov 5&6 and details about who will be traveling to Havana for NYCB although there are reports that they are dancing Tarantella, Liturgy, Chaconne PdD, Stars and Stripes PdD, In the Night, Other Dances and Who Cares?

Here's the ABT casting as published today:

November - 3
8:30 PM
Havana, Cuba

Theme and Variations
M. Wiles
C. Stearns

Seven Sonatas
J. Kent
X. Reyes
S. Abrera
D. Hallberg
H. Cornejo
G. Saveliev

Le Corsaire (pas de trois)
P. Herrera
M. Gomes
J. Carreño 

Fancy Free
C. Salstein
E. Stiefel
J. Carreño
M. Riccetto
I. Boylston

November - 4
8:30 PM
Havana, Cuba

Theme and Variations
I. Boylston
D. Hallberg

Seven Sonatas
H. Seo
S. Lane
Y. Kajiya
J. Matthews
J. Phillips
C. Lopez

Diana and Acteon (pas de deux)
X. Reyes
J. Carreño

Fancy Free
H. Cornejo
S. Radetsky
M. Gomes
S. Abrera
J. Kent

 

Comments

[jose]

I'm happy for Isabella's break.Who do you think will be cast in ABT's production of "Duo Concertante"? Not my favorite Balanchine but would be willing to see again. Jose

[Haglund's Heel]

Hi, Jose. Duo Concertant is difficult to guess casting for. You can't just throw two good dancers together and expect it to work. Murphy and Stiefel would be my guess although the sections where they stand around with their hands on top of the piano might not be as interesting as, say, NYCB's Hyltin and Fairchild. Julie Kent, on the other hand, would excel at the motionless parts of the piece but might have trouble with the steps. Eric Tamm would be engaging in this piece, I think. We'll just have to wait and see.

[dc]

Oh, to be in Havana for this! I think Cubans may have seen the Acteon costume, but I don't think they've seen the rumba in Fancy Free. Carreño and then Gomes. Madre de Dios! And Cornejo, too. They will go nuts.

[Haglund's Heel]

Hi dc! You and me both - what a trip this would be to be able to make. And what a fantastic opportunity for these dancers.