... and most everything that came before it is close by this link if you look carefully and quickly. Thanks to Светлана storming out of the Онегин production, Дэвид may have found his career-defining partner in the beautiful Mariinsky ballerina Евгения who happens to look a little like Renée Fleming, another great Tatiana. He still has theatrical improvements to make, but they look very good together.
The dance gods work in strange ways.
Oh, i was just watching this too! I looove evgenia! But she reminds me of audrey hepburn :)
Posted by: robin | July 21, 2013 at 09:31 PM
Audrey or Katherine? I see a little Katherine, but more of Renée Fleming.
I love in the attitude lifts how she wraps that back attitude leg around Onegin.
Posted by: Haglund | July 21, 2013 at 09:45 PM
Audrey- but its more her expressions & the way she uses her eyes than actual physical resemblance. Plus her long elegant neck. But yes, i can see renee also.
Posted by: robin | July 21, 2013 at 10:11 PM
Renee Fleming, yes I see the resemblance. Though ballerina-wise I see a bit of Gelsey Kirkland resemblance too.
Hallberg and Obraztsova look good together, so thanks to whoever the casting person was, who put these two together. I thought Zakharova acted like a child, walking out on Hallberg like that, it speaks volumes about the sort of artist she is, that is one who doesn't put art at the top of the list but rather herself.
Posted by: Genna | July 22, 2013 at 05:50 PM
True about Zakharova. You may recall that when the refurbished Bolshoi Theatre was re-opened with that big gala of Sleeping Beauty, she dissed all of the Bolshoi principal men by choosing David Hallberg as her partner. What goes around comes around. Anyway, her quitting Onegin turned out great for Hallberg.
I, too, noticed a bit of resemblance to Gelsey in Obraztsova, but I thought maybe I was over-imagining. Glad to hear you saw it, too.
Posted by: Haglund | July 22, 2013 at 05:57 PM
There is also another Onegin video with Hallberg in rehearsal at the Bolshoi, posted on Ms Obraztsova's channel. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJweNm_8Muw
On Twitter and Facebook, Hallberg thanked everyone at the Bolshoi and said he would be back. I don't know how Filin's absence would affect his status there. I wish he would continue as part time principal there, if only to avoid dancing in ABT's Disneyland on crack version of Sleeping Beauty.
Posted by: Genna | July 23, 2013 at 04:15 PM
Thanks, Genna, for the link. I see that Hallberg is going to dance in the Bolshoi's Sleeping Beauty in London very soon.
Posted by: Haglund | July 23, 2013 at 04:51 PM
They were fantastic together! Thanks so much for sharing the link, Haglund.
Also, is it just me or is this tempo much more manageable than when ABT did it? It seemed slower and the choreography made more sense...
Posted by: Ellie | July 24, 2013 at 02:21 PM
Hi Ellie. Not sure about the differences in tempo, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a little heavier.
Did you see the clips of Genia opposite Volchkov? That was insanely dramatic, so, so powerful.
Posted by: Haglund | July 24, 2013 at 02:30 PM