Oh, yeah.
Just announced - the Scottish Ballet's blistering hot production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire will be part of the Kennedy Center's 2014-2015 season. The company took this ballet into the heart of New Orleans last fall and stunned the audience with its brilliance.
This is such good news.
LOL, when I read your headline, Haglund, my first thought was that OUR Stella was going to dance the role of Blanche in Streetcar. Well, one can always hope....
Posted by: angelica | March 04, 2014 at 06:39 PM
She could pull it off with a good blond wig.
Posted by: Haglund | March 04, 2014 at 09:26 PM
I am very excited that the Royal Ballet is coming . . . but find myself a little disappointed that they're doing Don Quixote, when ABT will just have done Don Q this season. I would have hoped for something more unique to RB's repertoire. Like, say, Mayerling?
Posted by: Kate | March 05, 2014 at 06:55 PM
Totally agree with you Kate. Don Q is such an odd choice, particularly now that we've heard that it's not an A-1 production. It may be that the deal to bring it to the Kennedy Center was inked long before, maybe years before Carlos Acosta had finished the production - maybe even before he started it. There may have been an assumption that it would be a blockbuster just because Acosta was doing it and therefore the RB made the decision long in advance to tour it. Too bad.
Posted by: Haglund | March 05, 2014 at 07:33 PM
I also wish the Royal Ballet were bringing something besides Don Q, but, honestly, all I care about is finally getting to see Marianela Nunez on stage!!!
Posted by: J | March 07, 2014 at 03:23 PM