Fathom Events will host five cinema presentations of The Royal Ballet in the coming season, four of which will be live-streams.
Manon on Thursday, Oct. 16th (Nunez & Bonelli)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on Tuesday, Dec. 16th (Cuthberson & Bonelli)
Swan Lake on Thursday, Mar. 19th (Takada & Bonelli)
La Fille Mal Gardee on Tuesday, May 5th (TBC)
That's a lot of Mr. Bonelli that we are presently scheduled to see.
An earlier recorded performance of Wheeldon's A Winter's Tale will be shown on Tuesday, Feb. 17th.
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The Google Translator doesn't do such a great job with Japanese to English text. But, according to this article that was published in Japan yesterday, Yuriko Kajiya and Jared Matthews will star in the U.S. premiere of John Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Houston Ballet in September. It's unclear from the awkward translation of Yuriko's comments whether that means the first performance or that they are one among several pairs who will be performing it. It would be nice to know specific dates. Nevertheless, it's pretty exciting news.
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Veronika Part's Albrecht for the Mariinsky performance of Giselle on August 1st will be Yevgeny Ivanchenko. All fingers and toes are crossed for some YouTube video.
Great news about Yuriko Kajiya and Jared Matthews in Neumeier's Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as the Royal Ballet performances in cinemas! Thanks for keeping us posted, Haglund.
Posted by: J | July 21, 2014 at 01:45 PM
Haglund, where are you finding the casting information? This link: http://www.roh.org.uk/showings/swan-lake-live-2015 indicates Osipova & Golding for Swan Lake, but perhaps it is outdated...?
Posted by: CMM | July 21, 2014 at 07:50 PM
Hi CMM. Here's where I found the info:
http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/swan-lake-by-anthony-dowell
It shows Osipova & Golding on March 13 & 17, but not on March 19th. I'm confused, too. The current news article to which I linked above said that the livestream would be on March 19th and it is that way on the Fathom website, too: http://www.fathomevents.com/event/the-royal-ballet-season-2014-15/more-info/201415-royal-ballet-cinema-season
I'm sure that it will all get ironed out soon enough. Thanks for letting us know that there is still some uncertainty about both the cast AND the date of the transmission.
Posted by: Haglund | July 21, 2014 at 08:51 PM
I think the live streams are not live to the u.s. because of the time difference. What I remember from last year is that we got them a day or two later.
Posted by: Robin | July 22, 2014 at 08:20 PM
Off topic. You probably have already seen this from about an hour ago, but just in case you haven't, here is the link: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/07/prweb12038612.htm
Posted by: Out Looking In | July 22, 2014 at 09:19 PM
WOW. Just wow. Angel is back and he's within commuting distance for the NYC audience! What a smart, smart, smart Board of Directors to give Angel this opportunity.
Posted by: Haglund | July 22, 2014 at 11:57 PM
Robin, that makes sense. I know that some of the Fathom presentations were delayed by 5 or 6 hours, and some of the Ballet in Cinema presentations came a day or two later. I guess we won't know until someone clears it up.
Posted by: Haglund | July 23, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Fathom is also presenting the live Bolshoi Ballet productions this season! http://www.fathomevents.com/event/bolshoi-ballet-2014-15-season/more-info/bolshoi-ballet
They are showing only 4 of 7 of the Bolshoi titles: The Legend of Love, Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet. The rest of the season is here: www.bolshoiballetincinema.com
Posted by: moviegirl | July 23, 2014 at 03:28 PM
Hi Haglund,
Do you know where ROH and Bolshoi's 2014/15 productions will be shown in NYC?
Many thanks for your tireless efforts to appraise us on ballet news! Your latest observations about Angel and Veronika are especially exciting.
Posted by: Irina | July 25, 2014 at 09:05 AM
Hi Irina.
Usually the Imax on 42nd Street off of 8th Avenue shows the presentations. Sometimes the Union Square and Kips Bay will show them, too. The best way to check is to go to the Fathom Events website pages for the ROH and Bolshoi and plug in your zip code for a list of theaters.
http://www.fathomevents.com/event/bolshoi-ballet-2014-15-season
http://www.fathomevents.com/event/the-royal-ballet-season-2014-15
Posted by: Haglund | July 26, 2014 at 08:02 AM
Thank you Haglund!
Posted by: Irina | July 27, 2014 at 06:07 PM