Since we've missed every single Jeopardy clue so far tonight, let's take a break and talk ballet.
The Bolshoi Ballet casting for the 1/26 cinemacast of Ratmansky's new staging of Giselle has been announced as follows:
Giselle – Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 12:55 p.m. ET and PT, 11:55am MT, and 10:55am CT
Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
New Choreographic Version: Alexei Ratmansky
Conductor: Pavel Klinichev
CAST
Giselle: Olga Smirnova
Count Albrecht: Artemy Belyakov
Berthe, Giselle’s Mother: Anna Antropova
Hans, The Gamekeeper: Denis Savin
Giselle’s Friends: Xenia Averina, Bruna Cantanhede Galianone, Anonina Chapkina,
Olga Kishnyova, Elizabeta Kruteleva, Yulia Skvortsova, Tatiana Tiliguzova, Alexandra Trikoz
Peasant Pas de Deux: Daria Khokhlova, Alexei Putintsev
Bathilde: Nelli Kobakhidze
Myrtha: Angelina Vlashinets
Moina: Xenia Zhiganshina
Zulma: Anastasia Denisova
Check in with www.bolshoiballetincinema.com for cinema locations and times in your city. By the way, if the cinemacast conflicts with your plans to see NYCB, keep in mind that Symphony Space will be showing Giselle on the following Tuesday 1/28 at 1pm.
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Speaking of NYCB – lots of fabulous casting has been announced for the first week of the Winter Season. Especially exciting is the featuring of Erica Pereira and Harrison Ball in Danses Concertantes which opens the season on January 21st and in La Source at the Saturday matinee. We've been fascinated by the growth of both artists in the past year and are looking forward to seeing what each brings out in the other. We're hopeful that Tiler and Tyler will be in awesome form for Allegro Brilliante on Wednesday the 22nd. All the casts of Stravinsky Violin Concerto look to rock this ballet. And at the Sunday matinee we'll be treated to the debuts of Brittany Pollack and Daniel Applebaum in Danses Concertantes and Mira Nadon with Adrian Danching-Waring in Monumentum & Movements.
We have tickets for every performance. See ya there.
No Lauren King?
Posted by: Ken B. | January 10, 2020 at 10:10 AM
Hi, Ken. Several prominent soloists are missing from the first week. I think we can assume that they are preparing their reps for the coming weeks.
Posted by: Haglund | January 10, 2020 at 10:22 AM
I was hoping for Kyrsanova but am still excited about this one. And I can relate on Jeopardy; these guys are machines.
Posted by: Shawn | January 10, 2020 at 04:02 PM
I even missed the ballet clue last night on Jeopardy. The answer/question was What is Medea? in response to the clue A pas de deux based on music by Samuel Barber premiered in 1975 with Baryshnikov as Jason and Carla Fracci as her. It was a Daily Double and Brad Rutter answered it without hesitation. These guys...
Posted by: Haglund | January 10, 2020 at 04:21 PM
Haha, saw an interview with Brad and Ken the other day where Brad named ballet as his weak category. Didn't know it either.
Posted by: Colleen | January 12, 2020 at 01:20 PM