I want to ask about the situation with Ekaterina Shipulina, do you think she will be forced into the ‘working under contract’ like Kaptsova was soon? Or does she have more time?
No, I don’t think so. Her husband is too big an influence in Russia to allow that.
Questions from the same anon wondering why virtually everyone stayed silent after the tragic death of Evgeni Kulesh. The anon wonders why Svetlana Zakharova specifically hasn’t really spoken up.
They are scared. They don’t wanna lose their jobs. As to Svetlana, I think she’s perfectly content with the way things work out for her under the current management, so my personal guess is she didn’t want to stir things up.
how did you find smirnova's debut at the mariinsky? also thoughts on khoreva's kitri?
I honestly enjoyed neither.
What do you think Natalia Bessmertnova's MBTI personality type was?
That’s a great question, yet at the same time I don’t want to speculate. Yet I kind of do. Idk, definitely IXXX? Maybe an INTP? INFP?
@gothicsynthetic: Hello. Has there ever been a clarification of why Svetlana Lunkina left the Bolshoi Theatre? I ask as it was quite shocking news when it came about, but it appeared to have been planned well in advance. It's been a delight seeing her performances here in Toronto. I was completely undone by her "Giselle" a couple of years ago. I wandered around the following week after seeing it, certain I'd born witness to a young woman perish from an abuse of love and trust.
Hey! She allegedly received death threats (there’s an interview by some Canadian TV-channel where she explicitly says she’d received such threats but I can’t find it now). I’ve talked about the situation before here and here however that was years back and that was the info I gathered back then. I don’t know whether the story is still the same.
Do you know if when a ballet dancer gets their 'artistic evening with...' at the Mariinsky they can choose the partners and pieces their are gonna peform of is the theater that chooses for them?
They normally do, since it’s generally very influential and high-ranking dancers that get to have such evenings, and therefore it is them who pick their partners, choose what to perform, etc.
Opinion on [certain Ticket to Bolshoi] episodes
I’ve honestly stopped watching that hot garbage.
Why do you think Maria Khoreva gets so many debuts?
Because her father allegedly does everything in his power to ensure that. Besides, I think Fateev wants to keep her at the theatre / make her stay rather than leave for a foreign company, so my guess is he uses roles as incentives.
What’s your opinion on Eva Sergeenkova?
Hi, I’m the anon who just asked about Eva Sergeenkova. I read your previous ask and honestly I can see what you and that anon mean.. There’s just something ‘off’ about the newer generation of BBA dancers but I can’t really pin point what it is. I think the best graduate in recent years is Elizaveta Kokoreva, I find her dancing overall very enjoyable. while Sergeenkova has a loooong list of awards I’m just not keen on her performances I don’t know why…. There is so much hype around her, I’m just trying to find what’s so incredible about her and other than a great physique, I just don’t see it.. There is still time though and I realise it’s not fair to judge her so early. And I watched some videos of the 2021 BBA graduate performances and the girls are just not up to the standards of their VBA counterparts. But I feel like the boys department hasn’t suffered as much; I really like Denis Zakharov, Dmitry Smilevsky, Igor Pugachev. The girls in recent years are just :/ Sometimes I have to watch videos of Svetlana Lunkina, Polina Semyonova, Maria Kochetkova, Natalia Osipova etc to remind myself that BBA had its glory days, and these are really ‘the ones that got away’.
Sorry, I don’t answer “What’s your opinion on X” questions.
I like Kokoreva as well, and I’m really scared for her future now that Allash is her new coach.
Perhaps you don’t quite like Eva because, similarly to Postnova and Khoreva, she’s a product of extremely heavy marketing?
All in all, I agree with your observations and thoughts.
@holyinnocent: Do you think that Evgenia Obraztsova didn't get cast in Ratmansky's Giselle, because she started petty drama when he staged his Romeo and Juliet?
Hi! No, I don’t think so.
@ballet-symphonie: Curious for your thoughts on the Osipova news?
Hi! I’m guessing you’re talking about her selling ballet NFTs? To be honest, I don’t even find the event news-worthy.
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