Monday 5 July 2010

Blog Awards - please vote for BALLET NEWS

Hi everyone,

Cosmopolitan is launching the first ever Cosmopolitan Blog Awards - looking for the crème of the blogosphere, the best of the best, your must click blogs.

If you enjoy your visits to BALLET NEWS, please could you vote for it ?  Voting will only take seconds.

Just nominate BALLET NEWS in the box below, and say why you think it deserves to be in Cosmo’s Blog Awards shortlist.

At the beginning of August, Cosmo will be drawing up the shortlist, and that's when I find out which five blogs in each category have made it into the final round of voting.

Then you'll be asked to vote for your favourites. The blogger with the most votes in each category will be announced at the end of August.

Thank you so much everyone !  Let's do this for BALLET.

19 comments:

  1. My darling it will be my pleasure to vote for your lovely blog, you truly deserve this award.

    Love & Hugs
    Duchess

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  2. Darling, just popped back in to let you know that I did cast my vote and this is the message I received upon submission.

    Success! Your entry has been submitted!

    Good luck to you
    Duchess

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  3. I'll vote for you if you vote for me just kidding.

    I already voted for you... love your blog!

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  4. I have just nominated Ballet News. You have a wonderful blog here. I have learned so much about ballet from you and those you interview. Thank you so much. I wish you every success ♥

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  5. Hi!
    I stopped over to Cosmo and voted!
    This is what I wrote to them:

    Good Evening,
    If you pop over to this blog you will see a very classy layout, excellent news about ballet... and interviews that will keep you reading.
    Whether you are personally involved in ballet, an aficionado, or simply enjoy reading about people who are passionate about what they do, you will love Ballet News!
    ~Maria @ Calm-Energy

    GOOD LUCK! BONNE CHANCE! BUENA SUERTE!
    BUONA FORTUNA!

    *Maria

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  6. Anything for you and this amazing blog. Consider it done.
    XXXXXX

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  7. sorry everyone - Blogger has gone belly up and I can't publish your lovely comments !

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  8. I voted, naturally, for your excellent blog and this is what I said: "'Ballet News', with its interviews with prominent dancers revealing their lifestyle, is full of fascinating information and insights into the heart of the world of professional ballet dancers. It gives us balletomanes a view of the realities of a dancer's life that we could never get from just watching performances."

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  9. I voted :-)

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  10. I voted :) Your blog and all of the original, insightful content unavailable anywhere else on the web is a balletomane's dream. I hope you win, good luck!

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  11. I've voted for you too, such a great blog it was easy to gush about it xxx Good luck

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  12. You're most welcome :) A competition would be awesome! I can't wait to read all of your coverage of the Bolshoi London Tour, only 9 days to go!

    I've just had to buy a new ticket for the 8th August in order to see Osipova and Vasiliev perform as the Bolshoi have just announced the castings have been changed. Svetlana Zakharova and quite a few other dancers will no longer be performing in London.

    The new casting list is only available on the Russian version of the Bolshoi website at present:

    http://www.bolshoi.ru/ru/season/press-service/anounce/index.php?id26=1584

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  13. ToThePointe : Thank you very much ! Yes, I was aware of the casting changes but am waiting for the press office to release an English version as I'm afraid I can't read this and probably, that's the same for most of my readers. I'm still waiting ! If you are able to translate, that would be really, really helpful !

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  14. Butterfly - thank you, it means a lot. Not winning awards, but your comments.

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  15. No problem :) I'm using google toolbar to translate so it's a very literal translation whisch distorts some of the names. I've corrected where I can using the Bolshoi Ballet Company list:

    http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/theatre/ballet_troupe/soloists/

    The article quoted in the beginning is an abridged version of this article from the Independent 2nd July 2010

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/the-bolshoi-is-back-how-the-worlds-greatest-dance-company-reinvented-itself-2015850.html

    The Bolshoi Ballet casting is as follows:

    Spartacus
    19, 20, 21 July ( 19.30 ) 31 July ( 14.00 , 19.30)

    19 , 21 , 31 July ( 19.30 )
    Spartacus - Ivan Vasiliev
    Phrygia - Nina Kaptsova
    Crass - Alexander Volchkov
    Aegina - Maria Allash

    20, 31 July ( 14.00)
    Spartacus - Pavel Dmitrichenko
    Phrygia - Anna Nikulina
    Crass - Yuri Baranov
    Aegina - Yekaterina Krysanova

    Coppelia
    22 , July 23 ( 19.30 ) 24 July ( 14.00 , 19.30)

    22, 24 July ( 19.30)
    Swanilda - Natalia Osipova
    Francis - Ruslan Skvortsov
    Koppelius - Gennadi Yanin

    23, 24 July ( 14.00 )
    Swanilda - Anastasia Stashkevich
    Francis - Vyacheslav Lopatin
    Koppelius - Gennadi Yanin


    " Serenade " , "Giselle "
    26, 27 , 28 July ( 19.30 )

    Serenade
    26 , July 28
    Yekaterina Krysanova
    Anastasia Yatsenko
    Anna Leonova
    Yegor Khromushin
    Karim Abdullin

    July 27
    Yekaterina Krysanova
    Anastasia Stashkevich
    Victoria Osipova
    Yegor Khromushin
    Karim Abdullin

    Giselle
    July 26
    Giselle - Natalia Osipova
    Count Albert - Ruslan Skvortsov
    Mirta - Maria Allash

    July 27
    Giselle - Anna Nikulina
    Count Albert - Alexander Volchkov
    Mirta - Maria Allash

    July 28
    Giselle - Nina Kaptsova
    Count Albert - Ruslan Skvortsov
    Mirta - Anna Leonova

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  16. July 27
    Giselle - Anna Nikulina
    Count Albert - Alexander Volchkov
    Mirta - Maria Allash

    July 28
    Giselle - Nina Kaptsova
    Count Albert - Ruslan Skvortsov
    Mirta - Anna Leonova


    "Petrouchka , " "Russian Seasons " , more classical Pas from Paquita
    29, July 30 ( 19.30 )

    " Petrushka "
    July 29
    Petrushka - Mikhail Lobukhin
    Ballerina - Nina Kaptsova
    Arap - Denis Savin
    Magician - Gennadi Yanin

    July 30
    Petrushka - Ivan Vasiliev
    Ballerina - Anastasia Stashkevich
    Arap - Igor Tsvirko
    Magician - Gennadi Yanin

    "Russian Seasons "

    A pair of yellow
    Yekaterina Krysanova
    Andrei Merkuriev

    Couple in red
    Natalia Osipova (29 July )Anastasia Meskova ( 30 July )
    Denis Savin

    A pair of green
    Julia Grebenshchikova
    Alexander Vodopetov

    A pair of blue
    Anna Okunev
    Vladislav Lantratov

    A pair of purple
    Chinara Alizadeh
    Igor Tsvirko

    A pair of burgundy
    Anna Nikulina
    Vyacheslav Lopatin

    Many classical Pas from Paquita

    Paquita - Maria Alexandrova
    Lucien d'Ervili - Nikolai Tsiskaridze
    Pas de trois
    Anna Tikhomirova
    Anastasia Stashkevich
    Vladislav Lantratov (29 July )Andrei Bolotin ( 30 July )


    Le Corsaire
    2-5 August ( 19.30)

    August 2
    Medora - Maria Alexandrova
    Conrad - Nikolai Tsiskaridze
    Gulnara - Marianna Ryzhkina
    Birbanto - Vitali Biktimirov

    August 3
    Medora - Natalia Osipova
    Conrad - Ivan Vasiliev
    Gulnara - Nina Kaptsova
    Birbanto - Andrew Merkuriev

    August 4
    Medora - Yekaterina Krysanova
    Conrad - Ruslan Skvortsov
    Gulnara - Marianna Ryzhkina
    Birbanto - Vitali Biktimirov

    August 5
    Medora - Maria Alexandrova
    Conrad - Alexander Volchkov
    Gulnara - Anastasia Yatsenko
    Birbanto - Andrew Merkuriev

    " Don Quixote "
    August 6 ( 19.30) , 7 August ( 14.00 , 19.30 ), 8 August (15.00)

    August 6
    Kitri - Natalia Osipova
    Basile - Ivan Vasiliev
    Street Dancer - Anastasia Yatsenko
    Queen of Dryads - Maria Allash

    7 August ( 14.00 )
    Kitri - Yekaterina Krysanova
    Basile - Andrei Merkuriev
    Street Dancer - Anna Leonova
    Queen of Dryads - Anna Nikulina

    7 August ( 19.30 )
    Kitri - Marianna Ryzhkina
    Basile - Mikhail Lobukhin
    Street Dancer - Anna Leonova
    Queen of Dryads - Maria Allash

    8 August (15.00 )
    Kitri - Natalia Osipova
    Basile - Ivan Vasiliev
    Street Dancer - Anastasia Yatsenko
    Queen of Dryads - Anna Nikulina


    Bolshoi Opera

    Eugene Onegin
    August 11-14 (19.00 )

    Conductor
    Dmitri Jurowski

    Larina, a landowner
    Makvala Kasrashvili(11, 13)
    Irina Rubtsova( 12 , 14 )

    Tatiana , her daughter
    Tatiana Monogarova(11, 13)
    Catherine Shcherbachenko( 12 , 14 )

    Olga, her daughter
    Margarita Mamsirova(11, 13)
    Oksana Volkova (12, 14 )

    Filippevna , nanny
    Nina Romanova(11, 13)
    Irina Udalova ( 12 , 14 )

    Eugene Onegin
    Mariusz Kvechen (11, 13)
    Basil Ladyuk ( 12 , 14 )

    Vladimir Lensky
    Roman SHULAKOV(11, 13)
    Alex Dolgov ( 12 , 14 )

    Prince Gremin
    Anatoly Kocherga (11, 13)
    Mikhail Kazakov( 12 , 14 )

    Zaretsky
    Valery Gilmanov

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  17. THANK YOU EVERYONE. You make the blogosphere a very special place - it just wouldn't be the same without you here.

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