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ballet.co Poll 97 Results |
Below are your individual submissions for the ballet.co poll of 1997. The poll is closed now, but we have collated the results for the February magazine. Thank you for all your entries and we look forward to the the next poll.
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| Best Production Overall | Kirov Don Quixote |
| Best New Production | NDT2 |
| Best Revival | Romeo and Juliet |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker Sweeties |
| Best Company | BRB |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov |
| Best Female Dancer | Assylmuratova |
| Best Partnership | Yoshida/Sansom |
| Worst Production | AMP Cinderella |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Return of Viviana Durante and her performance as Juliet, Kumakawa as the Bronze idol |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Chloe Davis Davies ?, Belinda Hatley |
Submitted by: | Karen Richards ( richk@solo.co.uk ) |
| Date | February 13, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | AMP Cinderella |
| Best New Production | BRB Edward II |
| Best Revival | Swansong |
| Best Staging | ENB Nutcracker |
| Best Company | BRB |
| Best Male Dancer | Joseph Cipolla |
| Best Female Dancer | Sarah Wildor |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov |
| Worst Production | Amores |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Bussell as Juliet, Guillem in Steptext, Hatley's Cinderella |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Hatley's development in principal roles |
Submitted by: | Evelyn ( eve@promo.com ) |
| Date | February 12, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Nutcracker BRB |
| Best New Production | NDT2 |
| Best Revival | RB La Bayadere |
| Best Staging | Symphony in C (RB) |
| Best Company | RB |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky and Mukhamedov |
| Best Female Dancer | Durante/Yoshida |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov |
| Worst Production | ENB Swan Lake |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Yoshida and Durante's musicality particularly in Giselle, Bussell as Nikiya, Uliana Lopatkina in Swan Lake |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Kenta Kura and Jerry Douglas |
Submitted by: | Steve Kelly ( kellys@teldat.co.uk ) |
| Date | February 11, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Romeo & Juliet (Royal Ballet) |
| Best New Production | Cinderella (AMP) |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | Royal Ballet |
| Best Male Dancer | William Trevitt |
| Best Female Dancer | Sarah Wildor |
| Best Partnership | Viviana Durante/Irek Mukhamedov |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Maria Pietra (Royal Ballet corps - very promising - amazing presence) |
| Eye-opener of the Year | |
Submitted by: | Steve Springford ( sspringford@celador.co.uk- ) |
| Date | February 10, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | ENB Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | BRB Edward II |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | RB Giselle |
| Best Company | ENB |
| Best Male Dancer | Robert Bolle |
| Best Female Dancer | Viviana Durante |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov |
| Worst Production | Amores |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Darcey Bussell/Zelensky debut in R&J |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Miyako Yoshida widening her performance range |
Submitted by: | Annette Browes ( Annb@philo.com ) |
| Date | February 10, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | R.B's Cinderella(on Opera H stage) |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | La Bayadere ( Tiger steals it) |
| Best Staging | R.B's Symphony in C . (Simplicity at it's best.) |
| Best Company | The Royal Ballet |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | Darcey Bussell |
| Best Partnership | Bussell / Zelensky |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | 'Symphony in C' Even if the dancers aren't up to it the music makes you smile.
Nikiya's additional costume in a performance of La Bayadere!!
Royal Ballet dancers sense of humour!!!
AMP Cinderella - disappointing dance content.
Mr.D for standing ! |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Darcey Bussell's expression after finishing the Dress Rehersal of 'Amores' and for putting up with mad fans !
Viviana Durante'flying' in Sleeping Beauty.
The Trocks.
Leanne Benjamin in the Judas Tree.
Belinda Hatley as Cinders and Aurora.
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Submitted by: | Shirley ( shirley.wilson@virgin.net ) |
| Date | February 05, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Ballet Trockadero |
| Best New Production | As Above |
| Best Revival | Sleeping Beauty, Wimbledon |Theatre |
| Best Staging | Cinderella, Matthew Bourne |
| Best Company | Winnepeg Ballet |
| Best Male Dancer | |
| Best Female Dancer | Darcey Bussell |
| Best Partnership | |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Dying Swan by Ballet Trockadero - excellent |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Matthew Bourne production of Cinderella
was fantastic |
Submitted by: | Vanessa Haines ( info@skiclub.co.uk ) |
| Date | February 05, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Kirov Giselle |
| Best New Production | NDT2 |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | ENB Nutcracker |
| Best Company | Kirov |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | Durante |
| Best Partnership | Bussell/Zelensky |
| Worst Production | AMP Cinderella |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Durante in Giselle, Zelensky/Bussell in Romeo and Juliet, Kumakawa as Bronze idol, Uliana Lopatkina in Swan Lake |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Uliana Lopatkina |
Submitted by: | Josh Richards ( richardsj@zeno.com ) |
| Date | February 05, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | RB Giselle |
| Best New Production | BRB Edward II |
| Best Revival | Swansong |
| Best Staging | Don Quixote |
| Best Company | |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | Lopatkina |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov (best of the decade) |
| Worst Production | ENB Swan Lake in the round |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Chloe Davies, Sleeping Beauty sets(RB), Yoshida's Giselle, return of Durante |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Hatley's Aurora, Uliana Lopatkina Swan Lake |
Submitted by: | Penny Jenkins ( Penj@topco.com ) |
| Date | February 04, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Rpmeo & Juliett |
| Best New Production | ? |
| Best Revival | ? |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | The Royal Ballet |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov |
| Best Female Dancer | miyako yoshida |
| Best Partnership | Yoshida & Mukhamedov |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | |
Submitted by: | ran ota ( ran-maru@msa.biglobe.ne.jp ) |
| Date | February 04, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | ENB Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | The Spider's Feast |
| Best Revival | RB La Bayadere |
| Best Staging | Firebird Kirov |
| Best Company | |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov |
| Best Female Dancer | Darcey Bussell/Asylmuratova |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov |
| Worst Production | Kirov Nutcracker |
| Worst Casting | Losing Sarah Wildor and earlier Viviana Durante |
| Special Mention | Kumakawa as the Bronze Idol,Durante as Giselle, Juliet and 'vision' Aurora in SB, Bussell as Nikiya, Juliet, Guillem in Steptext |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Leanne Benjamin brilliant in Judas Tree |
Submitted by: | Liz ( liz@logo.co.uk ) |
| Date | February 03, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | La Sylphide - Scottish Ballet |
| Best New Production | Balanchine Triple Bill BRB |
| Best Revival | Prince and the Pagodas |
| Best Staging | La Bayedere Royal Ballet |
| Best Company | Royal Ballet and Paris Opera |
| Best Male Dancer | Angel Corrella ABT |
| Best Female Dancer | Miyako Yoshida |
| Best Partnership | Yoshida and Trevitt |
| Worst Production | Joshua Tree - Royal Ballet |
| Worst Casting | Sylvie Guillem - all classical roles |
| Special Mention | Noteworthy performances
Durante - Hammersmith season
Yoshida - Giselle Swan Lake
Bussell - Nikiya (La Bayadere)
Wildor - Granary fairy (SB) Shade solo(la Bayadere)
Corrella - Fancy Free
Julie Kent - Leaves are Fading
Asylmuratova - all Kirov performances Swan Lake (ENB)
Sylvie Guillem - Steptext
Zelensky - Solar (La Bayadere)
Tamara Rojo - La Sylphide. |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Discovered that Yoshida was a great dancer.
Realised that the Kirov despite
having the best dancers was
a dust museum which wasted its
talent. |
Submitted by: | Eugene Merrett ( emerr36667@aol.com ) |
| Date | January 30, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | |
| Best Male Dancer | |
| Best Female Dancer | |
| Best Partnership | |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | |
Submitted by: | |
| Date | January 29, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | |
| Best Male Dancer | |
| Best Female Dancer | |
| Best Partnership | |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | |
Submitted by: | |
| Date | January 29, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | Fille Mal Gardee. Scottish Ballet |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | Rambert |
| Best Male Dancer | |
| Best Female Dancer | Yurie Shinohara |
| Best Partnership | |
| Worst Production | San Francisco Ballet. Drink to me Only triple bill. Edinburgh Festival |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The discovery that for only six months of shopping at Sainsbury's I can collect enough Air Miles for a free flight to London/Paris or wherever to see ballet ( now, I've never seen Manon....) |
Submitted by: | Carly ( 106527,1526@compuserve ) |
| Date | January 29, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | Fille Mal Gardee. Scottish Ballet |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | Rambert |
| Best Male Dancer | |
| Best Female Dancer | Yurie Shinohara |
| Best Partnership | |
| Worst Production | San Francisco Ballet. Drink to me Only triple bill. Edinburgh Festival |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The discovery that for only six months of shopping at Sainsbury's I can collect enough Air Miles for a free flight to London/Paris or wherever to see ballet ( now, I've never seen Manon....) |
Submitted by: | Carly ( 106527,1526@compuserve ) |
| Date | January 29, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Scottish Ballet's La Sylphide |
| Best New Production | ENB Nutcracker - with reservations |
| Best Revival | No question - RB's Consort Lessons |
| Best Staging | Kirov's Firebird |
| Best Company | Kirov (probably) |
| Best Male Dancer | Pass |
| Best Female Dancer | Guillem as Juliet, Wildor as Anastasia |
| Best Partnership | |
| Worst Production | Moscow City Ballet's Giselle - by a long chalk. Fortunately the memory has receded as the year's gone on. Also Royal Winnipeg Ballet's L'Etiquette - the only ballet ever to have me squirming and thinking "let me outta here" all through it. |
| Worst Casting | 2 unnamed (fortunately) MCB dancers as Albrecht and Hilarion in "Giselle". Really terrible dancing, acting, you name it ... |
| Special Mention | Not precisely "favourite moments", but ...
Nicola Tranah deserving a medal for getting up and carrying on as if nothing had happened after a dreadful fall in the second act of RB's Giselle after the dry ice machine went mad.
Susan Jaffe's Sugar Plum fairy in ENB's Nutcracker. Worth the ticket price all on its own.
Didy Veldman in Rambert's "Swansong". A very powerful argument for casting a woman in the Prisoner role, and something which I admit I'd never believed would work.
The RB's Apollo fiasco - need I say more?
Scottish Ballet in crisis - who'll be next?
General assorted crises at the ROH and afterwards. |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Tamara Rojo. Missed her in Sylphide with Scottish Ballet, and in ENB's Nutcracker (except for the dress rehearsal), but was very impressed with her stage personality and dancing, and am looking forward to seeing her Juliet.
Jo Jewkes' column - very eye-opening!
Belinda Hatley's Aurora, plus various assorted roles.
Helen Highwaters of the Trocks - oh, those extensions! Not only is (s)he the only one to carry off a candy pink tutu in style, but also manages to get away with massive amounts of bright blue eyeshadow!
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Submitted by: | alison ( ddaremoto@hotmail.com ) |
| Date | January 29, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Mark Morris L'Allegro etc |
| Best New Production | NDT2 |
| Best Revival | La Bayadere RB |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker Sweeties |
| Best Company | RB |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | Yoshida/Asylmuratova |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov |
| Worst Production | Kirov Nutcracker |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Ashley Page's wig in Romeo and Juliet, Deborah Bull in Steptext |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Yoshida's development |
Submitted by: | Angela ( daviesa@gym.com ) |
| Date | January 28, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | Wheeldon's Ballet for Diamond Project |
| Best Revival | Cinderella (Royal) - Lovley w/Bussell |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | Paris Opera for Style & Going On |
| Best Male Dancer | Angel Correa for excitement of potential |
| Best Female Dancer | Monique Meunier |
| Best Partnership | Darci Kistler & Nikolai Hubbe in Robbins' Faun |
| Worst Production | Beatrix Potter (no question) |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Yoshida - She has come into her own, dancing to the music but with greater expression -- or is it just that there seems to be less competition? |
Submitted by: | Bruce Wall ( meunier@hotmail.com ) |
| Date | January 27, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | BRB Nutcracker |
| Best New Production | NBT Giselle |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | BRB |
| Best Male Dancer | Michael Nunn |
| Best Female Dancer | Darcey Bussell |
| Best Partnership | Guillem/Cope |
| Worst Production | Amores |
| Worst Casting | Valtat as Aurora in SB |
| Special Mention | Darcey Bussell for half a performance as Aurora before she went off sick, Yoshida as Giselle, Durante as Juliet. |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Lopatkina and Zelensky in Swan Lake |
Submitted by: | Emma Stewart ( stewarte@pret.com ) |
| Date | January 27, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Kirov Giselle |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | Don Quixote |
| Best Company | Kirov |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | Darcey Bussell/Viviana Durante |
| Best Partnership | Bussell and Zelensky |
| Worst Production | RB Amores |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Bull and Guillem in Steptext, Viviana Durante in Romeo and Juliet(labatt's apollo),Bussell as Nikiya, Uliana Lopatkina in Swan Lake |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Belinda Hatley |
Submitted by: | pam smith ( smithp@citysport.co.uk ) |
| Date | January 26, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | La Sylphide Scotland Ballet |
| Best New Production | Balanchine Triple Bill |
| Best Revival | Prince and the Pagodas |
| Best Staging | La Bayadere - RB and POB |
| Best Company | Royal Ballet ABT and Paris Opera |
| Best Male Dancer | Angel Corrella |
| Best Female Dancer | Miyako Yoshida |
| Best Partnership | Zelensky and Bussell |
| Worst Production | Swan Lake (Paris and London) Romeo and Juliet - Fountains of Bac (Both Kirov) |
| Worst Casting | Guilliem in any classical role except La Bayadere |
| Special Mention | Noteworthy performances include
Duarante - Hammersmith Season
Guilliem - Steptext
Bussell - Nikiya
Yoshida - Swan Lake Giselle and Prince of Pagoda
Asylmuratova - all classical roles
Lopakana - Dying Swan
Sarah Wildor - Shade (La Baydere) Wheatflour fairy (Sleeping Beauty) |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Miyako Yoshida - the most graceful and elegant mover in world.
Balanchine-4 Temperaments one of the greatest ballets of all time. |
Submitted by: | eugene merrett ( emerr36667@aol.com ) |
| Date | January 23, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | ENB Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | ENB Nutcracker |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | ENB |
| Best Male Dancer | |
| Best Female Dancer | Tamara Rojo |
| Best Partnership | Guillem/Cope |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | The emerging pool of tall long
legged and talented ENB ladies,Emma Greenhalgh,Elisabeth Miegge,Joanne Clarke and Simona Ferrazza: and the sparkling
Belinda Hernandez.
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| Eye-opener of the Year | 1.From Jo Jewkes columns;the degree of hardship and insecurity that for a ballet dancer 'comes with the territory' is shocking.
2.Holly Smart, an Australian ENB corps de ballet member who
has the most impressive jump which I hope Deane can put to good use. |
Submitted by: | Margaret Lumley ( margaret.lumley@ukonline.co.uk ) |
| Date | January 23, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | The Spider's Feast |
| Best New Production | NBT Giselle |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | BRB |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov |
| Best Female Dancer | Sylvie Guillem |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov R&J |
| Worst Production | AMP Cinderella |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Durante for always standing in for injured stars, Sylvie Guillem in Steptext, Zelensky for being Zelensky |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Kenta Kura, Jerry Douglas |
Submitted by: | Tess Marshall ( none ) |
| Date | January 23, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Mark Morris: L'Allegro etc |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring (POB) |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | Mark Morris |
| Best Male Dancer | Joseph Cipolla (BRB) |
| Best Female Dancer | Asylmuratova |
| Best Partnership | Asylmuratova/Mukhamedov |
| Worst Production | Amores |
| Worst Casting | Bussell and Wildor in 'Push Comes to Shove' |
| Special Mention | Zacharova and Ayupova (Kirov) Robert Parker and Lei Zhao (BRB) Sarah Matthews (her own solo in Resolutions at the Place Sarah Wildor (especially her solo in Bayadere) Elizabeth Platel in Serenade (POB) |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Kirov's 'Romeo and Juliet' |
Submitted by: | Jane Simpson ( jhpsim@ibm.net ) |
| Date | January 22, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Kirov Giselle |
| Best New Production | BRB Edward II |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | Kirov |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | Leanne Benjamin |
| Best Partnership | Bussell and Zelensky |
| Worst Production | RB Amores |
| Worst Casting | Leire Ortueta as Lilac Fairy |
| Special Mention | Leanne in everthing. The return of Durante. Irek for pulling out all the stops in the D&A pdd at the Royal Opera House Closing Gala and proving he still has what it takes to impress the audience. Return of Viviana Durante. |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Uliana Lopatkina |
Submitted by: | alex mitchell ( mitcha@box.com ) |
| Date | January 22, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | POB Bayadere |
| Best New Production | None |
| Best Revival | ABT Fancy Free |
| Best Staging | Same |
| Best Company | POB, ABT |
| Best Male Dancer | Vladimir Malakhov, Manuel Legris |
| Best Female Dancer | Assylmuratova |
| Best Partnership | Yan Chen & Angel Corella (R&J) |
| Worst Production | Prince of the Pagodas |
| Worst Casting | Durante and Whelan in anything! |
| Special Mention |
Bussel in Cinderella
Guerin in Other Dances and Concert
Jose Carreno and Angel Corella in Fancy Free
Vishnyeva in Tchaikovsky Pas de deux
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Susan Jaffe who enters an unexpected
glorious maturity.
Kevin McKenzie who as director of
ABT has an real integrated policy
and gets results (he has the best group of
male dancers in the world).
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Submitted by: | Richard Wallace ( lncouch@ingress.com ) |
| Date | January 21, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Don Quixote, Kirov |
| Best New Production | BRB Edward II |
| Best Revival | BRB Nutcracker |
| Best Staging | Don Quixote |
| Best Company | BRB |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov |
| Best Female Dancer | Guillem/Durante for R&J, Giselle |
| Best Partnership | Bussell/Zelensky |
| Worst Production | AMP Cinderella |
| Worst Casting | Valtat/Urlezaga in SB |
| Special Mention | The return of Viviana Durante |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Belinda Hatley in most things |
Submitted by: | elaine rowe ( rowee@fixit.com ) |
| Date | January 21, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | AMP Highland Fling |
| Best New Production | Rambert's Stream |
| Best Revival | ABT's Fall River Legend |
| Best Staging | RB Symphony in C |
| Best Company | Kirov |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov |
| Best Female Dancer | Uliana Lopatkina |
| Best Partnership | Bussell/Zelensky in RB Romeo and Juliet |
| Worst Production | RB Amores |
| Worst Casting | Poor Christopher Saunders looking out of place as the squire in RB Giselle |
| Special Mention | Leanne Benjamin in RB Giselle - stunning. Entire cast of RB Cinderella on Thursday 15 Jan (sorry, I know that's 1998). Ashley Page and Luke Heydon's wigs in Romeo and Juliet and Giselle respectively. Teddy Kumakawa as the Bronze Idol in La Bayadere. Matthew Hart for a great workshop on Cry Baby Kreisler, and Jonathan Cope for dancing it in Dance Bites.
Mukhamedov is my best male nomination, because as he ages, the battle he has to still look spectacular gives an extra meaning to his performance.
Chris Hampson for the Guinness. |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Uliana Lopatkina's astounding performance in Swan Lake. Deborah Bull in Amores - hated the ballet, loved her - and her subsequent performance in Steptext. Bruce Sansom for Judas Tree. Roberto Bolle for being damn cute and damn good, even from the back row of the gods at the Albert Hall. |
Submitted by: | Jenny Delaney ( clanwilliam@hotmail.com ) |
| Date | January 20, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Kirov Giselle |
| Best New Production | BRB Edward II & ENB Swan Lake |
| Best Revival | BRB Nutcracker (revived every year!) |
| Best Staging | BRB Nutcracker Sweeties |
| Best Company | Kirov, BRB in UK |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | Guillem/Lopatkina/Asymuratova/Yoshida |
| Best Partnership | Guillem / Cope |
| Worst Production | RB Amores, Kirov Nutcracker |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | 1. Jo Jewkes for such fortitude
2. ROH management...
3. Chloe Davies (in anything and everything!)
4. All the regulars who keep coming back to the site; its lovely to see growing and prospering. Thank you!
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| Eye-opener of the Year | 1. The final realisation that Miyako Yoshida is one of the greatest dancers around. A marvelous and expressive acting ability is now coupled to superlative technique. Her Juliet was a real treat and while I expected to enjoy it, she just took my breath away.
2. To bring new people into ballet and dance you have to give them something different. I might not always appreciate such initiatives but I've lost count of the number of people I have met who said they were at a 'normal' performance vecause they had seen the AMP or ENB Swan Lake.
3. ..but overall we are still lacking vision in ballet and where it is going.
4. The RB has the best dancers and I dearly love them(!), but the sadness is that you need good management to create the right opportunities for a company to flourish as it should.
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Submitted by: | Bruce Marriott ( bruce@ballet.co.uk ) |
| Date | January 18, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Asylmuratova's Giselle, Kirov |
| Best New Production | Rites of Spring, POB |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | The Firebird, Kirov |
| Best Company | Kirov |
| Best Male Dancer | Cope by default |
| Best Female Dancer | Altynai Asylmuratova |
| Best Partnership | Lopatkina/Zelensky |
| Worst Production | ENB Swab Lake in the round |
| Worst Casting | The RB losing Sarah Wildor |
| Special Mention | Asylmuratova for showing how great ballet can be.
Guillem who (at last!) was not just impressive, but also rather touching.
The return of Viviana Durante
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Lopatkina and Zelensky in Swan Lake. Unforgetable.
The complete lack of good male dancers anywhere but the POB |
Submitted by: | |
| Date | January 16, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | La Bayadere-RB (didn't see Kirov) |
| Best New Production | pass |
| Best Revival | pass |
| Best Staging | pass |
| Best Company | only saw RB |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | pass |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov R&J (Apollo) |
| Worst Production | pass |
| Worst Casting | Kumakawa as Mercutio |
| Special Mention | Leanne Benjamin in the Judas Tree. Diana and Actaeon pdd -ROH gala closure - for sheer entertainment value |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Kenta Kura and Jerry Douglas |
Submitted by: | Kathy Brewer ( dont have one ) |
| Date | January 16, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | |
| Best Male Dancer | |
| Best Female Dancer | |
| Best Partnership | |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | |
Submitted by: | |
| Date | January 16, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | |
| Best Male Dancer | |
| Best Female Dancer | |
| Best Partnership | |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | |
Submitted by: | |
| Date | January 16, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | La Bayadere-RB (didn't see Kirov) |
| Best New Production | pass |
| Best Revival | pass |
| Best Staging | pass |
| Best Company | only saw RB |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | pass |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov R&J (Apollo) |
| Worst Production | pass |
| Worst Casting | Kumakawa as Mercutio |
| Special Mention | Leanne Benjamin in the Judas Tree. Diana and Actaeon pdd -ROH gala closure - for sheer entertainment value |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Kenta Kura and Jerry Douglas |
Submitted by: | Kathy Brewer ( dont have one ) |
| Date | January 16, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Don Quixote, The Kirov Ballet |
| Best New Production | The spider's feast, RBS |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | Carmina Burana,BRB |
| Best Company | The Kirov Ballet |
| Best Male Dancer | Igor Zelensky |
| Best Female Dancer | Monica Zamora |
| Best Partnership | Irek Mukhamedov & Susan Jaffe |
| Worst Production | AMP Cinderella |
| Worst Casting | William Trevitt & Miako Yoshida |
| Special Mention | Giselle, Nicola Tranah as the queen of the willis. The Dry ice machine broke down and she fell/ slipped about 5 times. |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Jerry Douglas and Kenta Kura. I have high hopes for both of them. |
Submitted by: | Elly Kashef ( elika.kashef@kcl.ac.uk ) |
| Date | January 16, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | ENB Nutcracker |
| Best New Production | |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | ENB Nutcracker |
| Best Company | ENB |
| Best Male Dancer | Christian Duncan & Christopher Hampson |
| Best Female Dancer | I don't like girl dancers |
| Best Partnership | See above |
| Worst Production | Too polite to say |
| Worst Casting | See above |
| Special Mention | As the Nutcracker target audience, I loved the dancing Barbie and Michael Jackson dolls,the horse on wheels and the little mice.
I and some of my little friends am available for market testing
future productions on a consultancy basis.
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| Eye-opener of the Year | With reference to the Nutcracker
it is not only my mummy that
spends all evening on a mobile phone at drinks parties.
I met Bruce-(the site main man) at Swan Lake and found that he could not do any pirouettes.
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Submitted by: | Katherine Lumley -just aged 6 |
| Date | January 15, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Don Quixote, Kirov |
| Best New Production | La Stravaganza, NYCB |
| Best Revival | Merry Widow, ABT |
| Best Staging | Don Q, Kirov |
| Best Company | Kirov Ballet |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund, RDB |
| Best Female Dancer | Julie Kent, ABT |
| Best Partnership | Zelensky/Lopatkina, Kirov |
| Worst Production | Othello, ABT |
| Worst Casting | Monique Meunier as Lilac Fairy (NYCB)...less than ethereal, to my taste |
| Special Mention | Funny but sad: Stiefel struggling to lift Ananiashvili in the Sleeping Beauty pas de deux (ABT gala) |
| Eye-opener of the Year | I caught one performance of ex-National Ballet of Canada principal, Margaret Illman, as Lise in the Rome Ballet's revieval of Ashton's "Fille." She was spectacularly clean in her execution of Ashton's filigree steps AND has wonderful comedic timing & acting abilities. (She also has one of the most gorgeous faces in ballet, which adds to the overall effect!) I never gave much thought to Illman as a potential "true star" until now. |
Submitted by: | Jeannie Szoradi ( szoradi@erols.com ) |
| Date | January 15, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Balanchine Mixed, Birmingham Royal B |
| Best New Production | NDT2 at Peacock (new to England) |
| Best Revival | Swansong (Rambert) |
| Best Staging | Antonio Gades' Carmen |
| Best Company | Rambert |
| Best Male Dancer | Manuel Legris |
| Best Female Dancer | Sylvie Guillem |
| Best Partnership | Agnes Letestu & Jose Martinez in Grand Pas Classique (Stars of the Night Gala) |
| Worst Production | City Ballet of London's Sleeping Beauty |
| Worst Casting | Muriel Valtat, Inaki Urlezaga in Sleeping Beauty (with Leire Ortueta as Lilac Fairy) |
| Special Mention | Tetsuya Kumakawa as The Bronze Idol in Bayadere - a few minutes of technical indulgence! |
| Eye-opener of the Year | 4 dancers who I 'discovered' in the year and who will produce great things in the future - Tamara Rojo (ENB), Chi Chao (BRB), Kenta Kura (RB) & Matthew Dibble (RB). |
Submitted by: | Richard Davis ( richdavis@dial.pipex.com ) |
| Date | January 14, 1998 |
| |
| Best Production Overall | Balanchine Mixed, Birmingham Royal B |
| Best New Production | NDT2 at Peacock (new to England) |
| Best Revival | Swansong (Rambert) |
| Best Staging | Antonio Gades' Carmen |
| Best Company | Rambert |
| Best Male Dancer | Manuel Legris |
| Best Female Dancer | Sylvie Guillem |
| Best Partnership | Agnes Letestu & Jose Martinez in Grand Pas Classique (Stars of the Night Gala) |
| Worst Production | City Ballet of London's Sleeping Beauty |
| Worst Casting | Muriel Valtat, Inaki Urlezaga in Sleeping Beauty (with Leire Ortueta as Lilac Fairy) |
| Special Mention | Tetsuya Kumakawa as The Bronze Idol in Bayadere - a few minutes of technical indulgence! |
| Eye-opener of the Year | 4 dancers who I 'discovered' in the year and who will produce great things in the future - Tamara Rojo (ENB), Chi Chao (BRB), Kenta Kura (RB) & Matthew Dibble (RB). |
Submitted by: | Richard Davis ( richdavis@dial.pipex.com ) |
| Date | January 14, 1998 |
| |
| Best Production Overall | Balanchine Mixed, Birmingham Royal B |
| Best New Production | NDT2 at Peacock (new to England) |
| Best Revival | Swansong (Rambert) |
| Best Staging | Antonio Gades' Carmen |
| Best Company | Rambert |
| Best Male Dancer | Manuel Legris |
| Best Female Dancer | Sylvie Guillem |
| Best Partnership | Agnes Letestu & Jose Martinez in Grand Pas Classique (Stars of the Night Gala) |
| Worst Production | City Ballet of London's Sleeping Beauty |
| Worst Casting | Muriel Valtat, Inaki Urlezaga in Sleeping Beauty (with Leire Ortueta as Lilac Fairy) |
| Special Mention | Tetsuya Kumakawa as The Bronze Idol in Bayadere - a few minutes of technical indulgence! |
| Eye-opener of the Year | 4 dancers who I 'discovered' in the year and who will produce great things in the future - Tamara Rojo (ENB), Chi Chao (BRB), Kenta Kura (RB) & Matthew Dibble (RB). |
Submitted by: | Richard Davis ( richdavis@dial.pipex.com ) |
| Date | January 14, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | See below |
| Best New Production | See below |
| Best Revival | - |
| Best Staging | - |
| Best Company | See below |
| Best Male Dancer | See below |
| Best Female Dancer | See below |
| Best Partnership | See below |
| Worst Production | Wasn't one! |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Special mention for BRB's "The Dream". And of course Sylvie's
Swan Lake (first performance after return
from illness), and Nikiya. Corps de Ballet
for their "Shades" scene in same performance. Columbus Ballet (USA)
Swan lake and Giselle (Acts 2) deserve special mention too.
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| Eye-opener of the Year | A performance that opened eyes
in the sense that it changed my life - Maxine
Fone's Sylphe in "Highland Fling".
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Submitted by: | Jim Fowler ( jafowler@dmu.ac.uk ) |
| Date | January 14, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | NBT Romeo and Juliet |
| Best New Production | NBT Giselle |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | NBT Romeo and Juliet |
| Best Company | Northern Ballet Theatre |
| Best Male Dancer | Denis Malinkine |
| Best Female Dancer | Jayne Regan |
| Best Partnership | Denis Malinkine and Jayne Regan |
| Worst Production | Bach With Bite (Adonais Ballet Company) |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | Favourite moment of the year
has to be Denis Malinkine's
Albrecht lowering Jayne Regan's
Giselle back into her grave.
Very nearly had me in sniffles
- unheard of event! |
| Eye-opener of the Year | |
Submitted by: | Caz ( algol@globalnet.co.uk ) |
| Date | January 14, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | NBT Romeo and Juliet |
| Best New Production | NBT Giselle |
| Best Revival | |
| Best Staging | |
| Best Company | Northern Ballet Theatre |
| Best Male Dancer | Jeremy Kerridge |
| Best Female Dancer | Jayne Regan |
| Best Partnership | Jayne Regan and Denis Malinkine |
| Worst Production | |
| Worst Casting | |
| Special Mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | |
Submitted by: | Jim Fowler ( jafowler@dmu.ac.uk ) |
| Date | January 13, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Best New Production | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Best Revival | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Best Staging | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Best Company | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Best Male Dancer | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Best Female Dancer | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Best Partnership | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Worst Production | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Worst Casting | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Special Mention | Luke Heydon's wig |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Roberto Bolle's bum - Bruce, you'd better cut this! |
Submitted by: | tester on IE ( test ) |
| Date | January 11, 1998 |
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| Best Production Overall | Gerbils |
| Best New Production | AA |
| Best Revival | a |
| Best Staging | a |
| Best Company | a |
| Best Male Dancer | a |
| Best Female Dancer | a |
| Best Partnership | a |
| Worst Production | a |
| Worst Casting | a |
| Special Mention | a |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Luke Heydon's wig! |
Submitted by: | test ( testers ince ) |
| Date | January 11, 1998 |
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