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Ballet.co Poll 2005 Results |
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Below are your individual submissions for the Ballet.co Poll of 2005.
The poll is now closed and we are counting the entries - more soon!
Thank you for all your entries.
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| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | Birmingham Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Robert Parker BRB | |
| Best Female Dancer | ||
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | Tyrone Singleton BRB | |
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Angela | |
| Date | January 16, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Royal Ballet's La Sylphide |
| Best New Production | Royal Ballet's La Sylphide | |
| Best Revival | RB: Enigma Variations, Rite of Spring | |
| Best Staging | Les Liaisons Dangereuses (but see below) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Ballet Nacional de Cuba | |
| Best Male Dancer | RB's Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | RB's Tamara Rojo and Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | RB's Cojocaru and Kobborg | |
| Most Promising Male | Stuttgart's Friedmann Vogel, RB's Ivan Putrov and Stephen McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Mariinsky's Evgenia Obratzova, RB's Sarah Lamb and Yuhie Choe | |
| Worst Production | Les Liaisons Dangereuses (but see above) | |
| Special Mention | Best M/F dancer was a hard one to decide - but when it comes down to it, these are some of the most versatile dancers out there - able to win us over as swans, psycopaths, princesses, The Chosen One, princes, fairies/sprites, drunks, pianists, tarts....
Akram Khan for just being Akram Khan. Johnny Cope for his fabulous commentary at the Manon Insight Evening and for getting me excited to both watch dance and dance again - a personal debt which I could never repay (although I wouldn't mind help with the credit card....). And yes some of the 'most promising' are already principals... but they're young and have a lot to show still. Vogel in ENB's Romeo and Juliet was jaw-dropping stunning. Tamara Rojo for her little moments of stillness. And then whipping out the most amazing turns ever. And for making me love Marguerite. Diedre Chapman. 'Nuff said. Alina and Johan's Footnote to Ashton at the Linbury. Simply brilliant. Loads of fabulous touring and companies in our midst - in Ox alone the amount of dance this past year was awesome. And in London? wow. The Danes, Cubans, Russians (Vishneva and Lopatkina in the same week!!!), French...... Forsythe, POB, BRB, Leon... see, I've already lost count. (Go Salders Wells!)
Companies in trouble - ENB, Ballet Internationale, Washington Ballet ... | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Ivan Putrov in Pierrot Lunaire. Keep on workin' it.
Loads of flashy smashy staging - most notable of which was Les Liaisons Dangereuses -- slick, to say the least. But more and more we are seeing this slick staging with cool lighting - Akram Khan redefines the stage in his productions; Khan, Ballet Boyz (specifically thinking this year's Naked), Maliphant, et. al. play with lights, etc. in interesting ways (not that any of this is really really new, but go with me on this for a second) - but to me, the ones that still worked best are the ones that didn't lose the dance in the midst of the staging (so, for example, Khan and Maliphant) - they might not have been perfect, but they more than make up for it by being interesting, innovative, and able to pull me back to watch a second time.
Increasing trends towards hypermobility - which had been gaining in America but now seems to be taking over Russian ballet. It will be interesting to see how this changes dance, choreography, tradition, bodies, injuries, training.... Like most things, hypermobility probably has a time and a place, but *all the time and everywhere* is probably overkill. | |
Submitted by: | Ami | |
| Date | January 16, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Mariinsky-Kirov Forsythe Programme |
| Best New Production | Australian Ballet Swan Lake | |
| Best Revival | Royal Ballet Manon | |
| Best Staging | Royal Ballet La Sylphide | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Cuban National Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund (Royal Danish Ballet) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Laetitia Pujol (Paris Opera Ballet) | |
| Best Partnership | Edur/Oaks English National Ballet | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae Royal Ballet | |
| Most Promising Female | Maria Kochetkova English National Ballet | |
| Worst Production | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | |
| Special Mention | A delightful Summer with the Mariinsky, Australian Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and the Cuban National Ballet all visiting the capital.
Graham Murphy offering a thought-inspiring alternative take on Swan Lake.
The Royal Ballet’s corps de ballet going from strength to strength.
The ENB, NBT, Scottish Ballet, BRB, Rambert highlighting the strength of dance in Britain.
The Mariinsky ballet’s side splitting props such as Tony the Tiger, and the mechanical swans
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Marianela Nunez.
From country girl, (Fille), to tart, (Manon), she seemed to excel in everything she danced | |
Submitted by: | Michelle Aspinall | |
| Date | January 16, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Sylphide (rb) |
| Best New Production | Fire/earth (rdb) Footnotes to Ashton (rb | |
| Best Revival | Manon (rb) Napoli (rdb) | |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker (rb)/Giselle (Cuban)/Sylphide (rb) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Kirov Ballet/Australian Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Johann Kobborg/Ivan Putrov (rb) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Diana Visneva (kb) Cojocaru (rb) | |
| Best Partnership | Marquez/Putrov (rb) | |
| Most Promising Male | S. McRae (rb) P. Kay (rb)/ D. Simkiin. | |
| Most Promising Female | Diana cuni (rdb) | |
| Worst Production | Sylvia (rb) My brother my sister (rb) Tanglewood (rb) | |
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | M. Blangstrup. | |
| Date | January 15, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon (RB) |
| Best New Production | La Sylphide (RB) | |
| Best Revival | Sylvia (RB) | |
| Best Staging | Sleeping Beauty (ENB) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Edur | |
| Best Female Dancer | Darcey Bussell | |
| Best Partnership | Edur and Oaks | |
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| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Belinda Hatley, La Fille Mal Gardee - wish we could see more of her, greatest principal RB never had... | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | B Moore | |
| Date | January 15, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Roméo et Juliette (POB) |
| Best New Production | La Sylphide (RB) | |
| Best Revival | Enigma Variations, Les Biches (RB) | |
| Best Staging | Revelations (Alvin Ailey) | |
| Best Home Company | Can't tell - once again I only got to see RB.... | |
| Best Visiting Company | Paris Opera Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Laurent Hilaire | |
| Best Female Dancer | Aurélie Dupont | |
| Best Partnership | A. Dupont & J. G. Bart (Cendrillon); U. Lopatkina & J. G. Bart (Diamonds) | |
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| Worst Production | Three Songs Two Voices (RB) | |
| Special Mention | Good - RB ladies' delicious performances in Les Biches – nonchalant flapper girls' innocent smiles disguised intense eroticism; RB's Nutcracker – with Yoshida as SPF this production made one believe “God is in the details” - indeed!; memory of POB dancers under the star-lit sky in Southern France, once again having an opportunity to see Bejart's Le Chant de compagnon errant; POB's visit to the capital after the long absence, showing the company's quality in the work made-to-measure for them; artistry of L. Hilaire, who despite the half-retired status was stilll going strong and retained an unsurpassed magnetism on stage; A. Dupont continued to show maturity and seemed to gain strength and wisdom as a classical dancer; D. Vishneva & A. Fadeyev in R&J – a night to remember, when a rare theatrical magic happened; U. Lopatkina & J.G. Bart in Diamonds – a match made in heaven; seeing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the first time made me kick myself - Where were you all my life?? (Although of course they had been around c. 1958!); a versatile and quality programming of Sadlers Wells.
Bad: That I did't fall in love with much-admired RDB, at the first encounter – maybe next time!
Kirov's Shades scene in La Bayadere this summer – At least two of the Shades' arabesque-penché was too deep their raised legs looked as if stabbed knives stood above the ground at 75-80 degrees – a horrendous sight! A worrying sign I never noticed on their previous visit – a price they had to pay for dancing contemporary choreography such as Forsythe's? | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Frederick Ashton (since the previous season, actually) – To think how fortunate British ballet is to have his legacy – a kind any other major international ballet company could only envy....
POB etoile Jean-Guillaume Bart – A shame but didn't quite realise until last year that he was very, truly, purely, classical, dancer. | |
Submitted by: | Naoko S | |
| Date | January 15, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Ghosts |
| Best New Production | Ghosts | |
| Best Revival | Enigma Variations | |
| Best Staging | Cathy Marston for Ghosts | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
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| Best Male Dancer | Adam Cooper | |
| Best Female Dancer | Lauren Cuthbertson | |
| Best Partnership | Adam Cooper & Sarah Wildor in 'Les Liaisons' at Sadlers Wells | |
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| Most Promising Female | Lauren Cuthbertson | |
| Worst Production | Made in Sweden | |
| Special Mention | The solo by Jennifer Jackson in the 'Made in Sweden' evening at the Linbury (the only thing worth watching all night) and Vanessa Fenton's choreography at the two 'First Drafts' evenings in the Clore -surely most promising choreographer if you had such a catagory. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Julian Flitter | |
| Date | January 15, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Australian Ballet Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | Kobborg's La Sylphide for the Royal Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Bintley's Tombeaux for the Royal | |
| Best Staging | Lesson (RB) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet, but they cost a fortune. Best value for money is Northern Ballet Theatre and Rambert. | |
| Best Visiting Company | National Ballet of Cuba and Australian Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | RDB's Thomas Lund | |
| Best Female Dancer | RB's Tamara Rojo | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem-Maliphant - two old pros as one and doing something new | |
| Most Promising Male | RB's Rupert Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | RB's Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | Not a good year at times... 1) Generating Company Lactic Acid - bad circus mixed with dire dance 2) October's Rosemary Butcher bill at Tate Modern...a King and his clothes come to mind. 3) Adam Cooper's Les Liaisons Dangereuses - a much admired artist sadly went off the rails | |
| Special Mention | Seeing Viengsay Valdes turns in the National Ballet of Cuba run at Sadler's - breathtaking. Joy of Danish dancers and Bournonville show at Sadler's - they increase the gaity of nations. Huge sadness at Jock Soto returing from NYCB
Most dispointing performance was Paris Opera at Sadler's - great dancers in rep few wanted to see them in. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Susie Crow's 'Ballet in Small Spaces' bill in an Oxford school. A wonderful night of choreography/dance/live music produced on a budget of a few thousand and which drew in the local community. We need more initiatives like this. Sadness that the Royal Ballet and the other ballet companies, with the possible exception of Northern Ballet Theatre, do so little new work. They will come under increasing pressure to get their acts together and cut the excesses.
The clutch of wonderful freelance dance performers that are now forming around ROH2 and producing great work that seems to herald a looser and more easily managed way of creating dance. As Clement Crisp might say "This is good!" | |
Submitted by: | Bruce Marriott | |
| Date | January 15, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Sylvia RB |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | La Fille RB | |
| Best Staging | La Fille RB | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
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| Best Male Dancer | Roberto Bolle | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianela Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Nunez Acosta | |
| Most Promising Male | Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | Maria Kochetkova | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Marianela Nunez performance in Sylvia Dec 15 2005.Best thing I have ever seen. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Maria Kochetkova in the various roles she has taken in ENB Sleeping Beauty.Especially as Princess Florine.I think this girl will have a great career hope its mainly based in the UK.
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Submitted by: | Dorothy | |
| Date | January 15, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Sylvia RB |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Sylvia RB | |
| Best Staging | Sylvia RB | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Robert Bolle | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianela Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Nunez and Acosta | |
| Most Promising Male | Soares | |
| Most Promising Female | Caroline Dupot | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Marianela Nunez who turned to the audiance hands on hips and stamped her foot in charateristic Lise fashion when a door would not open(which it should have) on the opening night of La Fille. Jan 2005. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Marianela Nunez in Sylvia On Dec 15, 2005. I knew she was good but this was great. | |
Submitted by: | Michael Perrott | |
| Date | January 15, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Fille mal gardee |
| Best New Production | La Sylphide | |
| Best Revival | Manon | |
| Best Staging | ENB Sleeping Beauty | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Royal Danish Principals | |
| Best Male Dancer | Johan Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky and Marianela Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Cojocaru/Kobborg | |
| Most Promising Male | Rupert Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | Bruce 'Hendrix' piece at the RB | |
| Special Mention | Sarah Lamb's RB debuts as Odette/Odile, The Sylph and the Sugar Plum Fairy. Lovely in all three roles; what an asset she is to the RB. Marianela Nunez has also had a wonderful year, and is the best female Ashton interpreter in the Company. Zen in anything she has done, but especially her debut in Manon, which blew us all away. Mara Galeazzi in anything MacMillan...she is the Company's best female MacMillan interpreter. The Markova film at the RBS. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | David Makhateli...I think he is getting better and better and his dramatic skills have consistently improved during 2005. He is fast becoming an in-demand partner and romantic lead. The Kirov's Forsythe programme; who says they are dinosaurs?! | |
Submitted by: | Sim Dixon | |
| Date | January 14, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Sylvia | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Kirov Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Edward Watson (RB) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Lauren Cuthbertson (RB) | |
| Best Partnership | Alina Cojocaru+Johan Kobborg (RB) | |
| Most Promising Male | Paul Kay (RB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Natasha Oughtre | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Lucinda | |
| Date | January 14, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Fille Mal Gardée |
| Best New Production | Constant Speed (Rambert) | |
| Best Revival | Tombeaux (RB) | |
| Best Staging | Ondine | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Ballet Nacional de Cuba | |
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | by a short head - Tamara Rojo | |
| Best Partnership | Cojocaru/Kobborg | |
| Most Promising Male | can't decide between McRae & Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | Can’t remember the absolute pits, so RB Les Rendezvous – solely for those designs! | |
| Special Mention | Tamara Rojo, for finally making me see the justification in reviving 'Marguerite and Armand' (and for her Ondine, Chosen Maiden, Manon …). Disappointment: not being able to see Kobborg in 'La Sylphide' – although his Des Grieux pretty much made up for it – one of the few good ones I saw all year. Good to see the Skeaping 'Giselle' revived for ENB. Kobborg/Cojocaru in ‘Duo Concertante’ in particular. The Royal Danes in Bournonville. Some great Lises, in very different styles. Jonathan Cope’s retirement after many years of high-quality service. Great to see POB in London at last, though I still wish it could have been something more illustrative of their particular talents. The Ashton centenary. Mark Morris DG in ‘V’ – still absolute bliss; and on that note, how could I not mention the superb first cast of 'Symphonic Variations' (and the second were pretty good, too)? Some great performances by the Alvin Ailey company, too. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Not sure which of the two was the more unexpected, but Marianela Nunez and Edward Watson proving to be such good Ashton dancers (probably Nunez, in fact, since I'd already got an inkling from seeing him in 'Symphonic' in Dartford the year before). Putrov in ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ – still managed to surprise me, even though I’d thought him the obvious choice for the role. Watson’s collection of psychopaths etc. at the end of last year – somewhat unexpected, and quite a shock to the system! | |
Submitted by: | alison | |
| Date | January 14, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Rite of spring |
| Best New Production | Naked | |
| Best Revival | Swan Lake Bourne | |
| Best Staging | lez brotherston les liaisons dangereures | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Paris ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Cope | |
| Best Female Dancer | Guillem | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | fille mal gardee | |
| Special Mention | I agree Allister saulding for programming at Sadlers wells. but has any one noticed how choreoraphers productions improve radicaly when they work with Lez Brotherston?
Gable?
Bourne?
Cooper?
Tuckett?
Both Gable and Bourne receiving honours for the work. When will Brotherston be noticed?
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| Eye-opener of the Year | The chaos at ENB | |
Submitted by: | christophe | |
| Date | January 14, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Kirov Forsythe Program |
| Best New Production | Tanglewood | |
| Best Revival | Rite of Spring | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Kirov Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Ivan Putrov, Frederico Bonelli | |
| Best Female Dancer | Sarah Lamb | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Natasha Oughtred | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Ludovic Ondiviela for his Nutcracker and also for his appearance in BalletMoves Dartford. Vertiginous Thrill by Kirov Ballet and in Dartford.
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Rambert Dance Company - company looking amazing at the moment, big change from couple of years ago.
Rupert Pennefather looking better and better. | |
Submitted by: | anonimballetgoer | |
| Date | January 14, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | Tanglewood, First Drafts (Clore) | |
| Best Revival | Symphonic Variations | |
| Best Staging | Sylphide | |
| Best Home Company | The Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | The Kirov Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Ivan Putrov, Andrej Merkuriev | |
| Best Female Dancer | Leanne Benjamin | |
| Best Partnership | Cope, Guillem | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb, Evgenia Obratsova | |
| Worst Production | Sleeping Beauty (ENB) | |
| Special Mention | BalletMoves at Dartford and Andrej Merkuriev in everything he does - Romeo with Kirov and Ratmansky's Middle Duet at Dartford. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | balletoman1 | |
| Date | January 14, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon (RB, Guillem cast) |
| Best New Production | Kirov Forsythe | |
| Best Revival | A Month in the Country | |
| Best Staging | A Month in the Country | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Kirov | |
| Best Male Dancer | Zelensky | |
| Best Female Dancer | Guillem | |
| Best Partnership | Diana Vishneva Andrian Fadeyev | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | Christopher Bruce's one supposedly about Hendrix???? | |
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | lou | |
| Date | January 13, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Fille/La Sylphide (Royal Ballet) |
| Best New Production | Constant Speed (Rambert) | |
| Best Revival | Manon (Royal Ballet) | |
| Best Staging | Sylvia (Royal Ballet) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | RDB dancers at Sadler's Wells | |
| Best Male Dancer | Edward Watson | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Agnes Oaks & Thomas Edur | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Maria Kochetkova | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Alistair Spalding for his dance and ballet programmes at Sadler's Wells | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Bournonville for the same reasons as everyone else's! Tamara Rojo's Marguerite for finally making me appreciate the ballet | |
Submitted by: | Laura Charney | |
| Date | January 13, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
| Best New Production | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | |
| Best Revival | Swamp, Rambert Dance Company | |
| Best Staging | Lez Brotherston for Les Liaisons Dangereuses | |
| Best Home Company | Rambert Dance Company | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Jason Piper | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Adam Cooper and Sarah Wildor | |
| Most Promising Male | Dane Hurst | |
| Most Promising Female | Helen Dixon | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | The thrill of seeing the opening of Les Liaisons Dangereuses for the first time, the sight and smell of the candles and the whispering sounds echoing round the auditorium, so wonderfully atmospheric. It lived up to all my expectations. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Karen Ritchie | |
| Date | January 13, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Ballet Imperial -Kirov Vishneva/Zelensky |
| Best New Production | Tanglewood - RB | |
| Best Revival | Jewels - POB | |
| Best Staging | La Sylphide - RB | |
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | Royal Danish Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund - RDB | |
| Best Female Dancer | Viengsay Valdés /Uliana Lopatkina | |
| Best Partnership | Zenaida Yanowsky/Kenneth Greve | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen Macrae - RB | |
| Most Promising Female | Evgenia Obraztsova - Kirov | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Derek Payne | |
| Date | January 13, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Kirov Forsythe for Stunning Dancing |
| Best New Production | Tanglewood | |
| Best Revival | La Sylphide | |
| Best Staging | A Month in the Country | |
| Best Home Company | Rambert | |
| Best Visiting Company | Royal Danish Ballet Dancers | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund | |
| Best Female Dancer | Irina Kolesnikova | |
| Best Partnership | Irina Kolesnikova & Yuri Gloukikh | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Evgenya Obraztsova | |
| Worst Production | Scaramouch | |
| Special Mention | Leanne Benjamin for everying she does and for the spirituality of her dancing, the Prima Ballerina of the Royal Ballet, indeed one of it's few true "Ballerinas". | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Discovering Bournonville both at home and in Denmark. | |
Submitted by: | Mr C | |
| Date | January 13, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | la sylphide (rb) |
| Best New Production | la sylphide(rb) | |
| Best Revival | manon/duo concertante | |
| Best Staging | la sylphide (rb) | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Kirov ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg (rb) | |
| Best Female Dancer | obratzova | |
| Best Partnership | cojocaru/kobborg (rb) | |
| Most Promising Male | McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | C. Diuana (rb) | |
| Worst Production | Sylvia/Tanglewood | |
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Ronny Sterlø | |
| Date | January 13, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon Royal Ballet |
| Best New Production | Tanglewood Royal Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Sylvia Royal Ballet | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | RDB | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kenneth Greve | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Agnes Oaks Tomas Edur | |
| Most Promising Male | Rupert Pennefather, Martin Harvey | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | Chisnau Nutcracker | |
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Susan R | |
| Date | January 12, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | La Sylphide | |
| Best Revival | Brahms Waltzes Isadora Duncan | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Ricardo Cervera | |
| Best Female Dancer | Tamara Rojo | |
| Best Partnership | Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg | |
| Most Promising Male | Thiago Soares | |
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Leanne Benjamin for many seasons of outstanding performances with the Royal Ballet. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Clare | |
| Date | January 12, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon - Royal Ballet |
| Best New Production | La Sylphide - Royal Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Sylvia - Royal Ballet | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta/ Roberto Bolle | |
| Best Female Dancer | Darcey Bussell | |
| Best Partnership | Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae/Rupert Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | The Artists, First Artists and Soloists of the Royal Ballet.
You are brilliant!!! A BIG thank you to every one!
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Roberto Bolle in Manon - he was always good, but that was amazing!
Bennet Gartside in Sylvia. | |
Submitted by: | Wendy Glavis | |
| Date | January 11, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Le Parc |
| Best New Production | La Sylphide - Royal Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Jewels - Paris Opera Ballet | |
| Best Staging | Swan Lake - Australian Ballet | |
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | Dancers of RDB at Sadlers Wells | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund | |
| Best Female Dancer | Irina Kolesnikova | |
| Best Partnership | Caroline Cavallo & Thomas Lund | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Sabrina Yapparova | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Akram Khan: he just gets better and better. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The Bournonville Festival: Seeing those works never performed outside of Denmark was a particular joy. | |
Submitted by: | Mary B. | |
| Date | January 11, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Push |
| Best New Production | Push | |
| Best Revival | Rite of Spring | |
| Best Staging | Shift | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Jonathon Cope | |
| Best Female Dancer | Sylvie Guillem | |
| Best Partnership | Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant | |
| Most Promising Male | Rupert Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | Laura Morera | |
| Worst Production | Highland Fling | |
| Special Mention | Belinda Hatley giving a wonderful performance in The Nutcracker. I have never been so aware of the sinuous beauty of her shoulder and arm movement - it was poetry in motion! | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant | |
Submitted by: | Andrew Williams | |
| Date | January 10, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | (=) Sylvia / Just for Show (DV8) |
| Best New Production | Push (Guillem & Maliphant) | |
| Best Revival | (=) La Fille Mal gardee/ The Lesson | |
| Best Staging | MotionHouse Dance for 'Perfect' | |
| Best Home Company | Rambert Dance Company | |
| Best Visiting Company | Tanztheater Wuppertal (Pina Bausch) | |
| Best Male Dancer | Akram Khan | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | (still) Kobborg and Cojocaru | |
| Most Promising Male | Fabian Reimair (ENB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Maria Kochetkova (ENB) | |
| Worst Production | Highland Fling | |
| Special Mention | The innovaton of the White Christmas performances at The Place; A tremendous year of world dance at Sadler's Wells (Pina Bausch, Grupo Corpo, Aterballeto, Trisha Brown,the Royal Danes, the Cubans, Alvin Ailey, Forsythe, ; and an excellent Dance Umbrella programme; the Ballet Moves programme at Dartford. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Sylvie Guillem (still amazing and stretching the limits); Alistair Spalding as AD of the year; the continuing growth and development of the ENB; the strength of young choreographers; discovering new companies (Motionhouse dance, grupo corpo, Tero Saarinen, Josef Nadj, Catherine Diverres....). | |
Submitted by: | Graham Watts | |
| Date | January 10, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Fille Mal Gardee |
| Best New Production | RB La Sylphide | |
| Best Revival | Symphonic Variations | |
| Best Staging | Kirov (1941) La Bayadere | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Royal Danish Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | BRB Solitaire | |
| Special Mention | Gary Avis for a brilliant series of characters.
Tamara Rojo for a heartbreaking Marguerite, and the six spin fouette in Don Q.
Edward Watson for his richly deeserved promotion, and a particularly fine Oberon.
Marianela Nunez for the most lovely epaulement in ballet at the moment. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Michael LL | |
| Date | January 10, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Romeo and Juliet (BRB) |
| Best New Production | Cinderella (SB) | |
| Best Revival | BRB's 'Solitaire' triple - cheating! | |
| Best Staging | La Sylphide (RB) | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Pennsylvania Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Robert Parker (BRB) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Tamara Rojo (RB) | |
| Best Partnership | Rojo/Cope | |
| Most Promising Male | There are so many - the elegant Tyrone Singleton (BRB), Xander Parish (RB) - tall, stylish and a natural turner. Joseph Caley (BRB). | |
| Most Promising Female | Jenny Murphy (BRB) | |
| Worst Production | Chisinau National Ballet Sleeping Beauty | |
| Special Mention | TThe good...the SB girls' incredibly quiet pointe shoes. Bussell and Pennefather (RB) in Month in the Country. SB's Jarkko Lehmus and Diana Loosmore at Dance Base during the Edinburgh Festival. BRB's Aonghus Hoole for bringing small. none-dance roles to life. The Yorkshire Ballet Seminars Gala. And the bad...Jonathan Cope injuring himself badly at the very end of his career and missing his farewell performances. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The Hamburger Theaternacht, where most of the theatres in Hamburg open their doors for a night (rehearsals or repeated extract performances). Tickets cost only 9 Euros and are available on the night. Hamburg Ballet opened their studios for an evening of open rehearsals running simultaneously in several studios. The whole company was involved. Shame our big cities don't put on something similar. BRB's Iain Mackay has become a much better dancer than I expected him to become a few years ago when he began his rapid rise to the top of the company. | |
Submitted by: | Becca King | |
| Date | January 10, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Le Parc (Paris Opera Ballet |
| Best New Production | Tanglewood (Royal Ballet) | |
| Best Revival | Sylvia (Royal Ballet) | |
| Best Staging | Le Parc | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Royal Danish Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Laurent Hilaire | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianela Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Oaks/Edur | |
| Most Promising Male | Jose Martinez (Royal Ballet) | |
| Most Promising Female | Viktoria Tereshkina (Kirov) | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | The Kirov for their magnificent dancing in Balanchine's 'Four Temperaments' in Paris; Vanessa Palmer, Gary Avis, and Deirdre Chapman, three unsung heroes of the Royal Ballet who put at least one hundred percent of themselves into everything they do. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The RB's 'Sylvia' which I disliked on first viewing, but which emerged so improved on its second outing that I voted it 'best revival'; a gem of an Ashton ballet. | |
Submitted by: | Ann Williams | |
| Date | January 09, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon |
| Best New Production | Anything by Will Tuckett | |
| Best Revival | Matthew Bourne's Highland Fling | |
| Best Staging | Highland Fling | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Johann Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Alina Cojacaru | |
| Best Partnership | Zenaida Yanovsky/Kenneth Greve | |
| Most Promising Male | Tyrone Singleton (BRB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Eva Mutso (SB) | |
| Worst Production | Chisinau National Ballet tour | |
| Special Mention | Ashley Page for hauling SB up by its bootstraps in record time to achieve International status.
BRB's sell-out midscale tours - bringing ballet to areas where it wouldn't normally find an audience. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Zen & Ken in Manon - Whow! And so deserving of her, long languishing in the background. Gave Sylvie a run for her money. | |
Submitted by: | Ann Welsh | |
| Date | January 09, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Mayerling |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Mayerling | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Johann K. | |
| Best Female Dancer | Alina. of course! | |
| Best Partnership | C+C (Alina and Johann) | |
| Most Promising Male | Federico Bonelli | |
| Most Promising Female | Caroline Duprot | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Fiz | |
| Date | January 09, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon (RB) |
| Best New Production | Constant Speed (Rambert) | |
| Best Revival | Scenes de Ballet (BRB) | |
| Best Staging | Rite of Spring (Hodson/Archer/BRB) | |
| Best Home Company | RB, BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Dancers from Royal Danish Ballet at Sadler's Wells | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund (RDB) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky (RB) | |
| Best Partnership | Zenaida Yanowsky & Kenneth Greve | |
| Most Promising Male | Tyrone Singleton (BRB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Natasha Oughtred (RB) | |
| Worst Production | the new design for MacMillan's Solitaire at BRB | |
| Special Mention | Robert Parker who was wonderful in everything he did. Sad to see quite a few dancers leave the BRB in the past year but encouraged to see so many new talents being nurtured. Zenaida Yanowsky's incredible performance as Manon. A matinee had rarely been so thrilling! | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Bournonville at Sadler's Wells! Some of the finest male dancing I've ever seen, especially from Thomas Lund and Kristoffer Sakurai. Please come back soon! | |
Submitted by: | LucyB | |
| Date | January 09, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon |
| Best New Production | linbury ashton explored show | |
| Best Revival | Sylvia | |
| Best Staging | Hobsons Choice BRB | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Kirov | |
| Best Male Dancer | Jonny Cope | |
| Best Female Dancer | Tamara Rojo | |
| Best Partnership | Cope/Bussell | |
| Most Promising Male | Rupert Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | Lauren Cuthbertson | |
| Worst Production | Soldiers Tale Linbury | |
| Special Mention | Ed Watson finally and deservedly being made a principal with RB and Nutcracker by RB on again for christmas are my highlights very sad that jonny cope is injured and unable to do his last two shows in feb | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | julia | |
| Date | January 09, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Sylphide (RB) |
| Best New Production | Such Longing (Richard Alston) | |
| Best Revival | Symphonic Variations | |
| Best Staging | Swan Lake (Australian Ballet) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Ballet Nacional de Cuba | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianela Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Yanowsky/Watson in the Lesson | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae/Tyrone Singleton | |
| Most Promising Female | Ekaterina Osmolkina (Kirov) | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Performances of the year: Thomas Lund's James and Tamara Rojo's Marguerite, followed by Hilaire in Le Parc, and Nunez in Fille and Sylvia. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Hearing Apollo played by the Aurora Orchestra under Robin Ticciati for Michael Clark's O - amazing! | |
Submitted by: | Jane Simpson | |
| Date | January 08, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | the soldiers tale | |
| Best Staging | lez brotherston les liasons dangereures | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | zanaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | sam archer new adventures | |
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | naked | |
| Special Mention | Suprised at the acid response to adam Coopers first full lenght work. nobody else is even trying to produce new full length pieces. i thought it to be riviting and a quality piece. the critics seemed to resent him even trying! | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | how dreadful,cheesy ,dull, coyand dated was La Fille Mal Guardee . when will we see the end of sentimental revivals?
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Submitted by: | peterg | |
| Date | January 04, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Bayadere (Kirov/Mariinsky) |
| Best New Production | Zero Degrees (Khan & Cherkaoui) | |
| Best Revival | Ondine (RB) | |
| Best Staging | La Fille mal gardee (RB) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | National Ballet of Cuba | |
| Best Male Dancer | Robert Parker (BRB) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky (RB) | |
| Best Partnership | Nunez & Acosta (RB) | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae, Paul Kay (RB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Evgenia Obraztsova (Kirov/Mariinsky) | |
| Worst Production | Nothing unbearably bad ... | |
| Special Mention | Rambert dancers’ boundless energy & enthusiasm (almost convinced me everything I was seeing was a masterpiece), the Nimrod section in Enigma Variation (so simple & with no ‘flash’ yet it has stayed with me),Uliana Lopatkina’s Kingdom of Shades (the closest to a spiritual experience at ballet for me!), Viengsay Valdes’ Giselle (one of the most heartfelt performances), Zenaida Yanowsky’s Manon debut (with brilliant support from Greve, Soares, Tuckett, Nunez, Avis, McGorian etc.), Ivan Putrov’s Pierrot (wow!), Laura Morera who sparkled in everything she danced and the amazing Gary Avis who must have performed a dozen different roles a week! | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Marianela Nunez- never would have guessed this firecracker of a Kitri from a few years ago would have blossomed into a most ravishing Ashton ballerina; the sheer joy of Bournonville brought to the UK by Thomas Lund and his team at Sadler’s Wells and Johan Kobborg’s Sylphide, while the masterclass with Sorella Englund proved how utterly compelling and relevant his ballets, when performed with care and honesty, can still be to today’s audience | |
Submitted by: | Pippa L | |
| Date | January 01, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | POB - Soirée Roland Petit |
| Best New Production | Khan/Cherkaoui - Zero Degrees | |
| Best Revival | RB - A Month in the Country | |
| Best Staging | POB - Nureyev Romeo and Juliet | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Birmingham Royal Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Nicolas Le Riche | |
| Best Female Dancer | Aurélie Dupont | |
| Best Partnership | Sylvie Guillem and Cope/Le Riche | |
| Most Promising Male | RB - Stephen McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | POB - Miriam Ould Braham | |
| Worst Production | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | |
| Special Mention | Robert Parker in every character he portrays; Miyako Yoshida's feet effortlessly flying through Rhapsody and La Fille; Darcey Bussell in the Second Movement of Symphony in C; Aurélie Dupont's breath-taking balances and liquid dancing in Swan Lake and Le Parc; Sylvie Guillem weaving her magic in the 3 M's (Month, Marguerite, Manon); Elisabeth Maurin's farewell; Manuel Legris' immaculately danced and touchingly sympathetic Prince Siegfried; Nicolas Le Riche on impossibly sexy rampages in Petit's Le jeune homme et la mort and Carmen
Pet hate of the year - Contrived original ballet scores for Les Liasons Dangereuses/La Petite Danseuse de Degas/Hobson's Choice. Where is our next John Lanchbery??? | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Marianela Nuñez enveloping her customary pyrotechnics with increasing gravitas and lyricism; Ivan Putrov's affecting Pierrot; Kobborg's charismatic Des Grieux and the teacher in "The Lesson" | |
Submitted by: | Dennis KC | |
| Date | January 01, 2006 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon |
| Best New Production | Tanglewood (Alistair Marriott) RB | |
| Best Revival | Tombeaux or Gloria or Rite of Spring | |
| Best Staging | Swan Lake RB | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Mariinsky Theatre Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowski | |
| Best Partnership | Miyako Yoshida/Frederico Bonelli in Nutcracker - perfection! | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Caroline Duprot (especially the brunette 'Tamara' version) | |
| Worst Production | Paris Opera Ballet at Sadler's Wells - largely yawnsville! | |
| Special Mention | Sarah Lamb's Sylph/SugarPF/Odette-Odile;
Zenaida's Manon/pianist (in the Lesson)/Sylvia (esp Act II)/Chosen One
Marianela's Lise/Sylvia
Watching Monica Mason teaching Zenaida the subtleties of The Chosen One (Insight Eve for Rite of Spring)
First Drafts in the Clore Studio - a joy!
Cathy Marston's Ghosts in the Linbury
Sitting next to Zen at the Ballet Association Dinner (well it was fun for me, once she arrived from rehearsal that is!! Not sure she'd say the same though :-) ) | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | RB's Nutcracker - I do like Nutcracker after all! (after seeing so many naff renditions, I was beginning to loathe it) | |
Submitted by: | DaveM | |
| Date | December 31, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Manon |
| Best New Production | RB La Sylphide | |
| Best Revival | The Dream (RB) | |
| Best Staging | Sylvia | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianela Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Sylvie Guillem and Jonathan Cope (still) | |
| Most Promising Male | Brian Maloney | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | RB Duo Concertante | |
| Special Mention | Sylvie Guillem in Manon - just stunning and the audience reaction at the end: high emotion.
Tsunami Gala at ROH - my first gala and very moving.
Most exciting - Thiago Soares: we want more please!
Thiago Soares and Marianela Nunez - again: more please. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Darcey Bussell. After 10+ years of being left cold by her performances, I went to see her in Manon and was completely blown away. Fantastic! I was practically yelling at the stage in appreciation during Act 3. | |
Submitted by: | Jenny Taylor | |
| Date | December 29, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Sylphide (RB) |
| Best New Production | Les Ballets C de la B, 'Bâche' | |
| Best Revival | La Fille mal gardée (RB) | |
| Best Staging | Le Parc (Paris Opera Ballet) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Cuban National Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund | |
| Best Female Dancer | Viengsay Valdés | |
| Best Partnership | Marianella Nunez and Thiago Soares | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae (RB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Caroline Duprot (RB) | |
| Worst Production | Rafael Bonachela's 'Curious Conscience'
Rafael Bonachela's 'Curious Conscience' | |
| Special Mention | Sarah Lamb for Swan Lake, Sylph, Sugar Plum and everything else she touched; Ivan Putrov in Pierrot Lunaire; Akram Khan; Sylvie Guillem's (last?) Manon at the ROH. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | August Bournonville's work seen this year in London on film (at the National Film Theatre thanks to Jane Pritchard) and danced by the Royal Danish Ballet and RB. | |
Submitted by: | John Mallinson | |
| Date | December 29, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | Fabulous Beast Dance Co Giselle |
| Best New Production | Tanglewood.. | |
| Best Revival | Kirov Romeo and Juliet..Cardiff | |
| Best Staging | Lez Brotherston..Liasons | |
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | National Ballet of Cuba | |
| Best Male Dancer | Ivan Putrov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Oaks and Edur | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McCrae | |
| Most Promising Female | Ekaterina Osmolkina | |
| Worst Production | RB Duo Concertante | |
| Special Mention | Ernst and Tom at Dartford
Oui?..Non!..great timing a breath of fresh air.
The Lesson..what every dance teacher feels about his pupils..Mayerling O.K...Lesson..NO.NO>> | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Paris Opera Ballet..they had balls.
Ballet Biarritz Apres Midi d' Faun well the Faun finished up falling into his empty tissue box..Thats life! | |
Submitted by: | grey rabbit/minder | |
| Date | December 28, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | POB`s Sylvia |
| Best New Production | Orpheus and Eurydice | |
| Best Revival | Romeo et Juliette | |
| Best Staging | Sylvia | |
| Best Home Company | Paris Opéra Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Nicholas Le Riche | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marie-Agnés Gillot | |
| Best Partnership | Aurélie Dupont and Manuel Legris | |
| Most Promising Male | Yong-Geol Kim | |
| Most Promising Female | Myriam Ould-Braham, followed by the exquisite Dorothée Gilbert and Laura Hecquet | |
| Worst Production | Caligula - As much as I like the dancer Nicholas Le Riche, I just don't like his ballet | |
| Special Mention | Tamara Rojo for everything she does, especially her Marguerite
Let down: The POB only staging two classics this year and ignoring artists in the corps for years: Fiat and Kudo | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Emilie Cozette showing that her promotion last year was deserved with her splendid debut in Swan Lake, the growth of Ould-Braham and Gilbert, finally liking Laetitia Pujol as a dancer as Juliet and the wish to see more of her, Les adieux of Elisabeth Maurin- what a loss for the POB | |
Submitted by: | Simone | |
| Date | December 28, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | La fille mal gardee |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Nacional Ballet de Cuba | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianella Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Carlos Acosta and Marianella Nunez | |
| Most Promising Male | Johann Kobborg | |
| Most Promising Female | Zenaida Yanowsky (RB) | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Jamila | |
| Date | December 27, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | Gloria (RB) |
| Best New Production | Constant Speed (Rambert) | |
| Best Revival | Swan Lake (Bourne) | |
| Best Staging | Edward Scissorhands (Bourne) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta (RB) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky (RB) | |
| Best Partnership | Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobburg | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae (RB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb (RB) | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Anthony Kent | |
| Date | December 25, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | Naked |
| Best New Production | Naked | |
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | Naked | |
| Best Home Company | George Piper Dances | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | William Trevitt | |
| Best Female Dancer | Monica Zamora | |
| Best Partnership | William Trevitt and Michael Nunn | |
| Most Promising Male | Thomas Linecar | |
| Most Promising Female | Yvette Halfhide | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Carol Norris | |
| Date | December 24, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels (POB) |
| Best New Production | Zero Degrees | |
| Best Revival | Manon (RB) | |
| Best Staging | Ondine (RB) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Ballet Nacional de Cuba | |
| Best Male Dancer | José Martinez (POB) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky (RB) | |
| Best Partnership | Letestu/Martinez, Yanowsky/Greve | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae (RB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Dorothée Gilbert (POB) | |
| Worst Production | Cooper's Les Liaisons Dangereuses (except the designs) | |
| Special Mention | The Ashton and Bournonville celebrations | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Zenaida Yanowsky- had only previously seen her as Odette/Odile, Myrtha, Lilac Fairy etc. (that sort of roles) so her Manon debut was the big surprise and highlight of last year- sensational. Need to see her in more McMillan- Anastasia act III and Isadora (if the RB ever revives it) perhaps? | |
Submitted by: | Richard McLaughlin | |
| Date | December 24, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | Hobson's Choice (BRB) |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Hobson's Choice (BRB) | |
| Best Staging | Madam Butterfly (NBT) | |
| Best Home Company | Birmingham Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Alvin Ailey | |
| Best Male Dancer | Chi Cao | |
| Best Female Dancer | Desire Samaai | |
| Best Partnership | Desire Samaai and Jonathan Ollivier | |
| Most Promising Male | Tyrone Singleton (BRB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Jenna Roberts (BRB) | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Chi Cao as Fred Beenstock in Hobson's Choice - the way he was subsumed into the role as well as the fabulous quality of his dancing | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Janet McNulty | |
| Date | December 23, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | Swan Lake (Australian Ballet) |
| Best New Production | Constant Speed (Baldwin/Rambert) | |
| Best Revival | Tombeaux (Bintley/Royal Ballet) | |
| Best Staging | The Lesson (Kobborg/Royal Ballet) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Autralian Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Lund (Royal Danish Ballet) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Tamara Rojo | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem-Maliphant / Yanowsky-Greve | |
| Most Promising Male | Rupert Pennefather/Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Caroline Duprot | |
| Worst Production | Edward Scissorhands (designs excepted) | |
| Special Mention | The delight of the Ashton celebrations.
Tamara Rojo for making me see the point of Marguerite and Armand for the first time.
Gary Avis for being such an asset to the Royal Ballet. Laura Morera for dancing up a storm in all her roles. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Ivan Putrov in Pierrot Lunaire.
The importance of Denmark in the world of ballet. | |
Submitted by: | Anne Marriott | |
| Date | December 23, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Sylphide ( RB) |
| Best New Production | Alaistair Marriott's Tanglewood (RB) | |
| Best Revival | 10th Anniversary of Bourne's Swan Lake | |
| Best Staging | Lez Brotherstone for Les Liaisons Dangereuses | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | National Ballet of Cuba | |
| Best Male Dancer | Edward Watson | |
| Best Female Dancer | Mara Galeazzi | |
| Best Partnership | Soares/Nunez | |
| Most Promising Male | Rupert Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | New Christopher Bruce for the RB | |
| Special Mention | Special congratulations to Edward Watson for his promotion to Principal, for his performance in Forsythe's 'Vertiginous Thrill' at Dartford and in The Dream ( RB) and etc etc !!...
Congratulations to Alastair Spalding for his innovative programmes at Sadlers Wells,
To William Tuckett for his productions at The Linbury ( ROH2)
To David Nixon and his dancers at Northern Ballet Theatre for all their marvellous story ballets.
Carlos Acosta in Rhapsody..just 'wow' | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Ivan Putrov [b]superb{/b] in Pierrot Lunaire,and I'd never 'got' him before....
Alina and Johan in Wayne Macgregor's work for the Inspired by Ashton at the Linbury ( ROH)...when can we see it again please?
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Submitted by: | Mandy Kent | |
| Date | December 23, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | Ondine (Royal Ballet) |
| Best New Production | Constant Speed (Rambert) | |
| Best Revival | Enigma Variations (Royal Ballet) | |
| Best Staging | La Sylphide (Royal Ballet) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Kirov Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Laurent Hilaire | |
| Best Female Dancer | Daria Pavlenko | |
| Best Partnership | Zenaida Yanowsky/Kenneth Greve | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Maria Kochetkova | |
| Worst Production | Nelken (Tanztheater Wuppertal) | |
| Special Mention | The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House for playing superbly on ballet evenings; Uliana Lopatkina for performing all three of her scheduled performances during the Kirov's Lonodn season and for giving us a heaven-sent Odette; Paris Opera Ballet for returning to London for the first time in 22 years and making us think (even if some did notlike "Le Parc"!); Bruce Marriott for creating and maintaining the finest and most influential ballet website in the world which makes companies realise the audience does have a voice; Thomas Lund for brining over the loveliest collection of Bournonville to Sadler's Wells and for dancing so elegantly; Ludovic Ondiviela for having to scoop up donkey mess during "Fille". | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Ivan Putrov dancing Pierrot Lunaire superbly, and proving that he does have a brilliant dramtic dimension; the Kirov dancing Forsythe, revelaing him as a Classical choreographer in the line of Petipa and Balanchine; Zenaida Yanowsky dancing Manon Lescaut and showing me that "Manon" can work. | |
Submitted by: | Ian Palmer | |
| Date | December 23, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | Kirov La Bayadere |
| Best New Production | Push | |
| Best Revival | Manon | |
| Best Staging | Royal Ballet La Sylphide | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Kirov Ballet (Though loved the Cuban Ballet) | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thiago Soares | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianella Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobburg | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | My Brother My Sisters | |
| Special Mention | Sarah Lamb's debut in Swan Lake. "Inspired by Ashton". Alina and Johan's first Manon of this season, (which I still have not recovered from). The Kirov's Forsythe programme. The Cuban Ballet, especially Valdes. Australian Ballet Swan Lake. Sylvie and Russell in Push.
But my favorite memory was seeing Andrei Ivanov,(Kirov), in full Jester's costume (including hat), smoking outside the stage door about 15 minutes before Swan Lake was due to start...surreal | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Marianella Nunez blossoming into one if the Royal Ballet's finest Ashton dancers of recent years.
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Submitted by: | StephenR | |
| Date | December 23, 2005 | |
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Best Production Overall | TEST ENTRY - Best overal |
| Best New Production | best new prod | |
| Best Revival | best revival | |
| Best Staging | best staging | |
| Best Home Company | best home | |
| Best Visiting Company | best visiting | |
| Best Male Dancer | best male | |
| Best Female Dancer | best femal | |
| Best Partnership | best partner | |
| Most Promising Male | most prom make | |
| Most Promising Female | most prom femal | |
| Worst Production | worst | |
| Special Mention | special mention | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | eye open | |
Submitted by: | BM | |
| Date | December 23, 2005 | |
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