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Ballet.co Poll 99 Results |
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Below are your individual submissions for the Ballet.co Poll of 1999. We have a special page to submit entries.. and there is a prize too....
Thank you for all your entries.
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Best Production Overall | PNB Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | ENB Coppelia | |
| Best Staging | La Bayadere - POB | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | PNB | |
| Best Male Dancer | Le Riche | |
| Best Female Dancer | Tamara Rojo | |
| Best Partnership | Mukhamedov/Durante | |
| Most Promising Male | Alvarez | |
| Most Promising Female | Jamie Tapper | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | Carlos Acosta in Opening Celebration Le Corsaire | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Emma | |
| Date | February 29, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Edward II |
| Best New Production | Edward II | |
| Best Revival | Coppelia, Royal Ballet | |
| Best Staging | Rituals, Royal Ballet | |
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | ||
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Ginny Ejee ( yoggin@cix.co.uk ) | |
| Date | February 26, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Kirov Sleeping Beauty |
| Best New Production | SFB's Giselle | |
| Best Revival | NYCB's Coppelia | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi Don Q | |
| Best Home Company | New York City Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Kirov Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Igor Zelensky | |
| Best Female Dancer | Altynai Asylmuratova | |
| Best Partnership | Fadeyev / Vishneva | |
| Most Promising Male | Ethan Stiefel | |
| Most Promising Female | Irina Dvorovenko | |
| Worst Production | NYCB Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | In the Kirov SB when the Lilac
Faerie causes the vines to grow,
she calls out a little purple
page boy, who carries her wand
on a small purple pillow. So
adorable! | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Peter Martins. I never thought
he was a good choreographer, but
with this new Swan Lake, he has
sunk to new levels. | |
Submitted by: | W. L. ( Balletpeace@end-war.com ) | |
| Date | February 24, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | ||
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | Correction: PETIT's Bolero (not Bejart's, oh no!) | |
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Sachiko | |
| Date | February 24, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon (Royal Ballet) |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | Don Quixote (Bolshoi) | |
| Best Home Company | New National Theatre Ballet ,Japan | |
| Best Visiting Company | Royal Ballet , Bolshoi Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Miyako Yoshida | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | Maria Alexandrova (Bolshoi) | |
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | My favourite stages were
lovely Miyako as Lise and Cinderella ,
magnetic Mukhamedov as Lescaut in Manon,
'Glory of The Bolshoi' Bolshoi Gala,
brilliant Ananiashvili as Kitri and Giselle
(in Japan) | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Momoko | |
| Date | February 22, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | nutcracker |
| Best New Production | ? | |
| Best Revival | ? | |
| Best Staging | ? | |
| Best Home Company | ? | |
| Best Visiting Company | ? | |
| Best Male Dancer | Baryshnikov | |
| Best Female Dancer | ? | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Clara | |
| Date | February 20, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi DQ |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | POB Swan Lake | |
| Best Staging | ROH Gala | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Ananiashvili/Filin | |
| Most Promising Male | Urlezaga | |
| Most Promising Female | Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | Bolero | |
| Special Mention | Durante/Acosta in Rhapsody;
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| Eye-opener of the Year | San Francisco Ballet | |
Submitted by: | Michael Schulz | |
| Date | February 14, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi Don Q |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | Dracula NBT | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Mukhamedov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Lucia Lacarra | |
| Best Partnership | Wildor/Sansom | |
| Most Promising Male | Robert Parker | |
| Most Promising Female | Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Wildor in Ondine | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | julia harvey | |
| Date | February 14, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Spartacus (Bolshoi) |
| Best New Production | Opening Gala (both RB and SFB) | |
| Best Revival | La Bayadere (Bolshoi) | |
| Best Staging | Swan Lake (POB) | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Yoshida | |
| Best Partnership | Ananiashvili/Filin | |
| Most Promising Male | Sasaki | |
| Most Promising Female | Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | Bejart's Bolero | |
| Special Mention | ENB - every piece in London season was great (and smoother than corresponding RB's piece).
Bolshoi showed us how an orchestra, character dancers and corps could make a difference. I wish I could enjoy them in a less innovative Swan Lake. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Wonderful works by visiting companies thanks mostly to Sadler's Wells (RB also was in a good form there) including NBT's Dracula and SFB's Gala / Triple Bill. | |
Submitted by: | Sachiko | |
| Date | February 10, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | BOLSHOI'S LA BAYEDERE |
| Best New Production | ATLANTA BALLETS PETER PAN | |
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | BOLSHOI'S LA BAYEDERE | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | THE TROCKS | |
| Best Male Dancer | ROBERTO BOLLE | |
| Best Female Dancer | MIYAKO YOSHIDA | |
| Best Partnership | GUILLEM/COPE | |
| Most Promising Male | YOHEI SASAKI | |
| Most Promising Female | LEIRA ORTUETA | |
| Worst Production | RB NUTCRACKER | |
| Special Mention | YOSHIDA WAS ABSOLOUTELY BRILL ALL YEAR - IT'S A SHAME THE RB DON'T USE HER MORE. THE RB'S REFURBISHMENTS ARE ASTOUNDING AND THE COMPANY IS LOOKING BETTER THAT IT HAS EVER DONE BEFORE. LOOKING FORWARD TO YEAR 2000. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | GUILLEM AND COPE'S PAS DE DEUX IN THE OPENING CELEBRATION WAS REALLY ASTOUNDING. AT LEAST THEY MANAGED TO RETAIN THE OLD MAGIC OF THE RB UNLIKE DARCEY BUSSELL'S SERIOUSLY WOBBLY ROSE ADAGIO. | |
Submitted by: | KAREN | |
| Date | February 08, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | BOLSHOI'S LA BAYEDERE |
| Best New Production | ATLANTA BALLETS PETER PAN | |
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | BOLSHOI'S LA BAYEDERE | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | THE TROCKS | |
| Best Male Dancer | ROBERTO BOLLE | |
| Best Female Dancer | MIYAKO YOSHIDA | |
| Best Partnership | GUILLEM/COPE | |
| Most Promising Male | YOHEI SASAKI | |
| Most Promising Female | LEIRA ORTUETA | |
| Worst Production | RB NUTCRACKER | |
| Special Mention | YOSHIDA WAS ABSOLOUTELY BRILL ALL YEAR - IT'S A SHAME THE RB DON'T USE HER MORE. THE RB'S REFURBISHMENTS ARE ASTOUNDING AND THE COMPANY IS LOOKING BETTER THAT IT HAS EVER DONE BEFORE. LOOKING FORWARD TO YEAR 2000. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | GUILLEM AND COPE'S PAS DE DEUX IN THE OPENING CELEBRATION WAS REALLY ASTOUNDING. AT LEAST THEY MANAGED TO RETAIN THE OLD MAGIC OF THE RB UNLIKE DARCEY BUSSELL'S SERIOUSLY WOBBLY ROSE ADAGIO. | |
Submitted by: | KAREN | |
| Date | February 08, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | BOLSHOI'S LA BAYEDERE |
| Best New Production | ATLANTA BALLETS PETER PAN | |
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | BOLSHOI'S LA BAYEDERE | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | THE TROCKS | |
| Best Male Dancer | ROBERTO BOLLE | |
| Best Female Dancer | MIYAKO YOSHIDA | |
| Best Partnership | GUILLEM/COPE | |
| Most Promising Male | YOHEI SASAKI | |
| Most Promising Female | LEIRA ORTUETA | |
| Worst Production | RB NUTCRACKER | |
| Special Mention | YOSHIDA WAS ABSOLOUTELY BRILL ALL YEAR - IT'S A SHAME THE RB DON'T USE HER MORE. THE RB'S REFURBISHMENTS ARE ASTOUNDING AND THE COMPANY IS LOOKING BETTER THAT IT HAS EVER DONE BEFORE. LOOKING FORWARD TO YEAR 2000. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | GUILLEM AND COPE'S PAS DE DEUX IN THE OPENING CELEBRATION WAS REALLY ASTOUNDING. AT LEAST THEY MANAGED TO RETAIN THE OLD MAGIC OF THE RB UNLIKE DARCEY BUSSELL'S SERIOUSLY WOBBLY ROSE ADAGIO. | |
Submitted by: | KAREN | |
| Date | February 08, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | SFB Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Four Seasons BRB | |
| Best Staging | In the Upper Room | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Vladimir Malakhov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Durante | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Acosta in Rhapsody | |
| Most Promising Male | Ricardo Cervera | |
| Most Promising Female | Nao Sakumo | |
| Worst Production | Towards Poetry | |
| Special Mention | Durante/Mukhamedov in Act 11 of Giselle. Nina Ananiashvili in Bolshoi Season. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Wonderful ballet seasons at Sadlers | |
Submitted by: | Bernard Thompson | |
| Date | February 07, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | DQ of the Bolshoi |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | ROH Opening Gala | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Urlezaga | |
| Most Promising Female | Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | Swan Lake of the Bolshoi | |
| Special Mention | Giselle of the RB; Raimonda of the Bolshoi | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Bolshoi | |
Submitted by: | Eric MacInnis | |
| Date | February 06, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | PNB's Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | La Fille mal Gardee | |
| Best Staging | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Home Company | Siobhan Davies | |
| Best Visiting Company | Pina Bausch | |
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | Sarah Wildor | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | Ricardo Cervera | |
| Most Promising Female | Nina Kaptsova (Bolshoi) | |
| Worst Production | Bejart's Bolero | |
| Special Mention | Wildor in Rhapsody
Jonathan Howells in Fille
Lorena Feijoo in Tchaikowsky pd2 (SFB)
Patrick Armand in Swan Lake | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | High quality of PNB and SFB | |
Submitted by: | Jane Simpson ( jhpsim@ibm.net ) | |
| Date | February 05, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | ROH Opening Celebration |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | La Fille Mal Gardee | |
| Best Staging | Ondine | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Diana Vishneva | |
| Best Partnership | Benjamin/Saunders in Gloria Opening Celebration | |
| Most Promising Male | Jonathan Howells | |
| Most Promising Female | Laura Morera | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Benjamin in Gloria, Nina Ananiashvili in Raymonda | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Bolshoi | |
Submitted by: | Emily Porter ( emily@btinternet.com ) | |
| Date | February 04, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | AMP's Swan Lake (again!) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Mukhamedov/Durante | |
| Most Promising Male | Edward Watson/Yosvani Ramos | |
| Most Promising Female | Nao Sakuma | |
| Worst Production | Didn't see anything so dire that I'd nominate it (Or if I did, I've forgotten it!) | |
| Special Mention | Highlight of the year: Thomas Edur doing *that* backbend in the second act of Swan Lake at the Albert Hall. Even now the memory nearly makes me go weak at the knees!
Funny: How could I possibly forget the pony in the RB Fille Mal Gardée leaving little presents all over the stage!
Nina Ananiashvili's superb performance in the Bolshoi Raymonda.
Welcome reopening of the Royal Opera House - shame about the prices!
RB Reopening programme at the ROH - probably one of the highest points of Dowell's career as Artistic Director.
Most regrettable: the cancellation of ENB's planned performances of Onegin.
The absolute feast of high-quality and international dancing in London put on largely by Sadler's Wells last year. A shame more of it couldn't have visited other cities in the country.
Nadezhda Gracheva's stunningly classy yet sluttish performance in Spartacus - probably the second-best part of the entire season (for best, see above).
That magical bit in Ondine where what seems to be a waterfall suddenly turns into the corps de ballet. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Alison ( ddaremoto@hotmail.com ) | |
| Date | February 03, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Manon (RB in Japan tour) |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw (RB) | |
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | Cinderella (ch Ashton) in New National Theatre Tokyo | |
| Best Home Company | Asami Maki Ballet, Tokyo | |
| Best Visiting Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Nicholas LeRiche | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashivilli | |
| Best Partnership | Jaffe/Carreno (ABT) | |
| Most Promising Male | Marcelo Gomez (ABT) | |
| Most Promising Female | Gillian Murphy (ABT) | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Hiromi M ( hanami_ballet@yahoo.com ) | |
| Date | February 02, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Ondine |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | SFB The Cage | |
| Best Staging | Opening Celebration (ballet only) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Tamara Rojo | |
| Best Partnership | Durante and Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Yohei Sasaki | |
| Most Promising Female | Nao Sakumo | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Durante and Wildor in Ondine
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| Eye-opener of the Year | The high quality of all the Giselles and Albrechts at RB Sadlers season. | |
Submitted by: | Philip Redman ( redmanp@halo.co.uk ) | |
| Date | February 01, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Fille Mal Gardee (RB) |
| Best New Production | SFB Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | BRB Nutcracker | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Asylmuratova/Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Ricardo Cervera | |
| Most Promising Female | Jenny Tattersall | |
| Worst Production | Mats Ek Giselle | |
| Special Mention | Yoshida is an example to RB dancers
Carlos Acosta in Rhapsody | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Adele Williams | |
| Date | January 31, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | anna | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | i want image | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | I waant image "ballet" | |
Submitted by: | ziad ( zduraidy@maktoob.com ) | |
| Date | January 29, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Raymonda |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | Four Seasons BRB | |
| Best Staging | Dracula NBT | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Edur | |
| Best Female Dancer | Viviana Durante | |
| Best Partnership | Bussell/Bolle | |
| Most Promising Male | Edward Watson | |
| Most Promising Female | Chloe Davies | |
| Worst Production | Don Juan | |
| Special Mention | Guillem's mad scene in Giselle and her intelligent interpretations in all her roles. Sarah Wildor in Ondine | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Lucia Lacarra at Sadlers | |
Submitted by: | Kathy Brewer | |
| Date | January 28, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's DQ |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | POB Swan Lake | |
| Best Staging | ROH Opening Celebrations | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Yoshida/Sansom | |
| Most Promising Male | Inaki Urlezaga | |
| Most Promising Female | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi's Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | Durante/Acosta in Rhapsody | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Ballet is very much alive | |
Submitted by: | Elena Rebrova ( vaganova@portal.ru ) | |
| Date | January 26, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | Shakespear Suite | |
| Best Revival | Slaughter on Tenth Avenue | |
| Best Staging | BRB NUTCRAKER | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Robert Parker | |
| Best Female Dancer | Miyako Yoshida | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | Tilts Helimets | |
| Most Promising Female | Ambra Vallo | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | Dance in muscials as part of the ballet heritage. | |
Submitted by: | Pauline ( p.s.stammers@bham.ac.uk ) | |
| Date | January 26, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Swan Lake (SFB) |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Bolshoi Don Q | |
| Best Staging | AMP Swan Lake | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Bruce Sansom | |
| Best Female Dancer | Altynai Asylmuratova | |
| Best Partnership | Irek and Viv | |
| Most Promising Male | Inaki Urlezaga | |
| Most Promising Female | Erina Takahashi | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | Leanne Benjamin and Acosta in Giselle, Yoshida as Sugar Plum Fairy | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | San Francisco Ballet - really good | |
Submitted by: | Stephen Wilson | |
| Date | January 25, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's DQ |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | Ondine | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Jonathan Cope | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem/Cope | |
| Most Promising Male | Yohei Sasaki | |
| Most Promising Female | Mara Galeazzi | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi's Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | ROH Opening Gala | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Sadler's Wells programming (all those wonderful regional companies) | |
Submitted by: | Jay Sanders | |
| Date | January 25, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi Raymonda |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | RB Giselle | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Susan Jaffe | |
| Best Partnership | Yoshida/Sansom | |
| Most Promising Male | Jonathan Howells | |
| Most Promising Female | Mara Galeazzi | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Durante as Ondine, Guillem in Giselle, both Guillem and Durante in the Opening Celebration | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Jonathan Cope in Celebration of International Choreography | |
Submitted by: | Felicity Lawson ( lawsonf@pjxl.co.uk ) | |
| Date | January 24, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's Raymonda |
| Best New Production | The Trocks "Another Piano Ballet" | |
| Best Revival | Symphony of Psalms (NDT1) | |
| Best Staging | Ondine | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | The Trocks | |
| Best Male Dancer | Jonathon Cope | |
| Best Female Dancer | Leanne Benjamin | |
| Best Partnership | Jonathon & Sylvie | |
| Most Promising Male | Ricardo Cervera | |
| Most Promising Female | Laura Morera | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi's Giselle | |
| Special Mention | Seeing Altynai again at Sadler's Wells with Irek was one of the highlights of the year. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Seeing live sheep on stage in "Victor" at Sadler's Wells (Pina Bausch) - I've always liked sheep ! | |
Submitted by: | Lady VF Hanington ( I'm a techno-phobe ) | |
| Date | January 22, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's Raymonda |
| Best New Production | The Trocks "Another Piano Ballet" | |
| Best Revival | Symphony of Psalms (NDT1) | |
| Best Staging | Ondine | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | The Trocks | |
| Best Male Dancer | Jonathon Cope | |
| Best Female Dancer | Leanne Benjamin | |
| Best Partnership | Jonathon & Sylvie | |
| Most Promising Male | Ricardo Cervera | |
| Most Promising Female | Laura Morera | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi's Giselle | |
| Special Mention | Seeing Altynai again at Sadler's Wells with Irek was one of the highlights of the year. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Seeing live sheep on stage in "Victor" at Sadler's Wells (Pina Bausch) - I've always liked sheep ! | |
Submitted by: | Lady VF Hanington ( I'm a techno-phobe ) | |
| Date | January 22, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's DQ |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | Bolshoi's DQ | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi's DQ | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Inaki Urlezaga | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Yohei Sasaki | |
| Most Promising Female | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | San Francisco Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | Ananiashvili in DQ; Acosta in Giselle; Wildor in Ondine | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ROH Opening Gala | |
Submitted by: | Martin Coughlin | |
| Date | January 21, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | The Nutcracker |
| Best New Production | Swan Lake | |
| Best Revival | Boston Ballet | |
| Best Staging | Center performances | |
| Best Home Company | The Berksheres | |
| Best Visiting Company | New York City Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Jay Dewey | |
| Best Female Dancer | Stephanie cummings | |
| Best Partnership | Nicholas Ramey | |
| Most Promising Male | Jay Dewey | |
| Most Promising Female | Katherine Mariani | |
| Worst Production | The Famous Ballet Giselle | |
| Special Mention | The best moment was when Jay, our best male dancer, did 11 turns and landed it-- even though he was late for the next couple of counts.
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| Eye-opener of the Year | ummm i cant think of anything.. | |
Submitted by: | stephanie cummings ( scummings@wocesteracademy.org ) | |
| Date | January 20, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | The Nutcracker |
| Best New Production | Swan Lake | |
| Best Revival | Boston Ballet | |
| Best Staging | dewey performances | |
| Best Home Company | The Berksheres | |
| Best Visiting Company | New York City Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Jay Dewey | |
| Best Female Dancer | Stephanie cummings | |
| Best Partnership | Nicholas RAmey | |
| Most Promising Male | jay dewey | |
| Most Promising Female | katherine mariani | |
| Worst Production | Giselle | |
| Special Mention | The best moment was when Jay, our best male dancer, did 11 turns and landed it-- even though he was late for the next couple of counts.
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| Eye-opener of the Year | ummm i cant think of anything.. | |
Submitted by: | stephanie cummings ( scummings@wocesteracademy.org ) | |
| Date | January 20, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's DQ |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Bolshoi's DQ | |
| Best Staging | Ondine | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Ananiashvili/Uvarov | |
| Most Promising Male | Robert Parker | |
| Most Promising Female | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi's Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | Wildor in Ondine; Orchestra of the Bolshoi. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Bolshoi. They have shown how the classics should be done. | |
Submitted by: | Tom Hewitt | |
| Date | January 20, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Ondine |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Four Seasons BRB | |
| Best Staging | AMP Swan Lake | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Durante | |
| Best Partnership | Yoshida/Kobborg; Durante/Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Yohei Sasaki | |
| Most Promising Female | Yanowsky and Galeazzi | |
| Worst Production | Mats Ek Sleeping Beauty | |
| Special Mention | Mukhamedov and Asylmuratova in Russian Style especially in Tuckett's jazz piece 'When Angels Fly'. They have what it takes classical or jazz | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The nerve of ROH charging the same price for seats in the same area where some are restricted view and some normal | |
Submitted by: | Brian Watson | |
| Date | January 20, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's "Don Q" |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | RB's "Nutcracker" | |
| Best Staging | POB's "La Bayadere" | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Laurent Hilaire | |
| Best Female Dancer | Sylvie Guillem | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem & Hilaire | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | Marta Barahona, Maria Alexandrova | |
| Worst Production | RB's "Serenade" | |
| Special Mention | Favourite: Miyako's Lise - elegant!; Bolshoi Orchestra - turbulent (and just right)!; POB - a gold mine of male dancers.
Dissapointment: Kirov didn't come to London!; ROH orchestra - current state simply not acceptable.
... and my admiration should go to all the resident RB dancers, who survived and came back in a better shape. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Guillem's Giselle - her naturalistic approach in act I mad scene may be a new 'standard' in the immediate future.
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Submitted by: | Naoko S | |
| Date | January 19, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Swan Lake - POB |
| Best New Production | pas/parts - Forsythe | |
| Best Revival | The Cage - SFB | |
| Best Staging | Doux Mesonges - Kylian POB | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | S.F.Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Nicolas Le Riche | |
| Best Female Dancer | Sylvie Guillem | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem & Le Riche | |
| Most Promising Male | Benjamin Pech (POB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Marie-Agnés Gillot (POB) | |
| Worst Production | Orison - Pierre Darde (POB) | |
| Special Mention | Gailene Stock is named head of Royal Ballet School. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | That The Royal Ballet survived! | |
Submitted by: | Michael Montgomery ( dance.paris@libertysurf.fr ) | |
| Date | January 19, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Swan Lake - POB |
| Best New Production | pas/parts - Forsythe | |
| Best Revival | The Cage - SFB | |
| Best Staging | Doux Mesonges - Kylian POB | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | S.F.Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Nicolas Le Riche | |
| Best Female Dancer | Sylvie Guillem | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem & Le Riche | |
| Most Promising Male | Benjamin Pech (POB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Marie-Agnés Gillot (POB) | |
| Worst Production | Orison - Pierre Darde (POB) | |
| Special Mention | Gailene Stock is named head of Royal Ballet School. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | That The Royal Ballet survived! | |
Submitted by: | Michael Montgomery ( dance.paris@libertysurf.fr ) | |
| Date | January 19, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Swan Lake - POB |
| Best New Production | pas/parts - Forsythe | |
| Best Revival | The Cage - SFB | |
| Best Staging | Doux Mesonges - Kylian POB | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | S.F.Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Nicolas Le Riche | |
| Best Female Dancer | Sylvie Guillem | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem & Le Riche | |
| Most Promising Male | Benjamin Pech (POB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Marie-Agnés Gillot (POB) | |
| Worst Production | Orison - Pierre Darde (POB) | |
| Special Mention | Gailene Stock is named head of Royal Ballet School. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | That The Royal Ballet survived! | |
Submitted by: | Michael Montgomery ( dance.paris@libertysurf.fr ) | |
| Date | January 19, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi Don Q |
| Best New Production | Bolshoi Don Q | |
| Best Revival | Act 1 of Balanchine's Dream PNB | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi Don Q | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Ananashivili | |
| Best Partnership | Mukhamedov & Asylmuratova | |
| Most Promising Male | Robert Parker | |
| Most Promising Female | Zenaida Yankowsky | |
| Worst Production | Bolsoi & San Francisco Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | Bolshoi coprs in Bayadere, Raymonda & Don Q. Nadezhda Gracheva, Sarah Wildor & Adam Cooper in Ondine | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Robbin's The Cage. We should see more of his stuff. | |
Submitted by: | Fuzzy face | |
| Date | January 18, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | ||
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Terry ( terrylovesu ) | |
| Date | January 17, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Giselle |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | Bolshoi's DQ | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi's DQ | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Inaki Urlezaga | |
| Most Promising Female | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi's Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | San Francisco Ballet as an great Ensemble | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Bolshoi Ballet in London. Great dancers, great traditions! | |
Submitted by: | Warner Reid | |
| Date | January 17, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi Don Quixote |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | La Fille Mal Gardee RB | |
| Best Staging | ROH Opening Celebration | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Inaki Urlezaga | |
| Best Female Dancer | Monica Zamora | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Acosta | |
| Most Promising Male | Jonathan Howells | |
| Most Promising Female | Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | Don Juan | |
| Special Mention | Yoshida in all she does
Durante on top form during Sadlers season and Nina Anashiavili in Raymonda | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Sarah Wildor's magnetic stage presence | |
Submitted by: | Penny ( pen@aol.com ) | |
| Date | January 17, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Giselle by the Royal Ballet |
| Best New Production | The Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | The Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco | |
| Best Male Dancer | Robert Parker | |
| Best Female Dancer | Sara Wildor | |
| Best Partnership | Wildor and Sansom | |
| Most Promising Male | Ricardo Cervera | |
| Most Promising Female | Nao Sakuma | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Belinda Hatley in the School performance of Giselle. An enchanting afternoon. Collier was there of course to keep an eye on the students and the fact that she had coached Hatley in the role made the afternoon very special. The sight of Collier "bourre(ing)" along the row ( on the soles of her feet!)to take her seat after the interval without disturbing the people seated was a sight to behold. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Jonathan Howells as Alain in Fille. When supporting roles are danced to the standard he produced, you have the perfect evening at the ballet | |
Submitted by: | Tony Newcombe ( tony@newco95.freeserve.co.uk ) | |
| Date | January 16, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | San Francisco Ballet Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | SFB The Cage | |
| Best Staging | In the Upper Room | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Agnes Oakes | |
| Best Partnership | Durante and Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Inaki Urlezaga | |
| Most Promising Female | Christina McDermott | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | Sarah Wildor in Ondine Yoshida for her musicality technique and precision Durante and Benjamin for wonderful Giselles. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Liam O'Reilly | |
| Date | January 13, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's Raimonda |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | Bolshoi's Don Quixote | |
| Best Staging | Ondine | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Wildor/Sansom | |
| Most Promising Male | Y. Sasaki | |
| Most Promising Female | Z. Yanowski | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi's Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Bolshoi Ballet in London | |
Submitted by: | Charles Fisk ( Sorry, do not have one ) | |
| Date | January 12, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Fille mal Gardee |
| Best New Production | New Ashley Page work at ROH | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | ROH Opening Gala | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Robert Parker | |
| Best Female Dancer | Sarah Wildor | |
| Best Partnership | Sylvie Guillem and Jonathan Cope - when he's not ill!! | |
| Most Promising Male | Inaki Urlezaga | |
| Most Promising Female | Mara Galeazzi | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Chris ( info@bbo.org.uk ) | |
| Date | January 12, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | BRB Nutcracker |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Joseph Cipolla | |
| Best Female Dancer | Miyako Yoshida; Viviana Durante | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Ricardo Cervera | |
| Most Promising Female | Chloe Davies | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Zenaida Yanowsky in Turn of the Screw and in Arabian Dance in Nutcracker | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Sarah Wildor made principal at last - about time | |
Submitted by: | Laura Burnett ( laurab@btinternet.com ) | |
| Date | January 11, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | BRB Nutcracker |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Joseph Cipolla | |
| Best Female Dancer | Miyako Yoshida | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Laura Burnett ( laurab@btinternet.com ) | |
| Date | January 11, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's DQ |
| Best New Production | Montalvo/Kelemenis (Opera de Paris) | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi's DQ | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem/Cope | |
| Most Promising Male | Yohei Sasaki | |
| Most Promising Female | Erina Takahashi | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi's "Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | Covent Garden Opening Gala (ballet part, of course); Ananiashvili in"Raimonda" & "DQ"; San Francisco Ballet in London | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Bolshoi in London | |
Submitted by: | Aaron Buie | |
| Date | January 10, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Giselle |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Four Seasons | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi Raymonda | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Angel Corella | |
| Best Female Dancer | Leticia Muller | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Yohei Sasaki | |
| Most Promising Female | Mara Galeazzi | |
| Worst Production | Don Juan | |
| Special Mention | Durante/Acosta in Rhapsody
Mukhamedov/Asylmuratova in Russian Style at Sadlers | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | San Francisco Ballet - wonderful | |
Submitted by: | Patricia Hardy | |
| Date | January 10, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Rb's Fille mal Gardee |
| Best New Production | SFB's Sandpaper Ballet (Mark Morris) | |
| Best Revival | Cruel Garden, Rambert | |
| Best Staging | Dracula, NBT | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Edur | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Anashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem / Cope | |
| Most Promising Male | Sasaki, RB | |
| Most Promising Female | Nao Sakuma, BRB | |
| Worst Production | Hidden Variables | |
| Special Mention | Wendy Whelan in Rubies at the QEH - amazing legs.
Irek in his short season at Sadler's - terrific jumps
Carlos Acosta in Rhapsody
Siobhan Davies Dance Co for Wild Air - great dancers
SFB for some intelligent programming in their season at Sadlers | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Jonathan Howells as Alain in Fille - a tremendous performance, both funny and sad | |
Submitted by: | Lynette ( halewood@logica.com ) | |
| Date | January 10, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi Don Quixote |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | BRB In the Upper Room | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Durante and Acosta | |
| Most Promising Male | Yohei Sasaki | |
| Most Promising Female | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Worst Production | Bolshoi Swan Lake | |
| Special Mention | Anthony Dowell and Monica Mason for the superb re-opening gala at ROH - maybe they could expand it for repeat performances in the Summer Season.
Miyako Yoshida for her exquisite poise and unfailing musicality, a real jewel.
The glorious Bolshoi character dancers, especially Yulia Makhalyants.
Christina McDermott who never fails to look relaxed, charming and that she is enjoying dancing - so much of the young talent forgets the importance of this for the audience.
Darcey Bussells uniquely fresh and youthful qualities in Serenade
And of course Irek who is quite irrepressible and irresistible in everything he does, even Bolero (just)!
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Spartacus, which seemed rather diminished with the passing of time and a male corps of different shapes and sizes | |
Submitted by: | Michael Llewellyn ( norns3@aol.com ) | |
| Date | January 10, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's Don Quixote |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | RB The Nutcracker | |
| Best Staging | RB Giselle | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Viviana Durante | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Acosta | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | Erina Takahashi of ENB | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Reopening of the ROH
Viviana's performances at SW
Dance Bites in Woking | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | CWMNI Ballet | |
Submitted by: | Tomoko.A ( Tomokot17@aol.com ) | |
| Date | January 09, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Giselle |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Cope | |
| Best Female Dancer | Guillem | |
| Best Partnership | Guillem/Cope | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | Abbagnato (POB) | |
| Worst Production | Why be unpleasant? | |
| Special Mention | Elisabeth Platel who retired from POB this year
Aurelie Dupont in POB Sleeping Beauty broadcast live on TV between Xmas and NY | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Eleonore | |
| Date | January 07, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | ||
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | I'm not British, however I'd like to vote.
I consider POB the best company, their Swan Lake the best production, Guillem the best dancer.
Moreover I had the chance to see three of the four performances with the new partnership Guillem/Bolle: same lines, same dazzling smoothness, definitely the ultimate must for ballet goers.
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| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Susy | |
| Date | January 07, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Giselle |
| Best New Production | The Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | The Cage | |
| Best Staging | AMP Swan Lake | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Irek Mukhamedov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Deborah Bull | |
| Best Partnership | Wildor/Cooper | |
| Most Promising Male | Robert Parker | |
| Most Promising Female | Laura Morera | |
| Worst Production | Don Juan | |
| Special Mention | Miyako Yoshida in Opening Celebration and Guillem and Cope in Opening Celebration.
Durante in Ondine.
Mukhamedov as Albrecht | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The fact that ROH opened on time | |
Submitted by: | David Fielding ( dav@btinternet.com ) | |
| Date | January 07, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's Raimonda |
| Best New Production | Sandpaper Ballet | |
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi's Raimonda | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Jonathan Cope | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Ruslan Skvortsov of the Bolshoi | |
| Most Promising Female | Mireille Hassenboelher of the Houston Ballet | |
| Worst Production | ABT's Anastasia | |
| Special Mention | Bolshoi in everything | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Royal Ballet is still world class | |
Submitted by: | Alexander Ditka | |
| Date | January 06, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | San Francisco Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | La Fille Mal Gardee | |
| Best Staging | RB Giselle | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco | |
| Best Male Dancer | Angel Corella | |
| Best Female Dancer | Viviana Durante | |
| Best Partnership | Viviana Durante and Irek Mukhamedev | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | Bolshoi Swan Lake and La Bayedere | |
| Special Mention | Bolshoi Ballet-a throwback to the nasty Soviet days
NYCB Swan Lake a brilliant music and dance focused production
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Mark Morris I loved Sandpiper Ballet.
San Francisco Opening Night and Triple Bill are the highlight of the year on both continents | |
Submitted by: | Eugene Merrett ( eugdog@aol.com ) | |
| Date | January 05, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | San Francisco Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Revival | La Fille Mal Gardee | |
| Best Staging | RB Giselle | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | San Francisco | |
| Best Male Dancer | Angel Corella | |
| Best Female Dancer | Viviana Durante | |
| Best Partnership | Viviana Durante and Irek Mukhamedev | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | Bolshoi Swan Lake and La Bayedere | |
| Special Mention | Bolshoi Ballet-a throwback to the nasty Soviet days
NYCB Swan Lake a brilliant music and dance focused production
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Mark Morris I loved Sandpiper Ballet.
San Francisco Opening Night and Triple Bill are the highlight of the year on both continents | |
Submitted by: | Eugene Merrett ( eugdog@aol.com ) | |
| Date | January 05, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | AMPs Swan Lake |
| Best New Production | Bach n Braces. Jane Jewell for SB | |
| Best Revival | La Sylphide. SB | |
| Best Staging | Es Devlin's designs for God's Plenty | |
| Best Home Company | Rambert | |
| Best Visiting Company | NBT | |
| Best Male Dancer | Johan Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Didi Veldman | |
| Best Partnership | Simon Cooper and Ben Wright | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | Ari Takahashi | |
| Worst Production | Giselle. SB | |
| Special Mention | Favorites: Johan Kobborg as James - sparkling performance and still main best-legs-in-a-kilt contender.
AMPs Swan Lake looks better than ever. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Rocky year for Scottish Ballet politically and to some extent artistically. Kenn Burke left after an admirable couple of years keeping everything together, making way for Mr and Mrs North to find a different direction. I'm cautiously optimistic that things will turn out well.
My admiration for Christopher Bruce and Rambert is undiminished. First 45 mins of God's Plenty rates with the best.
Reevaluated: Whether I can afford ever to go to the ROH again afterall. | |
Submitted by: | Carly Gillies ( clan.gillies@virgin.net ) | |
| Date | January 05, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Giselle |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Jonathan Cope | |
| Best Female Dancer | Viviana Durante | |
| Best Partnership | Miyako / Kobborg or Sylvie/Jonathan | |
| Most Promising Male | Jonathan Howells | |
| Most Promising Female | Jenny Tattersall / Mara Galeazzi | |
| Worst Production | Don Juan | |
| Special Mention | ROH opening gala - a triumph for the ballet. Full praise for Anthony Dowell. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Seeing Jonathan Cope in the International programme last month. I always viewed him as a beautiful partner - not so much as a great dancer in his own right. However, in the piece for the 3 men he was super! | |
Submitted by: | Stephanie ( stephanie.heuer@granadamedia.com ) | |
| Date | January 05, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Pacific Northwest Ballet 'Dream' |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Ondine | |
| Best Staging | The Turn of the Screw | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Adam Cooper | |
| Best Female Dancer | Viviana Durante | |
| Best Partnership | Durante/Mukhamedov | |
| Most Promising Male | Jonathan Howells | |
| Most Promising Female | Mara Galeazzi | |
| Worst Production | Mats Ek Giselle | |
| Special Mention | Durante in Ondine and Giselle.
Durante/Mukhamedov in Giselle.
Durante/Acosta in Rhapsody | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Bolshoi in London | |
Submitted by: | Sally ( sallyb@aol.com ) | |
| Date | January 05, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | AMPs Swan Lake - looking better than eve |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | ||
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Carly Gillies ( clan.gillies@virgin.net ) | |
| Date | January 05, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | AMPs Swan Lake - looking better than eve |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | ||
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Carly Gillies ( clan.gillies@virgin.net ) | |
| Date | January 05, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Don Quixote (Bolshoi) |
| Best New Production | Half Past (NDT, Kilian) | |
| Best Revival | Don Quixote (Bolshoi) | |
| Best Staging | Sleeping Beauty (Kirov) | |
| Best Home Company | In UK - Royal ballet; in Russia - Bolshoi | |
| Best Visiting Company | In UK - Bolshoi; in Russia - NDT | |
| Best Male Dancer | Andrei Uvarov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Best Partnership | Ananiashvili/Bocca | |
| Most Promising Male | Joaquin De Luz | |
| Most Promising Female | Maria Alexandrova | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Ananiashvili/Filin in Bolshoi's "Raimonda"; Ananiasvili/Uvarov in Bolshoi's "DQ"; Carlos Acosta in "La Fille" and "Giselle" with the Royal; Platel in "La Sylphide". | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Return of the Bolshoi | |
Submitted by: | Igor Smirnov ( ballet@glasnet.ru ) | |
| Date | January 04, 2000 | |
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Best Production Overall | Sleeping Beauty - Kirov in NYC |
| Best New Production | no worthy new work...sorry! | |
| Best Revival | Sleeping Beauty - Kirov in NYC | |
| Best Staging | Farrell Staging Divertimento 15 | |
| Best Home Company | (I'm in US) American Ballet Theater | |
| Best Visiting Company | (in US) KIROV!!! (in UK) BOLSHOI!! | |
| Best Male Dancer | Vladimir Malakhov, ABT | |
| Best Female Dancer | Diana Vishneva, Kirov | |
| Best Partnership | Paloma Herrera with Angel Corella (work so well together--youthful energy) | |
| Most Promising Male | Joaquin De Luz - ABT | |
| Most Promising Female | Michele Wiles - ABT | |
| Worst Production | Anastasia - ABT | |
| Special Mention | The spectacular Kirov orchestra, during the NY run. I hope that the NYCB orchestra paid notice to how it should be done! | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Diablo Ballet in the San Francisco Bay area - first class, in a small package! | |
Submitted by: | Don Davis ( |