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Ballet.co Poll 2007 Entries |
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Below are your individual submissions for the Ballet.co Poll of 2007.
The poll is now closed and we have counted the entries:
Thank you for all your entries.
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Best Production Overall | Romeo & Juliet RB |
| Best New Production | Jewels | |
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| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | RB | |
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| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Tamara Rojo | |
| Best Partnership | Rojo / Acosta | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Carlos & Tamara in Romeo & Juliet.As the critic said - if you haven't seen it you haven't lived... | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Jane | |
| Date | February 04, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | JEWELS -RB |
| Best New Production | JEWELS -RB | |
| Best Revival | GISELLE - ENB | |
| Best Staging | THE SNOW QUEEN | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | BOLSHOI | |
| Best Male Dancer | CARLOS ACOSTA | |
| Best Female Dancer | ELENA GLURDJIDZE | |
| Best Partnership | ED WATSON & LEANNE BENJAMIN | |
| Most Promising Male | ZACHARY FARUQUE | |
| Most Promising Female | NATALIA OSIPOVA | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | NATALIA OSIPOVA | |
Submitted by: | Lina Fitzgerald | |
| Date | February 03, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels - Royal Ballet |
| Best New Production | Snow Queen -ENB | |
| Best Revival | Jewels- Royal Ballet | |
| Best Staging | Snow Queen -ENB | |
| Best Home Company | English National Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | E.Watson | |
| Best Female Dancer | E.Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Roberta Marquez and Ivan Putrov | |
| Most Promising Male | Zachary Faruque | |
| Most Promising Female | Alexandra Ansanelli | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | The Snow Queen's London Premiere | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Julie Warwick | |
| Date | January 31, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Jewels |
| Best New Production | ENBSnow Queen | |
| Best Revival | ENB Giselle | |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker RB | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Federico Bonelli | |
| Best Female Dancer | Glurjidze Elena | |
| Best Partnership | Roberta Marquez and Ivan Putrov | |
| Most Promising Male | Alexandra Ansanelli | |
| Most Promising Female | Ivan Putrov | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ENB Swan Lake | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | rosalina.lcir | |
| Date | January 29, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | (once again!) Bolshoi's Don Quixote |
| Best New Production | La fille mal gardee (in Paris!) | |
| Best Revival | Bolshoi's The Bright Stream | |
| Best Staging | RB's The Nutcracker | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Sergei Filin | |
| Best Female Dancer | Maria Alexandrova | |
| Best Partnership | Alexandrova & Filin; Hilaire & Romoli | |
| Most Promising Male | Julien Meyzindi (POB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Eleonore Guerineau (POB) | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Laurent Hilaire's unforgettable 'Apollo' in his Farewell performance; he later teamed up with Wilfried Romoli and gave another impressive performance (Un trait d'union); the sad departure of Jean-Guillaume Bart as etoile of POB; Lopatkina & Kolb in 'Giselle' - a classic case of 'mind over matters'; Parisian troupe's successful take on an Ashton favourite (très très chic Fille!); Bussell & Avis in Song of the Earth - painfully emotional, a 'genuine' love duet; Cojocaru and Pennefather in Diamonds - never imagined that pdd could be danced with such joy and happiness (and it worked!); Yoshida & Hristov in R&J - Hristov was truly an eye-opener as Romeo, and they made a fantastic pair; Tokyo Ballet in Les Sylphides - they danced like no other, with sensibility and aesthetic of their own - that moved me; Bolshoi Ballet - absolute delight & highlight of the year; Death of Maurice Bejart - the end of an era... | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Gary Avis - how can you be SO good in everything you do? The new look Dmitry Gudanov in the Wheeldon's piece - sensual and androgynous. | |
Submitted by: | Naoko S | |
| Date | January 28, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Symphonic Variations |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Fancy Free (ABT) | |
| Best Staging | Ghosts (Kim Brandstrup/RDB) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Jonathan Goddard | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianela Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Goddard/Peter Furness (Devil in the Detail/Alston) | |
| Most Promising Male | Tyrone Singleton | |
| Most Promising Female | Ekaterina Krysanova | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Best thing I saw all year: Nunez/Soares in Diamonds. Other good things: the rise of Elena Glurjidze; seeing some of ABT's current and future stars (Stella Abrera especially); Yanowsky and Greve in Swan Lake; Jenna Lee (ENB) as Myrtha.
Disappointments: Tuckett's Seven Deadly Sins; La Scala; not seeing Kobborg as James, again; much of ABT's visit. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Watching how word-of-mouth turned the RDB's Kylian bill, poorly sold before it opened, into a completely sold-out hot ticket. | |
Submitted by: | Jane S | |
| Date | January 28, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | JEWELS |
| Best New Production | (=)Bolshoi's LE CORSAIRE/THE SNOW QUEEN | |
| Best Revival | (=) HARMONICA BREAKDOWN/ POND LIFE | |
| Best Staging | SILENZIO (Vishneva Gala at Mariinsky) | |
| Best Home Company | ROYAL BALLET | |
| Best Visiting Company | BOLSHOI | |
| Best Male Dancer | CARLOS ACOSTA | |
| Best Female Dancer | ALINA COJOCARU | |
| Best Partnership | ED WATSON & LEANNE BENJAMIN | |
| Most Promising Male | STEVEN McRAE | |
| Most Promising Female | ELENA GLURDJIDZE | |
| Worst Production | LA SCALA's SLEEPING BEAUTY | |
| Special Mention | The worse moment of this year was when Tanja Liedke's enormous talent was so cruelly cut short just as she was about to embark on the exciting new challenge of drecting her own company The funniest has to be dancing with happy strangers to Swan Lake in Trafalgar Square one crisp January evening for 'Flock' The most satisfying was both the eclecticism of the National Dance Awards and nominations for 2007 and the comparatively huge feast of ballet on mainstream TV A happier goodbye was to Darcey Bussell who left the ballet stage with her audience wanting more. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | A few exciting revelations:
(1) South Korean hip-hop at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2) The emergence of Christopher Wheeldon's new Company, Morphoses (3) The wealth of conemporary dance talent saturating our dance scene (4) The reopening of the Royal Festival Hall with 'Rites', an incredible fusion of light, music and dance (5) The enormous potential of Sally Marie as a choreographer and company director | |
Submitted by: | GRAHAM WATTS | |
| Date | January 28, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | ENB Giselle |
| Best New Production | ENB The Canterville Ghost | |
| Best Revival | ENB Giselle | |
| Best Staging | ENB Swan Lake | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | ENB Thomas Edur | |
| Best Female Dancer | ENB Elena Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | ENB Oaks / Edur | |
| Most Promising Male | very difficult to decide | |
| Most Promising Female | ENB Asta Bazeviciute | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Mary Skeaping’s Giselle at the Coliseum. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Nathalie Chantzi | |
| Date | January 28, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Giselle- ENB |
| Best New Production | JewelsRB | |
| Best Revival | Giselle- ENB | |
| Best Staging | Snow Queen | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Watson Ed | |
| Best Female Dancer | Glurjidze Elena | |
| Best Partnership | Oaks /Thomas Edur | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Yuhui Choe | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Nika S | |
| Date | January 28, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Royal Ballet La Bayadere |
| Best New Production | Royal Ballet Jewels | |
| Best Revival | ENB Swan Lake | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi Don Quixote | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Acosta (for Spartacus) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianela Nunez (but underused!) | |
| Best Partnership | Cojocaru and Kobborg (although we didn't see enough of it, unfortunately) | |
| Most Promising Male | Sergei Polunin - he has a great future! | |
| Most Promising Female | Natalia Osipova - she has so much still to learn but she is amazing to watch and she gets better all the time. | |
| Worst Production | La Scala Sleeping Beauty - never again please... | |
| Special Mention | I am not a fan of Ansanelli but I have to say my respect for her for putting her whole self into everything she does. She has difficulties fitting into the Royal Ballet mould because her training was so different but she is getting better and better and she is incredibly brave in my opinion to have a go at everything even if it's completely new to her! | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Tamara Rojo: I always thought she is "patchy" - one night a brilliant performance, the next she looks like she would rather be somewhere else. However this year she has made so many brilliant, original, dramatic and beautiful performances in such a diverse range of roles that I think she can truthfully be called one of 2007's greatest dancers. | |
Submitted by: | Carmela | |
| Date | January 27, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi DonQ |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | RB La Bayadere | |
| Best Staging | RB Les Patineurs | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Ed Watson | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Leanne Benjamin & Ed Watson | |
| Most Promising Male | Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Most Promising Female | Yuhui Choe | |
| Worst Production | Carlos and the Cubans | |
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Alexandra Ansanelli in Rubies- I don't think I understood the terms speed demon/dare devil until I saw her in this! (And kudos to Ricardo Cevera for matching her all the way!) | |
Submitted by: | Sarah G | |
| Date | January 26, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels |
| Best New Production | Jewels | |
| Best Revival | Mayerling | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Sarah Lamb | |
| Best Partnership | Tamara Rjo and Carlos Acosta | |
| Most Promising Male | Rupert Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Sarah Lamb absolutely outstanding in Rubies (Jewels) in fact, the whole Royal Ballet in Jewels was amazing. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Jewels really made me want to see more Balanchine! I hadnt seen many of his ballets before and this has made me want to explore! | |
Submitted by: | Clare | |
| Date | January 26, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Edward II - BRB |
| Best New Production | JewelsRB | |
| Best Revival | Giselle-ENB | |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker - RB | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Watson,Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Glurjidze,Klientova | |
| Best Partnership | Watson/Benjamin Oaks /Thomas Edur | |
| Most Promising Male | Putov | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | lisa Green | |
| Date | January 26, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Edward II - BRB |
| Best New Production | JewelsRB | |
| Best Revival | Giselle-ENB | |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker - RB | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Watson,Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Glurjidze,Klientova | |
| Best Partnership | Watson/Benjamin Oaks /Thomas Edur | |
| Most Promising Male | Putov | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | lisa Green | |
| Date | January 26, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Edward II - BRB |
| Best New Production | JewelsRB | |
| Best Revival | Giselle-ENB | |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker - RB | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Watson,Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Glurjidze,Klientova | |
| Best Partnership | Watson/Benjamin Oaks /Thomas Edur | |
| Most Promising Male | Putov | |
| Most Promising Female | Sarah Lamb | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | lisa Green | |
| Date | January 26, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Jewels |
| Best New Production | Snow Queen (ENB) | |
| Best Revival | Giselle by the ENB | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Federico Bonelli | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elena Glurdjidze | |
| Best Partnership | ENB Edur/Oakes | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Giselle by the ENB | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Maria K | |
| Date | January 26, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels (RB) |
| Best New Production | Cyrano (BRB) | |
| Best Revival | Edward II (BRB) | |
| Best Staging | Cyrano, Edward II, Nutcracker (BRB) | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Johan Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Alina Cojocaru | |
| Best Partnership | Cojocaru/Kobborg | |
| Most Promising Male | Jamie Bond; Rupert Pennefather | |
| Most Promising Female | Jenna Roberts | |
| Worst Production | In the Upper Room (ABT at SW) | |
| Special Mention | A bit unfair to vote for In the Upper Room, but basically, by the end, I was far too hot (high up in SW), I thoroughly disliked the noise, and as it dragged on, I really wanted to walk out for fear of passing out. Next time maybe. Loved Symphonie Concertante but the gala pieces were not memorable. BRB's Stravinsky/Balanchine triple, coming, as it did, a week after Cyrano!! Winter Dreams, Song of the Earth - best wishes and a big thank you to Darcey Bussell. RB's new pieces on the main stage were a bit of a come-back-down-to-earth after 2006's Chroma and DGV.
Utter disaster of the year: not seeing Maria Alexandrova :-(
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Bayadere's Shades by the corps of the... RB: superb.
BBC's screening of a 1960s' RB R&J; Suzanne Farrell on a 1970s' DVD - yes please and yes please again!
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Submitted by: | Paul N | |
| Date | January 26, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels (RB) |
| Best New Production | Cyrano (BRB) | |
| Best Revival | Edward II (BRB) | |
| Best Staging | Cyrano, Edward II, Nutcracker (BRB) | |
| Best Home Company | BRB | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | ||
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
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| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | | |
| Date | January 26, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels (RB) |
| Best New Production | DGV (RB) | |
| Best Revival | Mayerling (RB) | |
| Best Staging | The Nutcracker (RB) | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Ed Watson | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianella Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | Galeazzi/Watson (when we were allowed to see them) | |
| Most Promising Male | Zachary Faruque | |
| Most Promising Female | Yuhui Choe | |
| Worst Production | The Seven Deadly Sins (deadly in every way) | |
| Special Mention | Darcey's Farewell - an unmissable theatrical occasion.
Seeing Belinda Hatley in Symphonic Variations, Yoshida's Sugar Plum (still the best) & Darcey & Jonny Cope's final pdd. Sad to think we will not see any of these again. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | NBT's The Three Musketeers - a thoroughly enjoyable romp and one of the most entertaining evenings this year. | |
Submitted by: | lbeard | |
| Date | January 26, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | BRB - Edward II |
| Best New Production | RB - Jewels (complete) | |
| Best Revival | RB - Checkmate | |
| Best Staging | ||
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| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur | |
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| Worst Production | RB - Seven Deadly Sins - disappointing, and not the dancers' fault. | |
| Special Mention | 1. The Royal Ballet School main stage performance at the ROH last July. Hugely enjoyable!
2. Cathy Marston's first Triple Bill as AD of the Bern Ballet, especially her "Firebird", after a special morning spent with the company in class and rehearsal. Truly memorable! | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Watching Darcey's farewell on TV - she really did go out at the top of her game. | |
Submitted by: | Ian Macmillan | |
| Date | January 25, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi's Don Q |
| Best New Production | Napoli/Jewels/Mozart Dances | |
| Best Revival | Onegin/Bright Stream | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | too difficult to decide | |
| Best Partnership | Kobborg/Cojocaru | |
| Most Promising Male | Eric Underwood/Zachary Faruque (Vasiliev doesn't count - he is beyond promising) | |
| Most Promising Female | Yufui Choe | |
| Worst Production | La Scala's Sleeping Beauty | |
| Special Mention | Kobborg/Cojocaru's Onegin - the best performance I saw all year.
Bolshoi's dancers - 2007 was a very good year.
Bolshoi's orchestra. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Sparatacus - in that the Macmillan angsty pieces improve in comparison | |
Submitted by: | Paul Williams | |
| Date | January 25, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi Don Q |
| Best New Production | RB Jewels | |
| Best Revival | RB La Bayadere | |
| Best Staging | RB Les Patineurs | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Federico Bonelli | |
| Best Female Dancer | Marianela Nunez | |
| Best Partnership | ENB Edur/Oakes | |
| Most Promising Male | Zachary Faruque | |
| Most Promising Female | Yuhui Choe | |
| Worst Production | Satisfaction (Schaufuss/Apollo Theatre | |
| Special Mention | RB's Gary Avis going from strength to strength. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | A bit disappointed with Morphoses at Sadler's Wells and with Misericordes by the Bolshoi. Wondering if the weight of expectation is proving too heavy for Wheeldon this year. | |
Submitted by: | annemarriott | |
| Date | January 25, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels( RB) |
| Best New Production | Snow Queen (ENB) | |
| Best Revival | Mayerling (RB), Giselle( ENB) | |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker(RB) | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elena Glurdjidze , Svetlana Zarakova | |
| Best Partnership | Natalia Osipova/Ivan Vasiliev,Maria Alexandrova /Nikolai Tsiskaridze | |
| Most Promising Male | Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Most Promising Female | Natalia Osipova | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Roberta Marquez and Ivan Putrov- Romeo and Juliet | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Natalia Osipova/Ivan Vasiliev | |
Submitted by: | Caroline Burrows | |
| Date | January 25, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Royal Ballet's Jewels |
| Best New Production | Michael Corder’s Snow Queen | |
| Best Revival | Royal Ballet's Jewels | |
| Best Staging | Michael Corder’s Snow Queen | |
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Bonelli , Watson,Putov | |
| Best Female Dancer | Lamb, Glurjidze,Osipova | |
| Best Partnership | Carlos Acosta/Tamara Rojo | |
| Most Promising Male | Viacheslav Samodurov | |
| Most Promising Female | Alexandra Ansanelli | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | English National Ballet's Christmas season at the Coliseum
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Royal Ballet's production of Jewels | |
Submitted by: | Michael | |
| Date | January 25, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Roberto Bolle | |
| Best Female Dancer | Darcey Bussell | |
| Best Partnership | Darcey Bussell and Gary Avis in Song of the Earth; Darcey and Roberto Bolle in Winter Dreams | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae, Rupert Pennefather, Bennet Gartside | |
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Darcey Bussell's final Song of the Earth - shattering. But my favourite moment last Spring was the first Darcey show at Sadler's, when I knew there was still a lot of dancing to come. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Sergei Polunin - Golden Idol
Keep noticing Romany Pajdak in things. | |
Submitted by: | Wendy Glavis | |
| Date | January 25, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Mayerling |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
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| Best Male Dancer | too many injuries to pick one this year | |
| Best Female Dancer | Alina Cojocaru, Tamara Rojo | |
| Best Partnership | RB Benjamin/Watson | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | Yuhui Choe (no, this is not a conspiracy!) | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | (just filling in the bits I missed yesterday) | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | alison | |
| Date | January 25, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels - Royal Ballet |
| Best New Production | Snow Queen ENB | |
| Best Revival | Giselle-ENB | |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker - Royal Ballet | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Ivan Vasiliev, César Morales | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elena Glurjidze,Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Watson/Galeazzi | |
| Most Promising Male | Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Most Promising Female | Asta Bazeviciute | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | alison | |
| Date | January 25, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | BRB Nutcracker (still the best!) |
| Best New Production | Wheeldon Fool's Paradise | |
| Best Revival | RB Mayerling | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi Corsair | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Robert Parker | |
| Best Female Dancer | Tamara Rojo, Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Watson/Benjamin | |
| Most Promising Male | Paul Kay | |
| Most Promising Female | Yuhui Choe | |
| Worst Production | Carlos Acosta and the Cubans | |
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | Edward Watson's debut as Rudolf and Carlos Acosta's London debut as Spartacus. Both inhabited their roles so completely- just incredible! Also very promising was Ludovic Ondiviela in Children of Adam. | |
Submitted by: | lucy | |
| Date | January 24, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | Fool's Paradise - Wheeldon | |
| Best Revival | RB Les Patineurs | |
| Best Staging | Bolshoi Le Corsaire, BRB Edward II | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | ||
| Best Female Dancer | ||
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | Carlos Acosta and Ballet Nacional de Cuba at Sadler's Wells | |
| Special Mention | Good, in no particular order:
RB: Gary Avis in so many roles this year, most recently Drosselmeyer and Mr Fox;
the Benjamin/Hristov/Watson cast in Song of the Earth, which rather got overlooked in all the fuss about Bussell's retirement, but which I thought was the superior cast;
Alina Cojocaru in Theme and Variations;
Tamara Rojo in La Bayadère, plus a special mention for the corps, who pulled off some extremely good Kingdom of the Shades scenes;
Edward Watson (plus supporting cast) in (particularly the last performance of) Mayerling;
ENB's Elena Glurdjidze as Giselle, and also as Odette/Odile; Darcey Bussell in Winter Dreams at Sadler's Wells left me wishing she'd danced it like that back when she was dancing with Mukhamedov – what a sight that would have been; the Michael Clark Stravinsky triple bill at the Barbican; ABT's David Hallberg, in a number of roles; Stuttgart Ballet's Friedemann Vogel in ENB's Swan Lake in the round, and even more so Alexander Zaitsev in Pierrot Lunaire with the RB, bringing something extra to the performances of all three dancers that we hadn't seen previously; the Bolshoi's Osipova and Vasiliev in Don Quixote – what more can I say? – also their corps in the Jardin Animé in Le Corsaire; Bad: Belinda Hatley's retirement, but good to see her going out on a high – and taking on a major new role in Mayerling so late in her career; the absence of so many of the RB's leading men, for one reason or another, from their scheduled performances this year was cause for concern, even if it did give some lower-ranked dancers a chance they otherwise might not have had; disappointment at not getting to see the scheduled cast of Watson/Galeazzi in Romeo & Juliet after their performance together in Mayerling; missing out on Kobborg in Bournonville *again* :-(; Robert Parker's too-early retirement; still concern, at the Royal Ballet, about the limited number of more junior dancers getting substantial roles on-stage, meaning that when they have to "step up" to a major role unexpectedly they can look over-exposed, which is not fair on them either. There seem to be a few rungs missing on the career ladder; La Scala's Sleeping Beauty at the ROH: handsome production, but just not danced well enough, or with the sort of conviction it needs.
Middling:
ABT's visit to London, so much looked forward to, was overall just, well, not quite as good as expected. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Edward Watson as Crown Prince Rudolf. I think even those of us who'd believed him fully capable of the role and/or who'd had the privilege of seeing the last scenes "up close and personal" in a marvellous insight evening beforehand must have been surprised at just how good he was.
Rupert Pennefather, who seems to have improved in leaps and bounds over the last 3 months; Ludovic Ondiviela has also made an impression in the last year, especially in Children of Adam and Symphonic Variations; The Channel 4 programme "Strictly Bolshoi" was certainly an eye-opener;
The Bolshoi's Ivan Vasiliev – most 17-year-olds at the Royal Ballet School look like boys in comparison. I look forward to seeing him mature as a performer, and hope that his career will be guided intelligently. | |
Submitted by: | alison | |
| Date | January 24, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels(RB) |
| Best New Production | The Canterville Ghost(ENB) | |
| Best Revival | Mary Skeaping Giselle (ENB) | |
| Best Staging | Swan Lake (ENB) | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | the Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Edward Watson,Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elema Glurdjidze,Sarah Lamb | |
| Best Partnership | Federico Bonelli /Marianela Nunez | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Glurdjidze's Gypsy Girl | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Daria Klimentova in Snow Queen | |
Submitted by: | Martina | |
| Date | January 24, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Don Quixote Bolshoi |
| Best New Production | Jewels(RB) | |
| Best Revival | Swan Lake (ENB) | |
| Best Staging | Snow Queen | |
| Best Home Company | English National Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Gary Avis | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elena Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Thomas Edur/Agnes Oaks | |
| Most Promising Male | Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Most Promising Female | Asta Bazeviciute | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Christopher | |
| Date | January 24, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Don Quixote Bolshoi |
| Best New Production | Jewels(RB) | |
| Best Revival | Swan Lake (ENB) | |
| Best Staging | Snow Queen | |
| Best Home Company | English National Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi Ballet | |
| Best Male Dancer | Gary Avis | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elena Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Thomas Edur/Agnes Oaks | |
| Most Promising Male | Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Most Promising Female | Asta Bazeviciute | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Christopher | |
| Date | January 24, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | A million kisses to my skin/David Dawson |
| Best New Production | Roméo et Juliette/Sasha Waltz (POB) | |
| Best Revival | Swan Lake/Derek Deane (ENB) | |
| Best Staging | Roméo et Juliette/Sasha Waltz (POB) | |
| Best Home Company | English National Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Iceland Dance Company | |
| Best Male Dancer | César Morales | |
| Best Female Dancer | Leanne Benjamin | |
| Best Partnership | Stéphane Bullion & Mathieu Ganio in “Proust ou les intermittences du Coeur”/Roland Petit (POB) | |
| Most Promising Male | Rupert Pennefather (RB) / Mathias Heymann (POB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Mathilde Froustey (POB) | |
| Worst Production | Giselle (Cuban National Ballet) | |
| Special Mention | Elsinore (Wheeldon) by the Bolshoi Ballet. Just saw it once so I couldn’t make it my number one but I’ve been impresssed | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | maraxan | |
| Date | January 23, 2008 | |
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| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | | |
| Date | January 23, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi Spartacus |
| Best New Production | The Snow Queen | |
| Best Revival | Royal Ballet Jewels | |
| Best Staging | ENB Swan Lake | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elena Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Thomas Edur/Agnes Oaks | |
| Most Promising Male | Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Most Promising Female | Caroline Duprot | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Natalia Osipova's Kitri | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Kate Ashley | |
| Date | January 22, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | jewels |
| Best New Production | Snow Queen (ENB) | |
| Best Revival | Giselle(ENB) | |
| Best Staging | Snow Queen | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | ENB Edur | |
| Best Female Dancer | ENB Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Watson Galeazzi | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ENB Bazeviciute | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Deborah Chesterman | |
| Date | January 22, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Bayadere (RB) |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | La Bayadere (RB) | |
| Best Staging | Swan Lake (RB) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Gary Avis | |
| Best Female Dancer | Alina Cojocaru | |
| Best Partnership | Thomas Edur/Agnes Oaks | |
| Most Promising Male | Bennet Gartside | |
| Most Promising Female | Caroline Duprot | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Zenaida Yanowsky's Black Queen in Checkmate.
The Artistes of the Royal Ballet, whose magical performances throughout the year allowed me to believe that Swan Princesses, Shades and Flower Fairies actually exist | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Darcey's Farewell. What a marvellous triple bill (Checkmate, Symphonic Variations, Song of the Earth)spanning the history of the RB, and what an emotional climax. The last 15 minutes of Song of the Earth (with Acosta, Avis and Bussell)were breathtaking. | |
Submitted by: | Cheyne | |
| Date | January 21, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Le Corsaire |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Paquita in Paris | |
| Best Staging | Romeo and Juliet | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Svetlana Zarakova | |
| Best Partnership | Acosta Rojo | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | Rojo | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Flower scene in Le Corsaire | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Paquita in Paris | |
Submitted by: | ARTHUR WYATT | |
| Date | January 20, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Bolshoi Spartacus (with Acosta) |
| Best New Production | Morphoses/Wheeldon Fools Paradise | |
| Best Revival | RB Mayerling | |
| Best Staging | ENB Swan Lake | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | ENB Thomas Edur | |
| Best Female Dancer | RB Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Yanowsky/Greve | |
| Most Promising Male | RB Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | ENB Asta Bazeviciute | |
| Worst Production | Carlos and the Cubans | |
| Special Mention | Natalia Osipova's Kitri at the Coliseum which more than justified the hype surrounding her! A chance to see the great Wendy Wheelan with the Wheeldon company at Sadler's Wells. Her After the Rain duet in particular was breathtaking. Russell Maliphant and Isaac Julien's collaboration, Small Boats, which was quite mesmerising and one of my favourite pieces from Dance Umbrella last year. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The Romeo and Juliet of Roberta Marquez and Ivan Putrov. This turned out to be my favourite performance of this ballet for quite some time. | |
Submitted by: | M Gilby | |
| Date | January 19, 2008 | |
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| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | mayerling |
| Best New Production | wheeldons stuff at sadlers | |
| Best Revival | jewels | |
| Best Staging | three musketeers nbt | |
| Best Home Company | royal ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | edward watson | |
| Best Female Dancer | alina cojocaru | |
| Best Partnership | edward watson mara galeazzi | |
| Most Promising Male | zachary faruque | |
| Most Promising Female | lauren cuthbertson | |
| Worst Production | carlos acosta and cubans | |
| Special Mention | darceys farewell
belinda hatley's farewell
both will be much missed and fondly remembered
pennefather and cuthbertson in swan lake - very promising start
steven mcrae and alina cojocaru in romeo and juliet
martin harvey and ian mackay in edward 2 brb | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | watson and galeazzi in romeo masterclass - what a treat we were to get until they changed the autumn casting - please can we get them together next time??
jonny cope coaching in any masterclass - very entertaining and informative | |
Submitted by: | julia jones | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Don Quixote Bolshoi |
| Best New Production | Le Reveil de Flore Mariinsky | |
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Ivan Vasiliev as Basil | |
| Best Female Dancer | Mara Galeazzi | |
| Best Partnership | Natalia Osipova/Ivan Vasiliev ,Federico Bonelli /Marianela Nunez | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Marianela Nunez and Thiago Soares in Diamonds | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Ivan Vasiliev as Basil | |
Submitted by: | Maria Kunova | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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| Best Revival | ||
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| 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: | | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Don Quixote Bolshoi |
| Best New Production | Le Reveil de Flore Mariinsky | |
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Ivan Vasiliev as Basil | |
| Best Female Dancer | Mara Galeazzi | |
| Best Partnership | Natalia Osipova/Ivan Vasiliev ,Federico Bonelli /Marianela Nunez | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Marianela Nunez and Thiago Soares in Diamonds | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Ivan Vasiliev as Basil | |
Submitted by: | Maria Kunova | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Don Quixote Bolshoi |
| Best New Production | Le Reveil de Flore Mariinsky | |
| Best Revival | ||
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Ivan Vasiliev as Basil | |
| Best Female Dancer | Mara Galeazzi | |
| Best Partnership | Natalia Osipova/Ivan Vasiliev ,Federico Bonelli /Marianela Nunez | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | Marianela Nunez and Thiago Soares in Diamonds | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Ivan Vasiliev as Basil | |
Submitted by: | Maria Kunova | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | ENB -Mary Skeaping Giselle |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | The Sleeping Beauty’ - Mariinsky | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Mariinsky | |
| Best Male Dancer | Thomas Edur | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elena Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | ||
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ENB - Mary Skeaping Giselle | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Nata R | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels (RB) |
| Best New Production | Le Corsair - Bolshoi | |
| Best Revival | RB Romeo and Juliet | |
| Best Staging | The Nutcracker (NBT) | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Kobborg /Cojocaru | |
| Most Promising Male | Bell from NBT | |
| Most Promising Female | Gittens from BRB | |
| Worst Production | Sleeping Beauty by La Scala Ballet | |
| Special Mention | final performance of Darcey Bussell | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Spartacus of Acosta
Giselle of Glurjidze | |
Submitted by: | Anita Andric | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels (RB) |
| Best New Production | Le Corsair - Bolshoi | |
| Best Revival | RB Romeo and Juliet | |
| Best Staging | The Nutcracker (NBT) | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Kobborg /Cojocaru | |
| Most Promising Male | Bell from NBT | |
| Most Promising Female | Gittens from BRB | |
| Worst Production | Sleeping Beauty by La Scala Ballet | |
| Special Mention | final performance of Darcey Bussell | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Spartacus of Acosta
Giselle of Glurjidze | |
Submitted by: | Anita Andric | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels (RB) |
| Best New Production | Le Corsair - Bolshoi | |
| Best Revival | RB Romeo and Juliet | |
| Best Staging | The Nutcracker (NBT) | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Glurjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Kobborg /Cojocaru | |
| Most Promising Male | Bell from NBT | |
| Most Promising Female | Gittens from BRB | |
| Worst Production | Sleeping Beauty by La Scala Ballet | |
| Special Mention | final performance of Darcey Bussell | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Spartacus of Acosta
Giselle of Glurjidze | |
Submitted by: | Anita Andric | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | ENB -Snow Queen |
| Best New Production | Snow Queen | |
| Best Revival | Romeo & Juliet - The Royal Ballet | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | The Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | E. Watson | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elena Glurdjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Watson/Galezzi | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | Natalia Osipova - The Bolshoi,Yuhui Choe | |
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Luxford James | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Jewels - Royal Ballet |
| Best New Production | Snow Queen | |
| Best Revival | Romeo & Juliet - The Royal Ballet | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta | |
| Best Female Dancer | Elena Glurdjidze | |
| Best Partnership | Natalia Osipova/Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Most Promising Male | ||
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | The ENB -Elena Glurjidze and her Giselle | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The ENB -Elena and her Giselle | |
Submitted by: | Salomea Dupont | |
| Date | January 18, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | |
| Best New Production | ||
| Best Revival | Sylvia | |
| Best Staging | ||
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | ||
| Best Male Dancer | Edward Watson | |
| Best Female Dancer | Alina Cojacaru | |
| Best Partnership | Watson/Galezzi | |
| Most Promising Male | Stephen McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | ||
| Worst Production | ||
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | L Williams | |
| Date | January 14, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | - |
| Best New Production | Fools' Paradise (Wheeldon) | |
| Best Revival | Mayerling (RB), DonQ (Bolshoi) | |
| Best Staging | Le Corsaire (Bolshoi) | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Carlos Acosta (for Spartacus) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Zenaida Yanowsky | |
| Best Partnership | Ansanelli-Cevera (in Rubies) | |
| Most Promising Male | Sergei Polunin (RB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Yuhui Choe (RB) | |
| Worst Production | Carlos Acosta & the Cubans at Sadler's Wells | |
| Special Mention | Zenaida Yanowsky & Kenneth Greve's Swan Lake; Edward Watson's Rudolf; Belinda Hatley in Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan; Carlos Acosta's Spartacus; the energy and power of the Bolshoi during their London tour; Alexandra Ansanelli and Ricardo Cevera in Rubies | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Roberta Marquez and Ivan Putrov in Romeo and Juliet | |
Submitted by: | Anna C | |
| Date | January 14, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Romeo and Juliet |
| Best New Production | RB Jewels | |
| Best Revival | RB Romeo and Juliet | |
| Best Staging | RB Jewels | |
| Best Home Company | RB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Kobborg for Mayerling/Onegin | |
| Best Female Dancer | Alina Cojocaru | |
| Best Partnership | Cojocaru/Kobborg in Onegin | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Yuhui Choe | |
| Worst Production | Carlos and the Cubans | |
| Special Mention | Steven McRae's Romeo - to be that brilliant at 21, WOW !
Carlos Acosta in Spartacus - his best performance all year by a mile.
Vasiliev and Osipova in Don Quixote.
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| Eye-opener of the Year | Leanne Benjamin as Juliet
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Submitted by: | anna merrick | |
| Date | January 13, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Don Quixote (Bolshoi) |
| Best New Production | Elsinore (Bolshoi) | |
| Best Revival | Jewels (RB) | |
| Best Staging | Checkmate (RB) | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Sergei Filin | |
| Best Female Dancer | Maria Alexandrova | |
| Best Partnership | Natalia Osipova/Ivan Vasiliev | |
| Most Promising Male | Ivan Vasiliev (Bolshoi) | |
| Most Promising Female | Lauren Cuthbertson (RB) | |
| Worst Production | Paso a tres (Acosta's Cuban guests) | |
| Special Mention | Ivan Vasiliev's breathtakingly high jumps in "Don Quixote". Sergei Filin's effortless partnering and unforced style in "Le Corsaire". Maria Alexandrova's passionate intensity in "Elsinore". Tamara Rojo's exquisite beauty in "Emeralds". Lauren Cuthbertson's Odette was not flawless, but so tender and shapely with her sense of English classicism. Gary Avis, Darcey and Acosta - deeply moving in "Song of the Earth", committed to the choreography and totally driven by the music. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | The continued brilliance of the Bolshoi with a season that revealed new qualities and still more superb artists. | |
Submitted by: | jenny dunx | |
| Date | January 12, 2008 | |
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| 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: | PB2003 | |
| Date | January 11, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Le Corsair (Bolshoi) |
| Best New Production | Snow Queen (ENB) | |
| Best Revival | Mayerling (RB) | |
| Best Staging | Awakening of Flora (Kirov) | |
| Best Home Company | ENB | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Acosta (Spartacus) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Katya Osmolkina (Kirov) | |
| Best Partnership | Maria Alexandrova and Nikolai Tsiskaridze | |
| Most Promising Male | Matthias Heymann (POB) | |
| Most Promising Female | Mathilde Froustey (POB) | |
| Worst Production | Seven Deadly Sins (RB) | |
| Special Mention | ||
| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | Mary B | |
| Date | January 10, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | none that was outstanding |
| Best New Production | again, same as above | |
| Best Revival | La Sylphide (Boston Ballet) | |
| Best Staging | La Bayadere (Bolshoi Ballet) | |
| Best Home Company | N/A | |
| Best Visiting Company | N/A | |
| Best Male Dancer | Herve Moreau (Paris Opera Ballet) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Alina Cojocaru (Royal Ballet) | |
| Best Partnership | N/A | |
| Most Promising Male | Mathias Heymann (Paris Opera Ballet) | |
| Most Promising Female | Misa Kuranaga (Boston Ballet) | |
| Worst Production | Don Quixote (National Ballet of Cuba) | |
| Special Mention | I don't get to see Alina live very often, but she is THE STAR of the 21st Century...and has taken Guillem's place to represent herself as THE prima ballerina assoluta. | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | the rise in the overall level of the Boston Ballet. | |
Submitted by: | Terry | |
| Date | January 07, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Spartacus (Acosta cast) |
| Best New Production | Pasellio (Phoenix Dance Theatre) | |
| Best Revival | Jewels (RB) ie. revived by Bal Trust | |
| Best Staging | The Nutcracker (NBT) | |
| Best Home Company | ||
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Acosta (for Spartacus) | |
| Best Female Dancer | Maria Alexandrova | |
| Best Partnership | Nao Sakuma/Chi Cao (BRB) | |
| Most Promising Male | Ivan Vasiliev (Bolshoi) | |
| Most Promising Female | Momoko Hirata (BRB) | |
| Worst Production | A Sleeping Beauty Tale (NBT) | |
| Special Mention | The electricity between Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in the Bolshoi's "Don Quixote" and their extraordinary technical whizz-bang.
The death of Tanja Liedtke, just weeks after I had seen her superb "Construct"
The "Send in the Clowns" section from Michael Clarke's "Mmm"
Robert Parker's Farewell at Salford | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | Carlos Acosta as "Spartacus". I had never really enjoyed him, nor the ballet that much, but seeing him in this role completely lifted the scales from my eyes. The best evening in the theatre I have had this year. | |
Submitted by: | Ian Palmer | |
| Date | January 05, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | La Bayadere by the Bolshoi |
| Best New Production | Snow Queen by the ENB | |
| Best Revival | Giselle by the ENB | |
| Best Staging | Nutcracker by the Royal Ballet | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | E. Watson | |
| Best Female Dancer | T. Rojo | |
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| Worst Production | Sleeping Beauty by La Scala Ballet | |
| Special Mention | Seeing my first ballet (Alice in Wonderland by the ENB) was a great introduction to ballet for a ballet virgin The great moment would be becoming hooked on ballet after seeing Giselle (and particularly the dance of the shades) Continual wow - watching the Bolshoi perform in several shows Most moving moment the opening 5 minutes of Emeralds in the Jewels by the Royal Ballet - that for me was the most sublime piece of ballet I've seen in 2007. Most amusing moment, being inspired to take up ballet and doing adult beginners classes at the RAD Center :) | |
| Eye-opener of the Year | This year has be a year of continual eye openers as in my previous 30 odds year I had never seen a ballet performance or had the desire to go. Finally agreeing to go with my wife and finding a form of expression and artistic beauty that is wonderful to watch will always make 2007 a special year for me. Ending up with me lucky catching 11 ballets and taking classes, life will never be the same. | |
Submitted by: | Mark Handford | |
| Date | January 04, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Edward BRB |
| Best New Production | Jew | |
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| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | leonard james | |
| Date | January 02, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | Edward 2nd |
| Best New Production | Jewels | |
| Best Revival | Cyrano BRB | |
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| Eye-opener of the Year | ||
Submitted by: | james slater | |
| Date | January 02, 2008 | |
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Best Production Overall | RB Romeo and Juliet |
| Best New Production | Wheeldon Company premieres | |
| Best Revival | RB Romeo and Juliet | |
| Best Staging | RB Tales of Beatrix Potter | |
| Best Home Company | Royal Ballet | |
| Best Visiting Company | Bolshoi | |
| Best Male Dancer | Johan Kobborg | |
| Best Female Dancer | Alina Cojocaru | |
| Best Partnership | Kobborg and Cojocaru | |
| Most Promising Male | Steven McRae | |
| Most Promising Female | Yuhui Choe | |
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| Special Mention | Steven McRae as Romeo-I was upset to hear Kobborg was injured but so excited when I was told who was to replace him. The evening actually bettered my expectations. He was superb, both in dancing and acting and must be promoted very soon! | |
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Submitted by: | Tiffany | |
| Date | January 02, 2008 |