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Bruce Madmin

26-02-02, 06:50 PM (GMT)
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"7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
 
   LAST EDITED ON 26-02-02 AT 09:05 PM (GMT)


As of yesterday RB has 7 more dancers - all taken in from the Royal Ballet School. They have recently been on a graduate tour performing in Salt Lake City. Here are the names and great news I reckon:

Lauren Cuthbertson
Emma-Jane Maguire
Kristen McNally
Pietra Mello-Pittman
Jamie Bond
Adam Linder
James Wilkie

btw if you are intrigued by the Salt Lake City reference...
http://www.royal-ballet-school.org.uk/Events/performances.htm
http://www.royal-ballet-school.org.uk/Events/OtherEvents.htm


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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
  RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... alison 27-02-02 1
     RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... Viviane 27-02-02 2
         RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... David M 28-02-02 3
  RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... balletma 28-02-02 4
     RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... SLH 28-02-02 5
         RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... eugdog 28-02-02 6
         RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... Brendan McCarthymoderator 28-02-02 7
             RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... Wendy Glavis 01-03-02 8
             RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... roddy 01-03-02 9
                 RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... alison 01-03-02 10
         RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... vivian2 02-03-02 11
     RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... bridie 03-03-02 12
         RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... vivian2 04-03-02 14
             RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... bridie 04-03-02 16
                 RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... balletma 07-03-02 17
                     RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... vivian2 07-03-02 18
                     RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers... bridie 07-03-02 19

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alison

27-02-02, 12:50 PM (GMT)
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1. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   Are they replacing people who've left, or extra (or both?). If the former, I only know of two who've left in recent months. Jamie Bond's no surprise, since he was in the Eurovision Young Dancer competition.


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Viviane

27-02-02, 01:00 PM (GMT)
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2. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   >Jamie Bond's no surprise, since he was in the Eurovision Young Dancer competition.

And so is Lauren Cuthbertson ! She was 'Young British Dancer of the Year' 2001 and (if I'm not mistaken) second in the Adeline Genée Competition of the same year.
Warm congratulations to all !


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David M

28-02-02, 00:09 AM (GMT)
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3. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   Hi,

Jamie preceeded Laura as Young British Dancer of the Year in the competition held in 2000 , and as a result of winnig that competition , and as mentioned he represented the UK in the European Dancer of the Year 2001.

He has been seen on the stage as Covent Garden , lingering in the back ground during Don Quicxote as an extra , gaining experiance.

Juat a small question , are all the new dancers British ??????, Please do not take that wrongly as no way am i prejudicial , but the Royal Ballet need to stock up with young British talent.

Good luck to all of them in their careers.

David


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balletma

28-02-02, 01:21 AM (GMT)
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   Read the news - so pleased about Kristen McNally. I have been following her since she was a little dancer on the north west festival scene. My 13 year old daughter, who is now at Arts Ed Tring, always admired her, as did her audience.

She was a joy to watch on stage and we were delighted to see her win both the IDTA "Miss Dance" and the Senior Ballet Championship at Sheffield a couple of years ago (double whammy) before she was accepted at RBS.

She was always kind and very helpful to all the younger children, including my daughter when they were both in National Youth Ballet in 1998. Well done, Kristen - looking forward to following your career progression with interest!


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SLH

28-02-02, 10:00 AM (GMT)
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5. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   I remember Pietra Mello-Pittman from the British Dancer 2000 Finals so must be British therefore. She was commended for her performance but not placed. I vividly recall her gentle, unforced style and very pretty face.

Where is Samara Downes? She is another dancer at RBS who must be now near graduation. Lovely dancer and was also hoping that she would go to the Royal Ballet too? Does anyone have any info?


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eugdog

28-02-02, 03:00 PM (GMT)
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6. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   It seems that the RB are departing from their policy of recruiting dancers from other companies and schools are refocusing on their own school's talent.

I think this is a welcome developement.

When was the last time they recruited so many dancers - that is is nearly 10% of entire company!


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Brendan McCarthymoderator

28-02-02, 03:52 PM (GMT)
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7. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   James Wilkie was one of the most striking performers at last summer's RBS performance. On the evidence of his contributions to balletalert, he is also highly intelligent.


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Wendy Glavis

01-03-02, 10:13 AM (GMT)
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8. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   James Wilkie is another Adeline Genée prize winner: he won a Bronze medal in 2001.


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roddy

01-03-02, 10:14 AM (GMT)
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9. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   All the dancers accepted into the company are British except Adam Linder, who is Australian.


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alison

01-03-02, 01:10 PM (GMT)
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10. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   That sounds like really good news. Long may it continue.


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vivian2

02-03-02, 09:59 AM (GMT)
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11. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   SLH was asking for info on Samara Downs.
I can help.

She is not yet in the third (graduating) year. She is only half way through the second year which means she is still doing her A levels.

I agree though , she is a beautiful dancer and has won many impressive awards so I think she has a great career ahead.

She was lovely in the Nutcracker and Bayadere with RB company.

Did you by any chance see the piece specially choreographed for her by Kevin Haigen at Yorkshire BS ?. He is quite a genius and brought out such qualities in her that I have rarely seen from such a youngster in Britain.Her understanding of the music and what he wanted was uncanny.

I believe she was recently awarded the Alicia Markova Award . I shall certainly be looking out for her.She has charisma and the gift to go with it.


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bridie

03-03-02, 03:46 PM (GMT)
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12. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   yes, so nice to see a talented dancer from nyb in the RB company.I watched that year and really enjoyed it.what did the girl who played Alice that year go on to do? Do you know?Like Kristen McNally I thought she was very talented.


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vivian2

04-03-02, 09:47 AM (GMT)
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   Seen so many talented Alices. Layla Harrisona was a brilliant one. She also starred in Peter + Wolf video produced by RBS with David Johnson. Does anyone know where they are now?


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bridie

04-03-02, 06:47 PM (GMT)
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16. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   The one I was thinking of danced the role in1998 and I,m sure she went onto RBS. Did she have an Irish sounding name, something unusual anyway? She must also be near to dancing professionally.It's so good to think that these youngsters go on to fulfill their potential.


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balletma

07-03-02, 00:55 AM (GMT)
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17. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   Hi Bridie
You are right - tha Alice you are thinking about was Sinead Boughey, now at RBS. She went to the same dance school as Kristen McNally - Elizabeth Hill in Warrington. She's another supple and superbly natural dancer. (By the way, another snippet of trivia - Jennifer Ellison of "Brookside" fame - aka Emily Shadwick, also attended Hill's and was a contemporary of Kristen. The northern competition scene then was great to behold as she too had a great talent and won several awards (YBS included, I think). Ah, the draw of the silver screen was very strong for her!


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vivian2

07-03-02, 11:31 AM (GMT)
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18. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   This thread seems to have become a channel for advertising a certain teacher and their school. I dont think that was the original idea of the thread and could be construed as merely a cheap plug .

I am in no way biased but the last 2 entries are a bit 'obvious' in their intent.


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bridie

07-03-02, 05:14 PM (GMT)
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19. "RE: 7 New Royal Ballet dancers..."
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   dear balletma,
thanks for the info. I will look out for these names in my ballet programmes. I was horrified by the comments that our exchange of info about two dancers at RBS who happened to attend the same dancing school should be misconstrued as a "cheap plug"! What nonsense! I'm sure that school has plenty of members.This was simply trying to catch up on old faces and names and taking a delight in their success.


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