#soloists

Idk, obviously ballet is never fair and hard-work/time spent is almost always put behind talent and percieved potential, but if I was Maria Chernyvskaya, gone to Vaganova for 7 years in hopes of joining the Mariinsky, graduated from the Vaganova 4 years ago as the top graduate in my year, served my time in the corpse, waited for my moment to break through, finally gotten big debuts as Kitri and Gamzatti - just to watch dancers from John Cranko (obviously an excellent school but not a traditional feeder school) who have built their reputation on YAGP and the wider competition circuit walk straight in at second soloist level - I think I would actually have a breakdown and scream.

Like Anastasia Lukina is regularly dancing lead roles - she has 2.5 (Kitri, Anyuta, Coppelia) listed in her upcoming perfomance tab between now and Nov 1 alone - and she is still a second soloist, i.e. the same level as Peneva and co. Though tbh if I was Lukina I'd probably be more upset about the Borodulina promotion to first soloist because just comparing their regular repetoire and casting how has that been justified...

Also, if I was Anton Osetrov and still waiting in the corps despite arguably being one of the most talented semi-recent male Vaganova graduates at the Mariinsky, regularly dancing roles like Rothbart/Espada/Paris/Corregidor etc, and being chosen by Skorik to partner her her most recent Schéhérazade. I might actually consider ending it all.

Sorry for the rant.

But yeah, maybe Peneva/Hudzelu/Orohovsky all really will be key dancers for the company in the future, but if I was a recent or upcoming Vaganova graduate looking at that decision I would be sad and worried.

When I was thinking about promotions for this season….I never saw three outsiders getting 2nd soloist. But there isn’t a lot of depth of tall, male soloists right now - and perhaps these young men are just ready in ways that some of the recent Vaganova grads are not.

But Yana Peneva? That really puzzled me as there are several coryphees who could have moved up. I also saw that Valeria Bespalova left and went to the Bolshoi — maybe these promotions played a part in her decision as she was languishing in the corps.

Chernavskaya really had a banner year last season and she’s hinted that she’ll get another Kitri soon. Maybe there’s a promotion for her not far off. She absolutely deserves it.

The Borodulina promotion really came out of left field.

I have seen some clips of Roma Hudzelu in rehearsal, and he looked electric! I am excited to see his upcoming performance in Peasant Pas in Swan lake. Sarafanov was coaching him. Make of that what you will.

I love Osterov…he will be principal one day. He’s got that “it” factor, barring the usual challenges. Kuznetsova as well.

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