Marta Romagna, Ivan Vasiliev and Vittoria Valerio in Rubies
Natalia Osipova, down to dance with Ivan Vssiliev in Rubies at Teatro alla Scala, was indisposed for the dress rehearsal, the first night, and has now been replaced for the run by Vittoria Valerio.
Just last season, Vasiliev’s last minute injury before a performance of Roland Petit’s Notre-Dame de Paris, gave the unknown Claudio Coviello the chance to step in (he’d just completed the matinée performance, and was in the wings) — a couple of months later he was promoted to Principal Dancer.
Vittoria Valerio is not even a permanent member of the company, but a ‘supplementary’ dancer for the current season. She outshone Vasiliev who was visibly uncomfortable his role, and showed with seeming nonchalance every nuance of Balanchine’s fiendishly complex choreography.… [continue reading]
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