Sergei Filin’s surprise appearance at the end of the Bolshoi’s performance of Jewels at the Royal Opera House in London was emotional for Bolshoi dancers and London audience alike.
The Bolshoi’s Onegin, which premièred in Moscow last month, came about after Filin’s long negotiations with Cranko’s heir, Dieter Graefe. And so it was with Jewels, with Filin convincing the Balanchine Trust to trust his company to perform one of Balanchine’s most exacting and definitive ballets. Filin succeeded, and in May of 2012, Jewels entered the company’s repertory. Fitting then that he chose to be present on the work’s opening night in London; fitting that he was sitting next to Balanchine’s muse, Merrill Ashley, who remounted Diamonds for the company.… [continue reading]
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