Averbukh's shows

[Rina RUS]

(update)
It is said Kulik is Paris who loves Juliet.

 

[Willowway]

(update)
It is said Kulik is Paris who loves Juliet.

That makes perfect sense. I'm so pleased that he's part of the production

 

[Willowway]

Rina - how right you are! Not bad, huh?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVuDR1hgEJu/?taken-by=averbukhofficial

Rina - I know that the show opens on July 1 in Sochi. Do you know how long is it running there?

Edited to add - The show runs in Sochi from July 1 to October 1. Tickets are at
http://romeojuliet.ice-show.ru/kupit-biletyi.html

 

[Rina RUS]

Tatiana Totmyanina - Juliet
Maxim Marinin - Romeo
Alexei Yagudin - Mercutio
Ilya Kulik - Paris
Roman Kostomarov - Tybalt
Maxim Trankov - The Prince of Verona
Tatiana Volosozhar - The Wife of The Prince
Oksana Domnina - The Plague
Maxim Shabalin - Benvolio
Maria Petrova - Laura
Alexei Tikhonov - Friar Laurence
Margarita Drobyazko - Montague
Povilas Vanagas - Montague
Albena Denkova - Capulet
Maxim Staviski - Capulet
Vladimir Besedin - Romeo's friend
Alexei Polishuk - Romeo's friend
Yana Khokhlova - The Nurse
Evgeni Kuznetsov - Balthasar
Ekaterina and Alexander Tchesna - The Birds of Paradise


They also promise to perform in Moscow from October 28 to November 6 and in St.Petersburg from November 16 to November 18.
(Yet as for Moscow and Peter, I am not sure about Kulik, Volosozhar, Trankov. Maybe they promised, maybe Averbukh is ready to invite somebody else - like he invited Gordeeva to "Carmen"...)

 

[Rina RUS]

Poor Max! Are they sure?..
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVu2xUoFdHR/

Rina - how right you are! Not bad, huh?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVuDR1hgEJu/?taken-by=averbukhofficial

Why am I "right"? Maybe I should have said: "Averbukh says Kulik is Paris".

 

[whiteskates]

OMG! Kulik looks great! Very handsome man.

 

[Rina RUS]

This video is not bad. Other videos still are too short.
Volosozhar and Trankov:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg8c2dB29ps


after show party
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWEERZIly4f/

a pic (together)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWE8C0sAD1E/

 

[Rina RUS]

TAT came to hug everybody.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXAqLaZggDe/
(yes, they are bare-footed)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXAnUZlhHgz/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXAwCx9lPCY/

Ilya Kulik and Alexei Yagudin have learned to jump together.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWDrLsgAEwg/

And the girl who was impressed and decided to make a bag with "Romeo and Juliet" picture.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXDlLVcDeqd/

 

[supersloane]

Any idea if Kulik is extended beyond the Sochi run of the show?

 

[Rina RUS]

Any idea if Kulik is extended beyond the Sochi run of the show?

They don't say anything (as far as I know)

 

[OrioleBeagle]

It would be cool if Averbukh did an
ice version of the Broadway musical "Pierre and the Great Come of 1812"!

 

[supersloane]

They don't say anything (as far as I know)

I keep asking on the FB page but alas... no response. Kulik seems to have fit in so perfectly into Averbukh's company so I hope he stays on board.

 

[Willowway]

I keep asking on the FB page but alas... no response. Kulik seems to have fit in so perfectly into Averbukh's company so I hope he stays on board.

I imagine that the answer to your question might be that he will not extend beyond Sochi - I have no confirmation of that. I do agree that Ilia seems to fit well and is skating beautifully in this production. That's Ilia, the performer. Ilia, the coach, works with his daughter Liza who competes in the US and has moved to the Senior Ladies level this season. Balancing performing and coaching is, I'm sure, challenging and no doubt he is trying to do the best he can.

All that said, I do hope that he participates in future Averbukh projects as time permits - he appears happy and his still terrific skills are being used well.

ETA - Volosozhar and Trankov are also scheduled to leave after Sochi. The production has I think 3 weeks before opening in Moscow - lots of time for put-in rehearsals.

 

[Rina RUS]

You can see "CARMEN" from the beginning to the end here (HD):
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...rbukh-s-team&p=1770538&viewfull=1#post1770538

Including the videos with Ekaterina Gordeeva in "Carmen".


"THE CITY LIGHTS" from the beginning to the end (HD):
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...rbukh-s-team&p=1760808&viewfull=1#post1760808

 

[Tinami Amori]

Auerbuch never stops impressing me with his creativity and business skills ALL in one person. Just LUUUVE this guy!

 

[Willowway]

BTW, looks like Kulik might be staying with the show after Sochi. He will not be performing in the ScottCARES fundraiser in Cleveland on Nov. 4 telling the producers that he will be out of the country at that time. So he might still be with R&J.

 

[Rina RUS]

Auerbuch never stops impressing me with his creativity and business skills ALL in one person. Just LUUUVE this guy!

Thank you, Tinami Amori. I love these people, because they love each other and give their love to many people around. Even Carmen's story looked like a happy celebration, when they presented it.

 

[Rina RUS]

Averbukh's team has made a beautiful video about their love

We also can see Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov in it, maybe it means, that Tatiana and Maxim are going to skate in Moscow, because the text in the end reminds about the performances in Moscow.

the video: Marinin and Somova, Yagudin and Totmyanina, Tikhonov and Petrova, Staviski and Denkova, Trankov and Volosozhar, Kostomarov and Domnina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fphb0plecj8

You can see the translation here:
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...rbukh-s-team&p=1773214&viewfull=1#post1773214

By the way, Ilya uses not the word "show" in the end of this video. It is said: "dramatic theatrical on ice". I think I like it. Let it be!

 

[Rina RUS]

"Romeo and Juliet" - some videos


the beginning: Domnina, Tikhonov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDK2O_Kq75I&t=0m20s

Verona; VT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMI00hWyfhg

Yagudin
(Romeo tells about his strange dream, Mercutio answers: "Let's go to the ball!")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc0LFmFhQXI

Romeo and Juliet: first sight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tUQho1eDI8

Kulik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHaQas9YeQ&t=0m3s

Men, Mercutio's death, Tybalt's death, VT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLHQyYrR3RM

TTMM, Juliet's parents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agskz4deS4I

Benvolio tries to tell Romeo, that Juliet is alive (I guess Benvolio dies)
Mercutio's soul
Montague and Capulet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzGZcSRFpcE

TTMM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAHmf9C3B3Q

the final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvYSA4WhXqA&t=1m48s

 

[Willowway]

Thank you so much for the links - this is great!!!

 

[znhurston]

Two quick takeaways on Tat's 70th:
1) Kulik still slays after all these years. I could watch him skate all day.
2) Tat's been around so long I was surprised to learn that she was just 70.

 

[Rina RUS]

2) Tat's been around so long I was surprised to learn that she was just 70.

Yes, Tatiana Anatolievna was very young, when she had to become a coach.

 

[Rina RUS]

Averbukh promises, that Trankov is going to be The Cheshire Cat in his New Year theatrical for children.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZD3t9rAKrj/

 

[supersloane]

Averbukh promises, that Trankov is going to be The Cheshire Cat in his New Year theatrical for children.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZD3t9rAKrj/

And Ilia Kulik as the Mad Hatter! https://www.instagram.com/p/BZJVm9uAGSN/

 

[Tinami Amori]

Was "Ruslan and Ludmila" Tale on Ice mentioned yet? Navka as "Lumila". Petr Chernyshev "Ruslan".... ha!

It is Navka's OWN production.

Starting Dec 23. 2017.
http://fortune-tour.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/original_118-960x410.jpg
http://www.ilya-averbuh.ru/ruslan_i_ludmila.html

 

[Rina RUS]

Was "Ruslan and Ludmila" Tale on Ice mentioned yet? Navka as "Lumila". Petr Chernyshev "Ruslan".... ha!
It is Navka's OWN production.

Yes, this is Navka's own show. She said she didn't know who could be her partner, she hoped Kostomarov could work with her.
"Ruslan and Ludmila" is a poem by Alexander Pushkin. It is said, that Pushkin had created the contemporary Russian language. Pushkin is "our everything".

 

[Rina RUS]

Averbukh also says, that he works (or worked) with Sofia Bogdanova. She skates without ice, but she is a World champion. He didn't say what was his work for her.

this is one of Sofia's videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZrd7FC-WxY

and here is the post by Averbukh
https://www.instagram.com/p/BYz31m1ACLA/

 

[Rina RUS]

Yesterday was the first performance in Moscow
https://www.instagram.com/p/BazYC91g0pn/
Kulik is with them, as far as I see.

 

[Willowway]

Yesterday was the first performance in Moscow
https://www.instagram.com/p/BazYC91g0pn/
Kulik is with them, as far as I see.

Yes, Ilia decided to stay for the whole run and confirmed that he will be doing Alice in Wonderland also.

 

[Rina RUS]

Yes, Ilia decided to stay for the whole run and confirmed that he will be doing Alice in Wonderland also.

As for the "Alice" theatrical... the video on this page (https://icetickets.ru/events_page/?guid=2ba15b93-7c1d-11e7-93ef-d067e5eaac19) says: Gordeeva, but Kulik isn't mentioned now. The video also says, that Trankov is going to be The Hatter. Petrova and Tikhonov are going to be in this story too. In Moscow.

"The Nutcracker" (which was in Moscow a year ago) is going to be in St.Petersburg. (TTMM, Yagudin)