kwanfan1818
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Kochetkova was asked for several reasons: she's tiny and was originally brought in to replace an injured Cojocaru, Cornejo's scheduled partner. (Sarah Lane was already partnered with someone else in the run.) She trained at the Bolshoi School, danced with ENB and the Royal Ballet before joining San Francisco Ballet, and, besides being ubiquitous on the international gala circuit, she's guested with the Bolshoi and Stanislavsky ballets and has as solid a resume and pedigree as just about any of their recent guests, aside from Osipova and Mariinsky one-offs. Not that there's anything wrong with being a San Francisco Ballet dancer: Sarah van Patten has blown away anything I've seen from any of the ABT ballerinas in years during my sporadic visits.
The question is why they continue to import -- she's been back again to be Cornejo's partner -- instead of giving the chances to their own dancers. I don't have a sense of who's short enough for Cornejo besides Lane,and, ironically, McKenzie doesn't see Natalie Portman's "Black Swan" dancing double Lane as Odette/Odile material.
Martine van Hamel was a goddess on the stage.
The question is why they continue to import -- she's been back again to be Cornejo's partner -- instead of giving the chances to their own dancers. I don't have a sense of who's short enough for Cornejo besides Lane,and, ironically, McKenzie doesn't see Natalie Portman's "Black Swan" dancing double Lane as Odette/Odile material.
Martine van Hamel was a goddess on the stage.
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