Was wandering around the newly revised NYCB website, to see what the new design would look like, etc., and discovered that Sofiane Sylve is no longer listed as a dancer with the NYCB.

[Since we no longer have a forum grouping by company (boo, hiss, etc.), this was the only place I could find to post this info. Sorry if it's in the wrong place.]

Oh no! I just checked too. Some of her best picture at her website are NYCB.

You're right!



Thanks , I think, harpergroup.

Not much has changed on the site besides the lovely salmon background (now white) and the masthead font.

This is major bad news.

Plus Hubbe coming up.

Argh ...

I too am not happy about this as I enjoyed watching her.

But last year with the few appearances she made both in Winter and Spring, I thought the handwriting was on the wall .

Too bad for us.

That's too bad. I guess I'm lucky to have seen her Titania at the Kennedy Center last March, huh?

I find Hubbe as exciting as white bread and mayo.

Chacun a son gout.

Everyone has his gout?

Each to his own (taste).

thanks

FYI - Obviously there's a communications issue at NYCB: while the webpage did not list Sylve on the roster, the program on the opening night of rep had her still listed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_cross_buns

I was unsure from this entry whether this was a form of white bread.

But, according to Julia Child, 'mayo......, like hollandaise, is a process of forcing egg yolks to absorb a fatty substance, oil in this case, and to hold it in thick and creamy suspension.'

She's not talking about Miracle Whip, is she? Even I've had homemade mayonnaise.

as were several others, but while I'm sorry to hear about Sylve too, much sorrier that Hubbe's leaving. He was the most exciting dancer in the company.

I've written to the contact on Sylve's website. Let's see if there's a response. This is when companies' publicity departments irk me. How hard would it have been to have on the news page "Ms. Sylve has left NYCB in order to pursue opportunities elsewhere. We wish her luck in the future" instead of just slipping her name off the site?

Her photo is missing from the lobby billboard that features the principals....

>...much sorrier that Hubbe's leaving. He was the most
>exciting dancer...

And Nikolaj Hubbe showed us last night in Zakouski how very sorely he will be missed at NYCB. A strenuous pas de deux, with lots of tricky partnering, Nikolaj performed his part in top form with all the high energy, sexy, masculine power he is well known for. NYCB's Elvis, many of us say...


Sofiane Sylve having left NYCB was devastingly bad news.

Such random acts of civility elude most major ballet companies, alas. Refined bodies, crass minds and manners!

I don't know about "most major ballet companies," but I haven't expected acts of civility, random or otherwise, from NYCB, since 1993.

I missed this change. Why did it occur? (You can just direct me to a link if it's already been explained.)

http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=25479

True enough! Funny, though: I misread "1993" at first as 1933!

1933 saw an act of extreme ballet civility -- the founding in Paris of Les Ballets 1933 by Edward James as a gift to his wife, the dancer Tilly Losch. Just to clarify -- I was born in 1932.

I googled Sofiane Sylvie, and came up with this link to the NYCB website:

http://www.nycballet.com/company/personnel...stic/sylve.html

It has the black and white background of the new site, so it's quite perplexing indeed.

When you look at the list of dancers she does not appear, but going through google gets you different results.

Speaking of the site and recent departures, I've noticed that Holly Hynes is no longer listed? When did she leave? I thought she was a key part of the institution.

Sofiane Sylvie has an air of confidence and competance, a solidity and a strength that is very, very distinctive. She was a rare flower in our soil, and I for one will miss her sparkle and verve. There are many causes for her departure that one can speculate about, but I guess we'll never know the real reasons. For some reason the world of ballet chooses to be very opaque.

Looks like Ms. Sylve has relocated to San Fransisco, as guest artist for the 2008 season.

http://www.sfballet.org/about/company/danc...asp?id=12340152

Maybe now they won't miss Gonzalo Garcia quite so much...

Lucky San Francisco - I'll miss her in NY. I some BTers will be reporting on her from CA

My thought exactly. I wish her all the best of luck in San Fran

And while Muriel Maffre is not replaceable, I can easily imagine Sylve taking on some of her roles with great success.

So why then, tonight, (Jan 18) is she still on the roster in the program, and has her photo in the "Principals" section?
???????????????????

Because before her departure, the printer ran off enough copies of the body of the Playbill to last through month's end.

Aha.

Hello from San Francisco.

Ms. Sylve is listed as a 'guest artist', so no telling how long she'll be around. Last night was the opening, and she's not shown yet on the casting (which is only up through February 5); no idea what she'll be dancing. Based on the comments here, I'm looking forward to seeing her.

Peggy

I am hoping to see her in person too. I have seen her on video and she is very special to watch. Being on the west coast I hope to see her in person this season.

Sofiane Sylve will be dancing Myrtha for the opening of Giselle at San Francisco Ballet on February 16, along with Yuan Yuan Tan (Giselle), Tiit Helimets (Albrecht) and Pascal Molat (Hilarion).

Just wanted to say that I saw Giselle tonight and it just keeps getting better (I first saw it in 2002 with Joanna Berman as Giselle, again in 2005 with Tina Le Blanc). Yuan Yuan and Tiit were wonderful together, Damian was his usual diabolical Hilarion (casting had changed over the week. Pascal was in the Pas de Cinq tonight, but will dance Hilarion on Tuesday), and Sofiane was fabulous as Myrtha.

Hey everyone,

This weekend I finally watched Dutch National Ballet's "The Sleeping Beauty" registration with Sofiane Sylve, that I had taped when it was aired on Dutch television December 31st (or 25th or something).
Before the first act Ted Brandsen, artistic director of Dutch National Ballet, was interviewed about the ballet, the company, and the principals in the registration.
He said that, as of that moment, Sofiane 'removed herself' from NYCB and will now be a full time "free-lance international guest-artiste"!
So I guess this is good news for everyone (even those in NY I think): she'll probably be guesting everywhere and much more often now!

Sofiane will be performing in 'In the Night' this Thursday 3/6 in Program 4 (All Jerome Robbins). Her partner is Tiit Helimets and they are the second couple. Here's the link to casting for the program:

http://www.sfballet.org/performancestickets/casting.asp

I will be there so I will post a report.

Excellent!

Unfortunately, casting changed and Sofiane did not perform tonight. She was replaced by soloist Elana Altman. Hopefully Sofiane will perform on another night and I hope to catch her then.

Sorry to hear that.

I'll continue to look forward to your report.