News from the Royal ballet: Evgenia Obraztsova will perform Aurora in the Royal Ballet's upcoming run of the Sleeping Beauty, as a replacement for Lauren Cuthbertson. Her partner will be David Makhateli.

Great news for all Evgenia's London fans!

http://ballettalk.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=30311
http://www.roh.org.uk/whatson/production.a...mp;header=image
She'll dance on Oct 31 (1:30pm), Nov. 14th (7pm)

This is a huge honor for her! Congratulations to you Genichka

And a great honour for us in London too, to have such a great replacement for Lauren!

First Osmolkina, now Obraztsova. London is so lucky!

Obratzova & Asylmuratova have received the 2009 Spirit of Dance (Soul of Dance), "Star" and "Teacher" awards from Russia's Ballet Magazine. Congratulations to them both!

http://www.russianballet.ru/rus/soul.htm *(latest edition in Russian only).

So far, there are no official reviews for Obratzova's Aurora debut in the Messel reconstruction. This wasn't a press performance. Hopefully, there are BT'ers in London who attended who will post reports. Obratzova has two more "Beauty" performances on Nov 14 and Nov 21. She also has a Maryinsky "Giselle" on Nov 19 sandwiched in between. Her Albrecht will be L. Sarafanov.

Soul of Dance Award + triumphs in London as Aurora in two productions (Mariinsky + Royal) SHOULD equal an elevation to Principal at the Mariinsky, non? This should confirm what most of us have kown for years.