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The Australian Ballet

Benedicte Bemet’ debut of Giselle.

Very special & heartbreakingly beautiful.

Photo by Kate Longley.

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baby’s first woods hike! 

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Okay, but hear me out… Fernanda Muniz as a Leroux-faithful Meg Giry.

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Meg’s “Dear Old Friend” dress in LND (Aussie design)

Sharon Millerchip, Sydney

Sharon Millerchip, Melbourne

Ina Trabesinger, Hamburg

Dress in making for Tokyo

Kelly Swintt, US Tour

Dress in making for Tokyo

Nene Yumesaki (?), Tokyo

Sharon Millerchip, Melbourne

Mary Michael Patterson, US Tour

(Design by Gabriela Tylesova. Note how they’ve done at least four different takes on the bodices, with and without a coloured buttoned front and peplum, and also varying the shape and the sleeves)

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From design to costume: Meg in the “bra” bodice in Hannibal

Polly Baird and Sara Jean Ford, Broadway

Kara Klein and Mary Michael Patterson, Broadway

Nadia Komazec and Ana Marina, World Tour

Eva Maria Weber, Vienna

Maria Bjørnson’s design

Fernanda Muniz, Sao Paulo

Jessica Hill, Stockholm

Nadia Komazec, World Tour

Tehilla Blad, Stockholm

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Meg’s dotty “Bathing Beauty” costume by Gabriela Tylesova

Rena Sasamoto, Tokyo

Ina Trabesinger, Hamburg

Kelly Swintt, US Tour

Sharon Millerchip, Sydney & Melbourne

Sharon Millerchip, Sydney & Melbourne

Sharon Millerchip, Sydney & Melbourne

Ina Trabesinger, Hamburg

Rena Sasamoto, Tokyo

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i just want more meg giry appreciation in the phantom 🥺🥺🥺🥺

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these are not the best ones, the quality is just ugh; but i really like the two in the second column, so…

like if you save/use, please

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Kelsey Connolly as Meg

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Grace Horne in Phantom Of The Opera

Part 1

Taken from her Twitter

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Meg Girys in replica and non-replica design

Kamilla Tell Aronsen, u/s Meg in Stockholm (replica) and u/s Meg in Oslo (non-replica)

Micaela Sjöstedt, u/s Christine in Stockholm (replica) and principal Meg + u/s Christine in Gothenburg (non-replica)

Daisy Hulbert, principal Meg in West End (replica) and principal Meg in Thessaloniki and Athens (non-replica)

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“Tiny Dancer” - Digital Oil Painting

Some love for Meg Giry who got done dirty in the sequel. Reference pose credit to tonyc_art on Deviant Art.

Please see the pinned post at the top of my Tumblr for my links if you’d like to help support me in saving for a safe place to live!

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my brother bought me clip studio paint so obviously I had to paint a meg <3

(reference used below the cut!)

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It’s totally what Meg and Christine would do: swap costumes!

Gina Beck and Tori Johns, West End

Daisy Hulbert, West End

Celinde Schoenmaker, West End

Gina Beck and Tori Johns, West End

Celinde Schoenmaker and Alicia Beck, West End

Celinde Schoenmaker and Alicia Beck, West End

(TECHNICALLY Christine would also wear the Degas costume as a member of the Corps de Ballet, but that’s another story)

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I mean, yeah there’s humidity and all that jazz. Still, look at the quite fascinating difference in styling, shades and curls in the World Tour Megs as they appear for the curtain call

Row 1: Kiruna Lind-Devar

Row 2: Skye Weiss

Row 3: Hillary Reiter and Amelia Palmiero

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From Caru Truzzi’s Instagram post

It reads (in English)

“parte 3 Angel of music ❤️”

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POTO legends: the ballerina edition

(a most random selection, and in no particular order)

Claire Tilling: A long-serving member of the Corps de Ballet in West End, where she spent some 17 years in total. Some of these she served as the dance captain. She also starred as principal Meg Giry in 2004.

Jee Hyun Noh: She started out in the Corps de Ballet in West End in the 1990s. She then continued as principal Meg Giry in Seoul 2001-2002, and in the World Tour 2004-2006. She’s furthermore understudied Meg for many years (2012-2020?), as well as serving as the dance captain in the World Tour. She was assistant choreographer in the Stockholm revival.

Polly Baird: She was principal in the US Tour 2007-2008, on Broadway 2008-2009, 2012, and 2014-2015. She’s also understudied the role for many years, as well as serving as the dance captain on Broadway. 

Fiona Morley: She’s been in the Corps de Ballet in West End since… the mid 1990s, I wanna say? She’s also served as the dance captain for long periods, and covered heaps of different roles.

Kara Klein: She joined the US Tour around 2002, and stayed with it for 2,5 years. She then joined the Broadway production in 2005, as a member of the Corps de Ballet but also doing a run as principal Meg. She seems to have switched back and forth a big, playing Meg and being in the Corps de Ballet, but some years ago she listed a total of 3,800 performances, and 2,400 of them as Meg.

Catherine Leppingwell: She started as a member of the Corps de Ballet in Hamburg in 1999. She then joined the Copenhagen production 2000-2003, and was also there for the 2009 revival and the 2018-2019 revival. In between she’s appeared in the World Tour (ca. 2007-2009, 2014-2015) and in the Stockholm revival (2016-2017). In the original Copenhagen production she understudied the role of Meg Giry, while she in her latest run in Stockholm and Copenhagen served as a swing. 

Rachel Horn: She was in the Corps de Ballet in Essen (2005-2007), also understudying the role of Meg Giry. She joined the Copenhagen revival in 2009, understudying Meg there too. In 2013-2016 she was in the World Tour.

Dodie Pettit: She started as a member of the Corps de Ballet in the original Broadway production in 1988, after having nearly landed the role of Meg Giry. It was however a role she understudied. In 1991 she joined the US Tour, but this time as the Christine understudy, thus making her one of very few to do both roles. She stayed with the tour until 1993, when her partner Kevin Gray (playing the Phantom) left the production. 

Liesl Dowsett: She started in the Corps de Ballet in the UK Tour 1993-1995, and in the West End production 2008-2012, where she also understudied the role of Meg. She appeared as a ballerina in the 2004 movie, and in the RAH concert in 2011. She then appeared in the Restaged UK Tour 2012-2013 as the dance captain. 

Hayley Franks: She started in the Corps de Ballet in Basel (1995-1997), and after that the UK Tour. In 2000 she was a part of the original Corps de Ballet in Copenhagen, where she remained until 2003, with an additional run in 2009. She had a double role as dance captain and swing. In the 2018-2019 revival she was also involved, but I think mostly as the resident director.

Kate Wray: She started out in the Corps de Ballet in Basel (1995-1997). The next cast list I have with her features her as principal Meg Giry in the US Tour 2003-2007. She also appeared in the Hamburg production in 2013-2014, understudying Meg.

COULD ALSO HAVE INCLUDED: Heather McFadden (US Tour, Broadway), Jessica Erlich Bishop (US Tour, Broadway), Victoria Paine (World Tour, Stockholm, Copenhagen), Joelle Gates (US Tour, Broadway, Oberhausen), Heidi Ann O’Brien (West End), Sara Brenner (Canadian Tour, Toronto), Caroline Scott (Copenhagen, World Tour), Mio Ogawa (Japan), Cat Lane (South Africa, World Tour, West End)