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Deborah Bull on Alessandra Ferri, on World at One today, at approximately 23 minutes in: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00021qt

Some advance notice, for once! Some time between 5 and 7 pm tomorrow, I presume, and presumably talking about his new production of Don Quixote for BRB.

Deborah Bull is currently on In Tune on Radio 3 talking about The Nutcracker. I only turned on a while ago, but it sounds as though she may be talking us through the whole thing, more or less. Will presumably be available on BBC Sounds in due course.

I'm a huge fan of Desert Island Discs and have been exploring some of the back log episodes as most are available online. I was really happy to stumble across this episode with Margot but unfortunately it's only a five minute clip as the BBC seem to have lost a lot of the original sound clips. What a shame! Anyway, I'm putting on here for those, like me, who have never heard this before. I especially love how she says she likes dancing in 'the new Romeo & Juliet'...! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p009y468

A thread for any thoughts arising from the BBC's "Proms" season this year: archive recordings until a couple of weeks before the end of the season, by which time we should be getting some live concerts, even if their current programmes are as yet unspecified. My first, rather random, thought: is Rossini's overture to Semiramide as reminiscent of the music for La Sylphide as I thought it was on Wednesday?

Confined to bed with some virus I have v much enjoyed watching The Snow Queen- it has some lovely sets and costumes, very good use of music, and an engrossing spectacle. I especially liked the market scene, the bandit camp ( reminiscent of Two Pigeons!), the wolves ( reminiscent of M Bourne's Swans!) and the strong female roles, particularly well danced I thought by the Snow Queen herself. This would be a great Christmas outing. I don't think they should have had the knife threat moments though. Has anyone else seen it?

Putting this together from a variety of sources and contributors (to whom thanks very much, particularly RMM1 and Janite) just so we have everything more or less in one place. Apologies that some of the showings are now past, but people may be able to catch up with them on BBC iPlayer at least. Northern Ballet's Victoria has already been on BBC 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cdzp A repeat of last year’s interesting Radio 3 programme about The Nutcracker was transmitted last week and is now online: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001ss8 (discussion thread here: Also past already: ‘Nutcracker’ was Radio 3’s Building a Library on Saturday 21 December 9:30 am. (Janite has put a whole load of dance-related repeats here: Matthew Bourne has already been on Private Passions on Radio 3 (22nd December); Darcey Bussell is on on 29 December. A Royal Ballet Nutcracker was on Sky Arts at 8 am this morning - not sure which one. May well be repeated at 6 am on Boxing Day (primetime viewing for ballet again, eh?) Billy Elliot The Musical (scraping the barrel a bit) is just about to start on Pick (Freeview channel 11) as I write. A repeat of Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet is on BBC Two on Christmas Day at 12 noon. Derek Jacobi narrates The Nutcracker at 5 pm on Christmas Day on Classic FM. (For opera lovers, there's Glyndebourne's Magic Flute on BBC4 Christmas Day, 7 pm) Essential Royal Ballet is on BBC Four on 29th December at 7pm. Described as Katie Derham introduces a spectacular selection of highlights from an incredible past decade at the Royal Ballet. Snow Queen by Scottish Ballet is on BBC Scotland on 24th and 28th December at 7.30pm (or possibly 8.15 pm, depending on sources). Also on BBC4 on Sunday 5th Jan at 7.30pm The filmed Romeo & Juliet: Beyond Words starring Francesca Hayward and William Bracewell Romeo & Juliet: Beyond Words is on BBC Two on New Years Day at 5.30pm. There's a "Cinderella" showing on Sky Arts at 6 am on 2nd January - no idea whether it's actually a ballet or not. Darcey Bussell: Looking for Margot BBC 4 10pm, Sunday 5th January 2020 ... and I realise I haven't actually finished going through the radio section of the Radio Times ... Please let me know what I've missed, and I'll add it.

A repeat of last year’s interesting Radio 3 programme about The Nutcracker was transmitted last week and is now online: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001ss8

I notice there is a programme on the BBC World service at 0900 on Thursday 7 November about Nureyev.Guests in the discussion include Julie Kavanagh and Thierry Fouquet.

What it says, really. ("Robert Battle (Alvin Ailey AD) currently on Radio 3's In Tune")

Graham Norton will be talking to them about the R&J cinema broadcast. Their segment is due to start at 12:05. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004lxp

(Edit: A home for old posts relating to BBC Radio 3's "In Tune" drivetime programme. Details and iPlayer links will be out of date.) Sorry for short notice, however In Tune is usually on iPlayer for one week. An interview with Christopher Wheeldon, accompanied by Royal Ballet ballerina, Beatriz Stix-Brunell. The programme runs from 4.30pm until 6.30pm.

Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker will be appearing on Radio 3's In Tune at some stage this afternoon.

This will include BBC broadcasts during the week Sun 31 March-Sat 6 April, with a live streaming day on Fri 5 April. https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/errz3d/live/c4rp5v

Deborah Bull's essay on Nijinsky will be broadcast on Wed 8th Nov at 10.45pm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09d41qw

Start the Week, Radio 4, 21:30, Mon 12th December, about the Bolshoi, 'collision between art and politics'.

Celine Gittens from Birmingham Royal Ballet on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour this week, talking about the role of Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker (and other things). https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001p64 Haven't seen this noted on the forum so thought I would post it, apologies if it is a duplicate of information already posted somewhere else.

I've seen various references to Tamara Rojo being due to guest-edit "Today" on BBC Radio 4 this coming Christmas. Here's one of them: https://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/news/dit-perm-sec-antonia-romeo-approached-guest-edit-bbc-radio-4-today-programme

Just spotted this interview from the BBC archives: it's available on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ncxwd#play

Starting Saturday 3rd June, a six part series (I think) in which Katie Derham explores the relationship between music and dance in a variety of genres. The first episode is about Ashton. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08thknr

Ed Watson will be the guest on Radio 3's Private Passions on Sunday 18 December: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0855ynh

Sometime between 7.15 and 7.45 on Radio 4, talking about his new production of The Red Shoes.