alison Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Ooops, missed that. We really must keep an eye on London Live (those of us who can - does it extend far beyond London?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Ooops, missed that. We really must keep an eye on London Live (those of us who can - does it extend far beyond London?) The link I posted gives a live internet feed to the channel. It is part of the free view channels, and I can even watch it in Switzerland online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Nice Oh well, I recorded it when it was on at Christmas, so will watch it sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 The Red Shoes is on BBC2 this afternoon (11th March): http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-03-11/freeview-film-of-the-day-the-red-shoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 You've beaten me to it, Janet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I tuned in by chance yesterday to The Big Painting Challenge on BBC1. I generally try to avoid these types of programmes and this one seemed to be no exception, in that it contained just about every cliché known to the genre. However, this episode was about capturing the human body in motion. The challenge was to produce a painting of a live solo dancer and then a group of dancers. Interpretation of the action was up to the painters. The results differed hugely, as one might expect. Some showed an eye for the subject, some none at all. Anyway, my question, if anyone who may have watched the episode, is who were the dancers? Their names flashed by in the credits which I have tried to rewatch on my tablet but it refuses to pause at the right moment, so I can read them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavycapers Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) They were from the London Ballet Company, Jacqueline. I hadn't heard of them before, but their website says: 'The London Ballet Company brings the highest quality dance performances to intimate theatres, venues, and bespoke engagements'. I think the task was near impossinle, bearing in mind that they did not have the dancers in front of them for much of the time. I wonder why they didn't have two groups of dancers that could pose and rest in turn. Edited March 13, 2017 by cavycapers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 I think they've been mentioned on these pages before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 They were from the London Ballet Company, Jacqueline. I hadn't heard of them before, but their website says: 'The London Ballet Company brings the highest quality dance performances to intimate theatres, venues, and bespoke engagements'. I think the task was near impossinle, bearing in mind that they did not have the dancers in front of them for much of the time. I wonder why they didn't have two groups of dancers that could pose and rest in turn. Many thanks for that info. I also thought the task was near impossible. I think I heard the presenters say the painters had just two hours to come up with something representative of the dancers and their movements or stillness. No wonder there were so many disjointed limbs and odd splodges of colour. I did quite like the one by the blonde haired woman whose name I can't remember. It was more of a suggestion of shape, colours and movement, than an attempt to paint real body shape and could make a good poster or greetings card. The picture of the three dancers en pointe made them look like they all needed the loo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 On Sunday April 2nd at 8 pm BBC4 is showing a 1-hour programme called Giselle: Belle of the Ballet, in which Tamara Rojo uses ENB's two productions as a basis for an examination of "the cultural and social background to the ballet's genesis in 1840s Paris, and the spiritual themes that have fuelled its success over the last 175 years." There's a clip showing the first 3 minutes of the programme here 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Northern Ballet's Goldilocks and the Three Bears is being shown on CBeebies over Easter. The exact dates and times have not yet been published. https://northernballet.com/blogs/kathryn-piekarski/17-03-27/goldilocks-the-three-bears-to-be-screened-at-easter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 On Sunday April 2nd at 8 pm BBC4 is showing a 1-hour programme called Giselle: Belle of the Ballet, in which Tamara Rojo uses ENB's two productions as a basis for an examination of "the cultural and social background to the ballet's genesis in 1840s Paris, and the spiritual themes that have fuelled its success over the last 175 years." There's a clip showing the first 3 minutes of the programme here Sounds great! (How does TR do it all??!!). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 On Sunday April 2nd at 8 pm BBC4 is showing a 1-hour programme called Giselle: Belle of the Ballet, in which Tamara Rojo uses ENB's two productions as a basis for an examination of "the cultural and social background to the ballet's genesis in 1840s Paris, and the spiritual themes that have fuelled its success over the last 175 years." There's a clip showing the first 3 minutes of the programme here Thank you for that great clip, Jane. Will look forward to the programme. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 And don't forget Young Dancer of the year tomorrow at 8pm on BBC 4 .....it's the ballet section this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 On 27/03/2017 at 17:27, Jane S said: On Sunday April 2nd at 8 pm BBC4 is showing a 1-hour programme called Giselle: Belle of the Ballet, in which Tamara Rojo uses ENB's two productions as a basis for an examination of "the cultural and social background to the ballet's genesis in 1840s Paris, and the spiritual themes that have fuelled its success over the last 175 years." There's a clip showing the first 3 minutes of the programme here Thought I'd better bump this, because what with the software upgrade many people may not have registered that it was posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) BBC-2 Saturday 23 April, 7:55 am Film "That's Entertainment!" (1974) Compilation of highlights from MGM musicals. Among the cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly, not to mention dozens of other stars. Edit: Complete credited cast http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072272/ Edited April 20, 2017 by Amelia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Amelia said: BBC-2 Saturday 23 April, 7:55 am Film "That's Entertainment!" (1974) Compilation of highlights from MGM musicals. Among the cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly, not to mention dozens of other stars. Edit: Complete credited cast http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072272/ This is the first and the best of four superb compilations mainly from MGM musicals - TE1, 2, and 3 plus That's Dancing. To quote Frank Sinatra in TE1 - “You can wait around and hope but you’ll never see the likes of these again”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, David said: This is the first and the best of four superb compilations mainly from MGM musicals - TE1, 2, and 3 plus That's Dancing. To quote Frank Sinatra in TE1 - “You can wait around and hope but you’ll never see the likes of these again”. And it's given me "That's Entertainment" as an earworm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 TONIGHT! BBC-2 8:00 pm Final of the annual BBC Young Dancer of the Year concert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 The production of "Ballet Shoes" from a few years back is on the Drama channel tonight at 7 pm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 Borrowed from the Crystal Pite/Betroffenheit thread: 7 minutes ago, John Mallinson said: The broadcast is on Sunday May 7 at 9pm on BBC4 Unmissable, in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 BBC TWO 6 June 06:25 am That's Entertainment! III More classic excerpts from MGM musicals, starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. BBC TWO 6 June 09:05 am Silk Stockings Cyd Charisse stars as a Soviet agent who falls in love with Fred Astaire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMM1 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 1 hour ago, Amelia said: BBC TWO 6 June 06:25 am That's Entertainment! III More classic excerpts from MGM musicals, starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. BBC TWO 6 June 09:05 am Silk Stockings Cyd Charisse stars as a Soviet agent who falls in love with Fred Astaire. It is next Saturday 6th May, not June, that these are on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Thank you very much, RMM1. I don't know how I managed to type a wrong month. Probably, thinking at that time about my holidays in June. May be the moderators will be able to correct it in my post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 On 29/04/2017 at 13:00, alison said: Borrowed from the Crystal Pite/Betroffenheit thread: Unmissable, in my opinion. Just a reminder for people to set their recorders for Sunday night, if they feel so inclined BBC4, I think at 9 pm, but do check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 21 hours ago, alison said: Just a reminder for people to set their recorders for Sunday night, if they feel so inclined BBC4, I think at 9 pm, but do check. Thanks for this, so used to seeing no dance on tv I'd missed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 I will clearly be in a minority of one, if not actually up for lynching, and I know that the Betroffenheit back story was terribly tragic, which makes a negative reaction that much more difficult, but I found it selfconscious, unintelligible, overlong and I was so frozen with boredom that I could barely make it through to the end. It was, by the way, very much liked by a certain Exeunt contributor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 I have just tuned in to Hardtalk on the BBC 1 rolling news at 12.30 with Michaela de Prince speaking very poignantly and articulately about wartorn Sierra Leone and the strength that she has derived from the difficulties in her past. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Has anyone recorded “Pride and Prejudice” (1940 film) which was shown on BBC2 last Sunday? A friend of mine who is doing research on social dance in films asked me to record it. I dutifully set up recording but after 2 hours noticed that recording lasted only 30 min. My old Sony does it sometimes. Such a bad luck! I shall be very grateful if someone, who recorded it, can share it with me. I can offer something interesting in exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 5 hours ago, Amelia said: Has anyone recorded “Pride and Prejudice” (1940 film) which was shown on BBC2 last Sunday? A friend of mine who is doing research on social dance in films asked me to record it. I dutifully set up recording but after 2 hours noticed that recording lasted only 30 min. My old Sony does it sometimes. Such a bad luck! I shall be very grateful if someone, who recorded it, can share it with me. I can offer something interesting in exchange. Here it is (for under the cost of what Amazon would ask for just postage!):- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pride-and-Prejudice-Greer-Garson-Laurence-Olivier-Romance-1940-/222523766409?hash=item33cf733689:g:VhQAAOSwfRdZMGZf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I didn't expect to find such an old film available online. Luckily, the online services continue to be helpful as well as forum Members' support. Thank you so much, Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveclassics Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) 13 hours ago, Geoff said: Here it is (for under the cost of what Amazon would ask for just postage!):- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pride-and-Prejudice-Greer-Garson-Laurence-Olivier-Romance-1940-/222523766409?hash=item33cf733689:g:VhQAAOSwfRdZMGZf I've only just seen this post but I recorded it too - luckily with more success so I can burn it to DVD for my collection. Much as I admire Colin Firth's interpretation I still think Olivier's resolutely charmless Darcy is brilliantly successful. Though it's a pity the costumes are of the Victorian era, rather than the more appropriate Regency. I've noticed that the dear old Beeb has been showing a lot of classics lately and they tend to be uncut and, of course, without those dratted ads. But if you want to buy commercial DVDs of 20th Century classics you can find them in all sorts of odd places. The Edinburgh Wool Factory shop, for example, found in many Wyevale garden centres, always has a very good selection of these lovely old movies and all for a few pounds. Linda Incidentally I'm happy to help anyone who would appreciate access to my old movies collection. Edited June 7, 2017 by loveclassics P.S. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 19 hours ago, Amelia said: Has anyone recorded “Pride and Prejudice” (1940 film) which was shown on BBC2 last Sunday? A friend of mine who is doing research on social dance in films asked me to record it. I dutifully set up recording but after 2 hours noticed that recording lasted only 30 min. My old Sony does it sometimes. Such a bad luck! I shall be very grateful if someone, who recorded it, can share it with me. I can offer something interesting in exchange. Well, you can find it online here Something interesting? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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