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  1. No one has mentioned Christopher Wheeldon's version of "An American in Paris", a musical but with plenty of dancing and featuring Robbie Fairchild and the former RB dancer, Leanne Cope. Sky Arts Christmas Eve with a repeat at 10:10 a.m. Sky Arts (free to view).
  2. If there's anything ballet-related that was shown on UK TV in the last 25-30 years I probably have a DVD recording of it. I'm downsizing and have a ginormous collection of recordings i want to donate so if there's anything in particular you'd like to see, please pm me. I'm not selling but am happy to give stuff to ballet-lovers, rather than add to landfill. Linda
  3. I'm with Beryl, the Ukrainian folk dance was the highlight. Two dancers obviously loving their dance together. Of the other stuff, the pop and disco stuff was fine if you've never seen MTV or been to a rock concert but the rest was rather bland. I tried to like the Pdd with Mayara & Matthew but just couldn't get in to it. Why is modern dance so depressing? Is this why the dancers all look so seriously miserable?
  4. I didn't see it, Spartacus is the type of ballet, IMHO, that only needs to be seen once, but it's available via the catch up facility on Sky.
  5. I have to agree. I loved their score for Three Musketeers and still listen to it.
  6. This is tragic. He was so young, so talented. I feel for his family and loved ones.
  7. Watching programmes about Covid isn't exactly fun but I believe in being well-informed so I watched BBC2's Pandemic 2020 on Thursday night and was rewarded with clips of Ivan Vassiliev and Maria Vinogradova rehearsing and performing Don Q. I loved watching her rehearse in the kitchen of their 'dacha', triumphantly producing a tub of ice cream at the climax of her solo, perfectly in synchronicity with the music. Then Ivan executing wonderful jeteés round the rain-soaked roundabout outside their home. (I always thought a dacha was a country house but theirs seemed to be in a typical nice suburb outside a city - could have been Kenley or Bushey Park). Finally a glimpse of the finished performance with the Bolshoi: highly enjoyable. As Vassiliev said: 'in times like this people need art'.
  8. Actually, this isn't the same series but an earlier one about musicals in the theatre. Still, an excellent programme - well worth your time. Linda
  9. Neither can I! Seems that the ROH's perennial problems with booking have returned along with the live performances. You'd think they might have spent some of their down time working on the website.
  10. Has anyone else seen Neil Brand's excellent series about movie musicals? It's currently being repeated on BBC4 and the first episode included a long segment about Fred Astaire. Lovely to watch excerpts from classics like 'Top Hat' and even better to see Steven McRae reproducing some of his amazing tap sequences. Should still be on iPlayer if you missed it. Highly recommended! Linda
  11. Thanks to everyone for their contributions. Linda
  12. Reading the Times regular update on what arts to watch online, a reference to the ROH's streaming of Faust caught my eye: "a gleefully weird send-up of French romantic ballet as choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan". I've never heard of Mr Keegan-Dolan, probably because I don't have much enthusiasm for contemporary dance but can someone better-informed than I, tell me something about him and his works? Thanks Linda
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