bangorballetboy Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Enjoyed Akimov's class this morning before I had to go to a meeting. Very disappointing from Bolshoi since I returned over an hour ago - lots of recorded interviews and short "no attention span" clips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'm trying to watch on a coach with no wifi - OK if we're in an area with 4G but it all goes to pot with 3G Keeps cutting out just when I'm interested in something - it will have to be catch up for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) Oh dear, I'm not getting much work done today! I love, love, love watching class. And it was utterly wonderful watching the Bolshoi ballet master - at 70 his ease, fluidity & musicality were almost more interesting than the dancers. Seeing Steven McRae's feet in the allegro (playing as I type) is a lesson in speed of light movement. It's such a privilege seeing the usually private time of company class. I'd be happy watching class all day and very sorry to miss the AB due to time differences. I remember seeing David McAllister when he was a student & very young dancer. Edited October 1, 2015 by Kate_N 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'm having a ball watching this and being on Twitter. I have done zip this morning, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) Me too, Fiz! Wasn't the section just now with Wayne McGregor wonderful? I want another life, in which I start ballet training at 10 (rather than 12) and don't stop when I'm 15, and then become a professional, and work with choreographers like that! Edited October 1, 2015 by Kate_N 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I started at 9 and my grammar school forced me to stop. As it was, my ballet teacher said I was too old to be a professional dancer which she thought I could otherwise have been. Next time I'm starting at five or six! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack.b Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Excellent Royal Ballet class ,I liked one of the young men ? Red bandana grey cut off tights lovely work . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Really impressed with Charlotte Edmonds' choreo just now. Very beautiful to watch, and lovely dancing by the two RBS students. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterankles Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Young man red bandana cut tights = Teo Dubreuil - beautiful dancer! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 All further discussion of today's event here, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 So delighted to see ENB in rehearsal for Dust now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I like the interviewer but did he have to keep going on about Tamara's appearance?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I like the interviewer but did he have to keep going on about Tamara's appearance?! People saying much the same on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Ooh, I like the look of the new Dawson Swan Lake. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 It wasn't just him to be fair another AD (Nixon?) did also. Glad this seems to be being objected to on twitter and that Tamara called them out on it. Go Tamara, definitely my feminist heroine of the day! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 David Dawson is tough with the dancers (although pleasant with it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I just made it home from Birmingham in time to see Alex Campbell and Yuhui Choe rehearsing Two Pigeons (thrilled to bits natch) then missed about an hour while visiting the dentist but have loved what I have seen so far. I felt rather emotional watching the rehearsal of Northern Ballet's Wuthering Heights, as David Nixon reminded us about the wonderful Jonathan Ollivier who created the role of Heathcliff with Charlotte Talbot as his Cathy. The first part of the rehearsal covered my favourite bit in the whole ballet where Heathcliff comes to try and persuade Cathy to leave with him. I call it the red duet as Cathy is wearing a red dress. I really must try and find a venue I can get to for Scottish Ballet's new Swan Lake; what we saw looked fabulous. I shall be looking at the bits I missed on catch-up but fabulous so far! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 A shame the interviewer just ended the RB day by referring to those young girls as nutcrackers when they were actually snowflakes! And Kevin O'Hare correcting him, erroneously, by saying that the NBOC is coming from Toronto when it is actually coming from Montreal, as the chap said! But hey, those are nitpicks. I've only been able to dip in and out, but what I saw I loved. Great to see other British companies taking part this year as well. One highlight for me was watching Matthew Ball rehearse the new role of Escamillo in Acosta's Carmen. He is going to be wonderful. I also loved watching Laura Morera in a Viscera rehearsal. It reminds me how we don't see enough of her. Technically it worked seamlessly; excellent segues and no awkward blanks or black spaces on screen, and everyone knew what they were doing. I will definitely be catching up on YouTube, and many congrats to all involved. I look forward to seeing the other companies as the day/evening progresses. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I've loved the few bits I've managed to see so far is it possible to watch the miased bits again on YouTube? Sorry to be thick not very good with techy things!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) I really must try and find a venue I can get to for Scottish Ballet's new Swan Lake; what we saw looked fabulous. How about the Liverpool Empire 1-4 June 2016 tickets on sale tomorrow 2 October 2015?!!!!! I'll be going:-)) Edited October 1, 2015 by Don Q Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 You beat me to posting DQF!!! Just found the email myself. I WILL BE THERE!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) How lovely to see Lindsay Fischer coach his daughter as Hermione in Wheeldon's lovely THE WINTER'S TALE for the NBoC. You may remember him as a dancer as he did the Agon PDD with D. Bussell when she guested during the '93 Balanchine Festival with NYCB (where Fischer was a principal). That segment was one which the BBC chose to (understandably) show from the full broadcast in their highlights programme. Indeed you can see them in the link below (which also features the late Albert Evans and the wonderful Peter Boal): Edited October 1, 2015 by Bruce Wall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMM1 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I've loved the few bits I've managed to see so far is it possible to watch the miased bits again on YouTube? Sorry to be thick not very good with techy things!!! Good question. You can go back 4 hours from current on the time-bar below the screen but beyond that I've not managed. The BBC Arts page that is also hosting World Ballet Day has got a small selection of earlier pieces available. It does appear that there has been a general agreement that once the day is over the footage will be available for 30 days as several ballet companies have issued PR to this effect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Thank you RMM1 - I've found some of the bits I missed on You Tube :-) Janet - jolly good!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Has anyone found the Birmingham Royal Ballet featurette? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullContretemps Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 So annoyed I had to go to work today! Wish paying the bills wasn't necessary... Got some Australian Ballet Sleeping Beauty for breakfast and just returned half an hour ago after my own class. Not a big Chroma fan though - would rather be watching class or the RB bits. Last year I think at least RB posted their bit in full for the weekend after and then highlights which stayed on YouTube permanently. Does anyone know if they're planning the same? Would love to see the features from the other UK companies too. I still go back to the video of class from last year and watch Steven McRae's beats: phenomenal! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 the Canadians' Spectre de la Rose - were they taking the Micky or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) Has anyone found the Birmingham Royal Ballet featurette? The one with Jade and Brandon...yes. On BBC Arts website http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ebd5v2/videos/p03424qz#p03422fb Edited October 1, 2015 by Don Q Fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 So annoyed I had to go to work today! Wish paying the bills wasn't necessary... Got some Australian Ballet Sleeping Beauty for breakfast and just returned half an hour ago after my own class. You've done better than I have, then. If only the ROH hadn't scheduled 3 ballet performances on the same day, it would have made life a bit easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 the Canadians' Spectre de la Rose - were they taking the Micky or something? That's Marco Goecke's Spectre. He's resident choreographer at STuttgart and all his ballets are twitchy like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 The one with Jade and Brandon...yes. On BBC Arts website http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ebd5v2/videos/p03424qz#p03422fb Thanks DQF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 That's Marco Goecke's Spectre. He's resident choreographer at STuttgart and all his ballets are twitchy like that. Twitchy I can live with - almost complete darkness for a world wide webcast is daft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I happened to come back into the Day to find a chap apparently retching rose petals in silence, in the dark. No idea what it was, but it proved a bit addictive, so I hung on just to see what would happen next. Bemusement gradually gave way to amusement, though I fancy that may not have been what was intended, and I thought we'd reached the end at least twice before it finally came. Twitchy is certainly the word, and I'm probably quite pleased that I didn't pay admission for the experience. No need to see it again, which happens to be how I feel about the original. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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