Jan McNulty

I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere but IMHO it is sublime:

Cinderella Games - online premiere Tuesday 14 July, 7pm ballet.org.uk/cinderella-games Cinderella Games, a ground-breaking film project inspired by Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella, will receive its online premiere at 7pm on Tuesday 14 July on English National Ballet’s Facebook and YouTube channels. Cinderella Games is the third dance film English National Ballet has produced that is directed and choreographed by Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple – known collectively as Jess and Morgs. Immediately after the short film premieres, a special online Q&A will be shared in which Jess and Morgs discuss their creative process, the making of Cinderella Games, and sources of artistic inspiration. This original dance film takes inspiration from Christopher Wheeldon’s production of Cinderella yet imagines the fairy-tale with an alternate ending: after the ball the real Cinderella was never found, and instead a sinister game show now exists in which contestants compete for its title. Shot in the spectacular locations of the Royal Albert Hall and Kempton Steam Museum, Cinderella Games is full of intricate choreography, quirky theatrical performances and dark humour. To bring it to life, English National Ballet’s Engagement Department recruited 35 inter-generational participants from a range of dance backgrounds to work alongside professional performers Chihiro Kawasaki and Matthew Hawkins, giving them the opportunity to experience life on a professional film set, and to be involved in a ground-breaking dance for the camera project. Cinderella Games was screened during English National Ballet’s Autumn/Winter 2019 tour as a curtain raiser for select performances of Cinderella. Throughout 2020, the film is being screened at film festivals worldwide. -ENDS- Link to watch when the film is released: English National Ballet is a National Portfolio Organisation supported by Arts Council England. About English National Ballet English National Ballet has a long and distinguished history. Founded in 1950 as London Festival Ballet by the great English Dancers Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin, it has been at the forefront of ballet's growth and evolution ever since. English National Ballet brings world class ballet to the widest possible audience through performances across the UK and on eminent international stages including The Bolshoi Theatre and Palais Garnier; its distinguished orchestra, English National Ballet Philharmonic; and being a UK leader in creative learning and engagement practice, building innovative partnerships to deliver flagship programmes such as English National Ballet's Dance for Parkinson's. Under the artistic directorship of Tamara Rojo CBE, English National Ballet has introduced ground-breaking new works to the Company's repertoire whilst continuing to honour the tradition of great classical ballet, gaining acclaim for artistic excellence and creativity. 2019 saw English National Ballet enter a new chapter in its history with a move into a purpose-built state-of-the-art home in East London which brings a renewed commitment to, and freedom for, creativity, ambition, and connection to more people, near and far, than ever before. www.ballet.org.uk About Jess and Morgs Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple have been making work together since 2005. Their films have been shown on Channel 4, BBC iPlayer, Canal + and internationally at festivals including FIFA (Montreal) Cinedans (Amsterdam), Agite y Sirva (Mexico), Screendance (Stockholm) and San Francisco Dance Film Festival (USA). Their work has been screened at Sadler’s Wells, King’s Place, on large scale pop-up screens in Trafalgar Square and The London Southbank. Curing Albrecht (commissioned by English National Ballet in association with MIF) had over 150k views and 3k shares in its first weekend online and was subsequently hosted on BBC iPlayer and Canal+TV. To date, it has won 7 awards at International Film Festivals, including Best Dance Film 2017 at New Renaissance Film Festival (UK), Best Director at Portland Dance Film Festival (USA), and the Audience Award at Barcelona’s prestigious Choreoscope Festival. Their most recent work An Evening with Taglioni was funded by Arts Council England and was made in partnership with English National Ballet. This is due to be released in 2020. Jess and Morgs have a particular interest in the dancing camera, the malleability of time through post-production technology and the use of surrealist imagery and humour to provoke new ways of thinking about the traditional art forms, making work that is relevant to today and to new audiences. Alongside their collaboration, Jess was a dancer for Company Wayne McGregor for 11 years and Morgs is a freelance choreographer for dance and theatre.www.jessandmorgs.com About Arts Council England Arts Council England is the national development body for arts and culture across England, working to enrich people's lives. We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries - from theatre to visual art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country.www.artscouncil.org.uk

McNicol Ballet Collective in an original dance film - In Ecstacy Starring our amazing cast - William Bracewell, Delia Mathews, Teo Dubreuil, Laurie McSherry-Gray & Giulia Frosi. We are delighted to announce In Ecstasy has made the official selection for the ChoreoScope Dance Film Festival in Barcelona alongside its previous successes at dance film festivals in Russia, San Francisco, Sans Souri, Portland and Lisbon, significantly expanding the reach and impact of our work. Watch here With Your Support! Thank you to The Linbury Trust and Arts Council England for their vital support and helping us during these difficult and uncertain times. We acknowledge there will be new challenges ahead however we remain committed to bringing you new and innovative collaborations that are relevant to the times in which we live. We are determined to present our ‘From Life’ programme of four world premieres and we will update you with further news as time allows. In the meantime, we have not stood still. MBC has used this opportunity to reflect deeply, recharge and further develop our strategic and future plans. MBC stands for artistic excellence, innovation and creation, with your support we remain committed to delivering on our long term vision in an ambitious, creative and sustainable way. If you want to help shape our future and can support us now during these challenging times, please donate below by August 31, 2020 . Help us by joining our community of supporters who are passionate about bringing new works to life. Donate https://vimeo.com/435739992?mc_cid=fbd8bc978d&mc_eid=7dd5b96f57

Robert Parker was just amazing - as was Carol-Anne Millar! Robert Parker's final ever performance with BRB was as Captain Belaye in a performance at The Lowry.

I thought it was just sublime and, as you say, very moving - especially the final minute or so.

Hello SillySally and welcome to the Forum!

Moving Through A Pandemic - a co-commission from the FT and Sadler's wells featuring, amongst others, Matthew Ball. It's rather lovely: https://www.ft.com/video/61f0ea6c-f2e4-4faa-873c-8544e7940727?fbclid=IwAR1YPOx8U4HZEZ2kKQRvdiIn5_z4e_3RsqJ3zQSXnfeblOCUAR77icUGUHM

There have been teasers about it Ian but it was only released at 9am this morning.

So do we all Fiz! Thanks.

We've had a trail cam set up in Rimrose Valley Country Park. This is the latest compilation.

And more information in this press release: SWAN LAKE BATH BALLET Photo credit: Ryan Capstick · Swan Lake Bath Ballet film by Corey Baker to be released on BBC iPLAYER and BBC.CO.UK/ARTS Wednesday 8th July at 9.00 am BST · A modern-day Swan Lake filmed entirely remotely in the filled bathtubs of 27 elite ballet dancers from around the world Corey Baker Dance has created a new short film entitled Swan Lake Bath Ballet which will receive its world premiere screening on BBC iPlayer and bbc.co.uk/arts on Wednesday 8th July at 9.00 am BST as part of BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine, bringing arts and culture to the homes of the nation under lockdown. Set to Tchaikovsky's famous swan theme, 27 elite ballet dancers from renowned dance companies perform a modern-day Swan Lake from their own home filled baths. Award-winning choreographer Corey Baker worked with dancers across the globe to choreograph and film Swan Lake Bath Ballet completely remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the film, Baker’s quirky choreography is performed in baths from New Zealand to South Africa, America to Hong Kong, Australia to the UK. Swan Lake Bath Ballet was filmed on smart phones, directed by Baker from his bathroom in the UK. Dancers found innovative solutions including a child’s scooter, piles of books and even a toilet plunger to help stabilise and enable camera angles. Baker worked with long-time collaborator producer Anne Beresford as well as Director of Photography Nicola Daley ACS (Harlots, Paradise Lost), Editor Travis Moore, supported by Line Producer Guy Trevellyan. The team combined innovative technological solutions such as the app FiLMiC Pro and Zoom along with household makeshift tripods to make the film remotely. Dancers filmed themselves, sometimes assisted by their housemates or partners, all directed by Baker and Daley from their separate bathrooms in the UK. Baker says about the experience, ‘It was like trying to hang a picture with your eyes closed from 5 miles away’. The performers were drawn from a long list of distinguished companies including American Ballet Theatre, Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin, National Ballet of Canada, Dutch National Ballet, Birmingahm Royal Ballet (with whom Baker has a long relationship) and The Royal New Zealand Ballet, where Baker is Choreographer in Residence. Baker says: ‘I am hugely indebted to the amazing 27 dancers and all the companies who really pulled the stops (plugs?) out to make this film happen. Dancers became camera operators, stage managers, as well as costume and prop department not to mention performing tricky choreography at the same time, all from their bath tubs’. Corey Baker Dance has an international reputation for creating a diverse array of work across film, TV and theatre, using unusual locations and reaching non-traditional theatre audiences. Antarctica: The First Dance (Channel 4/The Space) was filmed on the icy continent celebrating Antarctica while we still have it. This was the first of three dance films with a ‘green’ focus, the other two being Spaghetti Junction with dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet and Hong Kong Ballet filmed beneath Birmingham’s (in)famous motorway intersection and Lying Together with Hong Kong Ballet, filmed on location in rural and urban green spaces across Hong Kong. Both Spaghetti Junction and Lying Together were shown on BBC Culture in Quarantine in May/June 2020 for World Earth Day and World Environment Day respectively. Swan Lake Bath Ballet was commissioned by Arts Council England and BBC Arts as part of Culture in Quarantine. With thanks to Royal Albert Hall. About Culture In Quarantine BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine initiative is an essential arts and culture service across BBC platforms that will keep the arts alive in people’s homes, focused most intensely across BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Sounds, BBC iPlayer and www.bbc.co.uk/bbcarts. We are doing this in close consultation and collaboration with organisations like Arts Council England and other national funding and producing bodies. This arts and culture service includes: · Guides and access to shuttered exhibitions, performances or permanent collections in museums , galleries and performance spaces; · Ways to experience books with privileged access to authors including a collaboration with the Big Book Weekend amongst other initiatives. · Jewels from the archive as well as brand new content ensuring that brand new theatre and dance performances will join with modern classics to create a repertory theatre of broadcast. · Participatory offers including masterclasses and ways to enable audiences to create at home through Get Creative · Topical arts through Front Row, Front Row Late, Free Thinking and more · A fund with Arts Council England to support around 25 artists to create new work · A place for arts organisations to share innovations from quarantine and for audiences to discover new things through www.bbc.co.uk/arts

Hello Danceboy and welcome to the forum!

Let’s hope so.

More detail here and discussions please:

Yes, I thought Hernandez acting showed up more on film than on stage.

Here's another one (the more the merrier): https://platform.organise.org.uk/campaigns/1094?rkey=So5bCoL6bpxo67gV&utm_source=share&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=HjYDGUTy7i1onCWp

Oh no!!

Thanks for the info FionaE - I wish I lived nearer London as I feel starved of live performance. If you are going, I hope you report back!

There's a thread with a couple of videos about professional dancers' pointe shoe hacks. It may be worth a look:

Links - Saturday 04 July, 2020 Obituary - Saroj Khan, Bollywood choreographer: Guardian Streaming News: Royal Opera House, latest listings for #OurHouseToYourHouse: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Streaming Reviews - Dancing at Dusk: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper Streaming Review - Zurich Ballet, Romeo and Juliet: Oksana Khadarina, Fjord Review Feature - Holly and Duncan Wilder talk about their dance films: Lorna Irvine, Fjord Review

There's a letter to Rishi Sunak that the Public Campaign for the Arts is asking people to sign: https://www.campaignforthearts.org/letter/

Thoroughly enjoyed this podcast and can't wait for the next!

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Northern Ballet has issued an End of Season announcement. The dancers leaving the company have been listed but they have stated there will be no promotions due to the C-19 pandemic and new dancers cannot yet be announced. https://northernballet.com/blogs/northern-ballet/20-07-01/2020-leavers I feel so sad for the dancers who have retired having missed their valedictory performances due to the pandemic. Of course this has affected many dancers in many companies. The leavers are Hannah Bateman (retiring), Nicola Gervasi (retiring), Nina Querioz da Silva, Abigail Cockerell, Ayça Anil and Ommaira Kanga Perez. I send them all my best wishes for the future.

As part of the company's Pay as You Feel digital season Northern Ballet has just released a second excerpt from January's 50th Anniversary Celebration Gala. This excerpt is SHEER BLISS!!!