Naomi M

3 hours ago, Don Q Fan said:

Irina Perren at Michailovsky Ballet notified a gala she is in is  available on YouTube

 

Saw this live last summer. This gala had quite fabulous participants as well as Irina Perren,  Andrei Yermakov, Oksana Bondareva, Victor Caixeta, Laura Fernandez, Vitali Amelishko and Nika Tsikhvataria.

On 15/04/2020 at 00:42, Don Q Fan said:

 

I must say that the Polish National Ballet Sleeping Beauty I watched yesterday was beautifil I really enjoyed it and especially seeing Dawid Trzesensimiech (ex Royal ballet) as Prince Desire.  It was really lovely beautiful set and costumes (if a little orangey in aura at times!) It was esepcailly good that the Price and carabosse were dressed in silvery grey so it was easy to see them when the lights went down.  It will air again on 18 and 25 April at 5pm UK time.  Chinara Alizade was Aurora but I missed that she did not put her hands above her head when doing the Rose Adagio 😞

 

Chinara Alizade got injured on her next performance of Sleeping Beauty, she tore her Achilles. 

François Alu's video made me laugh a lot. 

3 hours ago, Richard LH said:

I found this on social media.....a Blu-ray of the Takada/ Campbell performance of 2019 is apparently due for release in May.

The ROH told me in January that the recording company Naxos has no plans to release this,  so I assume it is a different recording (but the same cast) to that shown here in cinemas - but presumably only to be released in Japan. 

I am wondering  who is distributing the BluRay/DVD and how to get hold of a  copy here.......

Having no  understanding of Japanese, can anyone help out?

 

This blu-ray is distributed by Shinshokan, which is a publisher that publishes Shinshokan Dance Magazine, so it is not available on Amazon Japan  (I don't know why but they usually don't deal with Shinshokan DVDs) and this online store does not ship overseas.

https://www.fairynet.co.jp/SHOP/4560219325555.html

It will be in stores in May here, and maybe at that point there will be other retailers that will ship overseas, I will look out for that. 　(Probably HMV Books here deals with Shinsokan DVDs so I think it will be distributed there and that store does ship overseas https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/ )

32 minutes ago, Ian Macmillan said:

In what may yet prove to be a triumph of hope over experience, I see that the RAH Performance has been rescheduled for 6 May:

 

https://www.culturewhisper.com/r/dance/polunin_cojocaru_kobborg_romeoandjuliet_rah/15166

 

 

It is May 2021

Here is the official announcement from Prix de Lausanne.

https://www.prixdelausanne.org/schools-companies-chosen-by-the-2020-prize-winners/

1- MASCIARI Marco – Italy

Company chosen: the Royal Ballet / Apprenticeship offered by Oak Foundation

2- ARBUCKLE Ava – USA

School chosen: John Cranko School / Scholarship offered by Bourse Jeune Espoir

3- SANTANA João Vitor – Brazil

Company chosen: TO BE CONFIRMED / Apprenticeship offered by an Anonymous Donor

4- ZHANG Lin – China

School chosen: the Hamburg Ballet School / Scholarship offered by Émile Chouriet

5- KANG Chaeyeon – South Korea

School chosen: the Royal Ballet School / Scholarship offered by the Fondation Coromandel

6- HOLELEU Matei – Romania

Company chosen: the English National Ballet / Apprenticeship offered by Fondation Albert Amon

7- VAZ Vitor Augusto – Brazil

Company chosen: the Royal Ballet School/ Apprenticeship offered by Fondation Caris – Jeune Espoir

8- WANG Yuyan – China

Forfeited her apprenticeship. The apprenticeship is offered to:

PIRES Catarina – Portugal

Company chosen: Dutch National Ballet – Junior Company / Apprenticeship

So a few other winners will be joining RBS, and Matei Holeleu will be joining ENB as apprentice. 

Last year's winner Sumina Sasaki (currently on apprenticeship)  wrote on her blog that she will be joining RB as artist next season. 

Not YouTube but La Scala's Nureyev Sleeping Beauty with Polina Semionova and Timofej Andrijashenko

https://www.raiplay.it/video/2020/03/La-bella-addormentata-2f2b817f-bb7e-4c34-95c7-b1777a4a7d24.html

A tweet by Alastair Macaulay. Some of the dancers (and a staff) were ill at Stuttgart. 

I love the Isabelle Guerin workout videos at home washing dishes, ironing clothes.

6 hours ago, alison said:

A Japanese musician was being interviewed on Radio 3 earlier: she said that many performances in Japan are being streamed online, without an audience.  How viable that would be here, I don't know.

A production of Vagner' s Gotterdammerung was cancelled (a series of Ring Cycle) at Biwako Hall, which was a major new production. They decided to stream live the 2 performances without audience, and 12 thousand spectators watched it. On the same day, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra streamed their concert and this time 100 thousand spectators watched it. Japanese companies have not streamed live performances so it was a groundbreaking  event but of course it is a huge loss financially. The Biwako Gotterdammerung was recorded and a DVD is expected to be released.  Some more concerts will be streamed without audience but not any ballet/dance companies yet.    

2 hours ago, Angela said:

 

They will be closing down everything until April 19th, too. I'm going cold turkey...

 

Go and visit as much dance, theatre and concerts as you can, dear folks in Britain, you're just a few days behind. 

Oh no! 

Just now, Sim said:

I must say I have seen almost no-one wearing masks, either on the tube, buses, or in theatres. 

In Japan almost everyone wear masks, but it is impossible to purchase masks as they are out of stock, they form long queues in the morning in front of drug stores before they open in effort to buy them.  I wonder how everyone manages to get one. 

During the recent Paris Opera Ballet tour, the promoter were giving away masks to members of the audience if they don't wear one.  it was one of the very few performances that were held in Japan in March. The windows were open at the lobby to bring in fresh air, hand sanitizers were placed everywhere and thermography were placed at the entrance to measure the visitors' temperature.   

Stuttgart State Theatre is not canceling performances but spectators can cancel performances up to April 19th free of charge.

https://www.staatstheater-stuttgart.de/corona

So it is the same with this. 

  19 hours ago, Lizbie1 said:

 

Here's what I'd like to see: a communication from ROH and other theatres saying to stay away if you have any symptoms or are yourself vulnerable, accompanied by an offer to refund or exchange tickets; and hand sanitiser stations at strategic points.

 

Also the Vienna State Opera is closed and performances canceled as they forbid any assemblies with more than 100 participants. 

https://orf.at/stories/3157262/

https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/die-staatsoper/aktuelles/detail/news/coronavirus-sars-cov-2/

National Ballet of Japan (New National Theatre Tokyo) has cancelled two remaining performances of Manon due to Coronavirus outbreak, as well as the National Ballet Academy performances and opera performances. Luckily I could see a phenomenal performance with Vadim Muntagirov as guest sith Yui Yonezawa before the theatre closed down .  

https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/news/all/notice-performances-from-february-28-to-march-15-cancelled.html

3 hours ago, Richard LH said:

 

To answer my own earlier question.. I see Hirano  is in Japan for this on the 15th and 16th - Dracula!   https://www.nbaballet.org/performance/2020/horror_nights/

Hirano and Sarah Lamb will perform in Michael Pink's Dracula this summer at NBA Ballet too.

On 12/01/2020 at 04:58, Janite said:

Another one on MHK   MIYAKO, The Last Dance

January 18, 2020  1:10 - 2:00 / 7:10 - 8:00 / 13:10 - 14:00 / 19:10 - 20:00 

Miyako Yoshida's precise and delicate performances earned critical acclaim at the Royal Ballet of England. She remained true to her Japanese sensibilities in becoming the company's first Asian female principal dancer. A year before her retirement, however, she faced injury, emergency hospitalization and separation from a loved one. The program follows Yoshida for 300 days, culminating in her memorable final appearance.

 

Sky:507      Virgin:625 (XL subscription)   Freesat 209

this is the link for the app   https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/app/   (I haven't tried the app so I don't know how well it works.)

This program is now available on demand so I hope you all can see and enjoy. Available until March 31, 2020

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/3016062/?fbclid=IwAR1va-3M_8KsRlOIi38EqgrC8IId6QWgWG5hKitvxleubv_YLLq04rkhLzc

Also the whole farewell performance was broadcasted here in Japan. She was incredible given that she was 54 at her retirement, and it was so touching to see her with Irek Mukhamedov and Federico Bonneli. 

Yes and her new season will open with Sir Peter Wright's Swan Lake. Here is the whole program of her season at National Ballet of Japan. 

https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/news/ballet/202021-season-ballet-dance.html

3 hours ago, toursenlair said:

the Hamburg Ballet WEek is much shorter than in previous years, and no guest company.

The calendar says there is a guest company but not announced yet. 

https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/schedule/index.php#2021-06-25

https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/schedule/event.php?AuffNr=172910

4 hours ago, toursenlair said:

I would just like to point out that both Scholz's Beethoven's 9th and Kylian's Forgotten Land are beautiful ballets.

Calling Theme and Variations "scraping the barrel" leaves me speechless. But to each her own.

 

You mean Scholz's Beethoven 7th? Yes this one is very beautiful and uplifting, a masterpiece. (Also Kylian's Forgotten Land is beautiful)

22 hours ago, FionaE said:

hi Naomi

thank you for the information.  Do you know specifically that Sergei does not dance M&A in Otsu on Tuesday 11th February?  

Currently it is announced Segei Polunin will dance Armand in Tokyo and Biwako (Ohtsu) .

btw I will be interviewing him on Friday (unfortunately in Japanese though but will go online) 

Hamburg Ballet's tour in Macau (Nijinsky) is cancelled due to the corona virus concern by the venue.

http://www.ccm.gov.mo/Event.aspx/Detail/10858

Here is the cast change announcement in Japanese, as I could not find the English announcement. 

https://www.nbs.or.jp/publish/news/2020/02/-2020-3.html

Cojocaru is dancing a pas de deux from Manon Act 1 with Vogel, and  Yasmine Naghdi (who happened to be in Tokyo because there was a gala by 10 RB dancers) will dance Ballet Imperial. Also Somova will not come so they invited Madoka Sugai of Hamburg Ballet and Elisa Badenes of Stuttgart Ballet to fill in.  Sergei Polunin will only be  dancing in Marguerite and Armand on Saturday and Sunday. 

Thank you for the review maryrosesatonapin, POB will be bringing this Giselle on their tour to Japan at the end of the month. I hope this situation will be solved and the dancers could keep their rights in the pension system. 

Hannah O'Neill is half New Zealand and half Japanese. There are several Asian dancers at POB currently,  including the fabulous Sae Eun Park. 

https://victorhochhauser.co.uk/page/repertoires.php

Principal Dancers include

Elena Lobsanova
Heather Ogden
Jillian Vanstone

Guillaume Côté
Naoya Ebe
Harrison James
Brendan Saye

(Subject to alteration)

No words.

A very disappointing cast. IMHO. Especially after Royal Ballet also performing Sleeping Beauty with far better dancers. 

Jillian Vanstone and Francesco Gabriele Frola would be my choice (they are very good) , avoid the other casts.