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Bejart also made a ballet based on Nijinsky:  Nijinsky Clown of God.  Also one on Charlie Chaplin.  And Elizabeth of Austria:  Sissi.

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What truly sad news!  The DT will be very much missed.  I do hope all the wonderful staff and writers find new places of work.  Thank you all so much for all you have done for the world of dance over the years I have been a regular reader.

The Dance Award was presented by Alessandra Ferri.

I do wholeheartedly agree with this reaction to the lack of dance on tv now.  I also am totally aware of the enormous contribution  of Bob Lockyer.  However, just for accuracy, he had absolutely nothing to do with Natalia Makarova's Ballerina series.  This was the work of Derek Bailey.

Does anyone remember Mr Marshall, who was quite fierce in the queue, and always sat inA6 i the old gallery?  No one dared buy that seat.

Could you tell me where this was announced, please?

Maurice Bejart was briefly a member of her company.

Irek is now ballet master in Paris - and was actually prepared in the role by MacMillan himself, so would be the ideal coach.

I think the staff seats are always in those back row seats - it means they can very quickly reach the pass door at the end of the performance.

Thank you Don Q fan for this. 

However, that only covers copyright.  Have you any idea if an artist's contract has any termination date?  For instance, Peter Schaufuss would have been contracted around 1980 to present and dance in 'Dancer' for the BBC.  He's still around.  Does that mean he would need repeat fees if the series could be cleared for broadcast?  What about artists who are no longer with us - e.g. Fonteyn and Nureyev (and quite a few of the people who appeared in 'Dancer')?  Is there a similar site somewhere that would lay this out?  I haven't checked with Equity and the Musicians Union - but many of the artists in all three series I wrote about were not British.  And what about the question of co-production rights?  It really is a most complicated situation.

I think perhaps I was careless in saying 'copyright' - this would only apply to things like choreography.  I should probably have said 'rights' - and I have no idea when they lapse.

As I have said many times before - clearing the copyright to show these early series - Magic of Dance, Dancer, Ballerina - would be very difficult and no doubt expensive.  Not only dancers are involved - choreography, design, musicians etc.   Many of the participants are dead, most of the series were co-productions with enterprises that no longer exist.  At the time, there was no question of negotiating rights for DVDs or any such medium - they didn't exist.  No one would be happier than me if they were to be re-shown.  I don't think the problem is their being 'not relevant' or 'not diverse' or 'not inclusive enough'.

Thanks very much FionaE - I am ashamed to be so technically illiterate!

For Bejart fans:  Bejart Ballet Lausanne are presenting DIXIT - can be bought from the Bejart ballet site.  Sorry I can't post the link but it's easy to find.  

Thank you everyone for the clarification about which edition of the Dancing Times I should be looking at!

I've gone through my December edition of Dancing Times several times and can't find your letter, SheilaC.  Am I being particularly dim?

If you are going to Nutcracker with a child, I would definitely rule out back of the Amphi.  However, I have sat pretty far back with binoculars and it was Ok.  I normally sit in J or K or L in the centre block, again with binoculars, and that gives excellent views for all ballets.  I in the past I have very occasionally sat in the Lower Siips, but never again as even in the ones furthest from the stage you have to twist to see the stage.  The last time I was in such pain afterwards I had to see a physiotherapist!!  I would rather pay more for a seat that have that happen again.

Is there any acknowledgement of who produced these?  I think there are a couple of compilations with much the same titles.  I was responsible for the ones entitled 'The Glory of the Bolshoi' and 'The Glory of the Kirov' - some time in the 1990s.  With a colleague I went to St Petersburg where a Russian film enthusiast had collected a mass of material from Russian archives and chose the best items which we then edited together in London.  I believe a firm named NVC put them out originally as video cassettes, but the rights could well have been acquired later by Medici tv - if they are the ones I am thinking of.

I have had my copy for some time.

I think it might be difficult to locate even a booked car/cab in the scrum as everyone leaves the ROH.  If you walk down to the Strand, it might be easier to pick up a black cab - they tend to be coming back from Waterloo or the City.  I have been waiting at a bus stop and seen empty cabs come past in the direction of Trafalgar Square.

Do you remember the original wigs for  the Marguerite and Armand corps of gentlemen?  I think they were among the worst I have seen.

I seem to remember that one of the Trocks' Dying Swans got shot.

Dear adrian1982

I do hope it will eventually be possible to share your results with us on the Forum?

I really enjoyed filling this in.  However, I don't quite understand whether you think a destination is chosen BECAUSE of its opera house.  I said Paris Palais Garnier was my favourite - I love the crazy architecture and the whole atmosphere of the place, without even mentioning the superb Ballet Company, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with whether I would visit Paris.

Just in case the people who don't make regular visits to the Reviews forum might miss it.  In the Dance Magazine obit for Zizi Jeanmaire there is an extract from the Hans Christian Andersen film - with Danny Kaye - in which Jeanmaire dances a pas de deux with Eric Bruhn.  It has Russian dubbed dialogue at the very end - so goodness knows what the source was!  I did see the film, but it was long before I had 'seen the light' and I have no memory at all of any dance content - just of Danny Kaye.