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    Works of John Neumeier

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    Here's another weepfest for Lady of the Camellias. I first saw it in Stuttgart with Robert Tewsley and Sue Jin Kang. From the moment he gives her the money at the party to the end of the ballet (must be about 15  minutes) I sobbed uncontrollably, tears pouring down my cheeks. I have never had an experience like that at the ballet before. I was worn out from crying by the curtain calls; I could barely clap or shout bravo.

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    Works of John Neumeier

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    3 hours ago, Angela said:

    My Neumeier favorite is Nijinsky, closely followey by Lady of the Camellias and A Streetcar Named Desire. If interpreted by great dancers, these are the ballet evenings you live for, that leave you shattered, impressed, in awe. I also like his Midsummer Night's Dream very much, although the costumes look a bit dated, and his Othello. These are the works where he combines his masterful art of storytelling, which is sadly never appreciated enough in the English and American ballet world, with his best choreography, with the perfect choice of music, sets and costumes. Wonderful roles for dramatic dancers. Lately,  I fear, he lacks a bit in both, the Beethoven Project is confusing, incoherent, uninspired. Neumeier can be a true genius of choreography and I'm certain some of his ballets will live forever.

     

    Count me as another huge fan of Lady of the Camellias and Nijinsky. Streetcar not so much. I did enjoy The Seagull. I love Neumeier's Illusions Like Swan Lake, Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. He was supposed to be doing a new version of the latter for this June; I hope he won't mess with it too much.

    I also like 3rd Symphony of Gustav Mahler, Bach Suite 3, and Shakespeare Dances.

    I haven't seen Othello.

    I find Neumeier is either brilliant (and when he is brilliant he is really brilliant) or.... not.

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    Stuttgart Ballet to stream Mayerling - and others

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    3 hours ago, li tai po said:

    YEEEEES !!

     

    Stuttgart Ballet presented Initials RBME at the Royal Opera House during their 1974 season with the original cast and it made a profound impact on me.  It lingers in the memory and I have never seen it since - what a wonderful opportunity!  However, rather like Marguerite and Armand, I wonder how the ballet will fare without its original cast.

     

    Yes,  a lovely ballet. I've seen it with several other Stuttgart casts and thought it was mighty fine (never having seen the original cast, mind you)

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    Lockdown and General Streaming Thread

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    "the legendary Tony Bennett singing “Fly Me to the Moon” to adapted choreography by Jessica Lang (Let Me Sing Forevermore) performed on location in Central Park by ABT Soloists Catherine Hurlin and Aran Bell, a talented couple who are sheltering in place together."

     

    Hurlin and Bell are very much rising stars in ABT. They performed this Fly me to the Moon piece for the last Erik bruhn competition, and I can assure you, you will love it. Fortunately in the current circumstance they are a couple offstage as well so they can perform without violating any social distancing guidelines.

     

    News from Germany, Austria, Switzerland

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    from a recent interview in the Berliner Zeitung with the director of the Komische Oper Berlin

     

    We have plan A and hopefully we will soon know if it works. Plan A is business as usual, i.e. we're opening in September.

    This option still exists?

    Probably not, but we remain hopeful. We need a little miracle for that, someone who says next week: We have a vaccine or a drug. We are also developing Plan B for a season starting in early November. This means that productions have to be exchanged, canceled, repertoire has to be rebuilt. Then we have plan C: early January 2021. Then plan D: March 2021.

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    Ballet-inspired pets' names

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    7 hours ago, Jan McNulty said:

     

    In my "horsey" phase as a teenager my favourite two horses were Sir Ivor and Nijinsky.  It was because of Nijinsky that I eventually discovered ballet ... and the rest, as they say, is history!

     

    I would just like to point out that Nijinsky and his sire Northern Dancer were Canadian (born about 40 miles from where I sit typing) so this is another clear example of how Canadians are taking over the world. ;-)

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    Sylvia and other streamings - Vienna State Ballet

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    7 hours ago, ninamargaret said:

    I too thought that Armide would be done sort of 18th century pastiche and was quite surprised when the characters were listed. Must look into it more closely and also watch the DVD of the Hamburg Nijinsky again.I wonder if Neumeier was trying to do a Nijinsky trilogy?

     

    Neumeier is obsessed with Nijinsky and there are more Nijinsky-related ballets in his oeuvre.

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