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Ballet and Dance in the Cinema 2018-19
Farfallina replied to alison's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
Casting seems to follow what you are describing. I would like to see more variety. They have so many wonderfull dancers. I would like to see e.g. Maria Vinogradova and more of Ovcharenko.....- 80 replies
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Ballet and Dance in the Cinema 2018-19
Farfallina replied to alison's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
Thanks, Amelia, I got the dates wrong when looking up the cast. When I see a member of corps de ballets being casted for a leading role I wonder if it's an outstanding talent like Osipova and Vasiliev or if they are short of principals due to illness and other obligations. I've seen in Amsterdam such a cast in Spartacus and wasn't too impressed. Never saw that dancer being casted in a leading role again.- 80 replies
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Farfallina replied to alison's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
Hm, casting for Sunday's Bolshoi La Bayadere a bit odd: is Nikita Elikarov so outstanding or are they running out of choices ? I wonder who does the casting for the movie transmissions- 80 replies
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Bolshoi Ballet London Tour Summer 2019
Farfallina replied to Naomi M's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
Never expected to be disappointed in the program of a Bolshoi tour. This one is so boring having seen all of these a couple of times already. I don't like Spartacus, find Swan Lake a tad boring, so it's down to DQ or the Bright Stream - having seen Filin several times in both of them I find casting crucial - wonder if there are any clues who might be casted.....- 172 replies
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Bolshoi cinema broadcasts feedback 2015-2016
Farfallina replied to alison's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
We loved the trailer - does anyone know the song they used ? Hope they use more dancers in the transmissions - we would love to see Ovcharenko or Maria Vinogradova for example- 153 replies
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Bolshoi Babylon in UK cinemas as of Jan 8
Farfallina replied to toursenlair's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
There is another forum in here called "Clapping" which discusses Mr. Abramov's activities. We have watched him operate the Bolshoi's floor and he is, well, how to put it best, odd. He would bring in one couple to "his" seats and after the break they were not seen again - just him escorting the next pair of two to the very same seats. I think you will find he is not quite the idealistic balletomane as you were thinking - they could have mentioned the role of the claqueurs while they were at it.- 83 replies
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Farfallina replied to toursenlair's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
Watched the film tonight and feeling a bit indecisive - did we learn anything new ? I didn't know that Sergei Filin had left the Stanislawsky Theater on bad terms when accepting the job at the Bolshoi - putting the boot in came to my mind when watching the scenes of the assembly. Interesting though to get first hand impressions of the weeks and months right after the attack.- 83 replies
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Farfallina replied to toursenlair's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
The Facebook Page "The Bolshoi Ballet School" refers to Tsiskaridze's participation in the documentary: "The interesting fact about the film - Tsiskaridze refused to take the part of the film, refused to give the interview, so producers rip of old interviews from 2013 without asking Tsiskaridze's permission." According to the info on that FB page this page is not the official Bolshoi Ballet School itself, but it states there about this page like this: "This page is not official Bolshoi Ballet Academy page. Worked there 11 years, but not anymore. (Ilya Kuznetsov)" I hope it's ok to refer to the FB page here - if not and the Moderators of BalletcoForum disagree I will remove my post. Just thought this is interesting to know - wonder how the producers of the documentary view that and would respond to that.- 83 replies
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Farfallina replied to toursenlair's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
What a great source of Information BalletCoForum is !!! I was trying to find out the screenings in Germany unsuccesfully so far and am more than delighted to find here that I will be able to get it via ITunes or Amazon :-) As much as I want to see the documentary I'm having very mixed emotions about what we are going to be seeing.- 83 replies
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Wondering if there really will be no performance on Friday July 29th ?
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We're travelling quite often to London, so I would think we're familiar with the hotel market - maybe it's still very early. Thanks for the recommendations with Superbreak and Universities. I didn't know those and will keep them in mind in case that first impression becomes reality. However, due to job restrictions I will only be able to travel either the first or the last week and I will decide that when the programm will be released.
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Yes, Jane. I'm trying to figure out when to go to London when the Bolshoi comes over in summer 2016. Out of curiosity I wanted to see what the hotel options are and they are more expensive than usual - really over-the-top prizes and I can't figure out why. The Tour de France is starting slightly prior to the Bolshoi, but that cannot be the only reason, can it ?
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I'm trying to check out hotels. The prizes charged for the last week of July are ridiculously high - what's going on in town at that time. Not the Olympics again I suppose...
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I wished they would mix the performances a bit for those of us who travel to London to see them. Unfortunately I won't be able to stay for the entire period. I hope that when I'm old I still will be flying over to watch lovely ballet performances. When my help will wheel me to my front row seat I will have a blast and the last thing I'll worry about will be what others may be thinking of me
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I'm also an admirer of Ms Novikova - I think she does it in a very charming way and knows what she is talking about. I felt she stunned the American ex-dancer/representative of the Balanchine Funds with her "question" if Balanchine was'nt known to always adapt the choreagraphy to the dancers he was dealing with while she was going on about how movements "had to be done" and that there are only a few who know how to teach and preserve this. We haven't seen Jewels before this performance and it seems we were the only ones here who liked Rrubies. My friend and I felt that Krysanova and Lopatin made a good couple who enjoyed the performance. I haven't seen Krysanova quite some time and I thought she seemed more secure about herself and enjoying to be on stage. I also think it was great that they did the interview with Sergei Filin. Firstly it was interesting what he had to say about the dancers and the balllet and secondly it's good to see him in a positive mood and obviously fit enough to do his job well. Glad to see he seems to get around quite well. That's also why I refuse to leave during the break I don't want to miss any of this. It's also the first time I saw Smirnova and not sure yet what to think about her... So looking forward to the next transmissions - it's absolutely phantastic that we can see the performances live these days
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He was there before and after the performance. I was a little disappointed the lovely Mrs Novikova did not interview him.
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Cant' wait to get home to watch it - from the photos I've seen on Facebook he seems to be in good spirit - hope there will be further improvements of the eye sight. Last night would have been the first performance in London for me - unfortunately I had to cancel our trip...
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and now it seems he arrived in London to be with the dancers.... http://www.france24.com/en/20130812-bolshoi-acid-attack-victim-london-ballet-tour-report
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Good news are popping up. Sergei Filin has given an interview in Aachen declaring he might return to Moscow in mid September and open the new season. Mr. Urin visited him in Aachen to discuss personally new project with Pierre Lacotte and John Neumeier. For further treatment in Aachen he fly in from Moscow and doctors agree that this arrangement might be possible. Here is a link to Chicagotribune about the news. http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-russia-bolshoi-20130801,0,5594843.story Here is a link to a Russian page where there is also a 3 Minute video clip to the interviews with both Sergei Filin and Mr Urin for those who would like to get an impression of how he walks and talks. It's from 1TV in Russia http://www.1tv.ru/news/social/238808
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First one-to-one interview with SF after arriving in Aachen. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10207889/Dancing-in-defiance.html
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Bolshoi Ballet coming - summer 2013!!!
Farfallina replied to jmhopton's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
I'm glad you found this bit and I was hoping that by the time of the London tour this would happen. Maybe we, the audience, will get a chance to see him as well... -
Bolshoi Ballet coming - summer 2013!!!
Farfallina replied to jmhopton's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
I think this article from France24 (in English) refers to the news on TVKultura - they quote Aleaxandrova on London - though they don't mention that Sergei Filin might come to London - http://www.france24.com/en/20130726-troubled-bolshoi-seeks-prove-stature-london -
Bolshoi Ballet coming - summer 2013!!!
Farfallina replied to jmhopton's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
great - love to go - just hope the ticket sale will not be a nightmare again... -
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Farfallina replied to Don Q Fan's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
Shipulina is Principal now. On the Russian version of the Bolshoi's wp the female principals are called ballerini and Schipulina has ballerina on her profile just like the other female principals. -
RIA Novosti just published an article saying that next week SF will undergo the 17th operation on his eyes. They quote Anatoli Iksanov that he is constantly in touch with SF, that he is in good spirits, but there still is no prognosis when he will be able to return to Moscow. The link is to a German article. http://de.ria.ru/society/20130530/266217279.html