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On 28/05/2021 at 17:06, Angela said:
Stuttgart Ballet is back on stage with three mixed bills and an audience of 100 or hopefully more people:
Just bought my first ticket for a performance live on stage since March 2020 😊😃😁
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On 23/05/2021 at 12:50, annamicro said:
In addition, even if I was lucky to have my second dose of vaccine a couple of weeks ago, I don't know if it's possible to travel to Germany in June from abroad without quarantine? Is it?
It's tricky as it depends on the countries been to in the ten previous days and on other factors, and as there is a combination of federal and state regulations / exceptions.
https://www.hamburg.de/hu/corona-regeln-einreise/
Moreover, the classification of countries as risk / high incidence / variant of concern is updated on a regular basis.
Being fully vaccinated will definitely be of great benefit!
There is also the question of accommodation. Hotels in Hamburg are still closed to non-business travel though I've read somewhere that they may open later in June.
https://www.hamburg-tourism.de/das-ist-hamburg/infos/aktuelle-hinweise/
Hotels in neighbouring Schleswig Holstein and Lower Saxony are open for non-business purposes already but staying there would come with its own set of regulations ...
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Ballet Dortmund with two forthcoming streams
.Mixed programme: Fluid Housing by Wubkje Kuindersma and The Four Seasons by Raimondo Rebeck.
18.30 UK / 19.30 local time on Sat 29 May; the stream will remain available until midnight local time the following day.
https://www.theaterdo.de/produktionen/detail/digital-analog/
.Magic Mountain by Xin Peng Wang
18.30 UK / 19.30 local time on Sat 19 Jun. This is a stream of the 2014 premiere to Thomas Mann's book of the same name.
https://www.theaterdo.de/produktionen/detail/zauberberg/
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The Grand Theatre at Geneva will be streaming at 8 pm local time / 7 pm UK time on 27 May a double bill to Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps with choreographies by Jeroen Verbruggen and Andonis Foniadakis. The stream will be on GTG digital.
https://www.gtg.ch/en/2020-2021-season/le-sacre2/
Also via https://www.gtg.ch/en/digital/ a stream of Verbruggen's Nutcracker.
A stream by Konzert Theater Bern at 7.30 pm local time / 6.30 pm UK time on 23rd and 28th May to Max Richter's version of The Four Seasons; the streams will be pay-as-you-wish and remain available for 24 hours each. Choreography by Estefania Miranda.
https://www.konzerttheaterbern.ch/programm/streaming-vier-jahreszeiten/51268/
No information on the two web sites as to whether the streams are geoblocked - fingers crossed access will be ok.
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May 10 is mentioned as publication date in the following link
https://www.waterstones.com/book/clement-crisp-reviews/gerald-dowler/9781527287747
Adding ...
Not long now 🙂
This is the only link that I could find
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7 hours ago, Dawnstar said:
How awful to die only 2 weeks after a cancer diagnosis. I hope she at least had time to say goodbye to all her family & friends.
Yes, absolutely.
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Obituary https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/toronto-on/katherine-barber-10168613.
The funeral service on 4 May will be livestreamed, details in link.
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Oh no. Awful news. Katherine and I met in Stuttgart a couple of times, and also discussed accommodation and sightseeing options for a small part of one of her trips to the South of France.
She was a kind, caring, communicative and knowledgeable soul.
Sincere condolences to her loved ones. Rest in peace, Katherine.
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8 hours ago, alison said:
Not only that, but I think they even had the odd matinee and evening performance. Can someone confirm, or is my memory playing tricks on me?
8 hours ago, alison said:We don't seem to have a thread for the first run, so I'm guessing it must have taken place before this forum came into being.
Just found the programme booklet for the 2013 run ... I hadn't remembered that I saw two more performances on that occasion ...
So this makes it
First run 19/20/21/22/23/24 Sep 2011 (all evening performances) plus a matinee performance on 24 Sep.
Second run 16/17/18/20/21/22/23 Mar 2013 (all evening performances) plus a matinee performance on 23 Mar.
There was also an Insight Event on 13 Mar 2013. Iirc this was filmed and extracts were put on YT at the time.
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2 hours ago, LinMM said:
I was wondering whether this was ever performed on consecutive nights as a role like that must take an awful lot out of you.
It was performed on consecutive nights for about a week in Sep 2011. I saw it twice back then and again last night, and it made me realise just how much I miss seeing Edward Watson perform, anything really. It's his eyes, that look of yearning, seeking understanding, seeking belonging as well as his ability to adopt, with his hands and feet, the movements of a beetle. I fully agree, the choreography, music, set, costumes and the cast all came together to create something very special.
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Theatres, opera houses and most other cultural venues in the state of Baden Wuerttemberg (Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, ...) will remain closed to the public until at least 3rd May 2020. Opening up will start on Monday 20th April with libraries and archives; museums will be looked at next. There'll be talks with cultural venues as to the steps that could be taken towards gradual opening up of those venues.
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Stuttgart Ballet will make available as VOD Cranko's Romeo and Juliet this weekend
https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/home/news-long/
I've added this to the calendar of events, I hope the time zone in the calendar works as intended.
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7 hours ago, Lizbie1 said:
I *think* that the guidance document technically only extends closure as far as 3rd May (to be reviewed fortnightly, as Duck says above) ...
That's correct.
Any loosening of the current restrictions is done very slowly though so effects can be assessed. E.g., with the exception of book / cycle / car shops that can open again regardless of size, other shops that have been closed since mid March can only open if their retail space is below 800 square meters / 8600 square feet. This is less about safety in shops than about the number of people in the streets going shopping. Equally, schools will start with school-leaving classes only. Etc.
I thus think it'll be some time before the opening of cultural venues will be on the agenda, hence my assumption that the season is pretty much done.
No doubt the states will put out guidance as to what constitutes "large events" over the coming days.
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My assumption is that the season is pretty much done.
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1 hour ago, Lizbie1 said:
Please can any of our German specialists confirm whether today's announcement from Mrs Merkel means that the rest of the season is now off? Does the decision about large gatherings - how large is large? - get passed on to each region to implement as it chooses, as seemed to be the case when things were being shut down? (I'm assuming they'll all comply anyway.)
22 minutes ago, MAX said:Not until the end of the season...
https://slippedisc.com/2020/04/merkel-considers-18-month-entertainment-closure/
The 18 months were being discussed prior to todays news conference.
Based on today's conference
- theatres and opera houses (and other cultural venues) remain closed & there is no timeframe mentioned
- no large events prior to 31 Aug. There's no definition as to what constitutes a 'large' event in the document that was the basis for the news conference but I've seen a couple of articles that state that this will be defined by the various states
- the measures as to what will reopen / remain closed etc. will be reviewed every two weeks
Added link to article that links to the document that was the basis for the news conference today
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Stuttgart Ballett in Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, available until 12 May. I hope at least one of the two links isn't geo blocked.
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Another source with a long list of links to streaming of both ballet and opera performances
https://www.fedora-platform.com/news/experience-opera-and-ballet-online/123
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in La Belle, Maillot's version of The Sleeping Beauty, available until 11 am UK time on 13 Apr. I've been able to access the video from here so fingers crossed it'll work from other countries, too.
Ballet am Rhein in Martin Schlaepfer's Swan Lake, available until 28th April. I don't know whether this comes with a geo block though.
https://www.operamrhein.de/en_EN/home?p=1 (scroll down)
I got through Nureyev's version with POB by doing a few things on the side the other day. Schlaepfer's version, on the other hand, had me crying buckets at the end.
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Zurich Opera has also set up a schedule of VOD, covering both ballet and opera
https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/spielplan/streaming/
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Paris Opera set up a digital platform called the 3rd scene a few years ago.
It comprises short-ish videos relating to dance and other art forms.
https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/3e-scene
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9 hours ago, Janite said:
Thank you for this, they seem to have added more ballets. https://www.bejart.ch/en/agenda/
I think they've added some performances for their tour to Japan and over summer? Fingers crossed things will go ahead as planned. I'll keep to online viewing for the time being though ...
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Bejart Ballet Lausanne has set up a schedule of performances that can be accessed as VOD
https://www.bejart.ch/en/bbl-dances-in-your-home/
t'M et variations
Bejart fete Maurice
Syncope
The Magic Flute
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See under Opera and Music, this thread includes opera houses and artists that have started to offer free (live) streaming now that venues are closed ☺
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On 14/03/2020 at 07:35, Duck said:
While all performances by the Bavarian State Ballet until 19 April have been cancelled, a performance of Swan Lake will be live streamed on 21 March 2020 and available as VOD for a short time period thereafter.
https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productioninfo/schwanensee/2020-03-21-19-30-1.html
Change of programme, this will now be a recorded performance of Jewels
https//www.staatsoper.de/en/news/online-schedule-until-19-april.html
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A few more links to streams & live streams
The Vienna State Opera is now offering free broadcasts of previous performances, too. A schedule until early April has been set up, details here https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/staatsoper/news/detail/news/the-wiener-staatsoper-is-closed-but-continues-to-play-daily-online/
The Philhamonie de Paris has put online recordings of hundreds of performances https://live.philharmoniedeparis.fr/Concerts.html. The site comes with an English version so I hope this will be accessible from the UK.
Igor Levit has started to live stream daily "house concerts" a few day ago, access through his twitter account (not tonight though as he'll be part of a live stream by the Bavarian State Opera), the works are not announced in advance https://mobile.twitter.com/igorpianist?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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News from Germany, Austria, Switzerland
in Ballet / Dance news & information
Posted · Edited by Duck
incomplete sentence / grammar
Hotels in Hamburg are open again for non-business purposes. A negative test is required, among others.
https://www.hamburg-tourism.de/das-ist-hamburg/infos/aktuelle-hinweise/
Hamburg Ballet has specified their requirements, including that "fully vaccatinated" means the 2nd dosis needs to be at least two weeks prior to a performance (this is not stated in the link with regards to travelling to Hamburg from abroad to avoid quarantaine but may well apply there, too).
https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/index.php#2021-06-01
You may want to check whether the links above contain all requirements.