Jeannette

On 27/02/2022 at 06:49, oncnp said:

Out April 1 in UK with Daniel Camargo, Sasha Mukhamedov, Vito Mazzeo and Irek Mukhamedov.

 

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Coppelia film

Shame that the female star of the film, Michaela De Prince, isn’t even named!   Wow. That smacks of r*****. ..but I’ll shush up for the sake of peace.

Very sad news! May he Rest In Peace.

Related -

Has the premiere of Ratmansky’s recon of Petipa’s Pharaoh’s Daughter (at Mariinsky) also been cancelled? No opening date was ever announced, although I last heard that it would premiere during summer 2022 White Nights. Guess not? 😢 

On 21/02/2022 at 16:25, ChrisG said:

 

I thought he did! I just checked my blu-ray collection and I've recordings of the following Neumeier ballets - Beethoven Project, La Dame aux Camélias, Ghost Light, A Midsummer NIght's Dream, Nijinsky, and Tatiana. At least two of those I think have been released in the last year!

Precisely. That’s why I asked about Liliom.

Livestream, please!  

So sorry to read of Mr. Danton’s passing. May he Rest In Peace. 

On 11/02/2022 at 17:16, bridiem said:

What seems ridiculous is that the test in question was done on Christmas Day but apparently the result only came a few days ago. Surely the results of tests should be available more quickly, and especially with top sportspeople and above all BEFORE big competitions not in the middle of them.

Veteran US sports journalist, Phil Hersh, may have expressed it best during an interview on the Peacock Streaming Network’s show Olympic Ice:

Was Valieva’s sample purposely transported to Stockholm by an old Russian sleigh, moving across the Baltic Sea?

Hersh also quipped: Going by these methods, we should learn the results of the figure skating Team Event by 2036.

11 minutes ago, JohnS said:

Many thanks Jeannette for highlighting this. All new to me and fabulous to see. I’m sure I’ll watch it again in the next couple of days (and I’ll fast forward the interval).

Just watched it live. Wasn’t it sublime? Lovely performance, so well filmed.…e.g., knowing when to employ close-ups, medium or far distance. All three works are delights. How lucky can we be?
 

p.s. Childs’ Concerto is new to me…packing a punch in 10 minutes.

On 29/12/2021 at 14:52, Jeannette said:

Some excitement in the new year!

 

Jan 14 @ 19:30 (CET) - 18:30 UK/13:30 eastern USA:

 

Vienna State Ballet’s livestream of a triple bill that includes the rarely-seen Liebeslieder Walzer by Balanchine/Brahms; Robbins’ Other Dances; and L. Child’s’ Concerto:

 

https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/event/0a2c4bf1-21f0-4992-8635-fe0489d76e31

These are usually available for 24 hrs. after the initial stream. Free.

Today’s the day! Just a reminder of the free livestream from Vienna. Link in the above post. Enjoy.

Les Rendezvous at the ROH with the previous “gates” set & costumes. 

Reprograming some of the works “lost” due to the spring/summer 2020 cancellations, such as Ratmansky/Chopin Preludes.

Same thing here…I immediately deleted it. Thanks for keeping us safe.

Speaking of Vienna…

We cannot forget the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual New Year’s Day concert, always featuring a couple of works performed by the Vienna State Ballet. Some details in English on this PBS (US) website, including the full list of musical offerings. One of the ballets seems to be the “1,001 Nights Waltz” by Strauss, Jr., filmed in Schoenbrunn.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/great-performance-from-vienna-the-new-years-celebration-2022-about/13282/

Additional info (German) + lovely photos on this site:

https://tv.orf.at/program/orf2/neujahrsko550.html

This is telecast across the world on Jan 1 & streamed soon after. Check your local listings.

Happy 2022! 🥂 

Some excitement in the new year!

Jan 14 @ 19:30 (CET) - 18:30 UK/13:30 eastern USA:

Vienna State Ballet’s livestream of a triple bill that includes the rarely-seen Liebeslieder Walzer by Balanchine/Brahms; Robbins’ Other Dances; and L. Child’s’ Concerto:

https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/event/0a2c4bf1-21f0-4992-8635-fe0489d76e31

These are usually available for 24 hrs. after the initial stream. Free.

11 hours ago, jmhopton said:

Sorry Jeanette, I'm confusing you with triple bills.

Sarasota said they weren't able to carry on with streaming their own work (cost I think but not really sure). The filmed triple bill I referred to was the UK Ashton triple at the end of April,  beginning of May. That does seem to be being streamed which is good news for all us Ashton fans (especially international ones like you)

When I said 'we have the triple bill' I meant the UK. Sorry to get your hopes up. But at least you may have an option of attending Sarasota (lucky you!) And you can also enjoy our streamed Ashton triple.

Thanks for the clarification. I already saw the April/May streamed program as a subscriber…a half-year ago.  It was lovely.

So I’ll continue with plans to see the show in NYC this August 2022. 

24 minutes ago, myrtle said:

Such interesting insights and comments on this production.   Would someone who has seen the ROH stream be able to comment, please, on whether the stream features the same dancers in the "The Royal Ballet rehearse The Dante Project" in the rehearsal pas de deux?   Watson/Lamb and Ball/Hayward, IIRC?   Thank you all in advance.  

“Yes” is the answer to both questions, Myrtle. They performed magnificently. Merry Christmas!

7 hours ago, art_enthusiast said:

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Adoring the Dante Project stream. Of course, it was uniquely amazing live, but still has the same profound impact …..

 Me too! A total work of art. I look forward to multiple repeated viewings while it’s still up. 
 

I love the score, which seems to borrow from the classics in some spots. I recognized Ashton’s Apparitions (Liszt) towards the end of part one.

Hey, at least THE DANTE PROJECT will begin to stream tonight! 😃

7 hours ago, jmhopton said:

 

Lucky you, Jeanette. I'm very envious. What a pity Sarasota have stopped streaming. I'd love to have seen that programme and also the new David Bintley. I did email them to ask but they said they couldn't carry on with the streaming. At least we have the triple bill which hopefully is being streamed as its being filmed so that's something to look forward to. 

Hi, jmhopton. Sorry but I don’t understand. Did you read or hear that an upcoming Sarasota 3ple bill will be filmed for possible streaming?  I won’t travel if I can pay to watch a performance at home.

Happy news from Sarasota on the Ashton front…substantial  ballets on the horizon!  The troupe’s August 2022 visit to NYC’s Joyce Theater will consist of a triple bill that includes two (2) Ashtons: Birthday Offering and the rare Varii Capricci. Woohoo!!! 🥳 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Joyce-Theater-Announces-SpringSummer-2022-20211217

Hopefully, this portends a return to substantial Ashton programming during their 2022/2023 home season.

On 08/12/2021 at 02:58, bangorballetboy said:

I thought Valses nobles et sentimentales was programmed next month?

Oh, I had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder. The brief (13-min?)  work was part of the the last digital program in May 2021, too.

14 hours ago, Two Pigeons said:

This rather confirms the view that the only place where Ashton's work is really safe is Sarasota.  As has been said previously they dance Ashton from and with love, the Royal Ballet more from duty.  Regrettably BRB appear to have abandoned it entirely.

Ashton ballets are safe in Sarasota only when they are programmed. Alas, there are none this season. Maybe in 2022/2023?

16 hours ago, Two Pigeons said:

I remember when LFB/ENB mounted Apparitions in the late 80s with Peter Schaufuss and Natalya Makarova.  Despite being a huge Ashtonphile I distinctly remember being underwhelmed by it and thinking it very long.  Despite all the best intentions the revival was not regarded as a success, especially by the critics.

 

I do remember hearing Jean Bedells saying that she had been involved in the revival but was so unhappy with the result that she demanded her name was removed from the credits.  She was mounting Job for BRB at the time.  Job went very much better.

The revival of Apparitions in Sarasota three years ago was better regarded than the ‘80s LFB one. It didn’t seem long to me. Gomes was fantastic as the poet.

I just received my email from the ROH about the new timing. Hoorah! Glad that the first access (streaming premiere) wasn’t delayed to 2022.

On 14/11/2021 at 19:44, Naomi M said:

A reminder that the above Vienna State Ballet’s program is currently streamed for 72 hours.

https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/event/5c0fcbf7-b409-49fb-978c-824060c68ec6

I caught the “new lockdown” repetition of this program yesterday. Fantastic! Schlaepfer’s Marsch, Walter, Polka is a fresh and witty look at favorites from the Strauss family, with truly ingenious costumes, some based on Hungarian folkloric dresses. I’ll never think the same way as before when hearing the Radetzky March at the annual New Year concerts from the Musikverein!

Balanchine’s Symphony in C was neatly rendered by the Vienna dancers & magnificently filmed.

I’m looking forward to the Dec 4 “new lockdown repeat” of the September 21 stream…Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements among three works to be shown for free.

DEC 4 @ 19:00 CET:  TANZE BILDER SINFONIEN 

https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/?fbclid=IwAR2q41MDKNQUidIlNvMsyIVXKXhDnaD_Ur7d9izjNZoHY4l7MBdl09KBjHs
 

I registered to the channel for free (“bitte app instalieren” button). It was easier to do from a regular computer than from my mobile phone.

Correction: In the above-linked Flora film, the galop with fauns and nymphs begins at the 39.30 mark (not 36.30). That’s the tune that is used in the Kazakh Rosebud, though slightly altered. A clever re-orchestration  but definitely there, to my ears.