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  1. Jeannette
    Wow - that was quite a powerful, deeply touching Defile from POB! Row and rows of masked performers walking towards an empty auditorium, as the glorious orchestra plays the Berlioz march. Usually there’s wild applause as each etoile steps forward...usually a huge ovation at the end. What fortitude of the participants to put this on for their citizens and the world!
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    I too am quite familiar with the operetta and hear elements of the slow section of Act 1-no. 4 (trio “Sa Muss Allein Ich Bleiben...”) in parts of this pas de deux (at the 1:30 mark of the film, for ex.). The arranger, Gamley, seems to have taken great artistic license, straying far from Strauss Jr’s original...but I recognize bits...slowed and lengthened. There also may be bits from Strauss Jr’s ballet, Cinderella. The souvenir programme (booklet) from the August 1980 tour of Petit’s Ballet de Marseilles to the Uris Theatre (NY-Broadway), which included The Bat, had a breakdown of sources for each number, if memory serves, but my trunk of programmes is not with me at this moment. Such souvenir booklets sometimes appear on Ebay. Hope that this helps.
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    Amanda Gorman - Inauguration poet. Even her port de bras was so gracious!
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    The Hungarian National Ballet (Budapest) will livestream Messerer’s staging of the Vainonen/Asafiev The Flames of Paris. Tickets to the 6 February, 7PM CET, performance, costing 4990 Forint (€13.9; $17), can be purchased through this bilingual page from the Hungarian Ballet’s website: https://online-operaotthonra.jegy.hu/#/event/parizs-langjai-online-premier/79976ccd-a0ef-4c77-b129-232efbb988e3
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    If you enjoyed BRB’s recent performances of Vicente Nebrada’s romantic piano ballet Our Waltzes (Nuestros Valses), you won’t want to miss Nebrada’s Arabesque as the latest virtual offering from Ballet Hispanico (NYC), commencing Wed, 13 January, 6:30pm Eastern US time. Arabesque is set to Granados’ piano pieces Danzas Espanolas. Details on this page: https://www.ballethispanico.org/bunidos/watch-party BH’s Youtube channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCeBVCPHnWSLKF4c53fAqDRw/videos
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    I’m hoping that the RB’s revival of Ratmansky’s Preludes - programmed for June 2020 - will proceed when live performances return.
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    Now I’d gladly pay for a stream of this! 😉
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    This will be available in the USA on 26 February. I found it on the Barnes & Noble site. https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-the-cellist-dances-at-a-gathering/35056382 The US version of Amazon is becoming very difficult to navigate...it used to be so easy.
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    A lovely, substantial program from Munich...three (3) complete ballets, each between 20-30 minutes in duration. The Scarlett, which was controversial when performed by ABT in NY, was 'toned down' here, with the offensive groping parts filmed from a far distance. Bravo, Bavarian State Ballet!
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    Indeed...and it's 2:15 PM in eastern US. I'm determined to catch the initial freebie edition later today.
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    Bavarian State Ballet (Munich) offers its PARADIGMA triple bill, streamed for free only tomorrow. After that, it streams for a cost of 9.90 Euros, commencing 6 January, for 30 days. This is the bill that includes Scarlett's With a Chance for Rain. details, including time zone viewing info: https://www.staatsoper.de/staatsballett/stueckinfo/montagsstueck-viii-paradigma.html?fbclid=IwAR2auPFpQHtgkirGTmIq6gCx8m_vXOdus9wr7UEQJjlOaeu9DqIIt2mgkqE This will be on the Staatsballett's own system...not on Youtube.
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    From Russia with Love... The Vaganova Academy students’ new year’s concert —part I (diverts) from the Hermitage Theatre and part II (Nutcracker Snow & Kingdom of Sweets diverts) from the main hall at the Vaganova Academy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i4-_kjZ8oAg Rector Nikolai Tsiskaridze introduces the show. Dances, dancers & pedagogues identified (in Cyrillic) before every number. As always, extraordinary talent coming up the ranks.
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    Alison, I believe that the fear was that the Vienna dancers wouldn’t be able to rehearse and film the numbers during COVID...but they did so, splendidly. However, there was something haunting about the empty auditorium at the Musikverein...no clapping along to the Radetzky March at the end. Must admit to a few tears.
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    In the brief times of seeing live dance during the first 2.5 months of 2020, my highlights were: National Ballet of Canada's tour to the Kennedy Center/DC with Nureyev's splendid Sleeping Beauty w/ Heather Ogden & Harrison James in the leads and Elena Lobsanova & Naoya Ebe in Bluebird pdd. Three trips to NY to see NYCB in various novelties...incl. premieres by Ratmansky (quirky Voices) and Peck (Rotunda)..and to view a rarity -- Balanchine's complete Episodes with the "Paul Taylor Solo" danced by ex-Taylor company principal Michael Trusnovec. As it turned out, I was at the very last live performance by NYCB, before lockdown, at the matinee of Sunday, March 1, 2020...the final work on the bill being Wheeldon’s DGV. ...and last but not least... Four performances of ABT's premiere run of Ratmansky's Of Love and Rage in Costa Mesa, California, with the premiere’s stars being Hurlin, Bell and Whiteside. I almost decided against the trip, thinking "I'll wait to see in in NY in the summer." I made trip reservations on a whim, from a hospital bed on 1-1-2020 as I recovered from serious illness...and good thing that I was in a spending mood at the hospital, as this ended up being the last performances of ABT before COVID cancelled the rest of the year. So I witnessed the last live performances (in a while) of both NYCB and ABT. The one silver lining to COVID was the chance to see so many wonderful streams. My #1: Stuttgart Ballet in Cranko's Initials RBME. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I'd ever see this masterpiece.
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    Goodness me. Just watched Sarasota’s Program 3 and am in seventh heaven. So many delightful rarities and discoveries in this...not least of all the Pas de Quatre from Peter Wright’s Summertide, in and of itself worth the price of admission. This entire show is so well filmed and danced...hands down the best of the three digital programs from the troupe thus far. BRAVI tutti! What a way to begin 2021.
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    Ah, we’re in luck. There’s confirmation on the Vienna State Ballet’s FB page of its participation in the concert. Two numbers - Margherita Polka and Voices of Spring Waltz - choreographed by Jose Martinez and costumes by Lacroix: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3624575594266242&id=154993347891168 Several specific dancers listed at the bottom of this notice. Yay!
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    The above USA (PBS) link specifically notes “Vienna State Ballet” in bold letters, so here’s hoping for a pointe-shoe sighting...filmed in a bubble, of course.
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    Let’s not forget the annual New Year’s Day concert by the Vienna Philharmonic, which always includes at least two numbers performed by the Vienna Staatsballett! Here’s information from PBS, which telecasts it in the USA (9pm Eastern in most affiliates). Feel free to add links to telecasts in the UK and beyond. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/from-vienna-the-new-years-celebration-2021-about/12205/ Happy New Year! 🎊🎈 🎉 🥳
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    While I enjoyed On Pointe very much, the same subject (SAB and auditions/preparation of Nutcracker) was dealt with in a more satisfying manner - more naturally, not as “manipulated,” for lack of better word - in the 2003 documentary by Virginia Brooks titled The Nutcracker Family: Behind the Magic. I purchased the DVD. Not sure if it’s available on YouTube or other streaming service nowadays. It’s really interesting to see the older film, after viewing the new Disney one. Of course, the Disney one is slicker and follows specific kids, enhancing human interest...but, to me, it seems a tad contrived.
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    At this point in time, I’d be grateful to see anything BUT a Nutcracker! 😂 Happy New Year -2021, please!!!
  21. Jeannette
    Nutcracker was created in the Imperial Russian Ballet. The 1984 version by Sir Peter Wright, with Wiley’s Stepanov-research portions, perfectly captured that Imperial spirit. Clara & the Nut Prince are crowned, robed and sent to the dais to watch the divertissements from thrones... In an enclosed cream-colored courtyard, with design motifs from Sans Souci-Potsdam. Why, oh why, did Sir Peter ruin the exquisiteness?! The RB’s unique Imperial version lost its identity around the year 2000. The BRB version is great too...so different. More proletariat/inclusive. I guess that Sir Peter was trying to blend the two perspectives.
  22. Jeannette
    Thanks! I saw it earlier today but now others can see it too. It’s quite a luxurious, languidly-paced version...with some elements of the earlier Eagling takes (like the skating in front of the house, during opening; the updated Vainonen snow & Flower ensembles) but a lot of new material. No “slave Fritz” during the Arabian dance, as in Dutch Natl Ballet!
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    Direct link to the Hungarian Ballet’s Nutcracker, which live-streamed earlier today (but I couldn’t access to save my life...most confusing). This one expires at midnight, Budapest time... “midnight tomorrow,” they write...not sure if that’s within three or 27 hours as of now. Hope this works. If not, try searching Operahaz Facebook page directly. You shouldn’t have to download any special app. Grrr. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2907643566179391&id=100008013272069&_rdr
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    This reminds me of the mash-up of Nutcracker and Dickens’ Christmas Carol a couple of decades ago. Anybody else remember the Youri Vamos version for Bonn in the ‘80s?
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    I truly loved this! Sometimes it’s great to put the kids to bed early...(wink). Very beautiful leads - all four of them.
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