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  1. Jeannette
    It appears to be a “best of” mix of clips from past performances with behind-the-scenes footage. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8803409--essential-royal-ballet
  2. Jeannette
    I see that Jane S has provided the correct info (thanks). With regard to the Prince’s solo in A2, I usually think of Nureyev but, of course, it’s not the case here.
  3. Jeannette
    The Garland Waltz is Wheeldon’s version. Ashton: Aurora’s Vision Scene solo, Florestan & Two Sisters Pas 3, & maybe the “finger” fairy variation in Prologue. Dowell? I don’t remember!
  4. Jeannette
    Thursday, 27 Aug at 7pm EDT, through early on 8 Sept: Joyce Theatre stream presents Complexions Contemporary Ballet in Bach-25 by Dwight Rhoden...created two years ago to celebrate the troupe’s 25th anniversary. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBt8wOFJXwk3prrx0pUbAbw
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    Oh, I love Nebrada’s Nuestros Valses...each of the five couples’ pdds is a passion-filled GEM! Enjoy, lucky attendees.
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    Wasn’t Jane Fonda also in that film? My only complaint was that the ballet segments were way too brief!
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    I believe that this is the ca-2014 production by current A.D. David McAllister, which was issued on commercial DVD a couple of years ago. It’s a big, luxurious traditional production (tutus & tiaras). If it’s the same film as on the DVD, it stars Lana Jones & Kevin Jackson. Amber Scott as Lilac.
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    Sorry to carry forth with the off-topic....but thanks, Lizbie. All I can say: Juniors cheesecake is OUT OF THIS WORLD. So much so that I was considering using my rail ticket just for this, despite the ballet cancellation. Alas, only the Brooklyn shop is open, just for carry-out. Maybe all Juniors will reopen by the time that NYCB returns to live performing? Carnegie Deli, near Carnegie Hall was almost as great but they closed 3 yrs ago. Now I’m quite hungry. Sorry. Back to topic, please.
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    I was hoping so, too. My friend said that some museums may be opening on Aug 29 with timed tickets. Too late for my trip. I’ll ask Amtrak for a credit on a future trip.
  10. Jeannette
    I was pondering whether or not to use my one remaining (long-ago purchased) round-trip Amtrak rail ticket to NYC...bought to see the Aug 23rd Sarasota Ballet matinee at the Joyce. The show was cancelled, of course. So I wondered if I should go to Manhattan for a few hours, just for old times sake. I asked a friend who lives near Lincoln Center if anything worth visiting is open...maybe have a slice of my favorite Junior’s cheesecake? Shop in the Time-Warner Center mall? Answer: no Juniors or anything else from my old haunts. The entire Lincoln Center plaza is roped off. ZERO restaurants open, except for some with tables set-up for outdoor service (no Junior’s restaurants in NYC among them). No art museums open. Sigh. I think I’ll be staying home, baking my own cheesecake and watching ballet DVDs. 😞
  11. Jeannette
    I think you’re right, Jan. I held hope that Putin’s so-called “Sputnik V” rocket-accelerated vaccine would be legit but just today, the Mariinsky’s abbreviated run of Giselle was cancelled hours before the initial show (14 August Tereshkina/Schklyarov). We can maintain sanity with our DVDs and/or occasional streams of complete ballets...because I sure am getting tired of the made-at-home cutesy creations filmed in basements, kitchens & back yards! That was ok in April; not now.
  12. Jeannette
    Oh my...Catering and Front-house Assistants alone! This is a real eye opener. Total respect.
  13. Jeannette
    So which digitally-presented ballets were your favourites? My list didn’t include ballets that had been presented prior to COVID (streams, cinemas, TV, DVDs and such)...such as most or all of the Mariinsky and Bolshoi offerings...and most of the full-length Danish, Parisian or Viennese offerings (and older Royal Ballet works reprised for free). Maybe you loved those, if they were your first viewings of these performances?
  14. Jeannette
    Thanks, Alison. Miami and Arizona Ballets also presented significant digital seasons...such as Peck’s Heatscape and Ratmansky’s Symphonic Dances from Miami...or several Balanchines and Ib Andersen’s “desert ballets” from Arizona (but filmed with one far-view camera, alas). We saw many, many ballets from the comfort of our living rooms during the past five months.
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    Shall we select our “top five” ballet streams of the past five+ months? With last night’s closing program from Vail, an intense dance-stream season is winding down. I made my selections based only on “brand new” content that had never before been streamed or cinemacast before the COVID situation. In other words, either new works or, if already seen, danced by a company not before seen in a certain ballet. First, my top-15 (or so) shortlist, by city/company...all very generous with streaming: Buenos Aires, Teatro Colon Ballet: Coppelia in the beloved version danced by ABT for decades...yet never before filmed (that I know) Copenhagen, RDB: Jewels, especially gorgeous in Emeralds (Susanne Grinder!) London, ROH: The Cellist + honorable mention “Blessed Spirits” with Vadim M! London, ENB: Nora by Stina Quagebeur New York, NYCB: Donizetti Variations (Concerto DSCH close behind) New York, Dance Th of Harlem: Balamouk By Lopez Ochoa New York, Ballet Hispanico: El Viaje by Liang Perm Ballet, Russia: Fadetta, full 3-act rarity by Boyarchikov-after-Lavrovsky Philadelphia, Penn. Ballet: Trigger Touch Fade by Elo San Francisco Ballet: Anima Animus by Dawson Stuttgart Ballet: Initials R.B.M.E. by Cranko (with Haydee/Jurgen Rose Sleeping Beauty a close 2nd) Seattle, Pacific NW Ballet: their historic Giselle, even if not an optimal filming Vail Festival Digital Edition in general...Balanchine’s rare Elegie especially welcomed My Top 5 winners are.... 1. INITIALS R.B.M.E.!!!!!!! Stuttgart 2. Donizetti Variations, NYCB 3. Fadetta, Perm 4. Balamouk, DTHarlem 5. Trigger Touch Fade, Pennsylv. Bonus- Best miniature: Vadim Muntagirov In Dance of the Blessed Spirits What a crazy, fabulous ride we’ve had through these streams...yet tempered with the knowledge of the sad reason behind it all. Still, imagine how long it would’ve taken us (and at what cost) to travel the globe to see all of these amazing ballets.
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    Reminder that the last of the Vail 2020 Digital Edition shows premieres tonight @ 8pm EDT. By now, I’ve become a Lil’ Buck fan, so I’ll be sorely disappointed if we don’t see him. 🙏 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTmPWvm5mNynfYJYaq_dbRA
  17. Jeannette
    Maybe someone can split the topics? Somewhat sacrilegious to use a memorial on one beloved dancer ( Fadeyechev) to post and chit-chat about others. 😢 Sorry if I am sensitive.
  18. Jeannette
    Thanks, Bruce. I totally agree. I’ll never forget his beautiful performance in Peck’s newest ballet, Rotunda, just before the pandemic shut-down. LJ was a last-minute substitute for the injured principal, Danchig-Waring...imagine that. I kept wondering, “Who is that sinewy gorgeous mover out there?” I’m sure that the world’s choreographers will be creating great things on LJ. And this interview just seals my great feelings about him.
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    DTofHarlem’s complete quadruple-bill show at Jacob’s Pillow 2019 begins streaming tonight, including Balanchine’s Valse-Fantasie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wt27huTwvI
  20. Jeannette
    This is turning out to be an excellent series of programs. For we NYCB and ABT fans, it’s a late-summer bonanza to see many favorite stars & up-and-commers in unfamiliar roles. For example, I believe that Vail A.D. Damien Woetzel had the “goods” on Roman Mejia way before his first appearance at the festival in 2017, while still a student at SAB. He was featured in the 2nd show’s The Personal Element and yesterday's 3rd program, in an excerpt from Neenan’s The Farewell. He closed the initial program with a bang - performing Ratmansky’s Fandango in the role created on Wendy Whelan & later by Sara Mearns. We also saw snippets of Mejia in Rubies pdd. He’s also listed to dance in one of the two full works on the last show (Dorrance’s “we seem to be more than one”). I’ve also enjoyed seeing so much of ABT’s Herman Cornejo. Vail has uploaded his full Suite of Dances on their Yt channel...if you enjoyed the 4th movement earlier, you can now see the full thing, as well as a conversation about the Robbins ballet: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NudXLr3IyVQ
  21. Jeannette
    p.s. I just purchased my “ticket” for this performance. No problems with my being from out of state (not in the university system). In fact, during the ordering and payment process, one of the pull-down menus was for country (USA one of many). At some point, I ticked “fulfillment delayed-mobile delivery” option...so some sort of mobile confirmation or code will come to allow our household to watch this. Receipt sent instantly to my email account. So I’m all set to enjoy a live complete Don Q from ABT eight months from now. On my calendar, so I don’t forget...ha ha! 🤪
  22. Jeannette
    Great news. I was sent the following email by a good friend who subscribes to a dance series at the University of Minnesota, where ABT is set to tour its Don Q in April. One of the performances will be a livestream option for $25 a household. No details yet about casting or platform to be used (locked Youtube, Vimeo or other). The notification from the university: https://tickets.umn.edu/northrop/online/default.asp?doWork%3A%3AWScontent%3A%3AloadArticle=Load&BOparam%3A%3AWScontent%3A%3AloadArticle%3A%3Aarticle_id=9F1C3F79-885E-4CBF-B1E1-2C605531684C So will other dance companies be touring/performing with video crews? Very exciting possibilities!
  23. Jeannette
    The new “Pioneer Suite” Ballet by Sergeev looks adorable!
  24. Jeannette
    Too much Lil’ Buck for my taste but these programs are meant to showcase variety. That said, as mentioned on the general thread, s out Program 1, I loved Peck and Fairchild in Limon’s Mazurkas Suite and Carla Korbes in Balanchine/Stravinsky Elegie. not performed since 1982.
  25. Jeannette
    Of course, it’s in the eye of the beholder but I happen to agree with you. It’s not just her beauty (God-given features) but, more importantly, how she uses eyes and the rest to emit a sparkling quality (Fonteyn had this, too) that comes across as sincere. It is rehearsed...they are pros, after all. But it doesn’t come across as fake. I happen to feel the same about the ageless Roberto Bolle, among the guys. 😍
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