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  1. Jeannette
    I don’t know about “y’all,” but I’m totally pumped for tonight’s SUPER GISELLE HOUSE PARTY to view Pacific NW Ballet’s historically-informed Giselle (film of a fabulous 2014 performance starring Kaori Nakamura and Jerome Tisserand). It happens tonight at 7:00 pm Pacific time (10 pm Eastern US)...late for friends in the UK & Europe, I realize...maybe folks can access it for a while after? Access requires a donation - “of any amount” - whatever one can give. Instructions for accessing the show will be emailed to donors today, ahead of the House Party...not just the full ballet but some extras! Let’s party tonight!!! 🎉 🎊 🎈 🎊 🎉 Link for more info, via PNB’s FB: https://m.facebook.com/PNBallet/photos/a.439537898951/10157709661123952/?type=3&source=48
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    I bought the DVD a while back. It’s a lovely ballet on the whole but, to me, the real gem is the first lakeside scene, as it replicates the 1895 original of Lev Ivanov, with Benno within the “pdd” and the other hunters interacting with the swan corps. Until Ratmansky’s recon for Zurich in 2016, the Neumeier lakeside scene was perhaps the closest that we could see to the 1895. (Balanchine also incorporated some rarely-seen 1895 elements...swans resting their heads on the hunters’ shoulders.)
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    I had to take a magnifying glass to find clues as to any ballet excerpts to be performed. Hey, we’re getting a song from Tony Bennett! Tap dancing! Can’t wait to see Al Roker, my favorite weather-person! Even some past dancing greats, like Fracci & Bocca. A little something for everyone. Seriously: Wishing ABT much success in its fund-raising efforts, for the sake of survival.
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    Uh, interesting details on the one-hr ABT “gala”... 🤔
  5. Jeannette
    It’s Rubies tonight...with my favorite new up-and-commer Mira Nadon as the Tall Girl (debut)! I’ve been following her since her SAB grad performances (Scotch Symphony lead).
  6. Jeannette
    Correction: No longer the entire ballet, sadly. It appears that, between last night’s “live” transmission and now, the Colon has cut significant sections of the ballet, such as the fairy entourage segment that preceded the fairy solos. It was complete last night. 😔
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    The entire ballet remains on the Teatro Colon’s Youtube channel (until ?). The ballet begins about 10 minutes into the transmission...some preview chat/rehearsal shots during the pre-performance. This bonanza of complete ballets from around the globe, to savour from the comfort of my living room couch, is the one ray of happiness that has come from this pandemic. Who would’ve thought?
  8. Jeannette
    Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires is streaming its lovely Sleeping Beauty now (May 3) starring Nadia Muzika as Aurora. Not sure how long it will be up after this initial airing. On its YouTube channel, as well as its web Teatrocolon.org.ar/en-vivo
  9. Jeannette
    Between this latest offering (Infinite Ocean), Anima Animus & Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem, San Francisco has truly been “bringing it” during this COVID-19 season! (What else to call it? - “the spring 2020 situation season”?) I didn’t particularly like Pacific NWBallet’s first stream - too modern for my taste - but they’ll be making up for it with next week’s historical Giselle (that one by donation).
  10. Jeannette
    I totally agree with you, Jan. An extremely moving, powerful work of art. Yuan Yuan Tan must possess the most lyrical and expressive instrument (physique) for ballet on earth! She may be petite but she registers “long.” I can only imagine her Odette or Nikita
  11. Jeannette
    I just received a “Save the Date” email from ABT, with a link to its website. Apparently, there’ll be a special web streaming event via its Youtube channel on May 12 at 7pm EDT: Together Tonight...”details to follow.”
  12. Jeannette
    The Ballo della Regina and After the Rain program premiered tonight. Ballo sparkled from beginning to end. All dancers splendid but, to these eyes, the shiniest sparks came from the buoyant Anthony Huxley! I giggled with joy whenever he bounded onto the set...loudly...husband asked if I was ok. LOL! After the Rain a sublime masterpiece. Whelan - Hall so beautiful. NYCB is cookin’!
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    Villella definitely was more “raw” than the more noble Apollos. I’m afraid that I must disagree with you on D’Amboise - one of the most elegant & “noble” Apollos imaginable...thankfully preserved on film, in a couple of editions (Canadian TV and the US Bell Telephone Hour). It’s interesting how so many little details of the choreography have changed through the history of Apollo on film. Last night, I watched a bundle of versions of Apollo’s main solo (before the pdd), to see if anyone performed the. (to me) jerky up-and-down arm movements that Stanley does just before the slow pirouette down to the floor. I watched dancer after dancer, from D’Amboise, to Martins father/son, to Zelensky, Hubbe, etc. Only one Apollo on film, in my collection, did the three jerky arm movements that had surprised me with Stanley: Baryshnikov! So it’s been done that way before but not consistently. The coaches probably offer interpretive choices, I’m guessing.
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    There is no wrong or right take, just personal preferences. Farrell/Martins were the first I saw live, so they’re my benchmark...elegant and godlike. But cute-and-perky can also be a legit take. Among current or recent NYCB ballerinas I prefer Kowroski or Whelan in the role of T...and, a bit further back, Hubbe as A. (I dream about Reichlen as T but she’s only danced Poly.) But that’s because the images of Farrell/Martins will forever be emblazoned in my mind. Different strokes for different folks, as they say. Btw, I also have an issue with muses who constantly smile, as we used to see with Mariinsky ballerinas. Remember Assylmuratova’s or Part’s muses in Mariinsky or ABT Apollos? I remember that being a hot topic of discussion back in the day.
  15. Jeannette
    Watched Apollo. While I admire these four dancers individually... Love this ballet... Am so very grateful to NYCB for its generosity in making it available... This has to be the oddest Apollo I’ve seen in recent recollection! Such an un-aristocratic take. Terpsichore-Tiler Peck a likeable “Girl Next Door” who is about as far removed from my memories of the elegant, tall and aloof Suzanne Farrell. Taylor Stanley about as far from Peter Martins...and what we’re those floppy arm moves at the end of his solo? So much of this ballet’s movement has changed not just since Balanchine’s lifetime but even since a decade ago. Oh my goodness. What a shame that we couldn’t see a taller and more “noble in bearing” cast. Sigh...Yet, I am grateful that this ballet was presented. On to the next one.
  16. Jeannette
    Thanks for this link. So Wheeldon’s Chocolate will be a co-production with ABT, it appears. Will ABT dare to program Chocolate and Whipped Cream during the same season, I wonder? Yum yum.
  17. Jeannette
    May 8 - Pacific Northwest Ballet will hold a virtual house party to stream it’s complete Giselle! From what we can tell from the Facebook announcement, access will be by donation (?). This is the historically-informed production on which Doug Fullington and Marian Smith worked a few years ago. It should be fascinating to watch the film, following on the heels of Ratmansky’s own historical Giselle for the Bolshoi. Go to PNB’s Facebook page for more info...I tried pasting the direct link but could not.
  18. Jeannette
    Loved Your Flesh... in general but was extremely impressed by the leading dancer, Benjamin Fremantle, in the final two songs. So touching. Too, I was absolutely taken by the music by Chris Garneau. There’s nothing like a traditionally tuneful score to take a ballet over the finish line! So far, I’ve loved this one and Anima Animus the most, among SFB’s digital offerings. Very grateful for the opportunity to see them all, whether I like them or not. Bring them on!
  19. Jeannette
    Agree with most of your Peck Picks, Bruce! The lyrical, melancholic Belles-Lettres is perhaps my fave. Did you ever see Peck himself - recently retired from dancing - as the main man in Rodeo, dancing the pdd with Sara Mearns? Wonderful! Taylor Stanley is especially great in the Sufian Stevens/Peck ballets but, alas, starred in what was perhaps (to me) the biggest Peck dud: The Most Incredible Thing. “Incredible”? Ugh.
  20. Jeannette
    After you watch Rotunda a couple of more times, you’ll notice that the first and last movements - ensemble numbers - “mirror” each other...same moves and clusters, yet in different directions. It’s as if the lone man who opens and ends the ballet (Gonzalo Garcia) had been imagining the movement in the mirror. It was interesting to finally see, in this film, Adrian Danchig-Waring (in burgundy) dance the first pdd with Miriam Miller. I attended later performances in which Andrew Scordato took over that pdd with Ms Miller - both in powder blue/grayish dancewear, thus matching each other better, an even more exquisite pair IMO. No disrespect to Danchig-Waring, who was injured soon after the filmed performance. At my ‘live’ performances, a young corps member, LaJeromeny Brown, took over Danchig-Waring’s ensemble moves, in the burgundy costume. Brown is a gorgeous dancer! By the way, this is the ballet that was to have been performed by NYCB dancers at Sadlers Wells in March, at the Nico Muhly program but was canceled.
  21. Jeannette
    Oh, how I enjoyed Broken Wings! Thanks so much for the heads up. Congrats to Tamara Rojo and the ENB!
  22. Jeannette
    That was wonderful! Just what we need in tough times. I didn’t even mind the overhead shots. I know what I’ll be doing at 8:00pm EST every Friday and Tuesday for the next few weeks.
  23. Jeannette
    ABT? Going once...going twice? 😎
  24. Jeannette
    Indeed! From what I’ve noticed during many trips to Sarasota, it seems to attract rather wealthy retirees from the big cultural cities in NE USA...especially ex- Metropolitan Opera subscribers. As great as is the ballet, Sarasota’s opera troupe is even more richly endowed. Another factor in the programming decisions is the relative conservatism of the populace. Hey - ignore the politics. Whatever works to give me (us) our fill of Ashton and other treasures from the past!
  25. Jeannette
    Yes. So much work for, in most cases, three performances over the course of two days. Well, I’m thrilled that my postponed travels to see R&J and Dante (among other rarities) are back on track! Whoopee!!! Also, the hotel options - especially those close to the Opera House - have greatly improved...a great thing especially for those like me who prefer to not drive, as the city has horrible taxi/public transport service at night.
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