Janite

first circle , row H £65 or nearest offer. please message me.

4 hours ago, alison said:

Sky Arts has an unspecified Romeo and Juliet on on Monday, but since it's on at the civilised time of 8 pm I'm guessing it won't be ballet. OTOH, it may be being repeated at 6.20 the next morning ...

I checked Sky Arts and it says it is from the National Theatre, so sadly I imagine not ballet.

Just back from Saturday evenings performance. Emma Hawes was so convincing as Giselle, I ached for her broken heart. Vsevolod Maievskyi was completely new to me, somehow I was reminded of Vadim Muntagirov. Did anyone else think this  or could explain why? Precious Adams and her entourage were suitably frightening. All in all my friend and I thought it was wonderful.

I have just finished watching the Magic of Dance and it is indeed Magic. Hoping the BBC can unearth more like this.

On 10/01/2024 at 19:53, Lynette H said:

ON BBC I Player, a recording of a recent production in Aviva Studios a new venue in Manchester - a dance version of the film The Matrix.  Its a huge cast. Available for a year. 

I am watching 'An Introduction to Free Your Mind:The Matrix Now', where Danny Boyle is talking about watching dance rehearsals for weeks. "It starts with continuous counting and then it's as if  'the numbers disappear into the body'. " That is such a beautiful description of dance.

CBeeBies has seven ballets for children on iplayer, they are performed by Northern Ballet. They also perform them at the Linbury.  
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=ballet

18 hours ago, Estreiiita said:

I saw "The Peony Pavilion" they performed in December 2016 in  Sadler's Wells and liked it enormously though it was not a pure ballet, more a combination of the opera, folklore and ballet. I remember beautiful girls of the same height and complexion from the corps - amazing  uniformity! And the principal dancers were great!

  Here's the article of Graham Watts about the performance: https://bachtrack.com/es_ES/review-peony-pavilion-national-ballet-china-sadlers-wells-november-2016

Thank you for that interesting review. I hope I get to see it.

Thank you for the pictures @Dawnstar, I took some of the family last night and they loved it much more than I expected. My granddaughter had performed an adapted version of the Spanish Dance and it was fun to compare it.

54 minutes ago, Paco said:

Yes, Raise the Red Lantern is an absolute must-see. It is spectacular.

 

I have seen the company on various occasions while they were touring. They are brilliant.

thank you, a recommendation is always good.

6 hours ago, alison said:

They've been to Sadler's Wells a number of times, but not recently, I think.  I know they brought Raise the Red Lantern, but I can't remember what else, off-hand.

I thought Raise the Red Lantern looked interesting.

1 minute ago, Jan McNulty said:

I've got a feeling that I saw them in London in 1986 or 87, tying in with the Queen's very successful visit to China.

 

I thought they were very impressive but it was a long time ago!

 

I've just had a look at the website.  They don't seem to list many performances too far in advance!

 

https://www.nbc.cn/englishwap/show.html

I couldn’t find anything beyond Jan either, so I hope they a doing a performance when I visit.

1 minute ago, Emeralds said:

A technically accomplished company with some unusual repertoire alongside the familiar classics like Swan Lake, Giselle  etc. Stunning productions with great sets and costumes (at least the ones they've toured or filmed for broadcast or social media).  Some of their academy graduates and company alumni have gone on to dance as guests or full time company members with many companies abroad. Well worth catching! 

Thank you, the little I have seen of them has seemed good, glad to have that confirmed.

I have the opportunity to go to China in September and, obviously, top of my list is to see the NBC. Has anyone seen them and if so are there dancers or anything you would recommend or avoid?
thank you

34 minutes ago, Jane S said:

 

The second part, broadcast a week later, was called 'Diaghilev, The Years in Exile', and dealt with the last 10 years of his life.  The format was the same, with some additional contributors.

 

 

Thank you @Jane S, I will have a look and see if I can find it elsewhere.
Edit: it seems to be available at BFI Southbank, I will investigate further.

18 hours ago, OnePigeon said:

IPlayer has an old Omnibus from the 60s about Diaghilev, presented by Peter Ustinov.   Contributions are from De Valois, Karsavina, Rambert, Massine and many more.

This is a great programme. It seemed that this was part 1 of a two part documentary and I wondered if anyone has any information on the second part?

I have seen two Alvin Ailey performances. The first last night (8th) was ‘21st Century Creations’. First was ‘For Four’ choreographed by Robert Battle expressing the energy let out after lockdown. It was gloriously and intricately danced to Jazz Music by Wynton Marsalis. 
In A Sentimental Mood by Jamar Roberts was very moving. Particularly the female solo to ‘The first time ever I saw your face’ and the male solo that was in his own circle of light.

Dancing Spirit was a replacement and we were a little sad at that until we saw it. One of my party was so enthusiastic about it they were still talking about the movement and choreography today. It was a joyful and powerful end to the show.

Today we did the opposite and saw ‘Ailey Classics’. Standouts for me were the Falls part of River with the four men dancing, but it had many exciting, funny and profound parts. 
Cry was very powerful, it is about AA ‘s mother. 

The hairs on my arms stood up in Wade in the River from Revelation.

it has been a brilliant weekend 

I watched Woolf Works when it was first staged in 2015, it was such an incredible performance I thought I would never want to see it again as it could never be as good. I was wrong, just back from the matinee and it was breathtakingly good.

3 hours ago, Jeannette said:

The documentary could be the 1978 “In a Class of her Own” - also marketed on VHS tape as “Ballerina: Lynn Seymour.” In that, I especially enjoy rehearsal bits of Ashton’s Two Pigeons final pdd with Christopher Gable.

 

To me, the most fascinating Seymour doc was filmed around 1965 for British TV  that featured two artists, a pop star plus Lynn Seymour, titled “This Week: A Tale of Two Talents,” including the rape pdd from Macmillan’s The Invitation (assuming w/ Desmond Doyle; not identified). 

 

In all of the documentaries, it’s fascinating that she defied the standard look of ballerinas…different sort of face, figure, etc. Lynn Seymour overcame all obstacles. Quite a tale.

thank you, and here's hoping they show at least one of them in honour of her life.

5 hours ago, Jane S said:

Or there was also a BBC Omnibus programme called 'When the Dancing had to Stop'.

thank you

Many years ago I saw a documentary about Lynn Seymour and I was 'blown away'. Did anyone else see it or know what it was called? I would love to watch it again.  

I am just back from seeing Anna-Rose O'Sullivan and Steven McRae. Anna was a treat to watch, so clean and precise in her dancing and she is a joyful character. Steven is a dancer I have always enjoyed and Annette Buvioli was an excellent Lilac Fairy, she conveyed a strong goodness. All in all a great evening.

7 hours ago, zxDaveM said:

 

I've changed it for you

thank you 

2 hours ago, Sim said:

Janite do you mean Wednesday 14th or Friday 16th please?  Get well very soon!

I do mean Friday 16th, thank you Sim for pointing that out. Is it possible for you to change it or shall I re enter it? 

Due to getting Covid I can no longer attend and would like to sell these for something.

Scheduled cast is as follows:

I feel that most people here have a strong preference for classical ballet, and nothing wrong with that.

While I love the classics I also love modern and contemporary ballet. 
In Chocolate I felt many emotions, ie love, anguish, passion, hate, fear, power etc. I wondered how the last act would play out after the heightened emotions of the previous two and I was not disappointed. It shows a mature yet still passionate love. 
back to see the main cast next week, can’t wait .