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    English National Ballet: Nutcracker Delights

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    13 hours ago, annekh510 said:

    I felt mildly uncomfortable in the Chinese dance - I'm no expert and not up to date, but I'd got the impression that the pigtails on the men wasn't the preferred thing these days (in addition to other things). It was the dance in this production most capable of offending people of that nationality or heritage.

     

    Like you I feel very uncomfortable with the Chinese dance done in pigtails. While the finger pointing has, thank goodness, been replaced in many productions the pigtails have remained. Phil Chan (Final Bow for Yellow Face) explained that the pigtail was a symbol of oppression similar to the yellow star the Jews had to wear. It would be such an easy fix to get another wig design. 

    Here is the interview with him and it is worth a watch in my opinion. He is a thoughtful person.

    (he talks about this around 6 mins) 

     

    Wayne Sleep entrechat douze record

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    5 hours ago, jmhopton said:

     

    I see the BFI as a sort of British Library for film and tv and a fascinating archive of our media history (and hopefully present as well). It would be wonderful if stuff could be digitised and available on a pay per view basis but that would obviously cost serious money and might also infringe copyright. At least we can see it in London whenever we're able to get there again.

     

    Maybe, when we are able to do things again, if anyone is going to watch anything at the BFI they could post; so that if there are others who want to see it they could join in and so spread both the joy and the cost. 

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    Ballet and dance on BBC Radio 4 (and occasionally elsewhere)

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    13 hours ago, Scheherezade said:

    And for anyone who is interested, you can catch Saturday's Music Matters on Radio 3 which, towards the end, included a fascinating account by Allegra Kent of dancing Agon in Russia with Arthur Mitchell during the Cuban Missile crisis.


    I can’t work out how to share it at the moment, but I can tell you it starts at 28 mins in and I found it very interesting. 

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    Dance on terrestrial TV

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    12 hours ago, alison said:

     

    Correction: TWO Ashton masterpieces :)

    I was literally just wondering whether to put this on my Christmas/birthday list, so I guess now I can audition it, rather better than in my local cinema at the time, where we had the worst pixellated RB experience I've ever had :(

    That sounds like a frustrating evening, I am glad you are getting another opportunity albeit on a smaller screen. 

    I clearly need to check the blurb before I post it!

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