SantosA

4 hours ago, bridiem said:

 

I know exactly what you mean about Elite Syncopations. I really enjoyed it when I first saw it MANY years ago, and I've very much enjoyed the recent performances as a colourful company come-back work; but for me it never really does take off. It's too slow, and too long, and the choreography is not sufficiently interesting or varied. (And the costumes are way OTT!). I'm not sure who decides these things, but I wouldn't have thought that it's considered a major MacMillan - it's just unusual for him in that it's entirely lightweight/happy/frothy or however you want to describe it, and I suppose the music is popular and it's very easy on the eye (if you have a strong eye!). But just to repeat - I've really enjoyed these recent performances! And they've been very well danced.

Yes! To your point about the music, I guess the fact that it's on Joplin, et al skewed my expectations. I thought MacMillan would do more with it. Like Rubies but in reverse, hehe!

Hi, Everyone - My first "impressions" post!  

I finally caught up with the stream. A different feel to the evening than the first gala. I think this second one pipped the first for me, programming-wise. (I didn't mind the interventions of the host so much in the first -- it was nice to hear from the company members. But chiefly, I thought Elite Syncopations, which I hadn't seen before, would be, I don't know... more? While the dancing was as committed as one could hope, the piece seemed oddly paced to me. I kept expecting it to build up somehow and have a bigger payoff at the end. Is it considered a major MacMillan?)

Some random thoughts:

1. It was a real treat to see a bit of Rhapsody. I wanted more. 

2. Interesting to see the Marston danced by a different couple. I think I'm getting it more with more viewings.

3.  O'Sullivan/Sambe danced the Balanchine with aplomb though neither quite hit their sweet spot as they did with the Ashton.

4.  Loved the yearning in Hayward's Odette -- more despairing human than histrionic bird. I can imagine her pdd fitting into a full telling of the story.  

5. Morera's little touches spoke volumes. Bonelli was dreamy.

6. Osipova doing it her way, take it or leave it. Good on her!

7. There's something about Bracewell that really charms me.

8. I like the RB in lyrical mode.

9. No Magri/Ball? Natch!

Overall,  I thought it was an excellent showcase for the Company. This pandemic really needs to end soon so these beautiful artists can go back to doing their thing full-time.

27 minutes ago, Ian Macmillan said:

Santos:  Welcome to the Forum -  a pity that your first post should have to be about the less successful aspects of last night.  I've had no problems at all over getting the ROH output on my Mac, but it's located in a corner, very convenient for my normal purposes, but not at all convenient for viewing by others, particularly over an extended time.  The prospect of streaming on to our large TV at the other end of the house seemed most appealing but has simply not emerged as feasible at this address.

 

And I think I've banged on about this quite enough now.

Thank you for the welcome, Ian. It's a casting issue, I see. The combination of Vimeo, Mac, Chromecast and Panasonic is not the most obliging, I'm afraid. If you haven't tried it yet, and you're not too fed up with the situation, perhaps try screen mirroring through AIrBeamTV for Mac to Panasonic? There's a free trial version you can test quite easily. If you have sufficient bandwidth and neither your computer nor your TV is too far from your router or in a dead spot, it should work without (too much) video/audio lagging. (Not sure if linking is allowed here so I won't put the link. But a Google search should turn AirBeamTV up.) In any case, I hope you and your family enjoy the wonderful gala even on your tiny screen.

1 hour ago, Ian Macmillan said:

Saodan:  I regret to say that it's not "working fine now," certainly not here.  As before, I can login on our Panasonic TV browser and all that's there is a blank black screen, as has been the case in my testing for at least a week now.  And there's no mobile device involved, phone or tablet - just a Mac desktop separated by most of the length of the house from a Panasonic smart TV acquired earlier this year.   

Oh, this is terrible. I had similar problems as yours (I think!) with my Samsung TV and had to try a few things before I could make it work. Is it that you can't play the video at all on your Mac or you can't mirror your Mac to your Panasonic or both?

(My first post. Hi!)