Jenn

Ohhh I watched them all but I haven't known those works were called as 'blue back drop.' I currently live in New York City so thankfully I could watch the most of Balanchine's works lively performed by New York City Ballet. New York City Center used to invite European ballet dancers for Balanchine festival annually before COVID, but I'm not sure if they do it anymore. I was always thrilled when Balanchine's works performed by European ballet companies/dancers, because it felt so different even though they performed the exact same pieces as New York City Ballet dancers did. I love them all. My favorite Balanchine's work is Garland Waltz in Sleeping Beauty (all other parts are choreographed by Peter Martins). I wish New York City Ballet records more videos of George Balanchine's works. (And stop recording his Nutcracker! I still love it but I've watched enough...)

I never heard of Russell Maliphant! I'm so glad a new choreographer was finally introduce. Thank you so much and I already found some of his works in youtube. I'll watch them this weekend!!

Thank you for telling me the behind story of Anthony Tudor! I have watched his works several times but I haven't known that he used to work at Rambert. I watched Lilac Garden performed by New York Theatre Ballet and I loved it. I also watched Tudor's Pillar of Fire, Dark Elegies, and Judgement of Paris but haven't watched The Leaves are Fading. Thank you again for letting me know his new work and I'll def check it.

I can't wait to watch it! Thank you!!

+ Oops, I forgot to mention about Two Pigeons and The Dream. I watched them both and liked them all. Two Pigeons was so cute and I wish I can watch it as a live performance one day. I first watched George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, then I watched Ashton's The Dream. Balanchine's version was beautiful but I thought it didn't have to be that long. I do prefer Ashton's. My favorite is Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream among Shakespeare based ones, it has very acrobatic choreography in the fairy realm scenes. I think it's worth to give a try if you haven't watched it yet. Neumeier also changed the libretto a bit.

Thank you for your recommendations, jmhopton! I admit I'm prone to watch more modern/contemporary ballets, but I'm glad I can discuss the ballet works we mutually watched. I'd like to let you know English is not my first language, so if you find any ambiguous expressions of mine, feel free to check with me. Yes, I watched Christopher Wheeldon's Winter's Tale. I don't think I particularly like his choreographic body movements, but I really love the ideas of scenography in his ballets. Both Wheeldon's Cinderella and Alice are like fairy tales, and I was really amazed by his understanding of theatre itself. I think Winter's Tale was a bit lack of innovative ideas unlike his two other ballets, but I'll definitely check if he creates any new full-length ballet. The very first Cranko's ballet I watched was The Taming of the Shrew. I thought it was funny, but at the same time, I felt uncomfortable as a woman. You know the story. Obviously, The Taming of the Shrew is not my favorite of Shakespeare's works. The third Cranko's ballet I watched was Pineapple Poll, and yes, I had to admit I liked his sense of humor. (The second was Romeo and Juliet, but I prefer Leonid Lavrovsky's.) So when I first watched Cranko's Onegin, it really surprised me! Unlike the Taming of the Shrew and Pineapple Poll, there was no humor, but It was a serious, dramatic ballet and all scenes were beautifully choreographed. I was so into it, and I also looked up if there were any contemporary versions of Onegin. I found two -- the first one was John Neumeier's Tatijana and the second one was Boris Eifman's Onegin. If you haven't watched Boris Eifman's version, I highly recommend it. This one can be only enjoyed by the people who already fell in love with Cranko's Onegin. Neumeier's Tatijana was not bad, but not fabulous either, though there are some good parts. I think I prefer MacMillan's short ballets, like Elite Syncopation or the Song of the Earth, while my favorite remains as The Judas Tree so far. I specifically loved the idea of using a chalk to trace the dead body in The Judas Tree. It reminded me of the movie Dogville somehow. I watched Monon with the castings of Misty Copland and Roberto Bolle in New York. I remember it only because it was the farewell performance of Bolle in American Ballet Theatre, but I think the work was not my taste. (I don't quite remember it) I don't mind retrying to watch RB's Manon and Meyerling, and hope I become to like those this time. I'm happy to tell you I own the DVD of Kirov's Le Corsaire! Altynai Asylmuratova as Medora showed one of the most beautiful port de bras I've ever watched, and Ruzimatov's Ali was marvelous. (Although my favorite Ruzimatov's role is Prince Désiré, I still love his Ali.) I also watched Maria Khoreva and Kimin Kim's Le Corsaire in D.C. when Mariinsky Ballet annually visited the Kennedy Center. (Good days have gone and all Russian ballet companies cancelled their US tour schedule.) I also watched Victoriya Tereshkina and Kimin Kim's La Bayadère as a live performance, and also watched Vladimir Shklyrov and Tereshkina's version via online streaming. Both were revised by Vladimir Ponomarev. I watched Natalia Makarova's La Bayadère with America Ballet Theatre production, and I think the Royal Ballet perform Natalia Makarova's as well. It's funny those two versions of La Bayadère have totally opposite ending. I'll check the La Bayadère performed by Osipova, thank you! Oh, and I watched Jean-Christophe Maillot's Taming of the Shrew as well. Maybe I have watched all of Maillot's works if they ever streamed online or published as DVDs. I used to love his works. He created unique characters in his ballets -- mature Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, dominatrix fairy godmother, bare foot Cinderella and foot-fetish pervert Prince in Cinderella, brave Princess Aurora who fights against Caraboss for abused Prince Désiré in Sleeping Beauty. Well, since Maillot's Aurora doesn't sleep, Maillot named this ballet as The Beauty (La Belle), but anyway. So when I first watched his Taming of the Shrew, I expected a more twisted libretto, like a gender-switched version or the shrew kicking the rude husband's butt. None of them happened, and I was very, very disappointed. The most recent Maillot's work I watched was Coppél-i.A., Maillot's SF version of Coppélia, and I didn't like it either. If someone is looking for SF Coppélia, I would definitely recommend Eduardo Lao's version instead of Maillot's. To be honest, I want to watch more of his own ballets rather than twisted fairy tales. One of his works, Choré, was partially amazing, but not good enough as a full-length ballet. I thought he could do better, and I'm still waiting for his new ballets. I haven't watched La Fille mal gardée yet! It was always on my list, but got pushed back somehow. Now it's the time to watch it. For Don Quixote, yes, I watched Osipova and Vasiliev's (choreographed by Alexey Fadeyechev), though my favorite version is Mikhail Baryshnikov's. (He performed Basil with his own choreography) I feel bad American Ballet Theatre doesn't perform Misha's version anymore (now they perform Alexander Gorsky's) but I do understand it because there's no young Baryshnikov in the ballet world anymore. I don't think anybody can perform the famous drinking scene as he did. I used to subscribe all Marquee TV, Stringray Classica, Medici TV, and Broadway HD, but now I only subscribe them when I feel like it since I watched most of the ballet videos in those platforms. When they stream the new ballets, I always get back my subscriptions. I also borrow the ballet DVD's from my local library, but thank you for your kind suggestion!

Hi, I'm new here. I go to the theaters to see live ballets as well, but usually I watch ballet videos at home. I would like to be advised because I felt there was a limit to find works through my own research. Please see the list of my favorite works below and I would appreciate to let me know if you have any recommendations. Thank you! My Favorites: Christian Spuck - POPPEA//POPPEA, Nussknacker und Mausekönig Roland Petit - Notre Dame de Paris, Le Jeune Homme et La Mort Kurt Jooss - The Green Table Jean-Christophe Maillot - Roméo et Juliette Akram Khan - Giselle, Dust Matthew Bourne - The Car Man, Romeo and Juliet Alexander Ekman - Midsummer Night's Dream, Play Christopher Wheeldon - Cinderella, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Mauro Bigonzetti - The Trial, Mediterranea Kenneth MacMillan - The Judas Tree Lar Lubovitch - Othello Boris Eifman - Onegin, Up & Down (Thender is the Night) Maguy Marin - Coppélia, Cendrillon Jerome Robbins - The Cage, The Concert (or The Perils of Everybody) Eric Gauthier - Ballet 101 Edward Clug - Petrushka, Mutual Comfort Alexei Ratmansky - Whipped Cream, Cinderella Isabelle Fokine - Schéhérazade Kang Hyohyung - Heo Nan Seol Heon Carolyn Carlson - Signes Angelin Preljocaj - Le Parc Likes: George Balanchine - The Nutcracker Ninette de Valois - Coppélia John Cranko - Onegin, Pineapple Poll Thierry Malandain - Roméo et Juliette, Cendrillon Amir Hosseinpour - Alice Kenneth Tindall - Casanova Pär Isberg - Pippi Långstrump Yuri Grigorovich - Spartacus Anna Hop - Husband and Wife John Neumeier - A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Dame aux Camélias Mats Ek - Appartement Arthur Pita - The Metamorphosis, The Mother Patrice Bart - Giselle Eduardo Lao - Coppélia Mikhail Fokine - The Dying Swan Maurice Béjart - Boléro

I just watched her Giselle last night in New York, she was still a great dancer and the performance itself was really touching. I always admire British dance companies since I can see the new attempts which I rarely find in US companies, and Khan's Giselle was one of the productions that I most enjoyed in my life.

Nice meeting you Jan!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ballets_by_title I found this page was interesting because this list of ballets was categorized by composers, not by choreographers.

I'm adding up my list: 1. Alice by Amir Hosseinpour and Jonathan Lunn 2. 40M Under and Eskapist by Alexander Ekman 3. Cinderella, May B and Groosland by Maguy Marin 4. POPPEA//POPPEA, Der Sandmann, and the Nutcracker by Christian Spuck 5. Notre Dame de Paris and Le jeune homme et la mort by Roland Petit Well I personally think the works of Ekman, Marin and Spuck are mostly creepy and dark.