amum/Cathy Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Just read on BBC website that he's going to adapt a classic British film about a ballet company:- 'He also revealed he is currently adapting a classic film for the stage - but would not reveal which one. "I've got a world premiere next year for my company," he said. "It's based on a famous British film about dance, about a ballet company. People can guess." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/entertainment-arts-34556441 I'm stuck - anyone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 The Red Shoes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amum/Cathy Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 I wondered Janet but is Red Shoes "about a ballet company" or about a ballet dancer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 The emphasis is on the dancer but the dancer must be in a company... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amum/Cathy Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Well I can see it as a Matthew Bourne production. Very much a dark fairy story in the orginal HCA version. I look forward to learning more. The extent of ballet content will be very interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I can't think of any other films which qualify, really. I think this thread is probably better off in the news and information forum, so will move it in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amum/Cathy Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Thanks alison. I'm just doing a futurelearn course about Hans Christian Andersen and am fascinated by his obsession with ballet. He has created the most beautiful series of papercuts featuring ballet dancers and I have unearthed this old guardian article about his own failed ballet ambitions http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/nov/01/dance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Yes, I've seen those papercuts recently, too, but I can't remember where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amum/Cathy Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 They can be browsed here http://museum.odense.dk/en/collections/hans-christian-andersen-collections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katharina Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Hans Christian Andersen apparently for a time was very fond of Harald Scharff, a principal dancer in August Bournonville´s company and maybe the inspiration for his fairy tale "The Snowman". I can recommend two comparatively recent biographies of Hans Christian Andersen, one by Jens Andersen, the other by Jackie Wullschlager. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amum/Cathy Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Thank you Katharina. I was thinking of hunting down a biography but didn't know where to start, there are so many. Do these two both address his relationship with the ballet world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katharina Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Yes they do, but not in great detail. I´d say that the biography by Jens Andersen is more about the person, maybe has more details of his life (and more pages, about 700). As far as I remember the one by Jackie Wullschlager tends to have more literary analysis and historical context. It is also originally in English, whereas Mr Andersen´s book would be a translation (unless you can read Danish of course). Edited October 19, 2015 by Katharina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amum/Cathy Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Thank you very much for that Katharina. I've found a cheap second hand edition of the Wullschlager one on Amazon so I'll start with that one. It sounds fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katharina Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Sorry I wanted to add something to my prevoious post but was too late ... About Jens Andersen´s biography, I would have liked from a Danish author more about H. Chr. Andersen´s years in the Royal Theatre´s Ballet School, maybe even an excursus into that institution´s history up to that time, but there is not so much. But all in all it is a very comprehensive book with many details of his life and environment. "Life of a Storyteller" by Jackie Wullschlager tends to have more literary analysis and historical / literary context. Chapter 3 is about Copenhagen and the Ballet School years (but not exclusively). Oh I see you have already replied :-) The Wullschlager biography has had great reviews, too ("the standard life for years to come", Literary Review). Edited to add last line. Edited October 19, 2015 by Katharina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 DD met Matthew earlier this year along with other students from her school and he told them he was working on the red shoes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amum/Cathy Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Thanks again Katharina janice and ellen thank you. Wonderful. I'm so pleased to have that confirmed. Looking forward to seeing it, fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denver Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I'm just hoping he brings CarMan with Marcelo Gomes to City Center in NYC! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Readers might be interested to know that in 2005 Ballet Ireland produced Diaghilev And The Red Shoes, which contained a shortened version of the ballet from the film. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Shortcake Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Thanks alison. I'm just doing a futurelearn course about Hans Christian Andersen and am fascinated by his obsession with ballet. He has created the most beautiful series of papercuts featuring ballet dancers and I have unearthed this old guardian article about his own failed ballet ambitions http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/nov/01/dance The old Disney film 'Hans Christian Anderson' is worthless as a biopic but it's worth watching for a scene in which young Erik Bruhn dances with Zizi Jeanmaire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Whilst Matthew Bourne was talking to RTE about his Sleeping Beauty in Dublin, he mentioned a new project for next year - all hush-hush, he says, but based on a British film about Dance. People can guess, he says, if they're old enough. I may well qualify on that score, and offer The Red Shoes as a distinct possibility. There's plenty in the Powell/Pressburger film that might appeal to Bourne's dramatic stage sense. Link here, includes a video clip of the interview:http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/1112/741304-bourne-teases-next-ballet-project/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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