Lecture: Digging up Giselle, 11th January

[Josephine]

Giselle will be the subject of the STR lecture on Thu 11th Jan 2018 at 7.30pm.

 

http://www.str.org.uk/news/latest/?p=1389

 

[aileen]

Can anyone attend these lectures or do you have to become a member?

[Josephine]

8 hours ago, aileen said:

Can anyone attend these lectures or do you have to become a member?

The lectures are open to anyone. I believe they are usually live-streamed as well. More information here:

http://www.str.org.uk/events/lectures/index.html

 

[John Mallinson]

Sounds interesting, and it's free. Lecture by Keith Cavers under the aegis of the Society for Theatre Research. Swedenborg Hall, London, 7.30pm on Jan 11.

 

Giselle is one of the most popular works in the modern ballet repertoire – we see it today in many productions some innovative and some traditional – but are any of them in any way ‘authentic’? By applying archaeological techniques to the ‘remains’ is it possible to form a clearer impression of the original production? I will be looking in detail at the vast range of visual evidence and the many various texts which form the foundation of modern productions – are those foundations as solid as they seem?

[Josephine]

I did start a thread for this event, headed 'Society for Theatre Research event' and posted on 6 Nov.

 

Thank you for the extra information above. It does sound very interesting.

[John Mallinson]

Apologies, I didn't see that. Still, the more advertising the better!

[SheilaC]

Keith spoke to me yesterday when he heard me discussing ballet with a friend at my budget hotel. When I explained I couldn't go as I live nearly 200 miles away he advised me that the talk will be streamed- see https://twitter.com/nrn_str for the You Tube link on the night

It sounds a fascinating talk, outlining how very different the original version was from the Giselle we love nowadays..

[Geoff]

8 minutes ago, SheilaC said:

the talk will be streamed- see https://twitter.com/nrn str for the You Tube link on the night

 

SheilaC, might you clarify the exact Twitter link? The clickable one goes to an account which has been dormant for nearly ten years - and adding str doesn't help much. I understand that there won't be a YouTube link until the night but surely the Twitter link should work now: what am I doing wrong?

[SheilaC]

Sorry Geoff, I have just copied it from the sheet of paper he gave me, which I assumed was accurate! I can't see anything on the sheet to suggest how to contact him. Maybe it's possible to contact the Society for advice.

[bridiem]

I see that if you finish the above link with nrn_str it takes you to a Twitter account for new STR researchers; if you finish it with TheSTR it takes you to the main STR Twitter account. I'm not sure where the talk will be streamed though.

[Josephine]

2 hours ago, John Mallinson said:

Apologies, I didn't see that. Still, the more advertising the better!

Definitely!

[Josephine]

39 minutes ago, Geoff said:

 

SheilaC, might you clarify the exact Twitter link? The clickable one goes to an account which has been dormant for nearly ten years - and adding str doesn't help much. I understand that there won't be a YouTube link until the night but surely the Twitter link should work now: what am I doing wrong?

 

As far as I know the Twitter account has the name @TheSTR. Sorry, I can't see how to post a direct link here. In recent months I have seen tweets there giving a YouTube link for live-streamed lectures.

[Josephine]

7 minutes ago, bridiem said:

I see that if you finish the above link with nrn_str it takes you to a Twitter account for new STR researchers; if you finish it with TheSTR it takes you to the main STR Twitter account. I'm not sure where the talk will be streamed though.

 

Sorry, I saw this after posting similar information above.

[John Mallinson]

I've corrected the link in SheilaC's post.

 

Their Facebook page is here. The lecture is supposed to be live-streamed on their YouTube channel which is remarkably empty at the moment.

[alison]

6 hours ago, Josephine said:

I did start a thread for this event, headed 'Society for Theatre Research event' and posted on 6 Nov.

 

I've merged the two

[Josephine]

The livestream link is here: