Balletfanp Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 20 hours ago, bridiem said: Just remembered that performance of Fille a few years ago when the pony (can't remember his name) came on a little too far downstage; and so with every step he took, the backcloth came with him... Even the dancers were laughing. Yes, that was actually the cinema broadcast - Philip Mosley had to hop off pretty smartly to disentangle the backdrop before the whol thing came down! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) Angela wrote: "Do you know this video? You can hear the giggles " Thank you for bringing it, Angela. This was my favourite for ages. I suppose it was his last day with the company. I have read about what happened once at a performance of “The Pharaoh’s Daughter”. The actor who had to do the part of the Lion was taken ill and Marius Petipa told someone else to replace him. That chap prepared seriously, danced everything on stage that was needed but was very scared of jumping down from the bridge. So, when the rifle aimed at him has fired, he — before he jumped — crossed himself. A Christian lion in the Ancient Egypt! The audience was rocked with laughter. Edited March 1, 2018 by Amelia layout 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 17 hours ago, Angela said: Do you now this video? You can hear the giggles Hilarious! Who is it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 think the guy in the back was probably doing his last stage appearance - and took advantage of that opportunity!! LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 1 minute ago, zxDaveM said: think the guy in the back was probably doing his last stage appearance - and took advantage of that opportunity!! LOL oops - just noticed the title, so if it wasn't supposed to be his last show - he certainly made it so! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Sharon said: Hilarious! Who is it? I have no idea!! It looks like some smaller American company, maybe. I came across the link some time ago and like to watch it now and then. Either the guy was drunk or very angry with the casting decisions... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Thanks Angela, that is definitely a cheer-me-up film!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenore Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 27/02/2018 at 23:18, alison said: It was indeed Cass, and his debut, I think: I remember reading about it in an interview with him a few years afterwards. I seem to remember he said at least it was just a plain grey pair rather than a stripey one! I think you both might enjoy this video: https://youtu.be/KfNbFm-zwf4 Different dancers (Natalia Makarova/Kevin McKenzie) but look out for the appearance of the grey jogging bottoms! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 5 hours ago, Lenore said: I think you both might enjoy this video: https://youtu.be/KfNbFm-zwf4 Different dancers (Natalia Makarova/Kevin McKenzie) but look out for the appearance of the grey jogging bottoms! Oh dear. Perhaps it was chilly in the mausoleum... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Why didn't someone in the wings tell him he still had his trackies on?! I notice he took them off for his curtain call! 😛 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavycapers Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I was thinking of the moment in Margurite and Armand last year, when Alessandra Ferri's hairpiece fell off as she lunged for the chaise. What made me giggle was not that the hairpiece fell off, as her character was very distraught at this point and Marguerite may well have been wearing a hairpiece, but rather the attempts of a corps member to try to disguise it by placing his foot on it and shuffling backwards, so that he looked like he had trodden on a rat. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunrise Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 (edited) I used to watch ballet very intensely until I started to bring my hubby with me a few years ago, who only comes along to please me. During his first RB Giselle, his attention was caught, not by the young lovers, but by Hilarion, who he found to be worthy of his name and hilarious. The dancer (a favourite on here as a character artist) was putting in a very committed performance, but I think the jealousy and mime was too much for hubby and he pretty much laughed his way through the first act. 🙄 I still love Giselle but it's hard for me to watch Hilarion without feeling a bit bemused now. Edited March 4, 2018 by Sunrise 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 8 hours ago, Sunrise said: I used to watch ballet very intensely until I started to bring my hubby with me a few years ago, who only comes along to please me. During his first RB Giselle, his attention was caught, not by the young lovers, but by Hilarion, who he found to be worthy of his name and hilarious. The dancer (a favourite on here as a character artist) was putting in a very committed performance, but I think the jealousy and mime was too much for hubby and he pretty much laughed his way through the first act. 🙄 I still love Giselle but it's hard for me to watch Hilarion without feeling a bit bemused now. That's interesting, Sunrise. I suppose when you've been watching ballet for a while it's easy to forget how stylised it is, sometimes even 'operatic' (though actually I don't really enjoy opera). Even with the RB's 'naturalistic' style, it's not a 'normal' medium. So if you don't find yourself drawn into it it could easily seem OTT etc. I think it's necessary to suspend disbelief and enter into a new world, so to speak. It seemed to happen for me automatically; but clearly not for everyone. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 35 minutes ago, bridiem said: That's interesting, Sunrise. I suppose when you've been watching ballet for a while it's easy to forget how stylised it is, sometimes even 'operatic' (though actually I don't really enjoy opera). Even with the RB's 'naturalistic' style, it's not a 'normal' medium. So if you don't find yourself drawn into it it could easily seem OTT etc. I think it's necessary to suspend disbelief and enter into a new world, so to speak. It seemed to happen for me automatically; but clearly not for everyone. The funny thing is that I've reached the point where "straight" theatre seems artificial and mannered whereas I have no such problems with opera or ballet. Presumably it's because opera and ballet pretty much force you into a state of suspended disbelief whereas straight theatre usually aims at realism. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I just showed the video that Angela posted to my husband. He laughed so much the bed shook. 😂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I did wonder though if the principals would have found it quite as amusing as the audience... Scene-stealing or what. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I agree with you. I bet they weren’t on speaking terms afterwards. I would really love to know more - where it was, why, what happened later. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Valentin Olovyannikov had me guffawing out loud with his performance of Gallison yesterday afternoon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwaybackSapphire Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 On 27/02/2018 at 17:23, Riva said: Not ballet... but a few years ago I went to see Les Mis with my mum and sister. Without spoiling it for anyone who doesn’t know the story, it gets a bit emotional towards the end and I certainly felt a tear beginning to silently well in my eye. Unfortunately the performance was overwhelming for a patron a few rows in front of us, who burst into tears and started sobbing quite loudly. I did feel for her, but it definitely broke the spell for much of the audience who promptly burst into giggles. Saw Les Mis a couple of years ago (am a die hard fan) however the girl who was playing Fantine couldn’t pronounce her “r’s” so “I dweamed a dweam of time gone by” reduced me to tears. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 If you go to see Northern Ballet and you can see into the orchestra pit do keep an eye out when the "welcome to this performance...." announcement starts. If company pianist Andrew Dunlop is in the pit he mimes the whole announcement causing much hilarity amongst those of us who notice! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 5 hours ago, Jan McNulty said: If you go to see Northern Ballet and you can see into the orchestra pit do keep an eye out when the "welcome to this performance...." announcement starts. If company pianist Andrew Dunlop is in the pit he mimes the whole announcement causing much hilarity amongst those of us who notice! I'll keep an eye out tonight at Jane Eyre! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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