thewinelake Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) Just a quickie for now - maybe will add to it later, but this was (I thought!) a fabulous show. The usual 4 act version, with choreography all by the students - although some dances pretty true to the original. Odette and Odile were played by ex-professional (but still young) dancers who live in Cambridge - Odette's hoping to get a place there to study veterinary medicine, and Odile is a PhD student studying Scandinavian rock art! But the strength in depth from the mostly undergraduate dancers never ceases to astonish me. My highlight was the Russian dance. Not sure if I've ever whinged here about it, but I have always loved the music but have been bored to death by the tedious character dance. I know some people love it, but I most certainly do not! Anyway, what they did with it here was quite extraordinary - turning it into something slightly burlesque, slightly tango. Building on Joanna Lawrence's smooth yet spiky angular geometry to give a sense of witchcraft and devilry - I'll upload a link to a clip soon. Probably most of you will be disgusted, but if even just one or two like it half as much as I did, I will feel it time well spent! More conventional (and closer to home, as DD1 is in it) was the cygnets dance. A couple of small cock-ups, but generally pretty impressive again, considering how little time they had to put it together... I suppose my only minor criticism would be that I wanted to see more of Odette and Siegfried together - there was a real chemistry there, and Odette (Emma Laister) has such grace I could watch her all night, but I think the director had to keep the length down. Anyway, one of the reasons for posting this was to suggest that there might still be a couple of seats available (and I have 2 spare tickets now as in-laws are stranded in North Yorkshire) for tomorrow's matinee and evening shows. If anyone lives nearby and loves ballet, they should really be there. The audience could do with beefing up - they were a bit rubbish this evening in terms of applause timing and volume! Hopefully Terpischore will post a proper review if she managed to get someone along? Edited March 3, 2018 by thewinelake 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewinelake Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) Videos here: Cygnets: https://youtu.be/j-3sSz2k5NI Russian Dance: https://youtu.be/m5m3QY7k2EQ Edited March 3, 2018 by thewinelake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Thanks for that, TWL. It looks very good. Sadly, the cygnets video is blocked 'for copyright reasons.'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewinelake Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Oh yes. How odd that only that one should be blocked. Often these copyright claims are nonsense, though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewinelake Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 This might work for a bit.... https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-mzrLOkmj5M83sT7NKXRuuUEZCrsnriR 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmie Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Thanks for posting these thewinelake . Like you I love the Russian Dance music, unlike you I also like the character dance . This choreography was fun though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Yes it worked, thanks! A great effort considering they aren't professional dancers. They have worked hard and it shows. Well done them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewinelake Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 I wonder if this will confuse the recognition engine? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewinelake Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 A more experienced reviewer’s opinion here https://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2018/03/03/review-swan-lake-108385 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewinelake Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 A rather harsh review here (from someone who said it was their first ever time seeing a ballet show!!) https://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/theatre/0038549-review-swan-lake.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 38 minutes ago, thewinelake said: A rather harsh review here (from someone who said it was their first ever time seeing a ballet show!!) https://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/theatre/0038549-review-swan-lake.html Well they did still give it 7/10 which isn't bad! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Bridie: You beat me to it! Winelake: Daphnis & Chloe at West Rd on Saturday - no dancers, but with voices. Plus Stravinsky and Poulenc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewinelake Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 10 hours ago, bridiem said: Well they did still give it 7/10 which isn't bad! True! I thought the score seemed generous in comparison to the words - which sounded more like 5/10. Mind you, in the world of wine, any score under 75/100 is really terrible! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewinelake Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 10 hours ago, Ian Macmillan said: Bridie: You beat me to it! Winelake: Daphnis & Chloe at West Rd on Saturday - no dancers, but with voices. Plus Stravinsky and Poulenc. We don't live in Cambridge yet, but there are some great concerts on most weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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