Emeralds Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 That would mean they are rehearsing the Agnus Dei role in Requiem for Hamilton and Woyzeck role in Different Drummer for Sambe, unless one or both are in the other trio of dancers for Danses Concertantes (the members of which haven't been published yet) and they're doing that. Ooh, it's started..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Fantastic that Eagling and Ferri, the original Woyzeck and Marie, are available to coach this run of Different Drummer! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 What a brilliant Insight! Watson and Bussell both terrific coaches, Sambé and Hamilton excellent, and a really interesting discussion between Eagling, Ferri, Bussell and Lady MacMillan. Very moving to see dancers who thrilled me in my early years of ballet-going talking and coaching so vividly. Has even made me look forward to Different Drummer (which I'm afraid I loathed on it première; I will go next week with an open mind...). I didn't catch the name of the presenter but she was very good too. Thank you to all concerned! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Agree, this was the best Insight I have seen, and so wonderful to see Alessandra Ferri and Wayne Eagling again, brought back fond memories. Very good picture quality too, plus some funny unintentionally incorrect subtitles 😊 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 8 minutes ago, bridiem said: I didn't catch the name of the presenter Presenter Rebecca Jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) I really enjoyed the Insight. I’m struck by just how special the coaches are at RB . Both Darcey Bussell and Ed Watson demonstrated in spades the productive, informal and mutually respectful relationships they have with the dancers they coach. It’s something you regularly witness in other Insights with coaches like Laura Morea, Gary Avis and Christopher Saunders. It was a joy to watch two talented and intelligent dancers in Marcelino Sambe and Melissa Hamilton responding to input about the impulse or the physicality of a movement. The discussion afterwards was a further treat with a dream panel who between them had such a wealth of knowledge and experience of Macmillan the man and the choreographer . Lady Macmillan’s final comments regarding the generosity of previous dancers in willingly passing on the torch to the next generation as being rare in the arts, was something which I had never considered before and made me feel rather warm and fuzzy! Edited March 14 by Odyssey 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blossom Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 A fantastic insight live in the studio and the first one my daughter has joined me for- she was a bit star struck. Love that one of my kids has the ballet big too. The discussion and the rehearsals were a real treat, especially having not seen any of the works before. There is something really special about Kenneth MacMillan’s works and it was fascinating to see the dancers and coaches really breathe life into them. The conversation element is brilliant - a way for us as the audience to really get close to the genius of MacMillan and understand better that baton passing from generation to generation. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missfrankiecat Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Just finished watching on YouTube slightly behind time and it has really whetted my appetite for this programme. I agree with the comments about how special it is that this generation of dancers still can have an almost direct contact with MacMillan's intention via the generation he created these works on. [I thought the same when I saw Muntagirov being coached by Sir Anthony Dowell in Ashton's Blessed Spirits just before lockdown]. Watching Ed Watson working with Marcelino Sambe was extraordinary - the movements must be so jarring for bodies used to classical technique. I know they are all incredibly fit but I wonder if the injury level in MacMillan works is higher than others? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattin Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I do so agree with all of you who have praised this Insight; it went some way to alleviating my frustration that the triple bill is not being shown in cinemas in Spain. I thought Sambé was dancing superbly and what a treat to see so much of the glorious, elegant Melissa Hamilton, whom I adore. Delighted that Eagling and Ferri were there with their input and Lady Macmillan never ceases to amaze me: she attends so many Insights when they involve Macmillan's works and yet she never seems to mind having to comment, time after time, and, what's more, she always manages to find something fresh and different to say. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Coming up on the 16th April Insight into The Winter's Tale. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Bumping this thread up as a reminder of this evening's Winter's Tale insight. The YouTube link is above. This four minute short from 2018 is a brief introduction to the ballet. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Oh darn - but thanks. Wonder if I can watch it on the train going home? Would just fit the journey nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 36 minutes ago, alison said: Wonder if I can watch it on the train going home? It remains online so if not all is not lost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Vadim and Fumi performing at Insight tonight. It’s his birthday too! 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silke H Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 29 minutes ago, Lesley said: Vadim and Fumi performing at Insight tonight. It’s his birthday too! And mine 🥳 A lovely birthday treat for me 🤩 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 14 minutes ago, Silke H said: And mine 🥳 A lovely birthday treat for me 🤩 Maybe we should serenade him (and you) 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blossom Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Happy birthday @Silke H, what a lovely birthday treat. Gutted I didn't book for this - leaving for hols at the crack of dawn and I think it would have been too much to take on (and it wouldn't have gone down well with my husband while he is left to finish packing, deliver dog to sitter etc). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Cast list https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/insights-the-winters-tale/cast-list/59448 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Nope. Can't get onto YT on this £$%£"$^ train. Don't remember there being any ban on streaming in the T&Cs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 7 minutes ago, alison said: Nope. Can't get onto YT on this £$%£"$^ train. Don't remember there being any ban on streaming in the T&Cs It's only just now begun. You can watch it later though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnzi5 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 8 hours ago, Silke H said: And mine 🥳 A lovely birthday treat for me 🤩 Happy birthday! 🎉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 For Alison, and others who missed it, last night’s Insight available here. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 And it was fabulous! Vadim is going to make a fine Leontes (debut). Ed Watson seemed genuinely impressed with him and Fumi together. (Not her debut). High praise indeed considering Ed was the creator of this role. To me this seems another level of Vadim … first Mayerling, now Leontes. We await Onegin 🤞 Luca Acri and Sae Maeda were lovely in the Florizel/Perdita roles. It seemed odd to me that this will be Luca’s debut. I guess mostly principals have been cast before. Good to see former dancer Nathalie Harrison hosting. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 21 minutes ago, FionaM said: And it was fabulous! Vadim is going to make a fine Leontes (debut). Ed Watson seemed genuinely impressed with him and Fumi together. (Not her debut). High praise indeed considering Ed was the creator of this role. To me this seems another level of Vadim … first Mayerling, now Leontes. We await Onegin 🤞 Luca Acri and Sae Maeda were lovely in the Florizel/Perdita roles. It seemed odd to me that this will be Luca’s debut. I guess mostly principals have been cast before. Good to see former dancer Nathalie Harrison hosting. V A D I M 😁🤩 What we saw last night was a glimpse of a very special Leontes. If anyone missed his revelatory Rudolf, a ticket for his WT would seem to be a ‘must buy’. The coaching session (Act 3 pdd) with Edward Watson was a real ‘insight’ but, maybe, the Florizel/Perdita pdd with Chris Saunders which came later was at too early a learning stage for the occasion even though Sae Maeda and Luca Acri are lovely to watch. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 2 minutes ago, capybara said: The coaching session (Act 3 pdd) with Edward Watson was a real ‘insight’ but, maybe, the Florizel/Perdita pdd with Chris Saunders which came later was at too early a learning stage for the occasion even though Sae Maeda and Luca Acri are lovely to watch. Yes - I did find with the second rehearsal that stopping the dancers literally every few seconds with purely technical rather than 'artistic' feedback didn't make for very illuminating viewing. But all the dancers were excellent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, bridiem said: Yes - I did find with the second rehearsal that stopping the dancers literally every few seconds with purely technical rather than 'artistic' feedback didn't make for very illuminating viewing. But all the dancers were excellent. I thought it an interesting contrast - virtually stage ready and being 'tweaked', compared to the early stages of learning the intricate and often non-classroom steps 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I love The Winter’s Tale as a story and I think the ballet is Wheeldon’s masterpiece. The story is a good contrast to R&J where the love of the children of the warring families leads to the children’s deaths, whereas in TWT the love of the children reunites eventually the parental relationships. (Though tragedy remains with the death of one child.). The genius of Shakespeare. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 The origins of the story? Shakespeare was very good at retelling. "Where did Shakespeare get the idea for The Winter’s Tale? He often reworked elements from earlier literature and other authors, making a practice of creating something new and powerful from existing stories, and The Winter’s Tale was no exception. Popping up in the play are characters and scenes from Robert Greene’s 1588 romance Pandosto: The Triumph of Time, considered Shakespeare’s primary source material for The Winter’s Tale. If Greene’s name sounds familiar, it may be because he’s the same man who mocked Shakespeare as a poor writer and an “upstart crow.” " https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/how-we-got-the-winters-tale-and-where-it-went-from-there/ 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 (edited) Well Winters Tale is my old A level Shakespeare text!! Id probably enjoy it more now but back then I was dying to read Romeo and Juliet and was disappointed in the choice of Winters Tale. So in the end I did read R&J in my spare time ….but not such a good plan at the time for me!! It was Chaucer and TS Eliot who got me through my A level in the end lol. I much preferred the ballet to my remembered time with the text at any rate!! Edited April 17 by LinMM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I really enjoyed last night’s Insight. The Winter’s Tale is a favourite of mine and Fumi and Vadim were a complete joy, especially as they were rehearing that heartbreaking pas de deux at the end of the ballet. I cannot wait to see Vadim’s Leontes in its full glory now - he got me from the moment he started to walk towards Fumi/Hermione. Fumi was so dignified - and what a beautiful straight back she has. Whilst I saw the point of the second rehearsal with Luca Acri and Sae Maeda, I did find myself losing interest a bit in as much as I would have liked to see them run at least part of the whole thing before all the minute breakdown - impressive though it was, it didn’t make for compelling watching as it was hard to get a sense of it. However, they were looking good and I’m sure will shine in the actual performance. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I’ve watched the replay and I have to say I do like all those technical details about where the foot is and how to achieve a certain arm position in a difficult lift etc etc. So I enjoyed the second one too. Just beginning to get a good idea of Sae Maeda as opposed to a couple of others in the Company and I like her a lot she seems to have a warm personality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I thought the first rehearsal with Vadim and Fumi struck the right balance of them dancing and then getting the detail on how to improve things. I found the second one a bit too much the other way. But just my personal opinion! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina99 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Thank you for posting this insight @Balletfanp. I must admit that I had hoped that Vadim would reprise his performance as Florizel in the WT. However, having seen this rehearsal, I think he should be a great Leontes and I now wish I had bought a ticket for both performances. Vadim is certainly busy, he’s now off to La Scala where he’s dancing Sleeping Beauty PDD with Marianela on Friday and next week I believe he’s dancing with Fumi at a gala in Belgrade. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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