alison Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 This coming Thursday on Radio 4, 11.30 am: Behind the Scenes - Carlos Acosta and Birmingham Royal Ballet, on Carlos' backstory and how they've been coping with the you-know-what since he took over as AD. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pqcm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Max Richter is currently featured on 6Music (1pm-2pm) Sunday 22nd (and on 'Sounds' later, no doubt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 hour ago, zxDaveM said: Max Richter is currently featured on 6Music (1pm-2pm) Sunday 22nd (and on 'Sounds' later, no doubt) ah - nothing about his ballet music (except a snippet of his reworked Vivaldi Four Seasons, which has been used in ballet - so not exactly unmissable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 And for anyone who is interested, you can catch Saturday's Music Matters on Radio 3 which, towards the end, included a fascinating account by Allegra Kent of dancing Agon in Russia with Arthur Mitchell during the Cuban Missile crisis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Scheherezade said: And for anyone who is interested, you can catch Saturday's Music Matters on Radio 3 which, towards the end, included a fascinating account by Allegra Kent of dancing Agon in Russia with Arthur Mitchell during the Cuban Missile crisis. I can’t work out how to share it at the moment, but I can tell you it starts at 28 mins in and I found it very interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 It was, Janite, wasn’t it. A fascinating perspective upon those long ago times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 47 minutes ago, Scheherezade said: It was, Janite, wasn’t it. A fascinating perspective upon those long ago times. One of the good things about ballet, music and dance in general is how it transcends divides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Not TV, but Deborah Bull will be speaking on the World at One, today on BBC Radio 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Darlex said: Not TV, but Deborah Bull will be speaking on the World at One, today on BBC Radio 4. Starts at 25 mins in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaC Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Non-news, I'm afraid. This week Radio 3 is exploring and celebrating Stravinsky in the week in which he died, 50 years ago. All this week he is the subject of Composer of the Week. On Saturday there were notable programmes about him, included even in the remarkable Jess Gillam's wide-ranging This Classical Life (in which she referred to Diaghilev as a ballet master!) and Julian Joseph's J to Z, which explored the relationship between Stravinsky and jazz. On Sunday Tom Service's The Listening Service. focused on the key works created for ballets. So what have we got on TV? Firebird? Petrushka? Rite of Spring? Apollo? Pulcinella? Les Noces? Orpheus? Any of Balanchine's remarkable, ground- breaking ballets to Stravinsky? No, of course not. The lack of ballet on the BBC is serious and only likely to get worse. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Today, BBC Radio 4, 4.30 (and on BBC Sounds thereafter, of course): BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Ninette de Valois Ninette de Valois Great Lives The Godmother of English - and Irish - ballet, Dame Ninette De Valois or ‘Madam’ as she was known to those around her. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of ballet. She established the Royal Ballet School, the Royal Ballet and the UK’s premiere touring ballet company, which went on to become the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Under the guidance of ‘Madam’, these institutions grew and became celebrated around the world, with post WWII Ballet tours generating much needed funds for the British Treasury and company members, including Margot Fonteyn and Robert (Bobby) Helpmann, becoming international celebrities. Madam was also instrumental in the development of National Ballets in Turkey, Iran and Canada. She achieved all of this despite a childhood diagnosis of polio and was dedicated to ballet right up until her 102nd year. She is nominated by choreographer Sir David Bintley. He met Madam while studying at the Royal Ballet School in the mid 70’s. To David, who was originally from Huddersfield, ‘Madam’ was his ‘Southern Grandmother’. David is joined by Anna Meadmore – dance historian and curator of the Royal Ballet Schools Special Collections Archive. Together they reflect also on Madam's formidable character, her unprecedented contribution to English Ballet and her legacy as an adventurous traditionalist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaC Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Last Friday’s Last Word had a 10 minute account of Johaar Mosaval’s career by a South African contributor, about 10 minutes in on Sounds 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaC Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Sorry to highjack this thread but I'm not sure it's worth setting up a new one. Or perhaps a mod could retitle this one so that it refers to radio programmes relevant to ballet in general? I have been listening to a fascinating programme on Radio 3's Composer of the Week, Errollyn Wallen. In today's episode she talks about her love for ballet and how she trained for a while with the Dance Theater of Harlem, where one of her teachers was none other than Tanaquil LeClercq; she felt so privileged to have that indirect link to Balanchine. She also refers to some of the ballets she has composed for. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, SheilaC said: Sorry to highjack this thread but I'm not sure it's worth setting up a new one. Or perhaps a mod could retitle this one so that it refers to radio programmes relevant to ballet in general? I think this one will do well enough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Actually, I'm told there was a programme on Matthew Bourne the other day - This Cultural Life, is it called? BBC4, I'm guessing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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