Meetmeatthebarre Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Netflix notified me about a new ballet film released this Friday, about two working-class teens from Mumbai who discover ballet. Digging deeper, it seems like it is based on a 2017 documentary by the same name and that the two featured boys were winning international scholarships after only two and a half years of training! Amiruddin Shah in particular, seems to have done well. He should be around graduation now, and I'm wondering if anyone has information as I'd love to see him at the RBS performances in summer - if he is indeed there. Unfortunately, the reporting quality is quite poor, and there are conflicting suggestions that he took up offers at the ABT JKO or Joffrey instead of the Royal Ballet School. Here are some links: https://scroll.in/reel/952814/yeh-ballet-trailer-two-male-dancers-chase-an-impossible-dream https://scroll.in/reel/840658/a-dream-becomes-a-virtual-reality-in-sooni-taraporevalas-yeh-ballet Mods, as I had other questions I started a new thread, but please merge with the existing "non-terrestrial" thread if more appropriate! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Thank you, I am looking forward to seeing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meetmeatthebarre Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 I just found the original documentary (officially) on Youtube. It's shot in Virtual Reality so you can watch on a phone or tablet and see in 360 degrees! Quite amazing even without the ballet component! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU718R9JBzs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Meetmeatthebarre said: Amiruddin Shah in particular, seems to have done well. He should be around graduation now, and I'm wondering if anyone has information as I'd love to see him at the RBS performances in summer - if he is indeed there. Just checked the class lists in the 2019 RBS Summer Performance programme. He is listed as Second Year Upper School. Some students leave at the end of the Second Year. Does anybody know if he stayed on to do the Third Year? Edited to add that I found an article which refers to a three year scholarship for the RBS so he's most likely still there. https://www.braingainmag.com/how-amiruddin-shah-pirouetted-his-way-from-mumbais-slums-to-the-royal-ballet-school.htm Edited February 16, 2020 by Bluebird 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meetmeatthebarre Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, Bluebird said: Just checked the class lists in the 2019 RBS Summer Performance programme. He is listed as Second Year Upper School. Some students leave at the end of the Second Year. Does anybody know if he stayed on to do the Third Year? Thank you so much! Argh, I forgot to add the "school" in quotes when searching, and when I did, it threw up this: https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/2019/11/22/lynn-seymour-award-for-expressive-dance-2019/ Joint 3rd in the Lynn Seymour in November 2019, so I assume that he did stay on! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 This sounds fascinating thanks for the info! I will have seen him dance last summer without knowing his back story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meetmeatthebarre Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 I just finished watching this tonight and it's definitely worth the two hours. The storyline is predictable; it is not a film that explores why we dance; but explores dreams and divisions in a way that left me feeling incredibly lucky, and incredibly inspired. There were some wonderful, subtle touches. From a female director, some of the key plot turns are delivered by minor, female characters. And without giving away the ending, do notice the unfamiliarity that the two leads have in the last few minutes with a simple procedure that all of us I imagine have done multiple times. Watching the parting shots in their shoes makes it even more uplifting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) Loved this film. Thank you @meetmeatthebarre for bringing it to my attention. Call me sentimental but the scene with Nishu dancing for the patients in the hospital brought a tear to my eye. A lovely film and such a positive change from all the violent murder films we're saturated in. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Edited February 23, 2020 by Sharon Typo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Pink Tutus Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I watch the film this evening very good, definitely watch it with my little boy tomorrow, inset day it’s a 15 so I watched throw first but great story, proving ballet being introduced to the masses, it’s changing for the better very exciting times! Please fingers crossed for lil boy, made into, white lodge and Elmhurst finals any advice greatly appreciated he’s 11 , so excited for him and scared all at once! Xx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Hello No Pink Tutus and welcome out of the lurking shadows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Welcome to the forum, No Pink Tutus (great username!). Congratulations and best of luck to your son: do ask on the Doing Dance forum if you want advice - I'm sure others will be more than happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Pink Tutus Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I’m looking for help to find a homestay for my 13 year old in the west London area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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