Guest oncnp Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Janite said: One of the best things I have seen in a long time, so well researched and presented. Sadly only episode 1 (of 4) available at the moment, someone please tell me if the rest of the series comes back.https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0001jgs/the-sound-of-movie-musicals-with-neil-brand-episode-1 next episode on Friday and the last 6 Nov https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001jgt/broadcasts/upcoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Just now, oncnp said: next episode on Friday and the last 6 Nov https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001jgt/broadcasts/upcoming thanks oncnp, just spotted that should have looked more thoroughly before I posted. It is excellent and as I said one of the best things I have seen in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, Janite said: thanks oncnp, just spotted that should have looked more thoroughly before I posted. It is excellent and as I said one of the best things I have seen in a long time. was looking it up for myself anyway…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 2 hours ago, oncnp said: was looking it up for myself anyway…. enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I watched this first time round and really enjoyed it. I should be watching it now for its happy value...I will do so on catch-up. Thanks for the reminder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) “They [two new NY City Center works, one by Christopher Wheeldon] reminded me of what I love in dance: the way watching a person move on a stage, to music, can stir something deep inside of you, something you didn’t know was there.” (Marina Haars — Dance Tabs) Edited November 2, 2020 by Buddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Simply astonishing - spirits certainly uplifted. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi M Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Here is the full video to this. More information here. https://infocielo.com/despertar/el-la-musica-un-cerebro-alzehimer-n503675 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) This isn't ballet but I do think it is heart warming. This is a film of two very short poems - each six lines - both written as a class exercise in no more than five minutes. One is by Simon, a British young offender and the other by Glynn serving her sentence in a UK women's prison. This particular item is called 'Ruby Reservoirs' and is a part of a larger project etched in the hope that such links might go some distance on a released prisoner's CV when proffered to a prospective employer or perhaps as a small device to give a soupçon of confidence to a potential landlord.. Hopefully the videos themselves can be enjoyed by all. This particular one is brand new (it was created on 11.11.20) and is all of 1 minute and 18 seconds. The performer is the ever glorious Dame Harriet Walter. https://vimeo.com/478277978 Edited November 12, 2020 by Bruce Wall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Life Lessons from the Great Ballets. https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/ballet/life-lessons-from-ballet/coppelia/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 8 videos of male ballet dancers leaping very, very high. https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/ballet/watch-best-male-dancers-leaping-high/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 This isn't dance - but it is about Shakespeare who certainly has influenced the ballet world. Amongst the Royal Ballet's choreographic cohorts alone I can think of MacMillan, Ashton and Wheeldon - and so, so many dancers over time have spoken of what dancing in Shakespeare has meant to them. This new (and brief) film (1 minute, 28 seconds) is of a sonnet written in an LSW session by a young prisoner at HMP Brixton in answer to the question 'Why Shakespeare?' I, myself, know of none better. The performer is the truly magnificent Sir Ian McKellen. I thought some here might enjoy it. Certainly during challenging times the Bard has often offered great succour. https://vimeo.com/491400018 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bruce Wall said: This isn't dance - but it is about Shakespeare who certainly has influenced the ballet world. Amongst the Royal Ballet's choreographic cohorts alone I can think of MacMillan, Ashton and Wheeldon - and so, so many dancers over time have spoken of what dancing in Shakespeare has meant to them. This new (and brief) film (1 minute, 28 seconds) is of a sonnet written in an LSW session by a young prisoner at HMP Brixton in answer to the question 'Why Shakespeare?' I, myself, know of none better. The performer is the truly magnificent Sir Ian McKellen. I thought some here might enjoy it. Certainly during challenging times the Bard has often offered great succour. https://vimeo.com/491400018 Thanks for this! Accompanied by one of my favorite pieces of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) Bruce, thank you - that's really quite remarkable. Edit - to add that I have just circulated the link using the BalletcoForum Twitter account. Edited December 16, 2020 by Ian Macmillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Brilliant, and brought a tear to my eye. Please give my compliments to Darren, Bruce. He put into words so beautifully what many of us feel about The Bard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 This gave my heart a lift yesterday (before I was aware that we were moving from Tier 2 to Tier4 within 24 hours.) My admiration for the work of Cathy Marston as a choreographer is no secret, but I had never seen her perform as a dancer till seeing this - "Drift," a dreamy improvisation amongst trees by the River Aare in Bern, where she has continued to live since relinquishing her post as Director of the Ballet Company there. She announced it on Twitter yesterday as a personal response to these past months. I am yet more smitten ....... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 It's absolutely sublime Ian, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Came across this and thought it may be of interest - certainly went well with coffee this morning: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Thanks, Ian. That's what can happen to you when you live in Switzerland. 😊 I've been there, half a year, for over thirty years. I like this sort of thing very much, when a dancer relates directly to and interacts with nature's beauty. Thanks also, John. This is quite charming among other nice things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 The first one minute forty seconds might cheer one up as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 From the New Vic in Newcastle-under-Lyme Coppelia – A Mystery! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 This one's apparently been going viral (no pun intended): 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 A prog-rock version of the Dance of the SugarPlum Fairy. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 A message from Patrice Bart, Marcia Haydée and Victor Ullate for ballet dancers during difficult times, by State Ballet Berlin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) Again not dance - (although this one does have Tchaikovsky) - but another piece of verse written by a prisoner in an LSW session. It made me think that so many people (including myself) have been incarcerated during lockdowns, separated from their loved ones and mental health we're told has been impacted throughout. It suddenly put a wider spin on the words here beautifully etched by Alfred Enoch. https://vimeo.com/495573260 Edited December 29, 2020 by Bruce Wall 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Bruce - remarkable, quite remarkable. I cannot think that, given several llfetimes, I could have written with such poignancy. It may be hard to hear the word 'replete' again without harking back to this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Toyah and Fripp dancing Swan Lake Dancing robots 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Happy Holidays from Ballet BC! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV3zFV02TAI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 6 hours ago, trog said: Toyah and Fripp dancing Swan Lake Dancing robots I can’t decide which of those two videos is the more disturbing! 😂 Thanks Trog! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 This, both words and pictures, had me crying. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJndku3sRJG/?igshid=1sa5f24lfgv7t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I know I've posted this before but it is such a happy memory from a year and a day ago. https://www.instagram.com/p/B66xMJ6gbK1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janite Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Lauren Cuthbertson has her baby. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwfpatHk86/?igshid=1gdubs9w7goei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Enjoy 😉 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CJwLJJLHFsQ/?igshid=1ca4mf47d4n4m 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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