JohnS 3,193 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Simply astonishing - spirits certainly uplifted. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Naomi M 881 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 post Share on other sites
Bruce Wall 5,081 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 post Share on other sites
Janite 496 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/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Janite 496 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 post Share on other sites
Bruce Wall 5,081 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 post Share on other sites
oncnp 783 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Macmillan 4,895 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 post Share on other sites
Sim 18,181 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 post Share on other sites
Ian Macmillan 4,895 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 post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 20,477 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 It's absolutely sublime Ian, thanks for sharing! Link to post Share on other sites
JohnS 3,193 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 post Share on other sites
Buddy 248 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 post Share on other sites
Buddy 248 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 The first one minute forty seconds might cheer one up as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
trog 994 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 From the New Vic in Newcastle-under-Lyme Coppelia – A Mystery! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
alison 12,804 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 This one's apparently been going viral (no pun intended): 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 20,477 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 A prog-rock version of the Dance of the SugarPlum Fairy. 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Angela 1,379 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 post Share on other sites
Bruce Wall 5,081 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 post Share on other sites
Ian Macmillan 4,895 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 post Share on other sites
trog 994 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Toyah and Fripp dancing Swan Lake Dancing robots 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 20,477 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Happy Holidays from Ballet BC! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV3zFV02TAI 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sim 18,181 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 post Share on other sites
Janite 496 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 This, both words and pictures, had me crying. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJndku3sRJG/?igshid=1sa5f24lfgv7t Link to post Share on other sites
Jan McNulty 20,477 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 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 post Share on other sites
Janite 496 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Lauren Cuthbertson has her baby. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwfpatHk86/?igshid=1gdubs9w7goei 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FionaE 675 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Enjoy 😉 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CJwLJJLHFsQ/?igshid=1ca4mf47d4n4m 6 Link to post Share on other sites
alison 12,804 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, Janite said: Lauren Cuthbertson has her baby. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwfpatHk86/?igshid=1gdubs9w7goei Delighted to hear it - didn't quite manage to coincide with my birthday, then - EDIT: or even my birth month, as it turns out: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJbKwzwnSD2/ What a lovely New Year pressie. Many congrats to the proud parents - and wonder if she's named after Margot Fonteyn? 1 hour ago, FionaE said: Enjoy 😉 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CJwLJJLHFsQ/?igshid=1ca4mf47d4n4m That really is very clever - thanks! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
oncnp 783 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Dancers do DIY...Claire Calvert & Alexander Campbell of the RB working on their new house.. https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18133402243182807/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Macmillan 4,895 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 This came my way earlier today - an Auld Lang Syne for our times ....... https://www.wssymphony.org/newyear/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites
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