bridiem Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Today is Anthony Dowell's 80th birthday. Many Happy Returns to the dancer who awoke my love for ballet, and gratitude to him for all the beautiful performances of his I was so privileged to watch. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Such an elegant dancer. A danseur noble from head to toe. Lovely to see he continues to coach the current generation of dancers in the Ashton roles that were created on him. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Happy Birthday to Sir Anthony! 🎂🥂 Still love his performances of Swan Lake, Manon, The Nutcracker (as Prince to Lesley Collier’s Sugar Plum Fairy) that I had on video and watched endlessly till they almost broke! Also a thrill to have seen him dance in Ondine and A Month in the Country. Hope the company gave him a little shoutout plus cake, bubbly and presents. We should have an Anthony Dowell gala with all the solos and pas de deux created on him and with him performed on the programme. It would be an evening of Ashton and MacMillan treats! (And wouldn’t mind seeing excerpts from the van Manen and Tudor ballets if they can be done). 😊 I would certainly go! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Yes, his elegant dancing was very much enjoyed and appreciated. But I really wish Shadowplay had been recorded - quite different from his usual style. Very happy Birthday. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Emeralds said: Happy Birthday to Sir Anthony! 🎂🥂 Still love his performances of Swan Lake, Manon, The Nutcracker (as Prince to Lesley Collier’s Sugar Plum Fairy) that I had on video and watched endlessly till they almost broke! Also a thrill to have seen him dance in Ondine and A Month in the Country. Hope the company gave him a little shoutout plus cake, bubbly and presents. We should have an Anthony Dowell gala with all the solos and pas de deux created on him and with him performed on the programme. It would be an evening of Ashton and MacMillan treats! (And wouldn’t mind seeing excerpts from the van Manen and Tudor ballets if they can be done). 😊 I would certainly go! Now that's what I call a brilliant idea! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Yes please, particularly the Tudor and can Manen! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Happy Birthday to Sir Anthony Dowell lovely dancer and a wonderfully inspiring teacher too!! I can still remember seeing him for the first time on a BBC news programme and thought what a beautiful dancer he was and lucky enough to see him eventually for real on many occasions including with Antoinette Sibley …just unforgettable together in The Dream. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolkgal Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 First saw him in the film of R and J by Czinner with Fonteyn and Nureyev, as Benvolio! In my memory anyway... and the great David Blair as Mercutio 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) A lovely rehearsal with Anthony Dowell and William Bracewell by the Ashton Foundation from Daphnis and Chloe http://YouTube.com/watch?v=vW8TQsrnAUk Edited February 17, 2023 by MJW 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, MJW said: A lovely rehearsal with Anthony Dowell and William Bracewell by the Ashton Foundation from Daphnis and Chloe http://YouTube.com/watch?v=vW8TQsrnAUk Wonderful! Anthony Dowell's comments and corrections are so illuminating. I would so love to see Bracewell dance Daphnis! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I'd so love to see Muntagirov dance it. As well Trying to remember who I *have* seen dance it: Bruce Sansom, Stuart Cassidy, Federico Bonelli and Ed Watson, I think ... Did Inaki Urlezaga do one season, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Thank you, MJW, that was a lovely accompaniment to my supper Just as well the WiFi down here wasn't too overloaded! (And when you've watched it once, watch it again with closed captions on. It's very amusing ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 33 minutes ago, alison said: I'd so love to see Muntagirov dance it. As well Trying to remember who I *have* seen dance it: Bruce Sansom, Stuart Cassidy, Federico Bonelli and Ed Watson, I think ... Did Inaki Urlezaga do one season, too? Christopher Gable made a pretty good job of it! And if course my first Daphnis had to be Michael Somes. That dates me! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnePigeon Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 39 minutes ago, ninamargaret said: Christopher Gable made a pretty good job of it! And if course my first Daphnis had to be Michael Somes. That dates me! I’m so jealous! I’ve been intrigued by Gable for years, ever since I realised that the actor in Slipper and the Rose that I’d loved since childhood was a former principal with the RB - I couldn’t believe it when I realised just who he was and what a career he’d had, albeit sadly brief. It’s such a shame there is hardly any footage of his ballet career. I love the photos Keith Money took of him, he was such a beautiful man. I love watching Dowell as Nijinsky tangoing with Nureyev in Ken Russell’s Valentino film and I adore his Meditation from Thais with Antoinette Sibley - and didn’t he also design the costumes? Sadly, I wasn’t even born when these amazing dancers were in their prime, but thank goodness for YouTube. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I wonder if there is any likelihood of a biography, or better still, Sir Anthony Dowell’s autobiography. Sir Peter Wright was quite advanced in years before his memoirs were published, so there’s still grounds for optimism. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Another coaching session....Dance of the Blessed Spirits 2016-09-18 Blessed Spirits solo - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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