FionaM Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Best wishes to all in this forum today which is International Dance Day! Celebrated annually on 29 April International Dance Day - Wikipedia International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance, created by the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the main partner for the performing arts of UNESCO. The event takes place every year on 29 April, which is the anniversary of the birth of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727–1810), who is considered to be the "father" or creator of modern ballet (ie. classical or romantic ballet as we know it today not "Modern Ballet" as this is sometimes confused with contemporary ballet.) The day strives to encourage participation and education in dance through events and festivals held on the date all over the world. UNESCO formally recognize ITI to be the creators and organizers of the event.[1] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 The Italians are celebrating with the following programmes:l on TV and online: SWAN LAKE Svetlana Zakharova and Roberto Bolle, recorded in 2004 10.00 on Rai5 GISELLE Carla Fracci and Vladimir Vasiliev, filmed in 1972 12.13 on Rai5 DANCER, the documentary movie of Sergei Polunin streaming on My Movies https://www.mymovies.it/ondemand/one/movie/16084-dancer/ Along with 4 other dance movies, as reported in La Repubblica ROBERTO BOLLE hosts an evening of programmes on Rai1 and a radio interview during the day 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 11 minutes ago, FionaM said: The Italians are celebrating with the following programmes:l on TV and online: And we in the UK? (wry face emoji) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Quite. I was about to say "can you imagine anything similar happening in the UK?" (or for that matter quite a few other countries), but I see Roberta's beaten me to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 (edited) The UK needs a “champion of dance” like Roberto Bolle who has ideas like this and can make things happen. A ‘Prof Brian Cox’ of the ballet and wider dance world in Uk Edited April 29 by FionaM Add last sentence 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 We may not have anything specific for International Dance Day in the UK but all of our companies get involved in World Ballet Day. Also, when you consider all the cinema broadcasts and live free streamed Insight days that the ROH produce that no other company does, I don't think we do too badly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 1 hour ago, FionaM said: A ‘Prof Brian Cox’ of the ballet and wider dance world in Uk Prof Brian Cox is bringing his show to the ROH. PROFESSOR BRIAN COX AND DANIEL HARDING: SYMPHONIC HORIZONS WITH THE BRITTEN SINFONIA 30 JULY–4 AUGUST 2024 Explore the secrets of the universe with Professor Brian Cox and Daniel Harding in this special event combining ground-breaking science with the power of the orchestra. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 3 hours ago, FionaM said: The UK needs a “champion of dance” like Roberto Bolle who has ideas like this and can make things happen. A ‘Prof Brian Cox’ of the ballet and wider dance world in Uk We've got Dame Darcey Bussell. I would have thought she would have enough media contacts to try and organise something on the BBC. Alternatively, can we have the shows that Italian tv are putting on? I would be overjoyed to see Carla Fracci in Giselle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophoife Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 @Fonty and others, download the RAI app to your tellyvee, install and run a VPN, fire up RAI, and Roberto Bolle and friends will magically appear 🤭 For detailed instructions please DM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaC Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 There's no way I'm capable of getting the RAI, but like Fonty I'd absolutely love to see the Fracci Giselle- not least as her partner is the equally great Vladimir Vasiliev, my favourite male dancer ever, who danced Albrecht at the most wonderful performances of Giselle I ever saw, with his wife Katya Maximova, as guests of the Kirov in Paris. Sublime. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 1 hour ago, Sophoife said: @Fonty and others, download the RAI app to your tellyvee, install and run a VPN, fire up RAI, and Roberto Bolle and friends will magically appear 🤭 For detailed instructions please DM. I must admit I have had mixed success with VPNs. I have tried in Portugal to get the BBC, and we manage to get half a programme before we are hunted down and exposed as the criminals we are. Even though we have a proper BBC licence. Not sure how vigilant RAI are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 1 hour ago, SheilaC said: There's no way I'm capable of getting the RAI, but like Fonty I'd absolutely love to see the Fracci Giselle- not least as her partner is the equally great Vladimir Vasiliev, my favourite male dancer ever, who danced Albrecht at the most wonderful performances of Giselle I ever saw, with his wife Katya Maximova, as guests of the Kirov in Paris. Sublime. If you do a YouTube search there is a flavour of that. Carla Fracci and Vladimir Vasiliev in Giselle Channel of goldenidol Here, Carla Fracci as Carlotta Grisi and Vladimir Vasiiev as Lucien Petipa recreate the original Giselle pas de deux. It is either the original choreography or choreogaphed to give Vasiliev more camera time. Either way it is charming. All wreathed in mist and melancholy! Also, same from Gramilano Giselle - Carla Fracci and Vladimir Vasiliev which I assume is officially sanctioned so I will post the link. https://youtu.be/enrzR5-ThSE?si=vZBJwUJlyEjRSm12 GISELLE, 1841, with Carla Fracci as Carlotta Grisi and Vladimir Vasiliev as Lucien Petipa. In 1987 a two-part television programme called The Ballerinas featured Carla Fracci, with some of the top male dancers of the period, in a series of reconstructions putting various ballets and their interpretors in an historical context. Fracci was an amazingly youthful 51 when she danced these extracts. Both have many interesting comments under. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophoife Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 1 hour ago, Fonty said: I must admit I have had mixed success with VPNs. I have tried in Portugal to get the BBC, and we manage to get half a programme before we are hunted down and exposed as the criminals we are. Even though we have a proper BBC licence. Not sure how vigilant RAI are. ...depends on which VPN you use, I believe. One I use for almost everything, the Beeb detects instantly and I barely get a glimpse of John Torode's increasingly creased face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 A new low from the ROH. Their only post today on Instagram about this day is to market their shop’s dance products. I am disgusted and ashamed. “Celebrate by exploring our curated [read expensive] range of ballet-inspired clothing and collectibles” https://www.instagram.com/p/C6WAD3-sg6I/?igsh=MW15aXkxYjY0YXUzMA== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 1 minute ago, FionaM said: “Celebrate by exploring our curated [read expensive] range of ballet-inspired clothing and collectibles” Indeed. A kimono flash sale is promoted on the ROH Twitter feed. Today's post? This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 6 hours ago, jmhopton said: We may not have anything specific for International Dance Day in the UK but all of our companies get involved in World Ballet Day. Also, when you consider all the cinema broadcasts and live free streamed Insight days that the ROH produce that no other company does, I don't think we do too badly. Hmm. Other ballet companies of the world do broadcast livestreams of rehearsals. (La Scala for instance) AND many ballet companies worldwide participate in World Ballet Day. (Too many for me to watch all!) I agree the cinema broadcasts are a wonderful feature of ROH, for both ballet and opera. Not free of course. Vienna State Ballet broadcasts FREE livestreams of performances. As does Munich. More dance is additive. Why not champion all dance on this day too? Why not have a UK ‘champion of dance’ who actively promotes and gets more dance shown publicly, on TV, in public places, etc. The thing about Roberto Bolle is that he is both a big star AND he is personally making these events happen in Italy. Promoting dance to the wider public all around his country with his own tours and with online, TV, etc. BRAVO 👏 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_enthusiast Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 On 29/04/2024 at 18:31, FionaM said: A new low from the ROH. Their only post today on Instagram about this day is to market their shop’s dance products. I am disgusted and ashamed. “Celebrate by exploring our curated [read expensive] range of ballet-inspired clothing and collectibles” https://www.instagram.com/p/C6WAD3-sg6I/?igsh=MW15aXkxYjY0YXUzMA== I personally have no interest in purchasing any ballet themed clothing that does looks exorbitantly overpriced - I would probably only purchase from their shop if I was getting a novelty gift for an international friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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