Sim Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Many thanks for that, Bluebird. Some good things coming up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 A number of new BBC ballet programmes have been announced. Thank you Bluebird. I wonder which RB Nutcracker will be aired? I suppose it's too much to hope that it might be the current version going out on live cinema relay on 8th December? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHazell2 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Thank you Bluebird. I wonder which RB Nutcracker will be aired? I suppose it's too much to hope that it might be the current version going out on live cinema relay on 8th December? I think that it is just a behind the scenes documentary - not an actual performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Do Sky Arts ever bother *showing* any dance any more? it usually comes in bursts, so perhaps they are keeping their powder dry until the festive season. Maybe or until they run out Andre Rieu (or whatever his name is) things to show.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Thanks, Bluebird. Does that mean we're not actually getting a "proper" Christmas ballet this year, then? (I did think Anastasia wasn't really terribly Christmassy ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette H Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 The Balletboyz film, Young Men, is still available on iPlayer for another couple of weeks. Details here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0834qvd/balletboyz-young-men I felt sure there had been a specific reference here to this but couldn't find it. Perhaps a casualty of the earlier forum problems ? This is a radical revision of the stage work, now firmly set in the First World War, trimmed to a running time of 60 minutes. It was filmed in France, with plenty of mud. It is very much worth a look. Elizabeth McGorian and Oxana Panchenko appear as women caught up in the effects of the trauma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 Thanks, Lynette. I definitely thought we'd had something up here: in fact, I have a feeling aileen may have posted about it, because I thanked someone for catching it when I'd forgotten to post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 I think that it is just a behind the scenes documentary - not an actual performance. Initial releases on the BBC Xmas schedule are now suggesting that the Documentary Tribute to Sir Peter Wright's birthday will be on BBC4 as previously noted but that BBC2 will also be screening The Nutcracker tho I haven't been able to discover which recording as yet - tho I'm guessing it will be the 2009 version again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 Perhaps it'll be a new one? It's not as if they don't have plenty of options to choose from! Which was the 2009 one? Is it the one with Ansanelli? I'm not sure I've seen it on terrestrial - some of them went to Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 (edited) Which was the 2009 one? Cast Miyako Yoshida (The Sugar Plum Fairy) Steven McRae (The Prince) Gary Avis (Herr Drosselmeyer) Iohna Loots (Clara) Ricardo Cervera (Nephew / Nutcracker) The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Koen Kessels Edited November 24, 2016 by David 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Here are the latest BBC announcements:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/xmas16tv/bbcone (Margot Fonteyn) http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/xmas16tv/bbctwo (film about the Nutcracker) http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/xmas16tv/bbcfour (Peter Wright) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 So now it's looking like three documentaries but no performance! Oh well - we'll know soon. Thank you Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 It's good to see the BBC celebrating Sir Peter Wright's special birthday and the seasonal Nutcraker with new documentaries. Whereas Sky Arts can only muster the occasional ballet themed day repeatedly screening a small selection of performances. If th BBC show a performance of Nutcracker at Christmas, I would love to see a screening of the BRB version for a change -easily superior to Wright's Covent Garden production. There was a recording made of a performance many years ago and it made it to DVD so it must be possible to screen it again. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Xmas without the BRB Nutcracker would be unthinkable. I'm just off to B'ham for the first night of this season's run and I've just booked my ticket for next season's first night on 24th Nov 2017 (!!!!) as general booking opened yest. It's amazing how far you have to book ahead to get the tickets you want! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 If th BBC show a performance of Nutcracker at Christmas, I would love to see a screening of the BRB version for a change -easily superior to Wright's Covent Garden production. There was a recording made of a performance many years ago and it made it to DVD so it must be possible to screen it again. It's currently available on Amazon - used - only £267.79!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnpw Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 So now it's looking like three documentaries but no performance! Oh well - we'll know soon. Thank you Geoff. A few weeks ago the Covent Garden box office rang me to ask if I minded changing my seat at the matinee on 29 November as the BBC wanted to film it. I imagine I wasn't the only one. I agreed but perhaps I should have asked searching questions in order to report back on this topic! I assume it's intended to include footage of the performance in one of the documentaries. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 I noticed a while ago that the matinee was marked as "Filming", which seemed odd to me at the time since it wasn't the cast for the cinema broadcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 It's currently available on Amazon - used - only £267.79!! I have a video of it - perhaps I had better look after it! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Is that the one with Sandra Madgwick? If so, I also have the video! But alas, no video machine anymore.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 (edited) Yes I think she was Clara. Irek Mukhamedov guested as the Prince and Miyako Yoshida was the Sugar Plum Fairy. Edited to add I hang on to my video - so many wonderful (if grainy) productions and documentaries that have disappeared from general viewing. Edited November 26, 2016 by Odyssey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waitingmum Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 A few weeks ago the Covent Garden box office rang me to ask if I minded changing my seat at the matinee on 29 November as the BBC wanted to film it. I imagine I wasn't the only one. I agreed but perhaps I should have asked searching questions in order to report back on this topic! I assume it's intended to include footage of the performance in one of the documentaries. BBC have been filming behind the scenes at White Lodge and Royal Ballet, the rehearsals and preparations that go into producing The Nutcracker aswell as interviewing students/professionals. They are filming the performance on the 29th as part of this programme so some but definitely not all of the show will be in it. I am very biased as my DD is one of the lucky White Lodgers who will be in it as a party girl this year so I can't wait to see it!! She says it has been fun although they did laugh when they wanted them to be filmed on the coach going up to ROH and looking out the window at the sights of London - they are usually only ever looking at their phones!!!! 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I cannot imagine that Darcey's programme on Fonteyn will tell us anything we don't know or will equal the South Bank special of a few years ago. I suspect that the programme on Sir Peter will be far more interesting but not so 'box office', hence the move to the more recherchè BBC 4. Incidentally I do wish there could be an updated recording of the BRB Nutcracker. As I remember it the filming of the original cast + Mukhamedov was very dark in places and the glorious transformation scene really did not come over anything like as well as it should have, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share Posted November 26, 2016 Edited to add I hang on to my video - so many wonderful (if grainy) productions and documentaries that have disappeared from general viewing. Me too, Odyssey - although what state my videos will be in when I finally get them out of storage I dread to think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I cannot imagine that Darcey's programme on Fonteyn will tell us anything we don't know or will equal the South Bank special of a few years ago. I rather think the same, if recent form is anything to go by, the programme will be mostly about Darcey. But hopefully there will be lots of footage of Margot in lovely action. Almost anything is better than nothing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 (edited) I cannot imagine that Darcey's programme on Fonteyn will tell us anything we don't know or will equal the South Bank special of a few years ago.I rather think the same, if recent form is anything to go by, the programme will be mostly about Darcey. But hopefully there will be lots of footage of Margot in lovely action. Almost anything is better than nothing. You know after that comprehensive documentary 'Margot' ... I really do wish the BBC would concentrate on doing one on another Royal Ballet leader who is sill with us - and who might indeed be able to present just such a programme themselves. Of female dancers I would love to see an in depth programme on, say, Sibley, Seymour or Beryl Grey (with the latter two crossing over given their LFB/ENB involvements). .... Still, I suppose these would not be as attractive to international sales markets ... and that is obviously key in the minds of current BBC commissioning editors fighting for their jobs. Edited November 26, 2016 by Bruce Wall 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Here are the latest details of the BBC Peter Wright documentary:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/52/sir-peter-wright-at-90 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 So the Nutcracker doc. is being shown on Christmas day. As it lasts 90 minutes does this mean there isn't an actual performance being filmed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 I guess not. Unless it's happening on New Year's Eve or Day - the two-week listings guides have sneakily managed to produce a version which doesn't cover both Christmas and New Year this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I just caught a few seconds preview of the Sir Peter Wright doc. as part of a montage of forthcoming programmes on BBC 4. It was a clip from the RB production including the curtain call which appeared to show Francesca in the Sugar Plum fairy costume ( the wig is always off putting). If the BBC has gone to the trouble and expense of filming these sequences,setting the lighting and camera positions etc, surely it follows that it is cost effective to have filmed/edited the whole production for a future transmission. Or am I being blissfully ignorant of the economics/politics of broadcasting performances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I have just seen that the Royal Ballet and Margot Fonteyn is now on London Live TV. http://www.tvguide.co.uk/tv-stream/?ch=london+live " Margot Fonteyn stars in a showcase performance from the Royal Opera House, featuring Stravinsky's The Firebird, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Henze's onedine " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I have just seen that the Royal Ballet and Margot Fonteyn is now on London Live TV. http://www.tvguide.co.uk/tv-stream/?ch=london+live "Margot Fonteyn stars in a showcase performance from the Royal Opera House, featuring Stravinsky's The Firebird, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Henze's Ondine" Watching it as part of a lazy Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Watching it as part of a lazy Sunday. I think watching her dance makes anyone feel lazy in comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretN7 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Thanks. Switched on just in time to see Ondine coming through the waterfall/fountain. I was lucky enough to see Fonteyn in this, and that first view of her hand has stayed in my memory ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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