alison Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 Friday 13th May, 7.50 am Sky Arts: Balletboyz: Them/Us 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Force of Nature Natalia on Sky Arts, Wednesday 18th May, I think at 8 am, or around then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 There's a "Romeo and Juliet" on Monday 23rd May, 6.55 am on Sky Arts. I'm assuming it's ballet, given the timeslot, but I don't know anything more (and last time it was advertised as something it wasn't, so any information as to what it might be may have to be taken with a pinch of salt too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 10 hours ago, alison said: There's a "Romeo and Juliet" on Monday 23rd May, 6.55 am on Sky Arts. I'm assuming it's ballet, given the timeslot, but I don't know anything more (and last time it was advertised as something it wasn't, so any information as to what it might be may have to be taken with a pinch of salt too).  The EPG on my telly says it was performed by the Ural Opera Ballet in 2019, choreographed by Samodurov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 Ah, thanks. I suspected it would be that one again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 13/05/2022 at 01:26, alison said: Force of Nature Natalia on Sky Arts, Wednesday 18th May, I think at 8 am, or around then. Was it a coincidence this was shown on May 18 - Ms Osipova’s birthday? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 SkyArts is showing The Merry Widow (again!) Monday 6th June 7-8.45am. Â With the announcement that from next year BBC4 will probably be phased out online, the places to find opera, ballet and classic drama are rapidly diminishing. Yet if people are prepared to pay large sums to see them live at theatres and also cinemas surely there are enough people who would enjoy watching them at home? We get the Radio Times every week and out of dozens of channels to choose from the only ones I'm interested in are BBC2, BBC4 and SkyArts and possibly Talking Pictures. How far have the BBC fallen if the Arts are seen as some sort of optional extra? It's enough to make Lord Reith turn in his grave! It also seems a mistake as, like Alison said in the BBC4 Forum link, probably the age range for BBC4Â contains a lot of over 50s who may not want or have the facility to watch online. The BBC are once again chasing the cult of youth and ratings (one seemingly leading to another) whereas it's older people who tend to spend more time at home, especially in the evenings. Yet their needs never seem worthy of consideration. Why? 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 The Ballet Twins, Josh and Laurie McSherry-Gray will be participating in ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent show on Saturday 28 May 2022.  They are very excited about bringing ballet to a wider audience (millions watch this show) watch this clip … it looks beautiful the ballet they will be performing.   3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I recorded Britain's Got Talent on Saturday and have just watched it. No ballet to be seen. Have I misunderstood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 1 hour ago, AnneMarriott said: I recorded Britain's Got Talent on Saturday and have just watched it. No ballet to be seen. Have I misunderstood? I always think of it as Britain’s Not Got Talent and never watch it!  Dancing dogs spring to mind… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Laurie and Josh McSherry Gray have explained on social media that their audition didn’t make the cut. They had two yesses and two noes.  I fast forwarded the programme too and it seemed that a lot of time was wasted on conversation and linking comments from Ant and Dec. So The Ballet Twins have every reason to feel disappointed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 The BGT producers aren't interested in acts unless they will have the audience on their feet, cheering and screaming with delight, or conversely, groaning in their seats at the sheer awfulness of it. Ballet fits into neither category. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_enthusiast Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 On their Instagram post they said: "It was something truly special and the mighty roar from the audience as we finished our duet was sensational." Sounds like the audience did approve! They have mentioned potentially releasing a filmed version of their performance for fans to see. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 So sorry for the twins … the clip they showed in their pre-vlog looked beautiful AND mass appealing without dumbing down on ballet.   And as they said afterwards the audience loved it.   Shame on BGT and on Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden (the no’s) for not appreciating it.  Such a cool story of twin brothers too …  ITV missed a chance here.  3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 30/05/2022 at 23:01, FionaE said: Shame on BGT and on Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden (the no’s) for not appreciating it.   It's fairly well-known, I think, that Simon Cowell doesn't much care for ballet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) BBC4 Sunday 12th June 10-11.30pm Margot. Anne-Marie Duff stars as Margot Fonteyn in this drama exploring the ballerina's career and personal life. Along with the knowledge of her diplomat husband's infidelities, Margot senses mounting pressure from the Royal Ballet to consider retirement, but a professional partnership with Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev turns her into a worldwide celebrity. With Michiel Huisman and Derek Jacobi  Good to know BBC4 are still showing ballet, even a probable repeat.  SkyArts Wed 15th June Merry Widow 7.15-9am. Probably the most recent version (again). Edited June 2, 2022 by jmhopton add information 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 23 hours ago, taxi4ballet said:  It's fairly well-known, I think, that Simon Cowell doesn't much care for ballet. No money in ballet for Simon Cowell so, of course, he has no interest in it. I remember his obvious disappointment when George Sampson won the second series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 A quick look through this week's TV guide has produced quite a few things:  Saturday 11th June Sky Arts, 7.45 am: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - presumably the usual suspects  Sunday 12th June Sky Arts, 6 am: Rumpelstiltskin: BalletLORENT BBC4, 8.30 pm: Performance Live: Winged Bull in the Elephant Case - dance by Wayne McGregor and others, from the National Gallery BBC4, 10 pm: Margot (biopic)  Tuesday 14th June (technically Wednesday 15th) Sky Arts, 3.15 am: Why Do We Dance?  Wednesday 15th June Sky Arts, 7.15 am: The Australian Ballet: The Merry Widow (This is preceded at 6 am by Tales of Offenbach, but I suspect that's opera)  2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 London Live Monday 27th June 3.05pm and Friday 1st July 3.10pm Tales of Beatrix Potter  SkyArts Wed 29th June 6am. English National Ballet in Paris. Doc about their Paris visit performing Le Corsaire. Just the doc. Not the ballet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Showing on SKY Arts Freeview channel at 2:25 a.m. GMT, 29th June, is Natalia Osipova - The Mother. I have set to record. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 SkyArts Friday 1st Jul 7am. Ashton double bill repeat Rhapsody/Two Pigeons.  What a sublime double bill that was and how I'm going to miss seeing an Ashton mixed bill next season. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 SkyArts Sunday 3rd July 6.10am-8.30am. Australian Ballet Sleeping Beauty, repeat, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 SkyArts Sunday 17th July RB Giselle 6-8am. Usual photo of Acosta/Osipova but who knows. Â More4 Tuesday 19th July 10-11pm Darcey Bussells Royal Road Trip. is this new? Doesn't seem to be especially dance related apart from being presented by Darcey. The ballet star travels across the country to visit some of the locations where the Queen has made a lasting impression during her 70 years on the throne 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 10 hours ago, jmhopton said: to visit some of the locations where the Queen has made a lasting impression during her 70 years on the throne  If her throne is anything like my sofa it will have quite an impression in it, and my sofa is only 12 years old!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 This (i.e. Sunday) evening:  BBC4, 8 pm (and repeated at 12.35 am) Michael Clark's To a Simple, Rock 'n' Roll: Song  Wednesday 13th July, Sky Arts: 6.45 am: Sir Simon Rattle conducts Stravinsky Ballets 10 pm The South Bank Sky Arts Awards (I believe there was some dance content in this?)  Thursday 14th July, Sky Arts: 6 pm: Portrait Artist of the Year 2020: Carlos Acosta 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 For those who won't be able to see Darcey Bussell's Royal Road Trip on More4 Tues 19th Jul 10-11pm (repeated 1.15am and 2.15am Wed 20th Jul)Â it is repeated on the same channel Sat 23rd July at 6.55pm. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Sat 30th July 2.40am-5.10am. Talking Pictures. Nijinsky. Biopic charting the rise and fall of the legendary dancer and his relationships with mentor Sergei Diaghilev and fellow ballet star Romola de Pulsky. Starring George De La Pena, Alan Bates, Leslie Browne and Ronald Pickup 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannette Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Not a full ballet…but ballet is the subject of this SkyNewsAustralia segment an hour ago. Related to an earlier thread but this is a TV segment, so I’m posting it here.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X3HxfwOABew  SNAustralia is a conservative outlet that normally mocks Wokeism. Still…it’s the subject of ballet on TV. Good to be exposed to all sides. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 The Darcey Bussell Royal Road Trip (see above) starts at White Lodge where apparently the Queen lived for the first year of her life which I didn't know. From the piece in the Radio Times that may be the only ballet related item on the programme. Â SkyArts Wed 27th July 6.10-7.45am another repeat showing of the Royal Ballet in Cuba. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 On 06/07/2022 at 23:03, jmhopton said: SkyArts Sunday 17th July RB Giselle 6-8am. Usual photo of Acosta/Osipova but who knows.  More4 Tuesday 19th July 10-11pm Darcey Bussells Royal Road Trip. is this new? Doesn't seem to be especially dance related apart from being presented by Darcey. The ballet star travels across the country to visit some of the locations where the Queen has made a lasting impression during her 70 years on the throne Thanks jmhopton! I came across this by chance in between watching the World Athletics Championships and it wasn’t much of a dance show-more like a travelogue where she visits landmarks significant in the Queen’s life. The first episode visited Scottish landmarks, so lots of pretty scenery. A bit of scone making, tea on the Britannia yacht, visiting the Highland Games venue at Braemar, etc. Will look out for the Nijinsky film if we are free that weekend (one for night owls, haha). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Â Wed 3rd Aug 10-11pm SkyArts South Bank Show with Carlos Acosta (I'm sure this has been mentioned elsewhere but as I'm adding something else thought I'd mention it). Not sure if this has been shown before as there was a comment from someone who'd enjoyed it. Â Thurs 4th Aug Together TV 12.30-1.45 AM(!) Beyond Moving (2919)Â Documentary about the rise to fame of South African ballet dancer Siphe November Can't say I've ever heard of Together TV. Apparently it is a community channel and it's numbers are:- Â Freeview 83Â Sky 170Â Virgin 269Â Freesat 164 Â I hope this is correct. When I Googled it it keeps moving about so can't guarantee the above links are still valid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 The Sky Arts South Bank Show on Carlos Acosta does appear to be new according to the listing and The Times article on today’s Dance Links. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Odyssey said: The Sky Arts South Bank Show on Carlos Acosta does appear to be new according to the listing and The Times article on today’s Dance Links. And according to Carlos’s own social media posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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