Beryl H Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Just noticed there's a Culture Show documentary about Sylvie Guillem this Wednesday BBC2 at 10pm til 10.30pm, looks like a new programme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Thanks for that, Beryl. That'll teach me not to look ahead in my TV guide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Great thanks for that....just been trying to find out her height on another thread just now but no hard info yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveclassics Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 5 ft 8 inches, I believe. Sorry not fully metric-converted yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Me neither had to use one of those conversion charts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Thought Sylvia was probably 5' 7", actually Anyway, just bumping this to remind people it's on tonight. I believe The Culture Show does get repeated later in the week, should you miss it, but can't spot it in the listings at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Yes definitely on at 10 pm tonight on BBC 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Just watched the programme on iplayer. It was an interesting programme, with lots of footage of her career, from early days in gymnastics and ballet, then onto her time with Nureyev, the RB and onto the modern stuff. I like her rather laid back style and sense of humour. She gives the impression she is totally at ease with herself and content that although her career as a dancer is coming to an end, she did it how she wanted! The middle section of the programme was about her involvement in environmental issues, which included some footage of man's inhumanity to man and beast, shocking and horrible to see, even though we know it goes on. I greatly admire the people who have the guts to stand up against this horror and Sylvie is a wonderful spokesperson for them. We then returned to Sadler's Wells and footage of prep and performance of 6000 Miles Away. I have to admit I did not enjoy this show, in fact I loathed it. However, I suppose as she says, people interpreted it in different ways, one of which was to see her role in the third piece as a woman getting older and reflecting on life. So, it was a fitting end to what could have been a much better programme if it had been on for an hour. Giving it half an hour made it seem rather truncated, with a little bit of this and a little bit of that all wedged into 30 minutes. The early footage of her reminded me of what a fabulous dancer she was and I have just received my DVD of Push, which I am looking forward to, as I loved that show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Jacqueline, I rather agree about the truncatedness, but still good to see. I remember watching that piece she was doing in the white tutu at the POB on French TV just after she'd been promoted to étoile - I know it caused a lot of talk at the time, but I wasn't sufficiently interested in ballet at that point to pay heed to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I thought a longer programme could have been dedicated to her as well. It felt a little rushed and I feel she is such an interesting person. And wow to be dancing like she is at 48 is pretty admirable.....even though she herself says she feels she's had the right body for it all. There must be loads of material they could have used but would have been nice to see her in collaboration with someone in the actual creation of a work. Anyway better than nothing as I believe she hardly ever gives any interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josephine Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Part of this programme is now on YouTube: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 The programme on iPlayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I see we finally have a repeat of this: 12.05 am next Monday (but showing in the Sunday TV schedules, of course). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Worth a second viewing I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I see we finally have a repeat of this: 12.05 am next Monday (but showing in the Sunday TV schedules, of course). I've just re-checked my TV guide and realised that it's a sign-language-interpreted broadcast, so thought I'd warn anyone who'd been thinking of recording it. Unfortunately, I've deleted the original recording now because I thought I could re-record it tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I've just re-checked my TV guide and realised that it's a sign-language-interpreted broadcast, so thought I'd warn anyone who'd been thinking of recording it. Unfortunately, I've deleted the original recording now because I thought I could re-record it tonight Not only that, but the programme totally failed to record anyway, so I can't re-watch it, sign-language interpreter or no. Grrrrr!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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