SusanR Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Having received my Radio Times this morning I noticed that the BBC are showing RB Don Q and the Bolshoi Sleeping Beauty, although it doesn't say when! Happy days. Susan 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanR Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 (edited) I'm so sorry, just realised I posted this information in the wrong thread! Susan Edited November 26, 2013 by Ian Macmillan Moved to appropriate place! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Must admit that I'd probably rather it were the other way around, but good to have 2 ballets on the BBC (at some stage). Tony Hall's influence? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Fantastic news! Any excuse to watch Marianela Nunez's Kitri again... Any ideas on the cast for the Bolshoi SB? I'm guessing it's the Zakharova/Hallberg cast that was relayed to cinemas a year or two ago? I found her a little cold (for some reason I find it hard to connect to her performances) but still a very enjoyable performance from the pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 That would be my guess, too. I can't imagine they'd go to all the expense of a new recording when one's already available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 The ROH news section shows Don Quixote as being on BBC4 at 8pm on Christmas Day, something to look forward to! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Fantastic news! Will definitely set the Sky+ to record it... Also a collection of past recordings (including the seasonal Les Patineurs and Nutcracker) on Sky Arts over the holidays. Full article: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/christmas-broadcasts-from-the-roh-announced-for-2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottsballetlover Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 There's also Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty being shown on BBC2 at 6.10 pm Christmas Day, according to Bourne's FB page. My Sky+ box will be busy!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I haven't got very far through the Christmas Radio Times yet, but Acosta fans will be interested to know that there's an interview with Carlos in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Wednesday 18th and Sunday 22nd Dec SkyArts are showing the Mariinsky Nutcracker which I think is a fairly recent filming, starring Alina Somova and Vladimir Shklyarov. On Christmas day The Red Shoes is being shown on BBC2 at 8.50 am. At teatime the Matthew Bourne Sleeping Beauty is also being shown on BBC2 at 6.10 pm until 7.40pm (Is this rather short for a Sleeping Beauty?) This is followed by Carlos' Don Q at 8pm on BBC4. Can't remember such a feast of ballet for a long time all on one day. Unfortunately the 2012 recording of the Royal ballet Nutcracker shown on SkyArts at 4.30pm clashes with Beauty but the Nutcracker is repeated I think on Boxing Day at 8am and possibly other dates as well. Royal Ballet Swan lake on SkyArts Boxing day at 4.30 pm stars Kish and Yanowsky. Am really pleased the 2010 Patineurs is being shown on a number of occasions on SkyArts. I know it is on the Ashton dvd but I never understood why it wasn't broadcast on tv when it must have been filmed at the same time as the Tales of Beatrix Potter which was broadcast several years ago. The Lauren Cuthbertson/Polunin Sleeping Beauty is being shown on SkyArts on Friday 27th Dec at 4.30pm. (repeated next day)It lasts until 7pm so that seems to be an hour longer than the Matthew Bourne production. While I'm really pleased that all these balletic treats are being broadcast it is rather hard luck on those who only have Freeview and won't be able to access the SkyArts broadcasts. While it's great the BBC are broadcasting 2 ballets it's a pity the BBC/Royal Opera House link seems to have been lost and more aren't being broadcast on terrestrial tv. It's also a pity the Macrae/Marquez La Fille isn't being broadcast as that was definately my highlight of the ballet broadcasting year. Perhaps Tony Hall could add it to the BBC Easter highlights. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'll still enjoy the terrestrial ballet!! When did you get your Christmas radio times Alison? Ive been keeping a look out and haven't seen anyone selling it down here.....hope I haven't managed to miss it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 The Christmas RT came out only a few days ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'll still enjoy the terrestrial ballet!! When did you get your Christmas radio times Alison? Ive been keeping a look out and haven't seen anyone selling it down here.....hope I haven't managed to miss it! Last Saturday, in Waitrose, although it turned out that Sainsbury's had it too (they tend not to get it too early, which is why I grabbed it when I saw it in Waitrose). I agree, it's a shame more of the Royal Ballet productions (which of course are funded partly by the taxpayer) can't be made freely available. But I'm not sure the Beeb would have that much capacity available 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolBillyBob Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Just a quick note that BBC have launched new HD versions of more of their channels, so if you're planning on setting your V+/Sky+/VHS/Betamax for anything on BBC Four, do remember that there's now an HD version. Channel numbers are here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/CBBC-HD-CBeebies-HD-BBC-Three-HD-BBC-Four-HD-and-BBC-News-HD-to-launch-on-Tuesday-10-December-2013 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Thank you, BBB. I for one didn't know that. And for anyone who hasn't got their recording facilities sorted, you've got nearly a couple of weeks in which to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nana Lily Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Thank you everyone! Have set my box to record! Looking to very happy ballet Christmas! Xxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Just got the radio times tonight...haven't had time to look at all the ballet goodies yet though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Well, I've now been right through the two-week edition of the RT and can't see any reference to a Bolshoi Sleeping Beauty, only Matthew Bourne's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amum/Cathy Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Well, I've now been right through the two-week edition of the RT and can't see any reference to a Bolshoi Sleeping Beauty, only Matthew Bourne's Well I'm quite pleased about that as I'm off to a cinema showing of the Bolshoi Sleeping Beauty on Monday, with another balletco forum member and our dancing dcs. It would have a bit annoying to find it on TV 2 days later Looking forward to another chance to see the Matthew Bourne one again, and RB's DQ, but as there are overlaps and clashes with Strictly and Dr Who I think there could be trouble ahead Why put both on the same day?? Interesting that MB gets BBC 2 - is he considered more "mainstream" or popular, than the RB who get BBC4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Yes, I wondered that. OTOH, BBC4 doesn't get under way until 7 pm, so they couldn't really have fitted both in on one day. The Dr. Who is of course being repeated. The dance items probably won't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie ballet mum Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Oh you are lull so lucky. We'd be lucky to get much ballet here in Australia over Christmas. It's all sport and cricket. ( 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Oh you are lull so lucky. We'd be lucky to get much ballet here in Australia over Christmas. It's all sport and cricket. ( sport AND cricket - lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolBillyBob Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Important news for people watching Bourne's Sleeping Beauty! Matthew Bourne has just tweeted the following: BBC2 Xmas Day screening of our #SleepingBeauty is now at 5.55 not 6.10 as prev advertised! Don't miss the start or you will be lost! #dance https://twitter.com/Mattbourne1/status/413618196584099840 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl H Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 That's a coincidence, I have just been looking through the Radio Times and thought Sleeping Beauty was longer than an hour and a half, thanks for bringing this to our attention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanR Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 I'm so sorry if I made a mistake regarding the Bolshoi's Sleeping Beauty on TV over Christmas! I am positive that is what I read but the magazine has been recycled so I can't check. Susan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) It is going to be fun trying to record/see all the different offerings on Christmas day - no one has mentioned Downton Abbey yet which starts before the end of DQ. Edited December 19, 2013 by Pas de Quatre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Important news for people watching Bourne's Sleeping Beauty! Matthew Bourne has just tweeted the following: https://twitter.com/Mattbourne1/status/413618196584099840 Thank you very much for that, BBB. I was wondering which bits they'd cut from the recording, because I was sure it had lasted a couple of hours, including interval. So, what are they moving? Can't be The Queen, surely? And there are two Dr. Who-related programmes immediately before that ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Dance on UK TV this Christmas/New Year Well, here we go, reasonably fully, I hope: programmes on Sky Arts 2 at all times unless otherwise indicated (I've left out anything 10 minutes or less long). Saturday 21st December: 7.00 am: Peter and the Wolf (at least, I presume this is ballet) 7.35 am: Le Jeune Homme et La Mort Sunday 22nd December: 2.00 pm: Mariinsky Nutcracker Monday 23rd December: 10.10 am: Mariinsky Nutcracker Midnight: Peter and the Wolf Tuesday 24th December: (Well, sort of:) Fantasia, BBC2, 4.15 pm Christmas Day: 8.25 am: Peter and the Wolf BBC2, 8.50 am: The Red Shoes 4.30 pm: Royal Ballet The Nutcracker (2012 cinema showing) BBC2, 5.55 pm (according to Matthew Bourne): Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty BBC4, 8.00 pm: Royal Ballet Don Quixote Boxing Day: 8.00 am: The Nutcracker (RB?) 4.30 pm: Royal Ballet Swan Lake (Yanowsky/Kish) Friday 27th December: 8.00 am: Swan Lake (RB?) 10.30 am: Peter and the Wolf 11.05 am: Le Jeune Homme et la Mort 3.00 pm: Les Patineurs 4.30 pm: Royal Ballet Sleeping Beauty (Cuthbertson/Polunin) (Wow, Sky viewers are really spoiled today) Saturday 28th December: 8.00 am: Sleeping Beauty (RB?) 4.30 pm: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (sounds like the original RB broadcast - Cuthbertson, Polunin, Watson) 11.45 pm: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Sunday 29th December: 8.20 am: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Monday 30th December: 9.30 am: Les Patineurs 1.55 pm: Coppelia (whose?) 3.40 pm: The Mystery of Coppelia New Year's Eve: 6.00 am: Le Jeune Homme 6.25 am: Peter and the Wolf New Year's Day: 8.00 am: Le Jeune Homme encore une fois BBC2, 11.15 am (and various other times on BBC4): New Year's Day Vienna Concert features choreography by Ashley Page (on the Red Button from 10.15 am) 10.30 pm: Stomp: Live (just for a bit of a change) Friday 3rd January: 2.45 am: George Balanchine Forever 8.00 am: Mariinsky Theatre Opening Gala 7.30 pm: A Delicate Battle (Matjash Mrozewski) 8.00 pm: Mariinsky Nutcracker (Somova/Shklyarov) 2.00 am (technically Saturday): The Nutcracker (whose?) I think that's about everything. If there are any errors or omissions, please post them below and I'll edit them in. And many thanks to everyone who's contributed information here, directly or indirectly. Edited December 21, 2013 by alison Deleted non-ballet programmes 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Also Dance-related radio this Christmas (or rather, New Year): New Year's Eve (or technically the early hours of New Year's Day): Radio 4 12.15 am: Food for Thought - a repeat featuring Carlos Acosta, who "reflects on how his ballet career has influenced his diet". Also, Friday 3rd January 2014: Radio 2, 10.00 pm: The Radio 2 Arts Show includes "another chance to hear Tony Hall's plans for the arts across the BBC". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 No, this Peter and the Wolf is a "stop time" puppet story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachelm Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Wonderful TV schedule Alison- thank you! So great to see so many ballets on with different casts- I'm particularly looking forward to Don Quixote and Lauren Cuthbertson in Sleeping Beauty. Does anyone know who is dancing the Sugar Plum/Prince in The Royal Ballet Nutcracker? The Radio Times just names Meaghan Grace Hinkis as Clara. Very much looking forwards to Christmas now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Thanks for all that info Alison. Just which I could watch Sky tv! We've been talking about getting a Sky dish etc for a while now......this is certainly enough to spur things on !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Does anyone know who is dancing the Sugar Plum/Prince in The Royal Ballet Nutcracker? The Radio Times just names Meaghan Grace Hinkis as Clara. The casts are on the ROH website, hidden amongst the comments made below the announcement: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/christmas-broadcasts-from-the-roh-announced-for-2013 Scroll down to the information posted on December 12 at 3.22pm. I've copied and pasted it below: Les Patineurs; Divertissements; Scènes de Ballet Carlos Acosta (Divertissements); Leanne Benjamin (Divertissements); Darcey Bussell (Divertissements); Thiago Soares (Divertissements); Steven McRae (Les Patineurs); Samantha Raine (Les Patineurs); Myako Yoshida (Scènes de Ballet); Ivan Putrov (Scènes de Ballet); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Paul Murphy; Barry Wordsworth The Nutcracker Gary Avis (Herr Drosselmeyer); Meaghan Grace Hinkis (Clara); Ricardo Cervera (Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker); Roberta Marquez (The Sugar Plum Fairy); Steven McRae (The Prince); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Koen Kessels Swan Lake Zenaida Yanowsky (Odette); Nehemiah Kish (Prince Siegfried); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Barry Wordsworth Sleeping Beauty Gary Avis (King Florestan XXIV); Genesia Rosato (His Queen); Lauren Cuthbertson (Princess Aurora); Sergei Polunin (Prince Florimund); Alastair Marriott (Cattalabutte); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Boris Gruzin Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Sarah Lamb (Alice); Federico Bonelli (Jack / The Knave of Hearts); Edward Watson (Lewis Carroll/ The White Rabbit); Zenaida Yanowsky (Mother / The Queen of Hearts); Steven MacRae (Mad Hatter); Christopher Saunders (Father/King of Hearts); Eric Underwood (Rajah/The Caterpillar); Philip Mosley (The Duchess); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; David Briskin The relay of Don Quixote on BBC Four will feature Marianela Nunez and Carlos Acosta in the lead roles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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