Jan McNulty
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Hello Reggi and welcome to the Forum.
I have moved your post to the Doing Dance Forum.
We've already got a thread about the video/email auditions so I will lock this thread and you can look and contribute to that thread.
Here's the current thread:
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1 hour ago, alison said:
Disney+ is presumably paid for somehow? Otherwise, I'd be interested to see it.
Yes, it's a streaming service and costs £5.99 per month. If you can access it and there is not a contract period I suppose that is not too bad a price to pay for one month to watch it.
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Not dance I know but Hamilton is being streamed via Disney+
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What does through Bastille Day mean?
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Links - Tuesday 30 June, 2020
Streaming Review - Live from Covent Garden, duet from Concerto, duet from Within the Golden Hour: Teresa Guerreiro, Culture Whisper
Streaming Review - Live from Covent Garden: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International
News - Sir David Bintley to judge BBO dance online choreography competition: News Desk, Broadway World
Feature - How Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre stays nimble during coronavirus uncertainty: Teghan Simonton, Trib Live
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Sir David Bintley coaching students in Birmingham © Ty Singleton
Sir David Bintley, CBE to judge
lockdown Choreography Challenge for students
created by BRB Principal,
Brandon LawrenceInternationally acclaimed choreographer and former Artistic Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), Sir David Bintley, CBE will judge an online Choreography Challenge for students together with its creator, Brandon Lawrence.
Currently featured on the July cover of The Dancing Times, BRB Principal, Brandon Lawrence created this challenge to support students' psychological wellbeing during lockdown and stimulate their creativity.
The challenge is open to students of bbodance, an international dance awarding organisation of which Brandon is Patron. Sir David Bintley joined as Vice President less than a year ago.
"I am delighted and excited by Brandon’s challenge to all aspiring young choreographers. I’m only sorry that, as I’ve agreed to be Judge, I won’t be able to enter myself, as the current lockdown has me aching to flex my own choreographic muscles! Good Luck everyone!" Sir David said.
"Having worked closely with David throughout my time at BRB, I couldn’t be more honoured to have his expertise brought to our challenge. It’s important more than ever to keep our world alive with Creation," Brandon said.
The Online Choreographic Challenge is open to students of bbodance teachers from across the world. Students have to express what lockdown means to them by choreographing one of three original pieces created by the award-winning composer, Andrew Kristy. Entries close on 3 July.
bbodance, the organisation that trained Brandon Lawrence, has recently celebrated its 90th anniversary.
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Thanks Capybara. Signed and shared.
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Tabloid article from Winnipeg about the drive-in experience:
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I haven't caught up with PAB's latest offering yet but I loved Balamouk. I thought the way the fabric of the costumes swirled really added to the choreography (rather than detracting from it as sometimes happens).
I'm really just picking random ballets from all that is on offer, as Jeanette says often something I've not seen before or a company new to me. I've been rather enamoured by PAB (especially now I understand what PAB means!).
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10 hours ago, Vonrothbart said:
I hope you wasn't one of them who set the Liver building on fire Janet.
My feelings about those idiots are unprintable - they have brought shame on the city and its people and for me have tarnished the achievement.
At least one person arrested did not even come from Liverpool!
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Links - Monday 29 June, 2020
Streaming Reviews - Live from Covent Garden, Programme 3:
Richard Morrison, Times
Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph
Claudia Pritchard, Culture Whisper
Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, Woolf Works: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International
Streaming Review - Dance Theatre of Harlem, Balamouk: David Mead, Seeing Dance
Streaming Review - Queensland Ballet, 60 Dancers: 60 Stories - Week 3: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing
Streaming Review - Aterballetto, The Other Side: Gerard Davis, Dancing Review
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Hello Ballet0mane and welcome to the Forum!
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Links - Sunday 28 June, 2020
Interview - Cassa Pancho, AD Ballet Black: Deborah Weiss, Dance for You Magazine
Streaming Review - Stuttgart Ballet, Messenger: Maggie Foyer, Seeing Dance
Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, Woolf Works: Helen Tope, Reviews Hub
Streaming Review - English National Ballet, Manon: Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World
Streaming Review - Australian Dance Theatre, HELD: Michelle Potter, ... on dancing
Feature - Meet the real life Phantom of the Opera who’s been living in a Czech theatre during lockdown: Jennifer Stahl, Dance Magazine
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1 hour ago, Jeannette said:
It’s been almost three months since the full-ballet streamings began. Is anyone else beginning to experience Stream Fatigue? How many hours in each day do we have? Not that I’m not grateful. Just sayin’. 😏
After an initial panic stricken "I must watch everything" I'm finding that I am a bit streamed out but I am grateful to have seen offerings from San Francisco Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, ENB, Northern Ballet (natch), Stuttgart and now Pennsylvania Ballet.
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1. Ensure that the app is available on your smart TV.
2. You need a Vimeo account (free).
3. Get the video up on Vimeo on your laptop using the password or URL you have been given.
4. When it is on your laptop if you hover your mouse over the picture you should see on the top right hand side a heart and underneath it a symbol that looks like a clock.
5. Click on that clock symbol (watch later).
6. Make sure you are logged into your account on your smart tv.
7. On the top right hand side you should be able to click on the corresponding watch later symbol.
8. Bob's your uncle!!
Thanks to Bruce Wall and Jeanette for pointing me in the direction of Pennsylvania Ballet. If I had read the email properly a week ago when I signed up for their live streams I would have known how to do it then.
I've just watched Glass Pieces on my TV and now am rewatching Connection.
Hopefully the above instructions should help people with the Covent Garden streams on Vimeo.
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Hello Dancemumma and welcome to the Forum!
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If you search on the (non) word Brexit there were lots of threads discussing potential issues that come up in the search.
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Yorkshire Ballet Seminars have posted this on Instagram:
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So we are the Premier League Champions for 2019/20.
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I watched Manon tonight.
I really like this production with its pared down set and costumes (apart from the puff balls in the brothel).
What a wonderful performance from Alina Cojocaru and Joseph Caley - her performance is so beautifully nuanced. You see her go from young coquette to sophisticated courtesan and ultimately broken convict. Joseph Caley is heartfelt and in love and totally devastated by her death. They have a terrific on stage rapport. Jeffrey Cirio was wonderfully sleazy as Lescaut and James Streeter nearly stole the show as M. GM. I was in floods by the end, that final despairing duet just broke my heart. I'm not sure if it was the performance I attended in Manchester or one from earlier in the week but it brought back magical memories. I may have to put myself through it all over again tomorrow!
Thank you ENB.
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The press release about La Sylphide and Cinderella (in the round):
ENB at HOME: July
English National Ballet’s ‘ENB at HOME’ programme has been providing free access to full-length ballets and online content as a way for people to keep fit and active during this time and keeping ballet accessible to everyone, everywhere.
Today the Company announces the final instalment of their ENB at Home Wednesday Watch Parties.
Through the weekly watch parties English National Ballet has invited audiences from around the world to enjoy never before seen recordings of Company performances for free, from their own homes. The eight full-length ballets which have been streamed in the series so far have been viewed more than 900,000 times by people in over 100 countries.
The final instalments of the company’s Wednesday Watch Party series are announced today, and will be available on Facebook and YouTube for 48 hours.
Wednesday 1 July, 7pm – La Sylphide
Wednesday 8 July, 7pm - Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella in-the-round
Devised by one of the world’s leading producers of Bournonville ballets, Frank Andersen’s faithful version of the 1830s Romantic ballet La Sylphide sees James wake from a dream on the morning of his wedding to Effy to encounter a mysterious sylphide before him, setting off a fateful sequence of events. This performance was filmed at the Palace Theatre Manchester in October 2017 and was the first time Andersen’s La Sylphide had been performed in the UK.
Co-produced by English National Ballet and the Royal Albert Hall, Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella in-the-round features over 90 dancers and combines magnificent sets and costumes, theatrical surprises, and lively choreography set to Prokofiev’s famous score performed by English National Ballet Philharmonic. Working from the darkly intriguing Brothers Grimm version of the story, Wheeldon originally created Cinderella to great acclaim for Dutch National Ballet and San Francisco Ballet: he and his creative team reunited in 2019 for the re-staging of this sparkling ballet. This performance was filmed at the Royal Albert Hall on 5 June 2019.
The ENB at HOME programme, which has been running since March, hosts a range of videos and classes on the Company’s website and YouTube channel. These include ballet classes with ENB’s Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, family workshops, Ballet Fit classes, beginners classes, Dance for Parkinson’s, Youth Ballet, Boy’s classes and classes for those with limited mobility.
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English National Ballet is a National Portfolio Organisation supported by Arts Council England.
Notes to Editors
About English National Ballet
English National Ballet has a long and distinguished history. Founded in 1950 as London Festival Ballet by the great English Dancers Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin, it has been at the forefront of ballet’s growth and evolution ever since.
English National Ballet brings world class ballet to the widest possible audience through performances across the UK and on eminent international stages including The Bolshoi Theatre and Palais Garnier; its distinguished orchestra, English National Ballet Philharmonic; and being a UK leader in creative learning and engagement practice, building innovative partnerships to deliver flagship programmes such as English National Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s.
Under the artistic directorship of Tamara Rojo CBE, English National Ballet has introduced ground-breaking new works to the Company’s repertoire whilst continuing to honour the tradition of great classical ballet, gaining acclaim for artistic excellence and creativity. 2019 saw English National Ballet enter a new chapter in its history with a move into a purpose-built state-of-the-art home in East London which brings a renewed commitment to, and freedom for, creativity, ambition, and connection to more people, near and far, than ever before.
www.ballet.org.ukAbout Arts Council England
Arts Council England is the national development body for arts and culture across England, working to enrich people’s lives. We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to visual art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country. www.artscouncil.org.uk
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Hello Rosa and welcome to the Forum.
I've added some tags to the top of your post. If you click on them you will be taken to earlier threads that may be of some use to you.
Press Release: Inaugural World Ballet School Day launches on 7 July
in Doing Dance
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World Ballet School Day
Training a new generation of dance artists
Inaugural edition Tuesday 7 July 2020 from 12 noon BST
www.worldballetschoolday.com
English National Ballet School and The Royal Ballet School are delighted to announce that they will be participating in the inaugural World Ballet School Day which will be streamed online on Tuesday 7 July from 12 noon BST.
World Ballet School Day (WBSD) connects the next generation of young professional dance artists with young people from around the world. Created by students for students, this event is a platform for young artists in training to share a message of solidarity through the language of dance and ballet.
Students from participating schools will join together in a round table to provide insights into the world of professional ballet and dance training especially during lockdown, and will introduce segments from each school featuring behind the scenes and performance footage filmed both before and during lockdown.
The event will also feature the world premiere of a new dance work. Six international ballet schools worked with choreographer Didy Veldman to explore the theme of physical restriction in a project led by The Royal Ballet School. The Royal Ballet School invited San Francisco Ballet School, Canada’s National Ballet School, Paris Opera Ballet School, The Royal Danish Ballet School and the Dutch National Ballet Academy to join them in a creative choreographic challenge for ballet students in lockdown. The dancers worked in six groups and created and rehearsed with Didy over Zoom. The students then filmed their individual performances and Didy and The BalletBoyz have created a film containing their work.
The founding of WBSD is a collaboration of Boston Ballet School, Canada’s National Ballet School, English National Ballet School, New Zealand School of Dance, Palucca University of Dance Dresden, and the Prix de Lausanne. The idea was originally conceived by Viviana Durante.
Twelve schools/institutions from three continents are participating in this inaugural year:
The Australian Ballet School Paris Opera Ballet School
Boston Ballet School Prix de Lausanne
Dutch National Ballet Academy Royal Ballet School
English National Ballet School Royal Danish Ballet School
Canada’s National Ballet School San Francisco Ballet School
Palucca University of Dance Dresden New Zealand School of Dance
Viviana Durante, Director of Dance at English National Ballet School, says: “World Ballet School Day is about uniting students training at professional ballet and dance schools around the world. We want to showcase their resilience, strength, dedication, talent, intellect and passion, celebrating how their journey begins and why—now more than ever—ballet, dance and art matter so much.”
Christopher Powney, Artistic Director of The Royal Ballet School, says: “I am delighted that The Royal Ballet School is taking part in the inaugural World Ballet School Day at a time when celebrating our young dancers feels more important than ever. Forced to train in isolation and in often very challenging spaces, they have continued to find the energy, motivation and focus they need to keep going. I am inspired daily by the passion and commitment our young dance community has shown in the face of such unprecedented and difficult circumstances.”
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Notes to editors
World Ballet School Day will be streamed on Tuesday 7th July from 12 noon BST on www.worldballetschoolday.com and will be available for catch-up for one month.