Jan McNulty
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Links - Sunday 14 June, 2020
Feature - Karen Kain, retiring AD National Ballet of Canada: Michael Crabb, Toronto Star
Streaming News - Dance Theatre of Harlem launches 7 weeks of online programming: Mark Peikert, Playbill
Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, La Fille Mal Gardee: Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International
Streaming Review - Royal Ballet, Mayerling: Vikki Jane Vile, Broadway World
Feature - Director JA Moreno on his director’s cut of dance video 2 in a Million: Penelope Ford, Fjord Review
News - Australian Ballet criticised for ‘lazy approach’ to combating racism: Andrew Taylor, Sydney Morning Herald
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There's a thread for discussion of the performance here:
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I've moved some posts discussing the performance over from the news thread.
Thanks for starting this Capybara.
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I agree with Capybara - too much singing and not enough dance.
However the duet for Hayward and Corrales was absolutely sublime. It was heartfelt and moving and I was moved to tears (no surprise there then!).
I think it is a fantastic venture by ROH but possibly not my cup of tea with the musical choices.
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I wouldn't normally advertise and I stress that I have no personal connection but...
Three young ladies from Birmingham Royal Ballet, Yaoqin Shang, Miki Mizutani & Reina Fuchigami, are making facemasks! They have said they will donate £1 from every one sold to the NHS.
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An updated list of suggestions from The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jun/12/lockdown-dance-online-videos
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Dreadfully sad news. May Tair Gatauov Rest in Peace.
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These are just beautiful. Thanks for the link Dave.
I particularly liked ... all of them!
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15 minutes ago, capybara said:
Damn - missed it.
It can still be seen on BRB's FB page using the link above. I found that I have to open in a new tab for it to play.
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I finally caught up on The Cellist just before it drops off-line.
I absolutely loved this when I was fortunate enough to catch the second performance at ROH. I've loved it again tonight on the small screen. I thought it translated really well onto the small screen and it gave an even better opportunity to see the acting of the dancers close up. How is it that Gary Avis comes on stage and fills it?
For me, Cathy Marston has a way of sketching in a character with just a few moves and in this piece she brought the characters beautifully to life. Marcelino Sambé and Matthew Ball were both fabulous in their roles but the piece belongs to Lauren Cuthbertson whose exquisitely moving performance brought me to tears again.
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12 minutes ago, Shya100 said:
Watched it last night. Some bits were great. Some not. It was put together badly with little coherance. Sambi, Corrales and Hayward just appeared silly and immature and actually should have been left out. Corrales in particular just seemed young and flippant (and that would have been interesting to look at too. The flippancy at the relative beginning of your career when you have some security) and their part in it was jarring. It was at its beat when it dealt with McRae and Watson and the older dancers. Ball was good too. Zucchetti would have been I teresting if it was done better.
I wonder if the pandemic interfered with the ability to edit it even adequately.
To which programme are you referring please?
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BRB's Facebook page will be hosting a live chat between principal Tyrone Singleton and retired principal Jenna Roberts at 19:30 tonight. This will be followed by a showing of the pas de deux from Concerto (at 20:00).
https://www.facebook.com/bhamroyalballet/videos/298670174644430/
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I found this just about summed up lockdown, the desperation to get out and the frustration at not being able to.
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I don't know if people are aware of Amazon Smile. It is an offshoot of Amazon where 0.5% of your order price is donated to a charity of your choice.
Amazon Smile operates in exactly the same way as Amazon and your log in works on both sites.
Northern Ballet have just advertised that they are a registered charity on Amazon Smile. I've checked and none of the other major British ballet companies are registered (yet)...
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That's ridiculous. I hope you are all going to write and say that you wanted to complete the survey but were prevented from doing so!
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48 minutes ago, bridiem said:
Though I think companies do sometimes find ways round this sort of thing by re-jigging job descriptions/functions so that they're not exactly reinstating the same post/s.
I know they do. I was told my job was going. I was fortunate, I managed to escape on an early retirement scheme rather than having to relocate geographically. Two months after I had finished an ex-colleague announced on FB that he had been promoted and had a new job. When I asked what it was and he described it, it was essentially my old job with a different title and subtly worded changes to the job description!!!
I didn't care because I had escaped!
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It leaves BRB with no Autumn season. The best we can hope for is The Nutcracker, which opens at the end of November.
The Hippodrome hasn't said that it is closing altogether. I expect it will be backroom staff, bar and restaurant staff and maybe fewer in the box office who will go. I suppose the paid ushers will be replaced by volunteers. More and more theatres seem to operate with a couple of duty managers and volunteer ushers. The Lowry has always operated this way.
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3 hours ago, Bruce Wall said:
Thanks, Jane, for this. I think in modern designed theatres with large lobbies and larger seats (than, say, British - or, indeed, Danish Victorian venues) this might be apt. You could certainly see this attempted with, say, the Lowry Theatre in Greater Manchester, the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh, The Bridge Theatre in London or at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff - or, indeed, in open air venues - such as the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre - although that organisation has already cancelled the entirety of its 2020 Season. I think it would be much more hazardous - certainly challenging - within the current climate - inside more historic venues/auditoriums.
The Lowry is in the City of Salford. I don't think it would be feasible as I don't find there to be much leg room between the rows.
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Birmingham Hippodrome issued a statement yesterday. The theatre has already said that it will not reopen before 2nd November because it cannot viably reopen with social distancing measures. Now the theatre is entering into a period of consultation over redundancies with the staff. It's dreadfully sad:
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It’s not looking likely that anyone can help you with this.
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As far as I am aware the vocational schools will not be reopening till September.
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Well we've just had a brilliant talk from David Plumpton who plays for ballet classes and rehearsals and who issues CDs of music for ballet class. These Sunday sessions are absolutely terrific - I've enjoyed all of them and look forward to more to come.
Thanks for organising Terpsichore.
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16 minutes ago, Estreiiita said:
Quite an interesting story about the ballet dancer's moving from one company to another during corona times:
That was a lovely read Estreiiita, thanks for sharing.
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We enjoyed another excellent talk this morning from Lachlan Monaghan of Birmingham Royal Ballet.
All the talks so far have been excellent. I'm so glad that Terpischore has organised them.