MAB Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) Marc Platt Edited January 20 by MAB it was Marc not Mark - Doh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 50 minutes ago, MAB said: Marc Platt You win MAB! Sadly the YouTube extracts of Platt in the Hollywood film Tonight And Every Night stop before the Hitler section so one needs to find a copy of the whole movie to see this remarkable sequence in full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 While we’re still remembering Giselle here is a short clip of Carla Fracci: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2VCgQKtmvU/?igsh=MWhyN2kwajh3OHo0Yg== 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 On 20/01/2024 at 12:41, Geoff said: Sadly the YouTube extracts of Platt in the Hollywood film Tonight And Every Night stop before the Hitler section so one needs to find a copy of the whole movie to see this remarkable sequence in full. You can buy one here - Tonight and Every Night [1945] [DVD] https://www.vicpine.co.uk/Tonight-And-Every-Night.htm The feeble plot involves red-headed Rita falling for pilot Lee Bowman and blonde Janet Blair for dancer Marc Platt. Platt was a weak actor but a good dancer; here he has a bizarre number in which he mimes to one of Hitler's speeches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 3 hours ago, Geoff said: While we’re still remembering Giselle here is a short clip of Carla Fracci: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2VCgQKtmvU/?igsh=MWhyN2kwajh3OHo0Yg== Carla Fracci was a beautiful dancer, though it's difficult to really believe she's an unsophisticated girl of tender years and she didn't immediately appreciate that Albrecht was perhaps not all he pretended, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzoi Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) I will be helping a friend with her three Borzoi backstage at a performance of Giselle by the Grand Kyiv Ballet of Ukraine on March 13. I'm hoping to get some decent photos (if allowed). Might be a circus, as one of the zois is a 10 month old puppy who thinks he is a kangaroo! I have visions of him jumping on the table where the Duke and Bathilde are enjoying their refreshments. Kidding! We'll have a tight hold on him. I will give a debriefing and post photos if I get any decent ones. Edited February 27 by zxDaveM edit to remove photo, as per member's request 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzoi Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Thanks for removing! Will repost once I get permission from her. Hope to get photos of my own from backstage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I very much look forward to hearing your report from front and back stage!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I just looked up your name Borzoi so just cottoned on that it’s a type of Russian hunting dog. So that should be interesting on stage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) On an Easter theme, can anyone ascertain if this is a real step? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Ju9UXy-Q5/?igsh=MTk4dmtrbDZneDl4bA== Edited April 2 by San Perregrino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) 31 minutes ago, San Perregrino said: On an Easter theme, can anyone ascertain if this is a real step? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Ju9UXy-Q5/?igsh=MTk4dmtrbDZneDl4bA== Ha! Well he's doing it (and very elegant it is) so it's 'real'... and I suppose it can be broken into component parts. What larks! Pas de lapin tr. 'no bunny'. And I don't think a pas known to be handed down from Pierre Beauchamp or Carlo Blasis and but who knows? Edited April 2 by Roberta 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Ummm, I thought this was an April Fool! The dancer featured is based in Queensland, I think, so almost 12 hours ahead of us here in the UK. But he dances the step sooooo beautifully! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) How have I missed 'internet sensation' 'YouTube dancing star' Audrey Nethery so far in my life? Kudos to New York City Ballet dancers and of course, Audrey! 🩰 There's apparently a whole lot more Audrey to catch up with... (More about Audrey here. She's grown since her Sugar Plum debut! https://www.youtube.com/@scottnethery9414/videos) Edited April 3 by Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Russian ballet teachers: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5OW_USIvr-/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzoi Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 On 27/02/2024 at 10:45, Sim said: I very much look forward to hearing your report from front and back stage!! Well, the performance did not go on because the truck carrying the costumes and scenery was involved in an accident on the freeway. There were no human injuries, thank goodness, but the truck was damaged and would not be able to make it to the theatre in time for the performance. We arrived at the theatre, as per instructions, at 3:00 p.m.. Baby Pumpkin got loose in the parking garage (which gave us a minor heart attack), but he was retrieved without incident. We had to walk a couple of blocks to the theatre. A parade of two frazzled ladies with three giant Borzois is not something downtown Fort Pierce sees every day! We caused a couple of traffic jams and arrived at the theatre in time to see a group of beautiful young people (the dancers!) preparing to board a bus. They went crazy when they saw the dogs and one girl had tears in her eyes. My heart went out to them, as they were so far from home. They all wanted photos with the dogs, so we put their jeweled collars on them and had a field day snapping photos. It was an enjoyable afternoon and made up (somewhat) for the disappointment about the performance. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzoi Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/ryUNDKevvsSfdYsu8 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Antoinette Sibley & Anthony Dowell "A Midsummer Night's Dream Ballet" on The Ed Sullivan Show 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Some other rather young dancers from an earlier age here: https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/78264/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 22 hours ago, Roberta said: Antoinette Sibley & Anthony Dowell "A Midsummer Night's Dream Ballet" on The Ed Sullivan Show Gorgeous! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 A DonQ variation as I’ve never seen it: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7AieFAop1x/?igsh=OTkycm5lbXM5bDh0 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 The speed is awesome! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tattin Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I adored Struchkova when she danced in London in the sixties but I certainly never saw her in Don Q. I think I would have been quite shocked to see the solo at that speed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorDerry Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 On 17/04/2024 at 21:36, Roberta said: Antoinette Sibley & Anthony Dowell "A Midsummer Night's Dream Ballet" on The Ed Sullivan Show How beautiful 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 On 20/05/2024 at 15:34, FionaM said: The speed is awesome! Ha - I loved this joyous clip! And actually great fun to see a dancers unique take on a solo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Ashamed to say I didn’t know the name Estelle Sloan until today:- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncnp Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Congratulations to Justin Peck, Resident Choreographer of NYCB, for his Best Choreography Tony award ILLINOISE A New Broadway Musical (illinoiseonstage.com) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncnp Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Not sure where to put this and apologies if it has already been posted Wm Bracewell talks about his back surgery https://www.instagram.com/p/C8G-tFuobWY/?igsh=MXI5aXhobnVmemo2OQ== 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncnp Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Copyright fight over royalties to Ravel’s Boléro involving the heirs of Bronislava Nijinska and Alexandre Benois https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/ravel-bolero-millions-rights-copyright-france-zdxdzvczc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Matthew Bourne and “Late Flowering Lust” Here is Matthew Bourne introducing the 1993 dance-and-poetry television film, built around the poems of John Betjeman and featuring his then company ‘Adventures in Motion Pictures’: https://search.app/tB7epRyaMpX894ub6 Shown again on BBC4 earlier this year the film is easily found on YouTube (link given in the article above). Most enjoyable, although one could guess it might not be to the taste of the current Arts Council. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 I've just posted about a book I read yesterday here: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Avigail Shafrir: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8vwNSzNkeh/?igsh=bGUxd2N6YWRib2wy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 (edited) For those who haven’t seen this amazing moment from ABT yet: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9NENYFOex9/?igsh=aDE1cjFjdjliMzA1 (and in case it’s not obvious the miracle is performed by Devon Teuscher). Edited July 15 by Geoff 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Rather nice video interview on the Cape Talk station, South Africa, with David Nixon (now, of course, Artistic Director of Cape Town City Ballet), Fumi Kaneko and Vadim Muntagirov. Talking about CTCB’s 90th birthday celebration gala and also mentioning Vadim’s own new choreography of the Sleeping Beauty Awakening Pas de Deux, which will be premiered at selected performances. I hope we get to see it here at some point! https://www.primediaplus.com/cape-town-city-ballet-celebrates-extraordinary-90-year-history/ 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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