Mashinka
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Long time ballet fan and former modern dance administrator
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Mashinka replied to On Pointe's topic in Other Performing & Fine Arts: Performances, Exhibits, Films, and Events
Interesting article about Carey Mulligan in the film https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68216440 -
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Mashinka replied to On Pointe's topic in Other Performing & Fine Arts: Performances, Exhibits, Films, and Events
The film's title defeated an ITN newsreader who pronounced it as May Estro. Such bloopers are becoming increasingly common in Britain. -
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Mashinka replied to On Pointe's topic in Other Performing & Fine Arts: Performances, Exhibits, Films, and Events
I saw this film with a couple of friends and we loved it. It is very much about his private life, but there is a great deal of his music all the way through. Bernstein did a lot of work for BBC TV, not just conducting but interviews and lectures too. I must have seen some way back in the 60's but so great was Bernstein's personality and enthusiasm that I still remember them vividly. Superb acting, I hope some sort of award might be in the offing. -
I wish the Royal Ballet would bring it back, but the management and Kobborg apparently fell out big time. In the meantime what do we get? More bloody Manons.
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Much of the scaling down is to do with security concerns. Unfortunately London is a hot spot for terrorism and the police don't have the resources to deal with the kind of celebrations that took place in 1953. The cost is estimated at a mere 100 million pounds, a piddling amount compared to the welfare state, but the net income from tourism etc. will cover that cost.
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The practice started during lockdown and the Rome Opera weren't handing out cast sheets either in 2021, but their is no excuse now.
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It all seems greatly removed from Britten's Gloriana created for the last coronation.
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As a working class woman I can never buy into the belief that opera and ballet are elitist.