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Lynette H

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  1. Includes Monica Mason on Les Biches and Lynn Garafola - recorded last Saturday.
  2. This runs from 10th to 18th June. The BBC web site already has lots of details up including bios of all the competitors and details of all the performances. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qn4b They are usually very good at posting clips of performances here. There is a dedicated TouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/@bbccardiffsinger/featured
  3. The lecture is funded by the Ashton Foundation, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's about Ashton directly. Marina Warner has written extensively on myth and folklore and she will no doubt have much to say about the realm of the fairies.
  4. There's an obituary in the Guardian (free to access) https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/12/lynn-seymour-obituary
  5. This season was programmed by the new AD, Watkin. There's a press release on their website where he introduces the season.. https://www.ballet.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/English-National-Ballets-2023-2024-Season.pdf
  6. This Cranko biography came out late last year, I think, and I've just finished it. Killar danced in the Stuttgart company under Cranko's directorship and his affection and admiration for John Cranko is evident. It's not a hagiography though: he's quite clear sighted about how some works didn't really succeed or didn't last. It's very readable and engaging. It also has quite extensive appendices including a detailed list of all his premieres and restagings including details of casts, designers, music etc. I think these may be available on an associated web site https://crankobiography.com/ which should be a useful resource for researchers. Recommended.
  7. Marcelo Gomes is now AD of Semperopera Ballett Dresden. This is for 23/24 season. The current AD (Aaron S. Watkin) leaves to take over at English National Ballet. Gomes has been principal dancer (and Ballet master) for a few years. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/tanz-dresden-marcelo-gomes-wird-chef-des-semperoper-balletts-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-221118-99-572130
  8. More details available on this 20 min segment about the production, lots of background info. Just a few details: Giselle is not ill, and doesn't have heart problems, she's just happy. At the very end, Giselle tells Albrecht to return to his fiancee. Costumes and sets are loaned by Birmingham Royal Ballet.
  9. The Royal Ballet stream some of their insight evenings for free. Here's the latest -Zenaida Yanowsky rehearses Fumi Kaneko and Federico Bonelli in Swan Lake pas de deux.
  10. Abdur Variation Act 2 Hentriette Act 2
  11. Ashton Rediscovered insight evening free from the Royal Opera House Some rare pieces in here including a recreation of Hamlet and Ophelia with Bracewell and Hayward. This should be available for about a month. The film that forms the second part of the evening is already available on the Ashton Foundation's website. That should be available for longer.
  12. A collection of Clement Crisp reviews has been published. "Clement Crisp Reviews: Six Decades of Dance". It's a fairly substantial hardback, 320 pages with plenty of photos, mainly drawn from his work in the Financial Times, and occasional other pieces. Very heavy ! His range of interests was wide - I remember some memorable pieces he wrote on tango, for example. And he enthused about hip hop dance. These don't feature here, the book mostly concentrates on ballet, though it does include some of his pieces on traditional Japanese theatre and dance.
  13. The Royal have announced the following cinema dates for ballet - casting as given at present The Nutcracker Thurs 9 Dec 7:15 live (Takada, Corrales, Saunders, Gasparini, Acri) Romeo and Juliet Mon 14 Feb 7:15 - not live, recorded earlier, but it's Valentines day.. (O'Sullivan, Sambe) Swan Lake Thurs 19 May 7:15 live (Cuthbertson, Bracewell) The following programmes will also be streamed The Dante Project (McGregor) - recorded but not yet available to purchase on the ROH site yet (they may be adding in details of Watson's final curtain call). Streams are usually available for 30 days after initial transmission Giselle available from 3 Dec for a month. Cast being filmed is Naghdi, Ball, Nunez. For programs later in the year, there are indications that the triple Abraham/ Pite / Wheeldon in late March / April is being filmed, and also the Ashton triple in late April /May (Scenes de Ballet, Month in the Country, Rhapsody) whether for cinema or streaming is not stated. There's no indication yet if Wheeldon's new full length Like Water for Chocolate in June is being filmed
  14. Cardiff Singer of the World returns this year (without an audience). The main BBC site for this is here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qn4b There are usually a fair number of clips of the performances and details about the competitors.
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