pherank Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 This Chinese-language video - with subtitles in English - contains many excellent images and dance cllips about Tan: [ The direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdG2TXdKW30 ] Link to comment
pherank Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 When in Paris...The Interview with Yuan Yuan Tan: Still, even in such a youth-centric profession, Tan is adamant that experience can win out. “Right now, technique is overemphasized, but how you deliver it is a fine art. It’s in your aura on stage, your confidence. You’re not just doing gymnastics and I think even non-dancers can tell on stage who is the star and who is the wannabe.” http://www.net-a-porter.com/magazine/255/19 Link to comment
pherank Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Irreverant fun with Tan and Tiit Helimets: http://instagram.com/p/puVMM3Bkw0/?modal=true Link to comment
pherank Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Dancer Yuan Yuan Tan and basketball player Yao Ming are taking action and showing their support for @WildAid Link to comment
sandik Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I heard him on the radio this morning -- he said it was interesting to be in Africa since it made him feel small. Link to comment
pherank Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I heard him on the radio this morning -- he said it was interesting to be in Africa since it made him feel small. I'm not sure about "small", but at least he would meet people of similar height. ;) Apprently Yao Ming is in the wine business (Napa Valley, of course) - I did not know that. That was something Ms. Tan mentioned on Twitter. Link to comment
pherank Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Hong Kong's Phoenix TV names Ms. Tan "one of the most influential Chinese" http://en.yibada.com/articles/25355/20150409/hong-kong-s-phoenix-tv-names-influential-chinese.htm "Meanwhile, He Hui, China's operatic soprano, and Tan Yuanyuan, San Francisco Ballet's prime dancer, were both honored as the most influential Chinese in the world of art." A short article in San Francisco magazine online - be sure to click through the image gallery (Yuan Yuan Tan's comments are enjoyable):http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/yuan-yuans-world Link to comment
pherank Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Yuan Yuan Tan now has an Instagram page: https://instagram.com/tanyuanyuansf/ Link to comment
pherank Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Yuan Yuan organized a gala in Shanghai called "Yuan Yuan Tan and Friends" The "friends" included Tamara Rojo, Xander Parish, Megan Fairchild, Sergei Filin(!) and Vitor Luiz. https://www.instagram.com/p/BMCYXOdht07/?taken-by=mfairchild17 https://www.instagram.com/p/BMDVw2XDjqn/?taken-by=tanyuanyuansf Link to comment
pherank Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Yuan Yuan was invited to a private screening of Yuri Possokhov's RAkU, with YYT in the lead role, naturally, at Lucasfilm (I presume George Lucas was part of the audience). Hopefully this means the ballet is going to be available on DVD soon. Fingers crossed. https://www.instagram.com/p/BTve2_bg6nr/?taken-by=tanyuanyuansf YYT also posted a really great photograph of Davit Karapetyan holding her aloft while performing Possokhov's The Bells for a St. Petersburg audience. Link to comment
pherank Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Yuan Yuan Tan has a Wiki page with her biography, and it includes an extensive list of print and editorial appearances in the media: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuanyuan_Tan Note that you may need to scroll down a ways on the page to get to the extra content. "A major breakthrough came when Tan was called as a last minute replacement for an injured principal dancer in George Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto. Tan had never danced the ballet before, nor was she acquainted with the unique style of Balanchine’s choreography. Tan was given a videotape to watch from the San Francisco Ballet archives, and performed the piece after only 6 hours of learning. The next season, in 1997, Tan was promoted to principal dancer; at the age of 19, she became the youngest principal in the history of the San Francisco Ballet, and the first Chinese dancer to reach that rank in a major company." Link to comment
pherank Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I've started seeing more videos of Tan lately -Now and Then PDD (John Neumeier) danced by SFB's Yuan Yuan Tan and Vito Mazzeohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7pOO9OUxt0Symphonic Dances PDD (Edwaard Liang) danced by Yuan Yuan Tan and Vito Mazzeohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg0kKaqk-E4Diving into The Lilacs PDD (Yuri Possokhov) danced by Yuan Yuan Tan and Vito Mazzeo [audio track removed due to copyright claim]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK7fYqFE6AMLa Dame aux Camélias PDD (John Neumeier) Yuan Yuan Tan and Edvin Revazov (Hamburg Ballet)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9KjMMe4iKU From long ago: Esmeralda GPDD - Yuan Yuan Tan and Felipe Diaz (these days SFB Ballet Master and Assistant A.D.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhUZe88KuHM Swan Lake adagio with Yuan Yuan Tan and José Martinezhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8xPAUm8pts Link to comment
Drew Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Thank you for posting--it will take me a while to get to these, but I am looking forward to it. Yuan Yuan Tan is high on my list of ballerinas I profoundly regret never having seen! Link to comment
dirac Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 A belated thanks, pherank. Yes, San Francisco is lucky to have her. Link to comment
Guest Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 (edited) s Edited January 24, 2019 by Guest Link to comment
pherank Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 With PNB about to perform Possokhov's RAkU, I came across these - Carlos Quenedit happened to post some footage of RAkU which I hadn't seen before: Carlos Quenedit and Yuan Yuan Tan in Possokhov's RAkUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT5ZAk6VOP8 And someone posted some of the RAkU rehearsal footage from World Ballet Day:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FND1pfLuBvo Link to comment
sandik Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Thanks for these -- I've been wondering what this looks like. Link to comment
pherank Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 hour ago, sandik said: Thanks for these -- I've been wondering what this looks like. Everyone always does. ;) The 'plot' explanations don't really do the ballet much justice. And neither do these official clips because they don't give one the sense of what the mixed media environment is like. I like the rehearsal footage best just because I see details in the choreography that weren't apparent to me before (too bad that video is so low-resolution though). Link to comment
pherank Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi awarded Yuan Yuan Tan with a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, which she received along with a SF Mayor's Art Award.https://www.instagram.com/p/BwD2_-6jf9_/ And April 9th was/is now Yuan Yuan Tan Day. 😉 Edited April 11, 2019 by pherank Link to comment
Drew Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 3 hours ago, pherank said: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi awarded Yuan Yuan Tan with a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, which she received along with a SF Mayor's Art Award.https://www.instagram.com/p/BwD2_-6jf9_/ And April 9th was/is now Yuan Yuan Tan Day. 😉 Lovely news -- Though if I were a ballet fan living in San Francisco, then I suppose every time I saw her dance would be Yuan Yuan Tan day for me! Link to comment
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