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[Jayne]

Interesting Vid from the Royal Ballet:

https://www.youtube....h?v=auDNcfK0Wcs

[sandik]

This is great fun -- there are a couple other videos that seem to be from the same program, one on Pavlova in an excerpt from Fairy Doll and Taglioni.

[innopac]

Thanks for posting about these lecture demonstrations.  Here is the playlist: https://www.youtube....Y7NtNKDLD8tgQGC

Ballet Evolved -- The First Four Centuries
Introduction

Ballet Evolved - Marie Taglioni 1804-1884
An introduction to ballerina Marie Taglioni, the most famous dancer of the Romantic era.

Ballet Evolved - Anna Pavlova 1881-1931
Discover more about Anna Pavlova, the most famous dancer of her day…

Ballet Evolved - Fanny Elssler 1810-1884
An introduction to ballerina Fanny Elssler, famed during her lifetime for dancing The Cachucca.

Ballet Evolved - Alicia Markova 1910-2004
Watch Royal Ballet dancer Romany Pajdak perform an extract of Ashton's Foyer de Danse - a work created on Alicia Markova in 1934.

[Jayne]

I'll have to view the rest this weekend.  Thanks for finding them all!