volcanohunter Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 A digest version of the Dutch National Ballet's 2013 opening gala is available for viewing on demand. For now I'm not being geo-blocked. Watch it while you can. http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1375883 Défilé Grand Pas Classique, abbreviated adage and coda Jurgita Dronina and Mathias Heymann Ssss Marijn Rademaker Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, variations and coda Remi Wörtmeyer and Maia Makhateli Overture ensemble Variations for Two Couples Igone de Jongh and Josef Varga Anna Tsygankova and Matthew Golding Lollapalooza junior company Five Tangos, variation Vito Mazzeo In Light & Shadow Larissa Lezhnina and Artur Shesterikov Don Quixote pas de deux, variations and coda Matthew Golding and Anna Tsygankova complete program http://www.het-ballet.nl/media/library/2013/09/Gala_PB_web.pdf Link to comment
California Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 What a treat - thanks for the link (which is still working in the U.S.). I especially enjoyed seeing Matthew Golding in the finale. As has been discussed elsewhere on this site, he languished in the ABT corps for five years, moved to the Dutch company, and was just named Principal at the Royal Ballet. He's partnering Osipova in Sleeping Beauty next year at the ROH. Link to comment
pherank Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Yes thanks for the link. I haven't watched everything, but I thought "Ssss" was quite interesting, and was reminded of the recent statement by Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, "a choreographer should never have dancers get down on the floor without a very good plan to get them back up again, preferably with grace". And this piece plays with that notion quite a bit, and I think successfully. Link to comment
liebs Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I haven't seen those 1 1/4 fouettes since Eleanor D'Antonou back in the day at ABT. Nice looking company. Golding was impressive. Link to comment
sandik Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Yes thanks for the link. I haven't watched everything, but I thought "Ssss" was quite interesting, and was reminded of the recent statement by Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, "a choreographer should never have dancers get down on the floor without a very good plan to get them back up again, preferably with grace". And this piece plays with that notion quite a bit, and I think successfully. Doris Humphrey thought that all the interesting stuff happened in between what she called "the two deaths" -- the absolute vertical and the absolute horizontal. Link to comment
Jayne Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I enjoyed the Tchai ppd, it was lightly danced, without the typical posing that pains me when Europeans dance it. Link to comment
sandik Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Golding did indeed look wonderful, and it was such fun to see a defile! Link to comment
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