volcanohunter Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Alas, it's blocked outside France, but if you've got the means to work around that, yesterday's POB performance of Clear, Loud, Bright, Forward; Opus 19/The Dreamer and Theme and Variations is available on Culturebox for the next six months. http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/live/danse/danse-contemporaine/balanchine-millepied-robbins-au-palais-garnier-227537 Millepied/Muhly: Clear, Loud, Bright, Forward Léonore Baulac, Eleonore Guérineau, Aubane Philbert, Marion Barbeaum, Letizia Galloni, Laurène Levy, Roxane Stojanov, Ida Viikinkoski Axel Ibot, Florimond Lorieux, Germain Louvet, Allister Madin, Hugo Marchand, Marc Moreau, Yvon Demol, Jérémy-Loup Quer Robbins/Prokofiev: Opus 19/The DreamerMathias Heymann, Amandine Albisson Balanchine/Tchaikovsky: Theme and Variations Laura Hecquet, Josua Hoffalt Link to comment
pherank Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 For the French only, I suppose. I'd never seen that particular video of Balanchine on stage (scroll down the page to view). Link to comment
Helene Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Many thanks, volcanohunter! The cast list was great to have, too. Link to comment
BalletPerfection1 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I have seen the broadcast yesterday. Unfortunatelly, the new work of Millepied was a disappointment. Only the pas de deux with Baulac and Marchard was interesting in my opinoin. The stage set was amazing with lamps moving. Opus 19/ The dreamer was lovely with Heymann and Albisson. I always liked Albisson, but she shines in this ballet! Theme and variations was nice aswell. I'm not the biggest fan of Hecquet, so i did not like it as much the dreamer. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 I can't say I disagree with you. Millepied's piece is too long, certainly in comparison with the two far greater works on the same program. In T&V Hecquet and Hoffalt were not nearly as incivise or stylish as they needed to be, and she looked tense and daunted by the assignment. But the performance of Opus 19 was very interesting. I never saw Baryshnikov dance it, but every time I'd seen the ballet, at least when performed by New York City Ballet, I'd felt as though I had, so strongly did his particular dynamic seem to be imprinted on the choreography. The problem was that no one I saw in the lead could seem to measure up to my imagined standard. But Heymann found his own way into the choreography and produced a performance free of Baryshnikov's shadow. Good for him. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 The last few minutes of Theme and Variations can be viewed without nasty regional restrictions. http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/live/danse/danse-classique/theme-et-variations-tchaikovsky-mise-en-scene-balanchine-228681 Link to comment
pherank Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Good find, Volcanohunter - thanks much. The first time through, there was an incredibly annoying load icon being displayed in the middle of the screen (throughout the entire video). Fortunately, on replay there was no icon in the way of things. T&V looks quite energetic. Is that Laura Hecquet in the lead role? Link to comment
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