Sat, 29 August: Ashton's SYLVIA, live from Argentina!

[Natalia]

As mentioned in my post on the Teatro Colon South America thread, the live webcast of Ashton 's SYLVIA can be accessed through:

www.teatrocolon.org.ar/en-vivo

Time: 8pm local time, so 7pm in Eastern US, for ex. I'm assuming that my favorite pair of Nadia Muzyca and Federico Fernandez will star, as I first caught wind of this via Federico's twitter account (later confirmed by Teatro Colon's own twitter and Facebook accounts).

[volcanohunter]

Many thanks for the information.

The cast for the performance is listed on the web site:

Sylvia - Macarena Martinez Gimenez
Aminta - Fabrizio Coppo
Orion - Dalmiro Astesiano

Eros - Nahuel Prozzi
Diana - Paula Cassano

[Natalia]

Thanks. This is exciting, as Macarena is the youngest of the Sylvias (22? 23?) and still in the corps. I saw her dance a bridesmaid variation in the DON Q Wedding Scene a couple of weeks ago, as part of the Colon's annual ballet gala. I'm sure that she won't disappoint. Although a graduate of the national ballet school affiliated with the Colon, she began her career with Inaki Urlezaga's private troupe before transferring to the Colon.

By the way, the name is Macarena Gimenez, not Martinez...odd typo on the Colon 's web.

The Aminta, Fabrizio Coppo, is also very good & also just in the corps at the moment. He is a graduate of La Scala's school and is very handsome in the Bolle manner.

[volcanohunter]

Odd typo indeed. Thanks.

[Helene]

I'm getting audio when it's not buffering, but as for video, all I'm getting is a black screen. I've tried this on Windows and Mac, Firefox, Chrome, etc.

[Balanchinomane]

Same here in NY - their twitter feed has similar comments. The orchestra sounds great though...

[meunier fan]

The same thing is happening in the UK, Helene ... Two people have posted so far on BalletcoForum.

Agree that the orchestra sounds good ... which makes the loss of the picture particularly distressing. Ah, well .... ... Can't have everything, huh .... and here it is 1230 am .... so may listen to it while falling asleep ... At least I won't feel guilty in that case.

Maybe the video will end up on youtube ... ;)

[Helene]

Thank you for the update!

[California]

At least I know it's not my laptop or internet connection! I wonder if this was intentional, or if they're having technical problems - or perhaps last-minute permission problems from the Ashton estate!

[meunier fan]

Seems the British critic, Graham Watts, is getting a picture in Norfolk (UK) .... He posted a picture on Teatro Colon's Twitter feed .... but as Noel Coward put it in Private Lives: 'Very flat, Norfolk'. ...

Wish Watts would let us know the trick

[Balanchinomane]

Oh well, I'm going to watch my Bussell/Bolle dvd instead.

[volcanohunter]

I'm getting picture in time for Act 3.

[California]

I'm getting the picture now, too! Must be technical problems at their end. Hope they rebroadcast soon!

[Helene]

Thank you so much, volcanohunter!

[Helene]

I'm trying to decide if the new AD did it on purpose to keep his dancers from being poached, or if he's kicking himself because the ones who are less likely to fit into his new/old contemporary rep weren't seen and poached.

Go, Diana, go! Yes, she saved the day and is dancing up a storm! No, wait, she didn't, and now she's storming up a storm! Hmm, second thoughts, and all's well.

And many virtual bravos for the violin soloist in the pas de deux.

[Amour]

I only realized the live stream was happening around the time of the 3rd act and I had no problems seeing it, using Chrome. I thought the leads and Diana were quite lovely. Susan Jones set this, right?

[Helene]

Yes, Susan Jones staged it.

Act III was when the video came through. Until then ,it was a black screen with beautiful audio.