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I absolutely agree with Hawfinch those clips are short, rarely featuring all performances and usually they work as advertisements.
If i really like something on YouTube i am likely to buy it. Or will be wanting to see the dancers live.
Many Ballet companies i see understand this and are launching their own YouTube channels. I hope the vids of diorella's channel will be back i loved them!
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I found it!
"Search" is still not responding, but scrolling through my own posts worked today, so I started at the beginning and perused page after page until I found:
Thank you very much for your answer this was more information than i hoped for!
I still have my doubts about this prize cause fine in the movie industry you are watching a movie but with dance it's not the same to see a videotape of somebody dancing or see the live performance.
As well is the jury reviewing the full performance or just excerpts?
Anyhow dance is an art form so hard to judge. Do you know who decides about the years members of the jury? Cause seems like it determines the the nominees and the outcome.
I would love to see an award that has a mixed jury of audience and professionals is there any? That in my opinion would give a more balanced decision.
Thank you again
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I just saw it recently and i really loved it.
What are your impressions about this fascinating documentary?
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Dutch National Ballet 2010/11
Don Quichote
chor. Ratmansky
11-22 september 2010
Strong Voices
wereldpremière
choreografie: Benjamin Millepied | muziek: Nico Muhly (compositie-opdracht)
wereldpremière
choreografie: Hans van Manen | muziek: Hugo Wolf
moving rooms
choreografie: Krzysztof Pastor | muziek: Alfred Schnittke, Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
tchaikovsky pas de deux
choreografie: George Balanchine | muziek: Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovksi
From 15.november to 5.october 2010
The Sleepig Beauty
chor.Sir Peter Wright/Petipa
9.december - 1. january 2010/11
A la Russes
on the dnieper - nederlandse première
choreografie: Alexei Ratmansky | muziek: Sergej Prokofjev
serenade
choreografie: George Balanchine | muziek: Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski
dumbarton dances
choreografie: Krzysztof Pastor | muziek: Igor Stravinsky
8.february - 25.february 2011
Sylvia
chor. John Neumeier
17.march - 10.april 2011
Hans van Manen - meester van de dans
adagio hammerklavier
muziek: Ludwig van Beethoven
solo
muziek: Johann Sebastian Bach
grosse fuge
muziek: Ludwig van Beethoven
concertante
muziek: Frank Martin
27.april - 24.may 2011
cherkaoui | dawson
wereldpremière
choreografie: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui | muziek: Szymon Brzoska (compositie-opdracht)
wereldpremière
choreografie: David Dawson | muziek: Scanner (compositie-opdracht)
17.june - 25.june 2011
new moves 2011
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Zurich Ballet Performance the fixed wings on the side stage became loose and fell like a domino the last one broke the back prospect and was falling on one of the dancers on stage. He jumped sideways like spiderman without changing his position. It was really spectacular. Again nobody got hurt! The show continued in 10min.
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Performance outdoor in Monte Carlo by Monte Carlo Ballet a piece by J.Ch.Maillot Vers une Peysage the stage became wet cause of the humidity and after about 15 dancers fell in about 5min they had to stop the performance. Well lucky that nobody got hurt!!!
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Thank you for your effort i was just wondering who nominates and how the decisions are made i guess i have to do my own research.
It's a really highly regarded award like 'Oscar for dance' many say. I post it here once i find some info
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How about this website i just got it today
http://www.balletpassion.com/ Osipova Ballet Saint-Petersburg
That is a different Natalia Osipova associated with the ballet company.
Ah Sorry just got this promo mail so naturally i thought it was her thank you for the info!!
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I'd like to add several. Not all of them are dancing currently, but anyways...
(in no particular order)
Lezhnina
Makhalina
Chenchikova
and several others I'll add later.
Not true Larisa Lezhnina is a Principal Dancer with Dutch National Ballet and she is still dancing.
Just because she is not in Kirov she is not a lesser dancer than before.
I am a big fan of her and you want to see her dance see Don Q. from Ratmansky next season!
So i definitely agree you added her to your list she is on my as well!!!
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I just watched my copy for the first time, and I was very moved by Anna Tsygankova's performance. Her feet were lovely, and the way she seemed to stay in the air forever at the top of the assembles was exquisite. I particularly liked that her Act I was vibrant when she was happy, but that the mad scene was tempered, without the usual hair pulling and tossing. You could see her go into herself very deeply, foreshadowing Act II.
I loved the sets and costumes, although it's hard for me to tell the impact in the theater vs. on film. I thought the camera people did a great job of filming and kudos to them and the editor(s) for not trying to star in the video with cuts all over the place. It was like watching a real performance, in the best way. The interviews were terrific, and I loved the rehearsal footage. Boris Gruzin got a wonderful performance from the orchestra.
I was hoping for the Peasant Pas de Deux, not the pas de quatre, but since it was there, it was a pleasure to see Michele Jimenez; in her variation, she used her feet as if she were holding a paintbrush creating a watercolor. I loved Mathieu Gremillet's clear, elegant style. I thought Anu Viheriaranta and Emanouela Merdjanova's were brilliant in Zulme's and Moyna's variations.
The production takes the point of view that Albrecht loves Giselle truly-madly-deeply, and, poor, misunderstood chap, he would have cleared up everything if she hadn't died, or, to be more accurate, he hadn't killed her first, and in this vein, Jozef Varga was very affecting in the second act. I was partial to Jan Zerer's very human Hilarion.
Definitely a keeper.
What is your opinion on Albrecht's role in Giselle is he a sinner or a person looking for escape when forced to marry cause of his status?
Does he really fall in love or he only feels bad cause of the tragical outcome of his actions? When is the moment when he realizes how he feels about her if he does love her? Do you think this story is still actual today? Love, tragedy, social differences, arranged marriage etc.?
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If one scrolls down to the bottom of the page in the link above, one can see that Mr. Hallberg also won the Benois for the male dancer.
Ah, but David's name was not there when I posted! I thought it odd that he tweeted that he had won, yet the Benois website did not show his name. Only two were on the list last night - Hélène Bouchet's and Thiago Bordin's.
Wonderful that David Hallberg tied with Bordin!
The article about the Benois Prize (see links) mentioned that the prize for choreography was not awarded.
Do you know how the nominations work? And how about the decisions? Benois de la danse is a bit of a mystery to me.
Why didn't they award the best choreographer nobody was good enough or they were all too good? What do you think?
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Just found on the Net: the official website of Natalia Osipova (in Russian and English). Natalia Osipova.
For all admirers of the sparkling young Bolshoi soloist this looks like the place to be.
How about this website i just got it today
http://www.balletpassion.com/ Osipova Ballet Saint-Petersburg
Marketing Dancers
in Ballet News & Issues
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I see recently a big increase in self-marketing of dancers. Many companies specially Europe are too focused on marketing their performances and companies and lack in promoting their dancers. As the subsidies are being cut across the board it becomes increasingly more important to step up the marketing efforts specially to cover the big gap in promoting individuals. If the audience identifies strongly with certain dancers they are much more likely to purchase tickets.
Many companies put up the castings for performances in the las minute. That makes it impossible to know who you are going to see when you are buying your ticket.
With ever increasing influence of social media it's much easier for dancers to gain exposure. But it's just part of it. Ballet gained a lot of exposure since Black Swan movie but the exposure in massmedia comparing to other artforms is still insignificant.
In all honesty a very small amount of the actual audience knows the ins and outs of ballet so if they are being told that the dancer/performance they are watching is exceptional they are approaching it with different eyes.
I would love to see and hear much more about my favorite dancers no matter facebook,twitter,youtube or TV.
Conclusion self-promotion of dancers or marketing efforts of companies can only be beneficial in making ballet the artform we all love so much more popular.
So please dancers promote yourself it's important for your future as well as for the future of ballet!!!