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That is very sweet. Yes, that's a nice quote, and a nice attitude.

Change is not without stress. ;) I agree that it would be best if Millepied focused on home grown choreographic talent rather than simply add a bunch of Wheeldon, Ratmansky, Forsythe ballets to the repetoire. It is precisely the big, state funded companies that have the opportunity to create a specific style and approach. Small companies simply don't have that option (unless one happens to hire an unknown genius choreographer - still waiting for that to happen); they have to appeal to a broad range to survive.

A cell photo from Frances Chung: http://instagram.com/p/uUSb75p4SV/?modal=true

To begin a list of the non-Fokine versions... American Ballet Theatre, with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky English National Ballet, with choreography by George Williamson SFB, with choreography by Yuri Possokhov Australian Ballet, with choreography by Graeme Murphy And various smaller companies: Houston Ballet, with choreography by James Kudelka Austin Ballet, with choreography by Stephen Mills

The Scarlett piece instantly reminded my of Jerome Robbins: Fancy Free and the West Side Story Suite, that sort of thing. A Broadway feel, but also a general New York/1950s atmosphere; although Scarlett may not be aiming for anything too specific in terms of place. We'll have to see...

Thanks VolcanoHunter - I see they've restored the introduction footage, so this is truly complete. And according to the SFB website: So there's isn't much time left to see the footage...

Yes, it's fun to re-watch much of this. The long section of class is mostly for serious fans of SFB, but the rehearsal footage (beginning around 1:15:20) is all of interest. Vanessa Zahorian appears in a Don Q PDD, and Yuan Yuan Tan is, as usual, intense and riveting in the Raku rehearsal. A good example of someone putting 100% into her work.

A recording of SFB's World Ballet Day participation is now available at this YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFEu1c81tvQ As to why there's no formal beginning for this video - the video just jumps into the action in class - we may never know. A technical problem, perfhaps, and the intro footage was lost. But hopefully it is something that can be corrected... EDIT: the intro has been restored, so just ignore this comment. Two noticeable absences: I believe Tiit Helimets and Sarah Van Patten are not present. Oh, and Mathilde Froustey was still in Europe dancing galas on this date. This was the original schedule of rehearsals during the 4 hour live streaming (I think there were some small changes that occurred) - 11:00am Welcome to SF Ballet 11:10am Company Class Interview: Corps de Ballet members Isabella DeVivo and Sean Orza Interview: SF Ballet School Associate Director Patrick Armand Interview: Interim Director of Education Andrea Yannone 12:15pm Break Interview: Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson 12:30pm Rehearsal: Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov’s Don Quixote Interview: Principal Dancer Davit Karapetyan Interview: Soloists Sasha De Sola and Joseph Walsh 1:25pm Break Interview: Composer and Orchestra member Shinji Eshima Interview: Choreographer in Residence Yuri Possokhov 1:30pm Rehearsal: Yuri Possokhov’s RAkU Interview: Principal Dancer Yuan Yuan Tan 2:00pm Rehearsal: Helgi Tomasson’s Concerto Grosso Interview: Principal Dancer Maria Kochetkova 2:25pm Break Interview with choreographers Myles Thatcher and Alexei Ratmansky 2:30pm Rehearsal: William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude 3:00pm The End (goodbyes)

This video, posted by "The Australian Ballet", is actually showing footage of San Francisco Ballet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojWqPQE1Qn8 And Vanessa Zahorian is part of the class - yeah! Good to see her taking part.

There may well be a delay before all the video is "stitched together" to form a finished piece for re-streaming. I enjoyed the SFB rehearsal footage, especially the Possokov rehearsal of RAkU, featuring Yuan Yuan Tan, and also repetiteur Stefanie Ardnt rehearsing Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude. Listening to Possokov rehearse, I realized that the ballet rooms are filled with people speaking English as a second language, often broken English with various accents, and it can't be easy to understand half of what is being said. ;) But that's daily life at a large ballet company. EDIT: I see now that the SFB broadcast page is saying that the recording will be available later today...

Mathilde Froustey is dancing with Royal Ballet's Steven McRae in Allegro Brillante this week (and in Martínez's Raymonda Divertimento) - with the Compania Nacional de Danza in Madrid. She only recently learned Balanchine's Brillante, for SFB's Paris tour this past July. I can remember her commenting in the press that it was rather difficult to perform. It should be a great experience for her, dancing with McRae.

Two brief scenes from the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Cinderella performance: http://instagram.com/p/tfLAJiEUdi/ http://instagram.com/p/tfFjRMkUXM/ It would be great if the extended performance footage appears somewhere...

The $25 to $100 donation seems to have been most popular. So we can say it was a grass roots movement, and not just funded by big donors.

Walking down Mercer from Queen Anne Ave. is definitely not very far. And less expensive. ;) And speaking of expense, I do recall now that the airport shuttles in Seattle are not inexpensive - something like $10 more than the San Francisco airport shuttles. If money is an object, the monorail system is really your only option. But there's definitely less worry and decision making involved in taking an airporter shuttle from the airport, or back to SEA-TAC. But in any case, you've got to allow plenty of time for the return to the airport - be willing to spend some time sitting at the airport in a lounge if you have to. I probably shouldn't mention it (!), but going through the security line at SEA-TAC last year happened to be my worst experience ever trying to get through to my gate. There was some kind of TSA snafu going on, and not nearly enough security gates open. There was a line of hundreds of people slowly snaking through security. I was lucky in that I was dropped off at my terminal about 1.5 hours before my flight. But all that extra time was used up just going through security and then hurriedly crossing the airport to what seemed to be the last gate (United) at the airport. ;)

[From SEA-TAC I recommend just taking an airporter shared van to the hotel. And make a reservation ahead of time (round-trip reservations save some money). I used GO! Airport Shuttle as I recall. SEA-TAC is a massive airport involving long walks from place to place (even with the monorail between terminals). I seem to recall that the airport ride services are all clustered together - the trick is in finding the area: "Our booth (GO! Airport Shuttle) is located on the 3rd floor of the parking garage at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Once you get your luggage in Baggage Claim, cross a sky bridge and go to the 3rd floor of the parking garage. Follow the Ground Transportation signs—our booth is in the center of the 3rd floor, between the orange and purple elevator banks (next to the airport’s ground transportation office). Our coordinators, wearing red or green jackets or vests. will help you or you may use our 24-hour check-in by phone hotline.] I did recquire a taxi on one evening to get to McGaw Hall as I was running behind schedule - it was a week night and there was commuter traffic around the hotel slowing things down. It didn't turn out to be a problem, given the short distance to the Hall, but don't assume that you can just flag down a taxi as needed. It won't be like Union Square in San Francisco. I definitely recommend getting the hotel to call ahead for the taxi (or call yourself ahead of time). It may take a little while at that time of the evening. But the hotels are definitely used to calling for cabs, and the cabs are used to hovering about those locations.

€14 per stream is a bit pricey, but I think it's great the effort VSO (WSO?) is making to present their productions to a wider audience. I see that program guides and subtitles will be available as iPad/Android apps. It isn't clear if there will be areas where the stream will not be available (and I'm sure there that will happen). Has anyone watched a VSO streaming production to comment on the quality of the video/audio feed?

Yes, this is really a shame. I've little doubt that PNB can attract other dancers of similar caliber, but Körbes is as much the 'face' of the company, as anyone. The season quickly turns bitter-sweet.

Thanks for the suggestion - I wasn't aware Nijinska had written a memoir.

"In my dreams," she said not long before her death, "I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance." —Louise Brooks ["Brooks began her entertainment career as a dancer, joining the Denishawn modern dance company in Los Angeles (whose members included founders Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn, as well as a young Martha Graham"]

"diverse", and yet less individual, or remarkable? But eminently employable! ;)

I'm reviving the thread because I happened upon an interesting article in The Guardian - Rereading: Doctor Zhivago which includes a fascinating discussion of the pitfalls of translation from Russian to English (or any Romance language, I would think).

Delightful. ;)

San Francisco Ballet is one of the 5 companies involved in a live web stream on World Ballet Day: Beginning on "Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 7pm PDT, San Francisco Ballet is participating in the first-ever World Ballet Day Live". Where to Watch "The entire 20-hour live stream event will be available on this page, sfballet.org/worldballetday or by visiting our YouTube Channel." Schedule All times are in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Australian Ballet September 30th at 7pm Bolshoi September 30th at 11pm Royal Ballet October 1st at 3am National Ballet of Canada October 1st at 7am San Francisco Ballet October 1st at 11am Not surprisinlgy, SF Ballet needs to raise money to pay for their participation in this special event, so they have a KickStarter page for that purpose: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sfballet/sf-ballet-on-world-ballet-day-live "As America’s oldest ballet company, we embrace the risk of physical challenges and live performances as part of our daily lives; but four hours of live-streaming to the world is a new challenge! We are confident in the talent of our dancers and artistic staff. We have a global audience who we believe will be excited to go behind the scenes with SF Ballet. By hiring a producer and a host experienced in live broadcast, we hope to avoid challenges such as poor timing and "dead air." High-quality equipment will ensure our global audience will be able to see and hear our dancers clearly. Sufficient broadband will avoid viewers missing out on unique moments during the live broadcast. Your pledge will make this risky project a success!"

It occurs to me that she may speak in English, and be translated to French on the show. I'm not sure if this production is related, but here is Masha as the Spirit of Van Cleef & Arpels, directed by Mathieu Demy. http://www.vancleefarpels.com/us/en/article/11643/the-spirit-of-van-cleef-arpels-1 I wonder if Masha gets to have her look-alike brooch as a reward. ;) I found the video functionality to be troublesome - if I moved my mouse pointer after clicking the Play button, the video would immediately freeze. Not a good way to program things. But this may just be an issue with particular browsers.

LOL! I'm not sure Hollywood is where one 'studies' acting, but he will get to take part in some decadent Western parties. Good luck.