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Here's the book:
http://www.amazon.co...obert grescovic
What is RG's book, pbl? Thanks,Hi Everyone-
I'm going to see Onegin tonight (Monday night) at ABT. I'm wondering if anyone can take a moment to let me know some of the highlights, some of the moments to watch for. And any general thoughts on this ballet. It isn't in RGs book . . .
Thank you,
Paris.
pbl, enjoy the performance. I didn't know rg was Robert Greskovic! I do have that book and really love it. Guess what's playing on my classical station WMHT? The Russian Dance from Swan Lake! I love that piece. .
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What is 'Arabesque'? What time period, who dances? Any info you can provide is welcome and I thank you. ~ Karen
Actually, question should be - what are the Balanchine Essays? Thanks
The Balanchine Foundation has a little more information:
Thank you.
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How about Jock Soto? I think he's really beautiful.
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Who, in your opinion, is or was the most handsome male dancer? This is a
no-brainer for me: the drop-dead gorgeous Vladimir Vasiliev.
Visit the website below and you'll see what I mean.http://www.radix.net...iliev/vlad.html
Maris Liepa was also very handsome.
Oh, MakarovaFan, our gorgeous Volodya - ABSOLUTELY! He is spectacularly handsome! Also, Mikhail Baryshnikov - a stunner. So beautiful.
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What is RG's book, pbl? Thanks,Hi Everyone-
I'm going to see Onegin tonight (Monday night) at ABT. I'm wondering if anyone can take a moment to let me know some of the highlights, some of the moments to watch for. And any general thoughts on this ballet. It isn't in RGs book . . .
Thank you,
Paris.
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As someone who complains endlessly about the limited availability of Balanchine videos for the general public, I am delighted to see that the Balanchine Foundation is now selling the "Balanchine Essays" on Amazon, or at least, the Arabesque tape.
http://www.amazon.co...=balanchine dvd
I hope this is the start of a trend of selling to the public from their wonderful collection. The blurb under "editorial reviews" says they plan to release the entire 10-part series. And it looks like they have solved the physical media/storage problem: they will make these "on demand."
PS: If you order it, be sure to start with the Amazon box on this site so Ballet Alert gets some $$ to support the site.
Hi California,
What is 'Arabesque'? What time period, who dances? Any info you can provide is welcome and I thank you. ~ Karen
Actually, question should be - what are the Balanchine Essays? Thanks
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As someone who complains endlessly about the limited availability of Balanchine videos for the general public, I am delighted to see that the Balanchine Foundation is now selling the "Balanchine Essays" on Amazon, or at least, the Arabesque tape.
http://www.amazon.co...=balanchine dvd
I hope this is the start of a trend of selling to the public from their wonderful collection. The blurb under "editorial reviews" says they plan to release the entire 10-part series. And it looks like they have solved the physical media/storage problem: they will make these "on demand."
PS: If you order it, be sure to start with the Amazon box on this site so Ballet Alert gets some $$ to support the site.
Hi California,
What is 'Arabesque'? What time period, who dances? Any info you can provide is welcome and I thank you. ~ Karen
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To all the mothers on Ballet Alert!, have a wonderful day!
~ Karen
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Oh, I'm so very sad. Freddie Franklin was an absolutely beautiful person. I loved his dancing and his commentary in the film Ballets Russes. Rest in Peace, Mr. Franklin. What a sad few weeks.
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I just found this site that enables you to search for where the Swan Lake in 3D will play near you. It also enables you to sign up for notifications and updates.
I'm not able to find out where this is playing anywhere in the US.
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Tatiana Terekhova was a distinguished Myrtha but never danced Giselle, right? A great ballerina for sure but too strong for Giselle.
One could say that about Maya Plisetskaya, too.
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I always thought that Plisetskaya had never danced the role, but I found the pic below, so I guess I was wrong.
Who are other famous ballerinas who never danced Giselle...?
Hi Cristian,
It is my distinct recollection from reading Maya's autobiography that she danced Myrtha only - I believe she mentions it in the book that she never danced Giselle. Still, the photo looks more like Giselle than Myrtha, doesn't it?
~ Karen
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I hope NYCB posts a few words on Ms. Tallchief over the next few days on its website.......
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I hope it's ok to post this bit of news here. Was on the NYCB website for some words on Maria Tallchief's passing and saw tweets that Robbie Fairchild & Tiler Peck became engaged in Paris a few days ago and Brittany Pollack and Jonathan Stafford were engaged in, I think, Copenhagen recently! Blessings and congratulations to the happy couples!
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Mme. Hermine and Paul, thank you for the clips. I just love the Allegro Brillante. Ms. Tallchief really owns the role and dances with such beauty, aplomb and grace. Great musicality and she is absolutely gorgeous. And evidently having a ball. And the Firebird clip! I am so well-acquainted with it - it's my favorite clip of Maria dancing. She has all the soul and mystery of an other-worldly creature. Breathtaking. It never fails to lift me up. How I wish I could have seen Ms. Tallchief perform.
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....Tallchief was the cornerstone of Balanchine’s young company, which company became one of the greatest in the world if not the greatest, and one of his wives. It’s unsurprising that she should be identified as his ballerina and I don’t think Tallchief would have expected anything else. That is the fate of the muse, for better and worse. Tallchief would also be the first to say that she was transformed by Balanchine’s training. This doesn’t take away from Tallchief’s own personality and gifts. No question she was on the rise in the Ballets Russes, and she might have become America’s first prima without Balanchine. She might also have become an artist as well as a star without Balanchine, but certainly a different one. And Tallchief is also part of ballet history not only because of her status as America’s first international ballet star but because qualities unique to her inspired Balanchine to create a series of classic ballerina roles – not only the new ones made on Tallchief but his recreations of canonical ballerina roles such as those in Swan Lake and Nutcracker just for her. That’s a tribute to Tallchief, not a denigration.
Well said, Dirac. Ms. Tallchief was THE face of New York City Ballet for a good, long time not to mention a wonderful dancer with enormous personality and grace. I loved what President Clinton said when he awarded her the National Medal Of The Arts in 1999. Here is the full text:
George Balanchine once told audiences not to analyze ballet. "Words cannot describe it," he said, "you cannot explain a flower." So it's impossible to explain the radiance and grace of Maria Tallchief.
She leapt from Oklahoma's Osage Indian territory to the center stages of the world. Her partnership with Balanchine transformed the ballet world for the ages. She was his inspiration for the title role in "The Firebird." She was the first sugarplum fairy.
A reviewer once said that hers will always be the story of ballet conquering America -- but also, I would add, the story of America conquering ballet.
Maria Tallchief took what had been a European art form, and made it America's own. How fitting that a Native American woman would do that. With magic, mystery and style, she soared above all.
Colonel, read the citation.
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Oh, I'm so sad. The world has lost a great soul. Rest in Peace, Ms. Tallchief.
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After reading your comments about the film, I can't wait to see it!
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I work at The Royal Ballet Lower School in Richmond Park, London and, through the years of my daughter's training as a dancer, I have become interested in ballet and it's history. At 16, our daughter is very happy to have gained a place at The Royal Ballet Upper School - attached to the Opera House in Covent Garden. She writes a blog about the life of a vocational student of dance.
Greetings, All4ballet, and how wonderful for your daughter! I'm sure she works very hard. So is White Lodge the Lower or the Upper School? I should know this but I do forget.... the first time I'd ever heard of White Lodge was several years ago when I became interested in Darcy Bussell's dancing, and I remember reading about her joining White Lodge fairly late in life (or some variation on that theme).
Please enjoy the forum - we have many lively discussions and just about everyone here is mad about ballet with personal favorite companies and dancers.
~ Karen
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Happy Easter or Passover, everyone!
Same to you, ascballerina. And Happy Spring, Everyone. Blessings to you all.
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Funny, sandik! Truly, I cringe when I see comments that are not edited and corrected for spelling/grammar, etc, although they can be very comical.
The little back-and-forth is my Achilles Heel. I write most big stuff in my word processing program, so I have a chance to make it make sense, but when it comes to a couple of sentences, I've put my electronic foot in my mouth many times.
I know and I do make typos and other errors with the back and forth, as you say, and in emails, especially because writing on a screen with my pathetic eyesight is something of a challenge!
But that particular comment in the Saratogian was pretty bad........ -
Funny, sandik! Truly, I cringe when I see comments that are not edited and corrected for spelling/grammar, etc, although they can be very comical.
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I think he or she meant 'sweetheart contract'. The comment is horribly written....
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Thank you,volcanohunter. I'm watching it right now!
Onegin highlights
in Discovering the Art
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Sorry, pbl, I sdhould have said - how was the performance, as you've already seen it...............