Gyromatic39

MommaJambe,

Blake's The Snowman has been staged by the Birmingham Rep, although it's not all about dance, it has some nice sequences. it's available on video but only in the PAL/SECAM format.

I'd like to see Mahler's Wunderhorn Symphonies, along with the 6th and 8th. Also his Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and Grieg's Peer Gynt.

Originally posted by Kevin Ng

The first night of Don Q in Mexico was danced by Irina Golub (Kitri), Andrian Fadeyev (Basilio), Irina Zhelonkina (Queen of the Dryads), and Islom Baimuradov (Espada).

yup It went ok for most of the performance but at the end the height of Mexico city (2240m over sea level) took its toll on Golub and Fadeyev (most notably) :eek: not to mention several other dancers. Good performance overall, looking forward to Swan Lake (tomorrow) and Gala (Tuesday)

It was in the newspaper today: The Kirov Ballet will perform the Gala on the 14th, so now I have to buy more tickets

I'm just one of the 45.000+ ppl that will attend their Mexico City performances

Originally posted by Kevin Ng

Gyromatic, you should attend the Gala too.  I wish I could come to Mexico!

I haven't heard of a gala yet, they had one last year though, so I'll find out. Thanks

So far they've announced an extra performance of Swan Lake on the 13th. I'll be attending Don Quixote on the 8th and SL on the 11th

most popular ballets (i.e., Nutcracker, Swan Lake) are commonly found in piano transcription. I personally have the Nutcracker one Les Sylphides full ballet can be found more likely as separate pieces.

For those that cannot be found in transcription, there's the alternative of doing it oneself but it's time consuming and some music may not be suitable for single-instrument transcription (i.e., heavily orcherstated music such as Mahler's 2nd symphony).

I recall my music teacher said it had to do with quality and prestige a long time ago, though nowaday it's solely for name purposes

Gloria Contreras for Taller Coreográfico de la UNAM (Mexico), though not the whole score.

Another reason why the Kirov is coming back to Mexico City is that the performances were well-received by the spectators - the Auditorio Nacional was nearly full. I'll be attending both ballets next May.