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On 5/6/2021 at 11:46 AM, maps said:

 

Those seats are sold for full capacity beginning 9/1/21.   https://www.kennedy-center.org/visit/covid-safety/ Realistically do I expect to see that Miami Nutcracker in a full capacity Opera House?  No.  The KC could use these theatres this summer under DC guidelines with capacity limits:   

• Opera House cap= est 2198*25%= 549 so cap at 500.
• Eisenhower 1161*.25%=290

Wolf Trap is doing pods like Miami's Nutcracker but the only ballet booked is Maryland Youth Ballet.  I was surprised at no ABT or TWB.  ABT is at the marvelous Salamander [Sheila Johnson resort] outdoors with rain dates perhaps on a dance floor laid on a terrace with limited lawn seating.   Perhaps they will get to stay there pre return to NYC after the arduous tour.

 

 

Reframing the Narrative promo code 468784 =25% off select seats in OR, Tier 1, Tier 2.  This includes weekend shows.  https://washington.org/deal/save-25-tickets-see-reframing-narrative-kennedy-center

KC dropped all vaccine requirements unlike NYC Lincoln Center venues, Harmon DC-TWB, Segerstrom-LA, McCaw-Seattle.  

TWB website now has some info on the 2022-23 season.  2022/23 Season Subscription | The Washington Ballet  Some highlights: Kennedy Center Eisenhower - all Balanchine and the Kent-Barbee Sleeping Beauty, Capital One Hall in Tysons - Aurora's Wedding and Theme and Variations.  Capital One Hall is a new theatre - tech specs Capital One Hall Technical Specifications - ArtsFairfax 

Tomorrow is the final day to renew KC subscriptions.  TWB rents so is excluded and if I'm logged in their performances never show as What's On.  The CIG's now show renters- Ailey and ABT  Calendar · Lincoln Center  

On 6/3/2022 at 7:39 AM, Roberta said:

...Thanks too, Buddy, for the heads-up on the company's upcoming visit to the DC area. Quite convenient for me! I checked the George Mason arts-series website and the Georgian troupe is scheduled to dance a mixed bill - "Mostly B" - that includes Balanchine's Serenade, among others.

Calendar | Center for the Arts (gmu.edu)  - scroll down to April 15...

 

Thanks for the GMU Georgia performance heads-up.  Fine mixed bill: Serenade – Balanchine
Concerto Barocco – Balanchine, Sagalobeli – Possokhov. 

14 hours ago, cubanmiamiboy said:

...there are really not noticeable "faults" on her physical appearance, she has been lucky to be left along on such matters. That besides the brilliance of her dancing, of course.

Considering flipping Jewels week 2022 at The Kennedy Center from the Maryiinsky to NYCB.  I'd exchange tickets or buy more tickets to see a Tiler Peck Diamonds [T2 in Swan Dive]  especially if paired with Adrian Danchig-Waring [rep Emeralds], Gordon [rep Diamonds], or Mejia [rep Emeralds].  

Study on physical dimensions of Cuban dancers: ballet, modern, folklore  https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/39044317.pdf

I found that study while searching for the stage dimensions of the Cubans home theatre.  Anyone know that?  Proscenium opening, apron to curtain, curtain to last lines?  

19 hours ago, California said:

As we all need these shots to go to performances, we're not TOO far off topic!

...I found out my response to the 0.5 dose was normal -- fatigue for a day, then fine.

Koch is no under 12 and NYCB had no closures.  Could Nutcracker have impacts based on audience composition?  Compare Broadway runs - Aladdin closures to no Springsteen closures.  Jujamcyn allows under 12 with negative tests.  Springsteen on Broadway FAQs | Jujamcyn Theaters  Breakthrough COVID Cases Temporarily Close Curtains on Broadway’s Aladdin | Vanity Fair 

On 10/1/2021 at 8:23 AM, Roberta said:

As a season subscriber to the KC Ballet series, I received an email notice yesterday concerning the cancelation of the National Ballet of China's performances in January 2022. The bigger concern is this wording about the reason for the cancelation, as it may provide a clue to what's up with the Mariinsky Ballet's planned visit in April:

 

Due to COVID-19, the company is holding on international touring until global conditions imp...

Akram Khan is on the schedule for Nov 2021 and Okinawa is in the spring.  We have hope for the Mariinsky which is on for Baden-Baden Dec 2021.

3 hours ago, canbelto said:

That's actually not true. In my school vaccines are mandatory for extracurricular activities and field trips. You must bring a doctor's note on why you cannot get the vaccine. Religious exemptions are not being accepted at this time.

PNB has language on it's site about social distancing in audience seating.  That reduces capacity.  Health & Safety Policies | Plan Your Visit | Pacific Northwest Ballet (pnb.org)   Perhaps it's best to make your own pod wherever you attend performances.  Safety ranking highest to lowest: PNB  Koch KC.

One issue with schools is social distancing so applying the same concept to a theatre seems valid.   Example  Dozens Of NYC Public School Buildings May Not Be Able To Fit Their Students At 3 Feet Apart This Fall - Gothamist

 The John F. Kennedy Center and Fords Theatre will require proof of vaccination beginning Sept. 1 - The Washington Post

We might have attended shows in June-July with podding but Wolf Trap's Filene Center and the Kennedy Center [outdoors or indoors] presented zero ballet beyond the 1 sold out podded WT school show.  That had about 26% available under the roof.  

To principal: Laracey, Woodward. To soloist: Kitka [on roster in corps for 10 years], Miller, Hod, Mejia.  Farley-should have had a Peck deal.  And Nadon Vail Dance Festival (@vaildancefest) • Instagram photos and videos

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ABT - Silas Farley fun-The Deer   "some of the most extraordinary dancers in the world ...afternoon of the faun"  https://www.instagram.com/p/CQl9idfH2XO/ 

1st Serenade was 1934 outside on an estate.  Many of the summer venues evoke the same atmosphere. 

On 6/7/2021 at 11:43 AM, Buddy said:

Yes, Roberta, it was really nice to see live dance again. The announcer said that it's the first performance at the Center in fourteen months...

On 6/7/2021 at 7:18 AM, Roberta said:

...I'm so grateful for the opportunity of seeing these ten wonderful ABT dancers perform live...

I loved it.  ABT with 5 pdds live filmed close-up was quite courageous.  No go backs, retakes, or selecting shows from it's house digital vault.  Big thanks to LA Music Center and ABT.  The dancers were marvelous.  The website - no DQ and then magically video+audio appeared during Swan Lake. 

The camera work was similar to the live broadcasts from NYC of  CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show which sometimes included  extreme facial closeups like the ABT LA R&J kiss.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_4kWnC-JU&ab_channel=TheEdSullivanShow

On 6/4/2021 at 8:04 PM, Drew said:

... live performance is such a challenge to capture on film or video even when the choreography is, technically, visible.

ABT's 6/6/21 LA show has a free livestream.  Sign up link https://themusiccenter.uscreen.io/programs/live-fzhh0k_gjvc   https://www.instagram.com/p/CPv9YFDHsiA/   10 dancers and 5 pdd excerpts.  By the costumes: R&J Seo-Forster, SLTeuscher-Stearns, DQ Shevchenko-Ahn. A Time There Was Williams-Hoven, ? Hurlin-Bell.  

I'm curious to how the simulcast tech compares to Wolf Trap. ABT and NYCB dancers are at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston SC.  Boylston and Gordon  https://www.instagram.com/p/CPrQvKfgaVP/

On 4/29/2021 at 3:43 PM, California said:

The Kennedy Center has just announced the 2021-22 ballet/dance series:

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/season-announcement/ballet-dance/

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Those seats are sold for full capacity beginning 9/1/21.   https://www.kennedy-center.org/visit/covid-safety/ Realistically do I expect to see that Miami Nutcracker in a full capacity Opera House?  No.  The KC could use these theatres this summer under DC guidelines with capacity limits:   

• Opera House cap= est 2198*25%= 549 so cap at 500.
• Eisenhower 1161*.25%=290

Wolf Trap is doing pods like Miami's Nutcracker but the only ballet booked is Maryland Youth Ballet.  I was surprised at no ABT or TWB.  ABT is at the marvelous Salamander [Sheila Johnson resort] outdoors with rain dates perhaps on a dance floor laid on a terrace with limited lawn seating.   Perhaps they will get to stay there pre return to NYC after the arduous tour.

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Bridgerton premiered on Netflix 12/25/2020.  Great fun in a Regency era bodice ripper with sumptuous costumes and sets.  Bridgerton | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTube  

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On 12/12/2020 at 8:29 PM, canbelto said:

 

...RDB is streaming theirs (also Mr. B's Nutcracker):

https://kglteater.dk/xtra/forestillinger/forestilling-noddeknakkeren?section=37309

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It's fun to see the various versions - RDB Balanchine again  with the Danish modern take on sets with the cookie jar building's lid/roof tilted as the centerpiece in act 2.  Instead I discovered a great totally new to me:   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aMbYrvMW8s&ab_channel=wocomoMUSIC

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1 hour ago, canbelto said:

The RDB is also streaming Mr. B's Nutcracker:

https://kglteater.dk/xtra/forestillinger/forestilling-noddeknakkeren/?section=37308

Thanks for posting!  Peter Walker choreographed an ad for Sotheby's with dancing beginning at 5:34 Sotheby's & NYCB: Festival of Wonder - YouTube

There's a marvelous pre pandemic SFB filmed on a dock  After The Rain  Damian Smith and Yuan Yuan Tan in Christopher Wheeldon's After The Rain - video Dailymotion  This is a great example of choreography that is able to be done on non-standard surfaces.  ABT buried fine new pandemic digital in other releases:  Boylston-Whiteside Dock Swan Lake at 11:19 in MOVING STORIES: AN ABT FILM FESTIVAL | Day Two - YouTube  and   Hammoudi's Brandt-Cornejo at 4:20 in MOVING STORIES: AN ABT FILM FESTIVAL | Day One - YouTube  . 

Ratmansky also posted Tiler Peck in Pictures at an Exhibition on  instagram.   He posted Winter about the same time as Nutcracker.  

The vaccine Alexei Ratmansky (@alexeiratmansky) • Instagram photos and videos   Mark Ryden  Were the shots originally conceived in the ballet due to Spanish flu epidemic?   WW1 allegories now applicable to covid 19.

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On 11/6/2020 at 7:14 PM, Buddy said:

 

 

Hi, Maps. I think that I misunderstood your numbering. At 1:45 are the judges with Denis Matvienko furthest to our left.

Using my very limited russian the dancers at 1:45:00 ... The work is Probuzhdeniye (Awakening) by C. Bobrova.

Whose "Zoom wedding this year" ?

 

The Zoom Wedding would normally have been our flying for a long weekend adventure as happy guests. 

1 hour ago, Buddy said:

The first episode can be seen here. It apparently was filmed last summer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIfjjZr5E7Y&feature=youtu.be

(Thanks to Sophia at Dansomanie)

Thanks for posting.  Maria Khoreva and Vladimir Shklyarov are at 1:56:29 [surfed]!  I'll view the entire show later on a TV screen.  Who's at 1:45?  The choreography?  It could be done in USA pandemic digital [various hard surfaces].  I seem to delve into where I was in prior years...2  years ago in November was the first time we saw Khoreva - Apollo with Xander Parish in Balanchine at City Center.  Zoom wedding this year. October 2020 was made sadder by the 1 year prior Paquita [regrets on not going to CA have intensified].