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It was a such pleasure to see Bolshoi's Don Quixote again this afternoon. The Bolshoi dancers could always make this ballet cheerful and dynamic as fireworks! Krysanova and Chudin's dancing looked like there were winds blowing under their feet. I could not help clapping (quietly) over and over again. But, I didn't like the new set design in Act I. The costume colors were in low contrast and low saturation, too low. And, that was a cloudy day! So, the scene looked very flat on the big screen. I miss the sunny Spain!

Is the time [ America/... ] to watch, on the booking page, Eastern time?

An excellent casting composition. I love it! I saw Krysanova & Chudin dancing in Don Quixote, when they visited N.Y. in 2014. Krysanova is my favorite Kitri, simply the best. She is sparkling on stage. Her Kitri is not only fast and light, but also very lovely and cute. Chudin was a noble-baber. His style is always very noble, keeping his neck bolt upright. Hope he could smile more this time on HD screen. The only one I missed in the casting was Skvortsov's Espada, because Bolshoi didn't let him come to N.Y. that summer. I have no doubt he would be a very stylish Espada, as good as Merkuriev. I am very happy to see these Bolshoi dancers performing D.Q. again in HD theaters.

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqf11NT4yaQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqf11NT4yaQ

The broadcasting of Taming of the Shrew was down about half hours after start at the nearest theater yesterday. We could only see big sign of "dish" on screen. The manager said that was a problem in the whole region (west cost). So, we got refund. Maybe they would encore this ballet sometimes in the future. At this moment, it is unknown. In the first half hour, Taming of the Shrew is an "action ballet". The choreographer weaved all kind of stylish slapping and kicking in to dancing. Very eye-popping! How could he manage to do this artistically?! Somehow, just like Shaolin dance.

The food looks delicious!

I went to see the Nutcracker by PNB at McCaw Hall last Saturday afternoon. The theater was packed with young parents and their children. The little girl sitting behind me was probably only 3 years old. During the show some of them would yell, scream, ..., which was all right to me. I like the PNB's dancers a lot, who were all dancing with the mood and passion, and communicate with audience so that their performance was very appealing. The whole theater was like a big party, full of the immeasurable joys of holidays. Murphy as Sugar Plum Fairy and Adomaitis as Dewdrop danced beautifully, though, I didn't expect to see a super flying prince and was not very impressed by the Grand Pas De Deux. Having all the technique, the solos are all professionally competent. Well done the corps de ballet of PNB, they looked uniform and cohesive, amazing! The stage setting of the party scene at the Stahlbaum house surprised me the most. The hall room looked VERY deep and special. I was wondering how the 3D depth could be spread on 2D TV or movie screen? My cousin went with me. At the end she told me: this is not as much fun as Swan Lake; Act 1 is boring, and Act 2 is better. Although, I told her: PNB is one of the best ballet theaters in the USA, among top 5, however, I don't think that makes sense to her. Maybe, Swan Lake, Giselle and D.Q., are better Ballet 101 for my friends?

Thank you, Helene, for the info. After posting, I checked the seat chart and found that the seats for $100+/- were almost all taken. I hurried up & bought two tickets.

Any promotion code for this Saturday's performance? I will ask my cousin to go to see your Nutcracker this weekend. She has never seen Nutcracker ballet, well so far. I don't want to disappoint her.

Last night I went to see it and enjoyed vary much! I might go to Seattle to visit my cousin next week. Let me try to persuade her to go to see PNB's Nutcracker. Of cause I had watched Nutcracker before. However, this is one of the classical ballets, I have to sit in theaters without freedom to move around so as to watch it from end to end. And I could never finish watching it in front of TV, computer screen and etc. IMHO, Balanchine's Nutcracker is more of a family party than dancing. That let me recall about 10 years ago I went to see Nutcracker, performed by a tour group of NYCB or ABT in Kodak Theater, Los Angeles. At the box office I was told only two types of tickets were available, $125 for the orchestra floor and $17 the top 4-th floor. Then, I bought a tickets of $17 and could see only the front half of stage without stage sets, and missed a lot of corp de ballet dancing. I saw the audiences around, 99% were parents with little kids. All of them enjoyed the ballet, though they could not see the famous Christmas Tree on stage. After that, I was wondering why THE theater made the tickets for a family-entertaining ballet so expensive. If the tickets for orchestra seats were about $80, many parents on the top floor might be willing to spend $300 for two kids and themselves to see the WHOLE beautiful ballet. As I know, many ballet theaters make income by performing Nutcracker during the holiday season. But, why not, there should be a balance, leave the $125 seats empty or lower the tickets price to sell them. Frankly speaking, ballet as an art with "high-elevated form", if it is too commercialized, that is not good for it. BTW, I like SFBallet's Nutcracker better than NYCB's.

Make a note: Ballet "La Dame aux Camelias" music of Frederic Chopin 2008 Published on Mar 24, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paLMB3BPnlA Music: Frederic Chopin LA DAME AUX CAMÉLIAS Marguerite Gautier -- Agnès Letestu Armand Duval -- Stéphane Bullion Monsieur Duval -- Michaël Denard Prudence Duvernoy -- Dorothée Gilbert Manon Lescaut -- Delphine Moussin Des Grieux -- José Martinez Olympia -- Eve Grinsztajn Gaston Rieux -- Karl Paquette Le Duc -- Laurent Novis Nanine -- Béatrice Martel Le Comte de N. -- Simon Valastro ____________________________________________________________ Lady of the Camellias - Marcia Haydee & Ivan Liska (1986) Published on Apr 13, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeBNkV5aw1s Coreografía: John Neumeier Año: 1986 Marguerite Gautier - Marcia Haydee Armand Duval - Ivan Liska Monsieur Duval - Francois Klaus Prudence - Colleen Scott Gaston - Vladimir Klos Manon Lescaut - Lynne Charles Des Grieux - Jeffrey Kirk Olympia - Gigi Hyatt Nanina - Beatrice Cordua Duke - Victor Hughes Earl N. - William Parton Pianist - Richard Hoynes Married couple - Shristina Fritschi, Anders Hellstrom

Me too, I love today's broadcasting of The Lady of the Camellias very much! Bolshoi's musicians played the Chopin's piano concertos so beautifully, though, not passionate enthusiasm like Argerich's playing. However, the music and dance fit really well. The Bolshoi dancers can make every movement look very natural, their performances are highly true, which made this ballet believable. I might say that Zakharova's performance of today is being herself. Actually, I didn't have lots of chances to see her dancing in theaters. Although I know she is a super ballet star, but for what? From YouTube, I could only see she is one of many excellent ballet dancers. However, her performance of today is hard to beat. Revazov as Armand is very competent. And, he is young, healthy, simple, a true lover. Revazov's Armand and Zakharova's Margaret are a pair of contrasts, that makes sumptuous and tragical Margaret stand out. I am very happy to see all dancers of major roles got bunches of flowers in hands at curtain calls. They certainly deserve these.

Thank you for the info! How bad the image quality was! It does not look like HD?! No wonder, it is from TV screen to movie theater screen.

Do they have different casting for Dec. 5th & 10th, two broadcastings? I guess the theater could be very crowded for Saturday's show. If I could chose, I might want to go on Thursday night. Fathom usually does not post casting info, or I have not found the info path.

Last night I clicked around YouTube and found someone's posting of Гала-концерт "Аве Майя". Часть 1 https://youtu.be/3SeccGfWDlQ Following the Часть 1, I saw Часть 2, Часть 3, ..., Часть 8. Those are recording of Russian tv programs. Although the videos are not in HD, I can still feel the warm and moving atmosphere over theater that Maya is in everybody's heart. I could not see Diana Vishneva's performance of Bolero in those clips. It might be cut off for some reason?

I don't see braodcasting of ROH's Nutcracker on Fathom's Events. Do they think that one Ballet Nutcracker is enough for one year?

Bolshoi has published an Announcement - Ave Maya 20.11.2015. It says: See: http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/about/press/articles/announce/ave-maya/ A huge (3501 × 2551) photo image of Maya Plisetskaya is available for downloading on page http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/about/press/photo/maya/ .

Did E. Revazov dance with Zakharova for Bolshoi's premiere of Lady of the Camellias last year in Moscow? It seemed to be, and I saw some clips on YouTube. IMO, Zakharova's Marguerite is good, as she looked proud, cold and sick. From what I saw on YouTube, I think Revazov's Armand is boyish and little bit simple-minded, who is not the Armand as my understanding from reading the book. But, if Neumeier likes Revazov's Armand, I would try to adjust my percipient.

Ave Maya Gala in Honor of 90th Anniversary of Maya Plisetskaya Historic stage 20 & 21 November, 7 pm PART I Pyotr Tchaikovsky Introduction to the Sleeping Beauty Mikhail Glinka Jota Aragonesa Choreography by Igor Moiseyev Igor Moiseyev State Academic Ensemble of Popular Dance Boris Asafiev Zarema’s variation of from The Fountain of Bakhchisarai Choreography by Rostislav Zakharov Yulia Yangurazova (Stepanova) (Bolshoi Theatre) Ludwig Minkus Kitri’s variation from the 1st act of the ballet Don Quixote Choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky Maria Alexandrova (the Bolshoi Theatre) Ludwig Minkus Kitri’s variation from the 3rd act of the ballet Don Quixote Choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky Ekaterina Krysanova (Bolshoi Theatre) Solo on harp: Elizaveta Simonenko Alexander Krein Laurencia’s variation from the 2nd act of the ballet Laurencia Choreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani Angelina Vorontsova (Mikhailovsky Theatre) Pyotr Tchaikovsky Odile’s variation of from the 3rd act of the ballet Swan Lake Choreography by Marius Petipa Olga Smirnova (Bolshoi Theatre) Alexander Glazunov Raymonda’s variation from the 1st act of the ballet Raymonda Choreography by Marius Petipa Ekaterina Shipulina (Bolshoi Theatre) Alexander Glazunov Raymonda’s variation from the 2nd act of the ballet Raymonda Choreography by Marius Petipa Maria Allash (Bolshoi Theatre) Solo on French horn: Alexei Raev Pyotr Tchaikovsky Aurora’s variation from the 3rd act of the ballet The Sleeping Beauty Choreography by Marius Petipa Nina Kaptsova (Bolshoi Theatre) Solo on violin: Vladimir Sklyarevsky Pyotr Tchaikovsky Marie’s variation from the 2nd act of the ballet Nutcracker Choreography by Vasily Vainonen Evgenia Obraztsova (Bolshoi Theatre) Solo on celesta: Vladimir Chukhnov Extracts from Maya Plisetskaya’s diary Narrator: Anna Kamenkova PART II To music by Gustav Mahler La rose malade Choreography by Roland Petit Costume Designer: Yves St Laurent Uliana Lopatkina Andrey Ermakov (Mariinsky Theatre) Johann Sebastian Bach – Charles Gounod – Rodion Shchedrin Ave Maria Cello: Boris Lifanovsky Harp: Elizaveta Simonenko Extracts from Maya Plisetskaya’s diary Narrator: Anna Kamenkova To music by Maurice Ravel Bolero Choreography by Maurice Béjart Set and Costume Designer: Maurice Béjart Lighting Designer: Dominique Roman Diana Vishneva (the Mariinsky Theatre) Gabriel Arenas Ruiz, Connor Barlow, Francisco Javier Casado Suarez, Michelangelo Chelucci, Mattia Galiotto, Fabrice Gallarrague, Kwinten Guilliams, Juan Jimenez Sanchez, Ergys Lalaj, Kevin Lila, Anthony Maestre Benitez, Federico Matetich, Theophile Onana Essomba, Masayoshi Onuki, Vito Pansini, Laurence Rigg, Denovane Victoire, Oscar Chacon Ramirez, Felipe Ferreira Rocha Pinto, Jiayong Sun (Béjart Ballet Lausanne) Bolshoi Theatre Corps de Ballet PART III Georges Bizet – Rodion Shchedrin Carmen Suite Choreography by Alberto Alonso Set and Costume Designer: Boris Messerer Carmen - Svetlana Zakharova Jose - Denis Rodkin Torero - Mikhail Lobukhin Corregidor - Vitaly Biktimirov Fate - Yulia Yangurazova (Stepanova) Tobacco Girls - Olga Kishneva, Tatiana Lazareva, Viktoria Yakusheva Flamenco dancers - Alexey Gaynutdinov, Anton Gaynutdinov, Dmitry Dorokhov, Vladislav Kozlov, Kirill Kireev, Anton Kondratov, Victor Meshcherekov, Apollinary Proskurnin, Erick Swolkin, Kirill Sobolev Solo on percussion: Sergei Soloviev, Mikhail Dunaev, Igor Prokopov, Evgeny Romanov, Vasily Moiseev Conductors – Tugan Sokhiev, Pavel Sorokin Director – Andris Liepa Lighting Designer – Mikhail Sokolov Video – Nikita Tikhonov http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/performances/927/

I am going to see Ballet Hispanics tonight. Last time I went to see Alvin Ailey, which was a very fresh experience to me. Although I didn;t really like Chroma that I felt I was watching a figure skating competition, its fun to watch Grace and Revelations. For ROH, I bet on that ROH might release a DVD for their Carmen and Afternoon of a Faun.

http://tvkultura.ru/...deo_id/1403246/ Would Russian TV always put this kind of program on internet? I hope they would put recording of Ave Maya Gala for Maya Plisetskaya on internet also.

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This show's timing conflicts with Ballet Hispanico ?

How about Nina Ananiashvili? I really know little about ballet history. I thought Svetlana Zakharova could wait. Ulyana Lopatkina definitely deserves Now. But, Nina!!