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Suzanne Farrell Ballet 2006-2007 Season

Helene replied to Millie's topic in Suzanne Farrell Ballet

It's listed for June 1-10, 2007 on the NBoC website:http://www.national.ballet.ca/Performances...hp?id=2006-2007

Question About Bolshoi 1989 Swan Lake W/ Alla Mikhalchenko

Helene replied to Roach's topic in Ballet Videos, Films, Broadcast Performances, Photos, and Interviews

I have to remember to re-read my posts at least three times, if it's earlier than 10am Pacific Time. I've edited the original post so that someone doesn't read mine and reply before they see yours.

Clapping question

Helene replied to amitava's topic in Discovering the Art

And "local" can mean very local. Balanchine did not like the music to be interrupted for applause and bows, and while there has always been spontaneous applause at NYCB when a major dancer makes a first appearance in a ballet like Sleeping Beauty -- I've never seen this for Agon or Four Temperaments, for example -- at American Ballet Theatre across the plaza at Lincoln Center, this is much more customary.When Russian touring companies appear in Berkeley, a large portion of the audience is Russian-speaking and observes Moscow/St. Petersburg customs. In Seattle, where there is a much smaller Russian-speaking population, the visiting performers from the Bolshoi must have thought we were zombies

Question About Bolshoi 1989 Swan Lake W/ Alla Mikhalchenko

Helene replied to Roach's topic in Ballet Videos, Films, Broadcast Performances, Photos, and Interviews

Roach, I'm afraid I can't answer your question about Natalia (yikes) Tatyana Bessmertnova, but I wanted you to know that this is the right forum to discuss ballet videos and to ask questions about them. (And thank you for introducing yourself in the Welcome forum -- you'll receive your official welcome soon!) Although chances are good that someone here will be able to answer, to get a full cast list, you might want to contact the publisher, Arthaus Musik, info@arthaus-musik.com.

RDB Manon (8pm-Copenhagen)

Helene posted an event in Community Calendar

Mar 12

Sunday 12 March 2006, 07:00 PM

Manon (Massanet/MacMillan) Seating and Prices: http://www.kgl-teater.dk/dkt2002uk/Kontakt_os/frame.htm Click "The Box Office," the under "The Stages," click "seating and prices" For theatre-goers living outside Denmark, it is possible to book tickets either by phoning, faxing or e-mailing your reservation form to the Box Office, charging your credit card account. You will receive the tickets as soon as possible after giving your application. Booking by telephone, Monday to Saturday 12.00-18.00: +45 33 69 69 69 Booking by fax: +45 33 69 69 02 Online Reservation Form through Box Office (secure): https://betaling.kgl-teater.dk/billetinfo_uk/frame.htm Please note that refunds are only given in case of cancellation or change of repertoire. Online sales http://www.kgl-teater.dk/dkt2002uk/ballet/frame.htm (click on month) If you get a list of performances and links to them when you click on the little billet.net "ticket" icon next to the performance and the site is in Danish, you can go directly to: http://www.billetnet.dk/ (click the little UK flag in the right-hand corner for English on the billet.net site after selecting a performance) Det Kongelige Teater/Old Stage Kongens Nytorv/Gamla Scene

March 13, 2006

Trig New Look

Helene replied to rg's topic in Announcements

With a few minutes waiting around this morning, I found that "Paint" gives me a few more options than I thought. I still haven't been able to find a way to make a transparent background or do gradations, but I was able to play with the logo a little bit to blend into the background. There aren't any script types for the "talk," so I tried italic. If anyone has any preferences, please post or PM/email me. Or if there's a way to make a clear background with Paint, I'd appreciate it if someone would tell me.

Trig New Look

Helene replied to rg's topic in Announcements

Logo's back. The bad news is that it looks pretty sloppy on the new toolbar, but I don't have any fancy graphics tools right now to create a clear background to blend it into the very cool toolbar. (I'll be working on that.) The good news is that it actually describes who we are. Our logo file got wiped out in the upgrade, but my very technical friend told me about www.archive.org, which has a "Wayback Machine" that accesses the archive of web pages that are at least a year old. I was able to find an old Ballet Talk page, right-click on the logo, "Save File As," and upload this to the board using an nifty new feature. I mention this because he told me that not knowing about www.archive.org was like not knowing about Google -- that's the price of getting info from true techies that you've known since your third day of college -- and I wanted to be sure everyone knew about it, too.

Independent Contractors

Helene replied to sandik's topic in Everything Else Ballet

From the article it sounded as if dancers had been contractors until relatively recently, and I doubt they and their union would have supported the initiative to turn the relationship back to contracting if either there is no difference to esprit, or the difference in esprit wasn't worth reverting back. However, I also doubt there is complete consensus on anything economic, and that it is a financial disadvantage to at least a minority, and if there is a difference in esprit, it's likely that there are some dancers who don't think an economic gain was worth it. It will be interesting to see if any of minority views are published.