Kristen

This will be a worldwide release in the movie theatres that offer the Ballet in Cinema, Fathom Events series by Bel Air Media/Pathe Live. Olga Smirnova and Jacopo Tissi. Repeat on January 24th. Giselle - Ballet in cinema | Official Website | 21 January 2024 (giselleballetcinema.com)

I just watched it via youtube with no streaming issues. A perfect Sunday afternoon!

Thanks to all who are keeping us up to date on what is available. Particular thanks to Sofiabn today for the alert about the Perm Opera Ballet production of La Bayadere. Lovely! Is it just me or are these companies crazy for putting these out there free of charge? We're in a pandemic induced arts crisis and I would cheerfully pay to see any of these as I do for Bolshoi in Cinema and the Met Opera movie theatre transmissions. Learn from the newspapers - DON'T GIVE AWAY YOUR CONTENT! In the meantime, I'll be thankful for the entertainment and to all of you for keeping me up on what is available.

Thank you, Drew and Abatt. The $$ is not really the issue, but hope somebody will pick up my tix at half price or whatever. Hate seeing a ballet seat go empty and just sick that I'm not in it!

Unfortunately, due to a detached retina, I cannot get on an airplane for 10 weeks. ARRGGH. I have single tickets for NYCB Swan Lake, Friday, Saturday nights, 2/14, 2/15 and a ticket for the Sunday afternoon performance of ABT Giselle, 2/16. All tickets can be emailed as a PDF. Original price listed but happy to take any price. Just had to unload Hamilton Tix too! Lesson learned Buy travel insurance! February 14 NYCB Second Tier, seat B9 $108 February 15 NYCB Second Tier, seat A22 $108 February 16, ABT, Kennedy Center, DC - Orchestra, aisle seat Y2 $109 Kristen - best to text me at 772 332 3400

Yes, it's Broadway, but it's also ballet. Great chance to see Robert Fairchild in an incredible performance. Check for movie theatres near you at this website. https://www.anamericaninpariscinema.com/

Hope you are right. I have tickets to her DQ performance but having seen her completely blow her La Bayadere shades role and transmit her disappointment via face and body language, probably all the way to the family circle, I'm not as confident as you.

Thanks Dreamer. Called the box office and they cheerfully exchanged them for $6 each. If only the Met were as accommodating.

Darn! I already have tickets for Friday night and I'm not a Misty fan. Has anyone had luck with exchanging tickets with the Kennedy center box office?

12:30 PM I just bought tix for Le Corsaire and seat selection was working fine.

Drew - correct!. Osipova did dance Gamzatti in 2012 on the night Vishneva cancelled and was filled in by Part as Nikiya. I was there, backstage, as I had paid for a "Mastercard Priceless" experience to be a "guest stage manager" for the night. My report on that is still somewhere on the forum and it was, truly, a VERY special experience in my life. I tend to focus on the women, but seeing Gomes that night was amazing - such a magnificent partner, always - witnessing Part/Gomes hugging in a dark corner offstage after all the curtain calls was an incrediblly intimate view into this world I admire, but don't inhabit. Who has a job where you make a connection like that?

Well, let's see - guess I'm up for the chump of the year award since I booked non refundable plane tix and a hotel prepay (great bargain on Hotwire) to see Herrera's retirement on June 9 and Osipova in SB on June 10. Fortunately I hadn't bought the June 9 tix and substituted Broadway, but did buy the June 10th one. So, now I will attend neither of the things I wanted, while taking time off work mid week in order to now see a ballerina I felt was not ready to be promoted to principal. Sigh ... not the first time this has happened, but it is demoralizing. As was said earlier, we understand injuries, but that doesn't explain the rescheduling of Herrera and who knows what the story is with Osipova. I've been had .... again.

Okay - saw it Friday night - LOVED IT. No it's not a night at the ballet, but the totally infectious enthusiasm of Fairchild and Cope swept me away. The audience loved it. However, because it's more dance than musical, I fear for how long a run it will have. I'm a total sucker for dancers who love to dance and manage to transmit that to the audience - Fairchild and Cope did that. Yes, the book is weak and the show relies on the magic of Gershwin's music - I can nitpick it to death, but, honest to God, I'd go see it again tomorrow.

Amour - Thank you for the detailed review. I was there last night also and agree with your assessments of the evening. I went last year for the first time and loved it. I enjoy seeing the YAGP kids just as much as the "stars", many of whom were sold short by a few schlockey "world premiers" that fell flat with the audience. Kim was definitely the star of the evening. I think Boylston is a lovely dancer, but do feel she was promoted ahead of her time - as you said, she looks like a soloist - all the more when dancing with someone with the star power of Kim.

AlbanyGirl - Let me reiterate what Drew said - this is a very expensive habit, or hobby, or whatever you want call it. In my twenties, newly employed, I pooled all my $$ to buy ABT tickets for their appearances in Miami (Baryshnikov, Makarova, etc.). It's 35 years later and I promise I've dropped a bundle on plane tickets, hotel bills and ballet tickets and trust me, it's all worth it.