jose manuel

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c4#/video/world/2013/03/22/idesk-intv-bolshoi-ballerina.cnn

video of sergei filin in hospital

the news on spanish newspaper El País http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2013/01/18/actualidad/1358517039_141032.html

it is really terrible!!!!! poor sergei filin!! I hope doctors save his sight.who could do something so terrible to him??

hi lesnaya skazka means "tale of woods". this is a kirov ballet film based on leonid yakobson´s ballet "shuraleh". the composin is yarullin "leonida yakobsona" is the genitive form , literally it means "of leonid yakobson" hope I have helped jose manuel

I have this ballet in a version by czech choreographer Pavel Smok jose manuel

thanks for your effort alexandra I think,like some hollywood stars,he just doesnt want to reveal his age

thank you alexandra a hard role for a young man but not for a god of dance)))) I think he was born to dance jose manuel

hi I have had the privilege of seeing on tape vladimir malakhov at the moscow international competition in 1989. he performed Narcisse (he obviously won the gold medal in this competition) seeing him,I though that three gods of dance have danced Narcisse: Nijinski c. fokin, and Vladimir Vasiliev and Vladimir Malakhov c. Goleizovsky. just curiosity,I have been searching on the net malakhov´s age and it doesnt appear,not even in his official website. is his age a secret?? jose manuel

well, I didnt see a lot of moderation and serenity in the british pro-hunt demonstrators today :rolleyes: what I mean to say is that I dont believe about these clichés about national characters. maybe because I am the least nationalist person in the world. I am an internationalist. I think that through culture we can get over these nationalist cliches. I am lucky I like choreographers from all over the world, from balanchine and robbins to neumeier,eifman. from ashton to kylian and duato. to sday for example,as I am Spanish, I dont watch Balanchine, because my spanish temperament is different from the american temperament is very absurd to me. I try to see and enjoy all works from choreographers,well at least to give them two opportunities. of course sometimes you are horrified by what you see (Mats Ek),but I think it is wise not to close the door too soon, to give a second opportunity. this is only my opinion. there´s no intention to hurt anyone´s feelings finally, both bejart and neumeier have a monumental production. even if people dont like some specific production,this doesnt mean all their works are bad. on the contrary,there are many gems in their productions jose manuel

yes, I remember Suzanne Farrell crying of emotion when she meets again Bejart many years later in the wonderful biographical documentary about her. ps I adore Suzanne Farrell jose manuel

thank you very much RG for the detailed information. another question. when did she retire? jose manuel

hi alexandra I like this civilised ballet discussion maybe I am wrong,but we are talking about two different bejart-mahler works here.as far as I know Songs of a Wayfarer is a male duo ,whereas I was referring to a man/woman pas de deux, well actually a kind of trio,because you can see in this ballet on the stage Jorge Donn (Bejart´s muse) dressed as Mahler in aq mime role. I am definitely very pro-Neumeier. a choreographic genius jose manuel ps you should see Bejart´s Le Presbytere or Life (his Mozart/queen) ballet. full of tricks but also full of beauty. jose manuel

hi thank you very much for the info! jose manuel

I have re-watched recently my tape of la fille mal gardee by the royal balletand I am very impresses by Lesley Collier. she is a dancer of such charm (apart from her brilliant technique). can anyone tell me sth about her,speciallly what is she doing now?? thanks in advance jose manuel

very interesting message, Ari only I disagree in one thing. in Bejart´s ballets there is classical ballet and of the highest quality. the problem is that in his works there is a conglomerate of things (dance,theatre,speech) but if one looks deeper or digs inside ,one will find a gem of classical ballet in all his production (specially extraordinary pas de deux) you can see that in notre faust,arepo,ce que lámour me dit, bach sonata (you can see it in the natalia makarova commercial videotape),life,etc as he said in one of his interviews, one of his objectives is to innovate and search in the art of the pas de deux (actually he presented years ago a production called "the art of the pas de deux" which is a collections of pas de deux from many ballets of him. I recently have seen a pas de deux by bejart set to the extraordinary lied by Mahler "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen". it is breathtakingly beautiful. Bejart´s neo-classicism has influenced IMO many present day choreographers, among them the great John Neumeier. jose manuel

hi in 2000.after the shameful dismissal of the extraordinary Vladimir Vassiliev, the dictator Grigorovich had again great power on the Bolshoi. he staged again some of his ballet,including his original version of Swan Lake with the "great" Volochkova. well,you can see my opinions very clearly

hmm........ isn´t "dago" an offensive word for spanish/portuguese/latin people?? jose manuel

hi I think Bejart is one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century. I am very surprised only one person has replied to this topic. maybe people just love or hate bejart. I dont know or probablt there´s a cultural divide here, not only usa/europe but inside europe, I see in this case an anglo-saxon/latin divide the magazine Ballet 2000 had a fantastic issue in which many famous ballet critics chose the most important ballet personalities/movements of the 20th century the french,italian and swiss critics chose bejart in their top 3 choices,whereas the anglo-saxon critics never mentioned bejart. I remember a review of bejart by a famous english critic, well more than a review it was a scathing attack on bejart. at the end of his review he admitted that he hated bejart. it was a very "visceral" review. I was left with the impression that bejart creates great passions,love or hate. I think one of the problems with bejart is that he has a vision of "total theatre", therefore his ballets are more than ballets. there is theatre,there is politics in his productions, and many people dont like this he is very ambitious and very brave in his productions. he has dealth with political,religion,social issues. he has experimented with different kind of musics, cultures... I dont know or any other present choreographer that has dealt with such a different range in his choreographies. of course when someone tries to do a global dance production,there´s bound to be mistakes or failures. for example I remember his ballet Souvenir de Leningrad. in this ballet he tries to convey the russian soul,the city of Leningrad,Petipa,Tchaikovsky,Lenin..... no less! but I admire him for his honesty, braveness and innovative spirit. he´s forever creating new things in his particular choreohraphic universe. some of his ballets, Le Sacre du Printemps, Bolero, L´Oiseau de Feu,etc are already classics of the 20th century ballet. he is also very consciously influenced by the political movements of the 1950s,1960s and 1970s, specially from the revolution of may 1968 and basically in his ballets you can see the ideas of the french revolution: liberté,fraternité,egalité now unfortunately we live in a different political climate, therefore bejart´s ideas and ballets look, I´m afraid, old-fashioned or naïve I also love Bejart because he is such an open creator, not only because of his social ideas for ballet, but because he has allowed the cameras to record his ballets, there are so many documentaries,interviews available about him. I wish all the other choreographers were as open as him. apart from his big,spectacular ballets, I like very much his abstract works. he is such a wonderful creator in the pas de deux. he has had a very big influence on many present choreographers. only my opinion jose manuel

hi I love rhythmic gymnastics. you can see many videos on www.rsgvideos.com I recommend you to see anna bessonova´s routines (she´s arguably the best rsg gymnast in the world). her hoop routine is to swan lake. on www.rsg.net/forum you can learn a lot from the sport. there is a photo/video section in this forum. jose manuel

sorry if I hurt someone´s feelings. although I maintain my opinion,probably I was too harsh expressing them jose manuel (mezentseva fan)

to RG I love your postcards! thank you so much for sharing them! please more! only in the first postcard,could you change the spelling? it´s not fea balabina but Feya Balabina. not that this is terribly but "fea" sounds terrible to a spanish speaker! by the way the surname "bregvadze" indicates Georgian origin like "tsiskaridze" "nioradze",etc jose manuel

I agree

I have a recording from russian tv of a pas de trois from le pavillon d´armide it is wonderful jose manuel

hi video performances giselle 1983 wuth konstantin zaklinsky swan lake 1986 with konstantin zaklinsky pas de quatre from "night of classical ballet" 1981 all wonderful!!!!! jose manuel