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Yes, as far as I know the only version of "Sylvia" in the POB's repertory is Neumeier's (created in 1997), which uses the same music by Delibes as the other versions.
I found this while looking for more information.
http://www.ballet.co.uk/dcforum/happening/4947.html
Scroll down to April 6 entry (recall that UK uses middle-endian date format):
POB have just filmed Sylvia - Neumeier version - and as well as filming Nureyev Swan Lake next year they will also film Jewels. Release ususally takes 12-18 months.
Nuryev SWAN LAKE and JEWELS? lots to look forward to.
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I just ordered the Tokyo Ballet GISELLE with Malakhov and Vishneva and it should get here in 2 weeks. I noticed that Fairynet has a nice quicktime with a short interview blurb and some clips from the ballet. It looks nice; can't wait.
http://www.fairynet.co.jp/www/on-shop/v&m-...giselle-mv.html
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Looks like TDK is releasing another Paris Opera Ballet DVD. This time it's SYLVIA. The Japanese R2 dvd is due out Oct 5, which prolly pegs the US R1 dvd for about January or so.
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I do not get to see many live performances with an audience, and I normally watch during a tech/dress rehearsal. But the few times that I have attended performances, I have noticed that many people start clapping during some "exciting" action on stage, before the sequence/section of choreography ends. I do not know the technical terms for these movements, but usually these are moves that are repeated in succession ..and the clapping started 75% to 80% into the sequence.
Is this normal etiquette or are Texas audiences a tad on the rusty side? Does this bother the dancers or encourage them? I usually wait for a bow to show my appreciation, as I am not a premature clapper...hope that came out right
Also some folks have informed me that "Russian milk the applause". What exactly does that mean? Is this a stereotype? I don't get to see Russian dance troupes very often.
i saw a video clip of Carreno and his sister(? or cousin?) performing in Cuba; i think this was in the ABT BORN TO BE WILD dvd. As they were dancing, the crowd was going crazy and I mean not just clapping but cheering and screaming like they were at a Soccer match. it was the coolest thing i've seen as you could even feel all that audience energy thru the tv!
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I've just purchased tickets to the Kirov Ballet's SLEEPING BEAUTY in LA and i noticed in the release [link], they mention that this is based on the 1952 revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev.
Can anyone either tell me or direct me to a place where I can learn more about this revision?
thx
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What are good tickets at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion? Does the orchestra incline steeply? ...
Does anyone know if the loge is above or behind the founders circle? It looks like I can still get the first row of the loge, which may be the best bet for me...any help would be appreciated!
The Dorothy Chandler is an excellent theatre for dance - even in the back of the orchestra you don't feel very far away, and it's decently sloped so that heads haven't been a major problem for me. It's not stadium seating, but it is nicely sloped. For dance engagements, the Orchestra Ring section (essentially rows W to Z of the orchestra) is usually a good deal, as it is a good $30 or so less than the rest of the orchestra and the view is still very good.
The loge is indeed above the Founders Circle, and then the Balcony is one level above that. The price in the Loge is equal to that of the Orchestra Ring, which doesn't make it a very good deal at all for how high up it is in the theatre. To be that high, you might as well sit in the Front Balcony for $30 less and not have the balcony hanging down over you (the balcony isn't an obstruction in the Loge, but there is something to be said psychologically for not feeling trapped in a box). The Balcony is high, but the theatre manages to make itself feel much more intimate than, say, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. So it's definetly not a bad place to sit, and the view is still good.
For the Kirov prices are $95 in the front orch, $65 in the Orchestra Ring/Loge, $35 in the Front Balcony and $25 in the Rear Balcony. My favorite seats for the value and view are the Orchestra Ring and the Front Balcony. Mid-orchestra would be ideal if view was the only thing that mattered.
When I went to see ABT in april, i had tix in ORCHX 37,38 and they were wonderful seats. Very easy to see everything. THere was little in view obstruction (and i'm not that tall myslef).
The next nite, I had tix in the FOUNDERS CIRCLE M 32,33 and they were amazing. It's an absolutely perfect view of the stage and when the lights go down, you feel like you're being suspended right before the stage.
Personally, I'd go with the FOUNDERS CIRCLE if i could, centered best. I think the F 57-58 is that FAR LEFT wing and I think I'd rather be back and centered. I believe (not entirely sure) that the seats number from 1-60.
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Here's a link to preliminary casting for the three US cities the Kirov will bring SB to.
http://www.ardani.com/kirovballettour.htm
Richard
awesome, thanx.
Now, what are the prevailing opinions of Zelensky c/c w/ Kolb. Also, what are the opinions of Natalia Sologub?
thx (should i ask this in the DANCERS section?)
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Not sure if this is the right place, but I noticed that the Kirov ballet will be performing SLEEPING BEAUTY at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in LA. Single tickets went on sale today and I got almost the same tix as I had to see ABT's GISELLE (excellent!).
I haven't been able to see any cast info, but I had heard that Vishneva was supposed to perform one of the nights.
btw, last time, my friend bailed on me at the last minute on ABT's Tchaikovsky's mixed program and i had to eat the ticket. Is there a forum area here where i could have offered up the ticket? With the flakitude of my friends, i'm afeared that it could happen again...
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What exactly is on the cd set?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...ssical&n=507846
hth
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Pas is the French word for "step". It also means "not" but not in the ballet context.
I wonder if the word fletch is misspelled. Fleche means arrow, dart, or bolt. But I am not familiar with the step......
could it be "temps de fleche"?
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There's also discussion here from the Ashton Festival. Do a search for +Kumakawa +Rhapsody
Thanx. That was quite helpful and informative. I'm excited about my preordr now, although at ~$75 for a 43min DVD, it's a bit pricey.
and it looks like PRODIGAL SON will be the next Kumakawa DVD after that.
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I recently found out that Tetsuya Kumakawa's newest ballet DVD is going to be RHAPSODY. I don't know anything about it, except it's by Frederick Ashton. Could someone give me some info on it or a link to find out more?
thx
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Accoding to IMGArtists.com website, the Miami City Ballet tour engagements for 2005-06 (not including performances in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Naples) are:
9/30/05 U of Florida, Phillips Center, Gainesville FL
10/23/05 Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Texarkana, TX
10/25/05 U of Texas at Tyler, R. Don Cowan Fine and Peforming Arts Center,
Tyler, TX
10/28-29/05 KU. of texas at Austin Peforming Arts Center, Austin TX
4/23/06 Christopher Newport University, Ferguson Center for the Arts,
Newport News, VA
4/25-26/06 Long Island U., Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Greenvale, NY
4/30/05 Purchase College, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase, NY
5/2/06 Princeton, NJ, McCarter Theatre
also,
6/30/05, 7/1/05, 7/2/05 : Music Center/Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - Los Angeles, CA
Program A: Dances at a Gathering (Robbins) and Slaughter on 10th Ave.(Balanchine) Program B: "Modern Masters" - Fancy Free (Robbins), Nine Sinatra Songs (Tharp), Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Balanchine)
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There is also a DVD release in august (Europe) of "The sleeping beauty" with Konstantin Zaklinsky and Altynai Asylmuratova.
I don't know if it's a Kultur release, but they have the same performance on vhs.
and there's also an Arthaus Musik DVD of Bolshoi SLEEPING BEAUTY from 1989 with Aleksei Fadeyechev and Nina Semiozorova releasing R2 PAL.
*whops* sorry, noticed this was already mentioned in the ARTHAUS MUSIK thread.
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Ah...... I didn't read the fine print. I'm too easy, I see the picture and the price and look no further.......
I'm still upset over the cuts
Richard
i feel your pain, brother. It's profoundly mind-boggling that this would be the case as Kevin McKenzie was expounding on how great it was that he could modify the ballet to cater to the medium (tv). And then they just do a simple vid-dump to DVD? *sigh* but at least it'll be and HD-master...
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no quite "available" as release date is 8/11 (but i get your meaning).
thx.
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Looks like it's released in japan already (R2 NTSC) for a hefty price Y5800. But presumably the US R1 NTSC version should be coming soon. Not sure why Japan seems to always get the releases first.
http://www.fairynet.co.jp/www/on-shop/html/av/DD-151435.html
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Info from: TDK Swan Lake
Svetlana Zakharova (Odette/Odile)
Roberto Bolle (Prince Siegfried)
Antonio Sutera (Jester)
Gianni Chisleni (Rothbart)
Sabrina Brazzo (Princess)
Flavia Vallone (Queen)
James Tuggle, Corpo di Ballo ed Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, 2004
Choreography: Vladimir Bourmeister after Lev Ivanov
Special Feature: The Rehearsal
NTSC, 16:9, 146 minutes, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1, PCM-STEREO
Release Dates:
Europe: Sep. 2005
UK: Autumn 2005
USA, Canada: Autumn 2005
August 21 in Japan R2 NTSC
http://cdjapan.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TDBT-110
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Due to be released next week on Amazon is the DVD 'Great Dancers of Our Time' featuring Malakhov, Laccara/Kimura/Vishnieva/Saidakova/Pierre/Bohm---the details are very slim. There is a photo on the cover of 'Spectre'---Is anyone familiar with this one? I am always looking for current dancers on DVD and I would love to know who is dancing what.
i got the DVD a few months ago from Japan where it was called MY FAVOURITE THINGS as they appear to be from a British tv series of the same name. The first episode is Malakhov, featuring a pdd w/Vishneva (Manon), a solo, and Spectre de la Rose. The second episode is Lacarra and features White swan w/Cyril Pierre, white swan solo, and one other piece. The last segment was on Kimura and had a few pieces that i don't recall very clearly. These are all in-studio perfomrances and not live clips/excerpts. Picture quality is excellent as to be expected from TDK.
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i shoudl also mention that the heart of each show was the interviews with the primary dancer.
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Due to be released next week on Amazon is the DVD 'Great Dancers of Our Time' featuring Malakhov, Laccara/Kimura/Vishnieva/Saidakova/Pierre/Bohm---the details are very slim. There is a photo on the cover of 'Spectre'---Is anyone familiar with this one? I am always looking for current dancers on DVD and I would love to know who is dancing what.
i got the DVD a few months ago from Japan where it was called MY FAVOURITE THINGS as they appear to be from a British tv series of the same name. The first episode is Malakhov, featuring a pdd w/Vishneva (Manon), a solo, and Spectre de la Rose. The second episode is Lacarra and features White swan w/Cyril Pierre, white swan solo, and one other piece. The last segment was on Kimura and had a few pieces that i don't recall very clearly. These are all in-studio perfomrances and not live clips/excerpts. Picture quality is excellent as to be expected from TDK.
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carbro- she also did the PDD from Onegin at the Tschaikovsky Spectacular twice with Bocca.
Ferri was scheduled to perform in Giselle at La Scala in very early April- and she started the performance, and had to stop in the beginning. Someone replaced her, and Zakharova came a few days later to fill in. I'm pretty sure she's been injured since. She has been taking a little bit of class here and there.
I bought tickets to ABT GISELLE in LA specifically b/c Ferri was supposed to perform (and i live in Arizona). The reason they gave that Ferri was not performing was that she performed 4 Giselles in 4 nights and suffered an injury. that was as much as they would say. Doesn't quite sound right, though...
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Hmmm, i wonder if this is a new injury or the same one that kept her from performing in LA at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on 4/29. If it IS the same injury, it's gotta be a fairly serious one. I hope I'm rong.
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Angel Corella and Gillian Murphy in Kevin McKenzie's restaging. recorded in HDat the Kennedy Center, which means the DVD ought to be beauteous. Although this passage scares me :
the production has been revised by Kevin McKenzie especially for television, allowing him to realize ideas he could not accomplish within the confines of the theater. "In staging the production originally, I had in mind to take the audience from the climactic conclusion at the end of Act 3, when the deception is revealed, directly to the storm in Act 4 with as little interruption as we could manage. But it soon became clear that was impossible, given the huge scenery that had to be moved, so I had to create a scene, as have many choreographers before me, to disguise the set change. On videotape, this can be accomplished much more easily, so I will actually see my original idea for the first time on television.
check your local PBS listings or check the pbs website. you can also sign up for an email reminder if you are like me and tend to lose track of things.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/swanlake/
http://www.pbs.org/previews/gp_swanlake/
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It's a forgone conclusion that many (most?) ballet dvds are not especially well-mastered. Lots of them (notably from KULTUR) are straight VHS dumps and show all the video and audio problems of vhs mastering; though to be fair, many of the videos they have are archival videos and are inherently problematic. Many of the TDK releases are much higher quality and owe much to being newer recordings.
I just bought a 50" Samsung 16x9 DLP HDTV and connected it to my Yamaha separates and my B&W 801S3 speakers so that i could see how good (or not) some of my DVDs looked.
I spent the first 20-30 minutes calibrating the levels on the television as "out-of-the-box" mode was pretty awful. Then I went on to watching (sampling) some Ballet Vids.
I put in ABT in SF (Kultur). The video quality was very much VHS-level and the extreme size of teh tv in addition to the 720p resolution exagerrated the video problems. The digital nature of DLP converted the scratchiness of the analog video into highly visible digital artifacts. This is a big problem as it was very difficult to pay attention to Fernando Bujones' incredible dancing b/c the image quality was so bad. Eg. imagine going to ABT, having great Orchestra-level seats, and then as the show begins, you have to watch it from behind a sheet of glass with thousands of mini-facets in it. In addition, the video was a 4:3 aspect ratio, which meant that it was "side-letterboxed" to fit within the 16:9 viewport. Watching these videos on an analog tv (my 32" Sony Wega CRT), although still showed the aged of teh video, was infinitely more enjoyable. Conclusion: older videos do not view well on a DLP and should be watched on an analog set if possible.
I then watched two Kumakawa DVDs: COPPELIA and DON Q. These were anamorphic 16:9 videos so they filled up the entire viewport of the DLP TV. Colors were vibrant and clear and the video was amazing sharp and had a beauteous presence. Ina darkened room, the image just filled the space and almost engulfed me. It veyr much changed teh viewing experience for the better, almost a couple steps closer to actually being there. On a large screen like this, so much of the subtleties and teh nuances are easier to see; it's also easier to study a dancer's technique when the image is so large. In one variation, we noticed that the ribbon on the dancer's left pointe shoe was coming out just a bit!
The one notable problem is the White Levels on a DLP. White Levels on a DLP tv saturate rather quickly; this is the nature of DLP and is generally not problematic. What saturation means is that a certain level of white becomes the max white and then anything that is supposed to be "whiter" than that is still maintained at that same white level. So if you have lots of high levels of white, then the image will have just a spot of blank white screen. it's very jarring. In normal viewing, ie movies and tv, there normally aren't these white levels. however, in Ballets, white White costumes and bright stage lights, these whites are in abundance, even occuring in teh highlights on a dancer's face. COPPELIA was notably full of white saturation. I turned the white levels of the tv to lower than calibrated settings and although it helped a bit, it was still a bit noticeable.
Another fundamental problem with DVDs which are enhanced by DLP is Macroblocking. Macroblocking is a term that describes the digital artifacting that occurs when there is a patch of flat color which appears as large shfiting blocks. a Big blank wall, a night sky, a darkened seascape all are prime examples. In these cases, often you will see black and green blocks that seems to shift places back and forth. In normal DVD viewing, this is a moderate problem. In Ballet, it's afundamental one as the backdrops of Ballets are generally flat-colored screens which exhibits macroblocking in a major fashion. Once your eye is drawn to macroblocking it veyr easy to be painfully distracted by it.
So, while the DLP tv does make for a far improved viewing experience, it also goes a long way to showing flaws in mastering as well as in technologies. That Ballets in particular challenge teh DLP technology at its weakest point is of particular note. Not to try to dissuade you from a purchas (if you're thinking about it), but i would highly recommend that you bring in a ballet DVD to a store and have them play it so you can see fo ryourself. There are two competing technologies which may (or may not) be more effective for viewing ballet dvds adn they are LCD and LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon; an Intel technology), as well as a Motorola technology taht is in development.
All in all, I'm very happy with the tv. it adds new life to viewing a dvd, but with the way it reveals definciencies in poorly mastered DVDs, i doubt I'll be able to watch any of my older vids on it and my first impressions of new DVDs is likely always going to be regarding image quality!
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(btw, the just-released Kumakawa Don Q is absolutely wonderful. [snip])
Malakhov/Vishneva in GISELLE DVD
in Ballet Videos, Films, Broadcast Performances, Photos, and Interviews
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Not in Japan, but I have connections, which is how I got the LES ENFANTS DE LA DANSE DVDs and a few others.
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