Amy Reusch

I'm happy to report that "$1812 for 1812" has already passed it's fundraising goal with 5 days left.

Lovely passing of the baton! Well done!

Good point.

It's now past halfway ($1,189 of $1812 with 12 days left). http://www.kickstart...9/1812-for-1812 Maybe we should have a sub-forum off "Ballet Videos, Films, etc." for kickstarter projects? I do think it's fun to be able to donate so affordably to creative projects and a long thread would soon get unwieldy to watch. [it would be a nice place away from kickstarter to discuss kickstarter projects... ] But if new threads are started for each project, I can see "Ballet Videos, Films, etc." getting unpleasantly crowded with such threads.

I wonder if any interesting choreography is on the verge of becoming public domain... Both of the first two links in this thread are no longer active... Trying to figure what is eligible is confusing because the copyright date is not the premiere but rather the date it was recorded, I believe... I found a nice cheat sheat on the web... http://www.scribd.com/doc/51303295/Public-Domain#page=341 Page 327 The renewal is confusing and I wonder about copyrights held by a corporation such as the Balanchine Trust... For instance, when will Balanchine's Apollo enter the public donain? How about Fokine's Les Sylphides?

So glad to hear they are going for a professional company again... They have a valid aesthetic point to make for a new generation.

And this worthy one: American Dance Guild: http://kck.st/N6p8ge I can't "quote" from the iPad interface, but below it the reason I find it worthy: Special features of the festival include: John Pennington (of Lewitzky and Horton lineage) will perform a newly reconstructed “Dances Before God “ of Harald Kreutzberg, the legendary German dancer whose performance galvanized both Jose Limon and Erick Hawkins (by their own reports) to pursue professional dancing; -- Molissa Fenley presents her duet “100 Vessels” to music of Phillip Glass; Joseph Mills presents his acclaimed “Circle Walker,” moving inside a spherical sculpture. And many, many more! Other featured choreographers include: Other participating artists include: Kyla Barkin, Peggy Choy, Shani Collins, Molissa Fenley, Betsy Fisher, Kaoru Ikeda, Andrew Jannetti, Allison Jones, Erin LaSala, Rebecca McArthur, Sarah Mettin, Joseph Mills, Rebecca Netti-Fiol, John Pennington, Dawn Robinson, Sasha Speilvogel/Labyrinth Dance, Jenny Showalter, Maxine Steinman, Laurie Taylor, Hee Ra Yoo, Kathy Wildberger, Tina Croll, Sue Bernard, Gloria McLean, Sarah Stackhouse, Nancy Zendora, Joan Gavaler, Mary Seidman, Joe Celi, Ellen Cornfield, Philein Wang, and Marta Renzi.

I enjoy watching the progress of the fundraising for these projects..... and scanning through the ballet projects that have successfully been funded... It's nice to be able to contribute even at the $1-10 dollar level... affordable philanthropy for modest budgets! There is also this modest budget proposal : "$1812 for 1812" to raise funds to pay professional ballet dancers for an MFA project: http://kck.st/LMEjxD Ballet Next exceeded their goal earlier this Spring http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1229228855/sponsor-new-choreography-from-leading-dance-artist?ref=search And this one isn't ballet but still very worthwhile: American Dance Guild http://kck.st/N6p8ge

There is also this modestly budgeted project: "$1812 for 1812" http://kck.st/LMEjxD which is past the halfway point.

Because we have the Rockettes?

He died back in 1951....

There is more to dance than the pursuit of perfection. If these "not retired" dancers reprised old roles designed to show off acrobatic feats and perfect line, they would be guilty of making poor artistic decisions... But, there is more to dance than the pursuit of perfection.

I guess they can't all be Frederick Franklin.

I miss NDT3

There used to be talk in the old days about SAB rejecting students because their heads were "too big". I always thought it was silly, but I think I see how it makes us see Daniil Simkin as boyish... seems like just something to learn to work off of, but might mean trouble in stereotypic casting...

This is terrible news... just when Copeland was poised on top of the world! I hope she recovers quickly.

Balanchine changed his ballets over time. I am not defending this Firebird, but I don't think the criticism is apt.

PAMTGG

I didn't think it looked cheap, just campy.

Makes me wonder who was writing for MST3K!

I wonder if some of the "undanceable" sections weren't suitable for staging special effects to. There were some nice special effects that I don't want to mention for spoiler reasons. I was disappointed with the choreography's musicality overall... And I am one of those who loved the bees in Waltz of the Flowers particularly because of the musicality of their choreography. There are good choreographic bits in here, they're just spread too far apart.

I used to enjoy the dance quotes on MST3K. Tried searching for some and I can't [quickly] seem to find the episode, but here's one: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Servo as Announcer: "Cindy Williams is Twyla Tharp as Isadora Duncan in The Meredith Monk Story: A One-Woman Show!"

Ilya, there were many crying Bravo, so do not feel too lonely.

I think Nureyev, Nijinsky and Tharp have entered into the mainstream of our language... whether or not they'll remain is another guess... What will become of "Sonja Henie's Tutu!" now that the Car Guys are retiring?

Anyone ele wondering "Petrushka?" during the wall scene?