Rosie

Rosie, I hope that this is not too late for you. I was in both theaters during the 2005 Bournonville Festival.  Of course, the festival performances were held in the 'old' theater, which is idea for ballet.  During a tour of the new & larger opera house, we were told that ballets are also being staged there.  It's an ultra-modern venue with state-of-the-art stage mechanics, an impressive auditorium with 'Queens box' similar to the one in the old theater (but modern in style), and a ballet studio with a wonderful springy floor.  If at all possible, try to attend shows in both theaters.

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Natalia, I will go to both theaters beacause i can´t choose which one to pick i think that both theaters are exciting

Everything you see on stage is the work -- directly or indirectly -- of the Artistic Director.  This is the person who chooses which ballets to perform; hires and casts the dancers; selects the designers for sets, costumes and lighting.  S/he also hires outside choreographers to make new ballets, and the ballet masters and teachers.  Sometimes the Artistic Director commissions a new ballet from him/herself, but it is not necessary to be a choreographer in order to be an Artistic Director. 

In addition, the Artistic Director is generally the most visible single behind-the-scenes personality of the company and can be called on for fundraising and publicity.

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Ok thank you so much for the help Carbro

She took no chances.  In the original 1877 production, if that number were in that production, she would have been wearing both!  Tutus in those days were only just coming out of the era when "precautionary drawers" were de rigeur.  To make them "harem pants" would have been no great difficulty.

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Could somepne please tell me what this balett it´s about?

I´ve rent it on dvd and i can´t find any information on what´s it about?

Hi, I wonder if someone please can tell me what an artistic director is?

And what do they do?

The Royal Danish Ballet takes the celebration of Bournonville to Sweden and make a special perfomance in Malmö, 22 Oct 2005.

The perfomance includes parts from: Napoli, La Sylphide, The Flower Festival in Genzano, Le Conservatorie, and also from Balanchine´s Apollo.

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nice do you know where in Malmö it was held?

Hello, Could somebody please tell me if they show ballets in the new opera house in Denmark?

I don´t know if they do that and i´m planning to see a showround but i don´t know what´s the diffrents between see a showround on the opera house and see a showround on the old stage? Could someone please explain if it´s the same thing or diffrent?

I foun this site (in Danish  ) that might help with the plot.

Description It is however from a play so the ballet might be different.

"Peer Gynt is a young man with three faults: he lies, brags and dreams in other words: he lacks connection with reality.

The play is about his life. About how he goes from one adventure to another and how he lies and runs away from resposibility and also about how he is fooled by others.

When he as a 70 year old comes back home and finds out that he has spent his life badly it is Solveig's love and faithfulness that saves him."

But yeah, if you have to buy flight tickets, hotel and a theatre ticket... If you want classical ballet, based on the only two ballets I've seen of Neumeier (The little Mermaid and Romeo & Juliet) I wouldn't advice you to go. I was bored to death (I like romantic and classical ballets)! So your decision to save up the money sounds wise. Wait for La Bayadère instead 

(Which is cheapest for you? To go to Stockhom or Copenhagen? Generally, I think the Royal Danish is considered a "better" company than the Royal Swedish...)

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I also think that the danish company is better i´d record their balett Bournonville that was shown on Dr1 last week it was beautiful

Honestly, i don´t know what this balett´s about i know it´s about Peer and Solvieg, but i think i´ll save some money and see something else more classical

Rosie, if you don't know what modern dance is or have never seen Neumeier I think you should see it. Just to see if you like it or not. There is no way of anybody to tell you what you would like or dislike. Otherwise it would be just like that story I was told as a child: A little horse was afraid of crossing a river: he asked a cow if it is deep, then she replied no. Then he asked a squirrel who of course said it was deep. He found out that the only way to know was to try it himself

Just take any chance to see dance, then you will eventually find out what your taste in dance is and what choreographers you like or dislike, regardless of the label people put on the style (classical, neoclassical, modern, street, funk et cetera) :party-smiley-017:

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But what shell i say to my mom, to see balett is Stockholm i would have to order a hotell then a flight that would cost a lot of money i don´t know if she would let me go But i´ll ask her.

I´m afraid i´d miss the muppet show when rudolf apperad in it 

You can watch Miss Piggy and Mr Nureyev here

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Dr. Coppelius!!!

The show has very hillarius

Here are a couple of LINKS to Jon Neumeier (Hamburg Ballet), both of which refer to his version of Peer Gynt.

http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/neumeier.htm

http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_03/ju...ew_neumeier.htm

I remember seeing part of an old video (rather poor video and sound quality) of a version of Peer Gynt (not Neumeier's) danced by the ballet of the Slovak National Theater.  But a quick search on Google did not turn it up, though there is a reference on the Lanterna Magika site.

I remember it as being more modern than anything else, and having rather amateurish decor and costumes.  I don't know whether this told the complete story.  The part I saw involveld, as far as I can remember, Anitra's Dance.

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do you recommend me to see it?

I don´t know if i want to see it or not

I always thought it was pronounced NYU-reyev. Kind of like VISHneva.

But the first place to find out about Nureyev is through videos! Luckily, there are lots of them.

Romeo and Juliet with Margot Fonteyn is probably the most essential video, but there are lots. His graduation video with Alla Sizova can now be seen in its entirety on 'Glory of the Kirov.' 'An Evening with the Royal Ballet' features him in Les Sylphides and Le Corsaire. On VAI there's his Bell Telephone Hour performances, juxtaposed with Erik Bruhn's Bell Telephone Hour performances. Some good stuff on that video, including a pdd with the criminally under-recorded Svetlana Beriosova.

I hesitate to recommend his Swan Lake, as it's an odd production, and it's not Fonteyn's finest hour. There's a documentary with Patricia Foy, which is nice if a tad fluffy. I haven't seen his Giselle with Carla Fracci, but there's his Giselle with Lynn Seymour, and his Albrecht is truly peerless. 'Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership' just came out on dvd -- well worth watching, if only for the rehearsal footage. Just watching Margot's smile when she mentions their partnership is magical. The Dancer's Dream series about his productions at the POB don't feature a lot of Nureyev, but his presence is certainly felt. There's a Cinderella from the POB with a very young Sylvie Guillem in which Nureyev is the 'Fairy Godmother.' He's pretty funny. There's a Sleeping Beauty with Victoria Tennant that I've never seen.

But ... and this is a huge but ... my FAVORITE Nureyev on video has to be his appearance on The Muppets Show, especially his "pdd" with Miss Piggy. Priceless.

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I´m afraid i´d miss the muppet show when rudolf apperad in it

I don´t know why but i feel sorry for him, i just don´t think it´s fair that he died in the way he died. Why did he have to die

he was a legend the world´s greatest dancer

Hope that he is dancing in heaven togheter with other dancers

I have signed up to rent the documentary by Patricia Foy i can´t wait to see it

Can someone pls tell me where i can find the original costumes and stage design of The Nutcracker?

[i have a feeling I'm the "friend" being referred to here 

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Maybe you are . Do you write on a swedish website called Dansportalen?!

Hi, I wonder if someone knows some good sites about Rudolf Nureyev?

I would be thankfull if someone knows how to pronounce is last name.

in advance

Thanks, Rosie -- The Nutcracker performance sounds terrific.  How was the general atmosphere at the performance?  Was the theater full? Were there many families attending?  Does the Nutcracker audience get dressed up in fancy clothes?  Sorry for all the questions but I've never been to Denmark.

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Ok, The atomsphere was great when the balett did end the applause wouldn´t end

especially when it came to Sebastian and Nathalie the theatre was full there were a lot of older people but also familys. A friend of mine was also on the nutcracker but not the same day as i she told me that when she was there the thearte was filled with children and their familys there was also Queen Margrethe with her nephews.

When i saw it there was a girl in the audience who was dressed in a ball dress, the rest i think had dresses and fancy clothes but not as fancy as ball dresses. The scene was to HOT i don´t know why but i think that it was beacause of the scene and the chairs was pretty near each other.

The show has set in Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall not in the Royal Danish Ballet.

Hi, I have seen the Nutcracker in Tivoli Copenhagen and i thougth to give you a review of it. First of all i couldn´t sleep or eat for three days beacause i was very exited :hyper: this was my first balett and i did´t know what to expect.

The balett was a blast the scenografi was beautiful made by Mikael Melbye he made a really good job especially with the snowballs. I loved the costumes, the mice were very amusing, The whole esemble was in my eyes very enthusiastic. The guestdancers who danced as the Prince and Clara was Sebastian Michanek and Nathaile Nordquist, was great they had a pas de deux and had each a little solo dance, but i must say i was very impressed of Sebastian´s lifts and piruetts

I did have a wonderful time watching this balett in the end beacause i liked it that much and i didn´t want it to end

When i did wacth the balett i had a special feeling this feeling i think is when you watch a balett live, it´s such a difirent feeling from the one that you have when you watch a balett on dvd.

However if can´t say a bad word for this balett i will never forget it

i want to see all the ballets in the new operahouse...

as for sacre, "there can be only one"  ;-) and for me its bejart's, but there is not enough men in rdb to do it, unfortunately.

but again it would be wonderful to see everything in the new operahouse, one should never be afraid of changes. and should the rdb dance bournonville in paris, london, moscow, new york or the new operahouse, bournonville stays bournonville and we as an audience are seated much better!

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I would like to see a midsummers night dream,Onegin,sleeping beauty and Burnonville

Did Yao Wei make her debut in this last week, as announced? If so, how did she get on?

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Does anyone know when this balett will be put up?

Rosie, check out Dale Brauner's review of Pennsylvania Ballet's production in Dance View Times.  Dale summarizes the plot and gives a little history of the ballet.

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Thank you carbro the links

Have u seen the balett?

There are at least two Swan Lake DVD's with Kirov

http://ginza.se/Product/Product.aspx?ItemId=126328

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005NGA...&v=glance&n=130

I really love the first one from 1968 with Yelena Yevteyeva as Odette/Odile, it's a studio production, but be aware that the sound quality is not the best.

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Thanks for letting me know that:)

Speaking of the Swan lake have u seen the Swan lake where Nathalie dances Odette/Odile and Andres Nordström like the prince Siegfried?

Hello, I wonder if anyone knows what the balett La Fille mal gardee

is about?

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My favorite past productions were the ones I grew up with, Ashton’s for the RB (I loved his first act waltz) and Blair’s for ABT. I would love to see a plain vanilla traditional Swan Lake. Does anyone know what the one the Perm ballet is bringing to NJPAC & Princeton is like?

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nysusan,

I think we grew up on the same two Swan Lakes. The Ashton one for Royal Ballet and the Blair for ABT were the ones I came to know the ballet by.

Your question on the Perm version is interesting.

This is not an answer because much can change in 13 years, but if you click on the Amazon link and search Swan Lake Perm, you will see the VHS with Nina Ananiashvili from a 1992 Perm performance.

I have this, haven't looked at it in a long time, but remember it being being similar to other Russian/Soviet versions. (these are not pluses for me)

But I do remember some very nice work from the corps, which surprised me, then I did a little research and found that Perm is a major ballet company, maybe 3 rd after Maryinsky and Bolshoi in Russia, or rather the former USSR.

I also remember Nina's very fast fouettes in Act 3.

Richard

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I think Bolshoi´s Swan lake from 1989 with Alla Mikhalchenko and Yuri Vasyuchenko is great! But i´m sure Kirov Swan lake is great too. When i did look for the Swan lake on dvd i couldn´t find Kirovs but if they did had Kirovs Swan lake i would buy it.

I'm glad Dansuer85 brought up "Alice in Wonderland," because I would choose David Del Tredici for the music.  I loved his music for "Alice," and I think if he did "Snow White," it wouldn't be too sugery.

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Alice in Wonderland has a balett sounds great :blush:

to bad i can´t see it but when it will be put up in Sweden or Denmark i would love to see it

I saw Ben Stevenson's version danced by Houston Ballet many years ago at City Center and liked it. Sorry that I can't go into detail but it was a pleasing experience.

There is also a version by modern dancer Jamey Hampton.

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They are going to put it up in the Swedish Royal ballet, i want to see it but i´m not sure i will understand what it ´s about. I have red a children´s book about Peer Gynt and i liked the story. The people i have spoken to say that they have made a modern verison of it but they still got Peer and Solveig romance.

But I don´t know what modern dance is:(

the ballet is Choreographead by John Neumeier freely after Henrik Ibsen