11 hours ago, volcanohunter said:

The Hamburg Ballet is streaming John Neumeier's Illusions - like Swan Lake, which recasts the ballet as the story of Ludwig II of Bavaria (contemporary of Tchaikovsky, swan fixation, closeted homosexual, death by drowning) and includes a much earlier redaction of the lakeside scene, staged by Alexandra Danilova, which includes huntsmen, Odette's mime, less familiar corps formations and the adage as a pas de trois. Plus the Black Swan pd2. Online for 48 hours.

https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/news/video_on_demand.php

Filmed in 2001, with Jiří Bubeníček, Carsten Jung, Elizabeth Loscavio, Alexandre Riabko, Silvia Azzoni, Anna Polikarpova, Anna Grabka and Lloyd Riggins.

Does anyone know what is the music at 2 hour 07 minutes?

Edited to add:  I have found it. It's from Hamlet Incidental Music. Andante non troppo 

Balanchine Ballets by Perm Opera Ballet Theater coming up at 10AM

tomorrow Sleeping Beauty

4 hours ago, eduardo said:

 the gentleman in the Emeralds pas de trois.

Dmitrii Vyskubenko played the main character in the Russian movie My Dad is Baryshnikov in 2010.

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Ben Huys staging Emeralds

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I am trying to buy tickets. Website freeze when I check out. The page just showing this every time: Please wait while we process your order

anyone got thru?

13 hours ago, cobweb said:

I would like to hear reports on Laracey’s debut also. 

She was nervous. Her face looked very tense with raised eyebrows the whole time

In tonight's Stravinsky Violin Concerto, violinist Cyrus Beroukhim is amazing.  Beautiful  sound.

Thanks.

NYCB rarely hires non-SAB dancers, I wonder how he was 'discovered' by Martins (or Robbins).

I hope NYCB website can add the dates in alumni page

https://www.nycballet.com/Explore/Our-History/NYCB-Alumni.aspx

He passed away a few months ago

https://konopkafuneralhome.com/tribute/details/200/Runsheng-Ying/obituary.html

He was the only China-trained NYCB dancer. I saw him dancing in Beijing in the 1980s.

Anyone remember his dancing in NYCB? I wonder how he got in NYCB and how long he stayed. He was mentioned in this review

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/30/arts/dance-the-city-ballet-in-a-pair-set-to-gounod.html

1 hour ago, NinaFan said:

DeLuz retirement -  It's so difficult to make out the faces.  My husband I thought that the guy who came out at 4:10 (after the Interim team) was Chris Wheeldon.   That's the same person who has also been identified as Robbie Fairchild and Carlos Lopez.  So take your pick, it's bound to be one of them!

I know Carlos and I sat at Row C. They are best friends since ballet school days in Spain 

3 hours ago, canbelto said:

Then Robbie Fairchild came out.

I don't think that is Robbie. The one immediately after Interim Team is Carlos Lopez of ABT

A short feature on Australian ABC TV

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/meet-alec-knight,-the-first-australian-male-to/10283428

12 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

 I’d love to know if the tougher pdd was performed by the matinee cast 

No

The orchestra was amplified for Peter Walker piece.  Very uncomfortable for audiences seating near the loudspeakers. Hope this is not setting up a bad trend.

2 hours ago, cobweb said:

 

 A small detail that made a big impact is when the the woman and two men enter, explode with energy around the stage, then come to a halt stage right, and the woman takes the hand of one man, then puts her hand down on the other guy's hand - hope I'm describing this moment so it can be recognized - Lowery gave that second hand lowering just the right timing and gesture to dramatically punctuate the music, giving me a thrilling jolt. LeCrone fudged it so it wasn't a moment you'd even notice. 

 

I noticed that too

Young Korean dancers were very impressive. Soo Bin Lee was outstanding in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.

One more show tomorrow night

free performances on 11th and 12th

http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/9210/Dance/rising-stars-of-korea-gala

I'm not really an Ashley Isaacs fan, either -- she has a habit of scrunching up her shoulders and looking like she has no neck. Her Choleric was disappointing -- first, I don't like short girls in that role (even the amazing Ashley Bouder). Not only do they not stand out from the rest of the dancers, but the part where the guys have to duck under their arabesque is just awkward with a shorter girl. Ask la Cour had to really try hard to scrunch down to get under Isaacs's leg, and he still managed to bang his arm into it. I understand if it was her debut but to me it just destroys the effect when the dancer has to put her hand down on the stage to steady herself -- not once, but twice -- on that whirlwind Choleric entrance. Tess was amazing as Choleric on Saturday -- AND she has the most breathtaking, flying gargouillades across the stage I've ever seen in that role. (Isaacs barely did them).

totally agree

Tess was even better on Friday

Luke Jennings has one of the best commentaries on the whole affair in the Observer. I can't get the link to work but this quote from Millepied caught my eye:

here is the link for Luke Jennings article

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/feb/07/benjamin-millepied-paris-opera-ballet-director-resignation-black-swan-interview

just saw this, wonder if it's true

http://www.france24.com/en/20160203-millepied-quit-paris-ballet-reports

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