Mashinka
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Long time ballet fan and former modern dance administrator
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Criticizing the war lands you in jail for 15 years in Russia, somewhere in the region of 300,000 mostly young people have fled Russia since the war began and not just draft dodgers. I personally know a dancer who for many years was posting anti Putin views on social media, before the war he had ambitions to go into opposition politics. He has now moved to Germany. Many dancers have family commitments that mean they can't even consider leaving, others are enthusiastic supporters of the war and Putin's regime. Poor Smirnova, in February she danced in London in one of Ivan Putrov's Ukrainian fundraisers. She deserves credit for her beliefs and certainly should never have been denied a US entry visa.
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Mashinka replied to On Pointe's topic in Other Performing & Fine Arts: Performances, Exhibits, Films, and Events
Interesting article about Carey Mulligan in the film https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68216440 -
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Mashinka replied to On Pointe's topic in Other Performing & Fine Arts: Performances, Exhibits, Films, and Events
The film's title defeated an ITN newsreader who pronounced it as May Estro. Such bloopers are becoming increasingly common in Britain. -
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Mashinka replied to On Pointe's topic in Other Performing & Fine Arts: Performances, Exhibits, Films, and Events
I saw this film with a couple of friends and we loved it. It is very much about his private life, but there is a great deal of his music all the way through. Bernstein did a lot of work for BBC TV, not just conducting but interviews and lectures too. I must have seen some way back in the 60's but so great was Bernstein's personality and enthusiasm that I still remember them vividly. Superb acting, I hope some sort of award might be in the offing. -
I wish the Royal Ballet would bring it back, but the management and Kobborg apparently fell out big time. In the meantime what do we get? More bloody Manons.
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Much of the scaling down is to do with security concerns. Unfortunately London is a hot spot for terrorism and the police don't have the resources to deal with the kind of celebrations that took place in 1953. The cost is estimated at a mere 100 million pounds, a piddling amount compared to the welfare state, but the net income from tourism etc. will cover that cost.
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The practice started during lockdown and the Rome Opera weren't handing out cast sheets either in 2021, but their is no excuse now.
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It all seems greatly removed from Britten's Gloriana created for the last coronation.