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Masked attacker throws acid at face of Bolshoi Theater’s artistic director, RT 18 January, 2013 Filin had received threats from anonymous callers before, Novikova explained to Channel One: “We never imagined that a war for roles – not for real estate or for oil – could reach this level of crime.” Bolshoi general director Anatoly Iksanov said he believed the attack was linked to Filin's work at the theater. “He is a man of principle and never compromised,” Iksanov said. “If he believed that this or that dancer was not ready or was unable to perform this or that part, he would turn them down.” Vladimir Urin, the general director of the Moscow Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater, called the assault on Filin “an attack on Bolshoi Theater beyond any boundaries.” Urin stressed that Filin has been the Bolshoi’s artistic director for three years, and “you could always discuss any problem with him, reaching a compromise decision.” http://rt.com/news/b...cid-attack-255/

"Sergei Filin may be as much a victim of Bolshoi ballet politics as acid attack" by Judith Mackrell, The Guardian, 18 January 2013 http://www.guardian....p=ILCMUSTXT9383

I wish I could see this Trailer for Meryl Tankard's Cinderella: From interview: MERYL TANKARD: IF THE GLASS SLIPPER FITS, WEAR IT! by Maeshelle West-Davies "Since I am quite used to spending a lot of my time on long trips to and from Australia, I decided to use this experience in Cinderella. The story begins in an airport with Cinderella, and the very 'glamorous!' sisters, travelling to an exotic location for a huge party hosted by a wealthy prince. A lot of the scenes will be in 'hotel rooms' and the garden scene has been influenced by Sydney's beautiful botanical gardens." http://www.leipzig-z...e=home#textlink

A brief discussion of dangers in the theatre for dancers, actors, singers and others. The Leonard Lopate Show Wednesday, January 02, 2013 http://www.wnyc.org/...theater-safety/ Chemist and industrial hygienist Monona Rossol talks about theater safety. She's the author of Pick Your Poison: How Our Mad Dash to Chemical Utopia is Making Lab Rats of Us All.

Anyone can edit pages -- it is a communal effort -- so what you put up may get changed. If you edit without creating a login your ip address will show on the history of edits page so creating a login is better. If you look at any wikipedia page there is an edit tab at the top and that is where you go to edit. There is also a history tab where you can see by comparing pages the changes that have been made and who has made them (by their login name). And there is a talk tab where you can see what needs to be fixed up on the page. Wikipedia is very keen on citing statements in the text with footnotes. "One of the key policies of Wikipedia is that all article content has to be verifiable. This means that a reliable source must be able to support the material. All quotations and any material whose verifiability has been challenged or is likely to be challenged must include an inline citation of a source that directly supports the material." Here is an introduction page to help volunteer editors to get started. http://en.wikipedia....Getting_started Edited: Forgot to say you can preview what you do before you publish it (save it) and also there is a "sand box" on your user page where you can have a play to see if you understand the formatting rules correctly.

I just discovered this page on wikipedia where it looks like people sign up to work on pages in a more formal way than just going in and editing them. Wikipedia:WikiProject Ballet/Article improvement http://en.wikipedia....cle_improvement

It looks like this is published in a new journal which may be one of the reasons it seems to be more difficult than I expected to access the article. Gregory Sporton has also written two articles: "Power as Nostalgia: the Bolshoi Ballet in the New Russia" and "The Ballet called 'Siegfried': the enigmatic Prince of Swan Lake". Sporton is an ex-dancer -- from his website... "1985-1994 Professional dance career performing with companies and in independent projects across a large variety of forms and contexts. Work included spells with English National Opera, Nexus Dance Company, Human Veins Dance Theatre, Het Muziektheater, Opera Restor’d, Small Axe Dance Company and more" https://drg.backpack...7068#previously

The conservative revolution: the Bolshoi archives Author: Sporton, Gregory Source: Scene, Volume 1, Number 1, 15 December 2012 , pp. 85-98(14) Abstract: One of the great cultural mysteries of the twentieth century is how a radical new form of government would come to be represented in cultural terms by an art form so associated with its conservative predecessor. From Imperial Russia to the Soviet Union, ballet managed to survive a transition that was both creative and political. In this essay the reinvention of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow from Tsarist to Bolshevik is discovered through the archive materials of the Bolshoi itself. What were the dynamics that encouraged experimentation that of itself was then defined as failure precisely because of its experimental nature? What was the formula that enabled the Bolshoi to represent the Soviet Union despite its representation of an aristocratic past that the Revolution had swept away? In a society where everything is politicized, how does ballet contribute to the polity? From the threat of closure in the new regime's first days, through radical attempts to depict the proletariat in ballet action, to the descent into the creative stasis of socialist realism, we trace the path of ballet in the early Soviet period and its struggle to reform itself and represent the new society around it. http://www.ingentaco...000001/art00006

Thanks RG. I had assumed they were the same. The new dvd (2012) is: Opus Arte: OA1087D Highlights from: Coppélia, Giselle, La fille mal gardée, Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake, Sylvia The Firebird, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Divertissements Romeo & Juliet Act 1 Dance of the Knights Voices of Spring pas de deux The Sleeping Beauty Rose Adagio The FirebirdFirebird's Dance La fille mal gardée Act 2 - Fanny Elssler pas de deux La fille mal gardée Act 2 - Clog Dance GiselleAct 2 - Grand pas de deux Romeo & Juliet Act 2 - Balcony Scene Sylvia Act 3 - Pas de deux (Andante) Swan Lake Act 2 - Dance of the Cygnets Coppélia - Swanilda impersonates Coppelia The Nutcracker Act 2 - Grand pas de deux (includes Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) Swan Lake Act 4 - Finale (Pas de trois) Ballet principals include: Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Lauren Cuthbertson and Marianela Nunez

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Promoting a new talk show, Parkinson: Masterclass, which starts on Sky Arts next month: “This new show is interesting and unusual, in that the guests are all at the top of their profession and are explaining why and how they achieved their level of expertise,” he says. The line-up is certainly impressive: international concert pianist Lang Lang, war photographer Don McCullin, jazz artist Jamie Cullum, ballet dancer Carlos Acosta, author Michael Morpurgo and portraitist Jonathan Yeo. Sir Michael Parkinson: why am I still doing this at 77...? by Judith Woods, The Telegraph, 23 October 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9349296/Sir-Michael-Parkinson-why-am-I-still-doing-this-at-77....html

Trying to find out more about her 1957 version of Coppelia I found this thesis which may interest you. MARGARET DALE, ADAPTING THE STAGE TO THE SCREEN: AESTHETIC, APPROPRIATION, AND INTIMACY IN BALLET PROGRAMMING FOR POST-WAR BBC TELEVISION by Jessica Margaret Escue http://digital.libra...es_d/thesis.pdf

Yes, There is a PAL dvd. Not sure about NTSC. The Legend About Love Maria Bylova, Alla Mihailchenko, Irek Mukhamedov, Gediminas Taranda

Is there a difference between the Bolshoi and Mariinsky productions?

Perhaps The Crown Ballet from Moscow is this company? "Moscow Ballet. The Crown of Russian Ballet." http://www.moscowballet.ru/index.php?lang=en&id=79

Festival de las Flores en Genzano: Henriette Muss-Johan Kobborg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI93CtcHGP8&feature=youtu.be

Book Review: Ninette de Valois: Adventurous Traditionalist By Jane Simpson, DanceTabs, August 17, 2012 http://www.dancetabs...traditionalist/

Alina just can't say no by Valerie Lawson Financial Review, 18 August 2012 http://www.afr.com/p/national/arts/saleroom/alina/justcan_say_no_0L4JWfClOxJ2nQkwevwyOP "A ballerina at the peak of her career is blessed with many rewards, but there is one thing she can't conjure up at will – a choreographer who wants to make ballets especially for her. This was the missing link in the career of Alina Cojocaru, one of the world's most acclaimed ballerinas. But then she discovered John Neumeier, the artistic director and choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet. Two years ago, Cojocaru became his muse."

COVER STORY: SERGEI POLUNIN What makes ballet’s rebel run, by Julie Kavanagh Magazine: The Economist's Intelligent Life September/October 2012 edited to add direct link to article http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/arts/dancers-demons

Dance for the Camera: The Reunion "Artist film-maker, Jayne Parker’s collaboration with choreographer Ian Spink of Second Stride fame is an elegeic and deceptively simple film, shot in an empty theatre. Featuring Lynn Seymour, one of the greatest and most expressive ballerinas of the 60s and 70s, the film reunites her with Donald Macleary her ballet partner of 30 years earlier. Their careers went in separate directions and the narrative echoes the formative moment of their meeting and the subsequent long absence." http://thespace.org/items/e00000tc

Monica Mason retires from the Royal Ballet: a lovely woman hiding an ugly (open) secret by Judith Flanders 3 August 2012 http://www.judithflanders.co.uk/monica-mason-retires-from-the-royal-ballet-a-lovely-woman-hiding-an-ugly-open-secret/

"Turning into Tatiana" by Evan McKie Dance Magazine August 2012 http://national.ballet.ca/uploadedFiles/MediaReleases/Media_Coverage/DanceMagazine_TurningIntoTatiana_August2012.pdf

The next steps by Dalya Alberge The Financial Times July 28, 2012 Darcey Bussell, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet, talks about her new role http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/418a2ead26711e1ab/00144feabdc0.html#axzz21xQHnc00

Bolshoi hero Maris Liepa lives on. [audio] "Alice Lagnado asked the Guardian’s dance critic Judith Mackrell why Liepa’s legacy lives on." The Voice of Russia, Jul 27, 2012 http://ruvr.co.uk/2012_07_27/83005925/

My First Ballet Collection was released in 2009 but I just came across it by chance at my public library and thought others might be interested. All the performances come from Opus Arte dvds of the full performances. It would be a nice present for someone who is starting to get interested in ballet (in spite of the cover which is very pink and little girlish). http://www.opusarte....collection.html The dances are taken from: Sleeping Beauty - Cojocaru, Bonelli - Royal Ballet Swan Lake - Nunez, Soares - Royal Ballet Nutcracker - Damian Smith, Elizabeth Powell, Davit Karapetyan - San Francisco Ballet La Fille mal gardee - Nunez, Acosta - Royal Ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream - Patricia Barker, Paul Gibson - Pacific Northwest Ballet Nutcracker - Dowell, Cojocaru, Putrov - Royal Ballet Giselle - Cojocaru, Kobborg - Royal Ballet Sylvia - Bussell, Bolle - Royal Ballet Cinderella - Letestu, Martinez - Paris Opera Ballet Coppelia - Benjamin, Acosta - Royal Ballet Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty Valse Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Entrance of the Swans Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Battle of the Toys and Mice Hérold La Fille mal gardée The Fanny Elssler pas de deux Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Madame du Cirque and the Dancing Bear Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Chinese Dance Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Oberon's Kingdom Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Hérold La Fille mal gardée Picnic Adam Giselle Retour des vendangeurs et valse Hérold La Fille mal gardée Dance of the cock and hens Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Russian Dance Delibes Sylvia Pas des esclaves Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Dance of the Mirlitons Prokofiev Cinderella Cinderella Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Waltz of the Snowflakes Prokofiev Cinderella Duet of the Prince and Cinderella Delibes Coppélia Bringing Coppélia to life Hérold La Fille mal gardée Clog dance Delibes Sylvia Pizzicati Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty Act 1 Finale Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Cygnets’ Dance Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Waltz of the Flowers Delibes Sylvia Les Chasseresses Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Epilogue Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Pas de trois – Odette, Siegfried, Von Rothbart