Natalia Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Oh those lucky Russian balletomanes with access to the national KULTURA channel! Tomorrow (Wed., March 9 - 18:30 Moscow time), in honor of the great Mariinsky ballerina Tamara Karsavina's 120th birthday anniversary, KULTURA will present a one-hour documentary special, "Fantasy on a Theme." Among other things, the program will include a visit with Karsavina-memorabilia collection of Alfred Eberling and a discussion among experts on the similarities (or differences) between Karsavina and present-day ballerinas, particularly Daria Pavlenko. http://www.tvkultura.ru/issue.html?id=21077 Why can't they offer these sorts of programs on American TV? (sigh) Link to comment
carbro Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Why can't they offer these sorts of programs on American TV? (sigh)<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh, they can. They just don't. Link to comment
DancingGiselle Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Grrrr, I missed this on TV last night -- and for what I thought was a good reason. I was at the Mariinsky and had the "pleasure" (note sarcasm) of spending three hours watching Alexei Ratmansky's version of "Zolushka" (Cinderella). I found the performance rather dull and uninspired -- I'm sure I would have had a better night had I spent it at home in front of the TV. Link to comment
Natalia Posted March 10, 2005 Author Share Posted March 10, 2005 DancingGiselle - You are not alone. 'Zolushka' is the nadir...the all-time-low point of Mariinsky Ballet history, IMO. The 'Ugly Stepmother' of either Makhalina or Nioradze is worth a peek, though....for comic relief's sake! Sorry that you missed Karsavina. Link to comment
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