macnellie Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I have seen the first episode with beautiful dancing by kristina Shapran and olga smirnova among many others and bits of the contest on you tube. Diana V. Is one of the judges. Would love to have more information about this. Thanks, Judith Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 First I've heard of such a thing. Where did you see it, judith? What did they dance? How many contestants? Were they equally talented/accomplished in your view? Should we all be watching it? WHere? Link to comment
amiaow Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 It's a Russian TV show- like a 'Dancing with the Stars' for professional dancers Has dancers from Bolshoi, Mariinsky, Stanislavsky, Perm, and I can't remember where else and Diana Vishneva is one of the judges. The last I heard, Shapran was leading. The first episode is on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAflZZDHe24&feature=my_watch_later_videos&list=WL65F501B40DDC2D5F .It's 2 hours so get your cup of tea and settle in! Link to comment
nicolezly Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 She is still leading. Here is the link to the stats count on the official website: http://tvkultura.ru/vote/answer/vote_id/1/brand_id/22545 More is coming on youtube. I wish people could tell me what the judges are saying... Link to comment
macnellie Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 Me too! Is episode four coming up? Is it you I must thank with all my heart for posting these episodes on youtube?! If so, thank you!! Link to comment
nicolezly Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Episode 4 is up but it includes 3 pieces of copyrighted music, so it is banned in US.. including Olga Smirnova and Anna Tikhomirova's dancing. I don't know why that is a big deal, so soon ballet would be illegal because of Tchaikovsky and Minkus? Ridiculous. I don't know if I should take out those three pieces and upload a "condensed" version... Link to comment
trieste Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I am desperate to see Shapran and/or Polunin! Link to comment
trieste Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Ugh, just saw Shapran and Polunin's segment. That was some of the worst choreography I've suffered through. What a pretentious list of contemporary dance cliches ('robotic' movement! big extensions! overparterning! pointless pointes!) -- not even these two could save this work -- it was more like the cheese seen on So You Think You Can Dance (no offense, fans of this show) than any serious balletic choreography. Dumbed down Macgregor/Forsythe pastiche. The little clip of rehearsal footage was nice to watch though. Disappointing, considering the choreographic choices for this show have been mostly good, and at the least interesting. Link to comment
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