Plisskin Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Gorguous. Lilac Fairy. (I'm wondering how she is going to dance in this. Or maybe Lilac is a character dance role?) Prince Desire Link to comment
sandik Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I've worked with notation (primarily Labanotation) for years, and I'm just thrilled to see people really mining the Stepanov materials. I've liked a great deal of what I've seen of Ratmansky's choreography, and look forward to seeing more, but this commitment to the historic record really warms my heart. The historic record at a dropping off point from the years the notations were made and as much supplemental information in them and from other sources about the way different things were changed. Had Balanchine lobbed the beginning and end off of "Apollo" after the 1920's, we might only have photos and review descriptions of the work, instead of several filmed versions and enough people who've staged and dance the longer version to have passed it on (and continue to stage the alternate version). Then there is the issue of style, as the notated steps are fit to bodies that look quite different than today's dancers and their current strengths. Sigh. Oh, don't sigh -- these are the juicy topics! Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Lilac Fairy. (I'm wondering how she is going to dance in this. Or maybe Lilac is a character dance role?) Even if this production has the Lilac Fairy dance the sixth fairy variation in the prologue, it's basically a mime role from Act 1 onward. Link to comment
ABT Fan Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 There is another Lilac Fairy dress (tutu) shown in an earlier post here just as there are longer more formal outfits for the leads. Link to comment
Helene Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Wasn't the Lilac Fairy in the Mariinsky reconstruction in a long dress, like Carabosse, in some acts, but in a long tutu in the others? Link to comment
sandik Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 In Ratmansky's Don Quixote, Mercedes dances on pointe and in a standard tutu in the first act, and then switches to character shoes and a longer skirt in the last act. That seems like a common practice for Petipa. Link to comment
Helene Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 ABT has posted some lovely costume, wigs, and shoe photos to Instagram:https://instagram.com/p/zvqNu4SJf0/?modal=truehttps://instagram.com/p/zlL5yiSJap/?modal=truehttps://instagram.com/p/zA_RPPyJc6/?modal=true(Valour, Canary, Sincerity) These were the old ones.A gorgeous photo of Vishneva and Gomes:https://instagram.com/p/zvR9QSyJZS/?modal=true Link to comment
mussel Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 ABT also posted the old costumes with a mischievous Disney hashtag: https://instagram.com/p/zA_RPPyJc6/?modal=true Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 These were the old ones. Yeah, those weren't so nice. I wonder how they'd do at an ABT garage sale. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I am sorry to see that so many tickets for the Segerstrom run remain unsold. Am I correct in thinking that Balcony seats are not on sale for the weeknight performances? We ballet nuts may be dying to see the production, but filling 3,000 seats in the Southland is a tall order. Hoping great reviews will give the box office a boost. Link to comment
mussel Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hudson interview re costume design for the new Beauty: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/costumes-652786-bakst-production.html Another new Beauty article: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/beauty-652775-sleeping-ratmansky.html Link to comment
ksk04 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I am sorry to see that so many tickets for the Segerstrom run remain unsold. Am I correct in thinking that Balcony seats are not on sale for the weeknight performances? We ballet nuts may be dying to see the production, but filling 3,000 seats in the Southland is a tall order. Hoping great reviews will give the box office a boost. The balcony (the highest level, ex-Tier 3) hasn't been put on sale for dance performances all this season, I think. So there's only three levels open (orchestra, orchestra terrace, and loge--or whatever they recently renamed them). I am a bit surprised given the article that says 60 local dance students are performing in the production--I thought that would certainly fill the seats. It's one of those sad, self-fulfilling prophecies: you reduce the dance offerings because the "whole house" doesn't sell out, and then people don't want to come to your reduced offerings because they aren't seeing enough dance to get properly excited about it (and the crappy Ardani productions have certainly put off a lot of casual viewers, I'm sure). Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 The balcony (the highest level, ex-Tier 3) hasn't been put on sale for dance performances all this season, I think. In that case I'll take it as a positive sign that Balcony tickets were put on sale for the weekend performances and that they have just been made available for Friday evening. Link to comment
abatt Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 This new production is going to be presented at the Kennedy Center in Jan 2016, per KC's press release today re next season's offerings. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Beauty (Jan 27-31) will follow right on the heels of the National Ballet of Canada's Winter's Tale (Jan 19-24), just as New York City Ballet (Mar 1-6) will move in right after the Mariinsky's Raymonda (Feb 23-28). This sort of scheduling could attract the potential ballet tourist. http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/ Link to comment
abatt Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Actually, I was thinking the dates of these programs might have the opposite effect- ballet fatigue from too many performances programmed during the same time period. I'm not sure how much of the KC audience is made up of subscribers and local residents, but I think people may prefer to have their ballet performances more spread out over the course of the year. Also surprised that the KC has shoved so many of the ballet companies into slots in the dead of winter. I know DC winters may not be as brutal as other cities in the Northeast, but still... Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I think you're right about the locals. My impression about buying single tickets to the KC (because I live 2,000 miles away) is that subscribers make up the lion's share of the audience. I'll go online the morning single tickets become available to members and find that much of the house is already sold to subscribers. But as a ballet tourist I know that I'm unlikely to travel unless there's a very attractive confluence of events. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Probably not. I don't think ABT or La Scala's ballet company has ever done such a thing. La Scala's opening night is usually streamed, but with geographical restrictions, and that's always an opera. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Perhaps you could pay a visit to Milan! Lord knows the city is expensive, but at least you wouldn't have to cross the Atlantic. You could see L'elisir d'amore or Falstaff while you're at it. http://www.teatroallascala.org/en/season/opera-ballet/2014-2015/sleeping-beauty.html Link to comment
Kaysta Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Beauty (Jan 27-31) will follow right on the heels of the National Ballet of Canada's Winter's Tale (Jan 19-24), just as New York City Ballet (Mar 1-6) will move in right after the Mariinsky's Raymonda (Feb 23-28). This sort of scheduling could attract the potential ballet tourist. http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/ For once I am glad I live in Philly and not NYC. Will definitely be attending all four of those! I am dying to see A Winter's Tale. It really is a shame that ABT doesn't videotape more often. When was the last time they put out a DVD? Gillian Murphy had a picture of the Le Corsaire and The Dream DVDs on her instagram, but those were a long time ago. Is that the last time ABT videotaped anything? As another stupid winter storm is heading towards me, I am so so jealous of the folks who get to see SB tonight in warm sunny California. I really hope it's as awesome as it looks. Link to comment
kbarber Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Actually, I was thinking the dates of these programs might have the opposite effect- ballet fatigue from too many performances programmed during the same time period. I'm not sure how much of the KC audience is made up of subscribers and local residents, but I think people may prefer to have their ballet performances more spread out over the course of the year. Also surprised that the KC has shoved so many of the ballet companies into slots in the dead of winter. I know DC winters may not be as brutal as other cities in the Northeast, but still... Well presumably it wasn't necessarily "shoving" in all cases, but accommodating them when they're available and not dancing back home. Link to comment
Natalia Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Italian TV (RAI) films and telecasts many of La Scala's productions, as they did for not one but two separate performances of the Vikharev RAYMONDA. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Yes, I was thinking that a telecast from La Scala was likelier than a telecast by ABT, since Italian television broadcasts one production by the ballet company annually. To be honest, I would really rather not have yet another Aurora as performed by Zakharova. Link to comment
Helene Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Opening Day tweets (with photos):Courtney Lavine After six weeks of rehearsals it's finally opening night of Sleeping Beauty! Excited and nervous Toi Toi to all t… Diana Vishneva World Premiere Day! All very best to dear colleagues/friends @ABTBallet. t my prince @marcelogomes47 #Sleepingbeauty Link to comment
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