volcanohunter Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 The Australian Ballet is entering the ballet-in-cinema market with three broadcasts: David McAllister's production of The Sleeping Beauty, Alexei Ratmansky's Cinderella and Peggy Van Praagh's perfectly wonderful production of Coppélia. Details are still scant, and there's no indication that the broadcasts will be live (impractical for much of the target market from a time-zone perspective anyway), but apparently Beauty will be beamed to 500 cinemas in "North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Central and South America" in October. The distributor, CinemaLive, has already been involved in broadcasting Opera Australia productions from Sydney Harbour. I even caught one of these--Madama Butterfly--at a multiplex in Canada. http://www.screendaily.com/news/cinemalive-partners-with-australian-ballet-on-trilogy-of-productions/5104519.article
sandik Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 This is good news. I wonder how long till we find out what cinemas are showing these...
volcanohunter Posted September 6, 2016 Author Posted September 6, 2016 The Australian Ballet posted a link to participating cinemas, and the screenings of Sleeping Beauty in early October will take place primarily in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and a smattering of cinemas on the European continent, mostly in Croatia. At present no screenings are listed for the Americas, Asia or Africa. http://www.cinemalive.com/index.php?p=view&id=200 On Facebook the company is taunting me with a photo of Amber Scott as the Lilac Fairy. I'll hope that the search for participating cinemas in other parts of the world is continuing, and, of course, for DVDs.
volcanohunter Posted November 14, 2016 Author Posted November 14, 2016 A film of Ratmansky's Australian version of Cinderella had its first screenings in Australia and New Zealand over the weekend, and will come to the UK, Ireland, and a smattering of other European cinemas beginning November 23. Still nothing for the Americas, Asia or Africa. http://cinemalive.com/index.php?p=view&id=201
sandik Posted November 15, 2016 Posted November 15, 2016 Perhaps it will result in a DVD -- a North American girl can only hope!
Natalia Posted March 23, 2017 Posted March 23, 2017 David McAllister's gorgeous production of The Sleeping Beauty is now available on DVD: https://australianballet.com.au/shop/books-dvds-and-music/the-sleeping-beauty-dvd
volcanohunter Posted March 23, 2017 Author Posted March 23, 2017 That's excellent news. Hopefully the other films will become available as well. I presume it's a region 4 disc. While I'm a big advocate of region-free players and would encourage everyone to invest in one, I do hope this DVD will get international distribution as well.
volcanohunter Posted March 23, 2017 Author Posted March 23, 2017 Incidentally, Peggy van Praagh's gorgeous production of Coppélia will be in British and Irish cinemas on April 19, followed by screenings in Australia and New Zealand on April 29 & 30, and a number of continental European cinemas beginning on April 19 and continuing on various dates through May. Happily, an excellent film of this production exists already, but I dearly wish I could see this new performances as well. http://www.cinemalive.com/index.php?p=view&id=202
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