California Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Boston Ballet has announced their next season, although many details are missing in the mixed bills. I was pleased to see Wheeldon's Midsummer Night's Dream and recommend it. This was his first full-length ballet, in 1997, commissioned by the Colorado Ballet. I saw it in 2017 and it's delightful. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/19/arts/earthbound-all-in-the-moonlight.html https://www.coloradoballet.org/balletblog/about-the-choreographer-of-midsummer Here's the Boston Ballet announcement: https://www.bostonballet.org/Home/Tickets-Performances/Performances/Season-Announcement.aspx Triple Bill Thursday, Nov 5–15, 2020 Choreography William Forsythe The Nutcracker Friday, Nov 27–Dec 31, 2020 Choreography Mikko Nissinen Titans Thursday, Feb 18–28, 2021 Choreography George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Alexei Ratmansky A Midsummer Night’s Dream Thursday, Mar 4–14, 2021 Choreography Christopher Wheeldon The Sleeping Beauty Friday, Apr 30–May 16, 2021 Choreography Marius Petipa ChoreograpHER Thursday, May 20–30, 2021 Choreography Nanine Linning, Tiler Peck, Melissa Hough, Shantell Martin and Lia Cirio Link to comment
sohalia Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) I am not sure where to put this, but I also don't feel it deserves a new thread by itself. Plus, her thread in Dancers got locked. Anyways, Joy Womack posted on Instagram that she's back in Russia waiting to get paperwork sorted, and she wishes Boston Ballet good luck on the season's opener. Did she leave the company? I'm a bit sad we won't get to see her dance with Boston Ballet at all if that is the case, but she's always been tied to Russia in her heart hasn't she? Edited September 20, 2020 by sohalia Link to comment
California Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Boston Ballet is going to try a six-performance virtual season @$180, just a little less than the PNB subscription. I'm on their e-mail list so I'm surprised I hadn't received any publicity about this. https://www.bostonballet.org/Home/Tickets-Performances/Subscription-Information/Virtual-Subscriptions Details about the programs: https://www.bostonballet.org/Home/Tickets-Performances/Performances/BB-at-your-home So that's PNB, Louisville, Boston -- are there others planning to try this? Link to comment
PeggyR Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, California said: Boston Ballet is going to try a six-performance virtual season ... So that's PNB, Louisville, Boston -- are there others planning to try this? Several weeks ago, San Francisco Ballet sent out a questionnaire. Among other things, they asked if we would be willing to pay to watch professionally produced on line programs. I can't remember details now, but that sounds to me like they are considering it. The problem is that, no matter how undesirable it is to watch videos rather than live performances, I'm not about to pass up a chance to see companies that I would never otherwise be able to attend in person, and I can see my Social Security check rapidly withering away to nothing if I buy subscriptions to all these companies. [sigh] Link to comment
California Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 17 minutes ago, PeggyR said: Several weeks ago, San Francisco Ballet sent out a questionnaire. Among other things, they asked if we would be willing to pay to watch professionally produced on line programs. I can't remember details now, but that sounds to me like they are considering it. I feel so badly for all the dancers. I see them all over social media trying to stay in shape, looking for outdoor performing venues, safely rehearsing in small groups in whatever huge spaces they can secure. They have such short careers. Even leaving aside the financial hardships, this pandemic is brutal for all of them. What I like about the new virtual efforts: they are using actual dancers now, whether alone in black box theaters or empty theaters or outdoors, with all the requisite distancing, testing, etc. At least they are performing. I hope these experiments spread, especially as we start facing up to the realities of 2021. Does anybody believe NYCB will be back to normal for their winter season? Link to comment
naomikage Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Boston Ballet's Nutcracker will be broadcasted on NBC10 and also streamed at the official website. https://www.bostonballet.org/Home/Tickets-Performances/Performances/The-Nutcracker.aspx Link to comment
its the mom Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Season starts tonight! https://www.bostonballet.org/Home/Tickets-Performances/Subscription-Information/Virtual-Subscriptions Link to comment
The Traveling Ballerina Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I watched Forsythe Elements and was disappointed that no complete ballets were shown; here's my review of the program. I'm guessing the rest of the digital season will be similar. Link to comment
California Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 I confess I'm not a Forsythe fan. I saw his Pas/Part at San Francisco Ballet a few years ago and just hated it. I saw his Love Songs with Stuttgart Ballet at the Kennedy Center in 1979 and remember thinking it was the most misogynistic ballet ever made. Anne Nugent published an excellent overview of his work in that era, including Love Songs: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25598043?seq=1 I do appreciate the (too-brief) clips on the Boston Ballet digital program and I'm willing to try again, although I wish we could see even one complete work. He does seem to have a loyal following and I see his work programmed at several companies. Still, I can't imagine seeking out his work in the future. I gather he has softened Love Songs over the years. The YouTube Clip is more recent, but this gives you an idea: Link to comment
California Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) The third program opens tomorrow on Boston Ballet's digital subscription and it's impressive: 3 by Yacobson, Bella Figura by Kylian, and Symphony in 3 Movements! I hadn't seen the complete listing until now. The four remaining programs are $120. https://bostonballet.widen.net/s/dk6w2p7h7s/bb_lookbackfocusforward_playbill?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FY21_SUB_EM_RTN_PreShow3&utm_content=version_A EDITED TO ADD: I just watched the program. The three by Yacobson are fascinating and they have a brief commentary by Janice Ross, who published an important book about him, Like a Bomb Going Off. Excerpts by Kylian. But no Symphony in 3 - just a very brief clip during an interview. I must have misread the program. Edited January 21, 2021 by California updated content Link to comment
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