MadameP Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) MT is streaming a number of ballets on their tv channel. Today The Fountain of Bakhchisarai - Matvienko/Parish/Tereshkina/Belyakov - is being shown. I hope this link works. https://vk.com/videos-130074765?z=video-130074765_456239480%2Fvideos-130074765 Edited March 25, 2020 by MadameP Link to comment
Buddy Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Now showing. The Bronze Horseman (Thanks to Sophia at Dansomanie) Eugene: Vladimir Shklyarov Parasha: Viktoria Tereshkina Peter I: Danila Korsuntsev The Queen of the Ball: Ekaterina Kondaurova https://m.vk.com/video-130074765_456239502 https://mariinsky.tv/e Link to comment
pherank Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I don't know if this was originally broadcast live... Young Maria Khoreva is teaching ballet class - presumably to capitalize on the current need and interest in remote classes. Her English is remarkably good. I'm curious: has she spent any time outside of Russia? Or are her English language skills entirely the result of school classes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKlem02B6kI Link to comment
Olga Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Her mother was an English teacher but then stayed home to raise children. Her instagram is in fluent English. I have wondered if her English fluency is partly responsible for her freuquent pairing with Parish. Link to comment
California Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 25 minutes ago, Olga said: Her mother was an English teacher but then stayed home to raise children. Her instagram is in fluent English. I have wondered if her English fluency is partly responsible for her freuquent pairing with Parish. This exchange reminded me of how startling it is to hear the children of Princess Grace of Monaco speak - not only fluent English, but perfect American accents! I understand that young children easily pick up other languages and this seems to be an example. Link to comment
Buddy Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Something interesting is that 'Russian' ballet dancers, to me, don't generally look particularly 'Russian.' If I have a stereotype image of how 'Russians' should look, they don't fit it. They have a more 'international Western' look. But then, the folks I see on the urban streets also don't look necessarily 'Russian' to me either. When I'm in the Mariinsky theatres the audience doesn't seem or feel that different than at Lincoln Center. Or maybe we in the West are more 'Russian' looking than I think that we should be. 😊 Added: So maybe I should quit while I’m ahead(?) ? Here, for me, Sergei Filin looks ‘Russian' (facial expression) — Less usual. Svetlana Zakharova (facial expression) doesn’t. By the way -- Svetlana Zakharova, here -- Wow ! Edited April 2, 2020 by Buddy Link to comment
Buddy Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) https://mariinsky.tv/e 1:17:30 -- Probably the best I've seen Alina Somova captured on video ! (quite good here as well -- 39:40) 1:59:00 -- Oxana Skorik (Princess Florine) April 5th Sunday 19:00-22:00 Pyotr Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty ballet-féerie in three acts with a prologue and an apotheosis Libretto by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Marius Petipa after tales of Charles Perrault Choreography by Marius Petipa revised version by Konstantin Sergeev (1952) Set and costume designer: Simon Virsaladze Musical Director and Conductor: Valery Gergiev Princess Aurora: Alina Somova Prince Désiré: Vladimir Shklyarov The Lilac Fairy: Kristina Shapran The Diamond Fairy: Sofia Ivanova-Skoblikova Carabosse the Wicked Fairy: Igor Kolb Princess Florine: Oxana Skorik Bluebird: Alexei Timofeyev Edited April 6, 2020 by Buddy Link to comment
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