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[dance-world]

Jovani Furlan Junior - New York City Ballet - photo by Alinne Volpato

#jovani furlan junior #jovani furlan #nyc ballet #new york city ballet #Alinne Volpato #dance #ballet #brazilian ballet dancers #bailarín #danseur #dancer #ballerino #tänzer #ballet men #boys of ballet #male dancers

[k-wame]

NAAUUURRR HE'S GORGEOUS

#he's absolutely stunning #gilbert bolden #fashion #red carpet #nyc ballet #men in dresses #gorgeous #beautiful #male beauty #muscle #arms #muscular #beautiful men

[bey-life]

#beyoncé #beyonce #tina lawson #solange knowles #new york #nyc ballet #october 2022

[thisisjohannasstuff]

New York City Ballet Presents George Balanchine's JEWELS

#mine #ballet #nycb #nyc ballet #george balanchine #dance

[theworldisyonces]

Beyonce (Solange’s sister) & Ms. Tina (Solange’s mother) supporting Solange knowles at the New York City Ballet, where she makes history as the first black woman to compose a score for a ballet (9/28/22). CONGRATULATIONS SOLANGE!!!! ✊🏽🩰👸🏽💐

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#solange knowles #beyoncé #beyonce #beyonce giselle knowles #yoncé #queen bey #tina lawson #beyhive #nyc ballet #celebrity style #fashion #style #style fashion #stylish celebs #blackgirlsarepoppin #blackgirlmagic #black composers #music score

[tikitania]

Nutcracker Season!

Nutcracker season can elicit an array of feelings. Some love it, some hate it. I was falling into the indifferent category. I don't live in a major city, so the month long onslaught of ballet school-civic rep level productions has me a bit bummed out…and ready to tune it all out. AND THEN…I stumbled upon this very interesting panel discussion lead by ballet critic, Alastair McCauley, comparing the original Lev Ivanov Sugarplum PDD to the Balanchine version, getting into the nitty gritty of the score and the choreographic language that can be found in both versions, pointing out the various ways in which Balanchine quoted Ivanov. This is so interesting and only available online until Dec. 17, so hurry and watch it while you can. Who knew about the original version of the Sugar Plum sliding across the stage on point on a hidden stage tracking device?! If you do anything, watch this first video with the panel talk and demonstrations. The videos I included after that are just if you want to get obsessive like I did to dig deeper. Panelists: Suki Schorer, Wendy Whelan, Sara Mearns, Jonathan Stafford. (Watching Suki coach is worth watching!) NYCB Dancers: Chun Wai Chan, Ashley Hod (Balanchine version) & Anthony Huxley, Emma Von Enck (Ivanov Version)

MacCauley mentions the Fonteyn version a few times during this talk, so I found it for you. The tempo is certainly much faster, and it really makes you appreciate Fonteyn's speed! But I actually prefer the slower tempo, which allows the music to really soar. But I also wondered if it was the audio quality of this historic recording is simply too compressed and tinny to do it justice.

The Mariinsky dances the Vasily Vaionen version of the Nutcracker, and I wanted to see how it compared to the Ivanov version. I really love the Mariinsky version. It's a departure from Ivanov, but still very classical and regal. PPD below with Baby Shakirova.

BONUS: If you want to watch the full Mariinsky Nutcracker, here's a 1994 recording with Larissa Lezhnina and Victor Baranov. And for some real fun going down the rabbit hole, this is an amazing Soviet black and white recording of the PDD with the late Svetlana Efremova (SHE IS AMAZING!) and Sergei Vikulov. Notice that the extra four cavaliers are not in this one, so the choreography is adjusted. I have a thing for soviet era black-and-white ballet films. Not to be overlooked, the Grigorivich version at the Bolshoi is worth mentioning. There are a few things that stood out to me. Its religiosity, for one. The PDD essentially starts with Masha and her prince praying together as if at a mass. And then, towards the end, are the huge lifts that end with an upside down ballerina (not my favorite pose…)

Interestingly, ABT's version by Ratmansky also incorporates the same big lift, but transitions into a spin. You can see it here, and it's a much smoother transition. Ignore the weird speed manipulation in this video. It can give you motion sickness.

AND….I found this POB version. The Nureyev choreography is horrible and Tsikaridze knows it. He can barely hold back his own laughter as how bad this performance is. When I watched this, my first thought is that Nureyev must have been a misogynist because the Sugar Plum/Clara choreography is so god awful that it seems like he's trying to humiliate ballerinas. Poor Myriam Ould-Braham, she does her best to dignify the choreography with her impeccable technique, but there is no saving this. Another thing that bothers me is that the couple are hardly dancing together, it's like a bad ballet class where they dance side to side. I hope this version soon disappears forever. Watch at your own risk. It made my blood boil.

Okay, that's it for a while. I may go see the Houston Ballet's Nutcracker if I have time. But I will mostly be focused on taking time off with the family, puttering in the garden, and catching up on my ever-expanding to-do list. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season!

#ballet #prima ballerina #nutcracker #deep dive #nycb #NYC Ballet #Alastair MacCauley #Bailet history #Lev Ivanov #sugar plum fairy #mariinsky ballet #Bolshoi #margot fonteyn #royal ballet #ABT #Ratmansky #grigorivich #Soviet ballet film #russian ballet #Nutcracker Season is here #rudolf nureyev #great dancer terrible choreographer #time for the hot toddies #Youtube

[theghostwrites]

oh to be in the 1966 NYC Ballet production of movie version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

(Photographer: Martha Swope)

#NYC ballet #ballet #photography #a midsummer night's dream #suzanne farrell #1960s style #everything about this production is painfully ethereal and beautiful #I'm obsessed

[thatgurlbey]

Supporting Solange’s original NYC Ballet score 09.29.22

#beyoncé #beyoncé knowles carter #solange knowles #tina knowles #nyc ballet #beyhive #family

[dancewithmarynyc]

My husband got a #mariatallcheif quarter yesterday. It's a beautiful depiction of her dancing in The Firebird and has her Osage name printed under her #sautdechat

#ballet #ballerina

#ballet #dancer #ballerina #nyc ballet

[dance-world]

Jovani Furlan Junior, New York City Ballet - photo by Ricky Cohete

#Jovani Furlan Junior #Jovani Furlan #nyc ballet #New York City Ballet #bailarín #danseur #dancer #ballerino #tänzer #boys of ballet #ballet men #dance #ballet

[sbrown82]

Can’t wait to see all them Black folks at the ballet this September! 🤣💁🏾‍♀️

#solange knowles #solange #black women #new york city ballet orchestra #chamber ensemble #nyc ballet #nyc #ballet #lincoln center #composer #music #black music #pitchfork #article #sbrown82

[bey-life]

#beyoncé #beyonce #website #update #new york #appearance #nyc ballet #october 2022

[thisisjohannasstuff]

New York City Ballet Presents Christopher Wheeldon's This Bitter Earth

#mine #ballet #dance #nycb #nyc ballet

[theworldisyonces]

Beyoncé night out, supporting Solange knowles (her sister) at the New York City Ballet, where she makes history as the first black woman to compose a score for a ballet, played by the Phil Harmonic Orchestra (9/28/22).

#beyoncé #beyonce #beyonce giselle knowles #yoncé #queen bey #beyhive #celebrity style #style #fashion #style fashion #stylish celebs #mugler #mugler 2022 #thierry mugler #sergio hudson #solange knowles #nyc ballet

[tikitania]

Kyra Nichols and…..her mother, Sally Street! Kyra is only 11 here. Crazy. And now I want to learn more about her mom.

#ballet #nycb #nyc ballet #baby ballerina #balanchine #like mother like daughter #prima ballerina #Instagram

[dasboligrafo]

Some short takes from the first half of 2023:

1) Copeland Dance Episodes by Justin Peck (NYCBallet @ Lincoln Center) -- I thought this was, overall, pretty great? Unusual casting in some cases (this is ballet so I know you can guess what that means) that was effective/didn't feel like tokenism. There was one recurring thing where everyone fell over or something (oof its been a while since I saw this...) that I thought became increasingly ineffective. I think the plain sets/minimalist colorful costumes could read as a little derivative but to me they made sense with the music.

2) Agua by Pina Bausch at BAM -- ohhh my gawwwd this melted my brain. It was like an hour and a half of what-am-I-watching and then 45 minutes of breathlessness. Ravishing.

3) The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window at BAM -- the internet's boyfriend invented daddyness and he is somehow getting hotter with age...the play was just ok for me, though. I have a real problem with that ending (spoilers) -- I'm just not into a girl getting sacrificed to the altar of Bigger Meaning or whatever. The cast did well with a play I didn't particularly like, I guess.

4) Fat Ham -- I saw this at the Public last year and I LOVVVVED it! Like immediately called people and told them to go. It's on Broadway now and I usually have a rule not to follow plays I liked to Broadway but this one might be worth making an exception for.

#broadway #brooklyn academy of music #pina bausch #fat ham #oscar isaac #the sign in sidney brustein's window #nyc ballet #ballet #justin peck #off broadway #hamlet