English National Ballet Emerging Dancer Competition Livestream May 7

Emerging Dancer
10th annual competition to be live streamed next Tuesday
https://youtu.be/vtwcDYAQ5wc  English National Ballet will live stream this inspiring night of dance from Sadler’s Wells on Tuesday 7 May starting at 7.25pm BST (2.25 pm Eastern Time) Selected by their peers, six of the Company’s most promising dancers perform in front of an eminent panel of expert judges, before one receives the 2019 Emerging Dancer Award. Ahead of the show, watch videos introducing you to the six finalists: Alice Bellini, Emilia Cadorin, Julia Conway, Rentaro Nakaaki, Shale Wagman and Rhys Antoni Yeomans.   Hosted by former Principal of The Royal Ballet Adam Cooper, the evening sees them perform classical pas de deux and contemporary solos. The finalists will first perform a classical pas de deux, followed by a contemporary solo. This year will see Rhys Antoni Yeomans and Emilia Cadorin dance a pas de deux from Coppélia, Shale Wagman and Alice Bellini will perform the Grand Pas Classique, and Rentaro Nakaaki and Julia Conway dance Flames of Paris. Rhys Antoni Yeomans will then dance a solo from William Forsythe’s In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated, while Emilia Cadorin will dance BAM! choreographed by First Soloist Fabian Reimair, who has also composed the music to accompany the piece. Shale Wagman will perform Peculiar Mind choreographed by Nürnberg Ballet dancer Sofie Vervaecke, and Alice Bellini performs Danish choreographer Sebastian Kloborg’s CLAN B. Julia Conway has worked with Rambert dancer Miguel Altunaga to create her solo piece Untitled Code, and Rentaro Nakaaki has worked with choreographer Nuno Campos, who has created Own for Rentaro to perform on the evening. The evening will also see a special performance from last year’s Emerging Dancer Award winner Daniel McCormick, who will perform a pas de deux from Don Quixote with First Artist Francesca Velicu. Tune in to the live stream via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EnglishNationalBallet/ or , YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/enballet  Upcoming Tours en l'air Ballet Trips: click here Subscribe to newsletter: click here About Tours en l'air: click here 10 Reasons to Travel with Tours en l'air: click here Travel Tips for Ballet Lovers: click here FAQ: click here Testimonials: click here Search this site: click here Katherine Barber Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays email: toursenlair@gmail.com www.toursenlair.blogspot.com 201 Hanson St, Toronto, ON Canada M4C 1A7 416.693.4496 BALLET MAKES LIFE BETTER GET MORE BALLET OUT OF LIFE WITH TOURS EN L'AIR Tours en l'air Ballet Holidays are offered in partnership with CWT Victor Travel, TICO 1892647

Cinema broadcasts of English National Ballet's Giselle

https://youtu.be/zfSL2xOoYzc 


Hailed as a masterpiece of 21st century dance, Akram Khan’s Giselle comes to cinemas in England and Scotland for the first time with English National Ballet Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo, dancing the role of Giselle, one of a community of migrant workers cast out of their jobs in a condemned garment factory.

The classic story of love, betrayal and redemption has been reimagined in this stunning new version, with sets and costumes by Academy-Award winning designer Tim Yip (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon), an ‘ominous, gothic’ (The Observer) adaptation of Adolphe Adam’s original score by composer Vincenzo Lamagna and performed by English National Ballet Philharmonic, dramaturgy from Ruth Little and lighting design from Tony Award-winner Mark Henderson.

Filmed live at the Liverpool Empire in October 2017, Akram Khan’s Giselle is directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon.

For dates and locations, click here. 

Synopsis

Act I
Giselle is one of a community of migrant garment factory workers (the Outcasts). Dispossessed of their jobs by the factory’s closure, and separated by a high wall from their hopes of livelihood and security, the Outcasts function as little more than exotic entertainment for the factory Landlords.
In Act I, the wealthy Albrecht disguises himself as an Outcast in order to visit his lover Giselle. But his presence is noted by Hilarion – Giselle’s would-be lover – a shape-changing ‘fixer’ who trades with and mimics the Landlords for his own and his community’s profit.

Albrecht’s wooing of Giselle is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of the Landlords. Seeing his fiancée Bathilde among them, Albrecht tries to hide. Giselle recognizes the fine dress worn by Bathilde as the product of her own factory labour. The Outcasts dance for the Landlords until Albrecht and Hilarion disturb the Ceremony with their conflict.

Bathilde’s father confronts Albrecht, forcing him to return to Bathilde and to their world. When he submits and returns to Bathilde, Giselle is driven mad with grief. The Landlord gives a command, and the Outcasts encircle Giselle. When the crowd disperses, her lifeless body is revealed. Denying any responsibility, the Landlords retreat beneath the Wall.

Act II
A wrecked, abandoned ‘ghost’ factory is revealed – a place where Giselle and her female co-workers have labored, and many have died. Here Albrecht, grieving for Giselle, confronts and condemns the Landlords.
Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis (ghosts of factory workers who seek revenge for the wrongs done to them in life), enters, driving Albrecht away. She summons Giselle from her lifeless body into the realm of death, to join the company of the remorseless Wilis.

Hilarion enters to mourn at Giselle’s grave. The Wilis surround him, demanding retribution for Giselle’s death, and Hilarion is brutally killed.

Albrecht returns and becomes aware of Giselle’s presence. The lovers are reunited on the threshold between life and death. Breaking the cycle of violence – and defying Myrtha’s command – Giselle forgives Albrecht and releases him into life.

The Wilis depart with Giselle, and Albrecht, now an outcast from his own community, is left alone by the Wall.

PRINCIPAL CAST

Tamara Rojo

Giselle

James Streeter

Albrecht

Jeffrey Cirio

Hilarion

Stina Quagebeur

Myrtha

You can see English National Ballet live in Kenneth MacMillan's The Sleeping Beauty as part of Tours en l'air's trip to London in June 2018. More information here:
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Nureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute DVD

Nureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute DVD is now available from the usual sources (Amazon etc.)

This performance, recorded in 2013, includes the following pas de deux, with some of today's top ballet stars:

La Sylphide  (Bournonville) Iana Salenko and Marian Walter
La Bayadere Shades (Petipa) Evgenia Obraztsova and Evgeni Ivanchenko
Manon bedroom pdd   (MacMillan) Tamara Rojo and Federico Bonelli
Two Pieces for HET   (van Manen) Maia Makhateli and Remi Wortmeyer
Raymonda act 3  (Petipa) Aurelie Dupont and Mathias Heymann
Sleeping Beauty act 3 grand pas de deux  (Petipa) Evgenia Obtaztsova and Dimitri Gudanov
Manfred  (Nureyev) Mathias Heymann
Marguerite and Armand   (Ashton) Tamara Rojo and Rupert Pennefather
Swan Lake act 2  "White Swan" (Ivanov) Daria Vasnetsova and Evgeni Ivanchenko
Le Corsaire   (Petipa) Aleksandra Timofeeva and Vadim Muntagirov

Nureev & Friends DVD on Sale from D&D Art Productions on Vimeo.

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