ascballerina Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 Welcome to BTforD, Hawk! That Giselle sounds lovely--I should hunt it down!! Quote Link to comment
starlightdreamer Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Houston Ballet's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was absolutely AMAZING!!!! Classical ballet at some times, contemporary at others. LOVED the entire fairy scene. Quote Link to comment
eschmitt98 Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Bringing this back... I can't pick a favorite, but La Bayadere, Giselle, Nutcracker, Serenade, and Le Corsaire are definitely my top 5 ;) Quote Link to comment
Scheherazade Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 I've always had a special devotion to Swan Lake. I know, I know, it's quite cliché to love something quite so classic, but there you go. Other ballets I love are: Giselle, Firebird, Scheherazade (obviously!), La Bayadere... But anything I watch live, I love. Quote Link to comment
alexisozlem Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Sadly, I have never been to a ballet before. I have never seen or felt the actual raw presence of the dancers on stage, I am very jealous of others who have the chance to feel it. I would love to see Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, and specifically Sleeping Beauty- in my opinion, Sleeping Beauty was made for ballet, it is such a pretty story itself. I can only dream to have a solo in SB. Quote Link to comment
ViolaDancer Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 ViolaDancer, Rubies and Emeralds are from the ballet Jewels. Yes - I saw Jewels and loved those two section (over Diamonds) Quote Link to comment
Ballerina_Author Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) I love Swan Lake (the arms are so expressive and so many beautiful steps) and La Bayadere (it's so tragic yet filled with hope and love, I like the Nikiya's solo before she dies. She is so sad and then she gets the flowers and becomes the happiest woman alive). Edited February 1, 2018 by Ballerina_Author Quote Link to comment
dave9988 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 I prefer the "mixed bill" approach with maybe three shorter pieces over a full length story ballet. If we're talking only full length ballet, then I'd probably have to go with Nutcracker, because of the grand Christmas tradition, fabulous music, and community involvement. Quote Link to comment
rane Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Any of Tchaikovsky’s ballets are my favorites. I don’t have a dance background, but I do have a music background and grew up listening to Tchaikovsky. His ability to express emotion though music has always touched me, so to see it combined with movement is glorious. I was finally able to see Swan Lake in person this year, and it was a dream! Quote Link to comment
GiselleJuliet Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Gosh this is so insanely hard. Love Jewels, Serenade....Giselle, of course. Romeo and Juliet. Swan Lake, sometimes, depends on who's dancing it. David Nixon's Dracula is probably my all-time favorite, just because it's so amazing. If you haven't seen it, you are missing out. Just amazing, especially the pas de deux between Mina and Dracula (where Mina lifts him!). Just typing it makes me want to see it again. Also love Edwaard Liang's "Age of Innocence". Quote Link to comment
OldSoulDancer Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 Oh jeez it's so cliché, but I just love Swan Lake! I could watch it for hours on end, especially ABT's version with Ms. Red Hair (sorry I don't remember her name, 😅). I saw this one version though, on YouTube, it was the pas de quatre in the White Act, and it was so weird. The dancers barely seemed to lift of the floor at all. They were practically walking. I don't know, maybe it was a student version? 🤷♂️ I also looove "The Dream" by ABT. It's an adaption of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and it's gorgeous. Quote Link to comment
Iteachballet Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 On 11/26/2019 at 4:58 PM, OldSoulDancer said: I also looove "The Dream" by ABT. It's an adaption of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and it's gorgeous. The Dream is indeed a beautifful one act ballet. It ws choreographed in the early 1960s by the British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton and Oberon then was danced by Sir Anthony Dowell, who later staged The Dream for ABT. By the way there is a lovely video of it with Ethan Stiefel - you should be able to find it on YouTube! Quote Link to comment
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