Recently I have gotten a commitment to play for a live contemporary ballet (https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV1va411r7Yt?share_source=weixin_web). Of course, it won't be Osipova by the way. The choreography is beautiful but the playing leaves a lot to be desired. Here is a version that I sight-read and recorded (https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV1EP4y1J7Tp?share_source=weixin_web). However, it is a completely different thing to play solo than accompany. What should I do to prepare?
Please let me know.
I am a concert pianist who specializes in Rachmaninoff's work and also an adult ballet beginner for one year. Recently, I have noted that there is quite some work based on Rachmaninoff's music. For example, https://youtu.be/YJgy-AFOIhI is a good example using Rachmaninoff's Elegie. The ballerina and the choreography are top-notch, but unfortunately, the piano playing, let us say, leaves a lot to be desired (please check this) https://youtu.be/AaIS8KWt5Fs?t=269.
Are there other works you like?
What is the difference between these four? I want to learn contemporary dance style but I don't know the difference between these dance styles, I want to know about them first. Help please.
Obviously we can't use Tiny Pretty Things and Dance Academy as shining examples of reality, but the balance of traditional ballet vs contemporary depicted on these shows has me wondering. (Light spoilers ahead)
On Dance Academy for example, the entire series focuses on the idea that at the end of three years of study and an intense audition before graduation, a few of the students would win the "competition" to get contracts at the National Ballet Company. So the first year focused a lot on traditional ballet technique, with basics, repertoire, and pas de deux classes. (To be fair they had jazz and hip hop but those got cut out of the curriculum later.) Second year had some contemporary mixed in, but by the third year, it was basically a contemporary school. They danced traditional ballet in class so seldom that the 2-3 times we saw them in their magenta uniform leotards it was jarring. Some of the students even performed contemporary choreography for their company auditions.
TPT similarly baited us with some traditional ballet content at the beginning and then switched almost completely with little to no traditional content at the back end.
How realistic is this? If ballet schools have this content balance now, is it a recent change?
I think this original version originally had a man and a woman do a dance so this same sex version really made waves or went viral or something. The set was also very fantasy-like. I thought it was a Midsummer Night's Dream at first but i couldn't find anything on it. Thanks!
If my age matters, I'm 16
I found out that the UK Northern Ballet in Leeds has visualised the story into an amazing ballet performance. You can watch it on their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC-A4kvqLvk
If you've watched it, what do you think? I found the dancing very cleverly choreographed and it followed the story quite accurately. It was fascinating to watch how they were able to visualise the story and the communication amongst the characters. The music that was composed for this performance was also really fitting. Of course it's hard to put every little detail of the book into a dance performance, but I believe they managed to convey the overall story very nicely.
Besides the fact that Ballet Contemporary is sometimes performed on pointe, they look the same to me.
