No one gives credit to Leonard Bernstein who wrote the music.
@3000_Year_Old_Man5 ай бұрын
This appears to be the episode of Dance in America that aired on PBS on February 5, 1988. Here is the LA Times review: It’s been years since the “Dance in America” series last presented either the New York City Ballet in works by George Balanchine or the Merce Cunningham ensemble in choreography by Cunningham. So why is PBS ignoring these inimitable companies tonight and bringing us an hour of second-hand Balanchine and Cunningham dancing by American Ballet Theatre (8 p.m. on Channel 24, 9 p.m. on Channels 28 and 15; Saturday at 9 p.m. on Channel 50)? The answer probably involves the availability (as dancer and host) of Mikhail Baryshnikov, who was briefly a member of City Ballet and, at 40, is still the biggest name in American dance. For star-struck viewers, that may be enough. ... Set to Vittorio Rieti’s arrangements of music by Bellini, “La Sonnambula” represents Balanchine’s meditation on the darker themes of Romantic ballet. The plot (involving a poet’s choice between an earthly, worthless love and an unattainable, dangerous vision) is familiar yet strange, and the choreography rich in allusion. The uneven performance finds Leslie Browne overwrought and unmusical as the Coquette, Alessandra Ferri oddly prosaic as the enigmatic Sleepwalker and Baryshnikov superficial as the doomed Poet: He dallies and dies as an uncomprehending innocent. Johan Renvall makes a deft Harlequin.
@cynthiat65057 ай бұрын
I love the music at around 20:00. I used to listen to this when I was a kid on my mom’s phonograph. Anything by Bernstein is magic!
@windowtrimmer82118 ай бұрын
I’m crazy about the ending. Suddenly the orchestra kicks back in, there’s a surprise resolution to the tonic, and the guys bounce off stage.
@craigkier8 ай бұрын
I loved this show as a 20-something attending NYC Ballet. I can just imagine those wildly excited audiences in 1944 drinking all that magic in.
@noblesetsentimentales8 ай бұрын
Not a fan of MacMillan's dramballets (I like quite a few of his non-narrative works, but the Royal Ballet ignores them for some reason) however, I'd watch these remarkable artists in almost anything.
@lucybirot56239 ай бұрын
How wonderful! Thank you for posting this masterpiecem and with the incomparably sublime Baryshnikov and the lovely Leslie Brown!♥
@rociosubieta343711 ай бұрын
Primera vez q veo esta obra, no sabía que wxistia
@victorimpaglione8040 Жыл бұрын
Los solos de los bailarines son esplendidis😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
@victorimpaglione8040 Жыл бұрын
Un verdadero magnifico ballet que marca quizas la ❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤❤ epoca mas interessante de la creazione americana
@simaraft7373 Жыл бұрын
Of course the whole thing is WOW!
@simaraft7373 Жыл бұрын
Johan Renval: WOW!!!
@genlyai5055 Жыл бұрын
Ferri is much, much, MUCH too corporeal and too earthy in every way. The opening bourree sequence is embarrassingly bad.
@emitch9213 Жыл бұрын
Superb! Thank you! LOVED seeing Ferri, Browne, and Baryshnikov...in La Sonombula. Now I am going to go listen to Montserrat Caballe sing Bellini's opera La Sonumbula...🌹
@pabloperdomo5174Ай бұрын
She never sang that role. She just recorded the Last Act aria and cabaletta. Best option? Maria Callas according to dozens of critics. Enjoy, don't' miss that opportunity
@user-ct6wu3zv3n Жыл бұрын
오후11교시
@Kattydoggylovely Жыл бұрын
In che anno siamo ?! Giovanissima julie kent!
@Marta44339 Жыл бұрын
Siamo in 1987, secondo la persona che l'ha messo qui.
@Kattydoggylovely Жыл бұрын
@@Marta44339 28 anni quindi wow ! Grazie ☺️
@Marta44339 Жыл бұрын
@@Kattydoggylovely Julie Kent e' nata in 1969, Baryshnikov in 1948.
@alexandradaniele6 ай бұрын
Julie Kent was still in the corps here, at 18. She was promoted to soloist in 1990 and to principal in 1993.
@Lilym661 Жыл бұрын
I saw this ballet when I was seventeen. It knocked me out. I have never seen anything that comes close.
@Lilym661 Жыл бұрын
Love the cigarette!
@jamilamendes7026 Жыл бұрын
Fancy coming across this by chance after searching for something else and the day after Lyn Seymour has passed away. I read it would have been her birthday today 9/3. M ay she rest in peace. Thank you for uploading.
@hannekekoolen8243 Жыл бұрын
Nice to finally see this ballet. Some fun choreographic ideas of Balanchine to enjoy. However, I do find that the kissing and manipulating of the sleepwalker did not age well (much like the prince kissing Aurora).
@knothead359 ай бұрын
It aged perfectly
@RuthOkeabia Жыл бұрын
I love this ballet. I love the dancing and music. I love jazz.
@rickeeeddleman5614 Жыл бұрын
I have never seen this!!! OMG!!!!
@elainebmack Жыл бұрын
I love the way Robbins captures masculine and feminine energy and nature without cheap effects. Real artistry here.
@jhlee3187 Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤
@giuliorenzobighin8165 Жыл бұрын
MOLTO BRAVI a riportarci al clima dell'oneiria con i suoi equivoci e le sue sottese parvenze dentro un gioco bilico al tempo reale come in un sogno astante.Bighin GIULIO RENZO
@siegfried923 Жыл бұрын
What a fantastic Cast was assembled for this all not only great dancers but Great Actors and actresses too Seymour Park Connor Wall et al Macmillans Genius was not recognized in full at this time and some of the Royal Opersa House s Committee were totally opposed to his work However time has proved them totally wrong in this,
@jackiedaniel2502 Жыл бұрын
🙏😎
@BytomGirl Жыл бұрын
There is an opera by the same name with music of Bellini
@Marcel_Audubon Жыл бұрын
and some of that music is used here, along with other Bellini excerpts
@BytomGirl Жыл бұрын
@@Marcel_Audubon I could tell
@carinamoses2704 Жыл бұрын
the way Baryshnikov slowly steps back right as the music becomes fuller and deeper, it works so well.
@martinmeng970 Жыл бұрын
An absolute masterpiece with wonderful music!!! Baryshnikov is fantastic, as he usually is🙏
@erpollock2 жыл бұрын
This is obviously an ABT production after Misha had been with Balanchine's company and became director of ABT. So it's in the 80s. No, the candle is not a real flame. They use electricity, as the flame goes out at moments and then relights. The choreography left out a key moment where Misha lays down in front of the sleepwalker and she flitly steps over him without missing a beat. That they left out? And the NYCBallet dancers I've seen in this - Darci, Wendy Whelan, are much more the sleepwalker. I just think Alessandra Ferri is too human and a more wispy dancer is better. And Misha is held with wires in the last scene where he staggers in, stabbed and the sleepwalker carries him. She could otherwise never have lifted Misha. Oh, and the crying scene is left out, the Harlequin especially is not seen.
@dennischiapello38792 жыл бұрын
There are no wires involved in the Sleepwalker carrying the poet. His full weight is laid in her arms, and she just needs to manage the few steps through the doorway before letting him down, out of sight.
@Marcel_Audubon Жыл бұрын
Don't be a dope, of course it's a real flame, but it's a stage candle, can't go out ... and there aren't any wires happening here. She only has to carry him a few feet and doesn't lift him, he's placed into her arms. Again, don't be a dope.
@jonnarobinson75412 жыл бұрын
I do not understand why is this magnificent peace choreographed by Balanchine is not danced more often?
@hyunsoolee57952 жыл бұрын
Strong lady!! She cradle carried the much larger man!
@therussiangamer69972 жыл бұрын
In my high school band, we had to perform the Danzón for a concert. Great Ballet but tbh the most boring piece I've ever played, but that's probably because I had like 35 consecutive measures of rest as a mallet player. Nonetheless, great to see where it came from
@1357911LVGS2 жыл бұрын
СПАСИБО!!!
@AndrewKosinskicomposer2 жыл бұрын
1:28, 14:56, 27:55
@sego56572 жыл бұрын
Noting the cast, guessing this must be ABT, not NYCB (where Balanchine's company was). Embarrassed to say I kept nodding off watching this. A good soporific.
@philipkuttner79452 жыл бұрын
Well, the title does mean "The Sleepwalker". Perhaps Alessandra Ferri nodded off before coming onstage.
@ZenGrammy2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🌹🌹🌹
@vsoltero883 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on PBS when I was probably around 5 years old. I still remembered it after all this years. It's amazing to me that I managed to find it again. I remembered Joe Duell in it and watching him now is such a bittersweet pleasure. His dancing here brings me joy. So sad.
@marks1417 Жыл бұрын
Jerome Robbins dedicated Quiet City, music by Copland, to Duell's memory.
@susannevollmer23473 жыл бұрын
Wonderful "Bratfisch"!
@susannevollmer23473 жыл бұрын
Wonderful performed by Wall and Seymor!
@user-ew5gk9tg3r3 жыл бұрын
It is wonderful. I love Misha. Terrific dancer and artist!!!
@terryblack28443 жыл бұрын
I have only been watching ballet videos for a couple of months. So glad I discovered this. The entire company are brilliant. I enjoyed immensely! Who is the ballerina with the candle? Thank you for sharing. Dallas Texas
@ameliaiandolo55922 ай бұрын
FERRI
@bustedntrusted3 жыл бұрын
21:08 simp
@gracewenzel3 жыл бұрын
I love the moment when the two girls recognize eachother as friends. Robbins could convey so much without need for a single word of dialogue. :)
@realbabyraven81353 жыл бұрын
i had to rewatch the part where La Sonnambula walks in because i realized she does the WHOLE THING EN POINTE! HOLY SHIT! so beautiful. ;_; And that was a real candle the whole time eh? Wow. This was great.
@susannevollmer23473 жыл бұрын
Genius pas de deux`s between Mary and Rudolf and great dancers for this great and wild choreography.
@pedinurse13 жыл бұрын
Allessandra Ferri and Misha , what a duo
@VFCourtney4 жыл бұрын
Fancy Free is my all-time favorite ballet! Stunning performances by every cast member!