Radio KAOM: 'Dance of the Comedians' by Bedrich Smetana

FUN ENTERTAINING!!!

 'Dance of the Comedians'

from the opera

The Bartered Bride

composed by

Bedrich Smetana

performed by

Philharmonia Orchestra at Garsington Opera

"The Bartered Bride (he Sold Bride) is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The work is generally regarded as a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863 to 1866, and first performed at the Provisional Theatre, Prague, on 30 May 1866 in a two-act format with spoken dialogue. Set in a country village and with realistic characters, it tells the story of how, after a late surprise revelation, true love prevails over the combined efforts of ambitious parents and a scheming marriage broker." (Wikipedia)

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/vZpQ_mEFPpI

AOM TV: "Bacchanale" performed at The Met

Art by DDiArte

ORGY-ASTIC ECSTATIC!!!

WOW! WOW! WOW!

Wooo Weeee

Now this is the party I want to go to

Y'all cum along

This is a dance scene from an opera

A Wild and Crazy Party

Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll!

: )

The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus, 

the Greco-Roman god of 

wine, freedom, intoxication and ecstasy. 

We commonly think of them as frenzied, 

wild and crazy, uninhibited, drunken orgies.

That is what this music and dance express.

It builds and builds and builds into a orgiastic frenzy!

"Bacchanale"

from the opera 

Samson et Dalila Act III

by 

Camille Saint-Saëns

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Conductor: James Levine

Met Centennial 1983

*-Recommend Watching This Full Screen-*

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/FdpmTuxzs3Q

DANCE: CABALLEROS by Ricky Cohete

GORGEOUS

CABALLEROS 

by 

Ricky Cohete

Neil Marshall & Jovani Furlan from the Miami City Ballet 

Choreographed by Renan Cerdeiro 

Shot by Ricky Cohete

Song by Juanitos "Exotica"

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/gB8cG6nIjfA

DANCE: Khachaturian's "Waltz from Masquerade"

MOVING

Great way to start our day

Get up and waltz your ass off

I was watching an episode of the series, Fleabag

This song started playing

I knew I had to share it

I looked but

There were no credits given to the dancers

Aram Khachaturian

"Masquerade - Ballet Suite - 1. Waltz"

London Symphony Orchestra

conducted by

Stanley Black

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/5-SGuZnyA88

DANCE: from the ballet "DON QUIXOTE"

LET US DANCE FULL OF JOY

Don Quixote - Act I finale 

Marianela Nuñez and Carlos Acosta

The Royal Ballet

Choreography: Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa

Original music: Ludwig Minkus

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/5fKxzQ8ARTQ

MUSIC & DANCE: Saint-Saëns "Bacchanale" The Met

Art by DDiArte

ORGY-ASTIC ECSTATIC!!!
WOW! WOW! WOW!

Wooo Weeee

Now this is the party

I want to go to this weekend

Y'all cum along

This is a dance scene from an opera

A Wild and Crazy Party

The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus, 
the Greco-Roman god of 
wine, freedom, intoxication and ecstasy. 
We commonly think of them as frenzied, 
wild and crazy, uninhibited, drunken orgies.

That is what this music and dance express.
It builds and builds and builds into a frenzy!

"Bacchanale"

from the opera 

Samson et Dalila Act III

by 

Camille Saint-Saëns

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Conductor: James Levine

Met Centennial 1983

*-I Recommend Watching This Full Screen-*

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/FdpmTuxzs3Q

DANCE: "Winter Fantasy: Snowstorm" by Igor Moiseyev Ballet

Amazing, Sweet and Beautiful!!!

Phriday we saw the guys dance

Here we see the ladies

This gliding dance is amazing

I kept thinking to myself,

"Are they on roller skates?"

"Are they on conveyor belts?"

Really lovely dance and story

I think you will really enjoy this

Igor Moiseyev Ballet 

"Winter Fantasy: Snowstorm"

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/l7lfeMG5NoU

DANCE: "Yablochko" by the Igor Moiseyev Ballet

INCREDIBLE 

PRECISION - ARTISTRY - ATHLETICISM

GREAT SPIRIT - FUN - AND CUTE!

I recommend watching this FULL SCREEN

"Yablochko"

Igor Moiseyev Ballet

Part of Naval Suite “Day on the Ship”

Traditional music

Choreography by: 

Igor Moiseyev

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/K21yj2lEgrA

BALLET: Maurice Béjart's "Bolero" (Music by Maurice Ravel)

SENSUALLY DELIGHTFUL!!!

This is a great dance performance

Beautifully captured on video

I love the precision of this group

I sometimes get quite angry at

Directors of cinematography

Because they fail to focus on the main performance

Instead they focus on the NOSE or the HAND

Of performers while they are performing great moves

Which we cannot see because the cameras

Are not focused on the overall performance

This seems especially true with group performances
Like an ensemble dance number
Or a marching band performance

Grrrrr

Just a pet peeave of mine

Well

The camera guys did a great job with this one

I've seen and posted other performances of Bejart's Bolero

But the camera work in this one really lets us see

What the audience got to see

~*~

Great Music, Great Choreography, Great Dancing

and

SEXY HOT GUYS!

:  )

YES! 

I will admit it

I'll say it!

I started watching ballet

For the half-naked hot guys running around in their underwear

:  )

BUT, but, but

Now that I've seen many performances

I appreciate the other aspects of ballet

So now I enjoy the artistry and the hotistry

:  )

This starts out with one dancer on a round red table

As the music builds and builds

More and more shirtless hot dancers

Begin dancing around the table

I love their movements

This is quite an aerobic workout!

I'd be so tired trying to dance this one

Hell

I'd pass out halfway through it

:  )

~*~

"Bolero" 

choreography by

Maurice Béjart

music by

Maurice Ravel

dancer

Nicolas le Riche

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/RU6n_-8jpfM

BALLET: Roberto Bolle & Isabel Seabra from Excelsior

 BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO

The Exquisitely Gorgeous Perfection in Form and Grace of

R O B E R T O   B O L L E

What a marvelous performance

I never tire of watching this

Both dancers are fabulous

But Roberto brings the exquisite beauty of the male form

Into his superb ballet performance

Roberto Bolle

and

Isabel Seabra

perform

"The Slave and Civilization Pas de Deux"

from the ballet

Excelsior 

Music by Romualdo Marenco

Choreography by Luigi Manzotti

performed at

Teatro alla Scala

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/HL0hYXBgcHE

The thumbnail is missing from the video
So it looks like it is a broken link - it isn't - it works - just click play

Note: I recommend viewing full-screen

Roberto Bolle: 051018

BALLET v FIGURE SKATING: The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns

Gloriously Beautiful

Today I wanted to compare a ballet performance

to an figure skating performance based on that ballet

Ballet:

Svetlana Zakharova

performing to

The Swan 

music by

Camille Saint-Saëns

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/GBp1LV0465g

Now here is the ballet adapted for ice skating:

Figure Skating:

Oksana Baiul

The Swan

1994 Lillehammer Olympic Exhibition

+Well, Bollocks!
You will have to click the direct link to view this video on YouTube
It has been blocked by the IOC==

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/9kLH9oRQcLc

Ballet: Excerpts from "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky

Gorgeously Moving

Brief synopsis:

Princess Odette and her companions have been turned into swans by the evil magician Baron von Rothbart.  At night they change back to human form. Prince Siegfried meets Odette at the Lake and is captivated by her. She explains he must swear his undying love to break the spell. He is tricked by BvR and the spell is now permanent. In the final act they decide to die together... At the very end, you will see the couple reunited in death as they appear in the sun.

The finale is thrilling

Tchaikovsky

excerpts from

"Swan Lake"

American Ballet Theatre, 2005

Principal female dancer is Gillian Murphy

0:00 Op. 20, Act II No. 13, Danse de petit cygnes

1:55 Op. 20, Act II No. 13, Danse de cygnes

3:20 Op. 20, Act II No. 14, Scene

5:05 Op. 20, Act IV No. 29, Scene finale

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/gP132E-xABg

BALLET MUSIC: "Adagio" from Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian

Poignant and Powerful

Beauty in Music and Motion

After escaping Roman captivity,
Spartacus saved his wife, Phrygia, from Roman slavery

This dance is the morning after

Phrygia rises in the joy of lover's bliss and freedom

Spartacus joins her in their dance of love

"Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia"

from the ballet 

Spartacus

composed by

Aram Ilyich Khachaturian

dancers of the

Bolshoi Ballet

Phrygia: Lyudmilla Semenyaka 

Spartacus: Irek Mukhamedov

Choreography by Yuri Grigorovitch

NOTE: This video is best viewed full screen

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/SjVE_YP4gsQ

MUSIC & DANCE: Tchaikovsky's "Arabian Dance"

Amazing Flawless Perfection

I woke up this morning

With a short clarinet duet part playing in my head

Buuuuuuuuuuuuh bum Buuuuuuuuuh bum

I couldn't remember what it was

I knew is was Tchaikovsky

And was pretty sure it was from

The Nutcracker Suite - or maybe Swan Lake

I searched and found it and then

Found these 'phabulous' dancers

Dancing to the music

So here it is!

:  )

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

"Arabian Dance" (Coffee)

from 

The Nutcracker Suite

dancers

Sergey Chumakov and Elena Petrichenko

from the Moscow Ballet
            

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/AGbsNDV3O9o