3/4/18 review of the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's The Flames of Paris

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the livestream of the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's The Flames of Paris, with music by Boris Asafiev and choreography by Alexei Ratmansky.

The thread gives a summary of the ballet and some context on the work, Vasily Vainonen's choreography, Ratmansky's choreography, and the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema. The thread discusses some of the ballet's themes, such as the narratives of and from revolutions, who controls narratives in society, the conflict between common humanity and wayward nobility, and the images of epochs' endings. The thread discusses the performances of Margarita Shrainer, Igor Tsvirko, Denis Savin, Ana Turazashvili, Kristina Kretova, Artem Ovcharenko, and Semyon Chudin.

The tweets in some of my threads have been twisted out of chronological order by Twitter's platform. This thread's coherency is moderately affected. My apologies.

3/3/18 review of Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's Romeo & Juliet

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of an encore screening of the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's performance of Romeo & Juliet, by Alexei Ratmansky.

The thread gives a summary of the ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema series. The thread discusses a lot of different aspects of Juliet's character, and some aspects of Paris's. It discusses the communal, social, romantic, and emotional aspects of some of the dances. It discusses some of my favorite scenes from the ballet. And it discusses the final scene of the ballet, which is a real emotional shocker, even for an ending so well known as that of Romeo & Juliet!

The tweets in some of my threads have been twisted out of chronological order by Twitter's platform. This thread's coherency is moderately affected. My apologies.

1/21/18 review of Bolshoi in Cinema's Romeo and Juliet

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema performance of Romeo and Juliet, by Prokofiev, with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky.

The thread gives some background on the ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema series, and Alexei Ratmansky. The thread makes some comparison's between Ratmansky's and Grigorovich's versions of the ballet. The thread discusses Richard Hudson's set and costume designs for the ballet. And it discusses Vladislav Lantrantov and Ekaterina Krysanova's performances as Romeo and Juliet, and Igor Tsvirko's performance as Mercutio.

Some of my Twitter threads have been twisted out of chronological order by Twitter's platform. The coherency of this thread is somewhat affected as a result. My apologies.

Here is the link to the website for the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema series.

I saw this screening at the Regal UA Denver Pavilions theater in downtown Denver, Colorado.

10/22/17 review of Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Le Corsaire

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Le Corsaire.

The thread gives a summary of Le Corsaire and some context on the ballet and the Bolshoi's performance of it. The thread discusses narrative and dance in the ballet, Igor Tsvirko's performance, Ekaterina Krysanova's performance, Daria Khokhlova's performance, the grand scale of the performance, and Alexei Ratmansky's version of the ballet.

Here is the link to the website for the Bolshoi in Cinema.

I saw this screening at the Regal UA Denver Pavilions theater in downtown Denver, Colorado.