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.

5/16/15 review of Bolshoi in Cinema's Ivan the Terrible

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Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's encore screening of Ivan the Terrible.

My Twitter thread discusses some comparisons between the ballet and Eisenstein's film. It also discusses the use of color in the ballets stage design, the emotional and physical demands of the ballet, the use of poise in the ballet, and the modernist feel of the work.

Here is a trailer for the Bolshoi's Ivan the Terrible.

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

I saw this screening at the Denver Film Society's Sie FilmCenter in Denver, Colorado.

4/12/15 review of Bolshoi in Cinema's Romeo & Juliet

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi's cinema screening of their performance of the Romeo & Juliet of Prokofiev and Grigorovich.

In my thread I discuss some aspects of the ballet's music. I also discuss the interesting style of dance Grigorovich uses for this ballet, as well as the purpose for which Grigorovich used ballet in general.

Here is a link to a trailer for the Bolshoi's version of Romeo & Juliet by Grigorovich.

The Bolshoi's program of ballets screened is cinemas shows all over the world. It's a great experience. I highly recommend it. Here is a link to the website.