5/3/20 review of the Bolshoi Ballet 2012 production of The Bright Stream

Here is the link to my May 3, 2020, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet's special YouTube stream of their 2012 production of the ballet The Bright Stream.

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4/18/20 review of the Bolshoi Ballet's 2013 production of Spartacus

Here is the link to my April 18, 2020, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet's special YouTube stream of their 2013 production of the ballet Spartacus.

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4/4/20 review of the Bolshoi Ballet's 2014 production of Marco Spada

Here is the link to my April 4, 2020, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet's special YouTube stream of their 2014 performance of the ballet Marco Spada.

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3/29/20 review of the Bolshoi Ballet 2011 performance of The Sleeping Beauty

Here is the link to my March 29, 2020, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet's special YouTube stream of their 2011 performance of The Sleeping Beauty.

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2/23/20 review of the Bolshoi in Cinema Performance of Swan Lake

Here is the link to my February 23, 2020, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Swan Lake.

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1/26/20 review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Giselle

Here is the link to my January 26, 2020, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of the ballet Giselle.

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11/17/19 review of Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Le Corsaire

Here is the link to my November 17, 2019, Twitter thread review of an encore screening of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Le Corsaire.

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10/27/19 review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Raymonda

Here is the link to my October 27, 2019, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of the ballet Raymonda.

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1/20/19 review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of La Bayadere

Here is the link to my January 20, 2019, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of La Bayadere, by Marius Petipa and Yuri Grigorovich.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still mostly coherent. My apologies.

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12/24/18 review of Bolshoi in Cinema performance of The Nutcracker

Here is the link to my December 24, 2018, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of The Nutcracker.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still mostly coherent. My apologies.

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12/9/18 review of Bolshoi in Cinema La Sylphide encore screening

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of an encore screening of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of La Sylphide.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still mostly coherent. My apologies.

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11/11/18 review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of La Sylphide

Here is the link to my November 11, 2018, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of La Sylphide.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still mostly coherent. My apologies.

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6/10/18 review of Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Coppélia

Here is the link to my June 10, 2018, Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of the ballet Coppélia.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still moderately coherent. My apologies.

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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.

2/4/18 review of Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's Lady of the Camellias

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's performance of Lady of the Camellias.

The thread gives a summary of and some background on the ballet, by John Neumeier (based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils) and the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema series. The thread discusses how the dance develops the love story, how a play serves as a "story within the story," how the dance highlights the psychology of the story, how the music of Frédéric Chopin adds to the story, and the performances of Svetlana Zakharova, Edvin Revazov, and Anna Tikhomirova.

Here is the link to the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's website.

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

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.

11/19/17 review of Bolshoi in Cinema's Taming of the Shrew

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's encore screening of The Taming of the Shrew.

The thread gives a summary of the ballet and some background on the Bolshoi in Cinema screenings. The thread discusses Maillot's choreography and musical choices. It discusses the ballet's classical and experimental styles. And it discusses some themes in the ballet like idealized love versus social constraints. The thread also gives links to a lot of videos the Bolshoi has made about this ballet.

Unfortunately, this is yet another thread of mine that has been twisted around on Twitter's platform. Not sure why this happened so often in late 2017. But it does -- I'm sorry -- make reading the thread a little difficult.

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

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

1/15/17 review of Bolshoi in Cinema's The Golden Age

(Image source: https://www.fathomevents.com/events/bolshoi1819-the-golden-age)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema's 2017 screening of the ballet The Golden Age, by Dmitri Shostakovich.

The thread gives a little summary and background of the ballet. It discusses the ballet's style and use of jazz. The thread also discusses the performances briefly.

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 Colorado.