Belle Epoque/Edwardian

A collection of Belle Epoque/Edwardian photos from the Vintage Retro Tumblr site:

http://vi-retrontag.tumblr.com/   (contains nudity)

The top photo looks a little like Jane Avril, but probably is not - she's smiling.

Шоу-балет "Грация" (Gracia)

Trefoil by Gracia of Yekaterinburg, Russia

http://vk.com/albums-43526733#/club43526733

http://artdance96.ru/article/shou-balet-gratsiya

Prior posting with some very nice photos:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2014/03/triptych-deconstructed.html

A video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OYPL397J7k#t=11

Iconosquare XVIII

Show Ballet Premiera (шоу - балет "Премьера")

A floral display by Show Ballet Premiera (шоу - балет "Премьера") of Chelyabinsk

http://vk.com/shoybaletpremiera#/shoybaletpremiera

http://chelyabinsk.top-artist.ru/Show-balet_Premyera/

The video:

http://vk.com/shoybaletpremiera#/videos-67294839?z=video-67294839_168269305%2Fclub67294839%2Calbum-67294839

Ballet Lucymeire Aires

These dancers are from Ballet Lucymeire Aires of Brazil, whose web page is:

https://www.facebook.com/BalletLucymeireAires

The above video, which improves as it goes along, is in 720p.  It is available in 1080p at You Tube:

https://www.yole on You Tube at 1080p.utube.com/watch?v=rGG0kmYL4e0

Friedrichstadtpalast Ballett

 

 

This performance is labelled as being by the Friedrichstadtpalast Ballett.  The gentleman who posted it, DerBellato, to whom we owe a debt of gratitude, has a large collection of German television productions by large dance troupes, most from the former GDR.  Some, like this one, are said to be by the Friedrichstadtpalast Ballet; others are attributed to the Fernsehballet, which suggests that there were two such companies.

 

The original video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4QhFwrLQ0c

 

See all DerBellato's Friedrichstadtpalast and Fernsehballett postings, cancan and non-cancan at:

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/DerBellato/videos

 

You can turn up more by other posters at:

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=friedrichstadtpalast+ballett

 

An example:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QbUYVBzipc

L’INCROYABLE HISTOIRE DU CANCAN - Page Samples and Video

Choreographer Nadège Maruta's new (French-language) history of Our Favorite Dance now has a promotional page:

http://www.parigramme.com/livre-lincroyable-histoire-du-cancan-383.htm

If you click on the thumbnail below the cover illustration, you'll get a slideshow of sample pages from the book - including the above illustration, as members of her troupe demonstrate some of the cancan's trademark (and not-so-trademark!) moves.

The entire slideshow gallery can be accessed here:

http://www.parigramme.com/datas/Double%20page/l/i/lincroyable-histoire-du-cancan/xl/

Even better is the following video, apparently from a promotional event:

(The 720p version is viewable on YouTube.)

Le Flatline

Crock 14

A symphonic cancan danced by long time favorite, Crock 14 of the Czech Republic.  The lighting gives an amber hue to their costumes, which are actually quite colorful as can be seen at the prior posting below.

See the original at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqb3p3CwfG8

Prior posting:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2014/01/crock-14.html

Iconosquare Collection XVII

The Merry Widow at the Met

A preview of what is in store with the Metropolitan Opera's production of The Merry Widow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxEXiUG0_tM

This will be shown in movie theaters in the US and Canada.  David Price, who found the above video, advises that it is also being shown in the UK (and perhaps elsewhere).

For information about seeing one of the performances in the US and Canada, see:

2014-15 Live in HD Season Schedule