Carpe Diem: Tuesday

[smallhobbit]

Tuesday's child is full of grace

 

Produce something that focuses on movement.

Today's entry focuses on Squee rather than Creativity and is inspired in part by pensnest entry for yesterday.

Matthew Bourne's dance productions. I'm a relative late-comer to these but have loved all the ones I've seen:
The Car Man; Cinderella; Swan Lake; Romeo & Juliet; The Red Shoes.
And while I'm not a fan of filmed plays, I've happily watched four of the five on the television over the past year.
I've also been fortunate enough to take part in the online Re-generate programme, which was classes for the Over-55s, based on various of the ballets.

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Comments

[nagi_schwarz]

I do also really enjoy Matthew Bourne’s productions. I’d love to see one live one day.

[smallhobbit]

They're great, aren't they. I know they have toured in the past, so hopefully they'll be able to do so again and you'll get to see them.

[kat_lair]

Oh I enjoyed all of these immensely, thank you for sharing. I love how much emotion is conveyed through the movement!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you - I'm glad you liked them. Yes, the emotion is so much a part of the attraction.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, when pensnest posted yesterday, I thought 'I know that!'

[smallhobbit]

I'm not surprised!

[margaret_r]

Matthew Bourne's ballets are brilliant and I don't seek them out enough. Thank you for these snippets, they are gorgeous.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I'm delighted you enjoyed them.

[turps]

Oh, I did enjoy all of those.

A few years ago I started to go to the theatre to see plays/musicals. But I haven't been to see anything that's focussed on dance or a ballet. If they're as good as these I need to change that.

Thank you for sharing.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you :) I enjoy plays and musicals. Matthew Bourne is very big on story telling, which makes his productions much easier to follow than a classical ballet.

[pensnest]

These are beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[debriswoman]

A nice choice…seen Swan Lake only…well worth seeing his work:-)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. Yes, he tells the stories so well.