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Sleeping Beauty – A Gothic Romance (Music By Tchaikovsky)[Blu-ray]
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Sleeping Beauty G(Br)
Aspect Ratio : 16:9
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 1 ounces
Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Blu-ray, Widescreen, Classical
Run time : 0 minute
Release date : September 30, 2013
Actors : Matthew Bourne
Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Studio : Deutsche Grammophon
ASIN : B00EBJ6438
Number of discs : 1
Best Sellers Rank: #149,167 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV) #1,826 in Musical Soundtracks & Scores #13,062 in Country (CDs & Vinyl) #17,923 in Classical (CDs & Vinyl)
Customer Reviews: 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 295 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });
Customers say
Customers praise the ballet’s beautiful dance and choreography, describing it as a creative twist on a classic fairy tale. The production features stunning visuals, with one customer noting its elaborate costumes, and customers appreciate the good video quality and terrific sound. They find the DVD entertaining and enjoy the reworking.
Natasha –
Treat Yourself To This Magnificent Experience
With music by Tchaikovsky, choreography by Matthew Bourne, and British dancers, there is only one possible outcome – a work of pure genius! This dance production is one of the finest I have seen in my life. (That is over 40 years of dance.) Matthew Bourne interprets Sleeping Beauty with a modern outlook, but without resorting to silly nonsense or annoying situations. His telling of the story through dance, theater, magic, music, acting, and a few tricks which I won’t give away all add up to create a lavish spectacular dance event. The dance is a unique mixture of ballet and modern dance. We are not subject to those acrobatic feats that so many today think make good dancing. They don’t. I can say this because my grandfather was an acrobat, and he never considered what he did to be dancing. The greatest moment in all ballet is the “Rose Adagio.” It is always scary to see a different way of choreographing the pieces everybody knows and loves. Bourne and his dancers do not disappoint us. His adagio is youthful and vibrant, and fills Tchaikovsky’s music with the exhilaration worthy of Paul Taylor. I usually only pay attention to the ballerina in a ballet performance, but I had a different experience with this production. I was fortunate to have seen it live at the City Center Theater in NYC a few days ago. I had a front row seat, so I was able to appreciate every movement and facial expression. Most of the dancers on the DVD are different than the ones I saw perform. However, my favorite performer at the live performance was Christopher Marney, as Count Lilac. He performs in the DVD production. I was taken by him because he is technically perfect while still being expressive, dramatic, and romantic. His leg and arm extensions go on forever, thereby giving his dancing a beautiful grace with a never ending line. He has moved on to the next steps, and I can still see his long, gracious movements sweeping through the air. The entire cast on this DVD is brilliant, as were the performers I saw. If you are a balletomane, you must have this once in a lifetime experience. Unfortunately. few people will be able to see this performance live because the arts in the USA have lost funding. If you cannot see this show live, this DVD will be a treat. The sound is clear, and the video is perfect. It is very difficult to film dance well. The technicians on this project did a great job. We see the entire spectacle when we need to, and we see enough close-ups to appreciate the dancers as people. I love this production. You will too. Without the slightest reservation or doubt, I tell you to treat yourself to this magnificent experience. It is family friendly. Enjoy it with those you love.
Emile Nelligan –
Brillant reworking if the classic tale
Matthew Bourne is a genius. His eye for fine dancers and storytelling is to say the least. He has proven that many times. His reinventing of « Swan Lake » is an perfect example as is this recent production of « Sleeping Beauty. »The dancing in « Sleeping Beauty » is superb and the three leads are brillant in their respective roles. The choreography is a blend of classic and contemporary dance that works well for the dancers.Not only is the dancing of the three leads first rate but their facial expressions accentuate their emotions. Watch closely.And of course the beautiful score by Tchaikovsky is well polished by the fine orchestra and fits the choreography perfectly.It might be a good idea to watch the documentary before the ballet because it follows Bourneâs concept of the project to its development and then to the final production. It was great to see Bourne in action, interacting with his dancers, musiciens, etc.This production is not to be missed. Highly recommended.
gt surber –
Beautiful production
Matthew Bourne has delivered again- An old familiar piece in wonderful new form.The entire production is luscious. The dancing is superb. The music is beautiful, and matches the dancing very well. The costumes are elaborate and heavy and decadent, not always allowing the dancers to show their art, but beautiful. The change in costumes and setting from 1891 to over a century later is very well done, even to the use of cellphones and their cameras. The heavy costumes can be forgiven as the over all effect is one of beauty and grace. The entire production is well thought out, well choreographed in a wonderful mixture of traditional ballet and modern dance.The story is well told and comes through loud and clear, not always true in ballet. There are many nuances of the story that are explicitly brought out. e.g. Watch the uses of the bedroom window and its shutter. The lovers (David North and Hannah Vassallo) are wonderful with each other. Adam Maskell as both Carabosse, the dark fairy and her son Caradoc is wonderfully evil in both roles, and the character dies a well deserved death. The concept of the little doll for both the infant Aurora and in the surprise ending is marvelous. Count Lilac (Christopher Marney) is well portrayed and danced in an unusual over the top, decadent fashion.Beautiful. A new setting of an old tale. Bourne triumphs again. The production is billed as a gothic romance, and such it is, with all the trappings. Sit back and enjoy a wonderful performance.The dvd was very good quality, with both picture and sound well reproduced.
R. S. Kobe –
Not your ususal production
I had seen other productions but found this one to be spell binding even with its twists – well danced and stagedBob
Neil Elliot –
WAKE UP: MATTHEW’S BACK
Saw the production in L.A. last year, and find that I like the video version much more. There was so much going on and special lighting in the theatre that this video focuses and highlights some of the missed moments. The idea of combining so many different cultural views of the story, including the vampiric touches only gives more credit to MB’s ability to re-create from the masterpieces and put a new spin on the genre. If only they’d release his CINDERELLA and PLAY WITHOUT WORDS and DORIAN GREY and EDWARD SCISSOR HANDS.. At least there are snippets on line and even in the mini doc on this disc. Yes, we can and SHOULD enjoy and laugh at the classics if they deserve response to their humor. And thank you, Matthew Bourne, for making ballet an almost interactive sport…after all, without your audience’s responses, what would this all be about?
H. A. Weedon –
We all have our likes and dislikes. For instance, I’ve always preferred action woman Rapunzel to passive damsel Sleeping Beauty. Whilst the former uses one of her outstanding attributes to fool her captor and solve her problem, the other passively accepts every inconvenience inflicted upon her, first passively allowing herself to be induced into a long sleep and then depending on someone else to get her out of her difficulty. Although the Bolshoi Ballet dances to a high standard, what is that beside the inspiration of creative innovation? Most of us have been through the experience of seeing something or other performed immaculately to the very letter of perfection but still came away unsatisfied. We are told endlessly such things as: Bolshoi is the best; they interpret Tchaikovsky better than any other ballet company. But do they? Is it not a question of: if you get a reputation for early rising, you can lie in bed till noon? ‘Oh, it must be the right way to do it because the Bolshoi is doing it that way.’ So parrot the pantless* victims coming away from yet another ‘danced to the rulebook’ performance.Whether or not this Matthew Bourne production of Sleeping Beauty is in Gothic style is irrelevant simply because it’s a brilliant, imaginatively choreographed masterpiece of the highest order that runs circles round the so called ‘traditional’, Bolshoi or otherwise, productions. For once the Sleeping Beauty takes on the character of a strong willed, Rapunzel type lady, here brilliantly danced by Hannah Vassallo, with a will of her own as we see when she persistently continues to reject other suitors, such as Lord Rupert (Daniel Collins), in favour of Leo, the royal gamekeeper, here attractively danced by Dominic North. Everyone involved in this production deserves the highest praise for a job well done.Something else that impresses me with this performance is the definitive way in which the various fairy folk are portrayed as strong, focussed personalities devoid of ‘soppy fairy’ attributes. Then we have the delight of Sleeping Beauty, when she was a baby, crawling all over the place and up the curtains, all of it carefully choreographed. This is Matthew Bourne’s style. ‘Give me any movement and I’ll choreograph it,’ he seems to say. ‘I’ll even choreograph one of Rossini’s laundry lists it there are still any of them left lying around.’ We have here a delightfully innovative choreographer of the highest order who will attract more and more people to watch and enjoy ballet.In a way it’s the Swan Lake syndrome all over again. I used to get so fed up with people saying: ‘O yes, you mean Swan Lake and The Nutcracker’, when I mentioned the word ‘ballet’, that I vowed never to watch performances of these two works ever again. The very mention of ‘sugar plum fairy’ would send me running. Now we have Matthew Bourne, the man who can change all this. A man such as him who can choreograph the Sleeping Beauty character into being on a par with the Rapuntzel one has to be a genius and he has done just that. This is a truly wonderful performance, which I’m perfectly sure most ballet lovers will thoroughly enjoy. It’s so inspiringly innovative as it re-interprets Tchaikovsky’s score in scintillating fashion all along the line in this excellent Blu-Ray, no problems, recording.. Brilliant.* pantless. They’ve been bored off them.
Karsten –
Wunderbar
Neos –
Ho acquistato il prodotto dopo che sono andato a vedereil balletto dal vivo.Consigliato per chi ama il balletto, ma anche per chi vuole provarea vedere questa disciplina artistica per la prima volta.I costumi e le ambientazioni sono bellissimi e ben curatimi ha stupito, e così mi sono preso il dvd
emji –
Matthew Bourne est un danseur et chorégraphe anglais né en 1959 qui a fondé sa propre compagnie de danse ” Adventure in Motion Picture ».Passionné par le répertoire russe, après lâOiseau de Feu de Stravinsky en 1988, il entreprend ensuite la “trilogie” Tchaïkovsky :1993 : Casse-Noisette; 1995 : Le lac des Cygnes (version…gay – excellente et bouleversante version), enfin 2012 : La Belle au Bois Dormant.Fidèle donc à sa politique, Matthew Bourne choisit un point de vue très neuf sur cette partition et ce sujet:Ici foin des tutus “pour les filles” et des collants “pour les garçons”; Grâce au ciel, merci !!Surfant sur la vague de mode actuelle cinématographique,il a imaginé une histoire⦠gothique (!); transformant les fées du premier acte en « gentils vampires « et Carabosse en Prétresse de Messe Noire.Il construit son histoire de façon très logique : Il redéfinit les trois actes en quatre parties bien distinctes; il utilise comme matériel musical la version « traditionnelle » de lâoeuvre, retirant donc grosso modo 1 heure de musique, mais garde les meilleures pages de Tchaïkovsky – soit dit en passant il est regrettable de ne pas savoir le nom de l’orchestre qui est très bon.Le début (prologue devenu ici acte I), se passe ici en 1890, car la musique de Tchaïkovsky correspond parfaitement bien entendu à cet esthétisme; le second acte en 1911 (Aurore a 20 ans ); le troisième acte ⦠en 2011 (!), ce qui nâest pas dénué de surprise ni de poésie. Enfin le quatrième acte, intitulé « Yesterday » se passe dans un premier temps dans une boîte de nuit gothique, où le gentil vampire, protecteur du jeune homme (le Prince Désiré , dans la version traditionnelle), tuera le fils de Carabosse, démon.Cela peut paraître étrange, mais fonctionne à merveille, et la logique implacable de Bourne fait mouche à tous les coups. Son Corps de ballet est remarquable dâélégance, de souplesseâ¦. Lâesthétisme tout aussi remarquable de la production ( beauté des décors et somptuosité des costumes ) ajoute à la magie du spectacle ! Et parfois un humour bienvenu pointe le bout de son nez ( ah ! l’adorable poupon inénarrable qui incarne Aurore au premier acte – sans compter la surprise du final )â¦Certains numéros sont absolument emplis de poésie, comme le final du deuxième acte, ou le jeune homme pour attendre sa belle, accepte le baiser du vampire, image sublime s’il en est !Les ballets de Matthew Bourne – tout en préservant une chorégraphie somme toute classique du ballet – proposent un nouveau regard sur ces oeuvres, et du coup comme pour le monde de l’ opéra, nos grands ballets classiques et romantiques peuvent soutenir à leur tour un langage contemporain mais respectueux.A voir absolument !
PPuig –
Imprescindible para los fans de Matthew Bourne.La partitura queda reducida a cien minutos, pero.. que cien minutos.!!Y no es el clasico ballet del siglo XIX o XX…