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ABT Live from City Center | A Ratmansky Celebration Details |
3/3/2021 12:14:58 PM/
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Ballet/Dance
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Co-presented by American Ballet Theatre and New York City Center, the program features many of the company’s renowned dancers in works by acclaimed choreographer and ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky. Hosted by author and American Ballet Theatre Co-Chair of the Trustees Emeriti Susan Fales-Hill, highlights include excerpts from The Seasons (2019), Seven Sonatas (2009), and The Sleeping Beauty (2015), and Bernstein in a Bubble, a World Premiere set to the music of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein. The new work, Ratmansky’s first since March 2020, was created in January and February of this year during a quarantined “ballet bubble” in Silver Bay, New York. The program features ABT dancers Aran Bell, Isabella Boylston, Skylar Brandt, Herman Cornejo, Patrick Frenette, Carlos Gonzalez, Blaine Hoven, Catherine Hurlin, Tyler Maloney, Luciana Paris, Devon Teuscher, Cassandra Trenary, and James Whiteside. The program also features a special intermission conversation with Ratmansky and the curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Public Library, Linda Murray. Together, they discuss the program’s four pieces, including Ratmansky’s approach to choreographing in a bubble. |
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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (Be Extra Careful About Marriage) Details |
3/3/2021 2:56:05 PM/
120 mins |
5.8
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Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance
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Partners Karthik and Aman don't have it easy in their road to achieving a happy ending, while Aman's family tries to get him married to someone else, Karthik doesn't step down unless he marries Aman. A sequel to the 2017 film, titled Shubh Mangal Saavdhan. | Appears to be available only in Hindi. |
Balanchine’s Theme and Variations Details |
3/4/2021 10:56:32 PM/
26 mins |
9 |
Ballet/Dance; Short
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A work that drips with gilded grandeur, Theme and Variations pays tribute to Balanchine’s imperial Russia with its regal structure and sumptuous Tschaikovsky score. An intensive display of the classical ballet lexicon, Theme and Variations was intended, as Balanchine wrote, “to evoke that great period in classical dancing when Russian ballet flourished with the aid of Tschaikovsky’s music.” Set to the final movement of Tschaikovsky’s third orchestral suite, the score consists of a theme and 12 variations, culminating in a polonaise in the Imperial style. Arguably the most substantial part of the suite, Tschaikovsky himself began the concert tradition of playing this final movement as a separate piece. Balanchine created Theme and Variations in 1947 for Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre), and it briefly entered the NYCB repertory in 1960. In 1970 Balanchine used the complete orchestral suite to create Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, and Theme and Variations, with a few minor revisions, returned to the repertory as the fourth and final movement of the ballet. |
Premiere: September 27, 1947, Ballet Theater, Richmond, Virginia New York City Ballet Premiere: February 5, 1960, New York State Theater |
Goodbye Seventies Details |
3/6/2021 1:12:42 PM/
92 mins |
3.7
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Drama; Queer Themes/Interest
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In the 1970s, the golden age of gay pornography in New York City, a promising chorus boy is injured and told he will never dance again. Distraught and unimpressed with the "art" films playing seedy Times Square theaters, he gets his friends and lovers together and they start making their own hardcore movies. Against all odds the films are wildly successful until drugs, AIDS and cheap video technology bring it all crashing down | |
On The Floor Details |
3/6/2021 1:29:34 PM/
15 mins |
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Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Short
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After his first major tour, a strung out SoundCloud rapper retreats to an isolated tree house, where he is visited by the three people closest to him. | |
The Big Day: Season 1 Details |
3/6/2021 1:50:35 PM/
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4.6
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Queer Themes/Interest; Romance
marriage; India; Wedding |
For six engaged couples, happily ever after begins on a spectacular note in this eye-popping look at India’s multibillion-dollar wedding industry. | |
Queer as Fundamental Details |
3/6/2021 2:10:05 PM/
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No IMDB
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Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest
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Tickled Details |
3/7/2021 12:15:25 PM/
92 mins |
7.5
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Documentary; Mystery; Queer Themes/Interest
Fetish |
Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction. | |
George Balanchine's Jewels Details |
3/7/2021 1:14:00 PM/
90 mins |
6.8
7 |
Ballet/Dance
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Jewels, ballet in three parts choreographed by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet. IMDB/DVD version recorded in October / November 2005 at the Opéra National de Paris. YouTube version is by the Bolshoi Ballet, "Jewels is an interesting triumvirate of styles and attitudes that is broken into three 'movements,' Emeralds, Rubies and Diamonds. Emeralds, set to the soothing and melodic post-Impressionism of Gabriel Faure, seeks to espouse the classical French dancing style. Rubies, the most forward-thinking piece in this set, is a wonderfully quirkly examination of American styles, including some fun jazz moves, set to Stravinsky's strident Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra. The most classically redolent piece, Diamonds, set to Tchaikovsky, will probably be the most easily accessible to those brought up on other Tchaikovsky ballets like Swan Lake or Sleeping Beauty, and seeks to incorporate a Russian dance ethos." [DVD Talk] |
The version I watched is that which is available on YouTube performed by the Bolshoi Ballet, not the version performed by the New York City Ballet. I admit that I am often not a fan of the Bolshoi productions. Technically, the dancers are 'right-on,' although in a very few spots the corps de ballet is a bit off in their synchronization But overall, the performance appears wooden and without emotion. They dancers are like perfect machine porcelain manikins without joy. + Review: DVD Talk [October 28, 2008] YouTube: Open in new tab or window |
Bad Medicine Details |
3/7/2021 10:50:10 PM/
16 mins |
3.7
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Adult; Erotica; Queer Themes/Interest
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When flesh needs a safe shelter, it'll find it in the wild. Arms as branches, legs as trunks - and the silence isn't silence but the loudest expression of earthly desire. Dazed by the mystery (and more), two men surrender to their strong appetite for a carnal, intense, and evanescent encounter. Shot in 2015, Bad Medicine portrays exactly what it promises: a quick option for a very needed cure. The camera moves around and brings you closer to these two smoking hot men, who entered the woods with a very provocative purpose - and who will make you leave completely satisfied. | To access Dear Father, follow these steps: 1. You must be a Here TV subscriber to access MenFlix.com. If you don't have an active subscription, make sure to subscribe. 2. After you subscribe, log into your Here TV account. 3. Watch the clip titled "New On Menflix." 4. At the end of the clip (3:10), we provide you with a password exclusively for Here TV subscribers. 5. Go to Menflix.com, enter the password and enjoy. 6. The password changes randomly, so be on the lookout for new passwords in your email inbox. |
Under The Rain Details |
3/7/2021 10:58:39 PM/
32 mins |
5.0
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Adult; Erotica; Queer Themes/Interest
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Four men occupy an old building to execute an artistic project. Mickey, the photographer, leads the group while the three models perform in a session that seems to dilate out of the script and into their lives. As the scene evolves, the wounded artist Viktor will take an impassioned trip through his feelings of doubt, fear and ambition, before climaxing into an erotic burst with the group. A story of will and perceptions that could easily allude to our owns - and to our individual impressions of erotica. | To access, follow these steps: 1. You must be a Here TV subscriber to access MenFlix.com. If you don't have an active subscription, make sure to subscribe. 2. After you subscribe, log into your Here TV account. 3. Watch the clip titled "New On Menflix." 4. At the end of the clip (3:10), we provide you with a password exclusively for Here TV subscribers. 5. Go to Menflix.com, enter the password and enjoy. 6. The password changes randomly, so be on the lookout for new passwords in your email inbox. WATCH NOW More Titles on MenFlix.com Follow Us |
What Is a Ballet Body? Details |
3/8/2021 12:48:50 PM/
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Ballet/Dance; Print Commentary
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Like many ballet dancers, Lauren Lovette has had some questions during the pandemic. One keeps rising to the top of her list. What is a ballet body? And a corollary: What does healthy look like? “Am I really working on being a better dancer?” Lovette said. “Or am I just trying to starve and get skinnier, so now I have the line?” In ballet, line isn’t just about the body’s shape on a stage. It has to do with the body’s overall harmonious outline: how, from head to toe, limbs and torso create the illusion of continuous reach and length. Weight, with its bulk and bulges — including, yes, breasts — plays its part and can interfere with a seamless, sculptural quality. For Lovette, a member of New York City Ballet since 2010, this pause from performance has brought some clarity. “I’m not going to be dancing at 94 pounds anymore,” she said. “That’s not going to be me.” [NYT] |
Article: New York Times [Gia Kourlas, Published March 3, 2021 Updated March 5, 2021] |
Spartacus Details |
3/10/2021 10:28:01 PM/
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6 |
Ballet/Dance
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"Spartacus, based on the account of a slave rebellion in Italy in 73BC, and made popular by Stanley Kubrick’s 1960 film, is a perfect Soviet allegory of an oppressed, noble populace fighting bravely to overthrow a fascist, decadent ruling class." [Guardian] | Spartacus is not one of my favorite narrative ballets. It's sort of the ballet's world equivalent to a "Star Wars" episode. The dancing is a muddle of "soldiers" marching around with swords raised high. Looks silly much of the time. Read Guardian review. Ballet Spartacus: Youtube [Jan 9, 2021] Open in a new tab or window +4/5 Review: Guardian [Roslyn Sulcas 4 Aug 2019] The performance referenced in the IMDB is not the same performance as that available on YouTube. I believe the YouTube performance is actually that of January 9, 2021 (2h 10m) at the Bolshoi in Moscow. The IMDB performance is that of 13 March 2016 (3h 5m). I have not found an explanation of the 1 hour difference. |
Don Quixote Details |
3/11/2021 6:48:15 PM/
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8 |
Ballet/Dance
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Verona Details |
3/12/2021 10:14:12 PM/
22 mins |
6.1
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Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance; Short
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'Verona' is the story of two young lovers separated by their rival fraternities. | |
Ernesto Details |
3/12/2021 10:21:59 PM/
84 mins |
6.0
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Drama; Queer Themes/Interest
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Ernesto is a teenager who wanders, in search of himself, through the streets of Rome. Chapter after chapter, time passes and people just disappear but he continues to live impromptu relationships, causing pain to himself and to others. Taking refuge in his happy moments and in political ideologies, he believes he can save his soul from suffering although life will force him to grow and move forward. | |
Scaffolding Details |
3/12/2021 10:36:25 PM/
14 mins |
6.5
6 |
Comedy; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Short
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Eduardo, a snob publicist who lives cranky most of the day and David, a shy student of literature are neighbors in a building under construction. After 6 months of hardly a greeting a scaffold intercedes between them causing unexpected reactions in each. | |
Winterreise Details |
3/13/2021 4:38:43 PM/
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9 |
Ballet/Dance
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Hans Zender’s 1993 reimagining for tenor and orchestra of Schubert’s Winterreise intensifies the composer’s darkly emotional song cycle. In the same spirit Christian Spuck’s choreography brings out the haunting isolation of Schubert’s monumental work. | "Abstract: Winterreise "Franz Schubert’s Winterreise (Winter Journey), a cycle of 24 songs for voice and piano, was written in the autumn of 1827, one year before Schubert’s death. The cycle, which consists of settings of poems by Wilhelm Müller, is not only considered the pinnacle of Schubert’s work as a songwriter, but also the very apotheosis of the German art song. In 24 snapshots, like a kaleidoscope, Schubert reveals the sentiments of a lost, wounded and lonely character. Few works of art have expressed the existential conflict of the human condition as devastatingly as this composition. "The German composer Hans Zender arranged the cycle as Schuberts Winterreise – eine komponierte Interpretation (Schubert’s Winter Journey – a composed interpretation). Zender’s version for tenor and a small orchestra, which premièred in Frankfurt in 1993, is far more than simply an orchestral arrangement. At once sensitive and radical, it exposes the potentially distressing nature of the cycle, and adopts its own, new approach to the poems of Wilhelm Müller. Zender ventures into the darkest regions of the human condition. With his interpretation, he unearths emotions that pulse beneath the surface of Schubert’s music and exposes the sinister strata in the depths of the music. "Similarly to Hans Zender, Christian Spuck’s production is concerned not so much with illustrating the various external stages of the traveller’s journey as with a far-reaching, abstract vision. In a mixture of large-scale ensemble scenes and numerous intimate solos, Christian Spuck embarks on a journey inside the human being. Exploring such timeless themes as love, longing, estrangement and abandonment, he uses the medium of dance to offer a new perspective on one of the great masterpieces of classical music..." [opernhaus] |
George Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto Details |
3/14/2021 4:33:15 PM/
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Ballet/Dance
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Music: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major (1931) Premiere: June 18, 1972, New York City Ballet, Stravinsky Festival, New York State Theater Original Cast: Karin von Aroldingen, Kay Mazzo, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Peter Martins Open in new tab or window: Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto: YouTube NYCB Digital Season George Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto, mda |
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Luz Details |
3/19/2021 12:34:11 PM/
118 mins |
7.4
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Crime; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance
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Ruben and Carlos become cellmates in a minimum-security prison. While Ruben struggles to learn the ropes of daily life and where he falls in the complex hierarchical prison system, Carlos becomes a mentor and then eventually a lover. The two men develop feelings for one another they can't easily express. As time moves on and one of them is released before the other, there are questions looming as to whether what they had was real or simply out of the need for human connection. | "Moving, tender and charged with a powerful undercurrent of eroticism, we recommend it for anyone looking for an unconventional romance or a deep meditation on the nature of love. In theatres March 19.... Arrives on VOD April 6" [Queerty] |
Firebird Details |
3/20/2021 10:00:56 PM/
107 mins |
6.6
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Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance
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Sergey, a troubled young private, is counting the days till his military service ends. His life is turned upside down when a daring fighter pilot, Roman arrives at the base. | |
Jump, Darling Details |
3/20/2021 10:12:03 PM/
90 mins |
7.6
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Comedy; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest
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A rookie drag queen, reeling from a break-up, escapes to the country, where he finds his grandmother in steep decline yet desperate to avoid the local nursing home. | |
Drawing The Line: A Portrait Of Keith Haring Details |
3/20/2021 10:27:17 PM/
30 mins |
6.7
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Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest
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This 1989 documentary by Elisabeth Aubert contains some great footage including Jeffrey Deitch with a hair helmet. | |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Details |
3/21/2021 7:22:11 PM/
120 mins |
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Ballet/Dance
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Young Hunter Details |
3/22/2021 11:40:44 AM/
101 mins |
6.0
5 |
Drama; Queer Themes/Interest
coming of age; Sexual Awakening |
Ezequiel, a sixteen-year-old gay teenager in his sexual awakening, meets a boy of twenty-one. They quickly start a relationship and the situation unravels unexpectedly. | SPOILER ALERT. I usually studiously avoid spoiler in my published notes. But this film concludes with a cliché denouement -- suicide. It need not have been a happy ending, a least as it relates to this particular narrative, but suicide is a cheap trick, often used in early gay literary expressions. Walker-Dack [QueerGuru] says that "The ending thankfully puts us back on track." He's wrong. It certainly does not! We've come much to far in our liberation journey to see suicide as freedom. Open links in a new tab or window: +8 Review: QueerGuru [Roger Walker-Dack October 27th, 2020] Dekkoo (Amazon) |
Anselm Kiefer: Field of the Cloth of Gold Details |
3/22/2021 1:25:37 PM/
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Ballet/Dance; Documentary; Short
Visual Arts |
"For the fifth episode of Gagosian Premieres, we celebrate Anselm Kiefer: Field of the Cloth of Gold—a new exhibition at Gagosian, Le Bourget—with a conversation between the artist and art historian James Cuno and a debut ballet performance by Hugo Marchand and Hannah O’Neill, choreographed by Florent Melac and set to music composed by Steve Reich. "In this exhibition, across fields of golden corn and ominous skies, the artist conjures the palpable sense of treading through landscape. Completed over the past two years, the monumental paintings—whose scale reflects the actual landscapes they depict—evoke the stories of history. "In this episode of Gagosian Premieres, James Cuno, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, speaks to the artist in an exclusive interview about the inextricable relationship between history and place that animates the works on view. Hugo Marchand and Hannah O’Neill—principal dancer and first soloist, respectively, at the Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris—perform original choreography by Florent Melac in the gallery. Set to Steve Reich’s “Duet,” a contemplative composition scored for two solo violins and a string ensemble, the dance was created in direct response to Kiefer’s exhibition of monumental paintings in the vast Jean Nouvel–designed former airplane hangar." [Gagosian] |
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Martyr Details |
3/22/2021 3:34:41 PM/
84 mins |
6.3
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Drama; Queer Themes/Interest
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A young man's tragic death at Beirut's seaside causes his friends to grapple with loss and to partake in his community's rites and ceremonies, exposing the city's schisms and its society's fault lines |
3/22/2021 11:07:58 PM