Livestream - Julio Bocca's BNS Swan Lake

The FB page Julio Bocca en Uruguay has provided two online links for viewing Ballet Nacional Sodre's Swan Lake live national television presentation this Friday night (8/16) and repeated on Saturday.  Maria Riccetto will dance Odette/Odile and Ciro Tamayo will portray Prince Siegfried.  As we know from past experience, sometimes these livestream connections work in the U.S. and sometimes they don't.

For Friday night 8pm Montevideo time (7pm New York):

http://www.adinettv.com.uy/canal/69

For Saturday night 9pm Montevideo time (8pm New York):

  http://www.adinettv.com.uy/canal/68

The FB page is not the official BNS page but is maintained by one of Julio's greatest admirers. It includes up-to-date info, great pictures, and links that document the fantastic job that Julio is doing with the company in Uruguay. BNS recently revived its own FB page, but we're glad that Julio Bocca en Uruguay is still functioning.  (Maybe we should say that in our very best Spanish – tap, tap, tap www.translate.goog......)

Hola, Ro! Tu página de FB es fantástico. Sigue así. Por cierto, hay un rumor de que Julio está trayendo Ballet Nacional Sodre al Lincoln Center de Nueva York el próximo año. ¿Sabe algo de eso? Si usted desea viajar con ellos, usted es siempre bienvenido a dormir en mi sofá.

Apparently there were issues with the scrappy musicians' union in Montevideo which caused Julio to make a late decision to proceed without live music.  Even after offering refunds to ticketbuyers who might be disappointed, BNS's performances are still sold-out. Uruguay loves Julio. Don't we all.

 

Comments

[Naomi]

Very nice performance. The camera work was great - no jumping
around or crazy angles. Maria is such a lovely dancer, I really miss
her but she's getting the roles she deserves.
Thanks for the link - it was flawless.
Naomi

[Haglund]

All true, Naomi. Maria's Odette was even more stunning than I thought it would be. Absolutely gorgeous arms and leg lines. Everything was so natural and unforced. I miss her very much, too, and plan to watch the repeat broadcast on TNU tonight. Last night, the beginning of the TV transmission wasn't very smooth for me but then it got much better.

Too bad about Odile's fouettes in Act III, but I had the feeling when Maria took her 4th position to start that she had already "psyched" herself out of doing them. Everything else she did was superb AND TASTEFUL. A beautiful artist.

[B]

I just finished watching. All in all, this was a very nice performance, although I wasn't crazy about Act III (even forgetting about the unfortunate fouettes). I wish ABT would do something like this. Thanks for the link, Haglund.

[Haglund]

Hi B. I agree that Act III was not on par with Acts I, II, and IV. But I thought it was interesting, and made sense, for Odile to be dancing among the other princesses during the seduction process. I thought Maria was simply marvelous. I could feel her Odette's heart beating.