4 TEMPERAMENTS (NYC Ballet 1964 Canadian filming) 

What was your mother’s name? Very cool!

Mary Jean Golden (Hamilton). 1925-2016

Sometimes I wonder if it is the idea that the works are so sacred they're terrified of "putting a foot wrong". After all in many quarters there are complaints of things being too much this or not enough that no matter what they do.

Good point.

Peter Martins has a different esthetic.

Yes, he does. He has tried to meld old world classicism with Balanchine's neo-classical. While it looks beautiful and composed, like watching Greek statues come to life. It doesn't have the heart I see in this clip. I do see remnants of that energy in works coached by dancers who are not in the NYCB universe anymore. But without a pulpit, without the original company, their efforts will be lost.

Kerry Takashi Yes I was thinking the same thing, that loose and wild energy is missing from todays dancers. This was wonderful.

Martins runs the company according to his own tastes. Why he prevents other Balanchine dancers from coaching , I don't know. Balanchine had some idea that his company would change after him and did nothing to prevent it. Otherwise he would have requested Farrell be made AD or Kent or any of the other female dancers he favored.

Kerry Takashi Lincoln said Balanchine wanted to take it with him. Don't forget his brain was slowly going for three years before he actually died. It was Lincoln's decision about Peter.

YES.

Yes...you got it.

You call it weird. I call it fascinating, innovative, genius.

@@jcliff26 Absolutely! I was just making a joke through a naif's lens. But I'm a 4T fanatic since seeing it for the first time 50+ years ago. ! I just saw it here in Phoenix the other night and plan to see it once more this weekend. Our company in Phoenix is led by Ib Anderson, and he's improved the company immeasurably. But when I compare performances with videos of NYCB, what always strikes me is that certain details get lost, that are quite distinct in NYCB. For instance in Sanguinic, the girl's solo during the second theme ends with a squat-like pose with the arms down and back behind her. It's as if other dancers run out of time. I could list countess other examples. Is this largely a matter of the speed of NYCB dancers? By the way, Bart Cook's Melancholic has spoiled me for any other performance I've come across!

@@dennischiapello3879 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H3H-0b3JRTs.html. Balanchine coached me in this and only had me dance it while was in the company.

@@jcliff26 Thank's so much for showing me this! Beautiful performance! No doubt Mr. B was pleased! Melancholic strikes me as one of the most emotionally expressive dances he made. (And the 4 girls are scary!)

Yes indeed!

Nope. This was before I joined the company.

I've just listed all their names. I thought they were already in the opening credits. The pianist is listed in the opening credits.

@@jcliff26 Thank you so much.

Barbara Steinberg Don’t understand. What’s been taken down?

John, I made a mistake. I thought I didn't see some videos I was looking for from my favorites list, which I thought everything you have put up was on. But I was wrong. They are still here. I have favorited them now. Apologies.

This video leaves me kind of flabbergasted and in shock, because I think my interpretation of Flegmatic was completely wrong ! I was a dancer with the Dutch National Ballet, in 1966 John Taras came to put on Four Temperaments, and he gave me Flegmatic to dance. I was still in the corps the ballet, the year before Kurt Jooss chose me to dance Death in his Green Table, after Flegmatic I became a principal dancer. I Always thought I danced Flegmatic really well, Hector Zaraspe gave me great compliments when he saw me doing the role, however, now I am not sure at all ! In my company Flegmatic was owned by my collega Reuven voorembergh, he was greatly admired in that role, I however did not like his interpretation, i thought he was too feminine and sissy like, so I danced as sec and athletic possible. Last year I saw a video of the Bosten Ballet, and now this one, with Arthur Mitchell dancing it in the way Balanchine wanted, boy, turns out I had no idea what I was doing ! Why did Taras allow me to do it my way on stage, he came back a few years later, he never told me my conception was not right ! I doubt if I would have been able to do it the way it was supposed to be, although I am gay, I Always worked on stage as great and strong as possible. Oh well, I know the Earth will keep on turning, evenso I feel funny watching this video !

They are listed in the beginning on that other video I posted.

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