Literally I go back to this performance over and over. The entire show is just so genuis in it's layout and incorporation of all sorts of art forms including ballet, tap, set dressing, and puppetry. This particular scene is such a testament to the ability to portray a charecter through dance.
YES! I didn't think you'd review this since it's very tap heavy, but I'm so glad that you decided to go for it because this scene is indeed brilliant and Steven is indeed a genius :) Can't wait to hear your analysis!
During the 2020 world shutdown, I tried to learn the Mad Hatter's tap dance 'cause why not. For me, the hardest part was around 2:00 minutes where the Mad Hatter, March Hare, and Dormouse are circling Alice. The Mad Hatter does what I can only describe as "glissade jeté with beats" and it took me so long to figure out how to not trip over my feet.
Steven McRae: total legend! This is one of my favourite ballets. Everything: dance, music, costumes, set come together so beautifully. And the caterpillar!!!
Omg I remember that vid so well from my childhood - I watched it over and over again for MONTHS on end. Partly because the ballet/tap fusion was genius and creative, and partly because I just found the hatter rly attractive 😆
Sometime back a YT video popped up and it was Steven McRea as Romeo. Can't remember if it was the balcony or bedroom scene & who was Juliet BUT Steven McRea WAS Romeo. So amazing. He is a very underrated world class very superior Premier Danseur. That man is so talented and such an actor. On 2nd thought maybe Juliet was played beautifully by Francesca Hayward. Who ever was Juliet was brilliant but Steven's portrayal left such an impact on me.
I'm SO excited that you're analyzing the Mad Hatter's dance! Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of my favorite ballets (and your Tart Adagio analysis video -- comparing it to the Rose Adagio is one of my favorites of your videos), so I'm having so much fun seeing you continue this amazing series!
Thank you for your review of this unique and loveable scene. A word of explanation….l have explained in the past, to American citizens some details of the illustrations in the book by Tenniel.. The tag in the band of the top hat, 10/6,is the price of ten shillings and six pence or half a Guinea. In the Victorian era the skilled professional classes felt that it was beneath their dignity to deal in pounds shillings and pence if they could take a profit of five percent by working in guineas.(One Guinea being equal to one pound and one shilling.) This practice continued until 1971 when the United Kingdom began to use the decimal currency and the Guinea became obsolete.
I suggest "La Sylphide" in the different choreographies. Start of a new era in ballet and the first ballet danced en pointe. Also with strong male roles. Unfortunately the first choreography by Taglioni has not been preserved, We have only got fragmented descriptions. But Bournovilles is one of the oldest ballets which are still performed as originated. It would be interesting to compare the performances by different companies. There has been several spin-offs and newer versions on the basis of Bournonvilles choreography. That to show that ballet can be developed on previous versions and adapted for the audience of today. Creativity and not simple reproductions. That keeps ballet from being boring and gives new expreinces to older ballet nerds who have not yet seen it all.
Steven McRae is a tap god! Have you seen him tap to Czárdás with Vasko Vassilev??? It’s brilliant and incredibly satisfying ❤❤ My nephew used to watch it with big huge eyes when he was one
Ok wait the genius of this ballet and the performance aside for a second… y’all look so gorgeous in this ad!! I feel like I want links to your dresses, too 😂
Thanks so much for this! I'm looking forward this clip! Wheeldon's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" has so many scenes that are just OTT 💯 🔥, but the Mad Hatter's Tea Party is my favorite part💞! For me it is #1, after the Queen of ♥'s Tart Adage, the Cards corps de ballet and the Caterpillar. Much props and respect to Steven McRae 🥰!
Woo hoo, so looking forward to this video. We Australian ballet nuts are very proud of Steven Mc Rea's genius. As we are of Matthew Ball also from the Royal Ballet until just recently. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I happen to agree with your reverence for this neo-classical work. I also love the bravery it takes to risk the wrath of those Balanchine worshipers who believe that no works of genius have been made since the great man's death over 40 years ago.
@@curzonproduct It's easier to pretend that towering ballet creatives like Sir Kenneth MacMillan never existed. An excessively self-regarding American dance cabal led by New York Times dance critics and former New York City Ballet dancers had sprung up around pretending that Balanchine was not only everything, he was the ONLY thing. For many of these folks, even William Forsythe is a hack. One of the biggest critical dust-ups to ever happen on this side of the pond, was when former Washington Post Dance critic Sarah Kaufman dared to suggest that Artistic Directors were lazily programming so much Balanchine that they were neglecting other important works. All hell broke loose. Them's fightin' words. But here's the thing, some A D's sheepishly agreed that programming the same Balanchine works by too many companies can be just as mind-numbing as performing the same Petipa works over and over and over. Also, who wants to live in a museum?
I'm very grateful for your expert analysis of this incredible scene in this jaw-droppingly awesome ballet! As a non-dancer, I had assumed tap dancing must be very difficult for a ballet dancer (it almost seems like tap is an opposite skill set). But you have pointed out even more details to be astounded by! When I first got into watching ballet, I saw the "caterpillar" scene on RUclips and bought the DVD right away! I would love to figure out how they choreographed the Cheshire cat! Thank you so much for the video and have a great weekend ! 🙏❤️🎩☕️🫖🐇🐭🩵💚🧡💛💖
Thank u for watching with us today! Tap dancers are incredible, we absolutely love how much they can create with just their feet 😆😆 have the most *exquisite* week 🫰🏻🫰🏻💕
Fantastic video as always ladies 👏🏻 I was wondering if you could to some videos with commentary on the Royal Ballet rehearsals such as the cards dance from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, or the fairies entrance in Sleeping beauty those are my favourites ☺️
Every time I watch y'all's videos I'm always excited for the ending because I know the bloopers are going to be so hilarious. We need a video of just bloopers, J&E just being their best chaotic selves.
Fun fact: every time I was driven or drove past the parish church in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England (UK) in the New Forest, I knew & remembered that Alice Liddell (THE Alice) was buried there. I stopped one day to visit her grave ❤
Hey Ballet Reign y’all should do smth similaire to the video where u reacted to Twoset violin doing ballet a while ago ( PS: that was pretty funny), like u can try playing the violin ( ofc pls try finding a teacher it’s safer (for ur ears) Honestly i discoverd ur chanel because of that. LOVE Y’ALL and have an **EXQUSITE** day ❤😊
YAYYYYYY im si happy u posted :DDD!!! I Always love you guys' energy and i feel so happy when i see ur videos TT❤❤ I have a request , can u please do a video on this ballet anime ( Princess Tutu , its super good !! ) i have always lovef that show but i wonder what actual ballet dancers might think of the technical aspects , animations , i would be so ecstatic if u woukd reply TT❤❤❤❤!!!
For some reason I've only watched small clips of this ballet and never noticed who played the Mad Hatter. But you're so right, I never would have known that was Steven McRae! And I just recently watched a documentary that included his terrible injury and recovery from it, so I was just looking at him pretty closely not that long ago. It's so cool how versatile he is! I really need to watch this ballet all the way through.
As a rare dancer who was trained in both tap and ballet, I'm sure Steven was Wheeldon's muse for this piece. Others have performed it since, but Steven always was, and always will be the Original Mad Hatter. He is beyond comparison.
I’m going to London to see this on stage next month and I’m so excited. I’ve watched it already on the RBO stream but I can’t wait to see it in person with Viola Pantuso and Marcelino Sambe.
The Colorado ballet is doing Alice in wonderland and I bought tickets, but it’s the septime webre one, apparently? Anyone know if I should be disappointed?
are there many danseurs who also tap dance? wondering how many others can take on the role. or can a production just get a tap dancer to do this dance instead? i don't think the Mad Hatter features again in the show doing ballet?
I think Fred Astaire would be giving his nod of approval from the grave. Steven channels the same combination of precision, grace, and expression that made Fred a legend for over a century.
THIS SCENE is SUCH A GOLD and it NEVER gets old! (To be fair, all of Alice in Wonderland ballet was carefully and meticulously executed - I think the more you know about the story, the more you get out of the ballet) Thank you for reviewing this scene! 😍 Also I noticed that even though everyone was doing something different, somehow there's overall correlation to make it seem still like one piece all together, which put me in an awe because that means that choreographer meticulously calculated which dance moves are located where so what may "SEEM RANDOM" could acutally mean they overall form a big harmonious structure. 😮 Thanks again for reviewing! ❤ Also if it's in your interest, would you girls try reviewing Shostakovich's "The Nose" ballet? I came across random tap dancing giant noses from youtube few years ago but never understood the context of that ballet 😂😂😂😂 It would be wonderful if you girls could review the history of this ballet and how it came to be and explain what's going on because the setting of the ballet looks so serious..until GIANT NOSES come out and tap dancing 😂😂😂😂😂
This scene introduced me to the ballet and it’s still my favorite part of the ballet. I have listened to the soundtrack and the track for the tea party doesn’t sound right without the Mad Hatter’s tapping.
That's because the Mad Hatter IS the music. There's a video of Christopher Wheeldon working on the choreography with Stephen McCrae in which he says to Stephen "You are the music here, so it has to be crisp, precise, full of dynamics." I love this ballet and especially this scene. I can't imagine how it could be done with anyone other than Stephen McCrae playing the Mad Hatter. Who else has the versatility and virtuosity to do it? Watching this sent me off to find video of McCrae winning the Prix de Lausanne. He did the Corsaire, then for his free form, he did such an AMAZING tap number. It brought the house down. He was just 17. Was offered a place on the Royal Ballet School on the spot. He said he went with just his one suitcase, no adult from home with him, and never went back to Australia (which is where he's from). It would be interesting if you did "where are they now" for winners of the Prix de Lausanne,also if you showed their classical performance and their modern/jazz/whatever performance. I'd love to see how their careers went. And to do one exclusively on Stephen McCrae would be great, too. Thanks, ladies!
I re-watched Steven's Prox do Lausanne performance. I believe it was The Talisman, not Corsaire variation, that he did. It was great! I recommend everyone watch it. It's on RUclips.
I don't generally enjoy watching ballet on stream, but this ballet was a much watch for me, and in HUGE part because of this number!! This video helped me appreciate it on another level - thank you 🙌
I have a video idea for you! I would love for you to compare and contrast the White Swan PDD from two totally world-class but definitely distinct companies... The Bolshoi's rendition with Svetlana Zakharova versus the Royal Ballet's version with Marienela Nunez! I have literally been watching them side by side and I would LOOOOOVE your take on everything from the staging, the corps, the costumes, and the individual performances. They are so different from one another but each so spectacular in their own right! ruclips.net/video/L8Kn1nkYNCI/видео.html. versus ruclips.net/video/g_3R1hcCzhU/видео.html I can't be the only one who would love to see a comparison of these titans of dance!!!!
Omg I love Steven McRae! I’m so glad you guys finally went over him as the mad hatter. Because of his technique he’s slowly but surely became one of my favorite dancers.
I love the cupcake and scone with jam that serve as seats. Incidentally, hatters really did get convulsions from poisoning by the mercury they used to make felt hats. Hence the expression "mad as a hatter." Also, dormice hibernate through the winter, which explains Alice's dormouse being sleepy.
watching this right after eating a cookie, as well as after having considered making tea, but being too lazy for it, is a nice coincidence, i cant wait to see what u have to say abt this dance!!
I have a thing for male ballet dancers dancing together. I think there is suddenly so much energy and a shift in the room. I especially became aware of it in Mayerling, when Prince Rudolf (again brillantly performed by Mr Steven Icandoeverything McRae) dances with a group of male dancers.
Wonderful and delightful, as always. This isn't related, but in this comparison video, the way Marianela Nunez does this (see timestamp 4:29) is the most exquisite ruclips.net/video/rLSyvRh8g5Y/видео.html
@user-ld6hp2fm3r Ballet can be fun in many different ways and if you cannot see the brilliant ballet technique of all the dancers you are not looking very hard. ALICE is a wonderful leave the biggest smile on your face ballet ever. Not all ballets have dancers wearing pointer shoes or ballet flats . As those who watch or dance we need to have flexible minds too.
Long time fan of your channel, thank you for featuring this sterling work. Just an FYI, when proclaiming BRAVO to more than one person it’s more grammatically correct to say BRAVI! Bravo = masculine, Brava = feminine, Bravi = plural. Thanks again.
Steven is an absolute legend, and this role is peeeerfect for him!
He’s the whole package 🙌🏻🙌🏻✨✨
Literally I go back to this performance over and over. The entire show is just so genuis in it's layout and incorporation of all sorts of art forms including ballet, tap, set dressing, and puppetry. This particular scene is such a testament to the ability to portray a charecter through dance.
Can you also do the card scene, please! I love corps work and I think it’s one of the coolest!
YES! I didn't think you'd review this since it's very tap heavy, but I'm so glad that you decided to go for it because this scene is indeed brilliant and Steven is indeed a genius :) Can't wait to hear your analysis!
we have a bit of an obsession with tap dancing lol 😅😅 hope you enjoy!! 💕💕
@@balletreignI love tap ❤
@@balletreignif you love tap you gotta watch singing in the rain
During the 2020 world shutdown, I tried to learn the Mad Hatter's tap dance 'cause why not. For me, the hardest part was around 2:00 minutes where the Mad Hatter, March Hare, and Dormouse are circling Alice. The Mad Hatter does what I can only describe as "glissade jeté with beats" and it took me so long to figure out how to not trip over my feet.
YESSS jeté battu is already difficult, but adding taps to it is on another level. Props to you for learning it!! 🥳🥳
Steven McRae: total legend! This is one of my favourite ballets. Everything: dance, music, costumes, set come together so beautifully. And the caterpillar!!!
Omg I remember that vid so well from my childhood - I watched it over and over again for MONTHS on end.
Partly because the ballet/tap fusion was genius and creative, and partly because I just found the hatter rly attractive 😆
LOLLL 😂😂
Sometime back a YT video popped up and it was Steven McRea as Romeo. Can't remember if it was the balcony or bedroom scene & who was Juliet BUT Steven McRea WAS Romeo. So amazing. He is a very underrated world class very superior Premier Danseur. That man is so talented and such an actor. On 2nd thought maybe Juliet was played beautifully by Francesca Hayward. Who ever was Juliet was brilliant but Steven's portrayal left such an impact on me.
Appreciate your taking a moment to highlight Steven McRae's extraordinary talent. He is a wonder.
SOOO EXCITED FOR THIS YEEEAHHHH!!!!!
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Yeah this absolutely is magnetic. I love this ballet, so glad I got to watch the full thing when I was researching for a video essay I did.
This ballet must have been such a fun research project! 😆😆
The Royal is streaming Alice in wonderland to the cinemas this autumn, I can’t wait! Loved every clip I’ve seen on the internet sooo much
One of my favorite numbers! Hats off to Steven McRae! He is brilliant!
He IS the hatter 🎩✨
I'm SO excited that you're analyzing the Mad Hatter's dance! Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of my favorite ballets (and your Tart Adagio analysis video -- comparing it to the Rose Adagio is one of my favorites of your videos), so I'm having so much fun seeing you continue this amazing series!
Such a fun ballet with so many fabulous scenes! 😆😆✨✨ we hope to cover more of this ballet in the future🙌🏻
MY FAVORITE BALLET!!!!! AHHHH I’m so excited you guys did thissss🥳🥳🥳
Thank you for your review of this unique and loveable scene. A word of explanation….l have explained in the past, to American citizens some details of the illustrations in the book by Tenniel.. The tag in the band of the top hat, 10/6,is the price of ten shillings and six pence or half a Guinea. In the Victorian era the skilled professional classes felt that it was beneath their dignity to deal in pounds shillings and pence if they could take a profit of five percent by working in guineas.(One Guinea being equal to one pound and one shilling.) This practice continued until 1971 when the United Kingdom began to use the decimal currency and the Guinea became obsolete.
It’s getting a revival in London this autumn. AND I’M GOING!!! Can’t wait!
Aha! I’ll look into that ❤
@@tiffcat1100 Me too!
So lucky! I’m jealous! It’s going to be a great time for you
Is Steven dancing in it?
There aren’t THAT many ballet dancers who are also superb tap dancers.
I suggest "La Sylphide" in the different choreographies. Start of a new era in ballet and the first ballet danced en pointe. Also with strong male roles.
Unfortunately the first choreography by Taglioni has not been preserved, We have only got fragmented descriptions. But Bournovilles is one of the oldest ballets which are still performed as originated. It would be interesting to compare the performances by different companies. There has been several spin-offs and newer versions on the basis of Bournonvilles choreography. That to show that ballet can be developed on previous versions and adapted for the audience of today. Creativity and not simple reproductions.
That keeps ballet from being boring and gives new expreinces to older ballet nerds who have not yet seen it all.
WOW speechless, yet another topic/video leaving me wanting MORE. Encore Encore BRAVA!!
Steven McRae is a tap god! Have you seen him tap to Czárdás with Vasko Vassilev??? It’s brilliant and incredibly satisfying ❤❤ My nephew used to watch it with big huge eyes when he was one
Ok wait the genius of this ballet and the performance aside for a second… y’all look so gorgeous in this ad!! I feel like I want links to your dresses, too 😂
Thanks so much for this! I'm looking forward this clip! Wheeldon's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" has so many scenes that are just OTT 💯 🔥, but the Mad Hatter's Tea Party is my favorite part💞! For me it is #1, after the Queen of ♥'s Tart Adage, the Cards corps de ballet and the Caterpillar. Much props and respect to Steven McRae 🥰!
So many great scenes in this one 😆😆✨✨
oh my gosh, this was my FAV ballet since my childhood!! and i miss it sooo muchhh 😭
Woo hoo, so looking forward to this video. We Australian ballet nuts are very proud of Steven Mc Rea's genius. As we are of Matthew Ball also from the Royal Ballet until just recently. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Both are legends ✨
I happen to agree with your reverence for this neo-classical work. I also love the bravery it takes to risk the wrath of those Balanchine worshipers who believe that no works of genius have been made since the great man's death over 40 years ago.
Have they not heard of Kenneth Macmillan?! 😂
@@curzonproduct It's easier to pretend that towering ballet creatives like Sir Kenneth MacMillan never existed.
An excessively self-regarding American dance cabal led by New York Times dance critics and former New York City Ballet dancers had sprung up around pretending that Balanchine was not only everything, he was the ONLY thing. For many of these folks, even William Forsythe is a hack.
One of the biggest critical dust-ups to ever happen on this side of the pond, was when former Washington Post Dance critic Sarah Kaufman dared to suggest that Artistic Directors were lazily programming so much Balanchine that they were neglecting other important works.
All hell broke loose. Them's fightin' words. But here's the thing, some A D's sheepishly agreed that programming the same Balanchine works by too many companies can be just as mind-numbing as performing the same Petipa works over and over and over. Also, who wants to live in a museum?
We r doing Alice in wonderland as our ballet this year!!! So excited
I absolutely love the Alice in Wonderland ballet. It's just so fun!
Yesss 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@balletreignSteven McRae also did a good job in a different type of performance in Liam Scarlett's Frankenstein in which he portrayed the Creature.
I'm very grateful for your expert analysis of this incredible scene in this jaw-droppingly awesome ballet!
As a non-dancer, I had assumed tap dancing must be very difficult for a ballet dancer (it almost seems like tap is an opposite skill set). But you have pointed out even more details to be astounded by!
When I first got into watching ballet, I saw the "caterpillar" scene on RUclips and bought the DVD right away!
I would love to figure out how they choreographed the Cheshire cat!
Thank you so much for the video and have a great weekend ! 🙏❤️🎩☕️🫖🐇🐭🩵💚🧡💛💖
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Thank u for watching with us today! Tap dancers are incredible, we absolutely love how much they can create with just their feet 😆😆 have the most *exquisite* week 🫰🏻🫰🏻💕
@@balletreign thank you so much, and you as well! 🙏🥰🌊🐬
Hiiii ballet reign!! I looooooovve ballet so much and Alice in wonderland it's just such a cool thing😊 I love you guys so muchhhhh!!!
Thanks for being here today! So happy you’re enjoying our channel 😆😆
@@balletreign aw thank you! Yes I love this channel a lot cause you guys are always so funny lol!😄
Fantastic video as always ladies 👏🏻 I was wondering if you could to some videos with commentary on the Royal Ballet rehearsals such as the cards dance from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, or the fairies entrance in Sleeping beauty those are my favourites ☺️
7:33 This part does something to me, I don’t know what it is but I can’t stop watching it like the LOOK in his eyes sent chills down my spine😭😭
As someone who did both ballet and rhythm tap for 13 yrs, I MELT
Opening yt to this was such a surprise treat! McRae is THE perfect mad hatter💜
Every time I watch y'all's videos I'm always excited for the ending because I know the bloopers are going to be so hilarious. We need a video of just bloopers, J&E just being their best chaotic selves.
gosh, this makes me want to reread the book, too (or at least that chapter). and i have no idea where my Gardner annotated edition is tsk
Does this scene spoof any classical ballet scenes like the Tart Adage does?
Fun fact: every time I was driven or drove past the parish church in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England (UK) in the New Forest, I knew & remembered that Alice Liddell (THE Alice) was buried there. I stopped one day to visit her grave ❤
Wowwww that’s so very special ❤️
Hey Ballet Reign y’all should do smth similaire to the video where u reacted to Twoset violin doing ballet a while ago ( PS: that was pretty funny), like u can try playing the violin ( ofc pls try finding a teacher it’s safer (for ur ears)
Honestly i discoverd ur chanel because of that.
LOVE Y’ALL and have an **EXQUSITE** day ❤😊
YAYYYYYY im si happy u posted :DDD!!! I Always love you guys' energy and i feel so happy when i see ur videos TT❤❤
I have a request , can u please do a video on this ballet anime ( Princess Tutu , its super good !! ) i have always lovef that show but i wonder what actual ballet dancers might think of the technical aspects , animations , i would be so ecstatic if u woukd reply TT❤❤❤❤!!!
For some reason I've only watched small clips of this ballet and never noticed who played the Mad Hatter. But you're so right, I never would have known that was Steven McRae! And I just recently watched a documentary that included his terrible injury and recovery from it, so I was just looking at him pretty closely not that long ago. It's so cool how versatile he is! I really need to watch this ballet all the way through.
I love steven mcrea in the mad hatter he is soooooo good❤
None can hatter like he hatters 🎩✨
Did you see the ode to Balanchine's Apollo at 12:43 with the iconic arabesque poses from the ballet?
As a rare dancer who was trained in both tap and ballet, I'm sure Steven was Wheeldon's muse for this piece. Others have performed it since, but Steven always was, and always will be the Original Mad Hatter. He is beyond comparison.
I can’t believe @Ballet Reign made a vid on the day of my Birthday it’s the best gift everrr tysm ❤
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 🥳🥳 we hope you have the most joyous day and many more to come ✨✨
Happy birthday!
Omg tysm ur so kind ♥️
I’m going to London to see this on stage next month and I’m so excited. I’ve watched it already on the RBO stream but I can’t wait to see it in person with Viola Pantuso and Marcelino Sambe.
I'm green with envy!!!
This ballet is my favorite of all time! It’s what got me into the classical ballets!
The Colorado ballet is doing Alice in wonderland and I bought tickets, but it’s the septime webre one, apparently? Anyone know if I should be disappointed?
Yup.
are there many danseurs who also tap dance? wondering how many others can take on the role. or can a production just get a tap dancer to do this dance instead? i don't think the Mad Hatter features again in the show doing ballet?
All this ballet is just amaizing. I bought the dvd and watch it all over again. Absolutly amaizing. Wish I could see it live.
Thanks for another fun Saturday, J&E!
Thank you so much for coming today! Glad u had fun. Have an *exquisite* week 😆😆
@balletreign always a pleasure 🙏
Have yourselves an exquisite week, as well!
Ephesians 3:20!
I think Fred Astaire would be giving his nod of approval from the grave. Steven channels the same combination of precision, grace, and expression that made Fred a legend for over a century.
i'd love to see more about the alice's adventures in wonderland! i already loved your commentary on the rose adagio
I love how yall covered this!!! I watch this at least once a week lol
THIS SCENE is SUCH A GOLD and it NEVER gets old! (To be fair, all of Alice in Wonderland ballet was carefully and meticulously executed - I think the more you know about the story, the more you get out of the ballet) Thank you for reviewing this scene! 😍 Also I noticed that even though everyone was doing something different, somehow there's overall correlation to make it seem still like one piece all together, which put me in an awe because that means that choreographer meticulously calculated which dance moves are located where so what may "SEEM RANDOM" could acutally mean they overall form a big harmonious structure. 😮 Thanks again for reviewing! ❤
Also if it's in your interest, would you girls try reviewing Shostakovich's "The Nose" ballet? I came across random tap dancing giant noses from youtube few years ago but never understood the context of that ballet 😂😂😂😂 It would be wonderful if you girls could review the history of this ballet and how it came to be and explain what's going on because the setting of the ballet looks so serious..until GIANT NOSES come out and tap dancing 😂😂😂😂😂
PLEASE react to The Caterpillar’s dance from this same ballet!! It doesn’t have tap of course, but it’s absolutely wonderful
YESSS GUYS WAKE UP BALLET REIGN POSTED
This scene introduced me to the ballet and it’s still my favorite part of the ballet. I have listened to the soundtrack and the track for the tea party doesn’t sound right without the Mad Hatter’s tapping.
That's because the Mad Hatter IS the music. There's a video of Christopher Wheeldon working on the choreography with Stephen McCrae in which he says to Stephen "You are the music here, so it has to be crisp, precise, full of dynamics." I love this ballet and especially this scene. I can't imagine how it could be done with anyone other than Stephen McCrae playing the Mad Hatter. Who else has the versatility and virtuosity to do it?
Watching this sent me off to find video of McCrae winning the Prix de Lausanne. He did the Corsaire, then for his free form, he did such an AMAZING tap number. It brought the house down. He was just 17. Was offered a place on the Royal Ballet School on the spot. He said he went with just his one suitcase, no adult from home with him, and never went back to Australia (which is where he's from).
It would be interesting if you did "where are they now" for winners of the Prix de Lausanne,also if you showed their classical performance and their modern/jazz/whatever performance. I'd love to see how their careers went. And to do one exclusively on Stephen McCrae would be great, too.
Thanks, ladies!
I re-watched Steven's Prox do Lausanne performance. I believe it was The Talisman, not Corsaire variation, that he did. It was great! I recommend everyone watch it. It's on RUclips.
Steven McRae is amazing, I’ve been a fan of the Royal Ballet for a very long time. Thanks for highlighting this classic ballet scene.
I don't generally enjoy watching ballet on stream, but this ballet was a much watch for me, and in HUGE part because of this number!! This video helped me appreciate it on another level - thank you 🙌
I have a video idea for you! I would love for you to compare and contrast the White Swan PDD from two totally world-class but definitely distinct companies... The Bolshoi's rendition with Svetlana Zakharova versus the Royal Ballet's version with Marienela Nunez! I have literally been watching them side by side and I would LOOOOOVE your take on everything from the staging, the corps, the costumes, and the individual performances. They are so different from one another but each so spectacular in their own right! ruclips.net/video/L8Kn1nkYNCI/видео.html. versus ruclips.net/video/g_3R1hcCzhU/видео.html I can't be the only one who would love to see a comparison of these titans of dance!!!!
Omg I love Steven McRae! I’m so glad you guys finally went over him as the mad hatter. Because of his technique he’s slowly but surely became one of my favorite dancers.
Just noticed they hit 30k recently. Congratulations!
Mad Hatter is great but I absolutely love Queen of Hearts!
Waiiiit I didnt think you guys would cover this, this is my favorite piece in the ballet! Im so excited
I love the cupcake and scone with jam that serve as seats. Incidentally, hatters really did get convulsions from poisoning by the mercury they used to make felt hats. Hence the expression "mad as a hatter." Also, dormice hibernate through the winter, which explains Alice's dormouse being sleepy.
You two look amazing in this video! We need an outfit check so we know where to find all your awesome pieces!
watching this right after eating a cookie, as well as after having considered making tea, but being too lazy for it, is a nice coincidence, i cant wait to see what u have to say abt this dance!!
One of my favourite young RB ballerinas, Viola Pantuso, makes her debut as Alice this fall season. I cannot wait - she's going to be amazing!
Wow. I love this so much!
Off topic but Jordans hair is toooo cute 😭🫶😊
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Thanks for showing me this scene again; I think maybe I didn't fully appreciate it before.
It was fun for us too! Thanks for watching with us today 😆😆✨✨
The little stage is a human-size Pollocks toy theatre.
Such a cute setting 🫰🏻🫰🏻
Could be wrong, but I think The March Hare is Paul Kay and The Dormouse is Romany Padjak......female?.....anyway enjoyed Video ❤
Ever since watching your ballet protagonist video, I’ve been dreaming of choreographing a ballet about Psyche and Eros someday.
I have a thing for male ballet dancers dancing together. I think there is suddenly so much energy and a shift in the room. I especially became aware of it in Mayerling, when Prince Rudolf (again brillantly performed by Mr Steven Icandoeverything McRae) dances with a group of male dancers.
12:44 Love how this seems to be an absurdist take on the 3 Graces’ pose from Apollo.
Please review the 1948 film The Red Shoes
I love❤❤❤your channel, but the flickering of the screen drives me absolutely insane! Please stop it , please 😊😊😊
what flickering? maybe it's your device
Wonderful and delightful, as always.
This isn't related, but in this comparison video, the way Marianela Nunez does this (see timestamp 4:29) is the most exquisite
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Почему вы называете ЭТО балетом?
Because it is? It’s one scene from a ballet that happens to have some tap dancing.
@@rosyface_ по-моему это пародия на балет
@user-ld6hp2fm3r Ballet can be fun in many different ways and if you cannot see the brilliant ballet technique of all the dancers you are not looking very hard. ALICE is a wonderful leave the biggest smile on your face ballet ever. Not all ballets have dancers wearing pointer shoes or ballet flats . As those who watch or dance we need to have flexible minds too.
@@micheledix2616 когда не могут придумать ничего своего, надо спародировать например розовое адажио.. это глупо и пошло.
Long time fan of your channel, thank you for featuring this sterling work. Just an FYI, when proclaiming BRAVO to more than one person it’s more grammatically correct to say BRAVI! Bravo = masculine, Brava = feminine, Bravi = plural. Thanks again.