Wikipedia:WikiProject Ballet/October 2014 editathon

Royal Opera House editathon

Monica Mason and Jann Parry in conversation, 25 October 2014 Editors, 25 October 2014 The Royal Opera House and Wikimedia UK request your company at an editathon focusing on Kenneth MacMillan, a former director and principal choreographer at the Royal Opera House. Kindly hosted in the Amphitheatre Restaurant at the Royal Opera House in central London on Saturday 25 October 2014. Please sign up now and join us on the 25th. The plan is to improve the coverage of Kenneth MacMillan and his works, some of which don't yet have articles on Wikipedia. We have a biography on him in eleven languages, but coverage of some of the people he worked with is weaker. As well as subject expertise and lunch, the ROH will be able to provide material from their library and archive collections including ephemera such as newspaper cuttings, and programmes. As well as members of the ROH Collections department on hand, present will be Monica Mason, former director of The Royal Ballet and a dancer who created a number of roles for MacMillan, and Jann Parry, author of the comprehensive MacMillan biography Different Drummer. Date: Saturday 25 October 2014, 10:00am–3.00pm (doors open at 10:00 and we will start at 10:30) Venue: Amphitheatre Restaurant at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (directions). Entrance is from the Covent Garden piazza or from Bow Street. Ask a member of staff for directions to the Restaurant. Participants: All welcome! We are hoping to have participation from several staff members and some external writers as well as interested Wikipedians. There is space for around 30 people in total. Registration: Please sign up here. Cost: Free. Contacts: Any questions? Please contact Jonathan Cardy (WMUK) Participants Please sign up here. You will need a laptop - if you don't have one, we will have a few available to borrow, but please let us know in advance. Online resources Websites The Kenneth MacMillan website, including a biography and details on all his works. The ROH Collections website, containing a database of Royal Opera House performances and an overview of items within the Collections. The ROH website, providing information about productions performed at the Royal Opera House and details about the artists who have worked there. A brief overview of MacMillan's works by Christina Franchi, former archivist at the ROH Collections. Royal Ballet programmes For the duration of the editathon a number of The Royal Ballet's programmes will be available to view as PDFs online. The programmes contain essays from academics and other commentators. Manon Romeo and Juliet Mayerling The Prince of the Pagodas The Rite of Spring Gloria Song of the Earth mixed programme of Concerto, Las hermanas and Requiem Video content Manon Darcey Bussell and Deborah MacMillan, Kenneth's widow, discussing Manon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK09Ml7YYvA Marianela Nuñez, Federico Bonelli, Ricardo Cervera, Christopher Saunders and Julie Lincoln, discuss the characters and choreography in Manon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY0_ooSE7uo Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli rehearsing Manon with Alexander Agadzhanov as part of World Ballet Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPTFh89tRLI Mayerling Mara Galeazzi and Edward Watson rehearsing Mayerling with Jonathan Cope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Xt51Kal3c The Rite of Spring Monica Mason discussing the role she created in The Rite of Spring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzY_JDr3xws Monica Mason rehearsing The Rite of Spring with Claudia Dean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ97W_rRGiQ Monica Mason discussing The Rite of Spring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfGrZZX_nd0 Romeo and Juliet Edward Watson and Gary Avis rehearse sword fighting with Christopher Saunders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFKGuAVE-Ww The Prince of the Pagodas Marianela Nuñez rehearses The Prince of the Pagodas with Monica Mason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4AaVS_G_mg Articles Full-length ballets Romeo and Juliet – made on Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable, but the premiere was danced by Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev (1965) Anastasia – made on Lynn Seymour Manon – made on Antoinette Sibley and Jennifer Penney (1974) Mayerling (1978) Isadora (1981) The Prince of the Pagodas – made on Darcey Bussell and Jonathan Cope (1989) One-act ballets Danses concertantes – commissioned by Dame Ninette de Valois (1955) Solitaire (1956) Noctambules (1956) The Invitation – made on Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable (1960) The Rite of Spring – made on Monica Mason (1962) Las Hermanas, based on Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, music by Frank Martin (1963) Song of the Earth (1965) Concerto based on Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (1966) Elite Syncopations (1974) Requiem, based on Gabriel Faure's Requiem, in memory of John Cranko (1976) My Brother, My Sisters (1978) La Fin du Jour (1979) Gloria (1980) Valley of Shadows – made on Alessandra Ferri (1983) Different Drummer (1984) Winter Dreams – based on Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" (1991) The Judas Tree – his last ballet, made on Viviana Durante and Irek Mukhamedov (1992) Ballet dancers who created roles in MacMillan ballets Fiona Chadwick - stub started, expansion needed Margaret Hill - stub started, expansion needed Julian Hosking - stub started, expansion needed Tetsuya Kumakawa - stub started, expansion needed Donald MacLeary‎ - stub started, expansion needed Jennifer Penney - stub started, expansion needed Designers who collaborated Yolanda Sonnabend - more needed Other Dance and Dancers - stub started for the event, expansion needed Jann Parry - biographer who spoke at the event Peter Williams (dance critic) - stub started for the event, expansion needed Disability Access The Amphitheatre restaurant and its toilets are wheelchair accessible. 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