The Dream - Titania and Oberon pas de deux (Akane Takada, Steven McRae; The Royal Ballet)

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  • Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
  • Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, interpreted by Frederick Ashton, is a classic of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. Titania, Queen of the Fairies (performed by Akane Takada) and Oberon, King of the Fairies (performed by Steven McRae) dance this powerful pas de deux. Watch on ROH Stream from Friday 19 March: stream.roh.org....
    The high-spirited misadventures of the two pairs of mortal lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream combine with the humorous cavorting of Bottom, played by a male dancer who dances en pointe after his ludicrous transformation. The ballet culminates in a powerful pas de deux for Oberon and Titania, which moves through a stormy conflict of wills to a harmonious union. Felix Mendelssohn’s witty, gossamer-light music for the play provides a perfect partner to Frederick Ashton's inventive choreography.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 75

  • @RoyalBalletAndOpera
    @RoyalBalletAndOpera  3 місяці тому

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  • @Moo-fb2kb
    @Moo-fb2kb 3 роки тому +385

    The outfits are so stunning. I literally can’t focus on anything else. Even that caramel hair colour compliments her costume, it’s so pretty. And even he looks great too, the men are normally dressed boring as hell.

    • @ramandeepnijjar8281
      @ramandeepnijjar8281 3 роки тому +15

      I know! The costumes are incredible!

    • @evelyn4120
      @evelyn4120 3 роки тому +6

      Hell isn’t boring lol but yes, your are absolutely right

  • @barbaralemere5183
    @barbaralemere5183 3 роки тому +59

    Akane is such a beautiful Titania! I love watching her in this.

  • @abbieconnie2012
    @abbieconnie2012 3 роки тому +48

    It good to see Steve dancing again

  • @savana7906
    @savana7906 3 роки тому +90

    I am simple. I see Shakespearean ballet and I click.

  • @AnnDrogyne
    @AnnDrogyne 3 роки тому +59

    Such a beautiful ballet. Sir Fredrick Ashton was a genius, his choreography is a Spring morning filled with bluebells.

  • @karenkaren3189
    @karenkaren3189 3 роки тому +17

    I had to watch that about four times in a row. McRae channels Dowell for me (and that is GOOD), but adds his own sharp lucidity to the role. Takada, beautiful. Complete surrender to her Oberon. Made my day to watch this.

  • @vivianmergler5858
    @vivianmergler5858 3 роки тому +38

    one of my favorite ballets hands down. the music, the costumes, the captivating choreography, everything is absolutely beautiful. can’t wait until i can do it again with my company

  • @EvelyneSo
    @EvelyneSo 3 роки тому +9

    She managed to pull this off so perfectly despite the conditions of her shoes🧡

  • @DuchessRococoPuff
    @DuchessRococoPuff 3 роки тому +20

    Just finished streaming this about half an hour ago. What a wonderful ballet! Akane was just splendid, it was an absolute joy to see her dance this role, and Steven too! Thank you for sharing it with us!

  • @Celine-un2fq
    @Celine-un2fq 3 роки тому +14

    Wow! I love Shakespeare and I love ballet so to merge them together makes my heart happy. Akane and Steven are amazing! Steven is so talented and such a hard worker! Round of applause for them both! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @lazylazier479
    @lazylazier479 3 роки тому +76

    god the costumes are incredible, especially the wig! also was it just me or did her pointe shoes look... kinda weird at times? Maybe it was just the angle or im seeing things that are not there lol. Beautful as always! shes such an incredible dancer

  • @jeanneheyman10
    @jeanneheyman10 3 роки тому +13

    Omg, She is an absolutely stunning dancer.

  • @kilayugao7989
    @kilayugao7989 3 роки тому +13

    I simply love watching the royal opera house's dances. They are all so beautiful and graceful, especially their costumes.
    One of the biggest regrets in my life was that I never got the chance to learn ballet due to financial issues. It has always been my childhood dream to be a ballerina but it seems too late now.

    • @teensyt5541
      @teensyt5541 3 роки тому +4

      I’d say if you can and want to start learning anyway!!

    • @gablambros
      @gablambros 3 роки тому +3

      Try out an adult ballet class! :)

  • @astute1001
    @astute1001 3 роки тому +178

    Omfg her shoes are basically just socks at this point. Those feet must be insanely strong

    • @marybethmorrison
      @marybethmorrison 3 роки тому +24

      That was my first thought as well!

    • @sherrileerothwell5516
      @sherrileerothwell5516 3 роки тому +17

      Those shoes are awful.

    • @chalkedlines8960
      @chalkedlines8960 3 роки тому +25

      I think she cuts holes in the side, but she could honestly use a bit more support. She's a stunning dancer but those shoes cut her line to heck.

    • @Celine-un2fq
      @Celine-un2fq 3 роки тому +15

      Hahaha, I thought the same thing! It made me nervous when she would go en pointe! She definitely has strong feet.🩰🩰🩰

    • @meg-tan
      @meg-tan 3 роки тому +7

      i pretty much couldn't take my eyes off her shoes-

  • @AkashaOConnell
    @AkashaOConnell 3 роки тому +36

    Beautiful performance, but it always scares me when they keep dancing on shoes that dead.

  • @nectarina3891
    @nectarina3891 3 роки тому +48

    She really said, "what pointe shoes?"

    • @jessaglenny
      @jessaglenny 3 роки тому +9

      The deadest ever! I guess she has a tailor's bunion?

  • @sydneecho7500
    @sydneecho7500 3 роки тому +5

    OBERON LOOKS SO GOOD OMFG

  • @-ked-845
    @-ked-845 3 роки тому +3

    Beautiful, poetic! 👏👏

  • @franceshicks5337
    @franceshicks5337 Рік тому +1

    Love Oberon's costume the dancer is superb xxx

  • @bellaballerina4070
    @bellaballerina4070 3 роки тому +7

    how beautiful!

  • @markbeck8384
    @markbeck8384 Рік тому +1

    I would have loved to have seen more. This pas has really difficult choreography that could be SO awkward if it were not danced by such beautiful dancers as these. Yeah, and I agree with others: the costumes are stunning!

  • @christinalalonde4159
    @christinalalonde4159 3 роки тому +5

    Gorgeous!! But ya! I noticed the point shoes as well!.

  • @reaganhayes3109
    @reaganhayes3109 3 роки тому +3

    omg the costumes are just🤌🏻

  • @mysteriousnotsoseriousdeb
    @mysteriousnotsoseriousdeb 3 роки тому +5

    Lovely.

  • @farisha6605
    @farisha6605 3 роки тому +21

    her legs are literally what barbie legs look like 😩‼️

  • @rutakrugiskyte7277
    @rutakrugiskyte7277 3 роки тому +3

    Atleiskite!...Choreografija Frederick Achton. Maitre. Reveranse Grande Reveranse Vous...Merci Bravo..Bravissimo

    • @-ked-845
      @-ked-845 3 роки тому

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  • @juliagonzalezmaya1281
    @juliagonzalezmaya1281 3 роки тому +2

    Q hermoso felicidades bailan muy bien

  • @petraweise6494
    @petraweise6494 2 роки тому +1

    Wunderschön!

  • @missbebop7941
    @missbebop7941 3 роки тому +5

    00:34 wuuuu that was beautiful.......

  • @alizee4114
    @alizee4114 2 роки тому +2

    is that her little toe sticking out of her pointe shoe??

  • @franceshicks5337
    @franceshicks5337 Рік тому +1

    What would Mr w Shakespeare make of it xxx

  • @franceshicks5337
    @franceshicks5337 Рік тому

    So many aspects of life to watch, hear, & see to enjoy, but the sadness of ill health etc is so hard to bear, look at the mnd campaign, think of those suffering

  • @Jazillia007
    @Jazillia007 3 роки тому +15

    Is one of Akane's point shoes broken?

    • @nectarina3891
      @nectarina3891 3 роки тому +15

      sometimes dancer cut a hole to relieve bunion pressure, looks like that might be what happened here. there are very dead shoes regardless.

    • @Jazillia007
      @Jazillia007 3 роки тому +6

      @Páscoa Maria Very strange and honestly distracting.

    • @Jazillia007
      @Jazillia007 3 роки тому +9

      @@nectarina3891 Very dead shoes for sure. And I find it distracting. I hope it was just a costume rehearsal.

    • @madisoncox8002
      @madisoncox8002 3 роки тому +7

      @@Jazillia007 i didnt notice until you pointed it out, and i stare at pointe shoes. im an actual dancer myself, and pointe shoes can get really painful, so we have to do weird things to our shoes sometimes. im sure akane was more focused on functionality than it being distracting to one viewer.

  • @claireschweizer4765
    @claireschweizer4765 2 роки тому +2

    She makes dead shoes look gorgeous!!!

  • @katiehickey4539
    @katiehickey4539 7 місяців тому

    I wonder how old the Indian Changeling is in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

  • @rutakrugiskyte7277
    @rutakrugiskyte7277 3 роки тому +2

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    ŽMOGUS..

  • @metdvillanueva
    @metdvillanueva 3 роки тому +5

    😍😍😍👏👏👏

  • @TheRengge
    @TheRengge 3 роки тому

    Itu badan di puter2 apa kaga keseleo?

  • @laveniahewes9208
    @laveniahewes9208 3 роки тому +4

    This music seems familiar. is it from another ballet too? Perhaps copellia or La fille mal gardee? or was it in a Barbie movie??? I'm trying to wrack my brain to remember.

    • @darthlaurel
      @darthlaurel 3 роки тому +4

      This is Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream.

    • @pageturner242
      @pageturner242 3 роки тому +7

      it was in 12 dancing princesses!!

    • @laveniahewes9208
      @laveniahewes9208 3 роки тому +3

      @@pageturner242 thank you so much I used to watch that movie over and over again as a kid!

  • @exoticl3904
    @exoticl3904 3 роки тому +1

    Ben istemek ağlamak.. Ben konuşmayı unutmak..Ben bunu çok sevmek...

  • @bjsjjssjjsjs1602
    @bjsjjssjjsjs1602 3 роки тому

    واو 😍❤️💛

  • @hliat
    @hliat 3 роки тому +2

    Bitch that's Skimblshanks!!!! yay!

  • @AJShiningThreads
    @AJShiningThreads 3 роки тому +10

    Why blond hair? Can't Tataniahave black hair?

    • @mikiohirata9627
      @mikiohirata9627 3 роки тому +1

      I was thinking the same even though color scheme for this production is stunning but
      Why not dark hair Titania ?

    • @cecilb8287
      @cecilb8287 3 роки тому +13

      I do not wish to sound rude, I’m genuinely curious: is there an issue with her having blonde hair?

    • @nectarina3891
      @nectarina3891 3 роки тому +1

      I believe she was an understudy in this production, if she had been main cast it would have been good of them to give her darker hair.

    • @sherrileerothwell5516
      @sherrileerothwell5516 3 роки тому

      @@mikiohirata9627 I think she is a lovely woman, but the light hair is not flattering.

  • @jrgrimm6091
    @jrgrimm6091 Місяць тому

    Steven Mcrae... is so fine🙈🙈

  • @katiehickey4539
    @katiehickey4539 7 місяців тому

    I'm guessing whoever dances the part of Titania in the Titania 1866 Ballet, a Midsummer Night's Dream 1962 Ballet, and The Dream 1964 Ballet must be Coming of Legally Coronation, Homecoming, and Enthronement Age.

  • @priscillasantiago3286
    @priscillasantiago3286 3 роки тому

    My teacher would kill me if I made my bourres that big.

  • @sitcomchristian6886
    @sitcomchristian6886 3 роки тому +1

    Luke 14:8-9
    When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

  • @Anyaballerina
    @Anyaballerina 3 роки тому +4

    First

  • @ОктябринаПриморская

    Что у неё с ногами?

  • @franceshicks5337
    @franceshicks5337 Рік тому +2

    Love Stephen macrae