One of my memories of Christmases past is of my mother and I, once we had a telly, watching the ballet productions that BBC2 screen(ed). Funnily enough, my father would often excuse himself whilst these were on!
In particular, I remember watching (and mum, a friend and I went to see it live some years later) was Matthew Bourne's innovative production of Swan Lake which features an all-male corps de ballet.
Here are some excerpts performed at the 1998 Royal Variety Performance and introduced by The Two Ronnies:
Apologies if you would have liked (or preferred) to have seen Jim Davidson after the break...
Andrew
Eric and Ernie looking an awful lot like Bilbo and Gandalf there
ReplyDeleteThis is a great Xmas mmemory.
ReplyDeleteI hope your Christmas was fantastic.