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Delph

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  1. I have 2 row B stalls tickets for the Royal Ballet School at Opera Holland Park, Saturday 1st July at 7.30PM. Unfortunately I can no longer go as we have to pick the kids up from Scout camp that evening. Happy to sell at less than face value if someone can use the tickets. They were £47.50 for the two.
  2. I would love to see it again - I saw Jonathan Ollivier in it (the only time I've seen it). He really was a striking dancer.
  3. I wondered that too. I don't think I have heard someone use the phrase "pull up through the back of the legs" but that may simply be my ignorance.
  4. I hope this isn't too off-topic.... Does anyone know whether any of the venues for this tour are particularly good or bad? I'm in Oxfordshire so any of the nearby counties would be within my reach - e.g. Berkshire, Bucks, Glos, Wilts. I'd be prepared to travel for a good theatre rather than see the performance at a mediocre one.
  5. I'll have to venture up to Birmingham some time. I fancy seeing their R&J especially. I see from reading the thread again that Brandon, Tyrone et al have already been mentioned..... sounds like they (and the others you mentioned Janet) have a bright future.
  6. I'm seeing this on the 9th November - I will have to try so hard to cleanse my memory of all the reviews and comments, so I can go in with a reasonably open mind!
  7. Janet - at least I know my perceptions are not out of step with those of "the regulars"! By the way how is Lachlan Monaghan getting on? I noticed him at the RBS summer performance in the Linbury, whichever year he was in it (2012?) It was good to see him go straight into BRB. Happened to see him outside SW before the performance a couple of weeks ago. Also spotted Anthony Dowell - who was in the first cast of Enigma Variations. So interesting to go, in a few yards of pavement, from someone near the beginning of their career to someone who has become legendary.
  8. Thank you two Pigeons! I've just looked them both up and it does seem likely it was Brandon. I'm looking forward to seeing more of BRB one day.
  9. Hello - long time "observer" here - I don't come here very often, and have only posted once or twice. I only arrived at the forums today because I was Googling, to try to find out more about Rupert Pennefather's departure from the RB. The forums are excellent for that kind of thing! I wondered if one of you may be able to help with this query. I saw the BRB Triple Bill at SW on 16th October and enjoyed all three ballets very much. Interesting to read some of the comments on here about The King Dances. I had been surprised by an Ismene Brown review of an earlier performance in which she called it a "silly cabaret" and the music "brash unloveliness". I loved the music, and the only part of the ballet I didn't like was the nightmare scene - I thought the nightmare-creatures did too much jumping around and would have been more effective, and sinister, if they had been much more subtle in the way they tormented the king. And I thought the sun costume was a little..... yellow! Overall though, lovely. My question is about the cast for The King Dances. I thought William Bracewell was superb as the King, but one of the corps caught my eye and to me was a real scene-stealer. He was in the final scene before the king comes on in his king-bling. He was a tall dancer with a precise and elegant movement quality and wonderful lines. Does anyone who knows BRB well have any idea who he might be? I'd never seen BRB before but hope to be able to catch them again. Delph
  10. Sorry! Ignore my original post below - have just seen another thread which explains all..... Does anyone know where Claudia Dean is going? I find it frustrating to see young dancers leave and never know what happened to them.
  11. Slightly off-topic, but for years I have been looking for a video/DVD of "Suzanne Farrell - Elusive Muse". Does anyone know where I could get hold of one? Ebay currently has one for the fist time in ages, but price + P&P is steep (it's in the USA).
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