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  1. Emeralds
    The Royal Ballet's much awaited triple bill of Kenneth MacMillan ballets at the Royal Opera House- Danses Concertantes, Different Drummer, and Requiem, opens tomorrow, so am starting this thread for reviews, thoughts, curtain call photos etc. Please note there are now further cast changes in addition to Francisco Serrano replacing Alexander Campbell (as Drum Major) in Different Drummer following Campbell's departure to take up his new Royal Academy of Dancing post. Isabella Gasparini replaces Anna Rose O'Sullivan and Mayara Magri in all performances of Danses Concertantes. Melissa Hamilton replaces Marianela Nunez in the Agnus Dei role in Requiem on 20 March, 4 April and 9 April. Isabel Lubach replaces Marianela Nunez in the Agnus Dei role in Requiem on 22 March, and replaces Melissa Hamilton in that role on 13 April. Looking forward to members' reactions, feedback and other contributions!
  2. John Mallinson
    I don't think we have a similar thread to this which I hope will be useful for alerting people to what web relays are coming up, where and when. N.B. I have changed the title of this thread to point out that it is for notices of Insight Events and where to find the links for web streaming before (and after) the events. Wider discussion of Insights should be in Royal Ballet Insights and Rehearsals discussion.
  3. Emeralds
    ABT is the latest company to dance Woolf Works, Wayne McGregor's successful full length ballet about Virginia Woolf and her writings, originally created on Alessandra Ferri and the Royal Ballet with an original score by Max Richter. ABT performed Woolf Works for the first time last night at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California, and the run ends on Sunday 14 April. The company is due to perform the ballet in June at the Metropolitan Opera House as well. The scheduled casts include Hee Seo, Devon Teuscher and Gillian Murphy in the role of Virginia Woolf/Mrs Dalloway, and Isabella Boylston, Skylar Brandt, Catherine Hurlin, Christine Shevchenko, Cassandra Trenary, Joo Won Ahn, Aran Bell, Daniel Camargo, Thomas Forster, Calvin Royal III, Cory Stearns and James Whiteside in other roles. Looking forward to reviews and feedback from any members who are attending one or more performances! 🙂
  4. Amanda
    I have D32, Stalls Circle Standing, Wed 17 April 7.30pm Naghdi/Ball for sale, £14
  5. Benjamin
    Note: I’m just sharing what was said in the Instagram post to get this news out there asap. Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’hare today announces promotions, new joiners and leavers for The Royal Ballet's 2023/24 Season! We are delighted to announce that: @Gasparini.Isabella is promoted to First Soloist. @micabradbury, @hannahjayneg, @sae_maeda, @joon_is_joon and @taisuke_ 29 are promoted to Soloist. @bomin kim, Nadia Mullova-Barley, @katharina_nikelski, @ameliatownsend_ @yuhang_999, @harrisbell, @liamboz, @daichi_ikarashi, @harrison_lee13, @marco_masciari_ and @aiden_ob are promoted to First Artist. @oliviaafindlay, @_scarlett_harvey_, @ellanewtonsevergnini, @martindiiaz. and @lucfoskett02 are now promoted to Artists. Congratulations to all!
  6. capybara
    The Casting for Swan Lake has now been issued: details for The Winter's Tale and Ashton programmes will follow in due course. {In haste to post this so I might have started a new thread unnecessarily.} Swan Lake Casting Summer 2024.pdf
  7. capybara
    I should have put the word casting in the title (perhaps a Mod could do that, please?). But here is what we've been waiting for. MAIN STAGE SWAN LAKE Odette/Odile, Prince Siegfried CHOREOGRAPHY Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov ADDITIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY Liam Scarlett and Frederick Ashton Wednesday 6th March – 7.30pm Monday 1st April – 7pm Saturday 6th April – 7.30pm Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov Thursday 7th March – 7.30pm Thursday 21st March – 7.30pm Mayara Magri, Cesar Corrales Friday 15th March – 7.30pm Thursday 28th March – 7.30pm Monday 1st April – 1pm Lauren Cuthbertson, William Bracewell Friday 12th April – 7.30pm Thursday 18th April – 7.30pm Saturday 27th April – 1pm Anna Rose O’Sullivan, Marcelino Sambé Wednesday 17th April – 7.30pm Saturday 20th April – 1pm Wednesday 24th April – 7.30pm Yasmine Naghdi, Matthew Ball Thursday 18th April – 12.30pm (Schools Matinee)* Saturday 11th May – 1pm Mariko Sasaki*, Joseph Sissens* Saturday 20th April – 7pm Monday 29th April – 7.30pm Saturday 4th May – 1pm Sarah Lamb, Ryoichi Hirano Saturday 27th April – 7pm Saturday 11th May – 7pm Francesca Hayward, William Bracewell Saturday 4th May – 7pm Thursday 9th May – 7.30pm Fumi Kaneko, Vadim Muntagirov DANSES CONCERTANTES DIFFERENT DRUMMER REQUIEM CHOREOGRAPHY Kenneth MacMillan Wednesday 20th March – 7.30pm Friday 22nd March – 7.30pm Wednesday 27th March – 7.30pm Thursday 4th April – 7.30pm Tuesday 9th April – 7.30pm Saturday 13th April – 7.30pm The Company *role debut
  8. alison
    Although we have a separate thread on the recent transmission of the Royal Ballet School's "Peter and the Wolf" , I thought I'd start an overarching thread for all the Royal Opera House's "Our House To Your House" showings. I am, unsurprisingly, loving seeing the Royal Opera/Royal Ballet coproduction of Acis and Galatea again Ed Watson will be making an appearance soon (well, heck, sorry, I've been suffering withdrawal symptoms)
  9. Janite
    https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/aug/14/edward-watson-to-retire-as-royal-ballet-principal-dancer
  10. MJW
    As the General Rehearsal is tomorrow afternoon and the run starts that evening, I thought I'd start the thread. I thought that Laura Morera mentioned in last week's Insight that Will Bracewell and Yasmine Naghdi would be performing in the General tomorrow. Hopefully that will be the case, as I'm not booked to see them otherwise.
  11. JohnS
    Good to see via YouTube and am struck yet again by the sheer hard work that has to go in to creating such roles and ballets. Not sure how Ryoichi Hirano managed to talk at the end. Good also to see Melissa Hamilton. I didn't think this was the best Insight but it's certainly whetted my appetite for performances next month. But from the relay there seemed to be a number of empty seats and why has the Royal Opera House been so limp in publicising the event and relay? Perhaps Open Up has required all available resources but the Insight Programme and website changes seem rather neglected. I do hope the website will put a link to the YouTube film as soon as possible.
  12. Bluebird
    I just had a look at the prices for the Summer Season. We already know the Swan Lake pricing (the same as it is for the Spring run and similar to that for last season's Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella) https://www.roh.org.uk/seatmap?performanceId=54784 For The Winter's Tale, however, they've gone back to the Manon pricing structure. https://www.roh.org.uk/seatmap?performanceId=54813 This is good news for those who sit on the bench seats in the stalls circle (seats in the bench seats in row C are £49 and the cheaper seats in row B are £63). It is, however, bad news for those who like to sit in the front side amphitheatre seats. These will be the same price as they were for Manon - £49 (compared to £35 for Swan Lake) Stalls Circle Standing and all Upper Slips seats are priced at £14 - again, the same pricing structure as that which was used for Manon. Here are the seating charts for the two Ashton bills: The Dream mixed: https://www.roh.org.uk/seatmap?performanceId=54801 Les Rendezvous mixed: https://www.roh.org.uk/seatmap?performanceId=54837
  13. capybara
    This casting is in the public domain but not yet on the website. MANON - in the order Manon, Des Grieux, Lescaut’s Mistress, Lescaut, Monsieur G.M. Francesca Hayward, Marcelino Sambe*, Mayara Magri, Alexander Campbell, Gary Avis Wednesday 17 January 7.30pm Saturday 17 February 1pm Lauren Cuthbertson, Matthew Ball, Itziar Mendizabal, Ryoichi Hirano, Bennet Gartside Friday 19 January 7.30pm Wednesday 14 February 7.30pm Yasmine Naghdi*, William Bracewell*, Anna Rose O’Sullivan*, Luca Acri, Thomas Whitehead Saturday 20 January 7.30pm Saturday 3 February 7pm Natalia Osipova, Reece Clarke, Mayara Magri, Alexander Campbell, Gary Avis Saturday 3 February 1pm (AV1) 7 February 7.30pm (Live Cinema Relay) Marianela Nuñez, Roberto Bolle†, Itziar Mendizabal, Ryoichi Hirano, Christopher Saunders 9 February 7.30pm 17 February 7pm Fumi Kaneko*, Vadim Muntagirov, Leticia Dias*, Joseph Sissens*, Bennet Gartside Friday 23 February 7.30pm Tuesday 27 February 7.30pm Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae, Meaghan Grace Hinkis, James Hay, Christopher Saunders Monday 26 February 7.30pm Saturday 2 March 1pm Akane Takada, Alexander Campbell, Yuhui Choe, Valentino Zucchetti, Thomas Whitehead Saturday 2 March 7pm Friday 8 March 7.30pm Melissa Hamilton, Calvin Richardson*, Meaghan Grace Hinkis, James Hay, Christopher Saunders Tuesday 5 March 7.30pm FESTIVAL OF NEW CHOREOGRAPHY Thursday 15 February 7pm Friday 16 February 7.30pm Tuesday 20 February 7.30pm Wednesday 21 February 7.30pm The Company NEW WORKS BY: GEMMA BOND, JESSICA LANG, JOSHUA JUNKER, JOSEPH TOONGA, MTHUTHUZELI NOVEMBER *role debut † guest artist
  14. SheilaC
    According to the Observer the Royal Ballet will be performing a new Wayne McGregor three act ballet in the autumn; the much trailed Margaret Atwood based ballet, to be called MadAddam.
  15. alison
    (Just enough time to set up this thread before my train gets into its station ) Thoughts, please, if you were there tonight?
  16. Guest
    https://content.app-us1.com/vz2oy/2023/06/01/d047b00c-036d-4666-ba45-63d493b9e5f0.pdf?id=21609568&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Friends++E-News:+An+exclusive+Il+trovatore+offer&utm_campaign=230602_membership_enews_friend At work so fingers crossed this works
  17. bangorballetboy
    The full season press release is too long to reproduce here but it is attached. ROH season.pdf
  18. Ondine
    EDITOR'S NOTE: This thread has been branched off from the thread discussing the retirement of Laura Morera as a Principal with the Royal Ballet - some of the posts referred to are still in that thread: Letter from Ashton to 'Mim' (Rambert) when he was with Rubinstein company. "She (ie Nijinska) gives a brilliant class, very difficult and never dull & in doing it one realises over and over again that the best system of training is obviously Ceccetti (sic) (I can't spell his name, disgrace) her arms are I should say entirely based on his and her barre is the same ..." And therin lies the basis for many Ashton ballets and the reason why his work is seen as 'difficult' by many? Twee? Symphonic Variations?
  19. MJW
    In anticipation of the Royal Ballet's Autumn season which starts on Tuesday 5th October, here are some rehearsal photos to whet your appetite! William Bracewell and Fumi Kaneko certainly seem to make a lovely pairing - which is good as I am seeing them on the 9th! https://www.flickr.com/photos/royaloperahouse/albums/72157719943466395
  20. MJW
    Some rehearsal pictures up - https://www.flickr.com/photos/royaloperahouse/albums/72177720303567056
  21. capybara
    Watching the rehearsal and itching to comment 🫢 but hoping to read reactions after tonight’s opening show.
  22. Guest
    Well sort of.... ballet-bp4-casting-2223.pdf (wordfly.com)
  23. Sim
    The much anticipated new production of Sir Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella opens tonight at the Royal Opera House. All discussion and reports on the performances here please.
  24. Angela Essex
    If anyone was at the RB Class on stage today I’d be very grateful if someone could please let me know the name of the male dancer who did the amazing grand allegro (there were multiple, but the dancer I was thinking of might be Joonhyuk Jun?) Many thanks in advance.
  25. LACAD
    Just back from this evening’s performance of the new Pam Tanowitz double bill (which also has a film). I’m totally new to her work, but am aware she’s had success in America. Her style is definitely rooted in Merce Cunningham’s technique, but possesses a quirky humour. It took some warming up to, and some dancers seemed a bit uncomfortable in this aesthetic. That being said the cast - made up of mostly young corps de ballet dancers - threw themselves into the work as best they could. The premiere work ‘Secret Things’ has some interesting elements, but is overall rather forgettable. ‘Everybody Keeps Me’, which is being revived for the first time, resonated much more both emotionally and choreographically. If Merce had his way with a Robbins ballet; that was the impression I got from this piece. Taisuke Nakao in the latter ballet had great command in manning an unenviably long solo. There was also a short screening of the ‘Dispatch Duet’, which featured at the recent anniversary gala. Ironically, this was the strongest piece choreographically in my eyes, a shame they couldn’t bring it to the Linbury.
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