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Everyone has their own opinion. It depends how important academic qualifications are too. As a bigger school Tring has more subjects available. RBS may be the big name but I wonder how many parents are aware that the course is only for Yr 7 - 9 and very few British pupils progress to Yr 10 and beyond.

Looking forward to seeing this in Chester in June!

I’ve also seen only short pieces … at the Icons gala and atprevious Ballet Night’s galas. Each one has impressed me with their emotional intensity, musicality and the arc of the choreography. No idea how just two dancers will sustain this in an hour long programme. I am looking forward to it too.

Yes it was for this year. I just wondered why people always put the other option first. Is it not considered as good for ballet?

I have searched the forum and couldn’t find anything in particular but thanks

Hello @Hannah 78 and welcome to the Forum! I've added a couple of tags at the top of the thread which may bring up previous threads that still contain useful information.

I think in general those who turn down an MDS at Tring only do so because they have an offer they think is better, e.g. RBS, Elmhurst.

Hello @Moondancer and welcome to the Forum!

Yes, forgot to mention that the prologue did seem a bit strange with the two people bearing no resemblance.

No school is for everyone, maybe they received other offers that they preferred. I personally have not heard of lots of people turning down places but I don't know anyone who has applied for this year (not sure if you were referring only to applications for this year.)

I just wanted to ask about ballet at Tring. I have seen so many people who have been offered MDS funding at Tring turn it down. Is there a reason? Looking at it for next year but am concerned by what seems to be everyone turning it down. Know of a few people there who love it but would like to find out more. Child would have to board .

Is #10 still available?

The making of the Swan Lake tutus

A reminder that the Insight I posted above is this evening 25th April 7pm. However if you miss these normally remain on the ROH Youtube to catch up later. https://www.youtube.com/live/L6TDBmzurYc?si=QWxFKNtZqSbh76Y7

I so agree re the double - I felt the hair colour difference was so jarring at the end that it completely broke the spell. A properly dark wig isn’t surely that hard to come by. I’ve always felt that there are too many Nunez/Muntagirov livestreams but maybe Nagdhi/Ball are catching up…

Alina will dance Manon bedroom Pdd with Charles Louis Yoshiyama of Ballet Zurich at Ballet Asteras Gala at New National Theatre Tokyo, August 3rd and 4th. https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/ballet/asteras2024/ also Ako Kondo and Chengwu Guo of Australian Ballet and other dancers, mainly Japanese dancers in overseas companies will participate.

Worth 6 minutes of anyone's time... 🙂

Do you have photos?

This sounds beautiful, is it still available?

Any photos?

Is this still available + any photos?

Absolutely love this, but I am size XS. Do you think it could fit?

Really enjoyed last night's cinema relay and every time this production rolls around I am just blown away by the beauty and opulence of Macfarlane's sets and costumes, whilst avoiding the gaudiness of some other Swan Lakes. He has truly produced a theatrical masterpiece here - and the partnership with Scarlett only enhances the beauty. It's a tragedy that we've lost him, and I was relieved that there was sufficient tribute paid last night, as I think, in the couple of years since his passing, the ROH seem to have dodged the issue in a way that left a slightly bad taste in the mouth. One thing that does occur to me is that Yasmine and Matthew are being relied upon heavily for the cinema broadcasts - between them they've covered all the biggies in the last few years (Swan Lake / Giselle / R&J / Nutcracker - just Yasmine (albeit as a stand-in for Akane Takada) / Don Quixote - Just Matt / Sleeping Beauty and also the upcoming Winter's Tale broadcast!) and possibly more. I adore them but I am keen for a bit more diversity in the relays. Particularly, I would love to see Fumi / Akane / Francesca featured more going forward (I have fingers crossed for Fumi as Odette / Odile the next time the cinema relay rolls around!) I had seen Yasmine in her Swan Lake debut (from a bit of a distance in the amphi) and wasn't terribly moved at the time, so I was pleasantly surprised at what I felt was a really beautiful interpretation last night! There were moments when I missed the nuance of Marianela's acting (I've watched the 2018 version many times, and it's a hard act to follow) but it was beautifully elegant and technically assured. I won't push comparisons too much, but this performance had far more impact than the Cuthbertson relay a couple of years ago for me. Couple of little observations - I wish they had used Leticia Dias as the Odette double in the prologue, as she bears the greatest passing resemblance to Yasmine. The dancer they did use was lovely, but the magic was broken a little as they didn't resemble each other at all in my opinion and that part fell flat for a cinema relay where you can see details clearly. That being said, Leticia was busy last night with her role as a sister and I very much enjoyed her and Annette as a pairing. Out of all the designs I don't always think that the Rothbart makeup and costume holds up that well in close up! Effective from a distance though. I was slightly bothered by a couple of the applause bows, as others have mentioned. The black swan PDD bows in particular seemed more Yasmine and Matthew than Odile and Siegfried. Everything else? Gorgeous.

Hello, is the XS still available?

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