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  1. Aruna S
    I went for La Sylphide in Prague last week. It was a lovely production, and beautifully danced. I'm very hopeful that they'll bring it on tour to Italy. The State Opera is a very pretty theatre, with an intimate feel, and a completely non-intrusive security rail (Italian theatres please take note!) The only slight caveat is that the front row of the balcony has rather limited legroom, in future I'd book from the second row onwards. The rake is excellent.
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    I read the extract. I thought it started off a bit painting-by-numbers-y, and yes, the name of the school is cringeworthy, but I liked the way the class was described, with all the details of arms and feet positions, and the warming up and cooling down. I think the target audience will enjoy it.
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    I'm not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere, but the Kaneko-Muntagirov combination is performing in Swan Lake in Rome in June, on the 22nd, 25th and 27th. Just in case no tickets turn up for their performances at ROH!
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    This has actually worked out well for me! I hadn't planned on going, but when I saw the casting I couldn't resist seeing Cuthbertson-Muntagirov in The Dream.
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    It doesn't work, Tattin. I tried that but the site detected that I was logging in from Italy...
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    Hamburg Ballet is also returning to Venice in January 2025, with Neumeier's R&J. Looking forward to it!
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    I'm delighted to see Illusions returning to the repertoire, it's my absolute favourite ballet.
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    Since I'm subject to the Big Head/Tall person curse wherever I go, I avoid the Stalls and always try to be in the balcony front row, or where there's a good rake like the ROH amphitheatre. Looking at BRB's prices for Sleeping Beauty I think I'd probably go for the Circle, where I see currently available seats in Row Q are £67. That's about as high as I would go, hopefully there will be cheaper seats available.
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    Thank you so much for this detailed response, Emeralds, and thank you also, Sim and Tango Dancer. This is such a wonderful and helpful forum! I've been to Sadler's Wells, for Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake a few years ago, but have completely forgotten what the theatre was like. The Hippodrome looks like it's worth a visit, and it's an opportunity to venture out of London. I'll be flying to Birmingham, probably from Milan where Die Kameliendame is on at La Scala the day before, but New Street station will be useful for the airport train. I've booked Premier Inn which had a very good rate, and hope I can get a ticket when sales open.
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    Thank you, Sim and Alison.
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    I'm very excited to see that Fille is scheduled for the next season, it's one of my favourite ballets. It'll have to be a flying visit since I already have a lengthy stay in London in November when Regent's Opera is staging the Ring. Currently pondering whether to go to Birmingham, which I've never visited, or stick to Sadler's Wells. Any advice on the Hippodrome vs Sadler's Wells, and on possible accomodation in Birmingham would be very much appreciated.
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    Thanks again, Silver Capricorn, booking opened for La Sylphide today and I was able to book in the first row of the first balcony. There's even a 50% discount for over-65s, so a friend will be coming along for only €24!
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    I missed seeing this thread earlier, art_enthusiast I hope you found seats for Coppelia if you *are* interested. It's getting more and more difficult to find cheap seats at La Scala, when booking opened for Coppelia the second gallery, which is my chosen area for good but reasonably priced seats, was practically sold out at 10 a.m., when online sales started! I go quite often to La Scala, which means I have to look for cheaper seats, and I find that the first or second galleries are fine. The front row has the usual annoying security rail, but the second row has the possibility of obstructed views if there's a tall person in front of you (this *always* happens to me) or a leaner. The corps de ballet has improved tremendously under Legris, its Swan Lake was a joy to behold. I'm looking forward to seeing Onegin in a couple of weeks. I'm a fan of the Nureyev Bayadere, as opposed to the Makarova one, although June is likely to be extremely hot if this year is anything to go by, maybe a better option would be Kameliendame in September? Edited to add this link to a useful website (although you can also see seating on the Scala website when you're choosing your tickets) : https://sitzplatzvorschau.de/teatro_alla_scala_milano/index.html#id=8121
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    Many thanks for the seating advice. Johann Kobborg's staging of La Sylphide will be on in Prague in April, and I'm planning to go for that.
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    Delighted to say that I was able to book for Tristan, having made the agonising choice between ballet and Wagner - Copenhagen is just too expensive for me to go twice. Thanks so much again, Jane, and thank you Blossom for starting the discussion!
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    Thank you Jane!
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    This thread encouraged me to take a look at the Danish Opera website, and I'm very keen on the Balanchine/Bournonville productions in September. However it appears impossible to book tickets, or even pre-order beyond 8th September. Could they already be sold out? I'm also very interested in Tristan und Isolde with the wonderful Elisabeth Strid in June, but faced the same situation. No sign of a booking calendar, as far as I could see.
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    I was wondering that too!
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    I'm so sorry to read this. I only met Katherine once, in Stuttgart in 2016, but enjoyed reading her posts here and her blog. Apart from ballet we had a love of cats in common. My deepest condolences to her family and friends.
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    The Guardian's obituary mentions that he'd created a Midsummer Night's Dream for Queensland Ballet. I'd love to see that.
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    Terrible news, he was so brilliant. I loved the bits of Sweet Violets that the RB streamed. and of course his glorious Swan Lake.
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    Sadly I have just received an email from the Southbank Centre saying that the complete Ring Cycle scheduled for early 2021 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. Of course I'm absolutely gutted by the news. This was the statement issued by the London Philharmonic Orchestra 'It is with deep regret and heartfelt sadness that we must inform you of our decision to cancel our Wagner Ring Cycle, which was due to take place in January and February 2021. This has been an incredibly difficult decision to make, and one we have not made lightly. 'We explored every possible option in an effort to retain these much anticipated performances, but due to the current Government guidelines relating to Covid-19, this has been impossible. 'Firstly, it would not have been possible to meet the strict guidelines around social distancing between players, soloists and conductor, given the huge orchestral and vocal forces required to stage the Ring Cycle. 'Secondly, due to the substantial scale of this project, it required significant financial investment from the orchestra. We have been saving towards this project for a decade, but it still needs substantial ticket income. Since our only option now is to house a very small, socially distanced audience rather than a capacity Royal Festival Hall audience, and with no immediate signs of a change to this restriction, it has become very clear to us that we can no longer afford to stage the Ring Cycle at this time. 'Finally, there would have been additional complications around the international artists involved. Potential quarantine measures are regularly changing and evolving, making it impossible to plan with any of the certainty needed for a project on this scale. 'We will programme Götterdämmerung at the earliest possibility, to complete the orchestra's first ever Ring Cycle with Maestro Jurowski. In the meantime, Jurowski is developing a typically inventive four-concert series, which will be recorded and broadcast internationally in the new year. Information on this project will be on the LPO's website as it evolves. 'All of us at the LPO are incredibly sorry to be giving this news to everyone who has bought tickets for the Ring Cycle.'
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    I remember a very old film called The Blue Bird in which Nadezhda Pavlova danced. Wikipedia helped me to identify it as a film made by George Cukor in 1976 The story of the two children who search for the bird was also mentioned in Noel Streatfeild's Dancing Shoes.
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    Woe, woe woe! I hadn't seen anything about this, and have tickets for the Ring Cycle in November which is clearly not going to proceed as scheduled.
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    Two of mine have ballet related names. There's Estella Esmeralda Rojo-Osipova, who is a tabby who has become plump, as ex-ballerinas sometimes do (cough). The other is a beautiful black cat named Georgette (after Georgette Tsingurides) Narcissa Kitri, the last name because of the way she holds her tail which is very long with a little curl at the end.
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