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  1. So where do audience members (many of whom obviously have difficulty standing and others with non visible medical conditions) wait until the auditorium is open (which can be as late as 20 minutes before a performance)? The Linbury Foyer is often cordoned off; the velvet seating under the Stalls Circle is inaccessible. That leaves the toilets - and, yes, I have sat down in the Ladies many a time.
  2. Wasn’t one of the reasons Osipova left the Bolshoi that she wasn’t given the opportunity there to essay the biggest classics? Maybe an early comment was thus being made about her technique? (But I have insufficient knowledge to judge; all I have is my less than positive response to her Gala Don Quixote PDD and my more general appreciation of her uniqueness for better or for worse.)
  3. How is it possible for someone associated with the ROH/RB, or anyone overseeing her, to miscue in this way? It does offer an unfortunate window on the way in which certain areas of responsibility are discharged within the ROH.
  4. I don’t read anyone as “coming down on the ROH like a ton of bricks”.
  5. Many reasons but here’s just one…… If, for example (and as is rumoured), the RB is offering Cinderella as its Christmas/New Year production, lodging that in the minds of a potential audience before they book for other companies’ Nutcrackers could be a smart idea.
  6. Difficult to understand how ‘coming last’ with its ‘big reveal’ works for the RB in terms of marketing, ticket sales etc .
  7. It feels to me almost as if the ROH is taking the pxxs out of one of the art forms it houses.
  8. Such an important issue! The ROH needs a re-think where it’s social media input is concerned (as part of an overall PR strategy which seems to be missing).
  9. How is it that a discussion about Swan Lake is running on this particular thread? All very confusing!!!
  10. And, in the case of the latest gala, there are hints on IG regarding the pressures that some participants were under: last minute substitutions; illness; competing Company demands etc.
  11. The amount and variety of opportunity which the LBC is now offering Members is astonishing. And all for a £20 p.a. membership fee (which includes free access to Zoom only talks) - plus a little extra for individual events. I think we all know how much work is involved in delivering such a programme so many, many thanks to the hard-working Committee. https://www.tlbc.org.uk
  12. It is always possible that there are other, as yet unannounced changes in the mix. What is certain is that the RB dancers are very busy at the moment without much leeway to accommodate illness and injuries. All of tonight’s main substitutes (Isabella Gasparini; Francisco Serrano; Melissa Hamilton) were terrific.
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