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I saw some of this adaptation, starring Michaela DePrince, Daniel Camargo, Vito Mazzeo and Darcey Bussell. I was intrigued to see how they'd do it, but I just couldn't get on with it at all, and switched off after about 20 mins. Thought there might be some discussion of it here, as I was slightly wondering why I didn't like it. I kind of liked the idea of twisting the story, and the dancers seemed competent, but I felt absolutely nothing for it. Also, why not use the original music?

Loved it last night, even though I'd not taken time to apprise myself of the story in advance. Beautiful dancing, and I agree that Kaneko stole the show for me (not to take anything away from Naghdi). The other one that won my heart with the sheer joy of her dancing in Act II was Meaghan Grace Hinkis. Also loved the music. The dance seemed to fit with every beat - more so than with any other ballet I've seen. Very fresh. First time at ROH since Covid, and I felt a little disorientated - being surprised at how small it seemed!

What a remarkably fascinating digression!

Same in Latin

I'd always assumed the former, but a friend tells me that there should be no "The" - I was shocked! Is he right? And who's to say?

If The Cellist was a weak piece by Marston's normal standards, then I'm very excited by the prospect of seeing the others. While I felt it did sag a little at times, I thought it was terrific - particularly when the three of them danced together. I also loved the music.

Some pics from dress rehearsal here.... The lighting guys did their best to make life hard, but the dancing was largely very good! https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AFuscFnZoB5RCcA&id=C0231E8CF91C8A9A!1893&cid=C0231E8CF91C8A9A Still tickets available here http://www.westroad.org/event-info/cambridge-university-ballet-club-6/

...and here's a picture. Not quite sure why I couldn't edit the post above to add it in!

This weekend at West Road... Instead of the usual feature-length ballet, it’s a triple bill this year. - The sorcerer’s apprentice - Scheherazade - A Midsummer Night’s Dream Also BBC Radio Cambridgeshire today (Mon, Feb 24) from 2:15, director Joanna Lawrence and Producer Anastasia Stulova! will be talking about it.

A belated response here - I think it did go pretty well, although it's tough getting a full house at that time of night! It was certainly very colourful.... I wanted to include a picture, but the system is rejecting my 90kB image, saying I'm only allowed up to 153.6kB!

A bit last minute, perhaps, but there's another chance to see this at a more socially acceptable time(!) - at West Road indeed - as part of the CUBC triple bill. This includes A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. http://www.westroad.org/event-info/cambridge-university-ballet-club-4/

Has nobody (else) here seen it?! I went on Friday evening expecting the worst and came away thinking it's not great, but not THAT bad. OK, so I'm still in love with Francesca - she is just so adorable. Her singing (I presume it really is her) was very nice and simple - it suited her role. I didn't much care for the music. I've not seen the stage show, but am familiar with the bigger numbers (as is everyone!). We did like most of the dancing, although at times there was a great deal of unnaturalness - I presume it's been heavily subjected to computer videoshopping. I wasn't expecting so much ballet from the backing dancers, but they seemed very competent. Hayward's eyes are so mesmerising, though. I can see that most people would not like it at all, and I can see that it would work better as a stage show. Some people did walk out - first time I've seen that in a long time.

I had always assumed that it was to do with copyright - AIUI, ALW/Really Useful are extremely controlling and litigious in this area. Schools that perform Joseph aren't allowed to sell DVDs to parents etc (unless, possibly, huge licence fees are paid). I think that's the reason that gymnasts (at least at the levels I've been involved with) aren't allowed to use ALW (or Disney) music to their routines.

Answer - no! there's no group discount for the day/performance we want.... I was struck by how soon the restaurants all get booked up, too - so it's off to Frenchie's we go (fingers crossed)

Thanks. I'm wondering if we should buy 10 and then offer one for sale on here - might work out cheaper than buying 9 at full price!