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  1. I naively logged on at 9am, to find that there was already a 20 minute queue! Really wanted front row Grand Tier seats for The Winter's Tale (treating a family member for her 70th) but got row B, so pretty happy overall.
  2. I know very little about ballet so this is basically just the opinion of an uninformed casual ballet-goer, but lots of people on here have commented on Hayward being a natural Ashtonian yet she appears to have had issues mastering the choreography, to the point where people have noticed mistakes during multiple performances. I've seen her in other roles and was blown away, so I get that she has the magical lyricism and lightness that lend themselves so well to ballet, but isn't part of being an 'Ashtonian' dancer being able to execute the steps with few or no mistakes? I know that the grumpy dance critic (Telegraph? Times? I can't remember) was dismissing Nunez and holding Hayward up as the greatest Cinderella before she'd danced the role, but I think she needs time to grow into it.
  3. I was a bit apprehensive about this production after some of the reviews, but I thought on the whole it was fantastic. There were a few bugbears (such as the weirdly dressed spring child attendant and the dominance of the sisters in act 1) and I definitely heard a bang as the set was moved out of the way in act 3, but aside from that it was a thoroughly enjoyable day out. Yasmine Naghdi was absolutely superb - technically excellent, but also so lyrical and expressive. I'm not a dance expert so I don't know how 'good' the quality of dancing was generally, but I was impressed by the corps. I also actually found the sisters (Whitehead and Acri) quite funny - I understand the concerns about it being more panto than ballet, but it was worth it especially to see the delight on the faces of the children next to me!
  4. I have a lovely antique pair of mother of pearl opera glasses. They can often be bought for fairly reasonable prices in antique shops/centres
  5. Sorry, I didn't mean to do anything wrong...just thought people might want to read the article from this thread too
  6. Lovely feature about Marcelino here https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marcelino-sambe-royal-ballet-dancer-kevin-o-hare-carlos-acosta-f3tzm78h7
  7. I was in the orchestra stalls, near the front, and pretty much everyone behind me was standing 😊
  8. Fed up that there is no Alice or Woolf Works! Not feeling super inspired by the upcoming season.
  9. As I'm pretty small, I often find that my view is partially blocked if I'm sitting behind someone tall. Fair enough if it's a restricted view seat, but if it isn't then it can really spoil my experience of the ballet. I once used an inflatable cushion and was angrily told by the person behind me that they're only for children! I prefer the front row amphitheatre seats with limited legroom as they seem to be pretty good value, but as a treat I like to sit in the orchestra stalls. The one ballet I regretted not seeing from lower down was Woolf Works - I didn't get the full effect of the wave patterns in Act 3 sitting higher up.
  10. Yes, I'm aware he was a sub for those roles, I just think he deserves to be first choice for once!
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