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Dutch National Ballet 24/25 Season
FionaM replied to Don Q Fan's topic in Ballet / Dance news & information
As with ROH there are late returns if you can wait for the casting and hope to be lucky … and then book late flights and hotels too. -
@myrtle further back in this thread last post on page 7
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Well spotted. It would seem like an admin error then … not getting the email out in timely fashion.
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Personally delighted by Sae Maeda and Daichi Ikarashi in Rhapsody together. Booked!
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I’m guessing Matthew Ball is missing because he is guesting in Hong Kong in a new Swan Lake by Yuri Possokhov running 31/5 - 9/6 https://www.instagram.com/p/C5DGmf6JPTn/?igsh=b2loY3M2ZmlzZGFp
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98% of tickets sold is VERY impressive. The ballet company should get more performances in the next season on this evidence . -
Ballet Icons Gala March 2024
FionaM replied to Tango Dancer's topic in Performances seen & general discussions
I actually preferred Skylar Brandt’s back up plan of pique turns and a grand jete en tournant, when her fouettés went off. (I am guessing she was intimidated by the legendary status of the Icons gala, as she can perform phenomenal pirouettes as we saw earlier in her solo.) I admire her for having a back up plan for the fouettés (every dancer should), and choosing in the moment (how difficult is that) to do something else to maintain form and purity of ballet style. Bravo. My issue with Osipova is not only the fouettés. Throughout the whole pdd, she was turned in, had bent knees, stepped onto bent knees, had raised shoulders, and chicken wing arms. These are all examples of bad technique that have been seen in her performances for some years now. I didn’t take to her over exuberant expression either. So this performance was not classical ballet to me, … not like she used to perform it. It made me feel sad and ashamed. I shrunk in my seat in a futile attempt not to see it. It is possible to give an exciting performance of this pdd whilst maintaining purity of positions and movements. See Nunez/Muntagirov. Cojocaru/Kobborg, Makhateli/Simkin… too many to mention on YouTube.- 138 replies
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hilarious! Thank you for sharing that 😂
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indeed 😂😂😂
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Apparently the influencer has had a mountain of negative feedback from professional dancers.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C40i9MSIhgt/?igsh=dDdncGxzbDUwdGli This influencer is dressed up as a ballerina in the ROH … and clearly isn’t one. This offends me.
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Sadly the VPN route is not working for me. Maybe they block VPN, like North Korea do! thank you for the extracts 🙏
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this is what a survey to ticket purchasers should find out … not just where did you hear about the show, answer ‘via social media’ … but which type of entity on social media. Their surveys aren’t clever enough yet.