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Further back in the thread it says it will be announced on April 30th

There are three in stock via Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleeping-Beauty-Sadlers-Wells-Ballet/dp/B0002VGRAE

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There are probably many different interpretations of Giselle. The DTH production was shown on television in the late 1980s. Mats Ek choreographed a very different version (which I also saw on TV). Northern Ballet had a production (late 1990s) set in a ghetto. The choreography for Giselle and Albrecht was the traditional. The rest of the choreography was original and, due to the smaller size of the company at the time, the Wilis were both male and female. It was very moving and very wonderful.

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It looks like we had a lot of overlap in our reading! I was a massive Chalet School fan and still have a full reread of the series now and then. Other ones that still come out for rereading include the Drina and Sadlers Wells books (I only had the first five as a child, I have a full set now but given how much the quality nosedives after the first few I don't think I missed much!), the Jill books (again, I only had a few as a child but have since acquired them all), Anne of Green Gables series and the first three Katy books. I didn't have all the Noel Streatfeild ones but did have Ballet Shoes and The Circus is Coming (funnily enough the combination of the original thread and seeing a circus tent near Turnham Green while passing on the tube led to me rereading that on Wednesday), and later got the Gemma books too - also, when I was in my first school we started on When The Siren Wailed but my family moved before we'd got very far (army life!) and I didn't get round to reading it until I was an adult. Others that sprang to mind last night while I was turning this over in my head include the Narnia books, the Famous Five (again, I was a massive fan of these - I read a few of the Secret Seven but they never gripped me in the same way) and also the Malory Towers (...although I always had a sneaking suspicion that the character I was most like was Gwendoline) and St Clares series. Five Children & It (and the Phoenix/Amulet sequels), The Railway Children, Carrie's War. Some of the Roald Dahl books. Sweet Valley Twins was my guilty pleasure at one point but I tended to read the library copies rather than have any of my own, so I haven't really revisited them as an adult - Babysitters Club likewise. Saddle Club books - that's another one where I had a few as a child but have acquired rather more since! I expect if I went upstairs and studied our bookshelves I could probably find more examples, we have a shocking amount of children's books for a childfree couple because I hate throwing things out and often get the urge to reread things.

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Anyone know where will be the YAGP Italy 24/25?

Two very different experiences within the same school. In our experience, when it is going well it’s all happy and positive. But when your child hits a bump in the road and starts to struggle, then the support, pastoral and medical care, is dreadful. They just had no idea how to help children with the most common issues that people experience within the ballet world. They pretend it isn’t happening and hope it will go away. This causes long term damage to the child but the schools reputation stays intact. My children didn’t go to LVBS by the way but another ‘top’ ballet school. Top for what I’m not sure, but that is what others refer to it as. Theres a lot that goes on behind the closed doors and it’s good to get different experiences before making a decision about your child’s future. We were sadly only told positives so learned the hard way.

I think he fell for her because he felt trapped in his role as Prince and could completely relate to her being trapped as a swan. He had that deep connection with her- a soul mate. I think the fact that he thought he could rescue her also meant in some way that there was hope for him- that he could be free too.

Does anyone have experience applying for/using an advanced learner loan for the level 6 Dance Diploma at The Hammond? I will be 20 by the start of my course, so I am eligible for an Advanced learner loan, but I am not sure if they are offered at The Hammond? I am on the waitlist for a DaDA though, so fingers crossed I won’t need it anyway :)

Amazing! I’ve rather lost touch of figure skating in recent years, but I’m aware that Stephane Lambiel (also in the photo) has expressed his admiration of Vadim before. Very exciting for all concerned, I’d imagine!

For professional reasons I once had the opportunity to view a series of recordings of Sadler’s Wells and then the Royal Ballet performing the Sleeping Beauty over the decades, more versions than are generally available. This fascinating comparison showed, yes Makarova could be slow but in fact the company had started slowing down years before her production. Things were beginning to slip by the 1970s. Some recordings are commercially available and worth looking out for. The Sadlers Wells film of the ballet, with Fonteyn, Somes, Ashton and Grey (currently on dvd though it can be hard to find) is eye-opening for a number of reasons. Other archive recordings, of varying quality, have been issued on dvd over the years and are well worth getting hold of when they turn up.

Tickets gone back to the box office

I saw this production at Sadler’s Wells for the first time this evening and I really liked the way the prolonged sledge ride Prince Florimund and the Lilac Fairy go on to find Aurora had been cut and replaced by a corps number - hooray! Also raining glitter at the end was lovely. I did miss the fairies all having very distinctly different coloured tutus as they do at the RB. The BRB version has all the fairies in similar hues of tutu which makes them stand out less imo. Also the scene with the 3 weaving ladies that illegally use spindles and the king threatens to hang them with the Queen begging him for their life had been cut. I missed it a little bit, but it didn’t detract from the performance overall. The dancers all beautiful especially Max Maslen whose Prince Florimund Act 3 solo was powerful. Bluebird danced by Shuailun Wu was especially good too I thought and the white cat (Yuki Sugiura) and puss in boots (Eric Pinto Canta) were danced with a lot of personality and got quite a few giggles from the audience. Gabriel Anderson as Carabosse was fantastic - first time I’ve seen a male Carabosse and he was very imposing and wicked with a faint touch of diva.

Just spotted this on instagram so thought I'd share as it sounds very exciting... It looks like Vadim has been working with Latvian Figure Skater Deniss Vasilijevs (European Bronze medallist, 2x Olympian) on a new skating programme set to 'La Bayadère'! Deniss shared this photo from his instagram account - what a fantastic opportunity for him to get to work with Vadim (and vice versa). I can't wait to see the finished product! Timing-wise I assume this will be a competitive programme for Deniss next season (this is prime 'next season choreography' time), so unfortunately we will likely have to wait until around September to see the finished product! I've been a figure skating fan for many years (far longer than I've been following ballet!) so this is absolutely wonderful and so exciting to see.

I watched it and loved it back in 2020. Very atmospheric iirc.

Are we really going to know the 2024/25 season on May 1 or is that a rumor?

Rehearsal clips https://www.instagram.com/stories/jameskpett/3354036269849175909?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MTg0Ynd2YjRrcXUwag==

Love them both and wishing each a full and speedy recovery process.

https://www.dancetheatreofharlem.org/dthondemand-creolegiselle/ Still there! https://youtu.be/LreKPkVoUnk?si=-6tlXKhduYIx-FsH

Hardly comparable! It’s a great poster and idea for BRB and Black Sabbath to collaborate. I found the actual ballets (there are 3 separate acts) … to be fun but trite. Think ‘high school musical’.

It was made available online for ages in 2020

Search “Creole Giselle” or “Dance Theatre of Harlem” Giselle on YouTube for clips of legendary Virginia Johnson in that version.

I was happy with the classical ballet training my DD had at Tring