Pas de Quatre

Does anyone know if there are plans to stream this or put it on Youtube?

I think you may mean the one Sophoife mentions above, Steps, Notes and Squeaks.

Touring lasted well into 1960s. At our nearest theatre , Arts Theatre in Cambridge, we had regular visits every year from: RBSW touring and Ballet for All; Rambert in its original classical form and then as a contemporary company; Western Theatre Ballet (now Scottish ballet), Northern Ballet Theatre (not sure if this is exact name), London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and some shorter lived ones such as Walter Gore's Company. It was wonderful to see so much good dancing and be able to compare productions. E.g. RB's Coppelia was more technically polished, but Rambert's was so much more fun!

Thank you Angela for posting this - a truly exception dancer, RIP.

I clearly remember seeing it on BBC more than once, so hopefully they didn't wipe the tape to reuse it.

John Cranko school in Stuttgart, Hamburg school - John Neumier. In UK have you looked at King's International or Edinburgh Festival Ballet School?

Reminds me of one of my boys several years ago. He liked to wear his hair very long, so I gave him the choice, for the exam either a hair cut or a man bun. He decided to have the haircut!

Yes, but you have to factor in that this supports two major establishments, Opera Garnier, and Opera Bastille. I think the article is misleading where it says the Garnier "has been home to the ballet since the modern Bastille Opera House was opened in 1989". POB performs in both houses, sometimes different programmes simultaneously. The company is much bigger than RB. I don't know whether the Opera productions are in both houses still or just Bastille.

Yes, I created a free account and have no problems watching on my lap top. It is when I log on with my TV that the free account is not shown. I get a still of the Prix Gala on the screen, but no play button that I can find! Loved MSND, perfect dancing and interpretation.

I couldn't start watching this until last night. Can anyone explain why it was fine on my laptop, I created a free account with Medici TV and it all went smoothly, but when I tried to access it on my smart TV, big screen, it said the streaming was only valid until 5th February!

There was a RB production in the 1960s shown on TV where the fairies each seemed to enter down a sunbeam. Absolutely magical!

Born to be Wild documentary Does anyone else remember this programme with Corella, Correno, Malakov and Stiefel? I have the DVD somewhere - will have to look it out.

I think there are many wigs in the RB repertoire that could be retired, they now just look dated.

Odyssey, I am with you. Why should the two be mutually exclusive?

There is also the question of costumes. In Fonteyn's day bodices were boned like corsets with firm satin or cotton, so dancers couldn't move their torsos in the same way as they do today with stretchy materials. Leg height was thus able to go up with the invention of lycra!

Yes, as funded places are in the minority, the majority of places are self funded.

I believe there is a sort of "get out" in that the dancer has to have completed the compulsory education of their own country before joining a UK company.

Another problem with heat pumps is that they will not run with existing pipework and radiators. All will have to be replaced. It is mentioned towards the end of the link Fonty posted, but how many people read to the end?

The pain of practice is not the child's alone! Dd insisted on learning the violin because a great aunt was a gifted amateur. It was a relief when eventually she decided to drop it and concentrate on piano.

Lovely news congratulations to Meaghan Grace and her fiance. There was an email a few weeks ago saying that there wouldn't be performances at Athelhampton this year, but they would be back in 2024.

An excellent article - Richard Morrison is right! I have The Times anyway so could read the full article. I don't know if people can get past the paywall, or can it be added to today's links?

There is little doubt that there is climate change, but how much is due to human activity is debatable. The earth is still warming from the last ice age 22,000 years ago. There was the little ice age around the North Atlantic 1300 - 1850. A large volcanic eruption throws gas and ash far into the atmosphere, which has a cooling effect. Mount Tambora erupted in 1815 and the following year 1816 is known as the Year without a Summer. Temperatures dropped and crops failed globally causing famine. There are currently many major active volcanoes. Norway is not a good comparison. It is a very mountainous hence the availability of hydro power, and I agree we could do more here. However, most of the population lives around the coast. Travel is by boat. There are few roads into the interior and so car use is totally different. Here in UK it is small towns and rural communities who are reliant on cars as there is no public transport. I am not an expert, just a concerned person who does research rather than accepting doom and gloom headlines.

I am afraid it is another bout of virtue signalling. We cannot do without fossil fuels. The hype over electric cars is another example. We are now being asked to restrict normal domestic consumption of electricity between 5 pm and 6 pm. Imagine if everyone arrives home from work and plugs in their car to recharge.

I think it a great way of raising awareness of Contemporary dance. She trained at Doreen Bird, still one of the top performing arts colleges, so had good grounding in dance as well as singing.

Looks good, but if main BRB tour to Mayflower, Southampton please can we have BRB2 somewhere in South or Southwest.