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I'm a bit depressed now having read all this and coming a long way to see the mixed bill on Friday! Still, this cheered me up Mistake Waltz - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDP2c2FCHAM Maybe this should have been in the middle of the programme

I prefer two gins to onegin!

Actually, it made me giggle when I saw it, as I remember thinking it was typical of a man not to notice what she's wearing. Sorry guys...

I think Odette being dressed differently from 'the flock' takes away that bit of pleasure that newcomers get when they realise that Odette is the only one with a crown on her headdress. When I saw the ENB's Swan lake last month, Alina Cojocaru came to the stage door still in her swan costume (pointe shoes and all!) Which was lovely to see. And she was delightful.

Also, when you can fully see the legs of the corps, it makes their symmetry of movement even more amazing.

When I saw this, I thought Odette being dressed differently from the other swans made the parts when Siegfried is trying to find her in the flock not work!

I saw Swan Lake last night and Giselle the night before. They were good - I didn't book Swan Lake until I had seen Giselle, as some of the Eastern European touring companies I have seen recently have been terrible (and some even taking the piss - I can't remember which company it was now, but I saw one recently where the corps de ballet were trying to make each other laugh, chatting and pushing each other - on stage!) this is not fair on those serious diligent companies that tour and tour and work hard and try to be professional as possible. But I really enjoyed Sofia Ballet, especially Swan lake (and I have seen a few of those in the past year!), but they are a very professional company and orchestra, with much better quality costumes than are usual with such companies. They got a great reception from the audience in Bristol. The only thing that was a bit odd was that I was up in the upper circle, and the markings on the stage were very visible from up there and it was quite distracting - it may have been ok from lower down. I think someone else said it looked like the runways at Heathrow, and this was just for a flock of swans. But don't let this put you off, as I said I have seen quite a few Swan lakes this year, and this was a jolly good one!