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  1. Scheherezade
    Lots of positive reactions. I am now rather looking forward to the 21st.
  2. Scheherezade
    Shocking, disgraceful, unbelievable. And what really saddened me was that I couldn't even feel surprise.
  3. Scheherezade
    I think its generally true to say that if you haven't had to battle illness, loss or hard times over the years, you don't begin to feel grateful for attaining a certain age until you hit 60, if not later, That's the time you begin to look back and wish that you had done some things differently, spent more time with those who are no longer there, and that you hadn't taken people, opportunities, youth or good fortune for granted. My grandmother used to say that the only thing worse than getting old is not getting old. This is true, but it also draws the spotlight on the unavoidable fact that as we get older we accumulate regrets as well as blessings.
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    And as has been said of the RB, what about their wonderful back catalogue of 20th century works? But I had no expectation of seeing any of those since sadly they seem to have been written off across the board.
  5. Scheherezade
    Yes, and the rebranding apparently cost £6m.
  6. Scheherezade
    I feel your pain. And for anyone who doesn't already have one, get a TFL account, which automatically takes the £15 charge but doesn't impose a fine if you unwittingly enter the zone during charging hours. I was caught a little while back for crossing the Regents Park congestion charge boundary one minute before 6.00 - annoyingly I thought I'd timed my entry perfectly - but at least I wasn't hit with a fine.
  7. Scheherezade
    What to add? Much as I love the Skeaping Giselle, I had, at first, thought too soon for a revival but since it won't be back in London until next January, I will welcome its return, particularly if there is to be no RB Giselle next season and, additionally, as I will hopefully get the chance to catch Frola's Albrecht this time round. I am very happy with the Forsythe triple. I love the way he allows the music, classical or contemporary, to wrap itself around his always exhilarating choreography and totally agree with Lizbie's upthread comments about pervading sense of joy that informs his works. See Forsythe and go home feeling that all is well with the world. I will reserve judgement on the new Nutcracker until I have seen it. I really enjoy Arielle Smith's work - she is another choreographer whose output is thankfully rooted in joy rather than misery - but can't quite visualise what she will do with Nutcracker. The Edwardian setting sounds promising, provided that the classicism isn't lost in translation and that the end result steers well clear of previous ENB sweet shop settings. Like others, I am mortified that there is no Etudes. Another triple bill with this piece, please. 🙏 Or, more fittingly perhaps, include this wonderful showcase for the company in a live gala to mark their 75th anniversary. Whilst, unlike Creature, I enjoyed Akram Khan's Giselle first time round, I feel no need to see it again and, yes, would much prefer another run of Corsaire. All in all, fine as far as it goes but definitely not enough
  8. Scheherezade
    Too unflattering?
  9. Scheherezade
    Me too. Jealous writhers begone!
  10. Scheherezade
    Nooooooo!!!!!
  11. Scheherezade
    I’d say it was just disappointing, West End stage rather than Royal Ballet. Anticipation was high but what came out in the wash was a lukewarm approximation of something that felt as though it should have been so much more.
  12. Scheherezade
    Why do I find it hard to believe that consideration for out of town Ashton devotees was foremost - or at all - in the minds of the programme schedulers? Oh, I know, I’m an old sceptic, but all the same …
  13. Scheherezade
    Perhaps, after Strapless, she decided that Wheeldon wasn’t her choreographer of choice.
  14. Scheherezade
    I always enjoy watching ger too, RobR. I am sure she will bring her usual abundance of sass to the role.
  15. Scheherezade
    And that the listed casts aren’t shifted around with the random frequency of the Nutcracker and Giselle performances. Please!
  16. Scheherezade
    I really enjoyed them at the general rehearsal, Dawnstar. Seems a long time ago now.
  17. Scheherezade
    Or, for those of us of a certain age: "All the right notes but not necessarily in the right order."
  18. Scheherezade
    I am personally more alarmed by the photoshopped images that lead some young people down the path to dangerous, sometimes fatal, surgery in an attempt to replicate the unreal and suicide if they can’t.
  19. Scheherezade
    Agreed. On both fronts. I am keeping my fingers crossed that these ballets will come to London, and with the same casts, and I would love to see both Goldberg and Invitus Invitam revived by the RB, and/or a new commission for Kim Brandstrup, whose choreography I far prefer to almost all of the RB’s current commissions.
  20. Scheherezade
    I did enjoy the segment in the Facebook link, Bruce, and I too wish that NYCB were bringing this to London instead of Rotunda.
  21. Scheherezade
    And we are unlikely ever to see either of them.
  22. Scheherezade
    My TV says Muntagirov/Nunez/Osipova
  23. Scheherezade
    And, sadly, highlights the utter uselessness of the home team.
  24. Scheherezade
    Were they? I must have missed that.
  25. Scheherezade
    Just one viewing for me and like many others I was, and remain, in two minds. I am glad to have seen La Strada. I didn’t hate it but didn’t love it either. I did enjoy the music and I felt that the sets and costumes worked well. Overall, I was impressed by the dancers generally, and the two angels in particular and I also felt that Zampano’s brutality could have been highlighted a little more. It was wonderful to see Alina and Johan on stage again, especially Alina, whose magic remains undiminished and whose childlike vulnerability sat perfectly upon Gelsomina and gave the whole production its heart. I did wonder whether it might have fallen a little flat with anyone else. well done, all the same, to everyone involved.
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