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William Bracewell is programmed to be dancing Troyte in Enigma Variations this week at the matinee on Wed. 18th and in the evening of Fri. 20th.

I thought that both Yasmine Naghdi and Federico Bonelli were very interesting when discussing the changed attitudes to nutrition in the ballet world, especially the Royal Ballet. Fedi's tale of sending for sachets of sugar to get himself through the third act in the past was amusing if even it shocks us today!

Yes, we thought that the first act was too dark. This isn't usually a problem at the Odeon in Wimbledon.

I think that Bruce's list might be taken from the leaflet that is available at the Coliseum?

The Odeon in Wimbledon was very empty unfortunately - I didn't do a head count!

I believe that Alfreda  Thorogood did some coaching for Concerto. She was in the audience tonight.

Alex Campbell did the full barre. He was near the back on the last barre on the RHS (viewed from the audience) opposite Claire Calvert. He quietly got on with the warm up without drawing extra attention to himself. Principals often leave during class when they have rehearsals to attend.

I was online for Friends booking at 9am on the opening day and was unable to buy any tickets for Cross Currents then.

Thanks for your reply Ryo.

Linda

If this is for the Friday 14th performance I would like it please. Linda

No, Vera was danced by Francesca Hayward at the rehearsal.

Nicol Edmonds was Paris tonight in the Nunez cast.

Or Alex Campbell?

As stated above the website said it was sold out but as I was attending the evening performance I decided to arrive early and to  go to the Box Office to see if there were any returns. I was in luck and purchased my ticket at 5.45pm which gave me long enough to get up to The Clore in time for the 6pm start!

They do not usually list the contributors to these events. I found out once I arrived and received the programme from the ushers. Occasionally dancers say on their social media sites that they are participating.

I agree with the above suggestions, especially Peterhof. Allow plenty of time to wander in the gardens after seeing the palace.

At the Mariinsky you can get a cast list (similar to that at the ROH) in English for the equivalent of about 50p. I didn't have to ask - the usher offered to get one for me and delivered it to me at my seat about 5 minutes later.

At 9am there were no tickets available for the insight celebrating Fonteyn. Now over 3 hours later there are tickets available and I've just grabbed one!

"The pigeons can only fly from left to right across the stage, as that is what they have been trained to do" 

Woman during the interval last night!

BB6 isn't worth booking either, unless you want to end up with a stiff neck from looking around the pillar that obscures the full view of the stage. After four visits to the Linbury I am beginning to get quite a list of seats to avoid in the future!

Bag checks back in operation at the Bow Street entrance but not at the Piazza doors!

I too was told that I could take a photo of the cast changes if I wanted to do so.

,There were no change of casts slips, no notice as far as I saw, except for a small one in the amphitheatre corridor. I thought it was very rude to the dancers that no announcement was made either.

I agree with many of the above comments but would like to add that it was good to see Gary Avis in a dancing role again!

I go to most of the rehearsals but have never been asked for any feedback.

No problems with watching Infra or the beautiful SIC Richard.

I will be interested to see if there have been any adjustments tonight when I am sitting further back. It was such a pity as, having been to the Insight and also watching a rehearsal on one of the Month of Sundays, I was looking forward to seeing The Unknown Soldier.

We were sitting in the mid amphitheatre for the rehearsal today and couldn't see the heads of some of the dancers at the back until it rose higher for the next section. 

I agree!!

The dancers were Anna Rose O'Sullivan and William Bracewell in the first rehearsal then later it was Mayara Magri and Marcelino Sambe.

Good to see Ed Watson taking part in the discussion.