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  1. Jan McNulty
    I've started a thread about Carlos Acosta's Farewell tour in news: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/11024-carlos-acosta-farewell-tour/#entry148216 It depends where you like to sit Jacqueline. The front row of the stalls at the Lowry is somewhat cramped because of the way the orchestra pit is put in. The front row in Birmingham is very good but the rake on the stalls isn't that great till about half way back.
  2. Jan McNulty
    A bit of googling has found the following dates for Carlos Acosta's Farewell tour: 03-04 May - Nottingham 06-07 May - Birmingham 10-11 May - Southampton 13-14 May - Salford Details from the Lowry website: After an unparalleled career as one of the world’s most iconic male ballet stars, Carlos Acosta presents his final classical ballet programme. From humble beginnings in Cuba to performing on some of the world’s biggest stages, Carlos Acosta has had an incredible career. He has played many of ballet’s most iconic roles including Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Basilio in Don Quixote and The Prince in Nutcracker. He has worked with some of the world’s leading ballet companies including Ballet National de Cuba, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Houston Ballet, written two novels and appeared in two feature films. For his final UK tour dancing classical works, he performs experts from his favourite ballet repertoire alongside an incredible cast of dancers from Cuba, with a full live orchestra. Read more at http://www.thelowry.com/event/carlos-acosta1#dfHpmg2dHvE4e27c.99
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    He's appearing at The Lowry on 13th and 14th May: http://www.thelowry.com/event/carlos-acosta1
  4. Jan McNulty
    Hello SBF, Please call me Janet - everyone else does!
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    Thanks for the link SBF. I don't think I read this article at the time it was published. Having read it this morning, I can only say that it does nothing to alter my personal opinion that Mr Polunin was a young man who was put under the pressure of expectation from too many sides - his family, his peers, his boss and his public - and who left to find himself without those pressures. Let's hope that Mr Polunin is now able, with the passage of time, to grow and enjoy his career in dance and beyond, wherever that may take him. BTW SBF it may be worth searching the News forum and there are many threads about Polunin covering the last couple of years.
  6. Jan McNulty
    Don't know about your DD crying PB1 - I welled up when I watched it yesterday!
  7. Jan McNulty
    The press release for the summer season (includes link to the online brochure): The Spring / Summer 2016 Season at Sadler’s Wells The Spring / Summer 2016 Season is on sale from Monday 9 November 2015 at 10am Sadler’s Wells and Lilian Baylis Studio Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or sadlerswells.com The Peacock Ticket Office: 020 7863 8222 or peacocktheatre.com The Spring / Summer 2016 Season Brochure and Guide can be downloaded from: http://issuu.com/sadlerswells/docs/brochure_online_edited?e=5210497/31038539 and: http://s3.sadlerswells.com/downloads/brochure/Sadlers_Wells_Season_Guide_Spring_2016.pdf
  8. Jan McNulty
    The Crescent Theatre in Birmingham is very nice and I also like to Octagon in Yeovil. Buxton Opera House is a gorgeous theatre in a gorgeous town but the rake is most bizarre. I hadn't realised how bizarre till I saw BRB performing Take 5 there; that ballet has squares of light on the floor and we could see the stage has a rake, flat bit and another rake because of the way the light squares were distorted!
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    I was at The Trocks tonight (utterly fabulous) and attended a post-performance Q&A with the AD. Someone asked how easy it was for a dancer to switch between a (female) en-pointe role and a male role. He said (paraphrased) that it was very difficult because of the differing ways in which the muscles are used. Tonight's Basilio did not dance any of the en-pointe roles in this performance for that reason. I would guess it is a similar difference between classical and contemporary.
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    At NB, the gorgeous Lucia Solari, Antoinette Brookes Daw and Abi Prudames. Although it has to be said that NB do not specialise in the nineteenth century classics. And how could anyone not mention the amazing Momoko Hirata at BRB, as well as Delia.
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    So sorry to hear this Lisa, I know how much you have been looking forward to Swan Lake. Many years ago a friend of mine had a panic attack during an NB performance in Nottingham. We had booked separately and weren't sat near each other. At the time she thought she was having a heart attack and the theatre rang an ambulance for her. Talking about it later we think she had become anxious because she was in the middle of the row and was concerned in case, for some obscure reason, she suddenly needed to get out. Thinking ahead to Saturday, may it be an idea to see if you can change your seat to a rear aisle seat, just in case you need to get out. It could well be that having an "escape route" will give you the confidence to watch the whole performance. Also, if you feel as though your blood sugar had dropped, why not have some dextrose tablets with you or a bag of chocolate buttons? I do hope you enjoy Saturday.
  12. Jan McNulty
    I shall lurk near the piano in the Floral Hall during the interval.
  13. Jan McNulty
    Link for the Season Guide
  14. Jan McNulty
    I'm seeing the performance on Monday evening if anyone is around to say hello!
  15. Jan McNulty
    Hello Annemarie and welcome to the Forum. Thanks for the information about Roberta Marquez. I've put in a link to her Instagram account above. I hope you will keep joining in!
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    Which could be discussed in a separate thread...
  17. Jan McNulty
    Dresden Semperoper Ballett have issued a Youtube film of Melissa Hamilton rehearsing and talking about Manon, which she is dancing with Jiri Bubenicek (I think in his final performance):
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    Here is the link to Roberta's Instagram account: https://instagram.com/robertamarquezballerina/
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    Thanks for the link SBF.
  20. Jan McNulty
    Nothing in the press release inbox yet, but hopefully later today or tomorrow.
  21. Jan McNulty
    Bill, I hate to be blunt, but as has already been pointed out, this is a discussion forum. Many people have reasonably explained why they are discussing the issue of guest artists with the RB. Post #424 is Penelope's as quoted above. If you think Mr O'Hare would make a statement on why he is using guest artists I would be very grateful if you will approach him for that statement and put us all in the know. Not necessarily on this board but many of my friends often speculate about castings and promotions and any other item of the day to day minutiae of the companies that we follow. I think, given our joint passion, that is is quite a legitimate subject for discussion.
  22. Jan McNulty
    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MIXED PROGRAMME RUNS FOR A GOOD 2hrs 15mins, as I discovered to my cost yesterday. (It's great though!)
  23. Jan McNulty
    Thanks Naomi.
  24. Jan McNulty
    Is it really so long ago??? I would love to see Patineurs again. As the skating scene in NB's latest Cinderella was so effectI've, perhaps someone could persuade them to take it on. I can think of at least 2 dancers I would love to see as the Blue Boy!
  25. Jan McNulty
    Links - Wednesday 04 November, 2015 Review - Paris Opera Ballet, Quartet No 4, Grosse Fugue, Transfigured Night, Paris: Roslyn Sulcas, NY Times Interview - Xander Parish: David Jays, Guardian News - Osipova rejoins Bolshoi as guest star: Ismene Brown, Blog via TASS Review - Rambert, Transfigured Night, Frames, Rooster, Birmingham: Bruce Marriott, DanceTabs Feature - Itzik Galili: Mike Dixon, London Dance Preview Feature - Twyla Tharp, 50th Anniversary Tour, Chicago: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times Preview Feature - BalletNext and Abraham.In.Motion experiment with jazz: Brian Seibert, NY Times Preview Feature - Daniil Simkin, Intensio, Houston: Olivia Flores Alvarez, Houston Press Preview Feature - Claire Cunningham, Guide Gods, Give me a reason to live, Perth: Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald Reviews - Boris Charmatz / Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Partita 2, New York: Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal Philadelphia: Merilyn Jackson, Philadelphia Inquirer Review - CoisCéim Dance, The Wolf and Peter, Dublin: Chris O’Rourke, Examiner Review - Spectrum Dance Theatre, The Minstrel Show Revisited, New York: Gia Kourlas, NY Times Review - BalletMet, Dracula, Columbus: Amanda Etchison, Broadway World Preview Feature - Ballet BC & choreographer Stijn Celis: Janet Smith, Straight Preview Feature - Dance Theatre of San Francisco, San Francisco: Andrew Gilbert, San Jose Mercury News
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