Jan McNulty

I think in companies where they have permanent rather than annual contracts dancers may well spend quite a long career in the junior ranks.

And other dancers may spend their career in the corps.

Some years ago David Morse gave a talk to Friends of BRB in Bradford. One of the subjects he touched on was videoing performances to create a library of productions. One of the potential issues is that if a dancer does something differently in a videoed performance then that becomes the de facto way the role is performed when that video is used as a reference point. I would guess it is not feasible to video all the performances.

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SOUTHSEA - Sleeping Beauty - Audition 3 November - Performances 6-7 March AYLESBURY - Swan Lake - Audition 18 November - Performances 24-25 April SOUTHEND - Coppelia - Audition 1 February - Performances 21-22 August SHREWSBURY - Swan Lake - Audition 9 March - Performances 10-11 July STOKE - Swan Lake - Audition - 1 May - Performances 18-19 September BRADFORD - Giselle - Audition TBC - Performances 5-6 June STEVENAGE - Sleeping Beauty - Audition TBC - Performances 16-17 October BUXTON - Nutcracker - Audition TBC - Performances 13-14 November

Oh well, don't forget that there is a wonderful dance tradition in Copenhagen too! Depending on when your cruise is, there may be some RDB or other performances on, or there may be something on at the theatre in the Tivoli Gardens. Copenhagen is a wonderful city!

Wild Card Seeta Patel: Something Then, Something Now Lilian Baylis Studio, EC1R 4TN UK Premiere Thursday 25 & Friday 26 September Performances at 7.45pm Tickets: £17 Ticket Office: 0844 412 4300 or www.sadlerswells.com Wild Card, a Sadler’s Wells initiative which opens up the theatre’s Lilian Baylis Studio to the next generation of choreographers and dance makers, returns for its fourth season this autumn, presenting UK born and raised dance artist Seeta Patel. The initiative aims to bring fresh perspectives to the stage and each time gives emerging artists from different spectrums of the dance landscape the opportunity to curate a mixed bill evening of cutting edge work. Patel has been championing the Indian classical dance Bharatanatyam for many years, at the same time as forging a distinctive career in contemporary dance under the guidance of Mavin Khoo. She has performed with companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre and presented work at Southbank Centre. Patel’s curation at the Lilian Baylis Studio will be an intimate evening of dance and music from South India, featuring an orchestra of Carnatic musicians. After her solo work she will offer a rare opportunity to see seasoned dancer and musician Pushkala Gopal in an up-close presentation of song and abhinaya, the concept of facial expression in Bharatanatyam which is used to lead the audience towards a sentiment. There will be a free post-show talk with Mavin Khoo on Friday 26 September.

Here's the link to the ROH page: http://www.roh.org.uk/visit/tours

Hello Chloe and welcome to the Forum. We've got a number of teachers who are members so I am sure they will be able to offer some advice. Meantime, on a slightly different slant, here's a topic recently started about teaching qualifications: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/7668-dance-teaching-qualifications/ I do hope you will continue to post and let us know how you get on.

Arthur Pita The Little Match Girl LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO Saturday 13 December 2014 - Sunday 4 January 2015 Performances: times vary Tickets: £8.50 - £16, £6 schools tickets available Ticket office: 0844 412 4322 or www.sadlerswells.com ***** "Magical. Wonderfully inventive. A gem" The Observer Celebrated choreographer Arthur Pita brings his magical dance theatre show The Little Match Girl to Sadler's Wells this Christmas. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic story, this tale of a young street girl's hopes and dreams is beautifully told through dance, song and original live music. The show runs at the Lilian Baylis Studio from Saturday 13 December – Sunday 4 January. A snowy stage sets the scene for an icy cold Christmas Eve, where the little match girl paces the emptying streets, trying to sell her matches. Cold, hungry and with just one final match flame to keep her warm, she sees a vision of her beloved grandmother. Leaving her troubled life behind, she is guided up into the night sky by her grandmother who takes her to the moon. Now, on a clear night, if you look closely, you might see the light of a shooting star, or is it a match burning brightly? Arthur Pita returns to Sadler's Wells following the huge success of Mischief, a family show created in collaboration with Theatre Rites, which also enjoyed a season on Broadway. His recent adaptation of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis at the Royal Opera House won Olivier, Southbank Sky Arts and Critics Circle National Dance Awards. For The Little Match Girl, Pita is reunited with The Metamorphosis composer Frank Moon, who will perform his original score live on stage, with designs by Yann Seabra and lighting designs by Ed Yetton. Age Guidance: 5+

I never "liked" Britain First and I still get posts on my timeline because friends "like" them.

Re Britain First - they probably started as "sponsored posts" that maybe one of your friends liked in all innocence. They come up in my timeline too so I will try the arrow trick next time I see one. I got into a right mess at the start of this year (and I am supposed to be it literate!) because I liked a page that seemed good and several of my friends had liked. Anyway I filled in a form to hear about offers, including stupidly my mobile phone number, and the next thing is that a number of charges were being applied to my mobile bill. Fortunately I realised what was happening very quickly and Vodafone were very helpful in blocking the numbers as well as me "STOP"ing the texts. The only thing is that I also had these types of numbers blocked altogether and I can no longer text donate.

I gather the prize money is significant...

Good luck to both your children for their new lives Lottie!

The V&A could be a good place to mooch as it's not too far from Earls Court and it does have the theatre and dance collections, some of which may be on display. In Covent Garden there's the artsy crafty stalls in the market hall and usually buskers and what have you plus lots of interesting shops in the side streets and you could go into the foyer of ROH and perhaps into the shop...

My favourite place to mooch in London is the British Museum, especially the Egyptian galleries. For shopping mooching I like the area around Covent Garden.

You can always play it on a computer that's got a DVD drive...

I've merged the 2 extant topics to keep the discussion thread together in one place. Good luck to Pete and Shannon!

Links - Tuesday, August 26 2014 Edinburgh Festival and Fringe 2014: Review – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sweet Mambo: Kelly Apter, Scotsman/Wow247 Elsewhere: Feature/book preview – Alicia Markova: Britain’s superstar ballerina: Tina Sutton, Independent Review – Royal New Zealand Ballet, Allegro, five short ballets, Dunedin: Jonathan W Marshall, NZ Theatreview Preview – Fall Arts Preview, San Francisco: Allan Ulrich, SF Chronicle Review – Hong Kong Ballet, Don Quixote, Hong Kong: Natasha Rogai, South China Morning Post Review – Mina Nishimura, Princess Cabbage, Quiet House, Ash Daughter, New York: Siobhan Burke, NY Times Preview – Rioult Dance NY Season Plans 2014-15: Dance News Desk, Broadway World Feature – Nick Drakides and Laraine Goodman, Tap Dancer and Crooner reclaim sidewalk spotlight, New York: Brian Seibert, NY Times

Fantastic news Regattah. Thanks so much for letting us know how your DD2 is getting on. Very best wishes to all of you. Jxx

Richard Attenborough has passed away days before his 91st birthday. He was a giant of British cinema. Condolences to his family and friends.

Hello Csbdancer and welcome to the Forum. Do let us know how you get on.

Thanks for letting us know Ambros1a.

A lot of this depends on the exchange rate for Brits travelling abroad. My friend and I went to Copenhagen in 2005 for the Bournonville Festival and realised that, at that time, it was cheaper for us to go to both Copenhagen and Paris than a weekend in London at ROH. As sterling plummetted that situation changed and the last time I went to Paris it would have been cheaper to spend the equivalent time in London. Now the pound is stronger that situation may again have changed. Where I can have an issue with London it is with the cost for me to get there. Having easy access to both Liverpool and Manchester airports means that I have had trips to European cities where the flights have cost less than the train fare to London would have done for the same time. I have discovered that it is almost impossible to get cheaper train tickets on Fridays and Sundays but usually can get them slightly cheaper during the week.

Links - Monday, August 25 2014 Edinburgh Festival and Fringe 2014: Reviews – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sweet Mambo: Sarah Crompton, Telegraph Hannah Weibye, Arts Desk Alice Bain, Observer Elsewhere: Feature – Jeffrey Taylor reminisces about his time as a dancer on Sunday Night at the London Palladium: Jeffrey Taylor, Express Feature – The Sound of Pina Bausch: Chris Wiegand, Observer Review – The Carreno-Barbieri Festival Gala, Sarasota: Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald Tribune Review – Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Over Glow, Beautiful Mistake, The Heart(s)pace, Jacob’s Pillow: Ken Ross, Mass Live Review – Narelle Benjamin, Hiding in Plain Sight, Sydney: Jill Sykes, Sydney Morning Herald Review - Sobha Naidu, Chandalika, Vijayawada: GVR Subba Rao, The Hindu