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  1. taxi4ballet
    Erm... let's just say that people we've lived amicably next door to for decades suddenly decided to take official action against us, despite us agreeing to do what they wanted, and the fact that we drew their attention to it in the first place.
  2. taxi4ballet
    Apologies to everyone else already in Room 101, but I'm afraid you are now going to have to put up with my neighbours. Sorry about that. 😂
  3. taxi4ballet
    Yes, if only they would tour the UK...
  4. taxi4ballet
    Might I suggest that you all write to my constituency MP, Nadine Dorries, and tell her how you feel. Feel free to encourage everybody you know to do the same. She knows Sweet Fanny Adams about the arts, and needs enlightening.
  5. taxi4ballet
    Really? Strewth. Waste of time for me, then. That would double the price of the tickets, since we can only go about once a year.
  6. taxi4ballet
    How much does becoming a Friend cost these days?
  7. taxi4ballet
    Seems a shame really, that they make it so difficult for the general public to actually buy decent tickets. One could be forgiven for thinking that the current system is elitist.
  8. taxi4ballet
    Maybe discuss it with your dd's dance teacher and ask their advice.
  9. taxi4ballet
    Somewhat earlier than the 20th century... My ancestors were married at St Paul, Covent Garden and their descendants were baptised there, including my great-great grandfather. I'd love to know what it was like back then.
  10. taxi4ballet
    That's brilliant! It reminds me of the time some years ago when we had bought a nearly-new car and try as we might, we couldn't figure out how to switch off the child lock on the rear doors so they could be opened from the inside. Gave a lift to someone with a toddler. You can guess the rest.
  11. taxi4ballet
    It was such a shame. After all, if you have people singing or talking, you can listen to their voice while you watch a montage of scenes on the big screen. You don't need to see them in close-up. But most of the ballet element seemed to be broadcast from hundreds of yards away, and you could barely see the stage, let alone anyone on it.
  12. taxi4ballet
    Pathetic, wasn't it?
  13. taxi4ballet
    If I'm not mistaken and things have changed, I believe a level 4 diploma is one step up from A-levels which are level 3. So with two level 3's and one level 4, you could very well be fine.
  14. taxi4ballet
    It's fairly well-known, I think, that Simon Cowell doesn't much care for ballet.
  15. taxi4ballet
    The BGT producers aren't interested in acts unless they will have the audience on their feet, cheering and screaming with delight, or conversely, groaning in their seats at the sheer awfulness of it. Ballet fits into neither category.
  16. taxi4ballet
    From what I've just seen of BBC3's output (and deducing the sort of person likely to watch it), that channel's demographic would be far more likely to use a digital-only service, and probably do most of the time anyway. Why they can't digitise that one and keep BBC4 is a mystery to me. Common sense has gone out of the window.
  17. taxi4ballet
    Well this is what comes of having my MP in the Cabinet. Never mind a postage stamp, what she knows about culture and the arts would fit onto a pinhead.
  18. taxi4ballet
    The first ballet I ever saw was Petrushka when I was about 6, and I had nightmares for weeks afterwards.
  19. taxi4ballet
    Perhaps that is a choice made by the choreographer rather than the dancer? Or maybe out of necessity for a long-legged dancer so she doesn't thwack her short-armed partner with her knee on the way round?🤣
  20. taxi4ballet
    Thank you, you've made the point I was trying (and failing!) to make yesterday, and done a far better job of it than I did...
  21. taxi4ballet
    Well yes, but chances are that someone like that is unlikely to be openly critical of a dancer's ability on a forum such as this one.
  22. taxi4ballet
    As I already said, a momentary slip-up by someone in their debut performance does not give Joe Public (however much they paid for their tickets) the right to question that dancer's readiness for the role. They willl have danced that step perfectly thousands of times before. They will be kicking themselves that they fouled it up when it mattered the most. There really is no need for audience members to criticise so much. It depends who's saying it. Some people are more qualified to comment than others, and constructive criticism is always welcome. I've known Joe Sissens since he was 10 - my daughter danced with him at one time. He displayed phenomenal talent even then, and I've been following his progress ever since.
  23. taxi4ballet
    That's not really what I was saying. Commenting on a performance (or a specific element thereof) is fine. What is perhaps less welcome would be criticising the dancer themselves, whether they deserved their last promotion, whether they shouldn't have been given a role if they are incapable of performing one of the trickiest steps in the entire ballet repertoire, whether they are technically unsuited to a particular style, and so on. All of which I have seen on threads before. Everyone dancing a more senior role will have had to perform it in front of an audience for the first time. Dancers in a debut role are going to be incredibly nervous. Nerves cause slip-ups. Calling their ability into question shows a fundamental lack of respect for their years of hard work and dedication to the art form.
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    One of the things my daughter said she didn't miss about the profession was constantly being judged all the time and found wanting. Dancers are not machines. Sometimes they have an off day. Sometimes they might be a fraction off balance for a second or two. Sometimes they might be in agony. One might say that Premiership footballers at the height of their profession should never miss a penalty, but they do. Respectfully pointing out a lapse in a performance is fine. Judgemental criticism of an elite professional... no.
  25. taxi4ballet
    My daughter trained professionally, and after a gap of several years of not dancing, she recently tried to do fouettes again. She told me that she'd forgotten how ridiculously difficult they are! So maybe unless people are capable of doing 32 fouettes, perfectly, every time they attempt them, then perhaps they could refrain from criticising a professional's very occasional mishap in this department? It mars what has otherwise been a very interesting and informative thread.
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