Lynette H
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ROH and travel firm Ultimate Travel Company have launched a number of ballet / opera themed holidays which include visits to the ROH as well as performances abroad. Here's details of one to St Petersburg:
I thought it was interesting to note that this tour starts in the UK with a performance of an "exciting new production by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House" on 6 November 2013 - would this perhaps be the new production of Don Q for next season which has been mentioned previousy ?
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I see Liam Scarlett is making a new work for the Ballet Boyz at Sadlers in March (a double bill wiyth a Maliphant piece).
Sampled now runs for two weeks in June and the tickets look very good value.
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The programme runs from 4:30 to 6:30pm. not sure when she will be appearing.
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Very fine dancers. I was very taken with Martin Lawrance's new work Madcap, which I thought was his best work to date, brimming with energy but still within a strongly defined structure.
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Mine haven't arrived either.
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The detailed programme for Dance Umbrella 2012 is now available here: dates are from 5 to 14 October.
http://www.danceumbrella.co.uk/2012-programme
The format is different from previous years. (Their budget was cut back by the Arts Council). The venue is a theatre in the new St Martins School of Art premises at Kings Cross. The format is different too: there are three items each evening which you can buy individually, so you can drop in and see only one if that interests you or book for all of them. There are a number of Jonathan Burrows pieces.
This approach to programming is similar to that for the festival at Kings Place (14 - 16 Sept) which is very close by the St Martins venue - they programme a diverse range of short pieces, typically each 45 minutes a tme packed into 3 days. They offer a multibuy discount.
Link to the Kings Place listings here http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/festival
The Kings Place items are music rather than dance though there are a couple of (free!) Indian dance items.
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At the exhibition, there is also a film of snippets of rehearsal footage, with a couple of minutes on each choreographer. I couldn't find a link to this on the National Gallery site.
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A link to the National Gallery Web site with exerpts of the ballets:
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/metamorphosis-titian-2012-ballets
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There is a long and detailed artiicle on Sergei Polunin in the latest issue (Sept / Oct 2012) of Intelligent Life magazine by Julie Kavanagh. This includes interviews with him and with members of his family and with staff at RBS and RB. I don't know if this will be available on line. (I'm sure the links team will locate it if it is). If not you may want to locate a print edition.
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I've just seen this production. Two dancers appear at every performance, drawn from a list of seven. There are Christina Arestis*, Olivia Cowley*, Emma Harris, Natalie Harrison*, Kristen McNally*, Pitra Mello-Pitman*, Karis Scarlette*. Asterisks indicate those indicated in the programme as appearing by kind permission of the Royal Ballet. (I don't recognise the last name though.) The choreography is credited to Ed Watson
Cindy Jourdain, formerly of the RB appears in an acting role as Livia (a modest role - but it's a rather male dominated play, very much dominated by Timon himself. SRB is terrific).
The production runs to the end of October, and it's one where the £12 Travelex tickets are on offer. It was full - quite an achievement for what's viewed as one of Shakespeare's more difficult plays.
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There are some RB dancers appearing in the production of Timon of Athens at the NT. (Timon is Simon Russell Beale).
There are some rehersal photos on the NT web site for the production which include a picture of Olivia Cowley, Natalie Harrison, Chistina Arestis and Kristen McNally.
This review in the Gurdian says the choreography is by Ed Watson.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012/jul/18/timon-of-athens-review-olivier?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9386
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There is some detail on the National Gallery's web site about events related to the exhibition here
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/metamorphosis-titian-2012/*/tab/2
This includes free talks from two of the artists creating the set designs for Metamorphosis, on 23rd and 27th July.
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Back now. Somewhat bemused by the way casting info is displayed though - doesn't seem to come up for mixed bills in any sensible way.
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Jane, is the Ratmansky new or is it an existing work of his ?
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The designs for Sweet Violets have been very successful in capturing the atmosphere of Sickert's paintings. Have a look at this one of a music hall
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sickert-the-new-bedford-n06174
There was an exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in 2007/8 on Sickert and the Camden Town Nudes. I wonder if Scarlett saw this at the time ?
There's some details on the following linl: the picture of the nude and the man sitting on the bed is directly referenced in Sweet Violets
http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/exhibitions/2007/sickert/index.shtml
A further search turned up a Sickert picture named Sweet Violets (though I understand that the title is related to a song not a picture)
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/25c8c8ed.html
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Regarding the solo for "Le Beau Gosse" I've seen it said that this is all that survives from "Le Train Bleu", but I distinctly recall seeing this ballet on French TV some years ago. Of course I can't say how authentic this performance was but some of the work for the corps was very reminiscent in style to "Les Biches" and the whole ballet certainly had the appropriate chic, trendy 1920s look. That being said, I didn't feel that it was anywhere near the calibre of "Les Biches".
I've been wondering about this too. I have a recollection that some time in the 1990s (I think) there were adverts in the dance press for a production of Le Train Bleu which a French or German company was planning to bring to the UK - maybe the Coliseum ?. But it never happened. It gave me the impression that there might still be a production "live" out there somewhere. Does anyone recall this ?
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Seems a bit odd that Takada gets only one shot at Odette, and on a midweek matinee too. Is there a schools peformance or something that she might be doing as well ?
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I'm afraid I didn't take to the redesign for Rite. Black costumes on a black stage with a black backdrop. It's asking a lot of your lighting designer isn't it ? It was well lit but most of the detail of the costumes that you can see in the pictures just disappeared in the theatre. I think its a good idea to bring in new designers. But I suspect that people who design clothes do so with the intention of them being seen from relatively close quarters. Stage costumes are a rather different matter: you need to be able to "read" them from quite a distance, and these just didn't work in that respect. I preferered their previous designs (which I preferred to the RB ones, in fact).
Very good dancing in Rite though - they have always done this well. The programme is uneven in outcome, though you have to applaud their ambition. Gutsy performance from Ksenia as Firebird.
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Well, if ever there was an example of how to grasp the nettle of opportunity, there was a masterclass in it from Beatriz Stix-Brunell in Saturday's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. I can't recall a more assured debut in a 3-act ballet before, not even from seasoned Principals. Beatriz danced the whole 3 acts like this was her 3rd or 4th revival, not her debut. When she smiled, hers outdid the Cheshire Cat - but this was only one element in a multi-faceted acting performance; joy, fear, surprise, marvel, mystification, delight, annoyance, frustration, humour - all radiated out. Her dancing shone, the steps flowed naturally out of her, allowing a full on characterisation to come through, naturally through the steps, and a personality OF Alice. It was nothing short of astonishingly accomplished.
I can only add that I think we're lucky to have her here in London, and earnestly hope that the RB hang on to her. Hope to see many more performances, in many roles, from this young dancer, whose potential I reckon is almost limitless. As someone else said - we saw a star being born. I feel privileged to have been there to see it.
She really was extraordinary - totally assured and in control, and gave a really finely detailed reading of the character. There were heaps of bouquets at the end, richly deserved. Hard to believe it was a debut but it was. A really beliveable adolescent Alice.
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Details of the nominations are on the Oliviers web site at
http://www.olivierawards.com/nominations/view/item137170/mastercard-best-new-play/
The dance items are as follows:
Best new dance production
http://www.olivierawards.com/nominations/view/item137194/best-new-dance-production/
(Akram Khan - Desh , Ballets C de la B - Gardenia, Some likeit Hip Hop, Metamorphosis)
Outstanding achievment in dance
http://www.olivierawards.com/nominations/view/item137195/outstanding-achievement-in-dance/
(Ed Watson for Metamorphosis, Sylvie Guillem for 6000 miles away, the Alice in Wonderland design team, Tommy Franzen for Some Like it Hip Hop)
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You can download the pdf with fuller details at
There is a stray reference to a gala in the autumn as well as more detail about some of the Linbury shows.
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It is very text based - the movement aspects are less than you might be expecting from previous DV8 productions. Its 80 minutes, no interval, and no admissions once its started, so don't get there late. Last night started at 7pm and I think a few people managed to miss the entire peformance. (Tonight and subsequent performances start at 8pm).
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There's an article on Wayne Sleep and the dance item in the Hockney exhibition in the RA magazine
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/ra-magazine/spring-2012/secret-knowledge-wayne-sleep,350,RAMA.html
Matthew Bourne - Sleeping Beauty 2012/13
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The puppet baby Aurora is extremely well done, and very deftly handled by the cast. I recall that in the Imagine tv programme about the making of Bourne's Sleeping Beauty he said that they had about five different Aurora puppets to do different things. He also said that they were not going to give the puppet a curtain call "in case she got more applause than anyone else."