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Lynette H

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  1. More on this - impact on museums who might have planned to provide "warm banks" for those struggling to heat their homes https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/31/uk-museums-rising-energy-costs-could-hamper-warm-banks-plan "Museums have said they will struggle to provide “warm banks” planned for people priced out of heating their homes, because their own soaring bills threaten opening restrictions and closures this winter."
  2. "Guest" performances at Sadler's are independent hires and discounts for members don't apply. Quite a few have popped up on the Sadler's website recently, though they don't seem to get much publicity. I'm quite curious about this one - Fabula Collective, on the main stage on 17 September. Details are a bit terse but the cast sounds interesting https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/fabula-collective-momentum/ "Fabula Collective Associate Artists James Pett and Travis Clausen-Knight and international guest artists from excitingly varied backgrounds, from former Royal Ballet Principal Mara Galeazzi and Joffrey Ballet of Chicago’s Christopher Marney, to current Nederlands Dans Theater artists Paxton Ricketts and Madoka Kariya, Ballet Black’s Cira Robinson, former Northern Ballet’s Mlindi Kulashe and former Ballet Basel soloist Kihako Narisawa, get together to tell stories that demand to be told, in a full programme with all-new commissioned music." Does anyone know any more about the background to this ?
  3. Following on from the startling news that the Lowry's electricity bill will be bigger than its Arts Council grant, here's more on how price increases are affecting venues, including Sadler's Wells. Sobering. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/19/covid-uk-arts-venues-energy-crisis-fatal
  4. 6 - 17 Sept Use promo code TROCKON for £10 OFF our best available seats or click on the 'Book now' buttons below to receive the discount. Book by 31 August to access this limited offer* *Not in conjunction with any other offer, off-peak performances only, excludes £22 tickets, subject to availability. Read more & Book now
  5. Cathy Marston made a piece quite some time ago about TS Eliot's relationship with his wife.
  6. I spotted that there was a new work on in a few days time in Bath from Kim Brandstrup. Details here https://www.whatsonstage.com/shows/bath-theatre/minotaur_270102 I suspect its quite small scale. The cast on the Theatre Royal Bath site is given as Jonathan Goddard and Tommy Franzen, which makes it sound quite tempting. It seems to be on for just a short run in Bath - anyone know of any future plans to tour ?
  7. It's August. There aren't that many performances out there right now. But there's still quite a bit on Iplayer to catch up with, so here's a reminder..... Alvin Ailey bio https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0016ccs/alvin-ailey-a-legend-of-american-dance Dancing Nation, in two parts, including Matthew Bourne and Akram Khan https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0952ph6/dancing-nation Dance Passion - a very mixed bag of five episodes from different points around the UK of all types of dance https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0014twh/dance-passion EX-S - a documentary from the 1990s, Jasper Conran designs new production of Swan Lake for Scottish Ballet. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p026fb77/exs-styling-the-swan Firestarter, a documentary about the Australian dance company Bangarra https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0014rg7/firestarter-the-story-of-bangarra Imagine: profile of Wayne McGregor https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0014rz7/imagine-2022-wayne-mcgregor-dancing-on-the-edge Steps to Freedom: the story of Irish Dance https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0015f6r/steps-of-freedom-the-story-of-irish-dance
  8. Has anyone got the film to work ? Such a nice idea, shame that it doesn't function.
  9. I just thought I'd bump this up as we are nearer the date. https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/river-stage-2022-hofesh-shechter-company-weekend
  10. BBC Rewind is a site of archive material from the BBC. There's lots in there to provoke nostalgia. Here's a few items about ballet Northern Ballet 10th anniversary with Robert de Warren https://bbcrewind.co.uk/asset/61d8676c81037f0022f615c1?categories=artsAndEntertainment&q=ballet&size=30 Irish National Ballet ceases to exist (1989) (anyone know more about this company ?) https://bbcrewind.co.uk/asset/5ea00c939cf8e10027567e56?categories=artsAndEntertainment&q=ballet&size=30 Scottish Ballet at Belfast Opera House 1982 https://bbcrewind.co.uk/asset/5de5054f177e9d0027b1df1e?categories=artsAndEntertainment&q=ballet&size=30
  11. Seat prices for Woolf Works are up as well https://www.roh.org.uk/seatmap?performanceId=51374
  12. I don't think I've spotted this reported here so far "Join us online from our studios as Roser Muñoz Massanas shares the process of staging Uwe Scholz’s The Seventh Symphony in a live rehearsal with BRB dancers. The company has just started rehearsing for this autumn’s UK premiere of Uwe Scholz's monumental work, danced to Beethoven’s spectacular The Seventh Symphony. It’s a huge show with 34 dancers on stage, and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia in the pit, and will form part of a triple bill that also includes Jiri Kylian’s Forgotten Land!" Watch the livestream on RB's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/bhamroyalballet/live_videos/
  13. More reviews of the book, should you be interested https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/books/review/la-nijinska-lynn-garafola.html https://www.seeingdance.com/la-nijinska-220407/ https://danceinternational.org/la-nijinska-finally-the-biography-she-deserves/ https://literaryreview.co.uk/dance-like-theres-no-yesterday There are more reviews out there, if you search. A really substantial and thoroughly researched piece of work. I'm only a hundred pages in so far but it's really gripping.
  14. Looking for some background on Yondering I found this site which has quite detailed information about how it came to be created etc http://yondering.squarespace.com/
  15. I spotted that the Barbican cinema is showing Like Water for Chocolate on 22 Jan 2023. I assume it's not the only one, so this gives some indication when the filmed version will be available. NB the Barbican has published dates for showing RB's Nutcracker (11 Dec) , Mayerling (9 Oct) and Diamonds mixed bill (20 Nov). (These are described as live but must be encore performances - they are later than the filming dates) Details https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/like-water-for-chocolate
  16. The Royal Ballet School are currently performing at Opera Holland Park. For the Upper School this includes Raymonda Act 3, Neumeier's Yondering, some student choreography and Ashton's Swan Lake waltz for 12. It seems likely that some of these will feature in the main stage performance on the 16th. It's quite odd seeing the pieces in daylight - the stage lighting doesn't make much of an impression, and I think the Wayne McGregor piece came off worst for this. Looking forward to seeing the dancers perform with live music at the ROH. The venue has been updated, but not, it seems, for the better. It looks like they have searched every second-hand shop in London for chairs, mainly dining chairs with hard backs. It was a remarkably uncomfortable experience. All the dogs of London seemed to be right outside and engaged in a barking competition, but nevertheless it it's still a lovely place to be on a summer's evening and the performance was very enjoyable. The programme gives some details of graduate contract, but just numbers, not names - five to the RB Aud Jebsen scheme, five to BRB Junior Company, and others (no numbers) to ABT Studio company, Boston Ballet II, Dutch National Ballet Junior Company, Norwegian National Ballet 2, Ballet am Rhein Dusseldorf, The Sarasota Ballet, Scottish Ballet.
  17. The NT is bringing back its free weekend outdoor performances in August - the River Stage. From a dance perspective, the weekend of 5 - 7 Aug features multiple performances from Hofesh Schechter Details of these here https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/river-stage-2022-hofesh-shechter-company-weekend Details of the other free performances here https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/river-stage-2022 There's a free live broadcast of one of their productions on the 14th I think. Plus dance performances from Kate Prince's Zoonation. Definitely worth exploring what's available.
  18. No queue at all. Is this now a thing of the past ?
  19. I looked again, and these ticket offers seem to be no longer active. But they did exist - I got a stalls ticket at 60% off. It's always worth searching.
  20. There are various special offers for this - I found these From the Box Office https://www.fromtheboxoffice.com/city/2957-london/1EL9A-the-car-man/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqPGUBhDwARIsANNwjV6txAccPTRCUEO_ReeDCWPvU6bMU-tbRLmgdEiTWaFGThegOmxhZkoaAuz8EALw_wcB TodayTix https://www.todaytix.com/london/shows/23978-the-car-man Good reductions of up to 60% off.
  21. I would avoid the seats in the front stalls that are right at the sides of the hall (lowest and highest numbered seats) - the view of the stage is oblique. There is a step down between each row all the way to the front. Comfy seats.
  22. Either that, or there is another piece of music added. I had formed the impression that the 1 Hour 30 running time was without an interval, though rather frustratingly, I can't put my hand on a reference to that now.
  23. In the latest ROH Friends magazine the running time is given as 1 hour and 30 mins.
  24. 31 May to 21st June. Performances from Zoonation Youth Company, Queensland Ballet Young Artists, ABT Studio Company, New English Ballet Theatre, Rambert School. I think the "next generation" performances refer to the RBS. All showing as sold out at present, but I think they are not yet on sale. https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/festival/next-generation-festival-2022-dates
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