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I’ve mentioned this earlier on Carmen thread! As was already his last performance I didn’t think it would warrant a new thread. 

It appears that Fernando Carratala Coloma is leaving ENB as they have announced it’s his last performance …in Carmen…tonight. I don’t know whether this was generally known or not. They don’t say where he is going. 

If you scroll down from your clips Amelia ( Thankyou) there is a video of him in Giselle with Elizaveta Kokoreva and he is really very good in that especially if only 19!! 
Does the entrechats but with such beautiful feet ( still get put off by audience clapping etc) 
Kokoreva not bad either!!  
 

If only we could see the Russians here in UK again soon 😥   as seem to be missing a whole generation of dancers now but these two one would certainly want to book for if ever came to the UK 

Well my vision of dance hell would be to watch Creature for eternity! ( sorry ENB and all the wonderful dancers who’ve danced in it!!)

I’ve worn a Christmas jumper to ROH before with snowflakes and reindeer on reasonably tasteful I suppose in black and white. 

Well you two had better be good then or you might find yourselves having to watch Different Drummer for eternity!! 

To blow or not to blow that is the question for me 🤔

Hopefully will be no need by Tuesday! 

Well hopefully will be back at ROH (for the triple) on Tuesday for the first time since November! Of course I now have a streaming cold which started a couple of days ago! I’m really hoping it will be much better by Tuesday but just apologising in advance if (with some trepidation)  have to blow nose at some point! Hopefully this won’t disturb anybody’s concentration too much or religious experiences as unfortunately the winter bugs do still seem to be around whether we want them or not!! 

I suppose parents can’t always judge how their children will respond in every situation.
There was a lot of criticism of the father of the teenage boys in an above post but to me it looks like he took action…the boys were causing some bother so they didn’t come back for the last two acts!! 

I was just thinking of ballets like Don Q or Le Corsaire for a bit of showing off not just for the sake of it in any ballet or whether it doesn’t serve the context which is  why I used the word ‘appropriate’ 

Amazing virtuoso feats are fun and great to see …as when dancers compete with each other in class etc….but don’t make a good dancer or performer of course.
In a performance it’s the overall quality of dance and being able to illuminate a character which are important. 
But occasionally at certain appropriate points it’s okay for dancers to do a bit of technical showing off! 

I saw a bit of rehearsal for this at the Acosta Centre on a recent trip with London Ballet Circle and it looks terrific ( much more fiery than the recent ENB version I have to say) 

So I went to look at booking this but there are hardly any seats left mostly only restricted view now 😥

Im hoping to get a return nearer the time! 

Above info is only Thameslink I don’t know about Great Northern. 
Thameslink do have a proper timetable on these days but just half the usual number of trains and more odd cancellations here and there likely 

That’s on the Brighton to Bedford line. 
I know from City Thameslink station to Brighton there are trains every half an hour on work to rule days however whether one comes through from Bedford and then one through from Cambridge I’m not sure. 
If this was the case there might be only one train an hour on your bit of line though I also seem to think there were no through trains to Cambridge during the overtime ban etc so in that instant it could be one every half an hour on your bit but not more than that. 
 

Richmond Theatre was one of the first regular theatres I attended as a child though didn’t live in London

An Aunt used to take me to the then yearly Pantomime and I always loved the “fairies” bit where there would be some ballet type dancing scenes! 

However I’m sure I saw another “College” production reviewed will search later but some garden jobs are calling before it rains!!! 

🤔not sure what you mean it’s had several performances now. 

I’ve been going through the links from April and can’t see a review yet of this Production…have I missed it 🤔

At risk of taking off thread subject now so last technique comment…Alison I don’t see tours en L’air as an assemble step🤔as it’s taken from fifth and lands in fifth so a straight up jump as it were. 

OMG there’s a YouTube clip of a class of virtuoses men in tours en Lair. A couple managed three straight off double tours en L’air from same spot and then collapse on the floor lol but then there was one dancer who just kept going …a series of double tours en L’air with no steps in between. It was about six I think but didn’t count just don’t know how he didnt  run out of energy!! 

I will look for an illegal shot!! 

Thanks again that clarifies it!!

I thought 8 turns altogether with no step at all in between would be a touch impossible! But anyway still impressive. 
 

Repeats consecutively?  ….so 8turns altogether from the same point …no step in between? 

That does sound amazing! 
 

Just to add there are different types of tours en L’air so establishing it ends in 5th position is info I needed …thanks Balletfanp! 
And for the clip of James BBB. 

Just to clarify the double tours …is this the pirouette turn on demi pointe with the leg in second position ( 90 degrees horizontal to side) or a jumped tours en l’air where there are two turns in the air with leg held in second position? 

When I had this problem it could even be further back in this thread or one of the booking threads I rang the box office about it and think this is what I was told!! But it does seem a bit daft to me …if they are not available at the time of looking then they shouldn’t say they are I agree. 
Or did the box office tell me there had been some error at the time …which has obviously just been repeated!!